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Music files that can be loaded and played (file formats)

Please note that this software can only write to SD memory cards and USB devices (flash memory

or hard disks) listed in the table below.

File formats

Music

files

Compatible

Formats

Encoding

method

Bit

depth

Bit rate

Sampling frequency

File

extension

MP3

files

MPEG-1

AUDIO

LAYER-3

CBR, VBR

16 bit

32 kbps to

320 kbps

32 kHz, 44.1 kHz,

48 kHz

.mp3

MPEG-2

AUDIO

LAYER-3

CBR, VBR

16 bit

16 kbps to

160 kbps

16 kHz, 22.05 kHz,

24 kHz

.mp3

AAC

Files

MPEG-4

AAC LC

CBR, VBR

16 bit

8 kbps to

320 kbps

16 kHz, 22.05 kHz,

24 kHz, 32 kHz,

44.1 kHz, 48 kHz

.m4a, .mp4

WAVE Files

Uncompressed

PCM

16 bit,

24 bit

－

44.1 kHz, 48

kHz,88.2kHz

96kHz, 192kHz

.wav

AIFF File

Uncompressed

PCM

16 bit,

24 bit

－

44.1 kHz, 48 kHz,

88.2kHz, 96kHz, ,

192kHz

.aif, .aiff

Apple Lossless File

Compressed

PCM

16 bit,

24 bit

－

44.1 kHz, 48 kHz,

88.2kHz, 96kHz, ,

192kHz

.m4a

FLAC File

Compressed

PCM

16 bit,

24 bit

－

44.1 kHz, 48 kHz,

88.2kHz, 96kHz, ,

192kHz

.flac, .fla

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It may not be possible to read or play music files including both audio and video or copyright-

protected music files.



For music files (file formats) that can be loaded and played on DJ equipment produced by

Pioneer DJ, see the Operating Instructions for each DJ equipment.

Summary of Contents for REKORDBOX

Page 1: ...rekordbox TM Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...s of rekordbox 19 2 1 1 Analysis of music files for your DJ performance 19 2 1 2 Enhanced browser for speedy and easy track selection 19 2 1 3 Consolidate management of music files and data by linking Pioneer DJ products 20 2 1 4 DJ performance using rekordbox 21 2 2 Contents 22 2 3 How to use this manual 22 2 4 EXPORT and PERFORMANCE mode 23 2 4 1 EXPORT mode 23 2 4 2 PERFORMANCE mode 24 2 5 Usin...

Page 3: ...ylist 36 3 4 Browsing external library 37 3 4 1 Browsing iTunes Library 37 3 4 2 Use folders and music files in your computer and USB flash drive 38 3 4 3 rekordbox xml 39 3 5 Efficient DJ set preparation using various features of rekordbox 40 3 5 1 Shortcuts to instantly navigating Tree View 40 3 5 2 Playlist Palette to display multiple playlists for easier track selection 42 3 5 3 Organizing mus...

Page 4: ...nected to LAN 111 4 13 Setting preferences 116 4 14 Menu list 123 4 15 Managing music files 127 4 15 1 Saving data using the backup function 127 4 15 2 Replacing data with the backup data using the Restore function 129 4 15 3 Updating the file paths of missing music files 130 5 PERFORMANCE mode 131 5 1 Enjoy DJ performance with DJ units 131 5 1 1 Using rekordbox with a controller 131 5 1 2 Using r...

Page 5: ...uantize function 168 5 3 11 Using Instant Double function 169 5 3 12 Using beat jump 170 5 3 13 Using mixer function 170 5 3 14 Monitoring of audio 171 5 3 15 Using MIC section 172 5 4 Changing graphical user interface GUI 174 5 4 1 To change layout 174 5 4 2 To display hide mixer effector sampler and REC panels 175 5 5 Analysis Lock 175 5 6 Recording 176 5 7 Effect FX 178 5 7 1 To display effect ...

Page 6: ...eck 203 5 9 3 SEQUENCE CALL 203 5 10 Slicer 204 5 10 1 To use the slicer function 205 5 10 2 Differences between slicer mode and slicer loop mode 207 5 11 CAPTURE 207 5 11 1 LOOP CAPTURE 208 5 11 2 SLICER CAPTURE 208 5 12 ACTIVE CENSOR 211 5 12 1 To use ACTIVE CENSOR 211 5 12 Setting preferences 214 5 13 Menu list 222 6 Legal information 226 6 1 Disclaimer 226 6 2 Copyright warning 226 6 3 Softwar...

Page 7: ... and samplers included in rekordbox dj rekordbox allows you to use pre set playlists with various point information for your live DJ performance It is also able to record your DJ performance including improvised cue and loop information for the review of your DJ performance history 1 2 System requirements Prior to installing rekordbox make sure to read 6 3 Software end user license agreement Suppo...

Page 8: ...fer music files to a USB device flash memory hard disk etc LAN port An Ethernet LAN adapter RJ45 port is required for communications with DJ units to transfer music files to a PRO DJ LINK compatible CDJ XDJ For details see the Operating Instructions of the Pioneer DJ products Full functionality is not guaranteed with all computers even when the above operating environment conditions are fulfilled ...

Page 9: ..._streamd exe When sharing of the computer s Internet connection is enabled problems may arise in communications with other computers or DJ units connected on the LAN Disable sharing of the computer s Internet connection before connecting the computer to the LAN The computer s Internet connection sharing is deactivated as described below Mac OS X Open System Preferences then at Internet Network unc...

Page 10: ...C LC CBR VBR 16 bit 8 kbps to 320 kbps 16 kHz 22 05 kHz 24 kHz 32 kHz 44 1 kHz 48 kHz m4a mp4 WAVE Files Uncompressed PCM 16 bit 24 bit 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz 192kHz wav AIFF File Uncompressed PCM 16 bit 24 bit 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz 192kHz aif aiff Apple Lossless File Compressed PCM 16 bit 24 bit 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 88 2kHz 96kHz 192kHz m4a FLAC File Compressed PCM 16 bit 24 bit 44 1 kH...

Page 11: ... required to install and uninstall rekordbox Log on as the user which was set as the computer s administrator before installing 1 Launch web browser of the computer you use to download rekordbox from Free to Download at https rekordbox com en store 2 Click twice the downloaded file to unzip Click twice the unzipped file to launch installation program 3 Proceed with installation of rekordbox accord...

Page 12: ...ternet you can access to Online Manual and Support Site from rekordbox Help menu For Mac OS X Click the Applications rekordbox 4 Folder with Finder then double click rekordbox For Windows Double click the rekordbox icon shortcut on the desktop ...

Page 13: ...er cannot be used If you obtained an account when you submitted an inquiry you cannot use it for rekordbox 1 Launch rekordbox then account setup window appears When you already setup your account for rekordbox 3 this popup screen will not be shown You can use rekordbox 4 Account Setup Window 2 Click Create an account to move to the account registration website https kuvo com rekordbox signup ...

Page 14: ... Policy and tick the checkbox to agree You cannot use the application if you do not consent 5 Click Create my account rekordbox will send information needed to account setup to the email address you entered Your account has not yet been created 6 Click Next and below message will appear ...

Page 15: ...he KUVO website http kuvo com from another computer connected to the internet using your rekordbox account Click EDIT PROFILE to download an account key file djprofile nxs from EDIT PROFILE Save the downloaded account key file in the computer where rekordbox is installed Launch rekordbox At the rekordbox account setup window click You are not connected to the Internet and specify the account key f...

Page 16: ...playlists checking beat grids and tempo and setting cue points with your CDJs XDJs rekordbox 3 users who continue to use this software Click the DJ performance icon if you Bought a DDJ R series controller and have a bundled rekordbox dj license key Are using rekordbox dj Trial service Bought a rekordbox dj license key and wish to use the PERFPRMANCE mode Note If you wish to use both of the above s...

Page 17: ...oose your DJ playlist information either public or private This settings can be changed later To change this setting open KUVO from the menu select Privacy Settings To use KUVO please refer to the Configuration Guide URL http kuvo com kuvoweb docs configulation_guide ConfigurationGuide pdf ...

Page 18: ...te audio driver 1 12 user account control Entering administrator s password Mac Allowing user account control Windows If you are using a Mac you will be asked to input a password Enter the administrator s password of your Mac If you are using a Windows PC you will be asked if you allow rbinit exe to make changes on your computer Confirm the publisher then click Yes If you don t do these procedures...

Page 19: ...duct planning purposes Your personal information is kept confidential corresponding to the privacy policy set forth by our company Pioneer DJ s privacy policy can be viewed on the rekordbox online support site When making inquiries regarding rekordbox please be sure to let us know your computer type and specifications CPU installed memory and other connected peripherals etc the operating system an...

Page 20: ...beat position when setting cues and loops Beat Sync The beat positions and BPMs of tracks played on multiple DJ equipment can be automatically synchronized by analyzing music files by rekordbox This will enable you to perform a wide variety of effect and mixing techniques 2 1 2 Enhanced browser for speedy and easy track selection Playlist Create playlist before DJ performance using rekordbox with ...

Page 21: ...ks displayed on the screen 2 1 3 Consolidate management of music files and data by linking Pioneer DJ products Sync Manager You can export music files to devices always in an updated status by synchronizing rekordbox with iTunes and USB device DJ performance with storage media SD USB EXPORT Export prepared tracks and playlists to USB devices flash memory or hard drive and SD memory card You can ex...

Page 22: ...h rekordbox playlists and information such as My Settings contents created with rekordbox etc can be transferred to rekordbox iOS Android Also music data that has been edited on rekordbox iOS Android can be reflected in rekordbox 2 1 4 DJ performance using rekordbox Effect Various effects of BEAT FX SOUND COLOR FX and RELEASE FX quite popular in our DJ mixer DJM series and remix station RMX series...

Page 23: ...EXPORT mode 5 PERFORMANCE mode 6 Legal information Chapter 1 provides operation suggestions and precautions prior to use Overview of this application is described in Chapter 2 Chapter 3 provides common features of EXPORT PERFORMANCE mode Specific features of EXPORT mode and PERFORMANCE mode are described in Chapter 4 and 5 respectively followed by Chapter 6 providing legal information including di...

