Cdj 2000 Rekordbox

The CDJ-2000 comes with a copy of Pioneers music database management software known as rekordbox. This program lets you refine your searches by adding preset personalized tags, bookmark playlists, and playlist folders. You can also assign color-coding and comments to your cues and audition tracks for mixes. 2- Plug a ethernet cable into each CDJ and the mixer then plug the other ends into the ethernet switch. 3- Plug a USB into the DJM 900 NXS and plug the other end into your computer. 4- Turn everything on if it isn't already on. 5- Start rekordbox. 6- On both CDJ's select link.

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Rekordbox DJ transformed Pioneer DJ’s Rekordbox preparation software into a fully featured DJ performance app that includes add-ons for video, DVS and even lighting. HID mode is also available, allowing you to connect a club standard CDJ/DJM set-up to your laptop, essentially turning it into a controller. After connecting the CDJs to your computer via HID, the laptop can then be set aside because almost everything you need to control Rekordbox DJ will be on the hardware in front of you.

How To Set-up HID

Rekordbox DJ uses the same steps to step up to HID mode as the other major DVS software such as Serato DJ Pro and Traktor Pro 3:

Start your digital DJing software
Connect a USB cable from each CDJ to your computer (USB hub may be needed)
Hit “Link” on the CDJ
Rotate encoder until you are asked to link to computer
Press encoder to enter HID mode
Select which deck you would like to control
Repeat process for other CDJs / decks

Finally…

HID has always been the bridge between DJing with computer software and feeling like you are playing without a computer at all. HID mode with Rekordbox DJ can be the path from entry level controller to big room club, especially for DJs who are looking to make the jump to a club standard set-up.

Do you spin with HID mode when using CDJs or other media players? Or do you prefer to use controllers instead? Let us know your thoughts below.

What does Rekordbox do?

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The software Rekordbox prepares your music for the XDJ and CDJ players by Pioneer, like the CDJ 2000.
Rekordbox let’s you do a number of things:
• Check and change detected beatgrid and BPM
• set cue points, cue point names, (auto) loops
• set hot cues and hot cue names
• set CDJ or XDJ settings (like wave form color, auto cue and much more)
• analyses the beatgrid so it will load fast on your CDJ or XDJ
• warns you for incompatible file formats
• make playlists / smart playlists
• set My Tag labels to find your songs quickly
• record song matches
• set related track requirements (i.e. key and tempo)
• add song notes/description

Technically you could slap some mp3 files on a USB drive and load it in the CDJ 2000.
However, the machine is extremely picky in its accepted file formats.

On top of that, the CDJ needs to analyze the file on the fly.
This takes a while and is sometimes wrong.
Nothing is more confusing than a wrong beatgrid when you are spinning.

To get the most out of your DJ set, use Rekordbox to prepare your USB drive for spinning with the CDJ and XDJ machines.

Format your USB drive correctly

An essential part of preparing your USB drive is to format your USB drive correctly.
It needs to be formatted as FAT32 or HFS+ on the MBR (Master Boot Record) setting.
If you don’t know how to do this, check out my Rekordbox USB formatting tutorial for Mac and Windows.

Import songs

Before you can export songs from Rekordbox to USB, Rekordbox needs to have songs imported to begin with.
I’ve written tutorial on how to import songs in Rekordbox, check it out if you don’t know how to do this.

Export songs to USB drive

There are mainly two ways to get songs from Rekordbox on your USB
• via Synchronisation
• via Exporting

Synchronization

I’m not a fan of synchronisation, because there were some bugs in older versions of Rekordbox which led to improper synchronisation.
This meant missing songs on my DJ gig.

Instead I would advise you to opt for exporting.
This does basically the same thing.
It looks also for files that already exist on your USB drive and skips the ones that already exist to reduce export time.
The difference between synchronisation and exporting is that synchronisation will delete files on your USB drive when you delete them from Rekordbox, exporting does not.
How to delete files from your USB drive, see exporting later in this article.

To synchronize:
• In the bottom left corner of the screen click Sync Manager

check the checkbox Synchronize playlists with a device

check all the playlists in column in the middle that you want to synchronize

Click on the big arrow next to the Rekordbox playlists.

This will start the the synchronization process. You can follow the progress at the bottom of the screen

Exporting to USB

There are several ways you can export songs from Rekordbox, which do basically the same thing.
You can export a playlist or one or more individual songs.

Exporting all songs in playlist

Exporting all songs in a playlist can be done in on of two ways:
• Click a playlist
• Select on the top of the screen Playlist
• Select Export playlist
• Click [name of your USB drive]
• A progress indicator on the bottom of the screen shows the progress

Or
• Right click on a playlist
• select Export playlist
• Click [name of your USB drive]
• A progress indicator on the bottom of the screen shows the progress

Exporting one or more individual songs