DDJ-1000 Demo/Review of Every Single Button + Function -- Exhaustive Review. LONG VIDEO ALERT! 

Hey thanks! I won't!

Awesome to hear that Kay! Welcome to DJing!!

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures How do I clear a previous set of hot ques that I've set on a song? Is this done on the controller or the laptop?

@@kay7461 either. In rekordbox software, you can click the little X inside the hot cue box to clear it. On the controller, hold shift while you press the already-set hot cue, this will clear it

Awesome Paul! Appreciate that and glad to inspire you!

Hey thanks man! Appreciate that for real!!

Completely Agree @Junior Chomsky!!! I've taken a lot of inspiration from Kevin. Just ordered new cooler caps for my DDJ 1000. Curious Kevin, The song you are mixing in the video, appears to be, If I caught it correctly, when you showed your screen....was, "Feel (in) - Beta" Is that correct? I can't find it anywhere!!! I love the bass track and highs on it. If you can confirm what the track title and artist is that would be awesome! I'm also thinking its probably down in the comments somewhere. ;-)

Where do you order the color caps from?

You’re so welcome! Hope you’re loving your 1000, as much as I love mine!

Thanks brother!

Hey thanks Mick!!

:) thanks!

Definitely

That’s great Sebastián, I’m happy to help. You’re will love your DDJ-1000, i still love mine and don’t have any plans of changing for a long time!!

Awesome bro! It’s such a versatile controller, and has lots of features for almost any task or workflow challenge

Thank you so much for the nice words! Really appreciate it and I’m very glad to help! :) I’d like to do that RB long video sometime!

Hey thanks !!! Appreciate that. Yes sorry for the upside down 😜

Hey thanks Mike! 😎

Thanks Nogui! Hope it helped a little. This thing is a beast and has so many capabilities!

Thanks!

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Saquib! Ah I wish I could help but I only have experience with Pioneer. I really love this controller though so it gets my recommendation! :)

You’re welcome!

You're very welcome!

Sure thing Peter

Interesting - I don’t know! I tried to research this and even Pioneer don’t talk much about it. Check out item 1-14 in this reference guide cdn.rekordbox.com/files/20200124131224/DDJ-1000_Hardware_Diagram_en.pdf Then I found this in the forums - it speaks of a different controller but I suspect this is the purpose! It’s used to wake the unit up form standby mode if it is enabled and the unit sits for a long time without any activity. I’ve never had to use it though! forums.pioneerdj.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115000216006-XDJ-RX-standby-mode#community_comment_115000228146

On the Rx the controller goes into a kind of sleep mode after x amount of time and that wakes it back up without having to touch any other buttons or faders (which also wake it up but could obviously affect your set)

@@djadriankay Can you MIDI program that button (WAKE UP) to something else? Actually I was wondering if you can also MIDI program the SHIFT part of the "quantize" button on the other deck to something else. There is no record and play buttons on the ddj 1000 and was hoping that I could program these two buttons to those controls.

@@garyusingeri suspect the answer will be no, but its a good idea! I will have a look this afternoon and get back to you.

@@djadriankay Thanks. I appreciate that. I will hope to have my own ddj 1000 in the next week or so. Possibly in October depending on the availability. I will be able to try myself then. Thanks again for the help.

Pretty sure there is a setting to flip that in rekordbox! Or perhaps you have your controller upside down! (J/k)

Sure Tommy! My name is Kevin btw :). Yes you can do that pretty easily with this and most controllers. Method 1: load the song and cue up to the first beat, put your hand on the job wheel, and then push play with your other hand. The track won’t play because you have your hand on the track to stop it’s movement. Slow baby scratch by moving the platter forward and backward a couple times (if you are mixing, scratch to the beat of the outgoing song) and then release the platter. Method 2: load your song and cue up to the first beat. Set a hot cue at this first beat. Don’t push play this time. Do your baby scratch like in method 1, then hit your hot cue to simultaneously jump exactly to the first beat AND start playing on beat. This is a safer and more accurate method especially for beginners! Hope that helps

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures thanks so much Kevin for your reply keep the videos coming just got my ddj 1000 and getting to grips with it all the way over I'm Ireland 🇮🇪

@@djtommyelliott8238 awesome, have a blast with your DDJ1000! It’s a beast and can do so much!

Use Analyze in the software :)

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures thx man hey so if i move my grid accidently does that do it for just one song or all of them?

You’re welcome hope it helped!

Thanks!!

Appreciate that, thanks

Thanks! I don’t but if I buy one of those units I will do that!

