10 Rekordbox Settings EVERY DJ Needs To Change

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If you're looking to get the most out of your DJ software, you need to know about these 10 Rekordbox settings. Without them, you could be setting yourself up for disaster. I'll walk you through each setting and explain why it's essential to know about them to adjust them to suit your needs and avoid any mishaps.
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@ReallyChrisM 3 ай бұрын

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@nathankabat1276 Жыл бұрын

"The dust underneath the crossfader had become sentient" I'm dead

@nanoghostmusic 10 ай бұрын

I love your channel. You cover a lot of topics I don’t see anyone else talking about and keep it fun and light hearted. Thank you and keep the train going. I’ve shared your videos a bunch of times and hopefully more people will do the same so your content gets more much deserved eyeballs.

@ReallyChrisM 10 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

@ralphkelvin5045 11 ай бұрын

the editing and the info on this one is on-point! you deserve a sub, man.

@Prestoux Жыл бұрын

Bro this was quite informative and even answered a few head scratchers ive had for a while. You're also funny. So many tutorials are dry or they take themselves too seriously. Subscribed, can't wait to see what else you've cooked up. Cheers😎stay blessed 🙏🏻

@ReallyChrisM Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@dataghost8380 10 ай бұрын

Teach a man to navigate this shit and look good on stage, you have my eternal gratitude; sprinkle in crude humor along the way, that shits an instant subscribe thanks so much for this man it literally went through every setting I was looking for an explanation on 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

@bramdevlaam1154 2 ай бұрын

Just starting out but this was very helpful, and super funny. Thanks man!

@zaqwsx28 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! The title of the video wasn't a cheap click bait. The hot cue quantize helped a ton to get my timings right!

@tonyblount3146 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for helping me out with my rekorbox.

@ao6677 Ай бұрын

i find your videos the most helpful with settings, very well detailed steps... Thank you

@davidcliffordholmes 2 ай бұрын

So entertaining to watch. 10/10!!

@SinfulAxolotl999 5 ай бұрын

This video helped me a ton!

@easychats Жыл бұрын

That was great. Top Marks. Thanks. Subscribed. ☑️

@ReallyChrisM Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@HikariSakai Жыл бұрын

6:11 all those dnb tracks, you're a real one haha

@kizzfdz1991 10 ай бұрын

his entire libary in this video looks like its dnb related all the tags where sub genres of dnb haha

@D3ckster2008 6 ай бұрын

Awesome great video🎉

@dinosarker4942 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips. Very useful indeed! Btw, I also appreciate your humour - very slapstick, deadpan, British, just the way I like it!

@ReallyChrisM 11 ай бұрын

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@DJBennyswift Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@ReallyChrisM Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@ziyiwei589 Жыл бұрын

Helps a lot❤❤❤just follow your tips step by step

@ReallyChrisM Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that!

@tell591 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video

@djshocase4577 10 ай бұрын

Great Channel, I appreciate the work you're putting into helping us out with RB. I have a question maybe you can help. Serato has a feature called Custom Crate, does Rekordbox have a similar feature? So for instance in my "wedding playlist," I would like comments to appear only in that playlist. And not to appear in my other playlists like Dance Music or Hip Hop Playlists. It seems if I make a change to one of the columns, it globally changes the columns in all my playlists.

@ReallyChrisM 9 ай бұрын

👋 yeah as far as I’m aware the column headings are global. I’ll have a bit more of a play when I’m next at the laptop and see if anything can be done

@djshocase4577 9 ай бұрын

@@ReallyChrisM OK, I hope this is a feature they can add in the future.

@JilloBird Жыл бұрын

Chris!!! You are hilarious!!

@tonyblount3146 6 ай бұрын

I love your channel I need help with putting my DJ name on my sampler and my performance pad.

@tylerborg8000 8 ай бұрын

Lol, thank you for the tips!

@sjsiemka Жыл бұрын

Lmao, the way you joke while being serious is hilarious xD

@MrH0tBeats Жыл бұрын

LOL Love it.

@sheunglunchu 6 ай бұрын

@ReallyChrisM great video! thanks for the tip. Can you please help me out with an issue i have with Gate Cue on XDJ RX3? For example, the song loaded in is Turn on the lights again, i set the first beat as Cuepoint and when i used the pad to press Gate Cue, it works as a vocal stab button, which is expected. However, when i set a second cue point at the start of another vocal, after i pressed that Gate Cue button, the channel continues to play and has the sound like i have just pressed pause on the track and does not stop at the cue point after i released, i am not sure why it doesn't work like the first cue point?? would be great if you could offer some help, thanks!

