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After 3 hours and many videos finally, someone who explains things properly and understandable. Great video. Thanks.

Jamie be that DJ dude who totally keeps his cool when he takes over in a DJ booth at a full club at 1:00AM while nothing works... *casually and totally relaxed finding out cables and syntax files in the laptop while keeping the club running via a jackplug and Iphone...*

Thanks for this tutorial! Learned everything i need to know and now my cdjs are running throu my laptop perfectly!

dude thanks so much for thsi video - so much more detailed than all the Digital DJ tips ones which use old gear and leave so much important info out! that troubleshooting tip at 10 mins saved me after ages of frustration haha

Many thanks! Learnt a lot of new things which I was never aware of. Good work guys. 🙌🏻

This video should come with every new Pioneer gear ! THANK YOU

love your videos!! so informative and helpful, I had a gig on a festival for the first time and they had this setup with cdjs and 900 mixer but I had the trouble to use it on rekordbox because I didnt know of the aggregator, now I am informed! thank you !!

This was a wicked tutorial. I went to Pirate studios in a dj room and it completely wrecked my session when trying to get all this setup. Next time I think I will understand properly. Thank you very much

Perfect! That's exactly what I needed before my first club session, while I use a DDJ controller at home. THANK YOU! 👍🫶

This was probably the most clear and well explained video on this topic. THANK YOU.

Thank you and bless you for taking the time to share this knowledge with us!

There was a ton of good information in that vid for beginning DJs. Thank you.

This has helped me a massive amount, thanks!

I waited sooo long for that video. Awesome thanks!

Such a helpful channel omggg

Great and helpful as always mate!

What we have been waiting for a long time! Thanks crossfader. Video suggestion: how 2 hid mode DJs switch in a live setting without interupting music please. Thanks

Very helpful video! Thanks for that and keep it up the good work 👍😉

Great video mate, wish this was available to me when I started DJing 4 years ago haha.

Nice one Jamie - this video saved my bacon last night in a practice studio - cheers :)

Wow, this video was amazing, very clear 👌

Perfect information that are crucial and dosent waste peoples time!

Great video! very helpful.

this is just great, thanks man!

The aggregator is so essential. You can always see if the players are recognized by your system. It is the first thing you have to check, in case something is not working like it should. Avoid stress : )

This the best one of there tutorials! Thank you

Perfect and Useful!

Great tutorial Jamie!

Great video, very precise

This was so helpful appreciate this

Very good detailed explanation.

Gotta get that "Line Sauce" you keep talking about ! Haha, Great video! Keep em coming ;)

well done ! very nice explanation

This dude is a life saver!

amazing video very informative

Its a great tutorial thank u so much sir👏👏👏

Awesome mate!

I've been using a NuMark Mixtrack Platinum for parties and it gets the job done, and seeing you go through the features for CD-J's much more clearly. They're basically mixers with twice more features. But I have to say, Key Lock for the Platinum sucks. The sound has a tiny distort noise in the background. I don't know how they are on the CD-J's.

Great job explaining

Hi ! Love your videos - thank you. Question - I have this issue with my XDJ - RX2. rekordbox audio icon does NOT show options of speakers - so hardware reads the music from laptop, but sound only comes out from laptop speakers. How to get tunes to play from monitor speakers ?

Hi Crossfader - this is really helpful as I want to get new CDJs to play with my A&H mixer. I have played with the DDJ-400 and FLX6 and I really like all the pad modes (beat jump etc) - how would I replicate these without a Pioneer Linked Mixer?

Incredible!!! Thanks

great tutorial

Can you made a video showing how to prepare a USB stick that is Serato & Rekordbox Ready?

Thank you so much bro💯

@crossfader Jamie, is it correct you should *unplug* the CAT5 link cable (if the CDJ's are connected this way) if you want to hook up your laptop?

Oh dude...!! Finally, I can play DJ!!!Thanks!!!

Hello Jamie, hi everyone! Thank you for the video, can you utilize cdj 2000 with Rekordbox with PERFORMANCE mode? ( seeing both waveform and so forth). I have a xone 92 for the mixer section. Appreciate your input

Hi Jamie is there any benefit from using the link terminals on the CDJ's & Mixer with ethernet cables (Pro Link Setup), running all three to a powered ethernet hub and then usb from the Mixer to your laptop rather than using all usb cables?

