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Teenage Engineering EP-136: Mixer or Controller?
Editorial Teenage-Engineering Ep-136 Ko-Sidekick Mixer Usb-Audio-Interface
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.
Signal and Noise: AlphaTheta's CDJ-1500X & XDJ-AN
Editorial Alphatheta Cdj-1500x Xdj-An Standalone Industry
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.