A couple of years ago, I had the chance to test out Mixvibes Cross, a full featured DVS system from the French company Mixvibes. Although I was skeptical at first, I ended up being very impressed by the quality and stability of the product. More recently, Mixvibes announced its first iOS app, CrossDJ. Going into this review, I had high hopes...

Mixvibes aren’t alone in their attempts to tackle the titans of a vibrant DJ software industry, but by expanding into hardware and mobile apps so early in the venture, they do have something of a unique approach. Hot on the heals of the 1.6 release of their flagship Cross DJ software, they release U-Mix Remote, an iPad controller app...

From the beginning, the French have made some huge contributions to the electronic music scene. Musical visionaries from Pierre Schaeffer to Daft Punk, and thinktanks like the venerable IRCAM have been responsible for some of the most vibrant and enduring developments in the ways we use machines to interact with sound. In 2003, Parisian...