@GoldsHouseMusic Ай бұрын

I faced an issue where my KEY of a track is automatically changed plus or minus 1 semitone when loaded to the deck - it happens randomly and to random tracks. Key sync is always off, and I'm a bit confused about what could be the reason for it - any ideas why this is happening? Thanks in the advance!

@djrez2107 11 ай бұрын

GOOD STUFF

@karelpraetkp Жыл бұрын

Yeah some default settings really don't make any sense. Thanks for clearing things up.

@Nodadj Жыл бұрын

Also enable FULL length waveforms you did not mention that!

@jeromedeosorio996 9 күн бұрын

banging mate

@blazesince83 Жыл бұрын

great vid but you missed one setting all DJs should change... under Analysis you should check - Set Memory Cue at the first beat of track when analyzing and then under Load - Load settings - Playback starts at the beginning of memory / hot cue. Huge time saver that one

@ReallyChrisM Жыл бұрын

Ah good one! I actually disabled that though because it only ever got it right 30% of the time - especially on instrumental intros

@bigdaz7272 Жыл бұрын

Yeah the "set memory cue at first beat" is so woefully bad at actually getting that first beat its a meme at this point. Anything other than EDM and it could end up anywhere :) It "would" be great if it did actually work though for sure.

@talmondnb Жыл бұрын

@@ReallyChrisM is it still that inaccurate? wat if u set a tighter range of BPM for analysis? ty

@Richardmurden 11 ай бұрын

I've gone from NI tractor to record box and this is one of the main things I've noticed is how poor record box is at analysing tracks. The other annoyance is in tractor you can right click on any track and see what playlists it exists in which is useful, can't do this in rekordbox which is a shame

@bigdaz7272 11 ай бұрын

@@talmondnb Doesn't help too much on anything other than pure EDM. The setting that governs this the most as far as i can tell is under the "Controller" tab of the preferences. Its the "Auto Cue" where you set the the -dB dropdown. Its still poop though LOL

@diegomontiel3519 Жыл бұрын

When i loop a stopped track, the track get started automatically. can you let me know how to change that? Awesome video! thank you so much!

@ReallyChrisM Жыл бұрын

Do you mean the track is stopped, you set a loop whilst it is and then it automatically plays?

@afolabiadams2457 11 ай бұрын

you just killed me .. ... with the picture of a denime in nd a blender

@andrewthompson1464 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for video will be disabling hot cue on quantize but I wish I could turn off gated hot on serato 😂 and do u think there there’s a way midi mapping cdj 3000 and xdj 1000 mk2 thanks

@ReallyChrisM Жыл бұрын

I'll consider this topic for a future video - thanks for watching!

@talmondnb Жыл бұрын

y u wanna turn off on Serato?

@francoisiswatching 2 ай бұрын

Just in case… I've just discovered that the setting panels are different depending on which "mode" you are using. Here you can see Chris is using the "performance mode". There's a "Controller" panel (as shown in 0:42) to edit the settings for the controller you plug to your computer. I'm only using Rekordbox to prepare a USB key with the "export mode". Though you might get confused with the icons, the panel is called "DJ System", and is meant to edit the settings that will be exported to the USB that you use on a CDJ for example. If you're in this case the "I hated using CDJS…" video is what you need.

@musikkluvelectrobanger 9 ай бұрын

Hello, do you know how to import history of USB to rekordbox manually?

@djmusicbusiness 5 ай бұрын

Hey, Your acappella is Crazy 🔥 Have You pack for DJ ?

@studyme2292 10 ай бұрын

Really helpfull thanks alot Chris!! I have a question I'm a resident DJ here in India and am planning to move to an different country in a couple of months as far now I usually plug in play with my laptop and mixer do u suggest me to buy an dvs or not? If yes can you suggest me one ? Thanks you

@ReallyChrisM 10 ай бұрын

What do you spin with?

@studyme2292 10 ай бұрын

@@ReallyChrisM I use rekordbox and one more thing alot DJ's and suggesting me to switch to serato do you think it's worth it coz I'm really comfortable with rekordbox or should I switch? Thank you 😊

@benbaigrie4706 5 ай бұрын

For the hotcue Gate playback is there an override if you did decide you wanted to bring in the song or would you just keep holding the button?

