Cheat Your Way to Faster Track Preparation In Rekordbox

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Prepare a whole set in minutes! I'm going to teach you some shortcuts in Rekordbox that make it super quick to prepare your tracks for when you play out. Preparation doesn't have to be a painful process, and these tips can leave you more time to be creative and stay focussed on the music 🎶
* Note that these shortcuts primarily work in performance mode.
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🔖 CONTENTS
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00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - Loading Tracks
01:46 - Correcting the Beatgrid
02:46 - Setting Hot Cues
03:34 - Restarting a Track
03:44 - Browse View
04:02 - Enable Beat Sync
05:49 - Bonus Tip - Doubling / Halving BPM
07:06 - Wrap Up
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[@intelligentretard676]

99 subs?! I thought u had atleast 100k subs due to the quality of the video. Keep em coming!

[@ReallyChrisM]

Thank you so much :)

[@djsergiubulgar4922]

Good video Deejaying is not just about colecting public aplause. Every professional DJ spent nights of preparation, thinking on his creativity and practice.

[@ReallyChrisM]

💯 you are very right

[@boredoneguy]

The best 7 minute video I could watch about rekordbox. Thank you! You're talent❤

[@DJOSKY]

lol this is what I normally do at the airport with loads of time to burn. Shortcuts are king. amazing video ✨🙂

[@oceanwavesES]

love your videos. it helps a lot. keep it up if you're still doing them!

[@k-rojj]

Starting from scratch with my collection. Awesome tips!

[@DJ-XquiZite]

Beginner DJ here. Thank you sooooo much for sharing your time and experience❤

[@ReallyChrisM]

Happy i could help!

[@velanche]

I rarely use Rekordbox, but got a festival gig on CDJs coming up and looking to prepare my tracks fast, so this video is really helpful. Much appreciated!

[@ReallyChrisM]

Glad I could help!

[@Pattarns_Music]

How good is this content? Finally finding these tips :) subbed

[@SeeyamMohi]

WOW thank you for this, you deserve way more subscribers

[@iamluchini]

Mad useful! Didn’t know most of these. Ty

[@AbcAbc-gf3vc]

You changed my life with this video bro! Thank you man keep going like that, love your sense of humour btw

[@ReallyChrisM]

I appreciate that! Thanks for watching and I’m glad it’s helped :)

[@jubiterr]

this was so helpful, thank you chris!

[@quuk1_ac936]

Hahaha the James Hype joke was actually so funny 😂😂😂

[@TESSALACOMBATTANTE]

Omg this was amazing, I wrote everything down but I need to create a cheat sheet for reference until it comes naturally. You are amazing I still wish you were my coach.

[@1matroska]

Thanks for the lifesaving tips Chris!

[@ReallyChrisM]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching :)

[@Dj.JIG.E.D]

Thanks for this video. Going to save me a load of time, coming from vinyl to digital is labour intensive. These tips are going to help me no end.

[@ReallyChrisM]

Glad I could help! Good luck :)

[@jeffreybink5533]

Thanks legend!

[@gajeelsomugba3785]

Thanks a lot - your video is a Great start to soft soft. I'm onto it !

[@ReallyChrisM]

Thanks for watching!

[@jerielspruell1607]

Very useful tips! Thanks for the info!

[@ReallyChrisM]

Thanks! Hope they help speed up your workflow :)

[@darbomusic]

This is brilliant. Thank you so much 🥰🙏

[@ReallyChrisM]

You’re welcome 😊

[@rafaelk1631]

Thanks for sharing. Really useful!

[@ReallyChrisM]

Thanks for watching! Glad I could help :)

[@darren-johnson]

Great video thank you. As an old skool dj just learning rekordbox I hate the prep required and this should help make it less tedious. Have subscribed.

[@ReallyChrisM]

thank you so much! I hate the prep as well 😂 Glad it was useful and thanks for the sub 😀

[@Babacarpablo]

Thank youuuuu . Top.

[@davidcarvajalrayo7405]

Thank you so much bro. Sending virtual hugs. Worked like a charm ;-)

[@ReallyChrisM]

Awesome! :)

[@jaddofficial]

Excellent tips, some dont work when you are on cdj’s but vast majority helps every dj🥳

[@ExtraWein]

Thanks 💜

[@skateboardkid420]

set your 1 on the grid at the drop then use the left arrow to jump back 8 bars, then hit C for cue and M for memory, then do it agian at 16 bars, then do the same at the end of the track.

