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iOS has a lot going for it when it comes to mobile music creation, curation and performance. Apple's App Store is absolutely jam packed with synths, drum machines, effects processors, DJ tools and other weird and wonderful noisemakers for your musical pleasure. One such app that produces fantastic results with relatively little skill is Crossfader, an app from DJZ that launched on the App Store at the beginning of April and has been "free for a limited time" ever since.
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VJing has its roots in the 70s when audio and visual performances began to converge and eventually resulted in music video, a trend kickstarted thanks to MTV. Over the last 40 years technology has improved to the point at which we can now mix video and music in HD resolution on a device we carry around every day.
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I’ve got a thing for vinyl, especially white labels. If it’s dusty, dubiously labelled and going for a couple of dollars then I absolutely have to buy it. Digital DJing takes some of the fun out of the pastimes associated with DJing, but then again it also adds another layer of accessibility that manual turntablism doesn’t have. Today we’ll be taking a look at some of the best solutions around, with some impressive free options and slightly more advanced paid solutions too.
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Many of the techniques used by modern DJs have their roots in experimental 30s, 40s and 50s music where turntables were originally used to create music, using samples rather than instruments. This soon evolved into a full-time job for some, as they experimented with creating music in new ways by manipulating other people’s records. This inevitably led to the birth of entirely new genres of music as the world learned to recycle beats, melodies, lyrics and samples.
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Even with all the free streaming music on the net sometimes it’s hard to choose what to listen to. It’s not a bad idea to turn to a compilation, mix or live DJ set for a varied and seamless hour or two. A lot of these sets contain little-known releases and remixes from underground artists, [...]
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Being a DJ is usually not for the faint of heart or the light of wallet. It’s hard to DJ; if you’re a normal person like me, the art of mixing music tracks on the fly to change how they sound and blend them seamlessly appears arcane. Then there is the equipment involved. Fortunately, the [...]
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There is no shortage of ways to listen to music online, whether it’s by creating your own playlists on popular websites like Grooveshark or listening to online radio stations. Playlistnow.fm is a service with a new spin on how to choose what to listen to online. Rather than listen to music based on your mood, [...]
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Whether you’re trying to create a mix of audio tracks to burn to CD as a gift for someone, or you want to put together a cool stream of awesome songs with professional DJ fading, scratches and other effects, it isn’t always easy to find high quality DJ mixing software for free. Jeffry described how [...]
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If you don’t have a lot of time to keep up with all the latest music you like, finding fresh tunes can often be a challenge. You might also have a rather a larger collection of albums and songs in your iTunes library, but you have very little time to organize and create your own [...]
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What’s a party without music?  A boring one is the answer. And if you are the host, what will that kind of party make you? An interesting filler for your friend’s gossip session. If you don’t mind becoming the source of constant giggles behind your back, that’s fine. But you can easily turn the embarrassment [...]
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It happens to the best of us: you’re clicking on random YouTube links when a friend sends you the best remix you’ve ever heard, and suddenly, you’re gripped by an overwhelming urge to try and mix your own music. Unfortunately, mixing audio not only entails picking the tracks to mix, but also downloading beats, sound [...]
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If you’re a music lover or a DJ, either amateur or professional, then you’ve likely come across the many free music mixing software apps offered on the Internet for playing, recording and mixing audio tracks. There have been some major successes as well as failures through the years. The most popular successful mixing application that [...]
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