@ReallyChrisM 5 ай бұрын

Hold down the hot cue then press play at the same time. When you release it will continue playing

@theaceman2009 Жыл бұрын

Brother I have a big question or if any one can help on rekordbox v5 with the latest firmware my waveform is blurry and choppy what should or can do to fix.

@berendvisser2456 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know a fix for a reverb bug on my flx4? When I activate reverb and turn down the channel volume you can still hear the reverb.

@lolleonlolable 2 ай бұрын

hey i figured how i can "kill" the sound with high/mid/low knobs, but how do i do that with the cfx/filter knob ? i was using virtual dj before and had that setting but i cant find anyhting for rekordblox how to do that ?

@DaveedBachschmeed 8 ай бұрын

Now all we need is an enhanced "zoom out" feature. I really hate that I can't zoom out further to see the whole tracks overlaying with each others playheads. Every DJ software has it. Only rekordbox refuses to losten to the community! Therefore I made it a habit to call them weekly until they starting listening. Please help me on this!

@layer1copy 10 ай бұрын

Love all the comments and banter ! hahah

4 ай бұрын

Hi, I use flx6 and the volume of channel 1 is lower than channel 2 although the crossfader is in the middle, trim levels are same and crossfaders are at the same point. Can it be because of a problem in recordbox setting? How can I make sound at the same volume level? Thanks

@ReallyChrisM 4 ай бұрын

Probably the tracks themselves are different volumes. You can set auto gain in the preferences to see if that helps

@michaelbiancoaus 22 күн бұрын

My Rekordbox preferences (like Gate playblack, Eq type, etc) don't copy to the USB when I load into my xdj rr but my playlists, cues, etc. do ??

@DJGaetanoZaccone 9 ай бұрын

Wow Thank you @ReallyChrisM That was great. Thanks.

@ReallyChrisM 9 ай бұрын

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@Christopherjweaver Жыл бұрын

Did you say the dust underneath your cross fader had become "sentient"?! ahaha!

@luigiborza8431 4 ай бұрын

I got a question, when I map my cue points on my cdj rx3 they get deleted when I put my USB into rekordbox, never happened before until I updated rekordbox prior to the new uodate, maybe its a setting?

@feralchimp 9 ай бұрын

These are awesome tips, but if people aren't using the crossfader for blends anymore (news to me, btw) then the hardware/software should support disabling the crossfader entirely. Why risk bumping it? Hahaha...further along in the vid and really love your presentation style. Thanks for taking the time, sir.

@ReallyChrisM 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! You pretty much can disable it on lots of hardware, just set it to ‘thru’ on the channels and then it’ll have no effect

@feralchimp 9 ай бұрын

@@ReallyChrisM you're totally right! I just pulled a DJM-250Mk2 out of its box and there's a crossfader bypass position on the crossfader curve selector. Cultural differences...and I guess this explains why the bespoke-hotness rotary mixer market doesn't even include a crossfade knob on the panel in most cases.

@boostandflow4603 11 ай бұрын

You're funny. Sub'd

@TheHouseOfHouseYT 5 ай бұрын

why do I get the vinyl stop effect if I press Shift+ReleaseFX ?

@carlopietrellaB787 3 ай бұрын

hello I have just bought 2 xdj 700 and can't connect and work with rekordbox...i have done everything more than one time...nothing out of nothing....maybe it looks like the RB free plan not allow to be used in perf mode isn't it ?

@ReallyChrisM 3 ай бұрын

Yes they are not hardware unlock devices so you would need to pay

@thediskodoktor Жыл бұрын

I enabled lock and then played out with it on for the first time last night. One more button to press before I can load a track, but made me pay more attention and made no load errors to the wrong deck 😂…top tip for forming good habits and not looking or feeling like a complete dick! 👍

@djsnoop-pentertainmentconc8311 8 ай бұрын

I want to change my software to be like yours

@mochimomo570 4 ай бұрын

I'm using a DDJ FLX4 and if i backspin my jog wheel before the drop hits my backspin spin very slow and stop suddenly it didn't spin long as the DJ,s playing on the Party😅

@_Davyid_ 7 ай бұрын

Hello, can someone help me and tell me if Rekordbox is able to detect the music on an external SSD drive and the music that is used the most on the main disk of the laptop?

