March 14, 2013
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Seems through out the South by south west festival those guys behind the Pacemaker were out in force with an ipad? Yes strange but I assume the deal with Blackberry ended and they ported the software to another platform. iOS … Continue reading
March 2, 2013
by ianforrester
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It was always going to happen… A portable dj device which I tend to walk around with while mixing to myself. I accidentally dropped while in the middle of recording a mix. Ever since its been acting a little weird … Continue reading
February 28, 2013
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Forgot to write about slussen the essential digital dj device some have said. In fact its just a neat audio splitter… The setup includes a narrow profile splitter for simultaneously connecting headphones and a sound system to your iOS device, … Continue reading
January 6, 2013
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I see Spotify is updating its linux users with new features first… But I still wonder where and if there is interest in a spotify for dj mixes? A while ago I wrote about the differences for soundcloud vs mixcloud … Continue reading
December 9, 2012
by ianforrester
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Its the season for Christmas parties and the BBC is no different. Yesterday (Friday 8th) it was time for the BBC North Future Media Christmas party at the Deaf institute. To change things up we had a different DJ every … Continue reading
December 3, 2012
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The firmware update test mix by Cubicgarden on Mixcloud Really good to know the pacemaker device (as its now called to make the difference from the pacemaker app) is back! For quite a while, the only way I could record … Continue reading
November 28, 2012
by ianforrester
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For a long while now I’ve had a problem with my pacemaker… The problem is I can’t reliable use the internal mix recorder. It records like midi by recording the actions and tunes then when you export from the editor … Continue reading
October 21, 2012
by ianforrester
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If you’ve not seen the Pacemaker Device (pmd) had a official firmware update over the last few months. This is great news because this shows pacemaker device isn’t dead, and there might still be a lot more life in this … Continue reading
September 30, 2012
by ianforrester
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Some of you may have noticed my tweets about finally getting a Blackberry Playbook. Some of you maybe wondering why the hell I bought one of those? Well the truth is the original pacemaker guys (Olof Berglof, Jonas Norberg and … Continue reading
July 12, 2012
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Armin Van Buuren… I always knew he was the nice guy of the Dj world and this just confirms it…. His thoughts about how hard it is to warm up 5 people is spot on and is a massive respect … Continue reading
June 1, 2012
by ianforrester
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In my last blog post I wrote how I was given the opportunity to play with an early build of the Pacemaker app on the Blackberry playbook at Over the Air 2012… I won’t comment on Over the Air 2012 … Continue reading
June 1, 2012
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February 28, 2012
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The original pacemaker team did say on a forum of pacemaker fans they were working on a mobile app but I had no idea about this… Found via Guy West on twitter, Engadget broke the news that the pacemaker was … Continue reading
January 11, 2012
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Just when I was starting to wonder if I was going to have to switch back to using a laptop to dj… I receive a email message from the new Pacemaker community… As you probably know we were trying to … Continue reading
January 8, 2012
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A few mixes I’ve recently posted to MixCloud recorded from my Pacemaker… Both mixes are on the darker tip hence the late night titles… Looks like I’m going to have to consider switching back to laptop djing in the near … Continue reading