00VJ

Well, Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat, please Santa put a 00VJ in your big red sack!  Those will be the cries of hundreds of digital DJ’s across the UK when the 00VJ hits the market later this year.

Designed and built by Valeway Technology (they represent both PCDJ and OtsAV here in the UK) who have an excellent pedigree in these sorts of things the 00VJ is to replace the ageing 00DJ that has been the talk of many a DJ forum over the years.

Is it a laptop?  Is it a desktop squeezed into a case?  What is it exactly?

Well, it’s a bit of everything really and the guys at Valeway have taken all the good things out of the DJ, zapped all the bad things and created MORE good things!

Key Features

• 17″ Touch Screen
• High Definition Video
• Automatic Cooling System
• Red illuminated keyboard
• Audio / Video / Karaoke compatability
• Quick side access connectors

It will be available in a plethora of configurations, hard drive sizes and of course DJ Software.  Current packages include the current PCDJ line and OtsAV.

Pricing?  Don’t expect it to be cheap, but remember, this is not just a laptop in a fancy case, this is a custom designed and built, rugged, splashproof desktop featuring a high-end sound card, decent sized hard disc and other custom components.

Pre-orders are already being taken and we sincerely hope to put one through it’s paces when they arrive in the UK and bring one to a ShowNight in early 2010.

Click here for the official blurb and check out the pictures below.  They aren’t the finished article however…

Rob Merralls Garage Sale pt Deux!

Rob’s been busy getting his sack of toys together to deliver to all the good boys and girls…oh..ahh, wrong website.

Rob’s been busy clearing out his garage, getting rid of a load of disco equipment (and a fax machine) to replace with a whole load of new disco equipment which will be for sale in 10 years time.

Have a look at the list (and pics) on the PDF I have kindly provided for you below to see if there is anything that tickles your fancy.

Remember to contact Rob direct on 01634 243262 about any of the items and do not be afraid to haggle.

Click Here to download the PDF.

BPM 2009

The 3rd and 4th October 2009 saw hundreds, if not thousands of DJ’s from all walks of life attending the very first BPM Show at it’s new location, Birmingham NEC.

Committee Members from SEDA were in attendance both days hoping to draft in more members and we did rather well with 15 new members signing up over the two days.  It was also a great opportunity to press palms with other members of the industry and keep them informed that a once small-time organisation in the South East has now blossomed into a 140-strong membership with a bi-monthly ShowNight attended by some of the biggest names in the industry, and not only Numark, Denon, Pioneer, etc. but also big speaker names such as Bose, Void Acoustics, Funktion One and so on.

We are absolutely sure that BPM is going to be THE show to visit in the future.  As expected, lots of fantastic new technology was on show, but it wasn’t only about seeing and playing with new toys (such as the tasty new CDJ’s from Pioneer) there was plenty of opportunity to learn stuff and visit some of the very popular seminars held just outside the main hall in the atrium.

Were you there?  What were the best bits?  Did you play on any kit?  Let us know by posting a comment below!

Here are some pictures, sadly there’s not many, but that’s because we were too busy looking at cool things to remember to take photographs!

ALLEN & HEATH LAUNCHES NEXT GENERATION DJ CONTROLLER FOR SERATO ITCH

ALLEN & HEATH LAUNCHES NEXT GENERATION DJ CONTROLLER FOR SERATO ITCH

After weeks of speculation and buzz around the industry, Allen & Heath and Serato Audio Research have announced the launch of the Xone:DX, a new Plug’n'Play DJ controller, the result of close collaboration between the two companies. The DX, another development in Allen & Heath’s Xone:D range of controllers, is a 20-channel USB soundcard and features total integration of the brand new 4-deck Serato ITCH software.

Boasting the ability to send up to 168 individual MIDI control messages, a 20-channel 96kHz/24-bit USB 2.0 soundcard, two dual layer deck simulators, and RIAA/phono inputs for external decks, as well as the central 4 channel mixer section which directly manipulates the DSP mixing within the computer, the Xone:DX is the most versatile, high specification professional DJ controller to date.  A full version of the new Serato ITCH software is supplied with the DX, providing unique 4-deck control, and a comprehensive set of digital DJ FX, as well as looping and time-stretching.

“Serato has always been an admirer of Allen & Heath’s DJ hardware and we’ve watched the development of the Xone:D series of controllers with keen interest. In our opinion, Allen & Heath design some of the best music production software controllers in the professional field,” explains Serato MD, Steve West. “Rather than a partnership to simply bundle our products, we wanted to collaborate with A&H at the drawing board stage, and design a product that would fully manipulate the new version of ITCH.”

The Xone:DX is also fully compatible with other leading DJ software brands, and has Allen & Heath’s customary pro modular design build and high quality components. It also has bi-colour LED feedback layer assignment, UV light sensitive legend, mix outputs on RCA and balanced XLR, a separate booth output, and measures 50mm deep to fit conveniently in a laptop bag.

“Ever since we launched the MIDI-enabled Xone:92 in 2003, followed by the multi-media Xone:3D in 2005, we have strived to design controllers that would fulfil a digital DJ’s wish list. The Xone:DX is the next step in this journey, with a versatile and wide-ranging set of features in a compact package,” comments Xone designer, Andy Rigby-Jones.

See the Xone:DX unveiled at the BPM show, NEC, Birmingham, 3-4 October 2009. Suggested retail price is £999 and shipping will commence in November 2009.
www.xone.co.uk