Page 24: ...RMANCE mode rekordbox provides two types of application for your DJ set preparation and liver DJ performance EXPORT mode You can export tracks and playlists to USB device SD card and enjoy DJ performance via PRO DJ LINK CDJ XDJ devices connected via LAN PERMORMANCE mode Using controllers and CDJ XDJ supporting rekordbox you can enjoy DJ performance with rekordbox dj 2 4 1 EXPORT mode EXPORT mode i...

Page 25: ...ance with LAN connection LINK EXPORT in 4 2 Using rekordbox with DJ equipment Note Export to USB device SD card and transfer of music files via PRO DJ LINK can be available only in EXPORT mode In EXPORT mode you can enjoy simple DJ mix with 2 Player mode For pro DJ performance including monitoring through headphone CUE using EQ FXs etc use PERFORMANCE mode 2 4 2 PERFORMANCE mode Use PERFORMANCE mo...

Page 26: ... authentication of rekordbox dj Plus Pack is required Here are instructions for activation procedures License key For activation a rekordbox dj license key is necessary You can get the license key as follows Purchase Pioneer DJ s DDJ R series controller bundled with a rekordbox dj license key Purchase a rekordbox dj license key at rekordbox com Store https rekordbox com en store Subscribe rekordbo...

Page 27: ...two computers with one license key if you use the same rekordbox account 2 5 1 Activation To activate rekordbox dj your rekordbox installed computer must be connected to the internet Make sure that your computer is properly connected to the internet prior to activation The activation window automatically appears when it is the first time you launch the rekordbox after installation In this case sta...

Page 28: ...ter your e mail address and password you used for rekordbox account setup and click OK A screen to input a license key is displayed If you forgot your password click Forgot your password The website page for resetting your password is displayed Please reset your password Account name ...

Page 29: ...ion has been completed If License key is wrong appears re enter the correct license key If Not connected to the internet appears make sure that your computer is properly connected to the internet 2 5 2 Downloading and installing Sampler Plus Pack Once you activate rekordbox you can download audio files called Sampler Plus Pack which can be used for the rekordbox sampler Select Download Sampler Plu...

Page 30: ...computer for example when you replace your computer you need to deactivate the license you already activated on the old computer To relocate the license the computer where the application is activated must be connected to the internet Make sure that the computer is properly connected to the internet then follow the instructions bellow to deactivate the license Deactivation 1 Launch rekordbox on th...

Page 31: ...n 2 6 Trial of PERFORMANCE mode Trial mode Although PERFORMANCE mode of rekordbox becomes available by activating rekordbox dj Plus Pack with a license key you can try PERFORMANCE mode for 30 days even if you do not have a license key 2 6 1 Starting trial Select Help Activate from the application menu Click Try rekordbox dj for 30 days on the screen You will be asked if you would like to start tri...

Page 32: ... The music file is added to Collection and its tag information is loaded and displayed Analysis will start if Auto Analysis is activated When analysis of the music file s waveform information begins the progress status is displayed to the left of the music file being analyzed then turns off once analysis is completed There is a choice of two modes for analyzing the waveform information of music fi...

Page 33: ...n a music file 1 Click Collection in Tree View Music files in Collection are displayed in the track list 2 Click The Information window is displayed on the right of the track list 9 Click a music file in Collection you wish to edit information The Summary is displayed in the Information window 10 Click the Info tab in the Information window The Info is displayed in the Information window 11 Edit t...

Page 34: ...sic file information You can create tags as you wish to refine your search for music files For further information see Customized browsing using My Tag 3 2 1 Searching for music files with search filter 1 Click Collection in the tree view Music files in Collection are displayed in the track list 2 Click on the left of the search filter A list of searchable columns is displayed 12 Select and click ...

Page 35: ...sic files is changed Each time you click the arrangement toggles between ascending and descending orders 3 Input character using the computer s keyboard Alphabet search The tracks starting with the character are listed and the first is highlighted Input another character to list up the tracks that start with the character you input Alphabet search will not be activated in PERFORMANCE TRAIAL mode U...

Page 36: ...led Playlist is created under Playlists 2 Input the playlist s name from the computer s keyboard then press the Enter key The name of the Playlist is changed 3 Click Collection in Tree View Music files in Collection are displayed in the track list 4 Drag a music file to the playlist you have created in Tree View The music file is added to the playlist Music files can also be added to the playlist ...

Page 37: ...begins 3 3 3 Organizing playlists by using folders 1 Right click the Playlists and select Create New Folder Untitled Folder is created under the Playlists 2 Input the folder s name from the computer s keyboard then press the Enter key 3 Drag playlist to the newly created Folder Playlist is moved under the newly created folder To delete a folder select the folder then press the Delete key on the co...

Page 38: ...creen to update the iTunes library in rekordbox If iTunes library has been updated when rekordbox is running the update will not be reflected until is clicked Adding iTunes music files to rekordbox You can add iTunes music files to the rekordbox Collection 1 Click to the left of iTunes in Tree View then click All Tracks A list of iTunes music files are shown in the track list 2 Drag the iTunes mus...

Page 39: ...ded information 3 4 2 Use folders and music files in your computer and USB flash drive 1 Click on the left side of Explorer in Tree View Folders in your computer and external devices such as a USB flash drive are shown in Tree View If Explorer is not shown in Tree View open Preferences View and tick Explorer in Tree View section in Layout row 2 Select a folder in Explorer Music files in the select...

Page 40: ...n at Layout row rekordbox xml is shown in Tree View Add music files from rekordbox xml 1 Click on the left side of rekordbox xml in Tree View and click All Tracks A list of rekordbox xml music files are shown in the track list 2 Drag the rekordbox xml music files in the track list to Collection The music files are added to Collection Add a playlist from rekordbox xml You can import playlists in re...

Page 41: ...res to support preparation for DJ performance 3 5 1 Shortcuts to instantly navigating Tree View If you create a shortcut of a folder or a playlist in Tree View and click it the folder or the playlist is shown and highlighted instantly Up to eight shortcuts can be created there The shortcut is hidden by default 1 Click in Tree View ...

Page 42: ...ist is created there If you drag a folder or a playlist to an already created shortcut the shortcut is overwritten with the newly dragged one 3 Click a shortcut you have created The folder or playlist in Tree View is instantly displayed and highlighted If a shortcut is dragged upward or downward and dropped the order of the shortcuts can be arranged ...

Page 43: ...ette Maximum 4 Playlists can be displayed simultaneously in the Palette and the Playlists can be edited there The Playlists in the Palettes will remain as they are even after you exit rekordbox Selecting a Palette Three palettes on the right among the four palettes are the Playlist Palettes The far left Palette is used as Tag List Click Four Playlists are displayed in a Palette Click to open and c...

Page 44: ...tled Playlist is created Type the playlist name on your computer keyboard Now a new playlist is added to Playlists Double click the playlist name on the Palette to edit the playlist name Adding a track in the Palette to another Playlist Drag a track in a playlist of the Palette to another playlist In the Palette a track in a playlist can be added to another playlist by dragging it ...

Page 45: ... the playlist column name is shown on the right side of the Playlist name during sorting 3 Click You can toggle between ascending and descending order means the list is in ascending order and in descending order Changing the order of tracks in the Palette Drag a track upward or downward to move the track within a playlist of the Palette The order of tracks in the Palette can be changed This method...

Page 46: ... name of the Palette The same playlist name in Tree View is highlighted 3 5 3 Organizing music files using Intelligent Playlists You can automatically create a playlist of music files by narrowing down the search using filters Creating an Intelligent Playlist 1 Right click in Playlists and select Create New Intelligent Playlist in the dropdown menu The Setup window for Intelligent Playlist opens 2...

Page 47: ...in the list is in the range Music files whose value is in the range of the 2 values you entered are shown in the list is in the last Music files whose date is within the days or months ago from the current date you entered are shown in the list is not in the last Music files whose date is not within the days or months ago from the current date you entered are shown in the list Specify condition fo...

Page 48: ...uter after selecting the Intelligent Playlist 3 5 4 Customized browsing using My Tag You can refine your search by creating tags for music files Browsing can be customized by creating tags as you wish defining the tracks features for better use for DJ occasions User defined My Tag can be attached to a music file selected in the track list My Tag attached to music files are shown in the My Tag colu...

Page 49: ...ard Then press the Enter key The name of the category is changed 3 Changing the tag name Click a tag for My Tag and type letters using computer keyboard Then press the Enter key The name of the tag is changed Attaching My Tag to a music file 1 Click a music file you wish to attach My Tag among the music files in the track list The selected music file is highlighted 2 Tick the checkbox in front of ...

Page 50: ...k the checkbox to enable disable the search filter Click to turn on KEY value is set at the KEY of the track loaded on the Master Player 4 Select RATING Music files whose RATING is the selected RATIMG are displayed at the track list Tick untick the checkbox to enable disable the search filter 5 Select COLOR Music files whose COLOR is the selected COLOR are displayed in the track list Tick untick t...

Page 51: ...st Click RST to reset conditions set by My Tag filters Tick untick the checkbox to enable disable the search filter Deleting My Tag 1 Click on the right edge of the screen My Tag drop down menu is shown on the right side of the track list 2 Right click a tag in My tag and click Delete The tag is deleted ...

Page 52: ...er two tracks as they are good match combination in the 2 Players Deck mode in EXPORT PERFORMANCE mode Such tracks can be listed as related tracks In the PERFORMANCE mode select 2Deck mode and hover the mouse pointer to the right horizontal bottom vertical edge of waveforms to show the Matching button 1 Click The Related Tracks window is displayed 2 Click The window to customize the criteria appea...

Page 53: ...ied Deck2 Track loaded to Deck2 is specified Deck3 Track loaded to Deck3 is specified Deck4 Track loaded to Deck4 is specified MASTER DECK Track loaded to MASTER DECK is specified LIST Track you select in the track list window highlighted is specified Search Target Select search target Tracks in the Collection Search all tracks in Collection Tracks in the selected playlist Search all tracks in the...

Page 54: ... Select the tracks in the same genre Tracks with the same color Select the tracks with the same color Rating Select tracks with the ratings you specified My Tag Select Match all of the items or Match any of the items 4 Select the criteria and click OK The criteria is now set in details 3 5 6 Sub Browser While using the browser you can open the sub browser that shows tree view to display Collection...

