AlphaTheta has launched CoBeat, a service that lets audiences send song requests straight to the DJ’s player. It debuts on the new CDJ-1500X, currently the only hardware that supports it, and runs through a Rekordbox update arriving shortly after the players.
The DJ builds a request catalogue of up to 200 tracks in Rekordbox and generates a QR code. Audience members scan it, then vote for a track from that list or message a free-text request. Requests appear on the 1500X’s browse…
