I wondered when the iPad was coming out how it would effect the world of DJing and music production.  With it’s compact size it seemed like a great and easy to travel with new tool.  I got wind of this YouTube vid of Rana Sobhany who is calling herself ”The World’s First iPad DJ”.  In her demo, she shows how she uses two iPads and a mixer to create a set. 

She states “if you want to try DJing, this is definitely the way to do it”.  Two iPads, the applications, the mixer, etc. will cost you less than $1300 while a laptop, Serato, two CDJ’s, mixer, etc will cost you closer to $3500.  There are applications for looping, sound effects, changing bpms, and even adding Daft Punk snipets into your set.  All of the applications she used were created before the iPad.  This video is a little long and some of what she says is unnecessary in my opinion but it’s interesting to see what can be done with an iPad.

Are iPad DJ’s going to be the next craze?  Will even more people attempt to become a DJ with this lower costing equipement?  Will I be subjected to more bad DJ’s?  Think it will be hard to iPad DJ with greasy fingers?