Page 55: ...files e g MP3 AAC WAV AIFF as well as information on music files from iTunes library 3 Make preparations for DJ performance using rekordbox Set and store various point information for cueing looping and hot cueing Create lists to be used for DJ performance playlists and hot cue bank lists You can import playlists M3U M3U8 created by other software as well as those in iTunes and rekordbox xml 4 DJ ...

Page 56: ...vices can be reflected to rekordbox rekordbox must also be installed on the mobile device The mobile device version of rekordbox can be downloaded onto the mobile device from online software markets such as App Store and Google Play For the functions that can be used with mobile devices see the user s manual of the mobile device version of rekordbox For instructions on making wireless LAN connecti...

Page 57: ...r Pioneer DJ s DJ equipment see the Operating Instructions of each equipment The latest information on Pioneer DJ s DJ equipment supporting rekordbox is available on the rekordbox online support site https www rekordbox com en support link php DJ performance with a USB device USB EXPORT You can load music files and data prepared with rekordbox to DJ equipment via USB devices flash memory or hard d...

Page 58: ... see the Operating Instructions for each DJ equipment and computer DJ performance with multiple DJ units PRO DJ LINK When a PRO DJ LINK compatible DJ mixer and DJ equipment are connected via LAN rekordbox music files and data stored on a USB device can be transferred to up to four DJ equipment SD memory cards can also be used for some DJ equipment e g CDJ 2000NXS2 CDJ 2000 NXS or CDJ 2000 A switch...

Page 59: ...up to four DJ equipment Also when a DJ mixer supporting PRO DJ LINK and a computer with rekordbox are connected via LAN rekordbox music files can be monitored over headphones connected to the DJ mixer A switching hub can be used in place of a DJ mixer to connect via LAN Up to two computers can be connected via PRO DJ LINK For instructions on connections see the Operating Instructions for each resp...

Page 60: ...ion 2 Moves to the beginning of a track track search Click to move to the beginning of the next track Click to jump to the beginning of the currently playing track Click twice to jump back to the previous track 3 QUANTIZE Sets cue and loop points to the nearest beat grid point 4 Artwork Displays the artwork images of music files 5 Zoom In Out Zooms in out enlarged waveform display ...

Page 61: ...ying address and full waveform display The current play position is indicated using a thin vertical line which is displayed over the waveform and a horizontal bar displayed below the waveform to represent the progress of the track The horizontal bar lights up from the left side when in the time elapsed mode The horizontal bar turns off from the left side when in the time remaining mode 10 Total ti...

Page 62: ...ayers are displayed in the Player panel A simple player is displayed in the Player panel Hides the Player panel 14 Menu button Click this icon to open a menu to select the color of enlarged waveform to analyze the currently playing track and to export it to a device 15 Mute Click to mute the sound Click again to cancel mute 16 Volume Drag up and down to adjust the volume ...

Page 63: ...dio dropout meter Audio will dropout if it reaches to 100 20 The sub panel for the loaded track Displays information of the track now loaded to the player and comments for MEMORY and HOT CUE 21 Function panel Click the buttons to switch the function panel between CUE LOOP and GRID 22 CUE Sets cue points 23 Play Pause ...

Page 64: ...ease see 1 Player mode for the contents which are not explained here 1 Function panel show hide button Click this icon to show or hide the Function panel 2 MEMORY Saves cue and loop points that have been set 3 BEAT SYNC MASTER MASTER is highlighted on the Master Player for Beat Sync 4 TEMPO Adjustment Adjusts the track playing speed ...

Page 65: ...ick it to turn on the beat sync function 7 Pitch bend Keep pressing these buttons for pitch bend while playing the track Hold to speed up and hold to slow down 8 TEMPO RESET Resets the tempo to the original BPM 9 MASTER TEMPO Toggle this to turn on off master tempo 10 Crossfader Adjusts the mix balance of audio from Player A and B ...

Page 66: ...s or loops then the icon turns red MEMORY Click this icon to show the MEMORY panel in the sub panel Cue Loop Call button Shows minute second millisecond where a cue or loop point is set Click the time to jump to each cue or loop point Cue Loop Delete button Deletes saved cue or loop points Comment Shows comments of saved cues or loops You can edit them Right click to change the cue marker color ...

Page 67: ...ot Cues is set as four in Preferences D is displayed Hot Cue save call button Shows minute second millisecond where a hot cue point is set Click the time to jump to the saved hot cue point If it is empty click this button and Hot Cue will be saved Right click and change the color of the CUE markers HOT CUE DELETE button Deletes the stored hot cue HOT CUE Click this icon to show the HOT CUE panel i...

Page 68: ...ation of the track loaded to the player INFO Click this icon to show the INFO panel in the sub panel for the loaded track 4 3 3 Function panel Click the buttons to switch the function panel between CUE LOOP and GRID CUE LOOP panel Sets and saves Hot Cues Loops and Cues CUE LOOP Click this icon to open the CUE LOOP panel in the function panel HOT CUE A B C D E F G H Save HOT CUE ...

Page 69: ...ntly playing loop Auto Beat Loop 1 32 1 16 1 8 1 4 1 2 1 4 8 16 32 Sets the loop length by the specified number of beats 2x Click this icon to double the length of the currently playing loop MEMORY Stores cue and loop points that have been set CALL Stores cue and loop points that have been set Click to jump to the next cue or loop point Click to jump to the previous cue or loop point Cue Loop Dele...

Page 70: ...rid Click this button to adjust volume of metronome in three levels Enable disable re analysis KEY detection and GRID edit When disabled the icon changes to You can right click the track and select Analysis Lock from the drop down menu to enable disable re analysis Undoes what you did last in the GRID panel Narrows beat grid distance by 1 msec ...

Page 71: ...e center of the waveform Moves the beat grid 1 msec to the right Doubles the BPM The length of each beat grid distance is narrowed by half Halves the BPM The length of each beat grid distance is doubled Cancels the temporarily marked position for adjusting the beat grid Temporarily marks the base position for adjusting the beat grid points from the position Enter BPM value manually to change beat ...

Page 72: ...path s Playlist Palette If you click the icon a tag list or four playlists will be displayed Three palettes on the right among the 4 palettes are the playlist palettes The far left palette is used as Tag List Artwork switch Click one of the following buttons to select the artwork mode Shows upper part of the artwork Shows the whole artwork Category filter Searches for music files using the categor...

Page 73: ...ick the icon to display My Tag settings pane on the right side of track list Related tracks Click the icon to show tracks suggested to be played next in the right side of track list Info Click to open the information pane on the right side of the track list to show the currently selected music file Sub browser Click to display sub browser on the right side of the track list See 3 5 6 Sub Browser T...

Page 74: ...splays folder layers of your computer and external devices such as a USB flash drive Devices Displays USB devices SD cards and mobile devices Histories Displays playback histories on DJ equipment Whether Hot Cue Bank Lists iTunes rekordbox xml and Explorer are displayed or hidden can be selected in View Layout in the Preferences screen Sync Manager Click this icon to open the Sync Manager panel to...

Page 75: ...nnected by LAN cable or wireless LAN Sync master Synchronizes using the master BPM tempo specified by rekordbox when you use DJ equipment e g CDJ 2000NXS2 using the beat sync function Master BPM Specifies the tempo BPM used for the sync master Link Status Displays the status of DJ equipment e g CDJ 2000NXS2 CDJ 2000NXS CDJ 2000 CDJ 900NXS CDJ 900 XDJ AERO connected by LAN cable or wireless LAN at ...

Page 76: ...on as the user which was set as the computer s administrator before using rekordbox For Mac OS X Open the Application folder with Finder then double click rekordbox For Windows Double click the rekordbox icon shortcut on the desktop ...

Page 77: ... track is now loaded to the player 2 Click Playback starts Jumping from the current position 1 Click The dropdown menu is shown to select how many beats to jump 2 Select how many beats to jump Click to select how many beats to jump 3 Click The playback position is jumped When is clicked during the LOOP playback not only the current position but also the LOOP IN points and LOOP OUT points are jumpe...

Page 78: ...r out of the Artwork to stop Click on the Artwork during playback will skip ahead by 30 second increments When the playback begins in the Artwork column while another track is played in the player panel the playback in the player panel pauses Displaying Cue Marker in Preview waveform Cues and Hot Cue Markers can be displayed on preview waveform in the track list allowing you to check Cue status of...

Page 79: ...Y and CUE and select On Off Changing color of waveform Click button on the right of the enlarged waveform and select Blue RGB in Change waveform color In PERFORMANCE mode Open Preferences View Wave and select Blue RGB Changing Beat Count Display You can change the way to count beat displayed in the center of enlarged waveform Click button on the right of the enlarged waveform and select one of the...

Page 80: ...ic file from the browser panel to the player panel The music file is loaded into the player panel 3 Click Playback starts The BPM display shows the tempo measured when the music file was added The enlarged waveform display shows the beat grid in a white line which is generated when the music file is added beat grid On the enlarged waveform display the beats at the beginning of measures are indicat...

Page 81: ...te line at the center of the enlarged waveform display 3 Click GRID Beat grid adjustment menu s icons appear in the function panel The white lines showing the beat grids turn to blue and editing becomes possible 4 Click The current position moves to the nearest beat position at the center of the waveform which is a white vertical line The entire beat grid is slid with this move The beat at the cen...

Page 82: ...ning right already played in the track are displayed as white dots while the beat grid points coming to the mark are displayed as blue bars The blue bars indicate that the beats have been adjusted and slid Until the mark is canceled operations performed at the beat grid adjustment menu are only reflected on the beat grid points displayed as blue bars after the mark Cancels the temporarily marked p...

Page 83: ...ritten with the beat grid newly analyzed with the Analyze Track function 4 5 3 Analysis Lock You can limit re analysis and edit of beat grid on the track basis to prevent grid adjusted tracks from mistakenly overwritten The effect of Analysis Lock In the Analysis Lock mode the following operations will not be active Analyze Track Analyze Key All grid editing operation When a number of tracks are s...

