WiiJing takes clubs in California for a spin

The Wii seems to be more revolutionary than at first thought. Jimmy Lesondak (a.k.a. DJ!, pronounced DJ Shift 1) has come up with a brilliant new way to use Wii technology: WiiJing, the art of blending music using the Wiimote.

Messing around with Wii hacks from the internet, he came to thinking of how it can be used to control his DJ Traktor software. After some manipulations, he came up with the WiiJ hack. As we reported before, the hack has even been demonstrated to mix four tracks at once.

Manipulating two Wiimotes he can mix, mash-up, and add sound effects to songs. Launching a song is done by just flick-starting, or whipping the Wiimote forward. Not only does it make this easier for DJs, but this would actually free them from having to stay behind their booths.

“It feels more like it’s attached to you as opposed to you trying to manipulate it,” Lesondak says, “I can look around and hear what’s going on and then change it or do whatever by pressing the buttons on the controller without having to think about where my hands are going to move.”

He’s already been “WiiJing” throughout clubs in California, which has been an instant hit and has sparked fans from the music industry as well as the video game industry. For his club music he even mixed in retro game music with modern dance music. It’s attracted game-centric events where people come decked out in full costumes. In his San Francisco concert, two guys came as Mario and Luigi.

Lesondak chose to spread it as shared software with right as owner, seeing as most of the ideas that came by the arts of the DJ have always been shared. Lesondak’s site even has tutorials on using the software.

The Wii seems to be more revolutionary than at first thought. Jimmy Lesondak (a.k.a. DJ!, pronounced DJ Shift 1) has come up with a brilliant new way to use Wii technology: WiiJing, the art of blending music using the Wiimote.

Messing around with Wii hacks from the internet, he came to thinking of how it can be used to control his DJ Traktor software. After some manipulations, he came up with the WiiJ hack. As we reported before, the hack has even been demonstrated to mix four tracks at once.

Manipulating two Wiimotes he can mix, mash-up, and add sound effects to songs. Launching a song is done by just flick-starting, or whipping the Wiimote forward. Not only does it make this easier for DJs, but this would actually free them from having to stay behind their booths.

“It feels more like it’s attached to you as opposed to you trying to manipulate it,” Lesondak says, “I can look around and hear what’s going on and then change it or do whatever by pressing the buttons on the controller without having to think about where my hands are going to move.”

He’s already been “WiiJing” throughout clubs in California, which has been an instant hit and has sparked fans from the music industry as well as the video game industry. For his club music he even mixed in retro game music with modern dance music. It’s attracted game-centric events where people come decked out in full costumes. In his San Francisco concert, two guys came as Mario and Luigi.

Lesondak chose to spread it as shared software with right as owner, seeing as most of the ideas that came by the arts of the DJ have always been shared. Lesondak’s site even has tutorials on using the software.