AlphaTheta Slab Wins Red Dot Best of the Best Award
The SLAB's recognition marks AlphaTheta's third Red Dot Best of the Best win and second consecutive year taking the top prize, reinforcing its design leadership in DJ-oriented music production hardware.
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AlphaTheta Corporation announced that its music production controller SLAB has won the Red Dot: Best of the Best award in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2026. This is the second consecutive year AlphaTheta has received the highest award, and the SLAB is the third product to do so, following the DDJ-REV7 in 2022 and the OMNIS-DUO in 2025. The SLAB also won the iF Design Award 2026.
The SLAB is the first dedicated controller optimized for Serato Studio, software designed to let DJs create music easily. AlphaTheta says the controller's intuitive operability and compact, notebook-PC-sized body were cited by the Red Dot jury. The product also won the iF Design Award 2026. The company aims to continue supporting DJs and music creators with product development that lowers barriers to music production.
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