Remainders - Things We Didn't Post

Sarah Palin's autographed gadgetry...A DJ Mixer for dual iPhones...New York City coffeeshops crack down on WiFi leechers (like me, whoops)...Fully robotic kitchen is so pretty you'll barely care when it kills you... More »

The Scratch DJ Controller Promises to Teach You to Fake DJ

While makers of Scratch: The Ultimate DJ were relatively quiet at E3, declining the opportunity to demo their game/controller on the show floor, a new promo video gives us a closer look at the package. More »

Portable Cross Fadin' Cassette Will Make All Your Spontaneous DJ Dreams Come True

Once, while walking down the street, a man suddenly approached me screaming "QUICK! We need someone to DJ!" If only I had had this portable cross fader—who knows how differently my life would've turned out. More »

$56,000 Four Arm Turntable is an Octopus DJ's Ticket to Fame

DJs or other beat mashing fiends with more than two arms are being held back by today's traditional turntables, so it's a good thing Highwater Sound is around to create $56,000 four arm Frankensteins like this thing. The table is built around a TW-Acoustic Raven AC and implements three motors. The arms were assembled from parts from Breuer Dynamic, Graham Engineering, Triplanar, and Ortofon, and the cartridges are the work of Dynavector, Ortofon, and Miyabi. We imagine that if you're a DJ, that last sentence caused the ol' heart rate to increase just a tad, among other things. [Highwater Sound via DVICE]

Hello Kitty DJ Speaker Brings Out the Disco Pussycat Lover In You

Who else would spend $25 in a Hello Kitty Action DJ Speaker—which moves pretending she's a DJ at the rhythm of the music played in your digital audio player—but a twisted disco pussy lover with probably too much Jack Daniel's running through his veins and listening to ABBA right now? More »

Art Lebedev's "Plastinkus" Lets You Jam With Wallet-Sized Scratch Sessions

There are a number of products out there that allow aspiring DJs to engage in mobile scratch sessions (like the recently released Mixmeister application for the iPhone), but Art Lebedev's new Plastinkus scratch pad claims to deliver a sound that is close to the real thing on a disk that you can fit comfortably in your wallet. Yeah, its a pretty frivolous thing to waste your money on—but at least it won't break the bank at around $4 a pop. [Art Lebedev via Pocket-Lint]

ATTIGO Touchscreen Turntable Waves Bye Bye to Grooves, Scratching

Live DJ-ing takes a step further into the 21st Century with this invention which lets DJ's view, cut, grab, loop and mix tracks by doing live waveform editing on a twin touchscreen "turntable." Invented by UK student Scott Hobbs as part of his innovative product design course, ATTIGO is about the same size as a conventional deck set-up, but has all the flexibility of digital track storage: choosing new tracks without all that swapping of vinyl. Check out the video to see it in action. More »

Rope and Pulley DJ Machine: Move the Beat To Your Body

Today at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Show, I discovered my next workout machine: Michael Chladil's Rope and Pulley. Seriously, gone are the elliptical and the rowing machine—I'm going to install this and do the silly dance you see above every day, until I'm at least as fit as any Wii could make me. More »

Revolution Synthesizer R2 Looks Like Death Star Control Panel, Not R2

Future Retro's Revolution Synthesizer R2 looks amazing; we completely have no use for a synthesizer, but we totally want one. With a complete aluminum construction, perfectly contrasting gun gray and white colors, as well as a smattering of blue LEDs all over, this synthesizer makes us moist in the most clichéd way possible. If that was not enough to get you interested, perhaps the circular sequencer interface, which allows single handed control; the ability to play patterns forwards, backwards, upside down and sideways, as well as remote pattern selection using MIDI program change messages will have you reaching for your anorexic wallet? More »

Pacemaker Pocket DJ Mixer Reviewed (Verdict: Amateur Fun)

DJing on the bus, at work, in the supermarket and in line at the DMV may sound like a pipe dream, but this pocketable Tonium Pacemaker DJ system lets you do just that. We got hands-on of this at CES, but Kat from TechDigest takes it for a "spin" (worst. pun. ever.) and finds that it's actually quite good if you ever need to liven up a party with your sub-par DJing skills. Check out the review over at TD. [Tech Digest and Pacemaker]

