Audio Innovate's Elliot Marx has a mission, and that is to make his ever popular Innofader fit everything from old school Bozaks to new school Kenwoods. But in doing so, he's made what should be a straightforward installation appear less than a plug and play affair. So having examined what are the most popular installs, he's radically simplified the classic Innofader, and distilled it into a new product. No, I'm not talking about the mini Innofader that we broke a few weeks ago - this is the Innofader PNP.

Hear ye hear ye hear ye. Native Instruments, despite me already announcing it on Facebook, would have it know that they're doing one of their fire sales. This one is a serious slice off of the retail price of the only recently announced Traktor Kontrol S2. Just a few months in and £150 off? What's that all about?

While I have a heap of NAMM footage to get through, I'm actually tired of seeing the same video that 10 other people shot. So I'm cherry picking the things that I don't think you'll see elsewhere. Just before NAMM, Serato announced Serato Video - the cross platform (well ITCH and SSL) plugin that brings video to ITCH controllers. Aroha from Serato braved the loud NAMM show floor to give us a quick walkthrough the real basics.

In an industry that seems constantly drifting toward more of the same, it takes some effort to dig in and find unique and useful controllers. The difficulty of further perfecting the workflow around two decks and a mixer is being realized by bother manufacturers and consumers as more modular setups and touch based controllers enter the market. While neither of those options have been perfected, they are being toyed with in more interesting ways than the past few years have shown us.The interesting thing to me about DJing these days is the ability to craft my own workflow. It is, in fact, what I spend the majority of my time focusing on when I get a new controller or software. Molding a new method with a standardized set of decks (two platters, two or four faders, and a bunch of buttons and knobs) can be interesting, but eventually they all just seem to feel the same. Enter the QuNeo.

One of the heavily rumoured and accidentally leaked launched at NAMM 2012 were the new Rane mixers. Yes mixers plural as the baby Sixty-One and Sixty-Two 2 channel mixers were properly uncovered, rather than accidentally appearing on Instagram. We surrounded DJ Big Wiz as he gave us a complete walkthrough both mixers. Video after the jump.

Reader Todd Waddell via our Facebook Page writes: “I’ve been DJing a long time, but am relatively new to digital. My main concern nowadays is the number of tracks being released..." »

Successful DJing is all about bums on seats (well, feet on dancefloors, actually). So where does that leave playing what you like? Where does that put your tastes, your musical aspirations? How can you fit these around keeping an audience happy? "The DJ Quadrant" will help us to find the answer. »

Popular radio is inundated with tracks from artists who used to be almost exclusively grounded in Europe’s club scene. This is good news for the pop/dance digital DJ! Read on for two cool ways to enhance your DJing while incorporating modern pop music into your sets. »

So you want to start your own record label? If your pursuing this to make money then you may want to think again! However, if you love music and you want to broaden your scope beyond DJing, producing and running club nights, then setting up a record label may yet be your calling. »

If you've just joined this series, in the first three parts we set up Facebook and Twitter accounts, customised our pages to make them look good, and uploaded our DJ mix to free hosting provider Mixcloud. They're all linked to at the end. In this fourth and final part of our series, we're going to look at how to promote your DJ mix »

The Pioneer DDJ-S1 is just over a year old now, having been announced at NAMM 2010. While a number of other controllers have come on the market since, how well does it hold up? And if we were to compare it to the VCI-300, what makes the S1... Read more

Most DJs have heard the legend of the incredible Innofader - but did you know that this epic fader now has a little brother? Designed to accomodate the many MIDI controllers that don't have room for a full-sized Innofader, we've got the rundown and... Read more

This article will not help you get famous or lead to gigs in front of 10,000 people. It will not help you do more amazing  technical feats or impress your girlfriend with mad remixing skills. If either of those are your goals in DJing, please stop... Read more

It’s been almost two and a half years since the last DJ TechTools key detection software comparison. Times have changed and the software has moved on, so we took a fresh look at the capabilities of Mixed in Key, Rapid Evolution, and Beatunes-... Read more

Beatport seems set on becoming a hub for DJs with today's launch of a remix contest platform called Beatport Play. This new dedicated site features songs from top-tier talent like Steve Aoki and enables budding producers to get their work on a major... Read more

In this NAMM 2012 wrap-up we play with Moog’s new Minitaur synth, we geek out with Teenage Engineering, we checked out Akai's new MPC series and we got a moment with Ezra Buchla to learn a bit more about their highly coveted modular synthesizers.

Los Angeles-based producers and remixers Salva and Shlohmo recently stopped by Dubspot NYC for a music production workshop and interview. The two electronic music artists talk about their influences, inspirations, music education, and much more. Salva also demonstrated some production techniques in Logic Pro.

Welcome to Sub-Bass, the first of a series in which we'll get under the skin of sounds that mean something now. As we do in our Music Foundations course, live here at Dubspot in NYC, I'll be listening through the music to hear the rhythm of its ancestral DNA - because every song we love has a history.

