Controllerism
on Nov 20, 2009 in DJing Controllerism is the art and practice of using musical software controllers (e.g. MIDI, OSC, Joystick, etc) to build upon, mix, scratch, remix, effect, modify, or otherwise create music, usually by a Digital DJ or "Controllerist". Controllerism devel...

Chopping
on Nov 16, 2009 in DJing In hip hop music sampling, chopping is the "altering [of] a sampled phrase [or break] by dividing it into smaller segments and reconfiguring them in a different order." (Schloss 2004, p.106)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...

Chopped and screwed
on Nov 12, 2009 in DJing Chopped and screwed (sometimes called screwed and chopped or slowed and throwed) refers to a technique of remixing hip hop music which developed in the Houston hip hop scene in the 1990s. This is accomplished by slowing the tempo down to between 60 -...

Chirp (scratch)
on Nov 9, 2009 in DJing A chirp is scratch, a term used by turntablists. It involves the use of record hand movement and the cross-fader.TechniqueThe scratch is somewhat difficult to perform because it takes a good amount of coordination. The scratch starts out with the cro...

CMX-3000
on Nov 4, 2009 in DJing The CMX-3000 was Pioneer's second attempt to enter the market of rack-mountable dual deck CD-players. Released in the wake of CDJ-1000, the player was - and still is - often mistakenly advertised as a 19" inch rack mountable equivalent of dual CDJ-10...

CDJ-900
on Oct 31, 2009 in DJing The CDJ-900 is the latest addition to Pioneer Electronics's CDJ-range of digital turntables targeted for professional DJs announced simultaneously with CDJ-2000 on September 17th 2009. The player will be available from the end of December 2009.From W...

CDJ
on Oct 24, 2009 in DJing CDJ is a term used to describe a CD player made by Pioneer Electronics, that operates similarly to a vinyl turntable for the purposes of DJing. Originally, the term referred to the CDJ-500 by Pioneer Electronics, but now includes the whole line of Pi...

Music pool
on Oct 18, 2009 in DJing A music pool commonly refers to a regionalized and centralized method of music distribution that allows a DJ to receive promotional music to play in nightclubs. The music industry sends its newest releases to the pool, and in exchange, the pool provi...

Break (music)
on Oct 10, 2009 in DJing In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece.A solo break in jazz occurs when the rhythm section stops...

Beatmixing
on Oct 8, 2009 in DJing Beatmixing is a disk jockey technique of mixing two tracks so that the beats of one occur at the same time as the other.HistoryBeatmixing was invented in the late 1960s by Francis Grasso, who tried to keep people from leaving the dance floor between...