It’s safe to say that, for most modern-day producers looking to create full-sounding, high-quality drum patterns, they aren’t all out…
DJs, we are in the midst of something of a portable speaker renaissance. It seems like there has never been…
From the jump, KRK’s S12.4 powered, studio subwoofer gets your attention. Weighing in at a hefty 62.5 pounds, the unit…
With the release of the Pioneer DJ DJM-S11, the DJ community was given a great hybrid unit that sits between…
If there was ever a cross between a flight deck and a piece of DJ gear, this might be it.…
Mixed in Key’s Satellite Plugins 2.0 is an innovative new VST/AU/AAX plugin that allows users to collaborate on audio projects…
Intuitively, the design of the original RANE TWELVE and this second generation make a lot of sense: you get the…
There are many ways to numerically measure a mobile DJ’s set-up. One could start with the number of songs in…
The music products universe seems to be dominated primarily by companies that get their reputation by doing one or two…
After several iterations, Numark’s Mixtrack range of controllers have enshrined themselves as impressive DJ controllers for beginner, advancing, and skilled…
If you are seeking a full-featured, sonically detailed, and comfortable pair of headphones – a set that’s versatile for different…
By the time you read this review, it will have been almost a year since DJ Times editor Jim Tremayne…
If you’re in search of a clean-looking, full-sounding, and truly portable sound system for your next event, then the right…
PreSonus is one of those companies that, quite frankly, seems to have its fingers in a little bit of everything…
For any DJ looking to buy a pair of loudspeakers these days, you sure have a lot of choices. As…
It feels as if I’ve said this a lot in recent years, but as I survey the DJ hardware and…
At the NAMM show in Anaheim, Calif., this past January, I got a demo of a product from a rather…
Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of sampling some of the gear from Baton Rouge, La.-based PreSonus Audio Electronics.…
If you think you’re experiencing a bit of déjà vu right about now, well, perhaps you are. In the last…
I’ve had the opportunity over the years to review in-ear monitors, or IEMs, more than once — and I’m definitely…
At Winter NAMM this year (back when we all felt just fine about traveling and congregating in masses), DJ Times…
Mastering — the process of getting a piece of recorded music ready for distribution — is equal parts art and…
My very first review for DJ Times was of a Hercules DJ controller, and I’ve watched the company as it’s…
I’m a long-time fan of in-ear monitors, or IEMs. I like the way they sound, and I like the passive…
At the Winter NAMM show this past January, as DJ Times editor Jim Tremayne and I were making our way…
Over the 11-plus years that I’ve been writing for DJ Times, I’ve seen a lot of hardware and a lot…
Looking to make your studio monitors truly optimized? Isolators are the solution, and I recently tested 2 solutions from Canada’s IsoAcoustics.…
It was right around a decade ago when QSC unleashed its now-legendary KW181 active subwoofer on the market. And 10…
From Gibson Brands comes KRK Systems, makers of fine studio monitors, like its popular Rokit series. After gaining plenty of…
The demands of the modern DJ have evolved to a point where, for many, DJing alone is no longer enough…
To say that I was excited to get my hands on a pair of new Technics SL-1200 MK7 turntables would…
By Erik V. Miller When DJs, producers, and audio enthusiasts think of studio monitors they often consider worthy brands like…
While I’ve written for this magazine for over a decade now (it’s true that time does fly when you’re having…
It’s been several years now since Cumberland, R.I.-based inMusic Brands first started corralling some of the biggest names in DJ…
By DJ Deets QSC Audio’s new CP Series of compact, powered loudspeakers comes in two flavors: an 8-inch CP8 and…
Fact No. 1: DJs like shiny new things. They like new gear, they like new technology, they like to be…
Clear back in 2006 when I first started DJing, I made an arbitrary decision in the heat of the moment…
One of the most fundamental components of any studio set-up is the audio interface — the hardware needed to get…
The first review I ever wrote for this magazine was over a decade ago now, and while the original draft…
Back at the Winter NAMM Show in January 2018, I was introduced to a new product from a small outfit…
Having been in the DJ game for quite some time, I am repeatedly impressed with the technological advances that continue…
It was way back in the Summer of 2017 when I first put my hands on the latest kit from…
I can speak from personal experience that two of the greatest challenges in building out a home music studio are…
