TECH

Masters of DVS (Digital Vinyl Systems) Serato have announced that they will not be providing updates for their popular Serato Scratch Live software.

After the success of the DJ Mag Tech Awards of 2012 where we saw over 100,000 votes cast on the bits of kit that are...

London producer Michael Jansons visited the London Electronic Music Event for DJ Mag. Here is what he thought:

I popped into Sample Magic’s London Electronic...

New Romantic pioneers Visage, best known for their multi-million-selling classic single 'Fade To Grey', are back with their first album — ‘Hearts & Knives’ — for 29 years!

London has delivered its fair share of hit records over the years, so it sort of makes sense that Zero-G and Xfonic have got together to dish up a rather tasty London-inspired sample pack. 'The London Sessions' contains around 1700 royalty-free samples from some of the best session musicians around, ensuring that producers that use this pack are getting not only an authentic sound but a true slice of real musicianship.

Their synthesisers have been heard on countless hit records as well as underground masterpieces.

"I can't live without my Blackberry Voice Notes Recorder. I don't need to use it, I've got good microphones, and a little handheld digital recorder that I could record things on. And, actually, even the built-in mic on my laptop is probably better quality than my phone, but more and more, I find myself putting a few loops that I've recorded on the shitty, built-in voice recorder into a track, and realising that they make the track, bring it together somehow.

Korg are really spoiling us with the release of yet-another essential bit of studio kit. The original MS20 has been found on many a hit record and has been sought-after ever since they stopped making it. Now Korg have released the Mini MS20 in honour of this classic synth, and in time for their 50th anniversary celebrations.

Dylan Long's killer sound

These signature phones are perfect for studio sessions and have been made in conjunction with the man himself, offering a ‘tuned’ response perfect for mixing down a killer track.

“Korg's Legacy collection features the virtual versions of MS-20, Mono/Poly, Wavestation, M1 and Polysix synthesisers — this is my favourite and most used piece of software, not least because of the brilliant MS-20 replica controller that shipped with the first part of the series.

Numark add to their range of DJ controllers with the new Mixtrack Quad

Looking for a cool keyboard controller? Then check out Arturia’s Keylab 25 midi controller keyboard with included Analog Lab software synthesizer.

In March 1913 Luigi Russolo, the Italian futurist, stormed out of a classical concert in Milan and published an open letter demanding a new form of modern music.

Loopmasters' 'Patchworx Dubstep Bass' is a collection of bass sounds for use with Logic’s ES2 soft synth.

Breakbeat and bass music badman ILS is a master of baleful bassline building. Here he hips us on how he transformed Prof Green's 'Remedy' into a low-end beast...

King DJ’s new album 'Let Me See You Feel' is out now on Bearfunk. DJ Mag wanted to know what he Can’t Live Without…

Arturia is a name well known in the studio community as a company that makes some of the most authentic and widely used software versions of classic synthesisers as well as hardware that has a habit of combining classic old school sounds along with sounds that are bang up to date with today’s cutting edge genres.

Sugarbytes make the amazing Cyclops bass plug-in which is featured on many dancefloor fillers and is many a producer’s go-to soft synth for dynamic basslines. With this great heritage it's no surprise that their Turnado plug-in has won the hearts of many dance music producers. Turnado is a tasty multi-effect tool, designed especially for real-time audio manipulation. It’s a great performance tool as well as perfect for studio applications

Adam Fielding on how he captured killer sounds with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra on his new record, 'Icarus'...