DJ Controller Buyer’s Guide 2013 Now Online

Want to buy a DJ controller? Want to upgrade the controller you already have? Looking to add a second controller to your set-up? If so, stop! Don’t go any further until you’ve looked at the new Digital DJ Tips online DJ controllers guide, launched today.

DJ Controllers: The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide 2013 is our third annual online DJ controllers round-up. It now features a staggering 142 controllers, with 61 full reviews and 56 talkthrough videos. It’s the most complete and authoritative online DJ controller guide anywhere on the web.

Why you need this guide

DJ Controllers: The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide 2013 has been designed to help both beginner and experienced DJs in a number of ways:

• It’ll stop you being ripped off. We link to well priced and (at the time of going to press) in stock online sources for as many of the products as we can, so you can compare and make sure you’re not being quoted over the odds for the gear you’re interested in
• It’ll help you decide how “hot” a piece of gear really is. Things change fast in DJing, and controllers from five or even sometimes two years ago simply can’t cut it against controllers from today. We now include a “launch date” with each listing so you can instantly assess how up to date every piece of gear is
• It’s the fastest way to get to our in-depth reviews and videos. Over the last three years, we’ve reviewed nearly half of these controllers in depth, and made talkthrough videos of practically everything we’ve reviewed. Using this guide, you can get to all of those reviews and videos fast
• It’s the perfect online accompaniment to our annual free DJ controllers book. Our downloadable PDF guide has helped tens of thousands of DJs choose a controller, and today’s online guide works great alongside it. Look out for the 2013 update to the PDF in the next few weeks! (Meanwhile you can still get the 2012 guide for free from our Facebook Page).

What’s new for 2013

It’s been a massive year for DJ controllers and digital DJing, and the leaps made in 2012 are reflected in the 2013 online guide:

• Over 80 new DJ controllers added. There have been more new products launched this year than any other, and we have kept bang on top of it. Despite the fact that we’ve retired some discontinued models, there are still over 80 more listings than last year
• Modular controllers now included too. Sure, most people buy an “all in one” controller. But many still add a smaller, second controller (for loops, sampler or cues, for instance), and more still decide to build up a custom system using Midi-enabled mixers, deck controllers and so on. For the first time, they’re all in the guide too
• All the new iOS and wireless controllers are here. You no longer need to use your laptop – it’s now possible to plug your iPad or even your iPhone into a DJ controller and use it in exactly the same way. And with some, you don’t even need to plug it in – it all happens wirelessly! It’s all in the guide
• We’ve improved the listings. As well as launch dates, we’ve added more information about the operating systems the units are intended for, and included more controllers on each page for easier navigation

What about the free downloadable PDF?

The 2013 PDF version of this guide goes into even more detail, and also contains valuable articles on the DJ controller market, how to choose a controller, how to set up a DJ controller system, and much more, as well as hugely detailed technical comparison tables so you can hone in on exactly what’s important to you.

As you’d guess it’s a mammoth undertaking (it runs to over 300 pages this year), but it’s right on schedule for publication very soon.

If you want to find out first and get your free copy of it before anyone else, just make sure you’re signed up for our free DJ training – all members get early access to this guide. Meanwhile, head over to DJ Controllers: The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide 2013 for your instant fix today…