AlphaTheta's rekordbox 7.2.16 update, rolled out July 9, 2026, lets Phase wireless turntables control tracks in HID mode, no timecode cable and no audio interface required.
Rekordbox 7.2.16, out July 9, lets Phase timecode vinyl connect wirelessly over HID mode, finally freeing DVS scratch DJs from the USB tether that used to run to the booth.
Synido's new TempoKEY K32 Play is a 32-key, battery-powered MIDI controller with a built-in General MIDI sound module, Bluetooth, 8 knobs, 8 pads and an OLED screen, selling for $149.99 through Amazon.
Beatport's new free Greenroom hub gives any artist or label with music on the store real-time access to downloads, DJ-follower growth and streaming numbers that used to be scattered or invisible.
AlphaTheta's new CoBeat service lets clubbers scan a QR code and vote on which track a DJ plays next, reviving a decades-old fight over who should really control the set.
FL Studio's free 2026 update rebuilds FLEX for the first time since 2019, adds encrypted cloud project backup, and expands its Gopher AI assistant to edit projects directly while explicitly refusing to train on user data.
Mixxx, the only actively maintained fully open-source DJ software, has formally incorporated as Mixxx e.V., a registered German nonprofit that now owns the project's code, collects donations directly, and shields its volunteer developers from personal legal liability.
Ministry of Sound will livestream a 12-hour competition from The Box on September 13, where six emerging DJs mentored by names like Sam Divine and Mak10 compete for a club residency and 25,000 pounds in career support.
AlphaTheta's new XDJ-AN is an all-in-one DJ system built around a phone, not a jog wheel or a searchable pad grid, betting entry-level buyers will trade physical control for a device that fits in a jacket pocket.
SoundCloud and Twitch have launched SoundCloud Sessions, a recurring livestream series that plugs DJ sets on Twitch into SoundCloud's discovery and editorial machine. It runs on Twitch's DJ Program, the licensing deal that lets DJs legally stream commercial music.
Beatport has launched Greenroom, a free hub that finally shows artists and labels their real Beatport numbers: DJ downloads, streams, followers, chart moves and features, all in one dashboard.
Menura Audio's new MDFX Delay and Reverb are hands-on hardware effects that sit on a mixer's send and return, record the wet signal, and just launched on Kickstarter at 340 euros a unit.
AlphaTheta has cut the CDJ-3000X down to a compact, 1,599-dollar player with cloud libraries, Beatport and TIDAL streaming, and a new feature that lets the crowd request tracks from their phones.
Beatport launched Greenroom, a free hub where artists and labels claim and run their own profile and, for the first time, see downloads, DJ followers and DJ streams in one dashboard.
SoundCloud Sessions turns DJ streaming into a recurring all-day event on Twitch. It only works because of the 2024 licensing deals that legalised playing other people's records online, and those deals hand the labels roughly half the money.
A new free app drops two tracks in your headphones and scores how close you get their tempos by ear, with a fresh global challenge every day.
Teenage Engineering's 2.5 firmware turns the cult sampler into a proper studio citizen: stereo USB in and out, sample reverse, and the arpeggiator owners have been begging for.
NTS Radio and Swedish audio firm Atonemo have built a 169-dollar hi-fi player that does one thing on purpose: pipe human-curated radio to good speakers, with no feed, no recommendations and nothing to scroll.
The Kaoss Pad V arrives with dual-touch XY control, a new Voice FX engine, and a Hi-Z instrument input, but USB-B and RCA connectors in 2026 remind you Korg still has some old habits.
Built by the co-founder of social music app Cymbal, Corus strips out recommendations and hands curation back to people, at five posts a day free or $2.99 a month unlimited.
Beatport's Track ID is a music-recognition tool inside its mobile app built specifically to name electronic tracks in noisy clubs and through pitch-shifted, time-stretched DJ blends, and the company says it could eventually feed accurate setlist data to recover unpaid performance royalties.
The Barcelona modular maker's first non-Eurorack product is a CNC-milled three-band isolator and analogue filter built to sit on a DJ setup for hands-on frequency surgery, priced at 649 euros and up for pre-order.
AlphaTheta, the company behind Pioneer DJ and the CDJ, has acquired DJ Monitor's track-identification technology and folded it into KUVO, its long-running push to pay producers when their records get played in clubs.
Engine DJ 5.0 makes the Rane System One the first standalone DJ hardware that splits a track into four stems on the unit itself, with no computer in the chain.
OneLibrary is a shared export format backed by the makers of rekordbox, Traktor and djay that writes your playlists, cue points and beatgrids to a single USB any compatible player or app can read, so you prep a set once and play it on almost any rig.
