Category Archives: Audio Gear

Passive vs. Active Loudspeakers

by Ben Stowe, CTS – “Sound & Lighting Guru” There are so many choices we have to make. Paper or Plastic? Mac or PC? Star Wars or Star Trek?…just to name a few. The one choice that perplexes DJs to the point where many just go along with what’s popular with their peers is “Active”…

Gemini CDJ-700 Video Breakdown featuring DJ Journey

Let Your Mic Do the Work

by Stu Chisholm – “The Complete Disc Jockey” In my article in Mobile Beat called “Vocal Preservation” (March 2012), I passed along a bit of advice I got from professional vocalist Barry Carl, former bass man from the acapella group, Rockapella. When I asked him how he could sing from night to night without taking…

Learn How to Mix in Key

Exclusive World Preview of Virtual DJ 8

Bi-Amping Basics

by Ben Stowe, CTS – “Sound & Lighting Guru” Bi-Amping a loudspeaker or a system in it’s simplest form is just what the name states, using two amps for the job. Typically this is used to independently control the levels and frequencies going to a particular driver within a loudspeaker. In Illustration 1 we can…