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  • October 9, 2014 at 8:25 am #2070141
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    The rekordbox button means you have a laptop with rekordbox connected via USB to the CDJ, the USB button means you have a stick wether it be with rekordbox prepared or not, this will be detected automatically.

    October 9, 2014 at 3:20 pm #2070411
    James Noon
    Participant

    I see, but i wouldn’t be able to play the files through the laptop on rekordbox though would i? Id still have to use the stick? Cheers

    October 9, 2014 at 4:14 pm #2070491
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    No you do not need the stick in that case, the whole idea is to hook up the laptop rather than the stick.
    HOWEVER I will advise against it as rekordbox (at least for me) has proven to be very unstable when used this way and there is nothing worse than your music stopping because rekordbox crashed on your laptop.

    So I would strongly advise to use the USB stick rather than the laptop or use the laptop with a DJ Software (like Traktor or Cross) and put the Nexus players into HID mode, which is far more stable than rekordbox.

    October 9, 2014 at 6:43 pm #2070611
    James Noon
    Participant

    Ok thanks for that! I would prefer to use traktor with the decks but i don’t think the hid supports traktor on the 900 nexus?

    October 10, 2014 at 8:48 am #2070871
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    It is not yet on the supported player list, sadly.

    October 10, 2014 at 10:14 am #2071021
    James Noon
    Participant

    Ok thanks for the help!

    December 2, 2014 at 5:21 pm #2100801
    The Ari
    Participant

    @Terry_42

    …have a stick wether it be with rekordbox prepared or not, …

    What makes the difference concerning functionality on Pioneer gear?

    December 3, 2014 at 11:05 am #2100961
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    A) Not all Pioneer players are RekordBox ready, in which case it’s useful to have a plain stick
    B) Rekordbox allows you to create playlists, set cue and loop points that can all be read by RekordBox-enabled players. To not use those facilities on players that support it is a bit of a waste imho.

    December 3, 2014 at 9:31 pm #2101731
    The Ari
    Participant

    Concerning playlists: What makes the difference between a rekordbox-playlist and a playlist made out of plain Windows-Folders?

    Thank you!

    December 3, 2014 at 9:42 pm #2101741
    DJ Vintage
    Moderator

    For one, it’s impossible (unless you manipulate file names) to get the correct order in a folder, it will always sort on some column. Also searching the index of a RekordBox prepared stick is MUCHHHHHHH !!! faster than using search functions on a plain stick. If you know exactly where every track is in a relatively small collection, it’s no problem. If you are a mobile DJ with a ton of tracks, you are in trouble with only a rotary knob to search for tracks.

    December 5, 2014 at 4:02 am #2102381
    Lamid45G
    Participant

    If you use the playlist made out of plain windows folder, err its a pain in the arse,
    first how you order them ? For example, I want to play this Song A first, then song B next, you have to manually rename them to err zzz, 01-SongA, 02-SongB,
    In rekordbox, all you gotta do create a Playlist, arrange your songs, named the Playlist “MYAWSHOMESUPADUPASETLISTCUZIMASUPADUPADJ”, and then just clicked import them to your USB stick, then you opened them up in cdj, and then just browse to your Playlist folder and find your playlist (err no im not goin to attempt to typed the name of my playlist again lol)

    Plus it loads your wave much faster in your cdj, cuz rekordbox analyzed them already

    December 5, 2014 at 7:42 am #2102471
    The Ari
    Participant

    There is a serious privacy issue about RB 3

    Check:

    http://forums.pioneerdj.com/entries/84074963

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