


I anticipate a host of inspiring routines and videos coming out from some high-level tablists in the coming months. I think we haven’t really felt the repercussions of this mixer yet. With one of the most intuitive workflows out there, this is my second choice for best gear – it’s filled to the brim with innovative and premium features. I doubt too many people expected Pioneer to take on the Rane Seventy-Two head-on with DJM-S11 with their next mixer.

Just a solid follow-up to the Seventy-Two that proved this new InMusic Rane is here to stay. It also showed that Rane was actually listening to their customers by specifically addressing a lot of complaints raised about the Seventy-Two. In third place on my list, the Rane Seventy filled a pretty big void by providing a much needed alternative to the aging DJM S9. From the Rane Seventy and Denon Prime Go to the V10 and beyond, dive into our top gear of 2020 below. The DJ TechTools team got together with a few of our longstanding gear contributors to explore our favorite picks of last year. And with the ongoing quarantines across the globe, that gave us plenty of time to experiment with them. But not all was lost this year –– a massive amount of new music gear, both hardware and software, was released. With a pandemic completely shutting down nightlife and wrecking the music industry as we know it, 2020 took quite an unexpected turn that left many DJs, producers, and music lovers scratching their heads a bit. There’s no doubt that 2020 was been one hell of a year.
