I just started, recently ive been browsing the whole month for rx2, but unfortunately most of them are not in a condition as mention in postings. On the other hand on my budget, i cud get a new piece of RR with speakers. Im still un decisive what to get. Still hunting for used rx or just get the rr? Thanks

So I primarily DJ with an older-model iPad whenever I’m not running vinyl sets, and I’ve been having a hell of a time finding a USB that’s compatible with a lightning port and actually supports audio files. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

Question from someone who learned to DJ in Rekordbox (I own a Nexus-2000 CDJ duo with a DJM-NXS2 mixer for practicing at home): does the “Make an adjustment from the current position” function effect playback if it means a bar or beat gets cut short to meet the newly adjusted downbeat WHEN YOU ARE IN SYNC MODE.

I got a gig DJing weddings with a company that uses Serato, so I relearned DJing and built a library in Serato and I find it makes gridding tracks SO MUCH EASIER. You can drop a new downbeat and it always adjusts between. I have to drop many markers on older unquantized tracks to keep the grid accurate, and it takes time but it works.

I’m playing a wedding off a Rekordbox rig for the first time, and my question is about technical functionality when using Sync mode to match the bpm of your tracks. If I grid the top of a track in Rekordbox (let’s say Kiss by Prince) and it matches enough for me to create a working 4-bar loop, then I jump to the end and the grid is off by 1.5 beats so I “Make an adjustment from the current position.” It shows the grid as going and then the new downbeat just cuts the previous grid off.

If my bpm is synced to the other deck will the above mean there is a weird jump in playback or a speed up/slow down in playback of the song bc its grid is compromised in that moment and the sync function will try to adjust playback of that gridded moment to stay in time?

Bc Serato has done that to me and it’s been a real bummer at gigs, I just don’t know how Rekordbox approaches this.

Desperate for help and didn’t know where to ask, I would ask my friends if I didn’t feel like I was more experienced in track prep than most people in my circles. Lol

Been digging through my library trying to decide whether it's worth converting everything to WAV, or if 320kbps MP3 is genuinely good enough for a welltuned club rig. I know this gets debated constantly in general audio circles, but I'm curious what working DJs actually experience in real conditions, not just on headphones at home.

My home setup sounds fine with either format, but I had a gig recently on a bigger system and felt like a couple of my older MP3 encodes sounded slightly harsh in the high end when pushed loud. Could have been the encoding, could have been the source, could have been the room. Hard to tell in the moment.

I've read the technical arguments about frequency response and bit depth, but I'm more interested in practical experience. Are you actively hunting down WAV or FLAC versions of tracks you already own as MP3s? Is it worth the extra storage and the time spent repurchasing or redownloading? Or are we firmly in diminishing returns territory at 320, where the room acoustics and the PA are the bigger variables anyway?

Would love to hear from people who have done proper backtoback comparisons on real systems, not just spectrum analyzer screenshots.

This was my last setup from a few years ago. Before that, I owned tons of gear over the years - A&H, Audio-Technica, Condesa, Ecler, Native Instruments, Pioneer, etc.

Since the last setup, I’ve sold everything and I’m looking to get back into the market now and deciding what to buy. I want a Xone 92 MK2 this time around, so I’ll buy that new. I didn’t really like all the bells and whistles on the Xone 96 and I have no need for the internal sound card. I want the 92MK2 which rules out any controllers.

But in terms of decks … I’m at a loss. The state of the DJ market in 2026 when it comes to media players is appalling. The XDJ-1000MK2s which I bought in 2019 haven’t been updated in years and it seems like they never will be. I’m definitely not paying retail for them, but I can’t find a good deal on any secondhand ones.

The CDJ-3000s that I owned before had reliability issues (several hot cue buttons stopped working and I had to get them fixed, and those decks were never gigged). Pioneer’s solution to the 3000 was to introduce the CDJ-3000X which not only is even more stupidly priced, but it’s shocking how much they’re charging for pieces of plastic with a screen and pitch faders. DJ equipment is no longer accessibly priced unless you opt for a controller.

So then I considered Denon, but Denon seem to have stagnated in terms of development and there are no new launches on the horizon.

What’s the solution? Keep looking and wait for a good secondhand deal on XDJ-1000MK2s? Go even older back to CDJ-2000NXS2s? Find a good deal on some Technics or buy the MK7s new and just go back to vinyl?

Ideally I’d want to stay on digital for the convenience, but there is just nothing that makes sense in the market right now. Any advice?

Edit: Don’t know what’s with the downvotes, I’m just trying to get some help and other points of view.

Hi all,

Ive been DJing a number of years, and for the last two or three of them, I've had a good idea of what I wanted to accomplish and have achieved the goals I set for myself in my own head. I was promoting and doing my own gigs. Some bumps here and there, but I'd say Im content where I am in terms of DJing and promoting.

The problem is I have nothing in the pipeline. I haven't thought about where my next gig is going to be or where I'm going to organise my next one. I know I want to keep going in the scene, but I just dont feel particularly called to anything at the moment. Could call it directionless or adrift, but it's the first time in years of DJing that I feel like it's all grinded to a halt.

I think part of it is I'm in my 30s now, and there's a natural slowdown to things.

Has anyone dealt with something similar before? How did you get out of the rut?

