Rekordbox 7 Thread (for DJs)

NasserAlazzawi

IndustryStandard Finally…is there a view where you can totally minimise the decks and just have the majority of the screen as track library?

Tap space bar

NasserAlazzawi

IndustryStandard better/less cluttered

Try these:

VIEW > Light / Dark mode (some people prefer the white mode)

and

Along the top are all the buttons lit up?

(Logos for Lighting, Recording, Mixer, FX, Sampler)

If many of these are selected, press them once to turn them off and it makes for a more relaxed screen with less on it.

You defo don’t need the Lighting or Sampler or FX or Mixer section as you are using an XDJ-XZ which is an “external mixer” (it is not software driven and all buttons are on the equipment)

whatever

Have a new laptop and refreshed RB but lost some of my settings. I can’t seem to see the key anymore in the XDJ XZ display. Changed the sort columns on Rb but it still isn’t coming up. Any ideas?

Along_the_Wire

whatever I’ve never been able to see it - looking forward to a Naz intervention here

NasserAlazzawi

whatever did you sort this in the end? just seen this

Mad_Cyril

Along_the_Wire I’ve never been able to see it

Explains a lot! 🙉

Along_the_Wire

Mad_Cyril Ha!

Henry

Are any of you using Rekordbox with DVS vinyl? Not been on my decks for some time, and I thought that I would give them a long overdue whirl. And first thing is that I am getting some pretty horrendous wow and flutter which happens when I start mixing in from the other turntable. I initially thought that something was up with the motors in my turntables. But when checking and playing normal (non-timecode vinyl), the track are playing as normal.
I have recalibrated the timecode vinyl in Rekordbox but to no avail.

Now, there is a caveat in that I am using Rekordbox 5.8.7. Which came free with the DJM 250 Mk2 mixer. So trying to avoid having another subscription in my life I have stuck with that.

With that said, I signed up for the 30 day trial for Rekordbox 7. All good? Nope. For some my DVS are not showing at all. No matter which options I go through. Even though it states that DVS is available during the trial, I cannot see any of the vinyl calibration options etc

So all in all a bit shite. Looking at Serato as an option. But spunking > £400 + a subscription for messing around on the decks a few hour a year does not seem to be worth it.

NasserAlazzawi

Henry I am getting some pretty horrendous wow and flutter which happens when I start mixing in from the other turntable

Hey Henry, have some stuff to try to optimise your laptop for Rekordbox

Try Preferences > Audio > BUFFER SIZE (make the number slightly bigger, test it, then make it slightly bigger again and test and see if this works - this is the most likely solution)
Also in Preferences > VIEW - WAVEFORM DRAWING “MEDIUM”
Close CHROME and other apps and programs (especially Google Drive, Dropbox, anything that uses the CPU to sync) and only use rekordbox if you can.
If on a Mac also go into SYSTEM PREFERENCES then SHARING and “un tick FILE SHARING” if you are not using it.
If you have a lot of USB ports in use it might be worth using as little as possible when using DVS, as a last resort.

On DVS you will get no benefit being on RB version 6 and 7 compared with 5.8.7 and those require subscriptions unless you have RB6 DVS hardware unlock devices (4th drop down states your mixer does this).

Personally if RB6 doesn’t work I’d stick with DVS on RB5 if you had a license for it to be unlocked anyway, as you never have to pay more beyond that point and it uses less CPU than RB6 does.

Wasily

NasserAlazzawi This seems like a ridiculous amount of work for what is essentially quite a basic process of mixing 2 tracks?

Henry

Well that has saved me a pair of turntables and a trip to the local pond. Thank you!
Your first suggestion worked with a bumping up of the buffer size. Never used to be a problem before. So maybe it’s the new version of Mac OS I have since I last tried. Still some weird things happening like my cursor doesn’t highlight the track that I am pointing at. I can’t see Pioneer adding another upgrade to version 5.8.7. So it could be on its last legs.

NasserAlazzawi

Anyone struggling with bugs on RB7, the new version has just been released.

I want to like RB7 (and do like some of it) but I’m still hanging back on 6.8.5 for public performances until I’m sure the kinks are out.

This may be a step in the right direction.

Download 7.03
https://rekordbox.com/en/download/

Along_the_Wire

NasserAlazzawi Why would you want to is it for performance? Are you auto-mixing?!

NasserAlazzawi

Wasily What can I say, I’m a slave driver.

NasserAlazzawi

Wasily Aside from being a slave driver, due to issues I had with live streams in 2020/2021 I had to learn all the reasons Rekordbox trips itself over and what to do to prevent them.

Henry only needed the first one in the list for it to fix his sound problem so my desires for serious slaveridge were not met in the end.

DVS does often require fuckery (regardless of software) but it really feels like / acts like you’re DJing with vinyl when you crack it and RB7 cancelling hardware unlocks that work in RB6 has annoyed me somewhat.

Mad_Cyril

Wasily
A load of aul shite.

Denon’s updates work

NasserAlazzawi

Along_the_Wire No automixing. DVS is really cool cos you mix your MP3/wavs on vinyl using timecode. Feels better than mixing on CDJ / jogwheels but its more faffy to get right. Most professional DJs try it and shy away from it but some stick to it.

Along_the_Wire

NasserAlazzawi You’re still DJing with a laptop though?

NasserAlazzawi

Along_the_Wire

As far as I know, DVS only works with a laptop attached on current tech. It doesn’t feel like it, however, as on the XDJ-XZ and other equipment, you can just use the main equipment’s screen and have the laptop far off to the side. You don’t need to stare at a laptop it just helps decode the vinyl ‘timecode’.

I’m surprised it hasn’t taken off more as its an interesting concept, but I think its because too much can go wrong on a live performance if you choose to do it (touring different events and festivals would be inherent with risk / testing needed unlike just using CDJs or even normal vinyl) and you defo need a backup plan.

NasserAlazzawi

@Homegrove

XDJ-700 fix (1.15)

• The USB audio function didn’t work in DJ Software Control mode

https://www.pioneerdj.com/en/support/software/player/xdj-700/

Homegrove

NasserAlazzawi thanks!

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