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Percussionism

29 July, 201915 August, 2019 Sandip SavasadiaBlog

Few days ago i came across this video on twitter . The video portraits a Senegalese musician who is playing an instrument called Cas Cas, also known as Kashaka which is a simple percussion instrument consisting of[…]

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Denon DJ SC 5000 Prime – Hands on

15 May, 201915 May, 2019 Gert JohnsenBlog

DJs with an interest in gear couldn’t have missed the “recent” emerge of Denon DJ SC5000 Prime table top media player. If you did, check out my earlier posts here and here. Despite the fact[…]

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Vinyl vs Digital

8 May, 201915 May, 2019 Gert JohnsenBlog

The debate about Digital versus Analogue has been going on for some time now; and still is. Below is a video that explains how vinyl fares towards its modern day digital counterparts, but also looks[…]

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Pioneer DJ Toraiz Squid

1 May, 20191 May, 2019 Gert JohnsenBlog

It is not news that Pioneer DJ is giving Production tools (instruments and such) a go. The sampler Toraiz SP16 and the monophonic analogue synthesizer Toraiz AS-1 have been out for a while now, and[…]

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Denon DJ – Prime 4

12 March, 201912 March, 2019 Gert JohnsenBlog

When it comes to HW-based DJ-gear there have only really been a few players to speak of. For turntables the one on the throne is obviously Technics 1200/1210. I guess Vestax had turntables popular amongst[…]

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How I play – Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin

3 December, 201828 October, 2018 Gert JohnsenBlog

Get an insight into what gear and setups techno gurus Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin use playing live. For their style of Music I would say these are very interesting setups. However, and in my[…]

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Problem with Lates version Rekordbox by Pioneer DJ

4 November, 20185 November, 2018 Gert JohnsenBlog

I have been running Mac OS X Mojave for a while now, and I am super happy about the new dark design. For once Rekordbox worked fine in the transition between High Sierra and Mojave[…]

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MWM Phase – Ultimate DVS system

28 October, 201828 October, 2018 Gert JohnsenBlog

MWM developed what might be the Ultimate DVS system. I don’t use a DVS system myself, but Phase can simplify the setup quite a bit as it transfers timecodes wirelessly to a receiver which is[…]

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Denon DJ SC5000M Prime

20 September, 201820 September, 2018 Gert JohnsenBlog

So Denon DJ has improved their already awesome DJ-player, and release the SC5000M of the prime series. M stands for Motorized and means the platter now spins as it did on the old Technics DJ[…]

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Firmware update – PioneerDJ DJM 2000 / 2000 NXS (3.21)

10 July, 201829 July, 2018 Gert JohnsenBlog

Finally, after a very very long wait, PioneerDJ stepped up to the plate and solved the issue they have had with the USB sound card function of the DJM 2000 / DJM 2000 NXS mixers.[…]

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Shinola Detroit LLC – The Runwell Turntable

21 June, 201821 June, 2018 Gert JohnsenBlog

Shinola was… and I quote from Wikipedia: …a defunct American brand of shoe polish. The Shinola Company, founded in Rochester, New York in 1877 as the American Chemical Manufacturing and Mining Company, produced the polish under[…]

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Ortofon Concord MKII

10 April, 201829 March, 2018 Gert JohnsenBlog

So Ortofon have upgraded their famous all powerful Concorde pickup. It has been around for very long. I have used a Concorde since I first started DJing. There are  5 cartridges in the series, one[…]

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A weekend with the PioneerDJ DJS-1000

20 March, 201818 March, 2018 Gert JohnsenBlog

The Pioneer DJ DJS-1000 was announced last year, on the day before Amsterdam Dance Event started in October. Obviously I had a chance to fiddle a little at the Pioneer DJ showroom at De Backe[…]

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Rekordbox vs Mac OSX High Sierra

24 February, 201824 February, 2018 Gert JohnsenBlog

Ok, This one deserves re-post. Since upgrading my Mac OS X to 10.3.2 (and now also 10.3.3) I cannot recognise the DJM-2000 Nexus (affects also the DJM-2000) as an input device on my computer, which[…]

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The new PioneerDJ DJM-REC – Recording app

19 February, 201819 February, 2018 Gert JohnsenBlog

So PioneerDJ has now also release a recording app for us all to be able to record our DJ-sets. To me it seems more useful in a live situation – at home I would run[…]

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My customised Technics SL1200

15 January, 20189 January, 2018 Gert JohnsenBlog

Technics SL1200/1210, the turntable of choice for all DJ. Or is it? Well in my opinion, it is not a very nice turntable to play on. I particularly do not like the border of the[…]

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Pheenix Alpha – the vinyl press machine manufacturer

6 January, 201816 February, 2018 Sandip SavasadiaBlog

Some days ago SVT , the Swedish public service TV had an news report about the swedish vinyl press machine manufacturer Pheenix Alpha and the gaining popularity of buying vinyls. The company Pheenix Alpha is located in[…]

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Sony High Resolution Walkman (1A/1Z)

18 November, 201718 November, 2017 Gert JohnsenBlog

OK, so the walkman has been dead for a while and mp3-players like the IPOD are fashionable outdated.  Streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal or others, on our smart phones or computers have replaced[…]

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