Allen & Heath have enjoyed incredible success amongst pro jocks with their Xone: 1D and 2D controllers which offer performance-dedicated controls for performance. The new K2 takes some of this form factor (layout, spacing) and applies it to a lower profile design.

The culture surrounding 7" vinyl in New York City is a scene driven by DJs, where casual listeners are rare. While weekend collectors and club DJs generally gravitate towards the 12", which is named after its diameter, 7"s are the tool of a select few here

For a limited time, you can get a pretty good deal on the Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol S2 compact two-deck controller.read more

Need some new headphones? Want some bright white ones that will stand out in a dark venue? Numark introduced its new set of DJ-style headphones appropriately dubbed the Electrowave.read more

Attention iPad DJs: Numark introduced iDJ Pro, a professional DJ controller designed to expand your iPad’s touch interface, seamlessly integrating with Algoriddim's djay for iPad app.read more

Make more mashups on the go -- Waves Audio Musicsoft Arts collaborated on Mashup, a new iPad app that lets you play and mix directly from your iPad music library as well as download exclusive trackread more

Expanding its lineup of iOS apps and tools, IK Multimedia has introduced the iRig Mix, a mobile mixer for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.read more

Design, and investigation in general, thrive on a challenge. So Bastus Trump, working with none other than Monolake co-founder and Ableton imagineer Robert Henke, took on the call to make the blank glass of an iPad behave more as an instrument might. The results, filling that screen with overlapping circles, are impressive, exploiting continuous touch … Continue →

Photo by Nina Mouritzen; courtesy Julie Covello/Shakey. In an explosion of color, buttons, keys, velcro, and fur, and coupled with a cyborg-chic eyepiece, the VoltAxe is controllerism gone Mad Max, a post-acocalyptic keytar bred from salvaged parts. And if you want to make a unique construction of your own, creator Julie Covello – aka New … Continue →

Turning music and sound into three-dimensional worlds often yields something that fields like a trip through space. But this feels like a real trip. Through pulsing, glowing starfields, “Versum”‘s audiovisual movements are brain-bendingly transformative. Artist Tarik Barri has created an integrated world of sound and image that makes the interface and the compositional realms seamless. … Continue →

Dewanatron’s Brian and Leon were on-hand with their unique inventions. Photos by Marsha Vdovin for CDM. For the lover of musical instruments and technology, southern California’s NAMM show is a giant toy shop. It’s work for many of its attendees, of course, but we know many of our readers dream of the objects that will … Continue →

Brainfeeder at work. Photo (CC-BY-NC-SA) Theo Jemison Photography. Writing about music may indeed be like dancing about architecture, so why not give music a listen? If you’re not already familiar with the terrific Los Angeles label Brainfeeder, founded by Flying Lotus, now’s the time to discover its artists. If you are familiar with them, you … Continue →

Berlin's Club Transmediale festival is now in full swing, and Beatport is proud to announce our collaboration with the festival in the form of a special Ustream broadcast this Friday evening featuring a live performance from Ital (100% Silk) and a DJ set from Anstam (50 Weapons). Tune in Friday, February 3 at 22:00 GMT to catch both artists on Beatport's Ustream channel. Read more on Beatportal

With WMC only a mere two months away, it's about time you started working on the anthem that could be played up and down South Beach the last week of March. If you need a little inspiration to get tweaking synths and sequencing your tracks, Sounds To Sample has the answer! Progressive House Melodics 2, constructed from scratch by Steed, is packed with 100 loops of screaming prog synths and a low end so fat, even a Funktion One stack will struggle to keep up with it. Also included are 60 MIDI files to help get you started on your own progressions that could end up playing out day three of Ultra! Pick up the pack here and peruse the rest of our production-focused sister site Sounds To Sample here. Now fire up those DAWs and VSTs and get to work! Read more on Beatportal

Considering that this track's release was back in September and leaders in dubstep had their hands on it for some time before that, we may be a little late in honoring this tune. Still, this is a track that’s become a part of a revolution in the bass scene that is well worthy of reaching back to highlight. Still collecting spins while most of its peers fall into dusty bins, Dismantle’s debut with "Computation" has become one of the highlights of N-Type’s Wheel & Deal label. Its use of new sounds and elements in bass production has exposed many of the dubstep allegiance to a new world of crowd-pleasing alternatives to garden-variety wobble. Read more on Beatportal

Trance fans are in for a treat. The only trance producer to make it into our top ten in 2011, Gareth Emery, has posted his Boxing Day set in its five-hour entirety on his official YouTube page. Yes, you read that correctly, five hours of hands-in-the-air, synth-tastic Garuda glory for your listening pleasure. (Who knew it was even possible to post five-hour videos?) Check out the set above and see what's new from Gareth, one of the great rising stars of trance, here. Watch this video on Beatportal