It’s safe to say that, for most modern-day producers looking to create full-sounding, high-quality drum…
DJs, we are in the midst of something of a portable speaker renaissance. It seems…
It’s said that time flies when you’re having fun, and boy, how it flies. It…
From the jump, KRK’s S12.4 powered, studio subwoofer gets your attention. Weighing in at a…
With the release of the Pioneer DJ DJM-S11, the DJ community was given a great…
If there was ever a cross between a flight deck and a piece of DJ…
Intuitively, the design of the original RANE TWELVE and this second generation make a lot…
There are many ways to numerically measure a mobile DJ’s set-up. One could start with…
The music products universe seems to be dominated primarily by companies that get their reputation…
If you are seeking a full-featured, sonically detailed, and comfortable pair of headphones – a…
By the time you read this review, it will have been almost a year since…
If you’re in search of a clean-looking, full-sounding, and truly portable sound system for your…
PreSonus is one of those companies that, quite frankly, seems to have its fingers in…
It feels as if I’ve said this a lot in recent years, but as I…
At the NAMM show in Anaheim, Calif., this past January, I got a demo of…
Over the years, I’ve had the pleasure of sampling some of the gear from Baton…
If you think you’re experiencing a bit of déjà vu right about now, well, perhaps…
Big news today coming from Roland with the announcement of the release of a powerful…
I’ve had the opportunity over the years to review in-ear monitors, or IEMs, more than…
At Winter NAMM this year (back when we all felt just fine about traveling and…
Mastering — the process of getting a piece of recorded music ready for distribution —…
My very first review for DJ Times was of a Hercules DJ controller, and I’ve…
I’m a long-time fan of in-ear monitors, or IEMs. I like the way they sound,…
At the Winter NAMM show this past January, as DJ Times editor Jim Tremayne and…
Over the 11-plus years that I’ve been writing for DJ Times, I’ve seen a lot…
Looking to make your studio monitors truly optimized? Isolators are the solution, and I recently…
It was right around a decade ago when QSC unleashed its now-legendary KW181 active subwoofer…
From Gibson Brands comes KRK Systems, makers of fine studio monitors, like its popular Rokit…
Looking at the Pioneer DDJ-200, it reminds me that as DJs, we live in time…
At first glance, we’re tempted to say that with the Pioneer DJM-V10, the DJ market-leader…
In the last few years, the portable scratch scene has really taken off. What started…
With the introduction of the Denon DJ Prime Go console, the company has upped the…
The DJ SC6000 Prime, SC6000M Prime, and X1850 Prime mixer — are these the game-changers…
The DJ mixer is a centerpiece in your setup. It’s the key to your programming,…
For DJs, playing vinyl has become a niche market at this point. Whether it’s Brooklyn,…
The demands of the modern DJ have evolved to a point where, for many, DJing…
To say that I was excited to get my hands on a pair of new…
By DJ Deets From AKG, a Harman brand known for creating reliable microphones for a…
By Erik V. Miller When DJs, producers, and audio enthusiasts think of studio monitors they…
While I’ve written for this magazine for over a decade now (it’s true that time…
It’s been several years now since Cumberland, R.I.-based inMusic Brands first started corralling some of…
By DJ Deets QSC Audio’s new CP Series of compact, powered loudspeakers comes in two…
Fact No. 1: DJs like shiny new things. They like new gear, they like new…
It wasn’t that long ago — just last year, actually — that you would have…
Clear back in 2006 when I first started DJing, I made an arbitrary decision in…
One of the most fundamental components of any studio set-up is the audio interface —…
The first review I ever wrote for this magazine was over a decade ago now,…
Back at the Winter NAMM Show in January 2018, I was introduced to a new…
Having been in the DJ game for quite some time, I am repeatedly impressed with…
It was way back in the Summer of 2017 when I first put my hands…
I can speak from personal experience that two of the greatest challenges in building out…
By DJ Deets For this month’s Sounding Off pro-audio column, Minneapolis-based DJ Deets takes on…
When one thinks of professional audio and leaders in the field, one of the names…
This month’s Sounding Off entry offers two reviews. Boston-based DJ Paul Dailey takes on JBL…
One of the trickiest (and at times most frustrating) parts of creating recorded music is…
For the record, let it be known that I have tested, reviewed, worked with, broken…
It’s just not every day that we see a major new release of Ableton’s flagship…
There’s no question that there are a lot of DJ controllers on the market these…
In late 2018, cutting-edge virtual synth and FX designer, Rob Papen Soundware released SubBoomBass 2,…
The Roland DJ-202 and DJ-505 controllers followed the DJ-808 controller, Roland’s first foray into the…
Not long ago, I reviewed Native Instruments’ Komplete 11, the Berlin-based company’s preeminent collection of…
Anaheim, Calif. – Another January, another Winter NAMM Show moved to the done pile. As…
It’s interesting to me that when it comes to DJ gear, there are essentially three…
With the release of Ozone 8 mastering suite, iZotope has introduced some new features that…
By DJ Deets There exists this destructive myth amongst the DJing and electronic-music communities that…
By Mike Gwertzman Eerie, haunting music boxes. Malfunctioning robots. Creepy dolls. Space cowboys and miniature rocket…
At the recent DJ Expo in Atlantic City, I participated in a DJ-tech panel discussion…
By Mike Gwertzman Casual observers of Swedish EDM superstars Dada Life can quickly glean that…
Last month, I took a peek at Denon DJ’s incredible new SC5000 Prime media player.…
It’s been roughly three years now since Rhode Island-based inMusic Brands added Denon DJ to…
When I first received the press release for the Bassboss SV8 active loudspeakers, I was…
This past January, during my annual trek to Anaheim, Calif., for the Winter NAMM Show,…
At the beginning of the year when I first saw the promotional videos for the…
I have a long, checkered past with wireless microphones. After unboxing brand after brand and…
This is the second of a two-part review where DJ Times takes a look at…
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part review that takes a look at…
For nearly a generation now, powered portable loudspeakers have remained a popular product category for…
Back in 2014, I took a look at what was then the new UR44 audio…
In my estimation, the DJ world has three levels of gear. For starters, we have…
I’ve had a home studio for several years. But it was the process of building…
The first review I ever wrote for this magazine was one for a Hercules DJ…
It has been over 13 years since Germany’s Native Instruments first threw some of its…
JBL Professional’s EON ONE is a portable, powered, micro-array PA system, and a very unique…
Studio Boom: KRK’s sub family.
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The latest mixing plug-in from iZotope is Neutron and, in some ways, it picks up…
The Roland DJ-808: imagine a DJ controller and software set-up that provides four decks’ worth…
Every couple of years or so, Spectrasonics comes out with a new virtual instrument that…
At the moment I’m writing this article, I find myself just weeks away from making…
Over the last few years, sound design has carved out its own little niche within…
This past summer, Pioneer DJ released the DDJ-RR controller, which comes bundled with the company’s…
As I’ve noted before on these pages, it truly is a great time to be…
It was just before Christmas back in 2011 that Gibson—best known as the maker of…
This is a good time to be a music creator; at no time in the…
Hercules has been making efficient and affordable DJ gear for nearly two decades now. And…
iZotope VocalSynth Plug-In Since the 1970s, artists and producers have been looking to create interesting…
As fast as technology seems to move, from time to time I’m reminded about how…
When I started DJing about a decade or so ago, I was a bit of…
It was just over two years ago that the seemingly always-growing, Rhode Island-based inMusic Brands…
Longtime audio-tech outfit iZotope has returned to the market with Ozone 7, the update to…