Smart Party Wireless DJ System Will Get Playlist Votes From Your Trousered MP3 Player

A new system devised by a pair of UCLA students could well bring democracy to music selection at parties. The two scientists have created a software-and-antennae combo that currently works on laptops, scanning people's music collections, grabbing the most popular tunes from guests' MP3 players and adding them to the night's playlist. The next step will be to see if Smart Party can be made to work on MP3 players (currently it works on laptops), polling partygoers' music devices as they arrive at the party. More info below. More »

iSpin 'eTurntable' Lets you DJ With iPods

The iSpin is a mixer that uses two docked iPods as inputs, and provides a range of effects like reverb, flange, hi/low pass filter and scratching sounds. While this would be fine for some DJs, it won't suit everyone because you can't beat-match with it. More »

Pacemaker's Pocket-Sized DJ Brings Mixing In Your Pants

Really into DJ-ing? Pacemaker's pocket-sized DJ lets you practice your song mixing skills on the wheels of molded plastic, all from the comfort of your own pants. The Pacemaker has a 120GB hard drive, USB 2.0 support, a touchpad, and various other DJ-ing functions (including loop-in, loop-out, re-loop, cue point search, and other things we have no idea about). More »

Creative Aurvana DJ Headphones: 2 Koo Fo U?

DJs, take a peek at these Creative Aurvana DJ Headphones just rolled out today, with their gorgeous brushed aluminum finish and 40mm neodymium drivers inside. More »

In Love With the DJ: IDJ2 iPod Mixer and VCI-100 MIDI Interface

Judging by some of my previous posts, I know more than a few of you are into that whole dance music/club scene. So when one of the guys from Beatport writes in and tells me that he sat down with two as yet unmentioned DJ decks, I admit, there was a little bit of a rise. The Numark IDJ2 iPod mixer (pictured here) is still being worked on and it kind of shows. Apparently, BPM readouts aren't exactly what you'd call "accurate," and the platters were about as stable as Jason Chen. Mixer quality was decent, though. More »

Ion iCUE and iMX05 Lets Amateurs DJ Like Novices

Both prototype products from Ion aimed for a Spring/Summer '07 release, the iCUE and iMX05 are amateur DJ gadgets that don't sound half bad. The iCUE, with the dual large knobs (and multiple smaller ones), sliders, and faders, let you "DJ" your digital files with a hardware interface. More »

M-Audio Torq MixLab: DJ Kit For The Masses

In today's music climate where something called "hip hop" is the regnant genre, dance fans may feel a little left out. That's why they need to man up and check out the Torq MixLab from M-Audio, a mini DJ mixing studio kit perfect for aspiring Tiestos, Above & Beyonds and ATBs. (The kit includes the X-Session Pro and Torq LE software). Compatible with both PCs and Macs, the Torq MixLab lets you slice and dice all the songs in your digital music library. The software supports two simultaneous song importations, so it's totally conceivable to mix and match "Can't Sleep" with "Tracking Treasure Down." More »

Microsoft Ditches Zune DJ Feature

The Zune patent filing originally explained a DJ Wi-Fi feature where one person could DJ for up to four other Zune users via the Wi-Fi. That idea has since been canned according to Cesar Menendez. Menendez doesn't state specifically the reason that the DJ feature was removed, but many Zunenites out there are suspecting a Wi-Fi battery issue may be the culprit. Maybe they were just not interested in listening to my 80's power ballad playlist. – Travis Hudson More »

Splice Lets You Mix and Mash on the Net

Everyone wants to be a producer nowadays, but not everyone has the talent, so the folks at Splice are letting you dip your toes into music production with their online flash-based audio sequencer which lets you edit, mix and mash up beats. The site lets you create and save a profile so after you're done with your Britney/Wu-Tang mash up you can share it with the rest of the world. It may not launch you a label, but it's a good way to start. – Louis Ramirez More »