Hi Jamie, great video....I noticed you have the full waveform across your CDJs, is this only a feature on your Nexus 2 because this doesn’t appear on my 2000nxs

Jamie I was just looking at 1 of your video from last year. The thought ocurred to me that since the XDJ-XZ has come out supporting Serato DJ with Rekordbox and also VDJ. How do you prepare your songs? Which software is best to use for Library on the XDJ-XZ. I am planning on buying one soon and have lots of MP3, WAV, WMA,FLAC and even MP2 to organize into crates!

Thank you very much. Very informative. Can you create the same video for Serato HID.

great video

I always say that if anyone has access to a CDJ setup, it's best to use a flash drive. But if you insist on using a laptop, a much easier solution is to connect your laptop via the Pro-DJ Link. Most clubs/ venues will already have a network hub set up with the CDJ's and Mixer. 1 Cat5 cable, and possibly a dongle, and you can link everything that was just explained in the video, but with much more ease. I believe you just connect the cable, and there will be a button that appears in Rekordbox that either says "link," or something similar. Click the button, and all the settings should be just fine, and the CDJ's will function as normal. Just as with HID mode, you'll still need the RCA's'/ Digital cables to send audio to the mixer. It's also easier on your CPU, because instead of relying on Rekordbox to play files and send audio out, essentially the CDJ's use the laptop as a flash drive. Side story- I worked at a club as a tech for a while, and when I discovered the Pro-DJ Link functionality worked with a laptop, I tested it with one of our resident's computers. He always insisted on having 2 flash drives, and his laptop connected to the mixer via USB in case something went wrong, and he needed to throw on Spotify (our players were old, and always needed help). When I showed him he could connect with a Cat5, and a USB cable for Spotify, he was thrilled. No more cable nests or forgetting drives at home, and his full library on both players.

Just Awesome! Anyone know if is needed to buy a license to use the Rekordbox with the CDJ? I´ve already have one to use it with a DDJ 400. Thnks!

Love the video. Question: I got an ethernet hub to plug both CDJ3000s into as well as the djm 900 mixer BUT my djm 900 only came with one ethernet to USB cable. So I need to get another cable to connect djm 900 to the ethernet hub and then use the provided cable from ethernet hub to my macbook?

To use HID mode we don't require RCA cable to be connected from CDJ to Mixer because it'll use the direct source from the Laptop & using 2 CDJ we still can use the other 2 channels which can be controlled through the laptop. Enabling us to use 4 decks even though having just 2, we just have to select 4 deck option if we wanted to use it that way otherwise if we don't then we can just keep it the same way. Let me know if I am wrong about this?!

This tutorial applies also to Serato, except no diving in to the settings. Just plug them all in, select the channels on the CDJs, and you're done. Well it should be noted that with Serato you need to plug in the mixer. It won't work without it.

Can you export beatgridded transition tracks for usb play back? Great video.

Hey There, Thx for this great video, very helpful:) I’ve just one Problem. Did Everything you explained and it worked till the point I put on a song on the players. No matter if I used the left or the right player, the signal/sound came always out of both channels. On the screen in record box I was able to use the players separately but the music at the the and always came out on both channels of the mixer. Can you help me with this problem? Thx heaps, jonas

Very helpful

I see it only comes up with your collection when connected to the laptop, is there a way to get playlists and other usbs aswell if they're on or plugged into the laptop??

Thank you!!

I can watch a million DJ tutorials, but I almost always end up with the Crossfader videos being the most helpful. I do have few a questions, one of which is more based on advice I'm getting from other DJ's, who have been telling me that I need a USB hub to connect my laptop to a DJM900 NXS2 + CDJ2000 NXS2 setup in order for another DJ to play B2B with me on USB's? Based on what you just demonstrated, that is incorrect. My other question is whether or not I can interact with my laptop to drag/drop tracks onto each deck and search playlists instead of using the interface on the CDJ?

Great video!! I wasn’t able to select the aggregate device for the sampler output. The options were to choose either CDJs individually.. so the sampler would come out of whichever channel selected. Any advice on how to set up the sampler from rekordbox properly?

Legend!

Can you use samples in rekordbox when laptop hooked up to nexus 2 set up. For eg when you tap on a key on the keyboard for effects ect.

Awesome video tought i don’t own a CDJ!

