Rekordbox DJ works with a whole host of Pioneer controllers (note: only Pioneer), and there’s a full list on the Pioneer website we tested it on a DDJ-SX and a WeGO3, because we don’t have either of the new Pioneer controllers (namely the DDJ-RX and DDJ-RZ) here at this point to test with. (Please, let’s have smart crates! You know you want to…) The software even has that legendary DJ software trait of being “not quite as good as iTunes” when it comes to music management. Ability to switch views (two deck, four deck etc)? Yup, there it is. (Rekordbox DJ does have cute little waveform previews that the others don’t, though.) Switchable extra panels for things like pads, effects, sampler, recording etc? Yes, there they are. Library at the bottom of screen, folder tree left? Yup. In fact, you have to dig deep, at least initially, to find anything about the program that doesn’t feel instantly familiar (assuming you’re used to one or more of the other programs, that is). DJs who want to add the option of going down the “software route” with Pioneer simply choose to “add on” Rekordbox DJ as an option within Rekordbox 4.0, pay up (or take advantage of the 30-day free trial), and there it is – a fully fledged DJing program, looking to all intents and purposes like some child of Traktor and Serato. Rekordbox 4.0 is the latest incarnation of the (free, as ever it was) library software we just talked of, which is very much alive and kicking, and can be used by any DJ to prepare music for DJing with on modern Pioneer gear in DJ booths, usually off of a USB drive. First Impressions / Setting up The “standard” two-deck view within Rekordbox DJ, looking familiar to anyone used to Virtual DJ or Serato DJ.įirst things first: Rekordbox DJ is offered as an in-app purchase to users of Pioneer’s Rekordbox 4.0 software.
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