We've long been fans of Traktor. More than any PC DJing software, it offers a simple route into DJing that doesn't involve any expensive hardware. It makes sense to find out if you can match a beat ...

Here's one for you fact fans: in the 60s a man called Francis Grasso invented a DJing technique called 'beatmixing'. People were leaving the dancefloor in the gaps between songs, so Grasso kept people ...

Digital DJing has always been a contentious topic and, while it's struggled to gain legitimacy in the eyes of more traditional DJs, for better or worse, technology is moving on. However you choose to ...

DJing (or is that deejaying?) on the iPad is pretty rad, but what do you do about cueing up the next track? If you’ve got $20 to spend, you can buy the Traktor DJ cable, a splitter that lets you cue a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. So! You wanna be a DJ? Join the club! There are zillions of ways to get into music curation, and the next step up ...

Last fall, Native Instruments gave its DJ and production hardware a significant refresh, especially at the entry level. Today, the company is introducing a second wave of tools to complement the new ...

Let’s start with some background — I’ve been a DJ, behind turntables, for nearly 17 years. In that time, I’ve seen trends, fads and the things that have stuck around. As the lowly Technics 1200 ...

Miami’s DJ Craze has one of the more impressive résumés in the history of turntablism. The Nicaraguan-born DJ whiz is a three-time DMC world champion—the only person ever to win the coveted crown ...

Look, last year's Traktor Kontrol S4 was pretty damn awesome but, at $1,000 and about the size of your average Williamsburg DJ, it wasn't exactly for everyone. That's where the S2 comes in. Instead of ...

Following the news that Pioneer and Native Instruments were working together on the new version of Traktor, Pioneer DJ has officially announced that a selection of DJM mixers will be compatible with ...