Tweaking Knobs on the Electrix Tweaker

by DJ Lumo - on May 10th 2013 - No Comments
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The Electrix Tweaker is an enigma. It isn’t quite laid out like a traditional DJ controller, with two jogwheels and a mixer section. It doesn’t quite have the form of an Ableton controller you’d expect from something like the Novation Launchpad or Akai APC40. So, what’s it for? That is entirely up to you. The Tweaker is, at its core,...

When Is It Ever Acceptable for a Pop Star to Steal from a Dance Music Producer?

by Irene Test - on May 8th 2013 - No Comments
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Will.i.am is, perhaps, the most repugnant person in the modern EDM cannon – even more so than David Guetta, whom the Black Eyed Peas rapper introduced to this side of the Atlantic. Bad lyrics supported by clichéd house beats and an undeserved spot on Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Songs Chart give EDM negative connotations – but they’re...

Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 Review

by Matt Gerrard - on May 6th 2013 - No Comments
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The Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 is a compact and comparatively cheap mixing console and interface that packs a variety of well-considered features. The niche of the “Live mixer / DAW interface” device has not become so common that manufacturers are auto-piloting through and just copying their competitors. There’s still a lot of innovative...

More Than a Benny Benassi Song: Dance Music in Cinema

by Irene Test - on May 3rd 2013 - No Comments
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For all the hoopla around dance music’s second mainstream ascent in the U.S., there’s one aspect that hasn’t returned: the clubbing movie. Sure, filmgoers have sat through painful efforts like those Step Up movies, but the confluence of culture and sounds of late ‘90s/early ‘00s efforts Human Traffic, Party Monster, and Groove are...

The Stanton ST.150 Poised to be Next No. 1 Turntable

by Crossfadr - on May 2nd 2013 - No Comments
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DJs’ long-time favorite Technics 1200 turntables are no more. Does that mean the “traditional” form of DJing has died out? As much as DJs gravitated away from turntables and toward CDJs, and eventually to laptops and controllers, over the past 15 years, many still have a soft spot for the original medium – and won’t use anything...

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