DigitalDJTips

Last updated 24 September, 2026 SoundSwitch 2.11 has just landed, and the big news is that it now integrates with Rekordbox properly. That means that this popular DJ lighting control software now works with all the major DJ software platforms. Until now SoundSwitch has only hooked directly into Serato DJ Pro and VirtualDJ software, and Engine DJ hardware. Rekordbox users were left with only basic beat detection, Ableton Link hacks or esoteric workarounds.

Last updated 22 September, 2026 AlphaTheta has announced that VirtualDJ supports OneLibrary, the shared music library format it launched in October 2025 alongside Algoriddim and Native Instruments. You can export a VirtualDJ collection to a USB drive in the OneLibrary format, with playlists, hot cues and beatgrid data carried across, and play it on the CDJ-3000X, CDJ-1500X, XDJ-AZ, XDJ-AN, Opus Quad and Omnis Duo. You’ll need a version of VirtualDJ that supports the format.

Last updated 8 September, 2026 Serato has opened the public beta for Serato DJ 5.0, and the headline feature is a completely rebuilt beatgrid engine called Lucid Beatgrids. It automatically detects tempo changes and downbeats across both fixed and fluctuating-BPM tracks, which Serato says reduces manual grid editing and makes difficult tracks easier to play with confidence.

AlphaTheta has published a notice warning of a vulnerability in Pro DJ Link, the protocol that ties Rekordbox and CDJ/XDJ players together.

Last updated 27 July, 2026 DJCU2, a major update to the much-loved Mac-only DJ library conversion utility DJCU, is now in public beta. One big new trick is that it can carry Algoriddim Djay Pro’s fluid beatgrids into other DJ apps as part of converting your library across. DJCU and now DJCU2 are designed to move an entire library from one DJ app to another, including your cues, loops, playlists and beatgrids, so you don’t rebuild it by hand.

Last updated 7 July, 2026 The Lowdown Numark has updated two of its smallest controllers at once. Party Mix III ($149) keeps the light show that made the original Party Mix a fun little device, but adds stems control and crossfader effects. MixTrack Go ($99) replaces the DJ2Go2 Touch and is the smaller of the two, dropping full EQ but keeping stems, hot cues and a filter that doubles as a bass cut.

Last updated 25 June, 2026 Juno Download, one of the original DJ-focused music download stores, has closed for good. On Monday 1 June 2026 the site stopped trading without warning, replacing its storefront with a short farewell message and pointing customers towards rival stores. There was no countdown, no closing-down sale, and no advance notice to the DJs who had been buying from it that morning.

Last updated 28 April, 2026 As VirtualDJ software actually works with pretty much all DJ gear, every year I ask the boss of VirtualDJ the same question: which five controllers do you reckon work best with your software? He has skin in the game, he knows the mappings inside out, and his picks go straight into our annual Gear Guide alongside our own recommendations for all the other platforms (you can get the latest gear guide here). This year’s five are below.

Last updated 23 April, 2026 All DJs get nervous – but when money gets involved, those nerves can go through the roof. I’ve been there more times than I can count. In this free lesson (an All-Access Pass exclusive), I share everything I’ve learned about dealing with nerves and getting through difficult DJ gigs. If you’ve got a scary event coming up, treat this as your pep talk. Found this useful?

Last updated 16 April, 2026 In our latest free training video, we walk you through the key specifications to look for in a DJ laptop – memory, storage, processor – but also the physical things most guides overlook: USB socket count, screen size and brightness, keyboard backlighting, and build quality. We cover the Mac versus Windows question (spoiler: there’s no clear winner, and our community is split exactly 50/50), including a current Windows Midi issue that’s causing headaches for some users.