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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.

Last updated 16 April, 2026 We first wrote about Tracknack back in 2023, when it launched as a Spotify-only music discovery tool for DJs. It combined your Spotify data with deeper metadata from Discogs to build a personalised playlist that went further than Release Radar. Now its developer Viesturs Marnauza has been back in touch with a list of updates. The biggest change is Apple Music support.

Looping is one of the most important mixing skills in modern DJing, and this free lesson pulled from Mixing For Mobile & Wedding DJs breaks it all down. You’ll learn what loops are, the different types available (saved, active, and “mixloops”), and why they matter for smooth transitions.

Last updated 13 April, 2026 In this tutorial, we walk you through the key specifications to look for in any DJ laptop – memory, storage, and processor – plus the physical things most guides overlook: USB socket count, screen size and brightness, keyboard backlighting, and build quality.

Last updated 14 April, 2026 Most DJs know what the EQ knobs are for – what they don’t always realise is that boosting them has consequences. Push them up too far and you’re effectively overriding the gain setting you carefully dialed in, pushing your signal into the red without even knowing it. Add a second track and the problem compounds fast.

In this free lesson from Laidback Luke’s Bootlegs, Re-edits & Mash-ups course, Luke shares ten practical tips for getting started with music production, covering everything from experimenting with DAWs to remaking your favourite tracks. Drawing on three decades of producing and teaching experience, Luke’s advice is as no-nonsense as it gets.