Page 84: ...nt e g CDJ 2000NXS2 CDJ 2000NXS CDJ 2000 CDJ 900NXS CDJ 900 XDJ 1000 XDJ RX XDJ AERO XDJ R1 If DJ player s e g CDJ 2000NXS2 CDJ 2000NXS CDJ 2000 CDJ 900NXS CDJ 900 XDJ 1000 and a DJ mixer e g DJM 2000 NXS DJM 2000 DJM 900NXS2 DJM 900 NXS are connected by LAN cable you can use beat grids with quantize function when playing FXs For instructions on using the quantize function on DJ equipment see the ...

Page 85: ...e to save cue points Returning to a cue point Back Cue Click CUE during playback The track returns to the cue point and pauses The CUE button lights To start playback from the cue point click Checking a cue point Cue Point Sampler After returning to the cue point long click the CUE button Playback starts from the cue point Playback continues while CUE is pressed When released playback returns to t...

Page 86: ...rent cue point as the Loop In Point 2 Click OUT at the position Loop Out Point where you wish to end Loop playback The playing point is set as the loop out point the track returns to the loop in point and loop playback starts When the loop point is set the previous loop point is deleted When a different music file is loaded the previous loop points are canceled It is also possible to save loop poi...

Page 87: ...ut point is moved When the QUANTIZE button is clicked it lights up When Auto Beat Loop is set after turning on the QUANTIZE button the loop points are automatically set to the nearest beat grid points Export loops and saving them as WAV files To export loops and save them as WAV files click to the right of the enlarged waveform on the player panel while the loop is playing and select Export Loop A...

Page 88: ...oop points 1 Set cue or loop point 2 Click MEMORY The time of saved cue loop points in minute second millisecond are shown in the sub panel for the loaded track Click MEMORY during loop playback to save a loop point The time of loop points in minute second millisecond are shown in the sub panel for the loaded track ...

Page 89: ...laying position 3 Click Playback or loop playback starts To delete the cue or loop point click on the right side of the Cue Loop Call button Setting a saved loop as the active loop When a loop point is saved a loop icon is displayed on the left side of Cue Loop Call button To set the loop as an active loop click When the loop is set as an active loop turns to If you click the menu button in the ri...

Page 90: ... enter your comment Then press Enter Changing colors of cue markers displayed above the waveform The color of the cue markers displayed above the waveform can be changed Right click the comment column to the right of Cue Loop Call button in the sub panel for the loaded track and select a color in the Color dropdown menu Comments and colors added to cues can be shown on certain DJ equipment XDJ 100...

Page 91: ... of the HOT CUE buttons A H at the position you wish to save as a hot cue The playing or paused point when the button was clicked is saved as a hot cue Saved points are displayed at HOT CUE When a HOT CUE button is clicked during loop playback the currently playing loop point is stored as a hot cue The time of saved hot cue points in minute second millisecond is shown in the sub panel for the load...

Page 92: ...ton Playback starts from the point recorded in the button To delete the saved point click Adding comments to hot cues You can add your comment in the Comment column of the HOT CUE panel in the sub panel Click the Comment column to input your comment and press Enter ...

Page 93: ... Creating a new Hot Cue Bank List 1 Click to the right of the Hot Cue Bank Lists folder Untitled Hot Cue Bank List is created under the Hot Cue Bank Lists folder 2 Click the name initially Untitled Hot Cue Bank List on Tree View and enter the list s name and press the Enter key The name of the Hot Cue Bank List is changed To delete a Hot Cue Bank List select the Hot Cue Bank List then press the De...

Page 94: ...saved point is displayed in the Hot Cue Bank Organizing Hot Cue Bank Lists by using folders 1 Right click the Hot Cue Bank Lists folder and select Create New Folder Untitled Folder is created under the Hot Cue Bank Lists folder 2 Click the name initially Untitled Folder input the folder s name and press the Enter key 3 Drag Hot Cue Bank Lists to the newly created folder Hot Cue Bank Lists are move...

Page 95: ...elated tracks when selecting the next track to play Mixing 2 tracks in Player A and B 1 Click at the top right of the screen The player panel is switched to 2 Player mode 2 Drag a music file to Player A The music file is now loaded to Player A 3 Drag a music file to Player B The music file is now loaded to Player B 4 Click on Player A and Player B The tracks start playback 5 Adjusting the mixing a...

Page 96: ...he playback speed of the music file Tempo control You can match the playback speed of two music files Click the TEMPO adjustment button You can change the playback speed of the music file in the player panel Click and the playback speed will become faster Click and the playback speed will become slower Click RST and the playback speed will be reset to the original speed Click the BPM field to dire...

Page 97: ...rack and the playback speed continues speeding up as long as it is pressed Synchronizing the beat positions and tempo of two tracks using Beat Sync 1 Play a track on Player A The Player which first begins the playback becomes the Sync Master 2 Play a track on Player B 3 Click SYNC on Player B The Tempo BPM and beat positions of the track on Player B will be synchronized with those on Player A Clic...

Page 98: ...layer A and Player B are already set as a good match combination is automatically shown To list up and display tracks of good match combination for a particular track see 3 5 5 Display related tracks To show list of related tracks select Matching at Criteria at Customize the criteria at related track list window Matching ...

Page 99: ... updated and shown in iTunes in the tree view Tracks in the synchronized playlists are automatically analyzed by rekordbox and their artwork and waveform will be shown Synchronizing with devices USB device or SD card When a device is synchronized the playlists you selected are exported to the device with the updated information Cues beat positions and ratings updated on DJ equipment also can be im...

Page 100: ... or playlists to synchronize with rekordbox 2 Tick the checkboxes on the right side of iTunes folders or playlists 3 Click on the right side of iTunes playlists The ticked playlist is synchronized with rekordbox When the synchronization is successfully completed the synchronized playlists appear in the tree view of rekordbox of Sync Manager ...

Page 101: ...ct rekordbox folders or playlists to synchronize with the device 4 Tick the checkboxes on the right side of rekordbox folders or playlists to sync with the device 5 Click on the left side of the Device The ticked playlist is synchronized with rekordbox When a device is synchronized the playlists you selected are exported to the device with the updated information Track information in the playlists...

Page 102: ...ekordbox to your computer and launch Sync Manager 2 Click to select a device from the drop down menu 3 Click on the left side of Device Information in the device is reflected to rekordbox The same results are expected if you select a device in Tree View and select Update Collection Neither the information of tracks exported from a different computer nor that of tracks deleted from the Collection i...

Page 103: ...on Pioneer DJ s DJ equipment see the Operating Instructions for each DJ equipment In addition to USB devices SD memory cards can be used for some DJ equipment e g CDJ 2000NXS2 CDJ 2000 NXS or CDJ 2000 When you use MEP 4000 or XDJ R1 Open Preferences CDJ Device Device Library and select each device to use When USB device is removed after selecting the device the necessary data for DJ performance wi...

Page 104: ... Wi Fi rekordbox music files can be transferred not only to USB devices and SD memory cards but also to mobile devices e g iPhone Android devices that support wireless LANs Wi Fi First set the mobile version of rekordbox on the mobile device to the communications standby mode then click on the right of Devices When the mobile devices in the computer s area are detected and the links are establishe...

Page 105: ...mmediate right of titles when browsing music files on the main unit display of the DJ equipment e g CDJ 2000NXS2 Color Comments on the color codes used for classifying the categories of music files on DJ equipment in eight colors can be edited For more instructions on using the Library Browse function of DJ equipment see the Operating Instructions for each DJ equipment 4 11 1 Transferring music fi...

Page 106: ...ding on the DJ equipment to which the USB device is connected for playback there may be restrictions on the names of playlists and the folder structure on the USB device For the restrictions that may apply when connecting USB devices for playback see the Operating Instructions of each DJ equipment e g MEP 4000 XDJ R1 Transferring Hot Cue Bank Lists to a USB device You can use combinations of hot c...

Page 107: ... bank lists cannot be loaded onto some DJ equipment e g CDJ 900 CDJ 850 CDJ 350 MEP 4000 XDJ RX XDJ AERO and XDJ R1 For some DJ equipment MEP 4000 XDJ R1 the number of tracks displayed in the folders and playlists on the USB device is limited In addition certain kind of audio format including AIFF is not supported by MEP 4000 For instructions on connecting USB devices to DJ equipment and using the...

Page 108: ...2000NXS CDJ 2000 XDJ 1000 XDJ 700 XDJ RX and XDJ R1 For instructions on using the hot cue A H information on DJ equipment see the Operating Instructions of DJ equipment In case of music files with Hot Cue Auto Load enabled in Preferences CDJ Device Hot Cue tab hot cues A H saved in the music files will be automatically loaded when the music files are loaded onto a DJ equipment and overwrite previo...

Page 109: ...lay history is saved in rekordbox The saved play history is displayed in the Histories folder with saved date The saved play history is deleted from the USB device Tracks in the play histories must be the ones exported from Collection in your rekordbox Tracks exported from different version of rekordbox or tracks deleted from your rekordbox cannot be saved in the play histories Such tracks are exc...

Page 110: ...ollection with USB Device screen opens when updating of the music file information begins then closes once the update is completed The following information is updated Cue Points and Loop Points Hot Cues Beat Grids Track information Colors Ratings Comments If you click Cancel during the update process the Update Collection with USB Device window is closed Updated information depends on the DJ equi...

Page 111: ... The playlist is added to Playlists Playlists can be also loaded by right clicking on the playlist you wish to load at Devices and then selecting Import Playlist If there is already a playlist with the same name in Playlists a number is added to the end of the playlist s name e g playlists 1 Tracks in the playlist must be the ones exported from Collection in your rekordbox Tracks exported from dif...

Page 112: ...s it may not be possible to establish links with DJ units If this occurs it will be necessary to clear your settings for any programs and communications ports that are blocked 1 Connect the computer and DJ units to the network When a DJ unit connected to the network is detected is displayed at the bottom left of the browser panel For instructions on connections see the Operating Instructions for e...

Page 113: ...played on the link status panel can be rearranged to reflect the actual physical layout of your DJ units by dragging them left and right Monitoring tracks through headphones connected to the DJ mixer To monitor rekordbox music files through headphones connected to the DJ mixer open Preferences Audio LINK MONITOR and tick Use LINK MONITOR of Pioneer DJ Mixers 1 Drag the music file from the browser ...

