1/10/2024 0 Comments Connecting traktor to rekord buddyYou can decide on your set up, based on your mood. By that I mean, certain controllers lock you in to that brand, yet with the XDJ-RX it seems you can have the best of both worlds. Opting for this controller also doesn’t mean you are “choosing a brand”. Adding additional skills to your talent list is never a bad thing. I have written before about the importance of being flexible, and this controller will help DJ’s bridge the gap perfectly between Traktor and CDJ’s.įor those that have had to turn gigs down because a club won’t allow you to bring your Traktor controller, you’ll no longer have any excuses – After you’ve used this controller for a short amount of time, you will easily be able to transfer your skills from Traktor to CDJ’s and vice versa. The option is there to connect some turntables too, so all you vinyl junkies, can remain junkies. Before this controller you would have to buy a CDJ 2000 for the hot cue option. The standard cues on CDJ900 nexus for example causes the track to jump to the cue point, but to pause there too. Hot CuesĮven some of the high end CDJ’s don’t have hot cues, which for someone used to jumping around the hot cues in Traktor, can be somewhat frustrating. With software like Rekord buddy, syncing your Traktor playlists to Rekordbox has never been easier. I have been using Rekordbox recently to organise music and it feels very natural. It seems that Pioneer have thought of everything here. You can even change the decks over to control decks C & D instead of A & B too. These options can be changed in the utilities section of the XDJ-RX. would control Traktor, but the mixer section of the XDJ-RX acts as a standalone mixer. It has the option of being fully utilised as the midi interface and set to, what Traktor users would know as, ‘internal mode’, meaning the mixer controls on the XDJ-RX would control the mixer inside of Traktor.Īlternatively you can set the XDJ-RX to be the mixer and set it up as “external mixing”, this means the decks and browse buttons etc. The manual states that the XDJ-RX can be used as your software’s audio interface by simply installing the drivers. There is a USB connector on the back to connect your computer, so if you want to use it with Traktor, it appears that you will be able to. At the time of writing I am not aware of what specific controls are assignable, but the Pioneer website states: “ XDJ-RX can be used as an assignable MIDI controller and supports MIDI-compatible software.” There’s a ‘midi’ button on the controller that switches the controls over to be midi assignable. This controller will allow me to do that. Often I just want to DJ and play with my music, I don’t want to open my computer, I don’t want to deal with a large screen in my face. Sometimes, we spend a lot of time working on our computers and when we want to harness our full creativity, this can only be done when we leave our computers out of the equation. My go to software is obviously Traktor, so why would I be so excited about not using a laptop? So let’s talk about some of the features a little more. The Pioneer XDJ-RX is the most exciting controller I’ve seen hit the DJ world since the Kontrol X1 mark 1, and the reasons are simple: As many of my regular readers will know, I do not post articles about many controllers, or too much about DJ equipment, but upon seeing the latest offering from Pioneer, I just can’t help myself.
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