Just walking around this year’s NAMM convention in LA, at the beginning of the year, indicated the direction that a lot of manufacturers were looking to pursue. The hardware revival just goes from strength to strength and a lot of DJ/producers are now moving ‘out of the box’ into the hardware domain, this in itself stirs up a whole new dimension for how things are recorded and played.
We have never had it so good especially with the options that are now available for how we perform, produce and play music. All this is definitely great for the DJs, producers and users of all this kit and technology.
With “industry standard” CDJs/media players battling it out, the turntable resurgence and the introduction of brand-new categories, things are heating up!Ģ017 has seen some pretty big leaps in terms of DJ and production technology, with new players are coming in to challenge the old guard, attempting to re-adjust the balance of what will become known as the industry standard in years to come. DJ Mag Tech Awards is back to shine a light on all the latest developments in the world of dance technology.