[@ReallyChrisM]

Oh that’s a good one!

[@DamienFilth]

The doubling and halfing bpms helped me a lot. Gonna use it tonight when I fix music I need for Saturday. Bpms are doubled when I know the songs are around 85-95 bpms

[@manlioballestasvaldelamar9483]

GOD!!!My broo

[@la-shonarchibald1601]

Thank you!

[@ReallyChrisM]

You’re welcome!

[@blue_ranger]

That BPM doubling tip will be useful, Since coming back to DJing after a loooong time away (early 2000s with CD) I have stayed away from a genre I used to play a lot - Happy Hardcore as it was analysing them wrong. Although current genre of choice is Nu Disco. Third video I've watched since discovering this channel. All been excellent stuff, mate! Subscribed!

[@ReallyChrisM]

That’s quite a genre switch! Welcome on board :)

[@josemedina4834]

Awesome program

[@lukwagobrian5767]

Thank you for the video

[@ReallyChrisM]

Thanks for watching!

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[@Whopcap]

6:06 Now we know who Grimes took advice from!

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

2:30 OUGHT :D sorry but for 10 secs I was thinking hard what the hell that key is. In the end, massive help, thx!

[@qmixent]

Thank you. I just liked and subbed

[@ReallyChrisM]

I appreciate that! Thank you so much and I hope it helps :)

[@IphoneTsay]

I prepare my sets on Export Mode )

[@DJGaetanoZaccone]

Super Chris

[@domidomi917]

That bar setting shortcut is useful, most of the keys I didn't really find it useful as I connect my controller as I do my prep (post analysis and auto cue generator). Part of that real prep is also checking those generated cues if that's what I want/need. Nice sharing though!

[@ReallyChrisM]

Ah yes having the controller connected can help with some of these. Unfortunately mine is a pain to get out/set up so most of my prep is done on the laptop. Thanks for sharing!

[@mjdjj7174]

Thank you sir...

[@ReallyChrisM]

Hope it helped :)

[@bboymac84]

Djay pro 5 has the best beat grids ever currently!!

[@stuartgordon2117]

Good video. I am so lazy with track prep. Happy to just load them and get on with it. I go between Rekordbox including USB prep and Serato and as I mix some older soul music I can't face beatgridding - especially when all newer songs can be easily mixed with BPM showing, but after this I will start doing some more and make use of all the software features.

[@ReallyChrisM]

There’s definitely a balance between overly prepping and just playing

[@stuartgordon2117]

@@ReallyChrisM I could still do at least a bit 🤣

[@djtroymichael5372]

Great tips...I am so lazy I changed the key mapping so that I did not even have to press shift and I just load with the left and right arrows only.

[@Lord_Mau_]

I'm contemplating making a switch from Serato to Recordbox. You video have been very helpful. Thank you. Would you have any idea why the pad mode is grayed out when I use my rev 5? I'm subscribed and everything.

[@ReallyChrisM]

Unfortunately i don’t believe the rev 5 is supported for pad mode, you will have to go the MIDI mapping route if you want to change things up

[@ReallyChrisM]

What are your favourite Rekordbox timesavers?

[@austinthompson3522]

Is there a way to keep the bpm and key the same? I notice if you try to do the lowest BPM to match the key it changes. Is there a way to keep them the same within rekordbox?

[@jacobfog6695]

👏🙌🔥🔥

[@stokley121]

Diving into Rekordbox, really nice video. Thanks. Question: how precisely are you zooming in on the waveform and checking later parts of the track when beatgridding? In Traktor I would zoom in 100% and set the grid to the exact peak/position on the waveform.

[@ReallyChrisM]

on the left hand side of the waveform is a little arrow, clicking on that will pop out some zoom/in icons

[@sullivan44]

Hi. Great tips. Option 3 for setting the beat grid on track one, but what about track two?

[@ReallyChrisM]

Option + 8 should do what you're looking for!

[@djtigon]

Went to go add the double/halve bpm hotkey and the option appears to be missing from the keyboard preferences in version 6.8.1 😫 I'm literally looking at both decks right under BPM and TAP like in your vid and it's not there. I have Undo/Redo instead. I have double and halve LOOPS, but not BPM value. (on Windows btw)

[@falcsikgergo5487]

Hi! Like your contents, really useful, help me please if i do the beatgrid operation at 2:31 will take an effect on export mode too? Thank you😊

[@ReallyChrisM]

Both modes use the same beatgrid info if that's what you mean - but they both use diff keyboard shortcuts that you can tweak in prefs 👍

[@djwhupass_]

If you change your bpm range when importing, you can set it to exclude everything below a certain bpm so it won’t read your dnb as half time.

