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Have beats, will travel, or so this seems to be the general direction where one is headed to with the $100 Pocket DJ Mixer. I suppose if you have a penchant for good music, and love nothing better than to rock it out on your own no matter where you are, then the Pocket DJ Mixer does sound as though it will be able to fit you to a T. Basically, all you need is an iPod, and you will be able to set up shop as a portable party maker. Of course, assuming you are not one of the adoring Apple millions who own an iPod, the Pocket DJ Mixer will still play nice with your device that has MP3 playback capability, by hooking it up to the device’s headphone jack.

The Pocket DJ Mixer will be different from those massive traditional mixing boards, as this is one pocket-friendly mixer, not only in terms of size, but in price as well. Since it is all too easy to bring along with you wherever you go, there does not seem to be any reason not to tote this around with you wherever you go. You will find it fun to bust out your pocket DJ skills regardless of the time at any of your friends’ fêtes, and assuming you have the relevant skills to go along with it, you should find invitations flying your way left, right and center in due time.

[ Pocket DJ Mixer copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

The advent of digital DJing removed the jumps and skips of vinyl, while introducing a bad case of cable spaghetti, as spinners bring their own kit to the party. Pioneer saw that, and has finally cut them free with the new XDJ-AERO. The WiFi-enabled DJ controller lets you load up the next Moombahcore banger direct from a smartphone, tablet, laptop or PC — with support for four connected devices at once. This also means that the audience can get involved in the track selection — a la Nexus Q — but you might want to keep that fact quiet. The XDJ-AERO is designed to work with Pioneer’s own rekordbox application, but can also be use as a MIDI controller for other popular software. On the actual hardware-side of things, there’s a built-in 24-bit audio interface, two-channel mixer (which can be used standalone) plus the usual array of cue-point triggers, FX and filters we’ve come to expect. What price does the cutting of cables command? £869 (about $1,399), and the beat can begin some time later this month. Can’t wait ’til then? Drop past the break for the ridiculously cool video (and slightly less cool press release).

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