Rane Sold to InMusic (Numark, Denon DJ, Akai) [Video]

Earlier this week, news broke that Rane DJ would be sold to InMusic Brands which include such brands as Numark, Denon DJ, Akai, Alesis, M-Audio, Alto Professional and many more. What does this mean for the DJ Industry? Will Rane's stellar build quality remain the same after the takeover? Check out our quick News Video as we discuss what this means for the DJ Realm...

Author:: DJ Blaze
Updated:: Feb 12, 2018
Original:: Jul 8, 2016

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This year, the In-Music group consisting of Numark, Alto Professional, and Akai among others were on hand at the 2013 DJ Expo showroom floor with lots of new products to show to the masses. From Numark, we saw working versions of the NS7 Pro II and the Mixtrack Edge which we also have full walkthrough videos of each coming your way shortly. From Alto, there were the new Black Series speakers, and Akai had its full MPC lineup for everyone to check out.

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The new Denon DS1 is a Serato DJ Digital Vinyl Interface and soundcard that will allow DJ's to connect turntables and CD decks to an analog DJ mixer for full Serato DJ playback using noisemap (timecode) vinyl or CD's. The DS1 comes bundled with the full Serato DJ software and two timecode vinyl & CD's for only $300. This is great news for Serato DJ users as now there is another soundcard interface that can be purchased for less than the Rane SL offerings that tend to get really expensive really fast. Check out the quick unboxing & first impressions video of the Denon DS1 after the jump.

DJ Controllers

Earlier in the week we brought you the story on a new prototype that found its way to the NAMM 2012 showroom floor. Today we have a full video rundown on this awesome prototype controller that fuses the worlds of the DJ with the production gurus. The MPC-DJ is basically a set of Numark V7's fused with a MIDI mixer with the world-famous 16 Akai MPC velocity pads that can be used for triggering samples, loops, sounds, cue points, or whatever else a DJ may have in store. Check out our rundown video inside.

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Watch the official DJbooth.net Video Coverage of the Numark, Alto, and Akai DJ Booth at the 2011 Atlantic City DJ Expo at the Trump Taj Mahal. On-hand were the entire line of Numark Products like the NS6, NS7fx, V7, TTX-USB, X5, iM9, and so much more. They had an extremely diverse lineup of products including rackmounted Mobile DJ products, iPod and iPad (iDJ Live) DJ products, and analog equipment as well. Check out the full video inside.

Mixers

The New Rane MP2015 rotary digital mixer has excellent build quality, top-notch sound, and a cool "throwback" way of mix music using knobs as opposed to faders. The Rane MP2015 has four channels and an additional channel that can be used to link other channels together for easier manipulation. Check out our quick unboxing and first impressions video of the Rane MP2015 to see this high-quality mixer in all its glory!

DJ Controllers

We were on hand at the DJ Expo in Atlantic City, NJ Earlier today to see all the new InMusic Brand products. While we were there we got to check out the new Numark DJ2GO2 compact Serato DJ Controller to see if this little device is good enough to play full DJ sets.

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Denon DJ Division is making some serious waves in the DJ Gear industry as a whole. Denon DJ has just recently released their newest Controller/Media Player the SC3900 with tight vinyl emulation control and a plethora of features for all types of DJ's. Yesterday, Denon DJ released a new teaser video labeled "29" in order to let the masses get a great sneak-peak at Denon DJ's next big thing. It looks to either be a new controller or some sort of jog-wheel based deck system. Your guess is as good as mine, but peep the video inside to see if you know what it is...

Mixers

The New Rane MP2015 rotary digital mixer has excellent build quality, top-notch sound, and a cool way to mix music using knobs instead of faders. The Rane MP2015 has four channels and an additional channel that can be used to link other channels together for easier manipulation. The Internal dual-USB soundcard that is present on the MP2015 is capable of running Traktor DVS timecode over these channels as well as recording a mix in high-quality audio. The Rane MP2015 has an Isolator section at the top which also allows for some cool EQ effects on the fly. Check out the new Rane video showing the use of the new Isolator found on the MP2015.