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures thank you very much!

Dont have that controller but I'm sure it's similar ;)

HAHA nice

Cool Bryant!

What button are you referring to, sorry?

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures says it under quantize button

@@el3man Ah yes. That button (activated when you press Shift + Quantize) will "wake the unit up" if it has gone into demo mode. Demo mode is essentially what happens if you're not playing any tracks and leave the unit sitting for a period of time - the buttons flash and the jog wheels display some eye candy. You can also get out of demo mode by pressing any button or even moving a fader or knob. There is also a way to disable this demo mode in Rekordbox settings

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures awesome ty so its a useless button definitly going to have to custom assign that one :)

HAHA :)

You're very welcome!

Awesome, go get it and take that next step! :) thanks for the comment!!

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures thank you for the support!

Dude thank you 😊 have a blast with your controller !!

❤️

You're welcome!! :) Enjoy that controller !

Thanks Jesse!! :)

Hey thanks!! So glad it could help!!

Ah yes that would be dope. :) Maybe I'll do it on a rainy day!

Aw sorry Robbie keep looking! I heard about someone getting lucky yesterday (Black Friday) and got one

Nope. I think the ddj1000 internal mixer is just fine. There are others who say yes but I’ve played my ddj1000 in many different environments with many different speakers and almost always without an external mixer, with no trouble or quality concerns

Sweet! Have a blast getting back into spinning !!

Thanks Christian ! Enjoy your DDJ1000 when it comes!!

lol Thanks dude

Not in native mode, not to my knowledge

Hey! I believe that the round black button aka rotary dial button will collapse a folder just like it expands the folder, if you have the folder name highlighted / in focus. Think of it as a toggle. I am away from my controller at the moment and can’t double check for you but I think that’s correct!

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures I've tried it doesn't do it.. so thought maybe there is another way or a sequence to collapse a folder.. have to keep reaching for the laptop or end up with alot of opened folders

@@rjbirdy2k doh! Sorry. If I can figure it out when I get back in front of my controller, I’ll reply here

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures cheers👌

@@rjbirdy2k figured it out! Here you go: How to collapse a rekordbox folder with DDJ1000 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vUDs75SWRjA.html

coolercaps.com

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures damn seems like they’re out business

Thanks Jesse! I hope it helps someone out there :) I would’ve loved to have had a full walkthrough before buying mine

I’m so glad it helped! I really love this controller. Rock on dude!

Thx Leroy. Here you go- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Iyf3FCQZxjg.html. Please subscribe for more vids!

Hey congrats! Hope you have a blast with it. I love mine. Laptop - don’t think you need too much power or resources, but you also don’t want to undercut. I run a 2018 MacBook Pro with a 2.6GHz 6-core Intel Core i7 and 16GB Ram + 512GB solid state drive… and it runs smoooooth

Awesome Shenelle I’m glad it helped! Love my 1000, hope you are having fun with yours!!

Thanks Gerard! Sorry they’re on back order!

btw. @Smilestones DJ Adventures Thank you for the tutorial

Thanks! Yes sir, I really think it is so versatile and full of features

Hey thanks DJ Elle Jay!

Thanks man

thanks! I believe I used coolercaps but they might be out of business. Another source: store.djtechtools.com/products/chroma-caps-knobs-and-faders

Sample bank is pretty easy to use, just make sure you have high quality MP3 or WAV files. Here's some good tips that helped me out when I was first messing with RB samples: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WyR3cAbZQ2c.htmlsi=_kjVJaD_vthcyu6m

Sweet! So glad it was helpful! You’ll love the 1000!!

I think the mixer in the 1000 is great for most uses, and I don't use an external mixer -- my sound is great at weddings, parties, etc. :)

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures Thanks

Great questions. Yes I made a video for how I handle backup, storage, etc. -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tZTtsDvhem4.html Hope it helps!!

thk you

Thanks so much! Btw I used coolorcaps.com :)

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures This video was awesome, I'm also loving your other videos on cue points and other DJ tips! Thanks for link, just ordered, any tips on removing and reinstalling the caps?

@@nrgflows thanks bro I really appreciate that feedback!! When I bought my coolorcaps, they included a little plastic tool that made it super easy to pull off the caps. Only recommendation is - while you have your caps off, go ahead and clean the top of your controller!

@@SmilestonesDJAdventures haha, nice I totally will - thank you! I just hit order and started playing with the caps on my mixer - after it wasn't an easy pull - I thought it'd be smarter to ask a pro!