Allen & Heath Drops Xone:K3 – But Did They Just Leak The Xone:24C Too?

Learning to produce in Ableton isn’t about knowing all the hundreds of different keyboard shortcuts or super nerdy in-depth features. It’s all about being comfortable and efficient enough that you can get the ideas down out of your head quickly and simply enough, and actually turn them into real music. If you’re a DJ, you…

Ableton just announced a rent-to-own plan for its flagship software – the Live 12 Suite – and it’s already making waves. For years, the biggest barrier to entry with Ableton hasn’t been the learning curve – it’s been the price tag. Suite runs $749 upfront, which for most bedroom producers, students, or DJs dabbling in production feels…

When Robb McDaniels, Beatport Chairman & CEO, announced in September that the Beatport platform would expand into open-format genres – hip-hop, R&B, pop, Latin, Caribbean, and African – our immediate question wasn’t “why?” but “what happens to Beatsource?” After all, that’s what Beatsource does – and of course, both brands are owned by the same…

A student asked me recently if it’s possible to learn DJing using nothing but software – just an app running on a laptop, tablet or phone, with no hardware, no controllers, nothing else plugged in. It’s a fair question, and one that more people are asking as DJ software gets increasingly capable. There are plenty…

We have got our hands on a sneak peek video highlighting some of the new features in VirtualDJ 2026, which appear to include automatic lyric extraction from songs using AI, a natural language AI set building feature, and vastly improved effects. Here’s what we gleaned from the short teaser video we saw (which we discuss…

Reloop has announced the RP-5000 MK4, the latest iteration of its direct-drive turntable pitched as a price-conscious model for working DJs. The German company says it has redesigned the chassis and developed a new brushless DC motor, while keeping the familiar layout that RP-series users will recognise. The headline spec is 2.5kg/cm starting torque from…