DJ controllers are devices used to help DJs mix music with DJ software using knobs, encoders, jog wheels, faders, backlit buttons, touch strips, and other components.
The Hercules DJ Console, one of the first DJ controllers ever made.
DJ Controller Pioneer DDJ-RX (launched 2015) with the mixing software Rekordbox (by Mixvibes), which comes packaged with many Pioneer products, running on a computer
Pioneer DJ-Controller DDJ-SX2, 2014
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs, club DJs, mobile DJs, and turntablists. Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to also describe persons who mix music from other recording media such as cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ, controller, or even a laptop. DJs may adopt the title "DJ" in front of their real names, adopted pseudonyms, or stage names.
Club DJ Robert Hood
Club DJ Ellen Allien at MAGMA festival 2006, in Tenerife, Spain
DJ workplace in a nightclub, consisting of three CDJs (top), three turntables for vinyl records and a DJ mixer
DJ Pete Rock performing at Rahzel and Friends – Brooklyn Bowl, 2016
