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Profile: Beach Fossils
Whether or not you’ve been listening, there are some trends worth noting in today’s music scene. Lo-fi, beachy music, much like the Beach Boys reinvented for 2011 is everywhere. Best Coast, Beach House, and others have shaped this sound almost into its own genre. This week we’re going to look at a band called Beach [...]
Summer Sounds For Professional Audio Equipment
This week, the lo-fi residues of new sounds are starting to sound like summer to us, even though we still have a few more weeks of slogging through slushy puddles and being careful not to fall on ice. If you’re preparing your professional DJ equipment, though, it’s time to start thinking about a summer anthem, [...]
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You know CrispDeals.com because they offer the top of the line professional audio equipment at the lowest prices you can find on the net. Well this holiday season, CrispDeals is taking it one step further: they’re giving away free items. In their first ever Q4 Holiday promotion, Crisp Deals is pleased to announce the “ [...]
The Evolution of Professional DJ Equipment
In the same way the cellular world is moving toward touch screen laptops and tweener devices, the DJ world is drastically changing from the Behringer pro audio and other professional DJ equipment that rules the night scene to easy touch technology. Check it out below: töken experience from yöyen munchausen on Vimeo. This Token experience [...]
Crisp Deals Just Keep Getting Crisper
Here at Crisp Deals, we like to offer the tastiest, crispiest deals we can get our hands on. Sometimes we go the extra step to be crispy. This month we’ve done it again. Throughout all of August, you can receive $5 off everything on the site when there’s a minimum purchase of $75 on two [...]
DJ Tech iMix Reload: Professional Audio Mixer To-Go
One of the hardest parts of being a DJ (for some people) is getting all of your equipment around to your gigs. Sure, it’s gotten a lot easier with the advent of digital music libraries and the streamlining of professional DJ equipment, but it can still be a bit of a pain. If you’ve been [...]
Film Editing? You’ll Need A Professional Audio Mixer
In addition to DJs, aspiring filmmakers and editors really can benefit from having a professional audio mixer on hand. In order to really get a full sound transcribed on your video, you’re going to need a professional audio mixer. Why? It’s simple—just like a TV station combines multiple camera signals with a camera switches, you [...]
Professional Audio Mixer Etiquette
Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a newcomer to the world of DJing, there is a certain set of universal principles that one should follow when on the job. To help you avoid common mistakes, here are the basics on dealing with other DJs. Other DJs 1) Never start setting up your professional DJ equipment [...]
DJ Headphones: One Important Piece of Professional DJ Equipment
When you’re out playing a set, one of the most dominant senses you put to work is your hearing, when means that you’re going to need a good pair of headphones. Here’s why: When operating your professional audio equipment, DJ headphones can provide superior sound over standard headphones because they use powerful drivers that artfully [...]
Professional Audio Equipment To Save Your Audience’s Ears
Testing, testing. Hello, Cleveland! Welcome to tonight’s EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Oh, feedback. That ear-piercing blast of sound, that banshee shriek. 18khz of ouch. The most experienced sound engineer in the world, manning the best professional audio equipment, is still going to get it sometimes. And that’s them. Take a less experienced musician, say, a presenter nervously holding [...]
