Bridges CD: The new American DJ DCD 500 Dual CD Player £ 649.00 and has tons of features, for example, the DCD-PRO500 with buttons flash 6 beginning, the DJs to create, store and retrieve samples "feature allows on the fly "while playing music. This feature allows the disc jockey to play a cycle of about 5 seconds, then sample and store it in memory to store one of the flash start buttons.
The Denon DN-2600F has 10 seconds of memory "crash-proof 'unit.This guards against audible interruptions due to external influences such as mechanical shock or vibration other hard, which is particularly useful for mobile DJ for disco as well as installed applications.
DJ Mixer: We have seen some new mixer and I must say, she really seems to get what you pay for. How do you spend on your deck, your finger and shot a lot of time sliding on these things, so that processing is important.
Hip ESO mk2 is a Italian-built 3-InputModular X-Fader, a heavy weight of 150 pounds.
Stanton RM Three has 3-band kill switches and high-quality, professional long life faders to 239 pounds. The Stanton SK 2F is an updated version of the popular SK 2, which is a true optical fader operation crackling. If you need more functionality at a bargain price so you can not go wrong with Next! PRO100 for £ 250, which is a 4-channel mixer with FX loop.
The HAK320 Ecler Mixer is a pretty retro lookingthe turntablists of the old school. Although only 2-channel mixer that has real quality.
If you are looking for a solution to the professional association Xone: 62 Allen & Heath is a broadcast quality dual stereo mixer 6 for up to 12 stereo devices.
The last Numark EM360 (which see you soon) has a pad built KAAOS which is the way it is applied an effect, and can be completely controlled by the XY pad controls. The pad can also be scraped or used to monitor the effectSound is produced so that switch-effects, which is impossible with rotary or slider, and makes it possible for the effects in time with a rhythm-control or phrases - as if it were a musical instrument to play.
Sampler: E-MU ESI-2000 resulted, although it may be a compilation of "budget" will be expanded into a veritable sampler big boys.
Yamaha, a latecomer in the market of the sampler, A4000 and A5000 obtained the sampler, which we liked. The A5000 is a great specwith 126-voice polyphony and 32 multi-part arrangements.
Akai samplers did not new this year, but if you S5000/6000 owner, the new OS, V2.0 is available for download.
Synth, sampling and sequencing boxes
There were a number of interesting developments groovebox-style pattern-based samplers particularly Korg Electribe ES wonderful view-1 was.
Roland MC-307 muddles the distinction between DJ and play your music. Based on theSuccess of the MC-505 MC-307 is such that the sequence pattern-based for the first time from the original MC-303 in 1996.
The MC-307 is targeted directly to the dj with the cursor up everywhere on the right side, and push and push buttons, which are designed to emulate the operation of a hub. This makes the mixing of tracks from a direct source, intuitive and familiar, so you can treat the MC-307 as a third turntable.
Yamaha has a similar product again, the SU200Phrase Sampler and financially challenged, now have the Zoom Zoom £ 250 Sampletrak ST-224.
Sound modules: E-MU, once again to produce one of the "out there" modules in the form of XL-1, the funky orange box, which can really open your ideas. You also have the Hammond B3 organ, complete in a rack, if you like something.
Roland Sound Modules monster made for the year to year and 2000 is no exception. XV-3080 is simply breathtaking andalthough expensive worth every penny.
Synthesizers: Alesis was a strange this year, normally with all Midiverb, Quadraverb effects are related, but decided to roll-out of Andromeda, an absolute monster of the voice-16 digitally-controlled analog synthesizer with a weighted keyboard, 72 knobs and buttons 144. We personally was rather on modeling Korg MS2000 analog synthesizer, an arpeggiator, vocoder, sequencer modulation virtual patchbay has been attached. Pasty sinuousSounds abound here!
The effects are a few FX boxes are designed to DJ this year. We Mon Electrix FX, where the flange, tremolo and delay time by simply touching (or MIDI clock) and set each block in FX mode and synchronization can coordinate it - instant synchronization. Fatboy Slim "Rockafeller prostitute" sound that the mix set by the Mo-FX delay and crank the throttle.
Cubase VST is now up to version 5, which are audio andRecording MIDI, synths, the corrections of the hosts, 16 / 24-bit capabilities and live sessions. The big trend this year seems to be the virtual synthesizer, the Steinberg Model E is a fantastic software emulation of a Moog Mini for £ 149, many others are free!
Native Instruments Dynamo v1.0 now produce a version of a given reactor, which will be the style modular analog synthesizer for about 100 pounds.
Steinberg's Media Production SystemNuendo is a 200 audio recording system is a complete 200-channel mixer supports audio and surround sound.
Propellerhead Software, have the amazing rebirth and recycle products currently manufactured Reason 1.0. The reason is in the form of a rack in a classic study, packed with all the tools you need: samplers, analog synths, mixers, drum machines up time, effects, and make real-time multi-track sequencer for fast music and intuitive. One reason for the 16The devices have the look and feel of the real thing and you can use each device as many times as you can manage the CPU.
It is 299 pounds, but you can create a demo of work hours.
And finally ...... If you want a track together and now are on the Dole, a graduate student or a crappy job that you hated this article. Stop whining and get a PC (preferably a P133 or better) and buy Making Waves v2.3 for £ 39.99. There is an audio sequencer that can do great tunes in afew hours.
