Pulled the trigger o m a DDJ 400 last night. Rekordbox has a few features that would make life easier so ditching the Traktor S2 (up for grabs if anyone interested before I chuck on ebay).
Appreciate this might be the Fisher Price end of the spectrum on here!
Mad_Cyril Rekordbox has a few features that would make life easier so ditching the Traktor S2 (up for grabs if anyone interested before I chuck on ebay).
Interested to know more about the features that make life easier? Trying to decide if i should stick with traktor or move across to Rekordbox myself at the moment….
mono-stereo
The ability to link tracks that work well together.
Automated suggestions about what might work.
Can up to cloud version so can listen anywhere.
The first 2 should help me get off level 0 without draining too much time. Which is a big barrier for me right now.
The last gives me a load of flexibility.
Not exactly purist, but right now I’d like to learn to mix
Mad_Cyril The ability to link tracks that work well together.
Does that function work well?
Along_the_Wire
Just seen the demos and spoken to Matt via PM.
Has to be better than trying to remember from the night before!
Along_the_Wire I use it all the time.
When I’m messing about, If I discover a couple of tracks that I think go well together, Just click on the little link icon and they are saved as “matching” tracks.
I find it really useful for keeping track of tunes that go well together
Matt What about the automated suggestions mate?
Along_the_Wire Not sure about that. I’ve never used it.
I use the related track filters and the matching tracks feature. I have a few playlists set up but usually just play from the main collection, which is a couple of thousand tunes. The filters are just handy for narrowing that down to a more manageable size. Then the matching tracks, I just use to keep track of mixes that I like.
There are probably better ways to use rekordbox. That’s just the way I’ve come across that works for me
Heno how do you select tracks and stuff on the USB if there’s no screen? Also can you record straight onto USB? I like the idea of not needing a laptop when you just fancy a quick mixing sesh.
Mad_Cyril Fair enough. How much do you want for the S2?
Edit. PM sent.
mono-stereo no I’m saving for xdj 700’s just bought the ddj to listen to tracks from my phone and mucking about on, had it on out my mates back garden last Sunday was good fun
Heno no I’m saving for xdj 700’s just bought the ddj to listen to tracks from my phone and mucking about on, had it on out my mates back garden last Sunday was good fun
Just out of interest, why would you get separates and not and all-in-one like the RX2 or the XZ?
Dubman
Traktor does key too.
Rekordbox allows you to link tracks you think go well together.
That process in Traktor is manual, based on add notes, remembering what you tagged as etc…
There’s a puppy of other features that Matt explains better above.
And I’m also i terested in this oud thingy making me more mobile than listening to tunes on a laptop
Fair enough mate. I’ve never used rekordbox so if can’t compare the two.
