We’ve teamed up with AlphaTheta to offer you the chance to win a pair of their brand-new Wave Eight portable battery-powered PA speakers. The Wave Eights come complete with AlphaTheta’s cable-free SonicLink wireless technology, meaning DJing from ANY DJ gear without cables is fully possible with these, with no additional transmitters, receivers or other kit … The post Win A Pair Of AlphaTheta Wave Eight Speakers Worth $1800 appeared first on Digital DJ Tips ..read more

In this replay of our live Q&A lesson, we kicked things off with some crucial DJing lessons we can all take from the Grimes Coachella “debacle”, before diving into all sorts of questions from our DJ community. Here’s what’s covered… 0:00 Intro 3:18 How to avoid the “Grimes Coachella mishap”? 9:48 DJ news this week … The post Grimes’s DJ mess-up – Lessons for us all? [Live Q&A] appeared first on Digital DJ Tips ..read more

Recently, there have been developments in the world of low-latency wireless speaker systems for DJs, which mean that you can now feasibly DJ without wires from your DJ equipment to your loudspeakers, as well as link those speakers without wires. Doing this can be convenient for quick set-up and breakdown, it can be great for … The post 3 Innovative Wireless DJ Speaker Systems – Is One Right For You? appeared first on Digital DJ Tips ..read more

Enjoy this latest edition of our podcast, where digital DJ students get to ask questions across all the big areas of DJing and get answers in our live community. Episode Notes A broad selection of questions today, including producing music when half deaf, worries about DJing when visually impaired, keeping children interested in DJing, why … The post Getting Kids Into DJing, DJing With Disabilities, Small USB Controllers [Podcast] appeared first on Digital DJ Tips ..read more

Whether you play music that’s labelled “bootleg”, “mashup”, “re-edit” or “remix” and have wondered what these terms mean, or you’re dabbling yourself in altering or making your own versions of tunes that you own, you may have wondered what the differences are between these often-used labels. So here I’m going to talk you through each … The post Bootlegs, Mashups, Re-edits & Remixes: What’s The Difference? appeared first on Digital DJ Tips ..read more

On our podcast recently, one of our students, Sam, asked about the sync button in DJing. He said: “Please help me to understand something. I started DJing in later life, now aged 52. I love the technology. I rip samples, I use stems, I loop on three decks, and so on. “In the last few … The post “I’m New To DJing, Is It OK To Use Sync?” appeared first on Digital DJ Tips ..read more

Breaking news today: not one but TWO major DJ software manufacturers have implemented OpenAI’s new visual tools, enabling DJ software to “crowd read”, saving busy DJs having to figure out what song the dancefloor wants to hear next. VirtualDJ’s “VibeCheck” and Djay Pro’s “Neural Crowd” both use a simple webcam attached to the DJ’s laptop … The post Now DJ Software Can Read The Crowd For You appeared first on Digital DJ Tips ..read more

VirtualDJ 2024 has been released for early access, offering DJs new features focused on cloud storage and library management – plus the ability to use Fuzzy Keymixing, the Digital DJ Tips method of keymixing that has taken the DJ world by storm in the last couple of years. CloudDrive: A new free cloud library The … The post VirtualDJ 2024 Brings CloudDrive, Better Library & Fuzzy Keymixing appeared first on Digital DJ Tips ..read more

KRK has this week launched its new Rokit Generation 5 series of monitor speakers in 5, 7 and 8-inch woofer variants. This is the latest update to this popular entry-level monitor series. They are bi-amped, offering class D amplification, KRK’s iconic yellow Kevlar woofers, silk dome tweeters, XLR and 1/4″ jack inputs and four M6 … The post KRK Launches Rokit Gen 5 Speakers With New Voicings appeared first on Digital DJ Tips ..read more

Join Phil Morse of the Digital DJ Tips DJ school, as he answers another batch of student questions about their DJing. Episode Notes In this month’s show, we start by looking at the perennial debating point among the wider DJing community of whether or not it’s acceptable to use the sync button. It’s one of … The post Sync Button, EQ Transitioning, Duplicate Files, DJ Lighting [Podcast] appeared first on Digital DJ Tips ..read more