Updated October 2026 ★ A note on links: Links to DJ Courses Online in this review are affiliate links. If you join through one, we earn a commission at no extra cost to you. It doesn’t change what we say about the platform, and that includes the weak spots. The short answer DJ Courses Online
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Music platforms · Head to head DJcity vs Beatport Both now cost $34.99 a month at the top end, and both now offer open-format DJ edits. One gives you files you keep. The other gives you a catalogue you stream. Which one belongs in your booth depends on how you play. BY THE DJ MIXTAPE
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Grooveboxes · Hands on the mixer Sonicware deconstruct MINIMAL: the $399 box that thinks it’s a channel Eleven tracks, one stereo mini-jack, and a groove engine built by measuring what the 808 and the 909 got wrong. Here’s what it means for the person standing behind a mixer. SONICWARE DECONSTRUCT MINIMAL · $399 · PRE-ORDER,
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Published August 2026 · Specifications verified against manufacturer sources A drum machine running alongside two decks is no longer an unusual sight. But almost everything written about these boxes assumes a studio desk, not a booth shelf at 1am. Search for a groovebox review and you’ll find plenty. Sound On Sound, MusicTech, CDM and half
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★ A note on links — some links in this guide are affiliate links. If you buy through them we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It doesn’t influence what we recommend, or what we say about it. NO MAINS The gig is in a garden. The nearest socket is in
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★ A note on links — some links in this guide are affiliate links. If you buy through them we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It doesn’t influence what we recommend. THE PAID RIG There is a real difference between gear that works at home and gear that survives a
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Editorial · Portable rig · Wireless SKAA wireless for DJs: the transmitters and speakers cutting the cables A wave of battery-powered, cable-free PA gear is arriving built around one wireless standard most DJs have never heard of. Here’s what SKAA is, why you’ll need a transmitter, and the kit that runs on it. By The
Editorial · Weird & wonderful gear · First look Dillinger Labs’ Death From Above: a wireless PA that throws the rulebook out A battery-powered, cable-free speaker that deliberately strips out the features most makers brag about. It’s a genuinely unusual approach — and worth understanding before it turns up in a small-rig conversation near you.
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Nobody’s first paid gig goes wrong because the mixer wasn’t good enough. It goes wrong because the room ate the sound. A club hands you a rig. A bar residency, a birthday, a small private party — those hand you a room and a plug socket. Somewhere in the first year of getting paid to
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Hardware Review · 2026 Phase Essential review The wireless system that turns any turntable into a DVS deck — no needles, no timecode vinyl. And as of July 2026, it plugs straight into rekordbox over a single USB cable. Phase Essential: one Receiver, two Remotes that sit on your records. That’s the whole system. 8.5OUT
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