Hi Karl, I am currently using a soundcloud go+ subscription and just to confirm with you the offline storage is only for listening not for connecting and djing with Rekordbox, a Soundcloud Dj account is needed for offline storage of tracks for djing which costs x2 the monthly subscription, hope this helps to clarify info for everyone?

Thanks for this review. Just what I needed!

As a DJ who has just got my first residency, having to rely on your venues wifi settings, is too much stress for me to take on board at this stage 😆 I love being able to know what music I’ve already got for my set, enough to last 5-8hrs. Zip DJ has been quality 🙌🏼

THANK YOU - this was so helpful!

I’m like you love collecting Records and CDs and downloading music. The whole streaming is great for listening but for DJing I’m not too sure.

Thanks for this video... very nice explanation

This was genuinely helpful, I definitely will be using Tidal

i like using tidal for seeing what i like and what catches on, and then buy the song for myself and download. it saves me money i think because most songs are a couple bucks a piece. and my library would be quite extensive. also discovering new tracks while on the go with my phone and galaxy buds.

I remember back in 2010 when DJ's had a difficult time transitioning from CDs to MP3s. Djs would haul around a 20lb backpack of burned CDs and flip through folders and folders of CDs to find a specific song. They did this even on tour from UK to Paris, Amsterdam, etc. LOL It was just difficult for oldschool djs to adopt new tech. Same thing from records to CDs as well. Imagine if we saw DJs doing that nowadays HAHA. As much as we hate to admit it, we gotta adapt to new times.

I love remixing songs and adding my own touch to the music, this would not work for me. However, I have used Tidal for my mobile gigs. I prefer owning the music, some songs maybe taken out from the streaming services at any go.

Great video

I just got tidal but also have tons of music from dj pools. My thoughts are I can now play any song that comes to mind. Can’t do that otherwise

Few things to keep in mind. In order to use the offline folder, pc connected to you equipment running rekordbox in performance mode is required, you can't use this folder with just cdj 3000 for example. As a Beatport subscription user I would say that it's not that flexible (atm). Can't filter playlists by BPM or Key, can't access "My Beatport" from players and so on.. This will probably change over time.

I think one important consideration for many DJs is the ability to record mixes from streamed music. I thought you were not able to record mixes natively in the Dj software since you didn't own the music, although that was from looking into this a little while ago. Do you know if that is true?

That’s why I like using my phone or iPad because I can use 5G from my phone service instead of dodgy WiFi. It’s much faster!!

Just getting into djing I’d have to say streaming seems more appealing then building a collection from scratch right now. But what streaming platform is better? I’m using beatsouse right now and enjoying the content. Think I’ll try beatport also. Comparing the both from a new DJ. Thanks for the tips. ✌️

Beatsource has razormaid, ultimix, dmc, and etc remixes on their platform?

Hey, As I mentioned when I replied to your post yesterday, as a beginner, streaming services (in my case tidal) which normally offer free trials or student discounts I think it's great. It's a lot cheaper, I can use it for just listening to music outside of DJing and I don't need to worry about if a song is there or not as the chances are it's on there. I think there are downsides, as you said you don't own the music and it's reliant on the WiFi connection, which it you already have the tracks in rekordbox, isn't too much of a problem. There are definitely downsides and I'm sure there are more that you didn't mention which will probably come to me when I finish writing this but for the meantime I am happy with it. I think in future when I potentially get jobs that's a different story

tip not every place you dj will have wi fi and i found out the hard way many times everything was going great and they hit us with they had no wi fi at all or it was shoty and lost wif fi or it dropped for everyone that was using the wi-fi there has to be 4 to 5 wi-fi lines or your going to lag out ........where some guys kid is hugging the wi f-fi on his cell phone its all ways good to have music backed up on hard drives streaming is not all ways a good thing or even 100 percent good out of gigs there has been about 90 that have not had good wi-fi and we could not use online

#1 Never pay for subscriptions #2 own your music #3 never depend on internet for a live show

I use tidal very often with serato but indeed sometimes (5-8% of the time especially when using serato stems and mixing long sessions) crashes….not sure if its from my laptop (windows) or is because of the streaming service….

I dislike the idea of people being able to ask for "any song". Sometimes as a DJ you have to make the call that a track isn't suitable to be played and saying "I haven't got it" is an easy and sometimes true fact that can't be argued with. As streaming becomes more popular, now that excuse doesn't wash, so it can be harder to argue with drunk people who "think they know better". Historically when I have tried streaming the dealbreaker has been the internet dropping out and then things not working. If you have the ability though to have a local music collection and compliment it with streaming tracks (and importantly it can go into some form of "emergency loop" mode) if the internet does go down or keep the whole song in memory and still play, then I don't see it being an issue. You just need to experiment with your chosen software and check it does this before it happens to you live in a gig! No-one wants to be in silence.

NIce vıdeo ,Subbed My my we came a long way since going to record store buying albums I'm resident DJ play many Genre from jazz to house to Latin Thinking to go with Beat source basic My question is can just start streaming without making playlist with in the app ,Live? Thanks

I honestly prefer to own my music, so I signed up to bpm supreme but it turns out 70% of the songs I was looking for weren't there, so my question is how can I build my own music collection without it being in an illegal way or to subscribe to a record pool?? an answer would be appreciated

Can someone tell me if I can actually stream offline using Tidal and how - this weekend I had the sweats as where the Gig was had no wifi and my hotspot was on 1 bar on 4g so loading time took forever - I’ve thought about getting a dongle but if I can just go offline then that’s better

is it true, that the term of service of all streaming services you talk about prohibit playing comercially?thx

Should I used soundcloud dj or soundcloud go. There are pros and cons, but which one is better?

Hi Karl, I'd like to use beatport streaming music in my sets when I DJ over Mixcloud. Is this allowed as I'm unsure after reading the small print?

What if there’s crap internet ? Will the track stop playing to buffer ?

just a quick comment. Tidal doesnt allow offline music actually. So you are forced to get a good internet connection

Hear me now! I will never ever ever ever DJ using only a streaming service. When was the last time a creative, eclectic DJ obtained all of their music from one source? You can have every original song in the world anyone's ever danced to in your databases && storage buckets, but you still won't have all the rare remixes, mashups, bootlegs etc. that I use all the time.. What DJ who has spent 10 years and thousands of whatever currency on finding specific sounds that fit their style is suddenly going to limit themselves to 1 source for their music? I find only the newer DJ's are wanting to use TIDAL. It may be a classic case of the older not wanting to adapt, but in this realm the older will win. The younger will sound so BORING by comparison. Also, if you have passion for DJ'ing you likely have passion for your music. How can you have passion for a collection of things you don't own. I'll never get it

I use Tidal but it crashes all the time .

They can take down and you are screwed