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DJ digital controllers are MIDI controllers for playing computer based music tracks, normally at clubs or events. They are hardware that connect to DJ software, installed on a PC or laptop, that allow for control of the DJ software with the hardware interface of the controller. The GUI interface of the DJ software is normally operated by the PC keyboard and mouse.
The controllers are similar in operation to a mixer/turntable/CD turntable set up, so traditional DJs or turntablists/ turntabalism that are used to using these can generally relatee to them better than a software interface. Some come with substantial shuttle jogs that mimic turntable control of a track, though with obviously less accuracy.
The software on the Computer will generally play Mp3 or Wav files. So the upside of using these, or any Software based DJ is that CDs aren't needed to be carried around. This is particularly beneficial to Mobile disc jockey who are increasingly using computer based DJ set ups. A portable MP3 player MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a popular digital audio encoding, lossy compression format, and algorithm, designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent audio, yet still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio...
Mobile disc jockeys are an extension of the original radio disc jockeys. ...
A general problem with controllers is their latency ie the time between the manipulating the jog shuttle controllers and the effect on the music track. Latency is the time a message takes to traverse a system. ...
Price of DJ controllers has recently come down to the point where they are now a lot more common, and increasingly DJs are using these instead of CD or vinyl turntables. CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s...
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Mobile disc jockeys are an extension of the original radio disc jockeys. ...
For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ...
Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ...
Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ...
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The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...
Turntablism is the art of manipulating sound and creating music using phonograph turntables and an audio mixer. ...
Edison cylinder phonograph from about 1899 The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. ...
It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ...
Look up disc, disk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
External links - Wikizic Computer-Music gear database and Music software & freeware database - user reviews, resources and picture galeries
- Xltronic (community for electronic musicians) - messageboard, discography and 24/7 radio
- Synthtopia features computer music news, software reviews, and extensive coverage of computer and electronic music.
- The History of the MP3 File Format
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