Page 114: ... DJ performance using quantize function on DJ equipment If you detected and adjusted beat grids of music files using rekordbox you can use them with quantize function of DJ equipment when performing cue operations and playing loops on DJ equipment e g CDJ 2000NXS2 CDJ 2000NXS CDJ 2000 CDJ 900NXS CDJ 900 XDJ 1000 XDJ 700 XDJ RX XDJ AERO XDJ R1 Furthermore if DJ equipment e g CDJ 2000NXS2 CDJ 2000NX...

Page 115: ...nformation on DJ equipment see the Operating Instructions of each DJ equipment When Hot Cue Auto Load is enabled in Preferences CDJ Device Hot Cue tab and such music files are loaded to DJ equipment hot cues A H saved in the music files will be automatically loaded and overwrite previously set hot cues A H on the DJ equipment The number of the hot cues depends on the equipment Loading the Hot Cue ...

Page 116: ...es can be added Changing the order of the tracks on the tag list 1 Click the heading of the column displaying the track order Each time you toggle the arrangement toggles between ascending and descending orders 2 Drag a music file and change the track order If the songs are sorted by any column header besides that which represents the track order a music file cannot be dragged and the list cannot ...

Page 117: ...DJ AERO connected by LAN cable or wireless LAN are terminated 4 13 Setting preferences To change rekordbox settings select Preferences from the File menu to open the Preferences screen Preferences View Language Sets the language to be used in the display Browse Font Size Sets the size of the characters Line Space Sets line space of track lists Artwork Selects the size of artwork displayed on the t...

Page 118: ...count display to the current position or count display to the next Memory Cue Click waveform for PLAY CUE Sets whether or not set Play Pause Current Cue by clicking enlarged waveform Left click play pause Right click setting current cues starting playback from cue points Color Hot Cue Set colors of Hot Cues CDJ Displays Hot Cues in green and Hot Loop umber COLD1 Displays in blue and green COLD2 Di...

Page 119: ...ut Output channels Sets audio output channel when there are multiple outputs from an audio device Preferences Analysis Track Analysis Track Analysis Mode Sets the mode for analyzing the music file s waveform information Normal Suitable for analysis of tracks which have a relatively consistent tempo BPM Range Sets BPM range obtained by normal analysis Dynamic Suitable for analysis of tracks which c...

Page 120: ...ory to be displayed to the immediate right of titles when browsing music files on the main unit display of the DJ equipment e g CDJ 2000NXS My Settings The settings of DJ equipment can be saved in rekordbox and reflected to DJ equipment through a USB device a mobile device or PRO DJ LINK This lets users immediately set up DJ equipment with the settings they are used to so they can devote all their...

Page 121: ...y for XDJ R1 Delete Tracks Delete playlist tracks from device if playlist is deleted When a playlist is deleted in Devices the playlist in a USB device or an SD card is deleted You can select whether the music files in the USB device or an SD card is deleted or not when the playlist is deleted Music files are deleted only if they are not being used by other playlists History Import the play histor...

Page 122: ...Library Specifies the playlist library the location of the xml file to browse in rekordbox xml For the latest information on playlist libraries that can be displayed by rekordbox see the rekordbox online support site Auto Export Sets whether or not automatic export when exporting music files from an external device Database Management Select master database for use The master database can be trans...

Page 123: ...or a second Others Computer name Sets the name of this computer to be displayed on the DJ equipment e g CDJ 2000nexus or XDJ AERO Sending information Sets Agree Disagree to send information to improve the quality and usability of Pioneer DJ products Quantize Value Select the value to set how precisely quantize the beat Settings of CDJ Device Category Sort Column and Advanced Browse Color are appli...

Page 124: ...such as Collections Playlists etc analysis information and music files The backup data can be saved with the date added to the file name Library Restore Library Restores the rekordbox library database such as Collections Playlists etc analysis information and music files Backup library can be transferred to another computer and restored Export Collection in xml format Exports the information for a...

Page 125: ...ed music file in an additional window to the right side of the track list Information Window Displays information on a selected music file to the right side of the track list Sub Browser Window Displays another window for Tree View and track lists added to the right of the track list Track menu Analyze Track Analyzes a selected track to show a full waveform a zoom waveform BPM beat positions and b...

Page 126: ... iTunes or rekordbox xml to rekordbox Create New Playlist Adds a new playlist in the same hierarchy of a selected playlist or a folder Create New Intelligent Playlist Adds a new intelligent playlist in the same hierarchy of a selected playlist or a folder Create New Folder Adds a new folder in the same hierarchy of a selected playlist or a folder Delete Playlist Deletes a selected playlist or inte...

Page 127: ... public or private for all the tracks in Collection Help Menu User s Manual Opens the Operating Instructions for this software Online support Connects to the online support site for this software rekordbox Update Manager Connects to this software s update site Activate Displays purchase of license key and activation window About rekordbox Displays the version of this software ...

Page 128: ...be used for migrating data from the current computer to a new one before replacing your computer with a new one Data backed up for Mac can be restored in Windows and vice versa When you install rekordbox in a new computer and use PERFORMANCE mode activation is required for the new computer See chapter of 2 5 1 Activation for details 1 Click File menu Library Backup Library A caution for backup app...

Page 129: ...ne even though it may take time Music files will be backed up in rekordbox_bak folder to be created at the same place as specified backed up files A dialog box is shown to select where to save the backup data 4 Select a place where you wish to store the backup data and click Save The backup process begins Once the process is completed Collection was backed up is shown Then press OK ...

Page 130: ... File menu and select Library Restore Library Restoring many tracks stored in the backup data may take long depending on your computer s performance 2 Click OK A dialog box is shown to select a backup data 3 Select a stored backup data zip or xxx edb and click Open The process of replacing the present data with the backup data begins ...

Page 131: ... music files 1 From the File menu select Display All Missing Files The Missing File Manager screen opens and a list of missing music files is displayed 2 Select the music file whose file path you wish to correct then click Relocate The Choose a new full path for screen opens 3 Select the folder in which the music file is stored and the file name then click Open The information on where the music f...

Page 132: ...on DJ equipment connected to LAN in Export mode in this manual for details You may be unable to properly operate the device depending on USB connection status This could be due to band width of USB port and USB hub on your computer Changing USB hub or port could solve the problem 5 1 1 Using rekordbox with a controller Standard settings with a controller For operation instructions see Operating In...

Page 133: ...adding CDJs 5 1 2 Using rekordbox with CDJ XDJ For connection and operation instructions for each DJ unit see Connection Guide for PERFORMANCE mode CDJ XDJ DJM at the Pioneer DJ support site https rekordbox com en support manual php ...

Page 134: ...uired to be connected with CDJ via audio cables Example of connection of a computer 4 CDJs and a DJM Using Pioneer DJ s DJM series DJ mixer computer can directly put audio out to the DJM so you do not have to connect CDJs XDJs and DJM via audio cables ...

Page 135: ... application mode Select EXPORT PERFORMANCE mode If not activated this drop down menu does not appear Panel selection Click each button to display hide panels for FX CFX sampler mixer and recording Deck layout Select Deck layout 2deck 4deck horizontal vertical or browse screen MASTER LEVEL ...

Page 136: ... connected hardware See compatible hardware at rekordbox website support FAQ Operation Hints https rekordbox com en support faq php c 184 MIDI Learn Click this button to open MIDI setting window See MIDI LEARN Operation Guide for MIDI Learn at rekordbox website support Manual https rekordbox com en support manual php Preferences Click to open Preferences Time and audio dropout meter Displays curre...

Page 137: ...en Open another window to display browser panel Switch active window This icon is only appears when you use split screen function Load button for split screen To load a track to a deck 1 Select a track Then click the DECK button 2 Drag drop a track to the DECK button ...

Page 138: ...ct Current Position or Count to the next Memory Cue at Preferences View Loop section During a loop the loop section is displayed highlighted on the enlarged waveform Memory cues hot cues When memory cues and hot cues are stored the cues are displayed as marks Zoom in out of waveform Hover the mouse over the left edge of the enlarged waveform The buttons to zoom in out or reset the size of the wave...

Page 139: ...references Current Cue Slip Red marker indicates position of Cue point When SLIP is ON the inner ring turns red and yellow market indicates the position of the Cue point SLIP OFF SLIP ON Hot cue countdown Indicates distance to Hot Cue within 5 laps As shown below it changes A B C according to the distance to the Hot Cue ...

Page 140: ...e LOOP section above the CUE button to select auto manual loop Loop setting auto loop Click the button to select the length of the loop Click the beat size display to enable disable the loop BPM Displays current BPM of the track Playing speed Playing speed changes according to the Tempo slider ...

Page 141: ...ASTER TEMPO On Off button toggle this to enable disable to adjust playback speed without changing pitch TEMPO slider Adjusts track playback speed CUE Click the CUE button during pause then a cue point is set to the current position Long click the CUE button then the playback continues while the button is clicked If you click the Cue button while playing the playback stops and the playback position...

Page 142: ...roller Deck Auto Cue When Auto Cue is enabled the track will pause when it is loaded even the deck is playing If you tick the checkbox for Playback starts at Memory Hot Cue nearest to the beginning of the track at Preferences Controller Deck Load Load Setting this setting is prioritized than Auto Cue setting Track Information part Selection of PAD MODE 1 PAD MODE 2 MEMORY CUE GRID Click the bottom...

Page 143: ...g time TEMPO RANGE Playing speed adjustment range Displays adjustment range for playing speed Click this display to change the range Full waveform Displays full waveform cue points memory cues and hot cues Click the waveform and the current playback position moves to the clicked position You can change the color of the waveform at Preferences as you like SYNC button Activates SYNC function MASTER ...

Page 144: ...d the pads are in the HOT CUE mode Click the bottom of deck number to select PAD MODE1 PAD MODE2 PAD MODE1 If you select PAD MODE1 the following buttons will appear to switch the PAD mode HOT CUE PAD FX SLICER BEAT JUMP Pad menu only appears for 4DECK Horizontal layout Display Hide the buttons for each PAD mode ...

