r/Rekordbox

Hi community!

Primarily for those of you starting out as DJs from scratch or using a track management program.

I´m using rekordbox and after thoroughly analyzing my tracks, I’ve set up the configuration you can see on the left. Also, in the center section, you can see a sample of each style so you understand why I place them there

All tracks are techno, but in it´s diferent styles, and these are the styles i usually djing

Minimal/Dub techno

Classic Techno

Cosmic Techno

Electric techno

Industrial Techno.

I hope you find this useful if you're looking for a way to organize your music and don't know how yet.I hope you find this useful if you're looking for a way to organize your music and don't know how yet.

I’ve been talking with a few DJs recently about the technical problems that tend to show up at the worst possible moment.

USB exports, missing tracks, corrupt databases, CDJ compatibility, firmware issues, file formats, unexpected Rekordbox errors, etc.

There seems to be a huge amount of information scattered around, but I’m curious:

What’s the Rekordbox or Pioneer DJ problem you wish someone had warned you about BEFORE you got to a gig? Could be something obvious in hindsight, or something that took you hours to figure out.

Cheers,

Full Duplex
SaveMyGig.com

Hi everyone, yesterday I wanted to play some schranz, when suddenly my beatmatch was completely off. I realized that my waveforms were broken and some of the tracks stuttered, after which the grid was completely off (see the top waveform in the picture, the grid is perfectly on beat on the left, then the next kick just happens half a beat earlier and after that the grid is off). These are tracks I had already curated and grid aligned back when I made the playlist (so the grid has been perfectly on every beat before). The only thing I had changed in my settings was the buffer size when I threw a houseparty last week so that my fader cuts wouldnt be slightly off beat. Nothing suspicious happened there, it just started appearing yesterday. I already tried changing the sample rate, buffer size back to 8ms, upgraded rekordbox, re-analyzed the track, nothing helped.

All of a sudden, I am having trouble loading my tracks onto the decks inside rekordbox. It starts to stall as soon as I try to drag a track in or right click “load deck” (It is especially happening to my older tracks). I had 7.2.14 version and as soon as it started stalling like this, I updated to newest version 7.2.18 and it still doing the same thing.. Any suggestions to fix this? Thanks!

Is this a real option? How do I get it?

Hi. After years being a DJ, promoter and partygoer I witnessed many technical incidents related to DJ gear. In most cases the issue was simply related to the DJ USB drive configuration or the music files used. I think the manufacturers are to blame as they don't provide a simple way to know what should be done to make sure that a DJ is able to play on their gear without any issue when they show up to a gig. To try and fix this I read all standalone DJ devices documentation and gathered some technical information to put them in a spreadsheet. I didn't include models released before the CDJ-2000 as they aren't found in any venue today.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rj3UD6itg8w6K3m59TYUu4hVHxURyhD_8zJpgcSZxs4

To summarize: If you want to be able to play your music in any venue with a standalone Rekordbox or Engine DJ device, follow these instructions for your USB drive and music files.
- USB drive connector : USB-A (can use an adapter).
- USB drive power : ≤ 0.5 A (or plug-in the drive dedicated power cable if applicable).
- USB drive partition table : MBR (Master Boot Record).
- USB drive partitions : 1.
- USB drive partition type : FAT32.
- USB drive partition size : ≤ 2 To (from MBR limitation).

- Lossless music file type : AIFF (.aif or .aiff) or WAV (.wav).
- Lossless music file bit depth : 16 or 24 bits.
- Lossless music file frequency : 44.1 or 48 kHz.
- Lossy music file type : MP3 (.mp3) or AAC (.aac, .m4a or .mp4).
- Lossy music file bitrate : 32 to 320 kbps (CBR or VBR).
- Lossy music file frequency : 44.1 or 48 kHz.

If all these criteria are met then you should not have any problem with your gear. Otherwise you can look for one of the guides available online which explain how to format a USB drive or how to convert a music file.

I hope this will help beginners and anyone who is going to play on a device they never encountered before. Any feedback is appreciated. Please let me know if you find any error.

PS: Some information is missing from the spreadsheet as I couldn't find it from the specs. In some cases I could test by myself but I don't have access to all models. Specifically if you tested GPT compatibility with newer Rekordbox devices I would be glad to know about the results to complete the table.

Hello it would be extremely helpful if someone could help me with this issue. I’am playing on a XDJ RX1, all my songs are on the same bpm, most songs are downloaded via mp3 converters yet even my beat port songs have this same issue. Could anyone tell me why?

Like the title says, I suddenly have these panels twice and do not know how to get rid of one. Thanks for the help.

Hey everyone, first post ever, I tried everything and I believe it's a thing about my pc

I have a brand new Lenovo Thinkpad T14 with:
- Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 258V (2.20 GHz).
- Graphics: Intel(R) Arc(TM) 140V GPU (16GB) (128 MB)
- 32 GB RAM
- Windows 11 Pro

I'm not sure if any of these matter, but maybe the processor and OS combination has something to do with that. I uninstalled all the Dolby audio enhancements, did all the Device Manager steps, got all the drivers correct. But still I can't toggle the PC MASTER OUT option. It feels like my device can't detect the DDJ FLX 4 properly, I don't know why. I installed Rekordbox on my MSI and connected the controller and it detects it immediately. I really want to use the Thinkpad because is more portable, please help.