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Phase Adds Single-Cable HID For Rekordbox

July 13

Phase has announced that its wireless control pucks now work natively with rekordbox over HID, so you can ditch the RCA cables running to your mixer and connect the receiver to your laptop with a single USB cable. It’s a

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