Beginner’s Guide To DJ Lighting 2022

Nowadays, DJing is about so much more than just playing the music. In this TikTok, Instagram and generally more visual-than-ever world, and when DJing can involve playing in “real” venues but also on livestreams (and increasingly, at home parties too), having some kind of DJ lighting to illuminate your performance is becoming essential – and…

Real-Time Stems Separation Comes To Serato DJ Software

Serato has added real-time stems separation to both flavours if its DJ software, and you can try the feature right now by downloading the Serato DJ Pro 3.0 beta. Serato Stems lets DJs separate the vocals, melody, bass and drums in any playing song, meaning instant acapellas, instrumentals and so on, mirroring a feature that…

Beatport Award $100,000 Through Their Gender Parity Initiative

Future Female Sounds, Lady of the House, and #FORTHEMUSIC receive a combined $100,000 via Beatport’s Gender Parity Initiative. The program aims to fund companies tackling industry-wide inequities around gender, race, and more. Earlier this year at IMS 2022, Robb McDaniels, CEO of Beatport announced a $100k fund to support organisations looking to tackle the gender…

Lo-Fi House & Breaks Fusion In The Style Of JamesJamesJames

In this edition of Beat Dissected we’re remaking the drum pattern from JamesJamesJames’s nostalgic track ‘It’s Not You, It’s Me’. ‘James2007’ was one of Shall Not Fade’s stand-out releases of 2021. It might be best described as a fusion of Hello Kitty couture, lo-fi house and rave pads designed to squeeze every last drop of…

Apisonic Labs updates Speedrum to v1.4.0

Apisonic Labs has updated Speedrum to version 1.4.0. Main Changes since v1.3.1: Added: Time/pitch stretching. Added: Geist and SFZ import. Added: Import/export Pad. Added:… Read More Read the full story