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November 29th, 2012 Reviews

Review & Video: Vestax V-Midi Interface For iOS DJs

by DJ Hombre

The Vestax V-Midi is a small audio/Midi interface for use with iOS devices.

Vestax V-Midi review: When Apple produced the Camera Connection Kit (CCK) to patch the hole left by lack of USB support with the iPad, digital DJs, musicians and software companies jumped on it as a means to transport CoreMIDI data to/from the iPad for hooking up external gear such as DJ controllers and keyboards.

Unfortunately, the same loophole wasn’t available for iPod Touch and iPhone users, and as such they were left out of the Midi connectivity scene. But now the Vestax V-Midi has come along to change all that…

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November 26th, 2012 Reviews

Review & Video: Ultrasone Signature DJ Headphones

by Phil Morse

Built for DJs who are only interested in the best, these headphones certainly deliver it – at a price.

To the upper echelons of DJ headphones, where luxury models breathe the rarefied air and look down on the mid-range masses and the lower-end wannabes, has been added a new design: the Ultrasone Signature DJ.

We’ve tested two pairs of Ultrasone headphones before (see our Ultrasone DJ1 review and our Ultrasone DJ1 Pro review), but these move it up to another level entirely.

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November 23rd, 2012 News & Opinion

DJ Player 5.5: DVS Arrives For iPad By Christmas

by Phil Morse

DJ Player 5.5 brings vinyl control to iOS software DJs, and is due to drop before Christmas 2012.

Rapidly becoming the iOS power user’s DJ software of choice, DJ Player is about to cement that position with the imminent release of v5.5, which brings digital vinyl control to users of the software on iPad, iPad Mini, iPod Touch and iPhone.

DJ Player 5.5 can be used with any timecode vinyl/CDs, and you can even have one turntable controlling both of DJ Player’s software decks simultaneously.

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November 16th, 2012 Reviews

Review & Video: vjay For iPhone & iPod touch

by DJ Hombre

Taking full advantage of the iPhone 5′s new longer retina display, vjay for iPhone is a full VJ package in your pocket…

vjay for iPhone & iPod touch review: Back in June this year, vjay for iPad grabbed our attention with its clever pairing of a djay-style interface with powerful video mixing on an iPad.

Pretty impressively, with vjay for iPhone & iPod touch, maker Algoriddim has now managed to streamline the vjay app interface to work on a much smaller screen, taking advantage of the technical advances of the more recent such devices. We already know that vjay is great fun on an iPad, but how does it fare on a smaller screen? Let’s find out!

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September 28th, 2012 Reviews

Review: djay 1.6 for iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch

by DJ Hombre

With BPM and pitch faders now right there on the main screen, the new djay app takes full advantage of the improved screen real estate on the iPhone 5.

A couple of days back we broke the news that Algoriddim had upgraded its iPhone and iPad DJ apps to take advantage of the latest leaps in iOS hardware and software technology. Headline improvements included iOS stereo cueing and in-app music purchases, but there’s more too.

We guessed that if the features had been delivered flawlessly, there’d be a chance that they could usher the market towards mainstream acceptance of iOS DJing. And as we’ve now had time to assess how well the new versions of the software perform, here’s our verdict…

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March 15th, 2012 Reviews

3 New Ways To Listen To Music On iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch

by DJ Hombre

Recreating the vinyl look, feel and sound on your iOS device? That's the promise of AirVinyl, one of three music playback apps we look at today.

I hope you’re as obsessive as I am about ensuring all the information about your DJing tracks is correct – title, artist, album and so on. After all, it’s pretty much essential for effective use of DJ software. But more than that, it has the added bonus of making whatever general music playback software you use work better too.

And if you’re an iPad / iPhone / iPod Touch user, there’s a wider choice than just the standard and rather uninspiring Music app to choose from. You’ve done the work on your collection, so why not use your downtime to get to know your music a bit better? Here are three alternative music library apps that will help you to do just that:

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March 1st, 2012 Reviews

Review: Future DJ For iPhone & iPod Touch

by DJ Hombre

Future DJ has parallel waveforms which will be familiar to anyone who's used DJ software on PC or Mac.

