DJ Show North.

Come and see our new products at: DJ Show North 6th August. Building 21 Elsecar Nr Barsnley.

Misikmesse, On Carlsbro stand, Frankfurt, Germany.

March 29th To April 1st 2006. Misikmesse, On Carlsbro stand, Frankfurt, Germany.

DJ Review

PCDJ what can I say. A huge break through in DJ technology which has drastically changed the way DJs work weather a mobile DJ of a full on club DJ.

Being part of the Light bar in Scunthorpe from an early stage Scott Slingsby the owner decided he wanted a computer installed which would take care of the music before the DJ started early doors and also for the DJ to use, logs the music which has been played, easy to update. We decided on the PCDJ install rack mount computer. The light bar is a no expense spared venture and we only wanted the best. The DJ box consists of a Cloud CXM modular mixer, Denon 6000 CD player and the pcdj install rack mount computer along with PCDJ Red, DAC 3, and a touch screen monitor.

Early doors in the club is great with pcdj the manager simply loads a play list up for 5 minutes and that’s it for 2 hours nothing to worry about. Either on shuffle mode of in order as the play list was set up.

As a professional DJ I work 7 nights a week up and down the country playing regular residencies ranging from student nights to main room commercial dance in nightclubs across the UK in Scunthorpe, Lincoln, Leeds, & Huddersfield. PCDJ is my main choice over CD’s and Vinyl. I my self carry around a top spec laptop, DAC 3 & PCDJ FX. Such a great piece of kit once you know how to use it. Especially the DAC 3.

I love the loop editor. Absolutely fantastic, as long as your cue point is spot on so is your loop. This makes life so much easier and makes mixing radio edits in and out as easy as mixing a 12” mix. The break function is very useful as well as the “CP” Cue Point button which can be used as a hot start button. Finding songs is a breeze just type in the artist or song title and within seconds you have found what you want (As long as you have it on your hard drive).

I would recommend PCDJ and to any DJ. It makes life so much easier. You don’t have to carry endless boxes or case logics full of cd’s or Vinyl. It is such a powerful program packed full of useful bits.

When you are working you always get the one cleaver Mr know it all who claims to be a dj and notices you are DJing off a computer and comes out with the comment “Your not a DJ where’s your decks” So before people make judgment make sure you try the program. You will be amazed. This is the future get with it.

Personal Tips.

• Organize your music well for example into categories such as 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, funky House, RnB etc.
• BPM and Gain scan all you songs
• Take a few back up Audio CDs as PCDJ could crash on the very rare occasion
• Make a back up copy of your music hard drive (Perfectly legal if you have a Digital DJ License) There’s nothing worse than your hard drive going on you and loosing thousands of songs. Believe me it happens!
• Keep your computer healthy defragment it regularly, use a good virus program.
• Get a digital DJ license

I have recently purchased a Digital DJ license from the PPL and strongly agree with obtaining music legally and owning an original copy.

Andy Brown
Professional DJ

ROADSHOWS IN IRELAND

Computer DJ / www.pcdj.co.uk recently completed a successful series of roadshows in Kilkenny/Waterford Ireland.

Roadshows were held at the Henley’s nightclub in Waterford where the PCDJ were demonstrating the DAC 3 controller and the all new lightweight OODJ.

Top local ComputerDJ/PCDJ (UK) disc jockey Michael Byrne is happy to service any of your enquiries from Ireland.

He can be contactable on 00353 862631674 if anyone wants a DJ’s perspective on our range of equipment.

United Arab Emirates Partnership

Computer DJ have announced a partnership with a major company for distributorship in the United Arab Emirates and will be exhibiting their Q-Play systems at PALME April 23-25th 2006 the Middle East’s unique showcase for major international manufacturers,

PALME 2005 featured over 400 represented companies from around the world including industry giants such as Martin Audio, Allen & Heath, QSC, MA Lighting, Martin Professional, Sennheiser, Shure, LOBO, Robe, Griven, JBL, Meyer Sound, Crestron, Opus, Yamaha & Korg

With the highly lucrative Middle East sound & lighting sector alone estimated to be worth USD$ 2 billion a year within five years, it’s no wonder that the world's major industry players choose PALME as their showcase in the Middle East.

Paul Van Dyk - Voted Number 1 DJ

Shaun Minns (MD) & Paul Moss Products dev mgr fly to meet Paul Van Dyk & Management in Berlin 29th Nov to secure a deal with Paul to use the 00DJ & BE AN AMBASSODAOR TO Computer DJ. At the current development meeting the team are in ongoing discussions to develop a product for Paul. Watch this space.

OODJ FLEMMING

‘At last a perfect solution for the 21st century DJ. I’ve been struggling with my lap top for the past few years, now I needn't worry about over heating and damaging my computer. The must have tool for any serious DJ’

John Flemming has just started using the recently updated gigging computer system from Computer DJ. After getting a demo and even being challenged to drive over the case in his car, John has been hooked. “It’s a clever idea, no matter what computer manufacturer you use out there, none of them are really good enough for clubs,” explained John. I’m always worrying about my laptop, so it’s good to get a purpose built system. I can’t believe they told me to drive my car over it, and I’m gonna do it! “I’ve been really ramming it hard with Ableton and it hasn’t tripped up. I even left it on all night with it running on a loop with loads of processing on. I also left all my studio gear on purposefully as it gets really hot in there. I woke up in the morning and it was still going strong, and wasn’t even warm. “You just turn up to gigs, open the case, plug in and go. I used to have to plug in loads of stuff like the soundcard, fans and all that crap, but with the 00DJ it’s not just a laptop in a case, they really thought about it. There’s a soundcard, power supply that works all over the world, and it even has a touch-screen. I was a bit apprehensive about this at first, but you don’t need space for a mouse and it works perfectly.” The 00DJ is a custom built portable computer system with touch-screen technology and super cooling system. It also has finger-print unlocking technology and makes your software system hard-wearing enough to take on the road and even into the hottest clubs. The 00DJ starts at around £2000 and is available now. For more information, visit www.computerdj.net or call 01482 319 700.