Thank you very much for the tutorial! I am curious though. Only your CDJs are connected to your Macbook. What about the mixer?

I love you. Thank you

Hey Crossfader , first of all thanks for this video . It really helped me understanding the setup . But ive got one more question . my club gig is next week and i just wondered if i can connect the setup like you in the video but with the ddj xp1 in addition. And another question i got is : when connected via usb b cable to laptop. Can i browse my external hard drive of the laptop without any issues ? Greetings from Germany

Thanks brooo❤

i use rekordbox with pioneer xdj in exportmode with the link function. It works also with cdj, i find it much handier. But then rekordbox is just a big library

Could I have a compatibility question? I have many song in FLAC format, and when I put them in to the database, rekordbox says this format I can play only ..., ... decks. If the club setup is CDJ900 for example what is cannot play FLAC from usb stick, can I play that from laptop in HID mode, or the story still same as from usb stick? Thank you

Super awesome video! Thanks for all the effort.

master!!

could you make a similar video with Serato because if I am not mistaken there is a difference in the way to get to HID mode.

At time stamp 16:20 you talk about switching from laptop to USB, can you clarify how to go back to laptop from that point? i.e. channel 2 is playing from laptop, channel 3 is switched to USB, u then play a song from laptop on channel 2 again, how then is channel 3 able to go back to laptop mode easily?

Hi mate , İ have a problem when İ want to choice deck 1 or 2 it don’t let me:( just deck And laptop İÇİN on my screen on my 2000 nexus 2 thnx for your help

Vert interesting! Do you also need a Pioneer aggregator for a Pioneer XDj RX2? Thank you!

Can you explain is it better to use reckordbox on midi or external? When using xdjrx3? I know its not related to the video but seems you know these things very well

Hello, I would really love to know the spec of your overhead camera. Can you please tell me ? Thank you very much

I'm a little bit confused, 2:50 you can also use master 2 to direct plug in to your speakers? (mine speakers got the same rca connectors but doesnt have master 1 connectors)

At 4:20 when your plugging in the two usbs. The other side are both plugged into the laptop correct?

Hi Jamie can you tell me how do I record a set on cdj 900 I can’t work it out.. please help

Which Mixer do we need at least if we want to connect rekordbox with cdj 2000 nexus? I'm asking because if I invest in cdj2k there is less money for an expensive mixer thx for a answer✌🏽

I'm having this issue that one cdj will come out clear , the other gives out a distorted sound when playing music, but when I swap outputs the other will work and the one that sounded clear is now distorted. I can have them run with one channel together and they both sound clear but when they are separate one come out clear and the other doesn't . This is with my cdj2000 x2 and a djm 800

THANK YOU CROSSFADER I LOVE YOU

Do you advice to use direct usb from the cdj/xdj to laptop or using a hub? I use macbook pro15'' 2019

Hey Crossfader Team, could you do a guide how to connect the DJM S9 with XDJs in Rekordbox ? Unfortunately I can't do it.

Hey guys. Great video as always. I've just switched from DDJ-1000 to a pair of XDJ 1000 Mk 2 at home and I can't get the aggregate device to appear in the RB audio settings. Anyone here have any idea what I'm doing wrong? RB detects the XDJ's as a controller but jusy wont play ball with the audio settings!

Hi Jamie, I could connect the players to my laptops. I have windows and after I follow the steps I have a problem after I hit the link, I can't select in the player recordbox. I installed the NX2 drivers as well and didn't work out

Hi Jamie. On what Hz should be sample rate & buffer size?? There is a standard num???? Pls guide. Thank u

Do the cdjs have to run the latest firmware update to run with rekordbox? A lot of venues don't update their cdjs firmware. Also are no drivers needed for windows?

Is it possible to connect the CDJ3000s with my Laptop (and press the recording button in the recordbox software)?

Question: if you connect your mixer via USB (for instance using a S9), do you still need to connect the RCA's or 'tell the mixer' it's connected via Line? The CDJ's act as midi controllers right? Not like sound players...? 🤔

do you need an agergator if you're using a switchboard? a bit confused because the rekordbox isnt' showing up on my players when i push to connect

Can you connect 2 CDJ 800 MK2’s to Rekordbox like this? I know they do not have an USB output but is there a way to use the other outputs?

Can you help if CDJ connected with DJM 900nxs would work on OBS. I have trying for sometime without any success?