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Touch DJ is a soon-to-be-released iPhone app that lets you mix music in real time, just like you would with professional DJ equipment.
Created by Amidio – the same folks who brought us the amazing noise.io iphone synth. According to the Amidio guys, Touch DJ is a serious live performance tool, and not just an…
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October 25th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: audio interactive media players mobile tech technology

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Fancy yourself a DJ Hero? Looking for a new coffee table? I may have found the perfect thing for your living room.
The Scratch DJ coffee table from Bughouse features a distressed image of a pair of turntables and a mixer under its glass top. As an added bonus, you can customize it by placing…
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July 6th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: design geek art + craft quickpix
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Chunk’s yoda DJ shirt combines one of the most ancient geek icons with one of the geekiest forms of music. Lightsaber rave parties anyone?
Wonder which artists the Jedi Master prefers. I think he’ll have a bit of M83 because he traverses galaxies, a bit of Justice because he’s on the light side, and some…
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April 28th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: geek art + craft retro
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Wacom, known almost solely for their pen-based graphic tablets and touchscreens has made the jump into an entirely new market – DJs. Maybe dance clubs are more recession-proof than graphic designers? Who knows?
The new Wacom nextbeat is a music controller which lets both professional and casual digital dee-jays finesse their tunes in about any…
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March 15th, 2009
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author: technabob
filed under: audio gadgets media players technology
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On the surface, this shiny box looks like an old school cassette tape that’s been 24-karat gold plated. But take another look, and you’ll see that it’s actually a pocket-sized audio mixer for combining sounds from a pair of audio devices.
The Mix Tape Portable DJ Mixer lets you mash up tracks from any two…
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December 22nd, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: audio gadgets media players
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Here’s a fun little sound system you can connect to your portable media player. ZumReed’s Pocket DJ Speaker looks like a tiny little turntable.
The mini speaker is small enough to carry on your keychain, hang from a briefcase, bookbag or purse strap. In keeping with the turntable theme, volume is controlled by spinning the…
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October 25th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: audio gadgets just plain fun media players
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This is what appears to be a vinyl record player in an unholy marriage with a handbag, rendering it ready and available to meet all your portable scratching needs. What’s interesting to me is that based on the photo I think there’s a good chance this thing actually works.
I spotted this on Dark Roasted…
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September 1st, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: geek art + craft hacks + mods
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Tokidoki has recently come out with a watch that looks like a turntable, and I’ll be the first to go on record as saying it looks fantastic.
The Tokidoki watch is presented in a much more tongue-in-cheek rendering than this other turntable-lookin’ watch. It features a black and orange display and is stainless steel with a leather strap. The…
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August 4th, 2008
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author: karen m.
filed under: just plain fun timepieces
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Here’s a fun way to get satisfy your inner DJ. This little application for the iPhone and iPod Touch uses the multi-touch screen to let you “scratch” audio tracks just like a real turntable.
MixMeister Scratch lets you choose from a bunch of digitized scratch sound effects, then lets you perform some turntable wizardry on…
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March 7th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun media players
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The other day, I told you about a tabletop multi-touch interface for creating music sequences. While I was researching that story, I came across an interesting touchscreen interactive music controller device that you can actually get your hands on for yourself.
The Jazzmutant Lemur is a fully-programmable multi-touch input device for controlling music sequencing, mixing,…
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September 12th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets interactive
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A while back, I told you about a slick, self-contained DJ mixing system called the Pacemaker. At the time, the pocket-sized device looked too much like concept art to be for real.
Well, the good news is that the folks over at Digital-Lifestyles managed to get their hands on one for this exclusive video preview,…
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August 30th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: gadgets media players
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Until now, Live DJs have been relegated to standing behind their turntables when they want to spin some tracks. This funky-looking controller from Vestax changes all that.
Looking more like an uber-modern electric guitar than a turntable, the Vestax S-1 Premium lets DJs move around the stage just like other members of the band. By…
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August 27th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: audio strange + wonderful
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