A DJ mixer is a type of audio mixing console used by disc jockeys (DJs) to control and change multiple audio signals. Some DJs use the mixer to make smooth changes from one song to another when playing records at a dance club. Hip hop DJs and turntablists use the DJ mixer to play record players like a musical instrument and create new sounds.
A phonograph, later called a gramophone, and since the 1940s known as a record player or turntable, is a device that mechanically and analogously reproduces sound. Sound vibrations are recorded as physical changes in a groove that spirals or winds around a rotating cylinder or disc, called a record. To play back the sound, the record is rotated while a stylus (a small needle) follows the groove.
A digital audio workstation (DAW / d ɔː / ) is a computer program or device used to record, edit, and create audio files. These workstations can be simple, like a single program on a laptop, or more complex, such as a self-contained machine or a setup with many parts connected to a main computer. No matter how they are set up, most modern DAWs have a main screen or control panel that lets users combine and mix different recordings and tracks to make a finished audio project.
The Synclavier is a digital synthesizer, a device that can play multiple notes at once and record sounds digitally, and a tool used for creating and playing music. It was made by New England Digital Corporation in Norwich, Vermont. The Synclavier was produced in different versions from the late 1970s until the early 1990s.
The Fairlight CMI, which stands for Computer Musical Instrument, is a device that creates music, records sounds, and helps make music digitally. It was first made available in 1979 by the company Fairlight. The device used a license from the Qasar M8, which was developed by Tony Furse of Creative Strategies in Sydney, Australia.
The Emulator is a series of machines that create music using recorded sounds, stored on floppy disks. It was made by E-mu Systems from 1981 to 2002. Even though it wasn’t the first commercial sampler, it used computer technology in new ways and became widely used by musicians.
The Akai S1000 is a 16-bit, 44.1 kHz professional stereo digital sampler released by Akai in 1988. It was one of the first professional-quality 16-bit stereo samplers. It could splice, crossfade, trim, and loop sounds in 16-bit CD quality, which made it popular among producers from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s.
The Akai MPC (originally called the MIDI Production Center, now known as the Music Production Center) is a series of music workstations made by Akai since 1988. These devices combine sampling and sequencing features, which allow users to record sounds, change them, and play them back in sequences. The MPC was created by Roger Linn, an American engineer who had previously designed the LM-1 and LinnDrum drum machines in the 1980s.
Arthur Neville Chamberlain was a British politician born on March 18, 1869, and died on November 9, 1940. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and led the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940. He is most known for his foreign policy of appeasement, which included signing the Munich Agreement on September 30, 1938.
The Serge synthesizer, also known as the Serge Modular or Serge Modular Music System, is a type of electronic music machine made of separate parts. It was created by Serge Tcherepnin, Rich Gold, and Randy Cohen at CalArts in 1972. The first 20 systems, called “Tcherepnins” at the time, were built in 1973 in Tcherepnin’s home.