M-Audio's X-Session Pro Lets DJs Rock On

Digital DJs have one more way to keep the floor-filling beats going thanks to the X-Session Pro. The USB-powered controller fuses the standard controls of a two-channel DJ mixer with the transport and pitch controls of a turntable. It may not be not be suitable for pros, but it'll let you control volume, pitch, EQ, and cueing. It'll also let you make smooth crossfades. The $129 X-Session Pro is out now for Macs and PCs. –Louis Ramirez More »

Fujitsu Notebook-Slash-Turntable

This Fujitsu laptop has a giant touchwheel on top that lets the notebook function as a digital turntable. It'll even connect wirelessly to an iPod for its music. You really can't have this one, though. Not only is it a Japanese CEATEC unveilling, but its a prototype. Humbug, anyhow. Who the hell wants to scratch on a digital turntable that makes you close the lid on your lappie? –Brian Lam More »

VJ'ing Remotely with the Go Dance Glove

This somewhat simple glove allows a VJ to control their video mixing remotely with the help of some RFID. The wrist brace prototype has eight buttons. The buttons control basic features of video mixing, and the wrist brace can also activate mixing features with arm and body movements. Edited image via Techeblog – Travis Hudson More »

Ministry of Sound CD Player and Scratcher: Unleash Your Hidden DJ

Popular with the glow stick crowd, Ministry of Sound just released their latest gadget for wannabes DJs from Goa to Ibiza, the CD Player and Scratcher. Woefully uninspiring name aside (or you can call it the MOSDJ135), the CD player aims to shrink the gigantic setup used by professional DJs into one bite-sized morsel perfect for mass consumption. The slot for your CDs is located in the front, then you get to DJ away with all sorts of sound tricks with the myriad buttons located all over the device. The center scratch pad is sure to be abused people who have no idea what they're doing. More »

Open Labs MiKo: Watch Out, Oakenfold

People have been clamoring about the all-in-one digital hub for many years now, but if my impressions mean anything, Open Lab's MiKo could be well on its way to securing such status. In my all too brief encounter with the MiKo yesterday, I was pretty darn impressed with what it does (act as a true media hub, along with some features that'll please aspiring DJs) and how it does it (read: quite well). Perhaps the only knock against it is its size: it's a little on the bulky side, taking up the space of the standard coffee table, but considering how much hardware is packed into it, and that DJs often have huge sets where they roll out the buttery beats, it's fairly forgivable. In fact, I was told that Open Labs is already working on the evolution of the MiKo, so expect the size to decrease as component sizes decrease over time. For more detailed impressions, hit the jump. More »

Numark D² Director: USB DJ Rig

Back when we were young, lawns were for getting on instead of getting off, and DJs used these weird black things made of wax that spun around. Times are a-changing with the Numark D² Director USB DJ rig. More »

Stanton C.314 CD/MP3 Mixer Player DJ Thing

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Pioneer Pro DJ Line of DJ Equipment Extravaganza

Following the hype of the Digital Life preview in New York City yesterday, Pioneer demoed a whole slew of assorted gadgetry today, one of which was their series of Pro DJ equipment. I got the chance to see them in action, and let's just say that my inner disc jockey was born again (as if it had ever died to begin with). To find out what I encountered, click "More" and make the jump to the other side. More »

FUNKit DJ iPod Speakers

These iPod speakers are so horrible they've wrapped all the way around and become good again. Kinda. More »

Faderfoxs Second Generation DJ Controllers

All the way from Germany comes news of Faderfox s latest compact DJ controllers. Compatible with the Ableton Live and Traktor DJ Studio music mixing software, the LV2 (pictured here), DJ2, DX2 and LX2 all boast MIDI interfaces, German engineering as well as just about 1 million buttons each, useful, no doubt, for all that fancy trance music mixing. Luckily for all the Tiesto hopefuls here in the U.S., Faderox is more than happy to ship the controllers to land of Uncle Sam. Whether or not they ll also ship glow sticks remains to be seen. More »

More iPod DJ Gear: MixPod

Another pro DJ equipment company is presenting dumbed-down DJing with iPods, with the release of Phonic's new MixPod DJ mixer. The feature set, down to the video out connection and onboard controls, is nearly identical to the Numark More »