Last updated 8 August, 2023 With the DDJ-REV5, Pioneer DJ has filled a perhaps slightly surprising gap in its range, for a $1000-ish pro Serato controller. Above it, sits the more pricey DDJ-REV7, though, and so potential buyers of either unit will want to give at least cursory thought to which one of these is […]
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What is Ubuntu? Ubuntu (pronounced oo-BOON-too) is a free, open source operating system (OS) based on Debian Linux. It was first released in 2004 when Mark Shuttleworth and a small team of Debian developers founded Canonical and then launched the Ubuntu project. Canonical released its first official version of the OS — Ubuntu 4.10 — […]
While last week’s turntable/DVS controller announcement was a huge surprise to many, today Pioneer DJ is launching something more expected: a budget-friendly scratch controller, the DDJ-REV5. It slides in naturally at a slightly lower price point than its bigger-brother DDJ-REV7, which runs at $1,999 new and has motorized jogwheels. [embedded content] The DDJ-REV5 has a […]
While last week’s turntable/DVS controller announcement was a huge surprise to many, today Pioneer DJ is launching something more expected: a budget-friendly scratch controller, the DDJ-REV5. It slides in naturally at a slightly lower price point than its bigger-brother DDJ-REV7, which runs at $1,999 new and has motorized jogwheels. [embedded content] The DDJ-REV5 has a […]
Last updated 6 August, 2023 Algoriddim has announced a huge update to djay Pro Ai for Windows, a major rewrite which it says has been in development for several years. Algoriddim told us: “We’ve basically redesigned and rebuilt the app from the ground up. “Even though we had a (dated) version on the platform with […]
What is Dell EMC VxRail? Dell EMC VxRail is a hyper-converged appliance. Like VSPEX Blue — the Dell EMC product that it replaced — and other hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) systems, VxRail includes compute, storage, networking and virtualization resources in a single device. Specifically, Dell EMC VxRail packages the VMware vSphere vSAN hypervisor and VMware vCenter […]
The digital and analog worlds finally collide today with the release of the new PLX-CRSS12 from Pioneer DJ. This hybrid turntable gives artists quite the double-header of features, with the ability for both analog playback and tone-arm-free DVS control. No more concerns for needle skipping either, thanks to its new MAGVEL clamp that holds the […]
The digital and analog worlds finally collide today with the release of the new PLX-CRSS12 from Pioneer DJ. This hybrid turntable gives artists quite the double-header of features, with the ability for both analog playback and tone-arm-free DVS control. No more concerns for needle skipping either, thanks to its new MAGVEL clamp that holds the […]