Archive for the 'Sound systems' category

Kitchen Audio

This article details my kitchen audio system which is cobbled together from a bunch of apparatus I’ve acquired over the last 20 years, none of which was intended for this purpose. The resulting sound from a mere 220W has to be heard – and felt – to be believed. Read on for a detailed missive […]  Read more »

Pioneer DJM 2000 firmware update to version 3 – nearly a Nexus!

This article details the benefits of updating the firmware on a Pioneer DJM 2000. It’ll also explain the differences between a DJM 2000 running the latest firmware, and a DJM 2000 Nexus. It should be useful if you are trying to decide whether to buy a DJM 2000 or a DJM 2000 Nexus, or if […]  Read more »

Pioneer DJM 2000 / Nexus firmware update – how to

Note: I’ve done this using Windows 10 in January 2016. Before we start here, if you want to know more about the DJM 2000 in general, take a look at my in-depth look at the mixer as a whole. Begin by getting the mixer to display your current version. To do this, while the mixer […]  Read more »

Getting back into sound and light

The last six months or so have seen me getting back into sound system and light show engineering. I emerged from school as a bit of a DJ with the requisite tools and a basic sound system, and while my primary profession turned out to be software engineering, I continued to grow my sound system […]  Read more »