Page 145: ... full enlarged waveform PAD button Click a pad where a hot cue is not stored then a hot cue is set at the current playing position Click a pad where a hot cue is stored the playback jumps to the hot cue point You can set color and comment to hot cues from the drop down menu right click menu of the pad where a hot cue is stored Delete button Use the button to delete hot cues Memory Cue Call button ...

Page 146: ...f PAD FXs to switch the banks EDIT button You can change FXs and FX parameters assigned to each performance pads In the parameters L D stands for LEVEL DEPTH as it means in DJM series Hold of release FX is to switch the operation style 1 FX turns on when pressed and turns off when released or 2 FX turns on off every time the pad is pressed BEAT button Click this button while pressing the pad and y...

Page 147: ...ection occurs Playback of the section is repeated only when the pad is being pressed SHIFT button The range of the slicer is moved using shift Slicer loop button Click to enable slicer playback of the same section LENGTH button Change the slicer length ROLL button Change the length of the roll 5 2 8 BEAT JUMP ...

Page 148: ...E 1 8 beat 1 4 beat 1 2 beat 1 beat 2 beats 4 beats 8 beats 16 beats 8 bars 16 bars 32 bars 5 2 9 ACTIVE CENSOR You can apply FX to the specified sections of a track using ACTIVE CENSOR When playback position is in the specified section the FX will be automatically applied You can specify multiple sections in one track During reverse playback FX will not be applied FX button You can select the fol...

Page 149: ... button Turns on and off ACTIVE CENSOR When it is turned off FX will not be applied when the playback position is in the specified section CALL button Jumps to the beginning of the specified section IN point BEAT button Changes beat parameter when TRANS or V BRAKE is selected This is disabled when REV ROLL or ECHO is selected Adjust mode When the playback position is in the specified section the I...

Page 150: ...149 5 2 10 SEQUENCE CALL PAD button Click to start playback of saved sequence 5 2 11 Memory CUE Memory button Save cues or loops Memory Cue display Click time display to enter comments ...

Page 151: ...ue 5 2 12 Grid edit Metronome ON OFF To enable disable metronome Metronome volume Adjust volume of metronome Analysis Lock When this turns on edit of the grid and analysis of the tracks is disabled This is to prevent mistakenly starting edit of the grid and analysis of the tracks Undo Click to undo the edit Set the beatgrid at current playback position Sets the first beatgrid at current playback p...

Page 152: ...nd BPM Cancel adjustment benchmark of beatgrid Cancel temporally marked benchmark to adjust beatgrid Set a benchmark to adjust beatgrid This is to temporally mark a benchmark to adjust beatgrid You can use it for tracks whose BPM is changed in the middle of the track BPM manual input The distance of beatgrid changes according to the BPM you input TAP Click several times to the beat then the BPM is...

Page 153: ...equency band Kill switch Click the blue button next to EQ ISOLATOR knob then the parameter is fixed to the minimum Channel level indicator Displays the sound of the respective channels before passing through the channel faders Monitor CUE button Click CUE button of the channel you wish to monitor Channel fader Adjusts the level of audio in each channel The audio comes according to the characterist...

Page 154: ...f the sound of channel for which the CUE button is clicked and the sound of the MASTER channel LEVEL knob Adjust the volume level of the output from the headphones 5 2 14 Effector FX assign button This is to select the deck you wish to apply the effect Click S Sampler to apply the effect to the sampler Click M Master to apply the effect to all the decks Switch FX single mode multi mode Use this to...

Page 155: ... BPM AUTO button Automatically detects BPM BEAT change button Changes the number of beats to synchronize effect sounds RELEASE FX selection menu Adjusts RELEASE FX RELEASE FX BEAT change button Change the number of beats to synchronize release effect sounds RELEASE FX ON OFF button Use this to enable disable RELEASE FX 5 2 15 Recording Selection of recording source Selects an audio source you wish...

Page 156: ... for recording Displays elapsed remaining time for continual recording 5 2 16 Sampler Sampler playback button Click this to start playback of the sample Shift click to stop playback Sampler bank Click one of these buttons to switch sampler bank Output Channel selection Use this to select Channel to playback sample when it is in the external mixer mode ...

Page 157: ...enabled in the loop mode Sampler deck MASTER Set the sampler deck as master in Beat Sync mode Sampler GAIN Adjust volume of sampler deck Sampler BPM Adjusts BPM for the playback of sampler You can change the BPM by clicking the button and sliding on it 5 2 17 Sequencer Sequence REC button Record sampler sequence Sequence playback button Play sampler sequence ...

Page 158: ...s temporarily recorded Up to eight sequences can be saved Beat Counter Indicates sequence length and beats During recording or playback of a sequence a marker that indicates playback position is moving Change sequence length Change the length of sequence Sequence MUTE mode Mute sampler sequence per sampler slot Sequence ERASE mode Erase sampler sequence per sampler slot Switch for MUTE ERASE mode ...

Page 159: ...nching rekordbox For Windows 7 Open Windows Start menu All programs Pioneer rekordbox 4 and click rekordbox icon For Windows 8 X Click rekordbox icon in Apps view For Mac OS X Open Applications folder at Finder and click rekordbox icon ...

Page 160: ...selected track to any of the deck 1 4 you wish to load to 4 The track is loaded to the selected deck 5 3 3 Playback Playback 1 Load a track you wish to play to a deck See 5 3 2 Loading tracks 2 Click the PLAY PAUSE button at the loaded deck Playback of the track starts Pause During playback click the PLAY PAUSE button to pause Click the button again to resume the playback ...

Page 161: ...ard to the direction The changed rate is indicated on the display Adjustment range of the playing speed Click the TEMPO RANGE button next to the master button Click the button to change the playback speed by 6 10 16 wide The ratio can be adjusted by 0 02 at 6 by 0 04 at 10 and 16 and by 0 05 at wide When set to 100 the playback stops Adjusting playback speed without changing the pitch Master Tempo...

Page 162: ...1 Click the PLAY PAUSE button during playback The playback pauses 2 Click the CUE button The point at which playback pauses is set as the cue point The PLAY PAUSE button starts blinking and CUE button lights up No audio plays at this moment When QUANTIZE is ON the cue point might be set at a slightly different position from the point you manually set For details see 5 3 10 Using Quantize function ...

Page 163: ...ze function When a supported controller is connected the loop button is hidden 1 Setting Auto Loop 1 Click the to the right of the LOOP button in the Loop display section above the CUE button to select auto loop or manual loop Hover the cursor if is hidden The drop down menu opens 2 Select AUTO LOOP mode The section switches to Auto Loop mode 3 Select the length of Loop 1 32 1 16 1 8 1 4 1 2 1 2 4...

Page 164: ...Click the OUT button at the position you wish to end the loop at the position you wish to jump back to the starting point of the loop During loop playback the RELOOP button changes to the EXIT button 5 Click the EXIT button to cancel the loop mode 6 Click the RELOOP button if you wish to call the loop The playback jumps back to the loop position previously set 5 3 7 Setting hot cues Hot cues are u...

Page 165: ...ved in the pad is called up and playback is started After calling up the loop assigned to the performance pad button you can cancel the loop playback or change the length of the loop Deleting hot cues 1 Click the HOT CUE mode button to change the mode The mode turns to Hot Cue Mode 2 Click the x button in the upper right of the performance pad button of the hot cue you wish to delete The hot cue i...

Page 166: ...ng a performance pad playback starts from the saved hot cue point This is the same behavior when slip mode is off 2 When the pad is released the playback resumes from the last point the track was playing at in the background Slip scratch JOG operation When the slip mode is on scratch playing behaves as follows 1 While playback play scratching using top of the JOG dial of the controller Real time p...

Page 167: ...s on the auto loop behaves as follows 1 Call Auto Loop mode 2 Click or button to select the length of auto loop 3 Click the AUTO LOOP button A loop of selected length is set and the loop playback begins 4 Click the AUTO LOOP button again The loop is canceled and the playback resumes from the last position the track was playing at in the background Slip Manual Loop When the slip mode is on the manu...

Page 168: ...aster 2 Click the SYNC button The BPM and beat positions of the currently playing tracks are in sync with those of a track on the sync master deck Click the SYNC button again during the Beat Sync play to cancel the sync Setting Sync to a sampler deck SYNC can be set not only on the entire sampler deck and but also in each sampler slot To use the SYNC function in a sampler slot you must turn on SYN...

Page 169: ...on pause Click the MASTER button on the deck defined as sync master Click the MASTER button of decks or sampler decks except for the one set as sync master 5 3 10 Using Quantize function When Quantize is turned on loop in out points and hot cues can be automatically adjusted to the beat position nearest from the current playback position You can perform hot cues loops slip and slicer without break...

Page 170: ...TIZE Beat with fraction beat 1 16 1 8 1 4 1 2 Fraction LOOP 1 32 1 2 5 3 11 Using Instant Double function Note This function is only available when a controller is connected When you call up the Instant Double function on a controller a track on a deck will be loaded to another deck with the status and the state copied over such as a playing position a loop and its state of On Off Pad mode and Sli...

Page 171: ...1 4 beat 1 2 beat 1 beat 2 beats 8 beats 16 beats 8 bars 16bars 3 Click any performance pad The current playback position jumps to the designated direction by the selected number of beats bars 5 3 13 Using mixer function You can display hide the mixer panel at by clicking the MIXER button at the global section Note When you connect your computer to a DJ controller the mixer panel is automatically ...

Page 172: ...characteristics of DJM 900NXS2 5 3 14 Monitoring of audio You can monitor audio from headphones with two knobs at the mixer panel the headphone cue button and the headphone panel Set positions of knobs and others as follows 1 Set headphone mix knob at the center The audio from MASTER OUT and HEADPHONE CUE output will be heard at the same volume 2 Turn headphone volume knob fully counterclockwise t...

Page 173: ...lume as you wish 5 3 15 Using MIC section When a hardware is connected the following MIC microphone section will appear Only when the hardware supporting this feature is connected See compatible hardware at rekordbox website support FAQ Operation Hints https rekordbox com en support faq php c 184 1 Turn on MIC Click button The button changes to MIC sound is outputted and level meter shows status 2...

