Hang the iPod DJ

We’re sorry to break this to you, but hooking an iPod up to a PA system doesn’t make you a DJ. Plug two 60GB Podsters and seamlessly mix between them using this new Numark iDJ, however, and you can hold your head up high.

This isn’t just a mixing console with crossfade, volume and the rest. It’s also a charging dock that apparently works with all the iPods – Shuffle excluded – and can hook up to a computer nearby via USB. There’s even a mic input that’ll let you encode recordings straight onto your Pod.

We’re having UK pricing and availability of the Numark iDJ confirmed at the moment. First indications suggest it’ll be next year and will probably cost £400.

Before you hop over to Numark’s site for the full specs, we’ll let you in a little secret – to DJ all you need to do is get two tracks at the same tempo and then count in fours. Just don’t tell the DJ Guild we told you.

Numark USA

Update: you’ll be able to buy the iDJ in the UK in September. Pricing will be announced nearer the time.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home