To help Digital DJ Tips celebrate its 15th birthday, we have a special series of podcasts bringing in friends of the school to talk about DJing past and present.
In this episode, DJ reviewer extraordinaire Mojaxx (whose gear reviews have informed generations of DJs) joins us to chat about all the changes in DJ gear since vinyl was replaced by CDs, and to reminisce about long-forgotten kit that still has a place in our hearts, while also looking to the future.
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00:00 Intro
00:14 Episode overview
02:05 - Meet Mojaxx: From Hi-Fi systems to DJ gear obsession
05:16 - The digital revolution: DVS, controllers & the last 15 years
09:18 - The two parallel worlds of DJing converge
12:09 - Simplicity vs complexity: Have we lost something important?
15:10 - Gear Acquisition Syndrome (G.A.S): Want vs need
20:56 - Stop chasing the perfect gear - it doesn't exist!
25:07 - Pioneer DJ's secret: 25 years of consistency
32:06 - Failed innovations: The Red Sound triple crossfader
35:19 - When DJ technology gets too complex
40:00 - The truth about using more than two decks
42:53 - AI and DJing: Art vs craft
46:40 - Preserving DJ culture in the tech age
52:33 - The backwards DJ journey: From apps to vinyl
56:16 - Closing thoughts + vinyl episode teaser