Mixes Of The Week: 3/7/17

This week’s top mixes include Native Instrument’s Amphibian Trails, Martyn’s Hip Hop Special, Cosmic Slop Dripping into Dimensions, and Shanti Celeste Going Deep and Dusty. Native Instrument’s Amphibian Trails. Via Sydney’s multi-award winning experimental show Ears Have Ears, a mix by Berlin duo Native Instrument, a sound collaboration bringing together field recordings and abstract production, which has recently been released by…

Review: Tape Saturation Plugin by Softube

Softube from Sweden offers a fine array of quality plugins for recording. Their latest endeavor is TAPE, a reel to reel emulation plugin meant to give your recording the sound of having been recorded on an analog tape reel. Such plugins are common and most major producers of recording plugins offer one. There was a…

Over To You: Do You Enjoy DJing Back To Back?

Digital DJ Tips Platinum Facebook Group member Karlton asks: “I’ve got a real problem with going back to back (B2B) with another DJ. It kills me because I can’t get into a true groove playing two tracks and then letting someone else play two, and so on. Am I being selfish or does anyone else…

Your Questions: Do Pro DJs Use Sync When Recording Mixes?

Digital DJ Tips Forum member Sam asks: “When I DJ in a ‘live’ setting to an audience, I take pride in being able to beat match manually. However, when listening to professional, pre-recorded mixes online (from music labels such as Eton Messy, Selected, Spinnin’ and so on) they always sound absolutely spot on with no…