@OpenMinded000 4 ай бұрын

some good tips but to little explanation in the video in my case. Setting the setting and then do two seconds button press doesn't do it for me. Maybe I'm slow. Good tip on the load in running deck, life saver !

@ilanbendavid5660 7 ай бұрын

🙏

@shanewrigley2009 8 ай бұрын

Hi,for some reason I do not have key display format in my preferences on my record box.why could this be?many thanx

@ReallyChrisM 8 ай бұрын

Are you in performance mode?

@jovaniramdhony8297 3 ай бұрын

My xz don't show my first loading waveform on the display,but on rekordbox it is visible...HELP

@LuisMorales-iv8ml 6 ай бұрын

My tidal or iTunes playlist don’t show in rekordbox can you help?

@alexdelargesupertramp Жыл бұрын

I have an XDJ-XZ. I've looked in Rekordbox > Preferences -- but I cannot find channel fader curve?!

@alexdelargesupertramp Жыл бұрын

Also, when you use Sync Manager to add your music, does it automatically sync the changes you’ve made in the Preferences? Thanks.

@ZacharySound 3 ай бұрын

What about users that don't have a controller thus no 'controller' rab in RB?

@ReallyChrisM 3 ай бұрын

you'll need to skip that bit as it only applies to controllers

@alanone-fr9qb Жыл бұрын

i imported some tracks but these tracks are not showing what type of genres. I Clicked the genres tag but it didnt show also. if someone know my problem pls help.

@ReallyChrisM Жыл бұрын

where are the tracks from? A streaming service?

@DataHoarders 4 ай бұрын

I tried to import music from my network attached storage (where I host my own personal “Spotify”) and the program said the address is too long. That’s a shame.

@blue_ranger 24 күн бұрын

I think I need to bookmark this video, as AGAIN my rekordbox went weird and defaulted pretty much every setting, but strangely not the Pad FX bindings I'd set. (Maybe because I loaded it before connecting the controller?) Like modern woke Disney, I hate Pioneer for making me hate Pioneer!

@ilanbendavid5660 7 ай бұрын

How to mark songs that have already been played in Recordbox software

@ryansewell4453 10 ай бұрын

I'm potentially looking at moving away from Traktor. I like to plan my sets using my laptop but can't see on Rekordbox how to have more than two decks. Am I missing something?

@ReallyChrisM 9 ай бұрын

At the top left in performance mode is a little drop-down saying something like ‘2 deck view’ you can change that to 4 :)

@ryansewell4453 9 ай бұрын

Do you have to have a controller plugged in. I just downloaded from the website and can't see an option to change it. Or do I need to upgrade to a subscription service?@@ReallyChrisM

@brownsauceo9 11 ай бұрын

Has anyone else’s reckord box gone mad slow after the update ??? Any tips guys thanks

@pmuppuehtemulov 7 ай бұрын

is there any reason to not have deck lock on ?

@ReallyChrisM 7 ай бұрын

Not many but it can be useful if you are doing a scratch routine so you can quickly hop tracks and/or samples

@pmuppuehtemulov 7 ай бұрын

@@ReallyChrisM True true, perhaps when using more than two decks as well. Thanks!

@kudamah Жыл бұрын

This is a great vid of getting into RB. I am really a vdj user but I dabble in rb from time to time as I got the 800 and 1000. Somethings in rb i really hate but the explanations here opened my eyes to a couple of the settings I never fully understood.

@ReallyChrisM Жыл бұрын

I’m glad it helped!

@bboymac84 5 ай бұрын

Sadly these settings cant be exported to xdj's....

@djmacalak6813 5 ай бұрын

yap, change your hotcues to play as in Traktor does for deafault 😜

@mcdoodle6875 11 ай бұрын

How do I download music and use other people’s music like central cee

@BoyBettaKnow2010 Жыл бұрын

Do u know any solutions to sorting out the whole pro link situation. For some reason I'm not able to connect my cdjs to rekordbox even tho it was working a while back, now I just can't connect them

@Luscious.P 11 ай бұрын

haha pervical flange 😆

@natasha4695 10 ай бұрын

BPM, small text, wont commit to actual track. How do i simply change BPM tempo like a normal person in real time as i press the damned buttons? Please help!

@ReallyChrisM 10 ай бұрын

Do you mean you want set the bpm manually as you are playing?