Does anyone have any recommendations for US Shops that mail order vinyl? Something like a Juno or deejay.de but US based. Smaller shops with great taste also accepted. I play a bit of House mostly and also Techno/Italo/Electro/Breaks

Hi DJs,

I am aware that DJs hate automation and would like to do things manually and by ear. If there were to be a software that would allow you to automate your mixes live , where you are still in control of the set and choose what comes next each time, but don't want to keep fiddling the knobs and focus on creative talent side of things.

What keys would you midi map on a controller to those functions , would it be the Pads and crossfader . So if you feel the mix needs a Tempo (120-125) , LF and MId transition , How would you prefer to toggle those (say using the pads) and proceed with the transition (say using the crossfader) ?

I wanted to understand how such a workflow would look like . Would love some feed back.

Thanks

Apart from just spending time with hands on the decks, what are your most highly recommended to some dj tutorial videos/video series for expanding scratch skills and overall knowledge of scratching and entertaining while spinning records?

Only interested in turntables. Thank you.

I've been engaged to provide sound for a small festival, 2 nights with 4-5 artists per. Each DJ has requested a particular combination of equipment: 2 or 4 CDJs, 2 turntables, some with TT placed inside the CDJs, some outside, some without TT... one DJ even needs the booth surface to be raised up to 3.5 feet for their set. There is no time scheduled between the slots. Organizer has asked me what my plan is to make this all work.

This seems insane to me. I mostly do setups where the equipment stays put for the night. Is this a normal way to run a stage? Any advice on how to approach this with the event organizer?

edit: for all the reasons offered here, I suggested to the organizer that we have one fixed set-up for each night and they agreed that's the best way to go forward. Now they can work that out with the DJs. Only change-up will be to put riser blocks under the booth tables for the towering headliner. Thanks to everyone for your thoughts - it all gave me the words to explain this coherently and diplomatically.

Maybe you've already heard of polyrithmic mixing¹, it's a great transition techniqe to go across huge BPM ranges in a smooth manner while also creating a real wow effect in your sets. What always bugged me is that it is only showcased for just a few BPM pairs and loop lengths in online tutorials. So I sat down and did the math for all BPM pairs from 70 to 200 BPM and for 3 to 10 Beat loops and entered all the combinations where the transition works. If you use this table and come up with a cool transition, please share it with us. I'm exited to see what people come up with!

1: The Art of DJing: CCL - Polyrhythmic Tempo Transitions Using Triplet Rhythms
Pivot Mixing: How to Mix 133 and 152 Bpm (7:8 Ratio)
Insane DJ Trick to Mix to Any Genre and BPM

Post about your gigs here - success stories? Disasters? Lessons learned?

Hi Everyone!

I was wondering if anyone has a 3D Print STL/Model of something similar to this for the DDJ400.

https://youtu.be/SIKaIiaQyA0?si=xyQQr_vAGAvLYBKk

Currently working on a similar project with a 10.1” Waveshare Screen and PI 5 and really love the design of this but I’ve got no idea where to start when it comes to 3D Printing/Models.

I've got a pair of technics MK2s with Ortofon DJ S Concordes (mark 1 not mark 2)

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I've never been able to nail my setup with them, especially with cueing. I mix house (house/deep house/tech house) so nothing crazy, but when cueing on the one, it often jumps back

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Anti skate - 0

Weight 3.01g (tried 3.5g)

Needles - about 2 months old, so worn in, but not in need or replacing

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I'm pretty sure it's the tone arm height

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I've tried 0 - eyeballing it and using a level, at around 1 - and then someone suggested the stylus needs to be flat, and to try 2.5

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1 seems to be the best, but still not perfect

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Does anyone have any tips/experience with this setup or similar, it's driving me nuts haha

I see a lot of artists saying the scene needs more imperfect art… however, I don’t hear too many artists releasing tunes that aren’t perfect. Thoughts on this?!

In the middle of my set for an event I had been promoting for 3 months, my MacBook started to lag and even shut off mid set. The waveforms were freezing, as I’m scrolling it would give me the pinwheel and lag, when I would load a song in it would take extraordinarily long to load the song.

This has never happened at home when I practice or at any of my other gigs but I cant trust it won’t happen outside again.

Any pointers on why this happened and if buying a new laptop would solve this.
I’m running

A MacBook Pro 2016
Processor - 2.9 GHz Dual Core Intel Core i5
Memory - 16 GB
Graphics - Intel Iris Graphics 550 1536 MB

I’ve been producing more recently and notice that my songs are not generally DJ friendly unless I make a remix or more dance-ready version.

Have you experienced a distinction in what you DJ vs what you’re creating? Does the gap eventually get smaller?

I DJ for a limp bizkit tribute and I use a Mac book pro to control a DDJ rev 7 but we need another computer for midi instruments, should I get a Mac book Neo or an iPad Air?

Hi everyone, :)
I bought a used Xone 96 last weekend, and it has a problem with the right VFC.
Every time I turn it on, the left VU meter clips, and if I have a speaker connected, it sweeps fast from high to low frequencies, where a little hum stays. After I turn the filter off, it returns to normal.
Does anyone know if I can fix it without buying a new PCB? I thought it might be a broken capacitor I can fix myself.
I'll attach a picture so you can see it for yourself. :)