PICratchBOX is a new MIDI mixer prototype
half monome, half battle mixer
looks dead cool
check the demo above and read Skratchworx for more details

the new Pioneer DJ mixer been announced today
it’s the ultimate companion to the CDJ-2000

Not exactly music related, but can be pretty useful. RSS Mixer allows you to mix multiple feeds into one. Your new feed will be available in the following formats: feed, html, mobile, widgets. RSS Mixer keeps track of the Top Mixes and Top Feeds, along with Popular Searches and Tags.

NGC have brought the iconic 80′s Boom Box up to date with these Boom Bags, a stylishly designed bag that cleverly hides an FM radio and set of speakers allowing you to connect your MP3, mobile phone or CD player for your tunes on the go.

The Boom Bag lets you share your music whenever and wherever you are. Simply plug in your music player using the lead provided and you have an instant stereo. Not only that but it looks pretty cool too with either a retro 8 track or decks and mixer design. Leaving aside various species of the Walkman, which can be heard only with earphones, the boom box is the most popular choice for portable sound. You no longer need your earphones to enjoy your music on the go with this speaker and bag combo!

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The Aurora 224 is a DJ-style controller geared for software like Ableton Live. The design is, as you can see, gorgeous: not only is it at the high end of aesthetics in open gear, but it celebrates its DIY nature by exposing the circuit board. It’s USB powered, and offers easy mixing control functions in a 2-channel, DJ-oriented layout. And it lights up and makes pretty colors. But to be clear, it’s not actually a mixer; that is, it doesn’t mix audio signal. It’s just a controller in a mixer layout; any mixing and DJ functions are provided by your software. But it is freely-licensed from the ground up, under a Creative Commons license. [read more @ Create Digital Music]

A video with Ableton Live, plus CDM chats with the creators about more details:

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[via noizone.com]

Allen & Heath rises the level with a new DJ controller, Xone:4D.
It has a 20-channel USB audio interface with 24/96 resolution, four
stereo ins and outs, sends 105 different MIDI controller at a time, and
has LFO and a step filter, running after the BMP counter. All input
channels have three-band EQs, and all this wonder costs around 3000
USD. Much more info at the product page.

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