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DJ Life Simulator, Part Two: A chat with the Developer
John - the solo developer behind One Day Code Games - got back to me with answers covering the engineering, the detection methodology, controller support and what’s next for the game. A closer look at DJ Life Simulator.
Teenage Engineering EP-136: Mixer or Controller?
A DJ posted their travel setup on r/DJSetups. Forty-four comments later, the thread had worked out more about the Teenage Engineering EP-136 K.O.-Sidekick than most spec sheets manage.
DJ Life Simulator: A Game That Sets Out to Teach Real Mixing
A solo developer has released ‘DJ Life Simulator: Learn to DJ for Real’ into Early Access on Steam. The pitch is unusually direct for the genre: not a rhythm game, not an arcade fantasy, but a tool that claims the skills you build in-game carry over to real decks.
Signal and Noise: AlphaTheta's CDJ-1500X & XDJ-AN
The CDJ-1500X and XDJ-AN land a week apart to near-unanimous criticism. Strip the loudest complaints back to the spec sheet, and the units seem to be documenting something larger than themselves: a change in what a DJ unit is, and who it is for.
Confirmed Features: Numark Mixtrack GO & Party Mix III Release
The inMusic FCC filings we covered a few weeks back are now real. Numark made the Mixtrack GO and the Party Mix III release official this week - and they did it with a coordinated rollout.
FCC Database Leak: AlphaTheta's DJM-A7 Club Mixer
An unannounced AlphaTheta club mixer has surfaced in the FCC’s equipment authorisation database as the DJM-A7 (FCC ID 2AM73-0008), filed by AlphaTheta Corporation and built in Malaysia. The description on the paperwork is deliberately plain: the EUT line just reads “DJ Mixer.”
Introducing Tracked: DJ Tech News & Insights
Just like every other form of content today, keeping up with the newest DJ hardware and software felt (to me) like sweeping up leaves in a thunderstorm. Most weeks, the genuinely useful technical pieces were buried within algorithmic feeds, sponsored gear launches, and 3rd hand press releases.
FCC Database Leak: Two New Numark Stem Controllers
Two unannounced Numark controllers have surfaced in the FCC’s equipment authorisation database: an ultra-portable unit filed as the Mixtrack GO (Y4O-NK54), and inMusic’s next entry-level light-show deck, the Party Mix III (Y4O-NK55).
XDJ100SX: An Open-Source CDJ Mod
Barcelona-based DJ and Audio Engineer Marc Monka has released the XDJ100SX, a brilliant DIY project that guts an old CDJ-100S and resurrects it as a fully standalone, modern DJ deck. The best part? It runs entirely on open-source software.
Finding Legal, Zero-Cost Tracks
If you have ever tried to learn a new skill on a budget, you know that the start up cost is often the biggest hurdle. In the world of DJing, that usually means three things: the software, the hardware, and the music.