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The latest smoke machine from mobile DJ gear manufacturer Kam blasts a column of fog directly upwards to a height of up to 15m, offering a distinctly different effect to regular smoke machines. The KSM DMX1600V features a 1600 watt heating element that allows it to produce 20,000Cu ft/min of smoke, making it ideal for filling almost any size of venue that mobile DJs are likely to encounter.
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The National Association of Disc Jockeys is again holding their Trade Show & AGM at the National Motorcycle Museum next to the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre. This key event in the DJ’s calendar is open to the public in addition to NADJ members from 12 Noon until 6.00pm.
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The advancements in LED technology that have taken place over the last few years have meant that many classic DJ effects have been re-vamped and given a new lease of life. At BPM last year American DJ offered the first glimpse of their LED powered version of the simple, but effective, DJ favourite the Pin Spot. With their latest product they have taken this idea to the logical next level to create an LED version of the popular 80s / 90s lighting effect, the Pin Spot Scanner.
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Prolight Concepts are further expanding their Equinox effect range by introducing a collection of new laser projectors. The first of these new units has been named Taurus and is a bright 100mW green laser that uses high speed optical scanning stepper motors to create stunning animations.
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Twitter is the latest social networking community to take the cyber world by storm. The Pro Mobile team have recently setup a Pro Mobile Twitter account to help keep readers informed about the latest news and developments within the mobile DJ industry.
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Well-known mobile DJ equipment brand Kam have recently extended their range of smoke machines with the addition of the KSM1100. This extremely compact and lightweight machine features a powerful 1100 watt heater and a large 1.5 litre fluid tank, allowing it to generate 10,000Cu ft/min of smoke.
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Unique padded DJ equipment case manufacturer Arriba are offering Pro Mobile readers an exclusive opportunity to win £100 to spend on cases for their mobile equipment. All you have to do in order to enter the draw is fill out the simple form on the Arriba website letting them know what equipment you have that could be protected with Arriba cases.
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Native Instruments announced last week that TRAKTOR DUO and TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO are now available in stores worldwide. DUO is a compact version of the company’s flagship TRAKTOR PRO software with a lower price tag designed to attract DJs with lower budgets.
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The latest rack-mount twin CD player from Numark is currently making it’s debut at the Frankfurt Musikmesse exhibition, which started yesterday and runs until Saturday 4th March. The CDN88 MP3 builds on the success of its predecessor, the CDN88, with effects, scratch emulation and now mp3 support.
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The LS-80 LED System is a low cost all-in-one par can system for mobile DJs and entertainers. The system features four LED par cans: one red, one green, one blue and one amber. Each par can uses 12 x 1-Watt LEDs producing bright colour washes of light, while each can is rated at an extremely long 100,000 hour life, essentially removing the need to replace lamps.
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The latest addition to the Pro Mobile Bookstore is a 6 disc audio CD package containing simple steps for instantly getting a continuous stream of Big Money Referrals. This special mobile DJ version of business expert James Malinchak’s ‘How to get Big Money Referrals’ is only available in the UK from Pro Mobile.
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Alongside club-packing, jet-setting headliners, Pioneer’s video blog site DJsounds.com also wants to expose all variety of exciting up-and-comers. Therefore Your DJsounds is the place for your clips. A place to promote your talent, comment on other people and generally get inspired.
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LEDJ have recently launched a new range of Stage Wash LED powered lighting units. Each high output, DMX compatible, LED Stage Wash is loaded with professional features including smooth RGB colour mixing, electronic dimming, colour strobing and 400Hz flicker-free LEDs.
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Chauvet is the latest brand to apply new LED technology to the classic Pinspot DJ lighting effect. The LED Pinspot is a bright light in a small package with a very distinctive design. It creates the popular Pinspot effect from a smaller unit and requires less power, no lamp changes and produces less excess heat.
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The latest smoke machine from ADJ – Jet Stream – is designed to put fog exactly where a DJ needs it … up! The Jet Stream projects a powerful burst of lighting effect enhancing fog directly upwards, creating a similar effect to a smoke pyrotechnic.
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In 2008, Numark announced a partnership with Serato to develop the flagship hardware for Serato ITCH software. Working closely together, the Numark/Serato team has created a genuinely innovative leap forward in DJ performance: NS7. After much anticipation and advanced previews at trade events including BPM and PLASA in the UK, the NS7 is now set to hit the shops this month.
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Pioneer continues to increase the functionality of its already mega-versatile MEP-7000 multi-entertainment player and SEP-C1 software entertainment controller announcing the arrival of a new firmware upgrade – Version 2.02.
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The Acme LED Thin & Light Pack is a portable all-in-one DMX LED lighting system that is ideal for mobile DJs. The system brings the advantages of LED lighting to users with limited space and budgets. Compact and easy to use, it was designed for "fast and easy" set up and tear down.
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Chauvet have updated their popular Mushroom™ DJ effect fixture with three high-powered LEDs to create the LED Mushroom™. This compact lighting effect provides floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall coverage with crisscrossing coloured beams. The red, green and blue LEDs produce nearly limitless combinations through pre-programmed shows and sound activated operation either standalone or controlled either master/slave or by DMX.
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Ryger have beefed up their Footlight USB DMX controller to a full 512 channels since it was reviewed in Pro Mobile. It also now has a built in scheduler for self activation should it be required at pre-set dates/times (making it ideal for 'setup & forget' installations) and for bands the software can be triggered by MIDI commands. Another new addition is sound activation through the software - although the unit must remain attached to a PC for this facility to operate.
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Native Instruments have recently released TRAKTOR PRO 1.1, a free software update for the latest generation of their digital DJ products. The update brings a new "Advanced Relative Mode" for TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO with many advantages for time-code control, a new high-quality time-stretching algorithm, high-resolution MIDI support, a convenient hardware setup wizard, and many other improvements that make the new TRAKTOR generation even more powerful and convenient.
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David Hoffman is a veteran of the radio industry, having presented shows on around thirty different radio stations around the UK. He is also a mobile DJ and has written regularly for Pro Mobile over the last couple of years. David has recently launched a new website ‘Getting On Air’, which shares its name with David’s book – available from the Pro Mobile Book Store. In conjunction with the launch David will send his 20 Essential Tips for Recording A Killer Radio Demo to everyone who joins his email list.
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Developed specifically for the mobile and touring DJ market, the GigRig from Litestructures is a goalpost-style trussing frame designed for simple and quick assembly. GigRig is constructed from Litestructures' established AstraLite2 modular trussing system. Made from lightweight aluminium, Astralite2 is an industry standard 2-chord truss with a width of 227mm and considerable load capacity.
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ProLight Concepts have recently revealed details of two new strobe lighting effects that are to be added to the portfolio of their Equinox brand. Both of the new strobes shares the same distinctive casing design and offer a variable flash rate of between 1 and 18 flashes per second.
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The guys at Computer DJ have teamed up with Pro Mobile to offer an amazing chance to win one of their super OODJs signed by the one and only Paul Oakenfold. Paul spotted the OODJ at PLASA the day before his gig at Wembley Stadium as part of the Madonna tour. Paul was so impressed he took the machine with him for that night's gig, and now you have a chance to win the very OODJ that Paul used on stage at Wembley and then signed.
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