ORTOFON EVOLUTION
SONIC ACADEMY Ortofon have released a new headshell called Evolution.
Yes, a headshell – not a needle or a cartridge. Ortofon are
NUMARK DDS80 Want to produce your own music? Develop clearly looking to the future with this sexy design, which
your DJ skills? Learn about specifi c software? has variable weight options. No more sticking a 1p to
Numark has fi nally got round to releasing Beginners and experts alike can always do with your crappy cartridge then! It’s suitable for all OM series
the DDS80, the futuristic CD player for DJ a bit of extra knowledge here and there, but cartridges and was developed in close collaboration with
performance. DDS80 is billed as “the world’s only physical courses can cost a fortune. Not any some of the world’s best DJs, combining groundbreaking
future-proof CD player for the DJ”, whatever that more, Sonic Academy has launched the ultimate design with functionality. They cost a hefty £49 per pair but
means. It provides DJs with the combination music production video tutorial resource, and it’s look the mutt’s nuts.
of everything they love about CD players and being delivered direct to your PC from just £3.49
everything they need for incorporating future per tutorial at www.sonicacademy.com
formats into their performances. The CD player
features convenient USB ports for connection of Manuals don’t talk you through how to get the
modern media devices such as thumb and hard most out of your equipment or software, nor
drives, iPods, MP3 players; and its included 80GB do they physically show you what to do. Enter
removable/upgradeable hard drive stores tons of SonicAcademy.com, the online video training
music. DDS80’s unique blend of media with a high academy with an ethos of high production values,
defi nition color screen and Numark’s intuitive professional presenters and, most importantly,
“Crate” music management software give the knowledge. The highly interactive site enables
mobile DJ incomparable visual control of their tutorials to be downloaded in bite size modules
music. Carefully crafted around the way DJs work to answer a specifi c question or problem area, or
and play, DDS80 takes the questions out of mixing as a whole course taking you through step-by- CORTEX
media formats and puts the answers back into step on screen how to maximise the use of your
the hands of the DJ. RRP £599. software or hardware. Cortex has announced a slim line rack mixer for the
compact DJ system. This anorexic summing device is
ideal for being stuffed into thin rack spaces in tour rigs
and club architecture. The MIX-R1U boasts two stereo
channels each with two-band EQ, adjustable gain, a high
performance crossfader and balanced XLR outputs. It’s
available now for £99. Ever tried to mix on a rack mixer
before? It’s weird as hell, but strangely compelling...
AKAI MPD32
Akai have announced that the MPD32 pad controller is available for purchase. MPD32 is Akai
Professional’s fl agship pad controller for musicians and DJs. Using a USB cable to connect to a Mac or PC, TRAKTOR
MPD32 is perfect for hardware control of popular music programs such as Reason, Ableton Live, Traktor
Scratch and GarageBand. MPD32 is the only pad controller to feature Akai Pro’s MPC Note Repeat with Native Instruments have some new DJ news for you this
swing and gate time parameters. month: more manufacturers have been authorised to
work with Traktor Scratch. This means that additional
The MPD32 is also the only controller that can also work as a master clock for MIDI sequencers. With the third-party MIDI controllers and mixers are compatible
Tap Tempo function, musicians can control tempo in real time during performances. Cheater DJs – you’ve with NI’s premier DJ software. Now, Korg, Mackie, Vestax
met your match! Sixteen velocity and pressure-sensitive genuine MPC pads provide the industry’s fi nest and Numark are under the German developer’s lofty wings.
feel and expression. It includes eight assignable faders, eight assignable switches and eight assignable Head to www.nativeinstruments.com to fi nd out if your
360-degree knobs. Three selectable control banks extend the number of available faders, buttons and mixer is compatible, or to fi nd a mixer to buy that will
knobs to 24 each for a grand total of 72. Four pad banks equate to 64 total pads. MSRP £219 complete your perfect digital mixing rig.
www.kmag.co.uk
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