Open-Source
Tracked #7 - DJ Life Simulator's Sequel, and Denon's Prime 4 G2
Tracked - the latest in DJ tech and culture, curated from inside the booth. Our Part Two follow-up on DJ Life Simulator with developer responses in hand, Denon’s Prime 4 G2 goes hands-on, and a DIY Traktor rig picks up a ChatGPT-coded brain.
Tracked #6 - A look at the EP-136, and a DDJ-1000 standalone
Tracked - the latest in DJ tech and culture, curated from inside the booth. Our take on Teenage Engineering’s EP-136 K.O.-Sidekick, a DDJ-1000 reverse-engineered onto a Raspberry Pi 4, and Stembox’s commercial answer to the same standalone problem.
Tracked #5 - PRO DJ LINK's open door, and the XDJ-AN reviewed
Tracked - the last two weeks in DJ tech and culture, curated from inside the booth. The latest: AlphaTheta’s PRO DJ LINK vulnerability and what it actually exposes, XDJ-AN reviewed, three new Mixxx mappings, and the DVS story told by people who were there.
Tracked #4 - New Mixxx Mappings, and DJCU2 frees your beatgrids
Tracked - the last two weeks in DJ tech and culture, curated from inside the booth. The latest: New controller mapping for Mixxx, Numark Party Mix III review, DJCU2 carries beatgrids between apps, and a new game that teaches real mixing.
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.