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DJ DOCTOR
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Dear DJ Doctor,
I’m looking at moving away from decks and laptops for my DJ
sets. I’m aware of Tonium’s Pacemaker, but was wondering if
Steinberg has been a steady stalwart in the computer
there was anything else out there?
music business, gaining much favour with their
Matthew, Scotland
Cubase sequencing software. A few years ago they
DJ Doc replies,
joined forces with Yamaha to create dedicated
This is a very tricky area that you are moving into Matthew, and
hardware to get the most out of their software. The
uncharted waters for most, as the whole DJ community has
CI2 is the newest fruit of their labour, a dedicated
taken the traditional two decks and mixer set-up as the relative
norm. Even new technology looks back to this set-up, as can be
audio interface controller to utilise all the features of
witnessed even with Pioneer’s swanky new CDJ2000s.
the Cubase software.
Okay, Tonium made the Pacemaker
If you’re not already using Cubase, this bit of kit
and while it showed a lot of initial
promise, many people still consider
comes with Cubase AI5, a compact version of the full
it a bit gimmicky.
Cubase package that still packs a mighty punch.
The other new product that is on
The CI2 is basically a soundcard that also doubles up
the market that may be of use to
you is the Nextbeat NXT-1000. This
as a controller so all recording and editing control can
device moves away from the
be done from one neat little box. And it’s just under
two-deck tradition and allows
under £200 for all this studio wizardry.
steinberg.net
the DJ to program and mix
their set from one unit. The
ace up its sleeve is that the
unit has an additional
detachable remote that the
DJ can remove and use to
control elements of their set
whilst on the move — eg,
running across stage.
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the DJ Doctor at
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and you could
win the wicked
AKG K81
headphones.
102
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