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  • in reply to: Pioneer DDJ-SX – Serato DJ & Pioneer CDJs – Rekordbox #2131461
    Rami EL-RAI
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    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.

    in reply to: Pioneer DDJ-SX – Serato DJ & Pioneer CDJs – Rekordbox #2130561
    Rami EL-RAI
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    Hello Quant-RT,

    NAMM2015 has brought a lot of good news to us this year. One of the biggest announcements at NAMM made by Serato is that in the very near future, with the next release of Serato DJ, you will be able to plug your laptop directly into any of the following mixers: DJM-900NXS, DJM-850 , A&H DB2 & A&H DB4 without the need of an external audio interface or any Serato enabled device.

    In order to be able to do that, you will need to purchase the Serato Club Kit bundle (Priced 169$) from Serato website (or inside your Serato software) – when available. Club Kit is just a bundle of a Serato DJ license and the DVS expansion pack.

    You can find more details on the Serato website using the following link:
    http://serato.com/latest/blog/17997/announcing-serato-dj-club-kit

    I hope this solves your issue in a way or another.

    Cheers
    Ray

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