I was listening to the weekly 1up Show podcast tonight at work and it featured a great video introduction of the recent trend of wireless djing with the Nintendo Wii remote. I’ve read about it for months, but everything I had seen so far has often looked gimmicky at best. I’ll admit that watching this video had me muttering “oh shit” a couple of times under my breath, as it’s fascinating seeing all the many different functions you can map to the Wiimote.
Is it the end of turntables? Of course it’s not, but the community for this is growing and i’m sure you’ll be hearing more and more about this through the coming year. So what is WiiJing? Here’s an excerpt of what it’s all about, and if you were wondering….yes it is real.
Developed on the day before Christmas 2006, DJ Wiij is the original wireless DJing rig. Using 1 or 2 Nintendo Wiimote’s (possibly even more), a PC with Bluetooth, and Native Instruments Traktor 3.0 (or any other DJ software program with keymapping), you are able to create your own wireless DJing control surface.
As gimmicky or toyish this looks, it really works, and works well. Each button on the Wiimote is mapped out to a function on the DJ software. For example, when pressing the A button, you might have it configured to trigger Play. Then you might configure left and right to control the crossfader, up and down pitch bend, B as an effect trigger etc etc. The best part is it is totally customizable! You can even just use 1 Wiimote in one hand and use the other to control a hardware mixer (if you can’t get used to fading with a crosspad).
This video contains the world premier of the DJ WiiJ as DJ Shift 1 demoed it at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco last month. There’s also an interview that shows a glimpse of what the remote is capable of as it showcases scratching, cutting in and out, etc. Check it out for yourself as you can visit the DJ WiiJ site that shows everything you need to know if you’re interested in rocking out with your Wiimote.
DJ WiiJ | website | more videos
Daft Punk | “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” (one of the samples used in the video)
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Wow… that’s something to be filed under “sweet.”
Yet another reason to get a Wii, like I needed more of them anyway.
like I needed more of them anyway.
you have more than one Wii? haha
Don’t I wish. Can you imagine the partys I could play like that?
It may work but the music is total mess. lol
It was a mashup night…
yeah it taste like reheated chinese food from last week. All mushed up. It’s not even danceable. It’s more like aerobic music.
lol that was awesome Squashed. I feel bad saying the music wasn’t good…but yeah. Did you see the guys in the background dancing? It made me so uncomfortable watching that….a lot of people in the world shouldn’t try to dance
Nice,
I shall be playing with this……..
The stronger video is mad !!!
http://www.wat.tv/video/571963/