DJing on your iDevice as we’re finding out isn’t all about Algoriddim’s djay, great though it is – there are many other programs vying for your attention.

The Future DJ app has been in the app store for almost a year now and curiously seems to get little notice; so today I’m setting out to find out if it’s a hidden gem.

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July 8th, 2011 News & Opinion

First DJ Controller for iPad & iPhone Arrives: No Laptop Required

by Phil Morse

Numark's iDJ Live DJ Controller with algoriddim djay turns your iPhone or iPad into a full DJ system.

Numark’s new iDJ Live DJ controller is the first hardware DJ device specifically designed for iPad and iPhone. Using algoriddim’s djay software, it means that for the first time you can now turn your iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad into a fully functioning hardware DJ system.

And before you take one look and say “I bet you can’t DJ on that”, take a look at the video below, showing the scratch capabilities of this little set-up.

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April 16th, 2011 Software

Get djay for iPhone & iPod Touch Today For Under $1!

by Phil Morse

djay for iPhone and iPod Touch is the most realistic looking and feeling DJ app yet for iOS.

Couldn’t resist telling you about this one. If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch, the 4.5/5-rated DJing application, djay – which we’ve covered in it’s Mac, iPad and this iPhone/iPod Touch versions over the past year – is now available with a 90% discount for only US$0.99/£0.59.

If you have any music at all on your iPhone (personally I sync my smart playlist of my current DJ set so I can carry around my “box” for a quick mix at all times), you owe it to yourself to have a DJ app on there – and at this price, you really can’t go wrong with djay.

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March 15th, 2011 Software

Exclusive First Review: djay For iPhone & iPod Touch

by Phil Morse

Two record decks, a mixer and your whole record collection in the palm of your hand - it certainly looks good, but can you really DJ properly on an iPhone? Pic: Geeky Gadgets/DDJT

djay for iPhone & iPod Touch brings this acclaimed Mac and iPad DJ platform to the iPhone and iPod Touch for the first time. Here, Digital DJ Tips presents the very first full hands-on review of this potentially game-changing software. Does it represents a true leap forwards in ultra-portable DJing, or is it one shrink job too far?

As with all apps, buying via iTunes is a cinch. And upon opening the app for the first time, our first impression of this product can be summed up in one word: slick. Algoriddim – the company behind the djay range of software – has always released beautiful-looking products with the emphasis on ease of use, and djay for iPhone carries on the tradition.

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February 14th, 2011 Equipment

Review: Pokket Mixer – The Smallest DJ Mixer In The World?

by Phil Morse

The Pokket Mixer: The perfect way to sneak a DJ set-up on holiday with you?

We’ve all got them: audio devices with headphones outputs. I bet you’ve got one on you this second. If you carry a mobile phone, or an iPod, or an iPad, it’s pretty much certain you’ve got music on you that potentially you could be DJing with, right there in your pocket or bag.

So, what if you bump into another DJ who also has some music on his or her iPhone, iPod or mobile phone, and you fancy an impromptu mix while you sit in the park, wait for a bus or kill a long lunch hour? That’s where the inventors of the Pokket Mixer think they can help.

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January 26th, 2011 Software

Cue Play DJ 1.5 Review: Can You Really DJ In A Club With This?

by Gabriel Pt

Guest post by Gabriel… It wasn’t long ago that using CD player in clubs was considered sacrilege. Now, with big DJs getting behind ever smaller DJ systems (we recently reviewed the well-received djay for iPad), that’s all changing. But can a full DJ set-up get any smaller than this one for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad, backed by none less than Ferry Corsten?

The makers of Cue Play DJ claim it is possible to play a real DJ set using nothing more than your iPhone or iPod Touch (it also works on iPad) and this app. I wanted to find out if it really would be good enough to play a real club set with. Check out the video above, then below, let’s look at the app itself, and how it performed in a real club.

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