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DJ TechToolsLive & DJThe 2026 Chroma Drive: Our New DJ USB Drive (with no cap to lose) Our new 2026 Chroma Drive for DJs covers both the USB-C and USB-A ends, and comes in five colors. The post The 2026 Chroma Drive: Our New DJ USB Drive (with no cap to lose) appeared first on DJ TechTools .

July 13

DJ TechToolsLive & DJAlphaTheta XDJ-AN: A $1,200 Standalone 2-Channel Replacing the XDJ-RR, Only Takes USB-C Drives A decade after the XDJ-RR, AlphaTheta's $1,200 XDJ-AN weighs the same and costs about the same, just with streaming and cloud sync built in. The post AlphaTheta XDJ-AN: A $1,200 Standalone 2-Channel Replacing the XDJ-RR,

July 9

DJ TechToolsLive & DJThe CDJ-1500X is AlphaTheta’s first budget-minded media player since the XDJ-1000MK2 AlphaTheta fills the gap the XDJ-1000MK2 left in 2016 with a budget-minded CDJ built on 2026 hardware, including a new crowd-request feature called CoBeat. The post The CDJ-1500X is AlphaTheta’s first budget-minded media

July 2

DJ TechToolsLive & DJFarewell, Juno Download After about 20 years, Juno Download has shut down with no warning. Here's what the DJ-first store meant, why it folded while vinyl booms, and where to buy DJ music now. The post Farewell, Juno Download appeared first on

June 3

DJ TechToolsLive & DJMidi Fighter Utility 2.91 Is Out; Our Biggest Update in Years The Midi Fighter Utility 2.91 is out now, with new firmware for every Midi Fighter in the lineup. Here's what's new and how to update. The post Midi Fighter Utility 2.91 Is Out; Our Biggest Update in Years appeared first

June 1

DJ TechToolsLive & DJEngine DJ 5.0: on-board stems on the System 1, RGB waveforms for everyone Engine DJ 5.0 from Denon DJ went live today. The headline feature: on-board stems rendering. It’s exclusive to the Rane System 1, which now becomes the first piece of standalone DJ hardware that can split a track into 4-

May 13

DJ TechToolsLive & DJDevious Pocket: a €249 open-source DVS that ditches the laptop Devious Pocket is a €249 standalone DVS from Amsterdam that turns any turntable into a digital vinyl rig. No laptop, no library software, no setup. The post Devious Pocket: a €249 open-source DVS that ditches the laptop

May 10

DJ TechToolsLive & DJInMusic just bought Native Instruments. So what now for Traktor? Native Instruments has been sold. InMusic Brands, the U.S. parent of Akai Professional, Denon DJ, Numark, Rane, M-Audio, Moog, and Engine DJ, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NI in full. That includes Traktor

May 8

XLR is a magazine, a radar and a diary about music gear and the making of music — for the people who make records and put on shows, wherever they do it.

The name is the three-pin connector that every signal in the business passes through: the microphone on stage and in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX cable that runs the lights. Studio, stage and lighting rig share it, and so does this magazine. Every few hours XLR collects what the makers shipped, what the reviewers heard, what the studios and the touring crews are doing, which producers and collectives are surfacing and what they are saying — synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lights, the rooms and the people — from a few hundred sources in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and more, then plots what is moving. The editor writes a letter every few days. Nothing is sold here; when a link leads to a shop, that is the maker's shop, not ours.