Rekordbox Keyboard Mode Tutorial - Pioneer DDJ 400, DDJ 800 & DDJ 1000 

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An older vid but I really enjoy coming across these niche pieces of content and tutorials meant specifically for a specific controller/software. It's always nice to see some of the gear you actually own when trying to learn, instead of trying to translate from unfamiliar tech. ^_^

came here for more direction using the keyboard feature and loving every bit of this

No fear using to uncensored version of a song! And what a vocal to pop in! For real tho amazing video!

Hi Jamie, One cool trick could also be to use as the root note the cue point from where you want to start the playback. Then when you want to finish the toneplay and start playback you just press the root note pad and while pressing it press play, track will continue to run

Great tutorial!! 👍 I’ve been struggling to understand this mode, but this has helped tremendously 😁 Keep up the good work Jamie 👌

This is a good tutorial. I mess with keyboard for fun on occasion. But if I were to use it more I would invest in an XP1 to eliminate the need for page scrolling.

What a really useful tutorial... I really appreciate this kind of videos that only you upload... Thank u a lot!

So amazed. You have so great editing skills as much as djing. That keeps me coming to your channel . I thank you

Thanks JH. Finally, I understand. Cheers

Nice vid bro you inspired me to start djing and now I dj events thank you

amazing tutorial. exactly what I was looking for thx

This is exactly what i needed. Thanks

Wow! Awesome! No upgrade needed right out the box! Yeah me likes Rekordbox boyeeeee!!!!!!!

Thank you Jamie!

Thanks for this! Great tutorial! I will be practicing this for a hot minute! :) Thanks for slipping in the major scale steps at the end there!

Quality tutorial as always.....fresh ideas to play around with keyboard melodies, TP and transitions bud. 👌🏻

Excellent, excellent, absolutely excellent as usual!!

Another great tutorial

Thank's for tutorial. Good job Bro..

Jaw dropping video!! Sir you are the best. Thanks.

So professional espically the bodak yellow mix

Awesome tutorial!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

Hello, I tried to follow the tutorial with my ddj400 but I face the following problem: On the tutorial I see that while you press the button, the music goes, but when you stop pressing it, music stops too. In my case once I press, the music continues, it does not have the behavior like the cue button, what could be the reason ? Thanks!

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Still really liking the new Numark entry level controller, so still undecided on that or the 400 as don't have Serato pro.... gonna try this on the 200 tonight maybe help me make a decision. clickity click click click. Thanks for the video Crossfader/Jamie

Once I click Shift + Hot Cue, how do I go up and down a page for the higher or lower notes? You are using the arrow keys. But what to do in DDJ400?

Love the tutorials keep it up man 👍

Nice tutorial

7:28 … didn’t you play ‘Mixolydian’ when descending, instead of ‘natural minor’ like you did when you were ascending prior to that? Or do the pads in this mode work like some weird ‘mirror image’ (either side of the root note) fudge for DJs … ?! 🤔🙃

Thnx it's great stuff

helo, i have a question about the drumpads. sometimes the song plays immediately if you touch them and sometimes the track stops if you don't touch the pad anymore. could you explain this?

Can someone please help 🙃 I have the DDJ-FLX4, I have ‘Keyboard’ written under the ‘Hot Cue’ button, yet when I hold shift and press that button, nothing happens. It flashes to let me know it’s selected the shift function for the button, yet it doesn’t work and nothing comes up in the boxes in Rekordbox on my screen (it still displays Hot Cues). Is this only a function for Serato users or something?

Can you guys please do a performance or a Sunday skills on one of hercules’ Inpulse controllers?

Awesome Tutorial. What camera and software are you using for your streaming?

Same as Pitch 'n' Time on my Denon mc7000.

Question I bought the DdJ 400 and Ddj 1000. Does the rekordbox license that comes with 400 the same as the 1000?? Thanks for any replies.

The 'single note' hot cue should be the root note, right? So if Track B (the track you want to transition to) is in Em, the single note of Track A should be an E, so that you can play the E Minor scale with keyboard mode. If the single note of Track A was a G and you would play the Minor scale, it would clash, right?

DDF 400 doesn't have the page button. What is the button that we can use instead?

Great video👏

Which controller would u favour ?? The ddj 800/1000 or the Traktor S4 mk3. Thx

You can do this w/ pioneer xp1 also

Thanks for explaining that, although a total noob in DJing but i can imagine having access to keyboard function could be very helpful. Just wondering if finger drumming could be possible with Ddj400 the same way you did keyboard?

Excuse me I have one question how can i press my cue point like you.If i press my cue points the song will still paly

Brilliant!

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Very cool 😎

I have ddj 400 I wanna make keybord mood but when I play one click on every note the music play to finish what should I do to just each click make one sound and stop after I stop hold it.guide tnx

there is any way rekordbox will arrange the minor and major scale automatically according to the scale of the song ?

Is there any easy way to recognise major and minor keys using Camelot notation?

When i press the keybaord pad then the track just continues playing each time after i pres it how can i fix this?

Thank you for explaining how the buttons and function work for the "keyboard" mode. But, I am fresh and a beginner. How do I load "piano" notes into the ddj 400? and where do I go in order to load these notes from?

Is there a page change button or feature with the DDJ 400? I’ve just been using my mouse which can be annoying sometimes...

Such an amazing feature, my DDJ plays the rest of the song automaticly after I played on keyboard mode. Can someone tell me where I can put this off? :)

it's possible to make chords?

I dont understand the difference between Key Shift and Keyboard Mode, i think it is the same thing with and without the hot cue

I am wondering how do we get access to such great music library, i feel as a beginner the biggest thing i am having issues is with music library specially multi genre. Any idea where i can download like huge collection of songs?

anyone done this with a DDJ FLX 4? I cant seem to use keyboard mode with the pads

HeYs guy there is a mode on ddj 1000 rekorbox dmx for light?? Give demo

Great......💪👍👌

It is very good tutorial and I have one question about rekordbox, how I can set a hotcue between to lines in wave?

What you're calling 1 step is called a half step in music theory, and what you're calling 2 steps is called a whole step. It could be confusing for newbies to music theory is all I'm saying, with you using your own labels for those things vs using the common knowledge labels for them. For example if one of these newbies is taking fundamentals of music class and being taught what a whole step is, and what 2 whole steps are, and 3 whole steps, etc., and what a half step is, and your calling a whole step 2 steps, they might think you're saying 2 whole steps (when you're in fact only meaning one whole step).

Can use it on xdj rx2?

Serato don’t have keyboard?

When I press shift hot cue on ddj 400, and press the pad for a keyboard sound,it just shift's the key of the track and keeps playing, rather than an individual note. Tried toggling that gate playback feature under preferences. Any help would be appreciated?

Nice much easier with more pads

When i press the keyboard buttons it plays the song, even if i release the button it keeps playing. How do i turn this to push and hold? Im on a ddj 400 btw

how I activate this function, using djm s9 ?

Thanks for the video. But I want everyone to understand that the rules you said about which pad to use in what scale, ONLY APPLIES IF THE NOTE YOU CUED IS ACTUALLY THE ROOT NOTE! This basically means you gotta do this by ears. Period. ;-)

2:50 the tonal scale goes up from left to right. ok that's like a piano to go even higher... one would expect right page button? Nope Just like speeding up de BPM is sliding down. Ugh! Why????

Please do a video with pitch bend In rekordbox

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