Page 174: ...ally attenuate the sound of channels other than the MIC channel when the MIC is inputted a sound of a set value or greater MIC TALKOVER has two modes Advanced and Normal and you can select the mode at Preferences Advanced the only mid range of the sound of channels other than the MIC channel is attenuated according to the set value of LEVEL for TALKOVER Normal The sound of channels other than the ...

Page 175: ...browsing area can be changed at your choice You can display hide mixer effector sampler and REC panels 5 4 1 To change layout Click View in the menu bar to show drop down menu items to choose the layout You can choose the number of the decks displayed horizontal vertical display of enlarged waveforms and the size of the browsing area Choose 2DECK Horizontal or 2DECK Vertical when you use two decks...

Page 176: ...lready edited There are two ways to enable analysis lock function Effect of the analysis lock The followings are disabled when you lock analysis Track analysis Key analysis detection of key All grid edit operations When a number of tracks are selected on the track list including tracks which are locked analysis the analysis locked tracks are skipped when they are analyzed How to set reset Analysis...

Page 177: ...ck Off in the drop down menu 5 6 Recording You can record your DJ performance in the PERFORMANCE mode The recorded file will be created in a wav file To Display hide REC panel The button to start stop recording is on the REC panel Click the REC button in the global section on the top of the screen to display hide REC panel To select recording source In rekordbox various recording sources exist suc...

Page 178: ...b of recording level to adjust The best recording quality can be obtained by increasing the recording level maximum to the level in which not all the meters hitting red The meters tend to swing widely when effect is applied or in time of mixing To start pause recording 1 Press the Recording button to start recording During recording elapsed time and remaining time for recording is shown Graphic of...

Page 179: ...7 Effect FX There are three effect modes in rekordbox BEAT FX SOUND COLOR FX and RELEASE FX PAD FX is equipped for the operations of these effects using the pads Various effects quite popular ones in our DJ mixer DJM series and remix station RMX series are pre installed in rekordbox opening the door to a wide variety of DJ performance See the Operating Instructions of each DJ controller regarding ...

Page 180: ...Click the FX panel button and CFX panel button The FX panel button and the CFX panel button light up and all of BEAT FX RELEASE FX and SOUND COLOR FX are displayed 5 7 2 To select decks to apply effect Select decks to apply FXs BEAT FX and RELEASE FX to for each effect unit Apply effect to deck 1 to 4 Click any of the effect assign buttons The clicked button lights up and FX is applied to the deck...

Page 181: ...ampler deck If you assign FX to the master out even when deck 1 to 4 and sampler decks are already assigned the assignment to deck 1 to 4 and sampler deck are disabled 5 7 3 BEAT FX Using BEAT FX you can use various effects matching to tempo BPM of a track loaded to the deck Furthermore you can control two effect units FX1 and FX2 allowing you to assign a deck for each unit freely BEAT FX has two ...

Page 182: ...utton 1 Select a deck to assign effect See 5 7 2 To select decks to apply effect 2 Click FX drop down menu to select the effect 3 Open drop down menu to select the effect 4 Click the FX ON button The FX ON lights up and FX turns on 5 Turn the LEVEL DEPTH knob This adjusts the balance of the original sound and the sound with effect 6 Click the Beat button Apply effects in sync with BPM Some of the ...

Page 183: ...elected FX turns on 5 Turn the LEVEL DEPTH knob It adjusts the balance between the original sound and the sound with effect For example use the knob to coordinate how much echo is mixed to the original track Only the original sound comes out when the knob is turned fully counterclockwise Only the sound with effect comes out when the knob is turned fully clockwise 6 Turn the parameter knob and They...

Page 184: ...button setting Once the settings are saved you can call the parameter setting when you select the effect Position of the LEVEL DEPTH knob is not saved This function is only available for single mode Setting of BPM You can set the BPM of effects There are two modes AUTO mode and TAP mode for the setting of BPM AUTO mode is set by default AUTO mode The BPM of a track loaded to a deck is the benchmar...

Page 185: ...t playing track and the effect sound You can also turn off SOUND COLOR FX How to use RELEASE FX 1 Click the FX drop down menu to select an effect Open the drop down menu and select an effect 2 Click the beat button Set the length of the RELEASE FX you wish to add 3 Long press the FX ON button The FX ON button lights up and the effect is applied to the track This turns BEAT FX off in the same effec...

Page 186: ...e tracks You can select single or multi mode for SOUND COLOR FX The number of knobs shown on the screen depends on the connected hardware When no hardware is connected COLOR knobs and parameter knobs for Channel 1 to Channel 4 are shown on the screen 5 7 8 Select the effect mode of SOUND COLOR FX Click to switch to single mode Click to switch to multi mode 5 7 9 To use SOUND COLOR FX Use SOUND COL...

Page 187: ...turned on The same FX will be applied to Channel 1 to Channel 4 3 Turn the COLOR knob The FX is applied to the channel you turned the knob If the COLOR knob is in the center position the FX is not applied The effect of FX differs when you turn the knob clockwise and counterclockwise 4 Turn the parameter knob You can adjust the effect of FX USER mode In the USER mode you can select favorite FXs fro...

Page 188: ...ers when you turn the knob clockwise and counterclockwise 7 Turn the parameter knob You can adjust the effect of FX Use SOUND COLOR FX in multi mode In the SOUND COLOR FX multi mode you can apply a different FX to each channel For example you can apply DUB ECHO to a rhythm track and mix it with a cappella applied FILTER You can make a dedicated channel for NOISE FX 1 Click the EDIT button The EDIT...

Page 189: ... parameter knob You can adjust the effect of FX Turn off both RELEASE FX and COLOR FX Open Preferences Controller Effector Release FX and tick Apply Release FX on CFX Then you can turn off RELEASE FX and SOUND COLOR FX at the same time The channel to be turned off is the channel you set at an effect assign button 5 7 10 PAD FX PAD FX enables a wide range of effect performance just by pressing and ...

Page 190: ...part of the operations How to use PAD FX operations with a controller 1 Keep pressing a performance pad While pressing the performance pad it lights up and the effect turns on 2 Release your fingertips from the performance pad The light of the performance pad turns off and the effect is cleared When you press more than one performance pads different FXs all the FXs turn on If the same FX has diffe...

Page 191: ...t which FX in sync with beats was set While pressing the performance pad the pad lights up and the FX turns on 2 Press the PARAMETER1 button or the PARAMETER1 button while pressing the performance pad The beat size changes according to the button Edit mode Edit mode allows you to customize types the beat size and parameters Customize PAD FX In the edit mode PAD FX can be customized under these res...

Page 192: ... turn FX on off by pressing the performance pad OFF FX turns on while pressing the performance pad and turns off when the mouse is released 5 8 Sampler rekordbox sampler deck has 16 sampler slots or simply slots You can use the sampler in various ways from the basic One Shot mode to SYNC mode with a track on the deck You can extract a section of a track on the deck and load it to a sampler slot by...

Page 193: ...ed The sampler deck has four banks each of which has 16 slots Playback of the sampler slot Click the Play button in the sampler slot or The Play button in the sampler slot lights up and playback is starts Click the Play button in the sampler slot while pressing the Shift key then layback pauses MUTE button appears when you put mouse curser at the title of the track in the sampler slot Click the MU...

Page 194: ...tinue playback till the end of the track and then pauses Click the Play button during playback to restart playback from the beginning of the track Loop Click the button to start the loop playback Click the Slot Playback button while playing and the loop playback will start from the beginning The Play mode One Shot Loop can be changed from the drop down menu in the track list For tracks in the samp...

Page 195: ...itch of sound even when the track is played in a tempo different from the original tempo BPM When you click the master tempo button again the master tempo function turns off Slot SYNC Click the SYNC button in the EDIT subpanel The SYNC button lights up and SYNC function is applied The SYNC function is applied only to the sampler slots in the Loop Playback mode Once SYNC is applied to a slot Loop w...

Page 196: ...e slot while switching banks In rekordbox switching the banks behaves as follows The sample playback does not stop when you switch the banks However when you playback a sample in the slot in the same slot position of the previous bank the playback of the sample in the previous bank pauses and the playback of the sample in the currently displayed bank starts The followings shows an example of this ...

Page 197: ...e slot Bank2 shown in the playback of the sample Bank1 shown in pauses SYNC sampler deck with player deck In rekordbox you can playback samples in the slots set in the Loop Playback mode in sync with player deck The following shows an example of this 1 Check the SYNC button of the EDIT sub screen of the slot and of the sampler deck light up activated 2 Load a track to Deck1 and start playback Clic...

Page 198: ...the value Click the BPM display and put the value in to change the BPM The BPM can be changed either it is set as MASTER or the SYNC function is off To use Quantize function Click button button lights up and the Quantize function turns on For beat setting of the Quantize select Quantize Setting from 1 16 1 8 1 4 1 2 and 1 at Preferences Controller Others The Quantize function is only enabled in sa...

Page 199: ... in the sampler deck It adjusts the output level of the entire sampler deck When you check the volume level before outputting the sound out to the master out set the sampler volume to the minimum click the sampler monitor CUE button to activate it and then check the volume level with headphones 5 8 3 Color setting of sampler slots You can customize colors of the buttons for tracks loaded to each s...

Page 200: ...at are prepared in advance for the track you are playing use overdubbing function to add samplers such as improvised finger drums or use mute function to arrange the track by removing particular sounds 5 9 1 How to use sequencer Record the sequence 1 Click the BPM display in the sampler deck and input the value to set the BPM 2 Select the bank of the sampler slot you wish to play The selected bank...

Page 201: ...hot mode Once QUANTIZE at the sampler deck is activated quantized sequence is recorded and played back You can also record the sequence by clicking the Play button of the sequence in the stand by mode Temporally recorded sequence will be deleted when you restart recording without saving it or when you exit the application without saving it 6 Click SAVE button The sequence is saved The name of the ...

Page 202: ...the sequence When a sequence is deleted the sequence name is grayed out Sequence MUTE mode Sequence MUTE mode enables disables mute per sampler slot during playback of a sequence or overdub recording You can arrange the rhythm loop you made with the sequence recording by cutting adding particular sound per sound source such as kick and snare 1 Call and play a sequence 2 Press the MUTE button The M...

