It’s no secret that I am good friends with the crew at Toolroom Records. I took the Toolroom Academy Production Masterclass, released music on the label, and even played at their parties. Recently, ...

A great way to spice up your DJ sets is to add a drum pad or button controller. In today’s article, guest contributor Nadav Biran shares a few sources of inspiration for adding a drum pad to a DJ ...

Plug in your Midi Fighter Twister via USB (not to a USB hub) and follow the onscreen instructions on the utility. Once the firmware is up to date you need to download one of the mappings available ...

DJ TechTools has a very small staff so we only have limited phone hours. Our phone line is extremely busy during the holidays. For the fastest response, file a support ticket. For technical questions, ...

Well, here we are – closing in on year two of this global pandemic. Are you as over it as we are? Looking back at 2020, one of the defining movements of DJing was the overwhelming adoption of live ...

The explosion of music culture in the past few decades has occurred due to a rapidly changing society, as well as the hyper-fast development of technology. DJing was born in this technological and ...

When DJ TechTools hit me up to do a review of the new Twelve MKIIs I was stoked, but not entirely surprised. Anybody following Rane and/or watching DJ Jazzy Jeff’s livestream knew this update was ...

InMusic is never one to keep things too close to the vest. Over the years, we have seen so many different leaks about their various products (many of them from Rane). We often seem to find out about ...

A dedicated DJ booth is one of the best things you can have to make sure you regularly practice at home. Today we’re sharing a DIY instructional guide on how to build a DJ booth that has integrated ...

As Serato’s DJ software programs gained FLAC support on Monday, we decided it’s time to write an article that discusses the best options of the variety of formats that digital audio files come in.

With large gatherings limited or banned in some places, many bars and clubs shut down, and apprehension around returning to indoor venues – where viral spread risk is greater – many DJs are trying a ...

Early in the development of Rekordbox DJ, Pioneer added MIDI mapping (in the 4.0.6 update). Almost every function in the software was MIDI mappable, except for jogwheel control, shift layers, VU ...