By DJ Deets For this month’s Sounding Off pro-audio column, Minneapolis-based DJ Deets takes on a pair of Pioneer DJ…
When one thinks of professional audio and leaders in the field, one of the names that inevitably comes to the…
This month’s Sounding Off entry offers two reviews. Boston-based DJ Paul Dailey takes on JBL Professional’s EON One Pro active,…
One of the trickiest (and at times most frustrating) parts of creating recorded music is mixing and mastering. Broadly speaking,…
For the record, let it be known that I have tested, reviewed, worked with, broken and discarded a ton of…
It’s just not every day that we see a major new release of Ableton’s flagship product, Live. Heck, it’s not…
There’s no question that there are a lot of DJ controllers on the market these days — all-in-one control and…
In late 2018, cutting-edge virtual synth and FX designer, Rob Papen Soundware released SubBoomBass 2, an update to the Dutch…
Not long ago, I reviewed Native Instruments’ Komplete 11, the Berlin-based company’s preeminent collection of software synths and effects. But…
Anaheim, Calif. – Another January, another Winter NAMM Show moved to the done pile. As usual, I attended NAMM with…
It’s interesting to me that when it comes to DJ gear, there are essentially three market segments: The high-end—i.e., the…
With the release of Ozone 8 mastering suite, iZotope has introduced some new features that to raise the bar for…
By DJ Deets There exists this destructive myth amongst the DJing and electronic-music communities that equipment is everything. It goes…
By Mike Gwertzman Eerie, haunting music boxes. Malfunctioning robots. Creepy dolls. Space cowboys and miniature rocket ships. These are not the…
At the recent DJ Expo in Atlantic City, I participated in a DJ-tech panel discussion with DJ Times editor Jim…
By Mike Gwertzman Casual observers of Swedish EDM superstars Dada Life can quickly glean that the duo of Ollie “Olof”…
Last month, I took a peek at Denon DJ’s incredible new SC5000 Prime media player. (Refer to the September 2017…
It’s been roughly three years now since Rhode Island-based inMusic Brands added Denon DJ to its expanding portfolio of brands,…
When I first received the press release for the Bassboss SV8 active loudspeakers, I was immediately intrigued: Here’s a speaker…
This past January, during my annual trek to Anaheim, Calif., for the Winter NAMM Show, there were a few things…
At the beginning of the year when I first saw the promotional videos for the MPC X and MPC Live,…
I have a long, checkered past with wireless microphones. After unboxing brand after brand and running an initial sound-check in…
This is the second of a two-part review where DJ Times takes a look at new additions to the Apple’s…
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part review that takes a look at new additions to the Apple’s…
For nearly a generation now, powered portable loudspeakers have remained a popular product category for mobile DJs. Compared to most…
Back in 2014, I took a look at what was then the new UR44 audio interface from Yamaha’s Steinberg. I…
In my estimation, the DJ world has three levels of gear. For starters, we have the day-to-day pieces that are…
I’ve had a home studio for several years. But it was the process of building a new semi-custom home a…
The first review I ever wrote for this magazine was one for a Hercules DJ controller and, in the years…
It has been over 13 years since Germany’s Native Instruments first threw some of its best studio software-synth and effects…
JBL Professional’s EON ONE is a portable, powered, micro-array PA system, and a very unique one at that. Perfect for…
Studio Boom: KRK’s sub family.
Anaheim, Calif. – My annual trek to Southern California for the Winter NAMM show with DJ Times editor Jim Tremayne…
The latest mixing plug-in from iZotope is Neutron and, in some ways, it picks up where Ozone—the Boston-based company’s mastering…
The Roland DJ-808: imagine a DJ controller and software set-up that provides four decks’ worth of the usual DJ capabilities,…
Every couple of years or so, Spectrasonics comes out with a new virtual instrument that I know I must have. Keyscape…
I’m sure that some of our readers, especially many of the veteran DJs, are familiar with the Spanish loudspeaker manufacturer,…
I remember reviewing the original version of Rapture back in 2006, and very much appreciating the fact that Cakewalk was…
We first reviewed Crown Audio’s popular XLS DriveCore power amplifier series five years ago in this very Sounding Off column.…
Back in 2011, the innovative Boston-based developer iZotope changed the mastering game with the release of Ozone 5 and Ozone…
This month’s column finds Boston’s Paul Dailey taking on Native Instruments’ Traktor Kontrol S8 MK2 controller and Atlanta’s Reed Dailey…
It is indeed a pretty rare technology that has true staying power that spans decades. The telephone comes to mind.…