Page 203: ...ecording 1 Call and play a sequence 2 Click the sequence ERASE button The button lights up and the sequence ERASE mode turns on In the sequence ERASE mode the ERASE button appears in the slots 3 Click the ERASE button of the slot you wish to erase from sequence The sequence is erased 4 Click the ERASE mode button again to cancel the ERASE mode Metronome Switch to metronome display 1 Click the MODE...

Page 204: ...ack name of PATTERN To set the whole sequence as a LOOP and automatically start its loop playback Open Preferences Controller Sequencer and tick Sequence Load Set a LOOP and automatically playback In the SEQUENCE LOAD the sequence track will be created when the marker on the sequence beat counter reaches the right edge If the recorded sequence is not correctly loaded playback the sequence until th...

Page 205: ...tart playback of the sequence from the beginning When the pad is clicked while pressing a SHIFT key at the same time the sequence playback pauses 5 10 Slicer The specified range is divided into eight sections and these eight sliced sections are assigned to the respective performance pads While one of the performance pads is clicked and long pressed the sound divided for the section and assigned to...

Page 206: ...p mode For Slicer mode see 5 10 2 Differences between slicer mode and slicer loop mode To disable the slicer mode and the slicer loop mode click one of the followings the HOT CUE button the PAD FX button or the BEAT JUMP button 2 Click the LENGTH button or the LENGTH button 4 The slicing range is set to one of four settings 2 beats 4 beats 8 beats and 16 beats The slicing area is divided equally i...

Page 207: ...ending on the setting at the ROLL The value at the ROLL depends on the LENGTH and can be set at the range from 1 64 to 1 8 of the value of the LENGTH When the pad is released the track returns to the position that is playing in the background 6 Click the SHIFT button or the SHIFT button It moves the range of the slicer The change depends on the value of the LENGTH ...

Page 208: ... eight sections These sliced sections are assigned to the respective pads replacing the previously assigned sections Slicer loop mode When the playback position reaches the end of the slicing range the playback position returns to the beginning of the same range 5 11 CAPTURE You can extract a section of a track and use it a sampler Extract the range of the LOOP in the loop play or the range of the...

Page 209: ...the sampler deck Audio source is extracted and loaded to a sampler slot and ready to be used as a sampler The extracted audio source is stored at Collection and Sampler Capture When Do not load the loaded slot is selected at Preferences Controller Sampler you cannot drag and drop the loop range to a slot if something is already loaded in it 5 11 2 SLICER CAPTURE You can extract the whole range of ...

Page 210: ...orm part of the slicing range and drop to the sampler deck of eight sampler slots in either right or left section The audio source is extracted divided in eight loaded to eight sampler slot respectively and ready to be used as a sampler The extracted audio source is stored at Collection and Sampler Capture When Do not load the loaded slot is ticked at Preferences Controller Sampler you cannot drag...

Page 211: ...e range to extract is set 4 Drag the number part of the sliced section right below the waveform and drop it to a sampler slot 5 The audio source is extracted and loaded to the sampler slot and ready to be used as a sampler The extracted audio source is stored at Collection and Sampler Capture When Do not load the loaded slot is ticked at Preferences Controller Sampler you cannot drag and drop the ...

Page 212: ...E CENSOR 1 Click the IN point button and set the IN point at the beginning of the section you wish to specify on the track The IN point button is turned on 2 Click the OUT point button and set the IN point at the end of the section you wish to specify on the track The IN and OUT point buttons are turned on The IN point marker and the specified section are displayed on the enlarged waveform of the ...

Page 213: ...track list in the Browse section ACTIVE CENSOR off ACTIVE CENSOR on 2 Play the track FX is applied when playback position reaches the IN point marker FX is turned off when playback position reaches the end of the specified section Change FX for ACTIVE CENSOR 1 Click on of the FXs below The below 4 types of FX s can be selected REV ROLL TRANS beat parameter 1 8 or 1 4 ECHO V BRAKE beat parameter 1 ...

Page 214: ...DJ respectively and then you can adjust the IN point and OUT point To change the IN point 1 Click the IN ADJ button The playback position moves to the IN point 2 Move the IN point Click the IN ADJ button again The IN point position changes To change the OUT point 1 Click the OUT ADJ button The playback position moves to the OUT point 2 Move the OUT point Click the OUT ADJ button again The OUT poin...

Page 215: ...re displayed in Tree View Playlist Palette Selects whether or not the Playlist Palette is displayed Display Cue Markers in Preview Selects whether or not Memory Cues and Hot Cues are displayed in the waveform on the Preview OSC Sampler Selects whether or not OSC sampler toggle button is displayed in the sampler deck Enlarged Waveform Sets the order of the waveforms of 4Decks 1 2 3 4 or 3 1 2 4 Cli...

Page 216: ...D FX Sampler Selects color setting of sampler as follows 1 the color is set corresponding to the frequency of the sampler sound or 2 fixed color purple When the color is manually set samplers are shown in the set color regardless of the selection here Preferences Audio Metronome Sets the sound of the metronome while you are monitoring beat grids of music files Audio Designates the audio output dev...

Page 217: ...ngs for input to the computer Output Channels Sets audio output channel When mixer mode is Internal Sets two way output channel Master Out and Headphone Out When mixer mode is External Sets six way output Output Deck 1 4 Output Sampler Deck and Output Preview Preview Sets volume level of preview audio in PERFORMANCE mode Control Device Information Displays HID MIDI controller currently connected P...

Page 218: ...is playing Memory Cue Call Lock Select LOCK and Memory Cue will not be called out while a track is playing Load Load Setting Tick if you wish to start playback at Memory Hot Cue nearest to the beginning to the track Load Method Select Load Button Rotary Selector Push Only when DDJ RZ is connected Vinyl Speed Adjust Touch Brake You can adjust the speed of the pause when touching the top of Jog Dial...

Page 219: ...ck position returns to the Hot Cue position and track pauses Auto Beat Loop Select Loop length when Auto Beat Loop button knob is pressed on the connected hardware DDJ XDJ series Mixer Auto Gain Select Enable and audio volume of the track loaded to a deck is automatically adjusted EQ Select EQ or ISOLATOR When EQ is selected you can select the following EQ types DJM 900NXS DJM 900NXS2 Channel Fade...

Page 220: ...aded slot Tick if you wish Location of a Bank to save Slicer Capture Select the number of the bank Sampler Auto Panel Mode Selects Enable Disable to display hide rekordbox sampler deck when pushing SAMPLER button on a controller compatible with rekordbox Sequencer Quantize Beat Value Sets how precisely quantize is applied when a sequence is recorded using the sequencer function Sequence Load When ...

Page 221: ...er database a drive for use The master database can be transferred to an external device By transferring master database to an external drive storing music files you can manage tracks on multiple computers Browse My tag Sets whether or not My Tag is added to the Comment column in the track list Color You can edit comments when you classify music files with eight color codes on DJ equipment For mor...

Page 222: ...tc of rekordbox to improve the usability of Pioneer DJ products Preferences License This is to activate an application to add DJ function to rekordbox or purchase the license Up to two computers can be activated with one license You can also deactivate it after activation See 2 5 Using PERFORMANCE mode ...

Page 223: ...lays a track list in Collection that cannot be played because the music file has been deleted moved etc Library Backup Library Backs up rekordbox library database such as Collections playlists etc analysis information and music files The backup data can be saved with the date added to the file name Library Restore Library Restores rekordbox library database such as Collections playlists etc analys...

Page 224: ...ile in an additional window to the right side of the track list Information Window Displays information on a selected music file to the right side of the track list Sub Browser Window Opens another window to display tree view and track lists Track menu Analyze Track Analyzes a selected track to show full waveform enlarged waveform BPM beat positions and bar positions Analyze Key Detects the key of...

Page 225: ...ligent playlist in the same hierarchy of a selected playlist or a folder Create New Folder Adds a new folder in the same hierarchy of a selected playlist or a folder Delete Playlist Deletes a selected playlist or an intelligent playlist Sort Items Sorts playlists in a selected folder in ascending order Playlists Hot Cue Bank List Playlists and Hot Cue Bank List in Devices can be sorted Renumber Tr...

Page 226: ...or this software is stored Online support Connects to the online support site for this software rekordbox Update Manager Connects to this software s update site Activate Displays windows for purchase of the license key and activation About rekordbox Displays the version of this software ...

Page 227: ...the playing and copying of copy protected music contents The program may not operate properly if copy protect encryption data is embedded in recorded media Playback analysis and other operations may stop if copy protect encryption data is detected to be embedded in recorded media The materials you record are for your own listening enjoyment and cannot be used for other purposes without permission ...

Page 228: ...using the Program 1 2 Program means all or any part of Pioneer DJ s software licensed to You by Pioneer DJ under this Agreement 2 PROGRAM LICENSE 2 1 Limited License Subject to this Agreement s restrictions Pioneer DJ grants to You a limited non exclusive non transferable license without the right to sublicense a To install a single copy of the Program in Your computer or mobile device to use the ...

Page 229: ...OUT OF COURSE OF PERFORMANCE COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SATISFACTORY QUALITY ACCURACY TITLE OR NON INFRINGEMENT 4 EXPORT CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS You may not use or otherwise export or re export the Program except as authorized by United States law and the laws of the jurisdiction in which...

Page 230: ...e that Pioneer DJ may seek injunctive relief to prevent the actual threatened or continued breach of this Agreement 7 TERMINATION Pioneer DJ may terminate this Agreement at any time upon Your breach of any provision If this Agreement is terminated You will stop using the Program permanently delete it from your computer or mobile device where it resides and destroy all copies of the Program and Doc...

Page 231: ... any other or subsequent default or breach 8 4 No Assignment You may not assign sell transfer delegate or otherwise dispose of this Agreement or any rights or obligations under it whether voluntarily or involuntarily by operation of law or otherwise without Pioneer DJ s prior written consent Any purported assignment transfer or delegation by You will be null and void Subject to the foregoing this ...

Page 232: ...s a registered mark of the Wi Fi Alliance The audio compression technology for MP3 is offered under the license of Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson Multimedia This product has been licensed for nonprofit use This product has not been licensed for commercial purposes for profit making use such as broadcasting terrestrial satellite cable or other types of broadcasting streaming on the Internet Intranet a ...

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