Pioneer DDJ-SX – Serato DJ & Pioneer CDJs – Rekordbox

Also I would not fear that actually.
I have DJed in about 20 different clubs in 2014 and I ALWAYS used my own controller, no matter what CDJ was in the booth.
In the smaller clubs I simply plugged the output of my controller into a free channel of the club mixer (in many cases a DJM 900 or 900 Nexus) and simply used that channel to cutover from the previous DJ.
In the bigger clubs they have a house tech anyways and they will setup and sound check your controller for you.

I in no way want to get restricted to the limited functions of CDJs, I want to use all the possibilities that my controller gives me to make my performance what it is and I had ZERO complaints in any venue.
Apart from what some people think, many managers and promoters (and especially house techs) actually find it to be more “pro” if you know what you want and how you want to setup.

Indeed, most of the time it is no hassle at all, since most clubs are there longer they still have a wider booth than the CDJ setup, since some time ago they needed to park record decks there which take up considerably more space.
Also most booths have a spot where you would have parked your huge case(s) for your vinyls or CDs which usually came in cases this size

So there usually is enough space for most controllers unless you have an NS7 II or bigger. And if it is not enough, putting one CDJ out of the way is easy enough.

Last year I had a single venue owner who asked me after I setup why I did not use their Nexus setup and I simply answered “because with my setup I can do this:” and did a little performance pad slicer remix… discussion was over in 20 seconds flat.

Hey Rob,

The Club Kit will allow you to, when plugging your laptop into (let’s say) the DJM-900NXS, open the 2/4 deck view for you in Serato DJ without the need to plug a compatible device (like your DDJ-SX). It will allow you as well to control your decks through DVS (using timecode either through USB plugged in the CDJ, a timecode CD, or timecode Vinyls in case the club is providing Turntables). You can also control your decks in HID mode by plugging the CDJs through USB into your laptop (in case you have a Mac, you might need a USB hub as you have a total of 3 USB connections to be done while all newer Mac models give you only 2 USB ports).

Now coming back to the Cue points, cue points are stored with each track inside your laptop/software. They are not hardware dependent, meaning that any hardware supporting Cue points triggering will make them function and they will always be saved with your track. If we take the example of a CDJ2000/CDJ2000NXS (being a club standard setup), they support 3 cue points triggering which you can find on the upper left side of the deck labeled A, B & C. These will trigger the first 3 cue points (out of 8) saved in Serato DJ if you are USING HID (DVS will not work). If you need to be able to control all 8 cue points in Serato DJ along with other functions like Slicer, Loop Rolls, etc… the most affordable route to go in order to complement the club setup would be the Akai AFX, an Official Serato Accessory, which will give you comprehensive advanced functionality on all 4 decks.