[@ReallyChrisM]

You have just changed my life!

[@djwhupass_]

@@ReallyChrisM wicked! Glad I could contribute.

[@S.kandas7487]

Hi, the song bpm keep change as the song goes up or down. What could be the problem?😢

[@edenandmeadow]

morning....... thanks for another great video...... but what about Mac users????

[@ReallyChrisM]

This vid was recorded on a mac so it all works :)

[@gallo2432]

How did you get the green boxes around the keys like 10A? And what does that green box mean?

[@ReallyChrisM]

This is the key matching highlight feature that shows you tracks in compatible keys to the track set as master. You can turn it on in preferences :)

[@pauldale4359]

You should do a mixing dnb video.

[@ReallyChrisM]

Great idea!

[@edubblesspirit]

Are there shortcuts for memory cues too? And how do you get the keys of other tracks highlighted that are harmonic with your selected track? I just noticed the harmonic keys were highlighted in green depending on the track you were working on.

[@ReallyChrisM]

Here ya go! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5qkiICwZs13mJY

[@la-shonarchibald1601]

Chris, please tell us how to remove duplicate tracks in Rekordbox. Do I just have to delete the entire library and carefully re-import folders and tracks making sure that I do not import the same files?

[@ReallyChrisM]

Unfortunately I don’t believe there is an automated way to do this. I do it on an ad-hoc basis whilst i’m playing (controller based) - if I notice a dupe i tag it with an ‘ignore’ tag that I created, and then use smart playlists to exlude any that match the ignore tag. Bit of a hack and not perfect but it works ok!

[@sebastianarellano4471]

How can you organize a set from song 1 to song 20? First track, second track, third track etc. Or from low BPM to high BPM then export to USB and then being to play in CDjs and see the tracks in those orders on the display.😅

[@ReallyChrisM]

Cdjs will retain the playlist order based on the track number, make sure that column is showing. Any sorts you apply like bpm won’t be preserved

[@johncitizen8828]

Is there anyway that you can make the Track, Key and Artist name bigger on playing tracks? I can make the browser names bigger, but can’t find a way to make this info bigger.

[@ReallyChrisM]

Not that I’m aware unfortunately

[@johncitizen8828]

@@ReallyChrisM Bummer. Thanks for replying though! Kinda insane that the key information is so tiny on the loaded tracks.

[@ryanhanly8130]

For the grid, the “option & 3” works only for deck 1 ? Tested with a ddj1000. Tried on deck 2 . Am I missing something 🤔

[@ReallyChrisM]

There's normally a different shortcut for Deck 1/2. The corresponding one for deck 2 is Option + 8 :)

[@ryanhanly8130]

@@ReallyChrisM thank you very much, similar to what you were saying with the setting up of queues. Will report back 🤘🏻

[@fusionistaaaa]

Could not get the option 3 to work ? Do you have to select the track first?

[@ReallyChrisM]

The track needs to be loaded to deck 1 in performance mode 👍🏼

[@FurkanTopal]

My key section is not as harmonic wheel but like notes Am, Ebm etc. How to fix that?

[@ReallyChrisM]

Prefs-View-Key display and change to alphanumeric 👍

[@FurkanTopal]

@@ReallyChrisM Thanks for the answer 🙏🏻

[@djtroymichael5372]

Im not sure if this is a bug..but when keyboard map the set 1.1 Bar it use the set the bar to the nearest grid point not the current position. in the keyboard mapping there is not other option so not sure if I am missing something or you think this a bug?

[@ReallyChrisM]

Sounds like you need to turn quantises off or to a smaller division then 1 beat 👍🏼

[@djtroymichael5372]

I turned quanitize off and its still the same.. I think it's a bug. when I click on the red and white bar it works fine.. but with the keyboard mapping it reacts like you're clicking 1.1 Bar. When correcting the beat grid this does not help because it snaps to the exist grid. Hope this make sense. Im going created TT with Pio for this..@@ReallyChrisM

[@hinataluva]

anybody know how he got the keys to highlight like that? great vid subbed!!

[@ReallyChrisM]

I will do a video on this! Thanks for watching :)

[@lukwagobrian5767]

I never ever knew how much time DJ's put in preparing music but now it's not easy as you think

[@ReallyChrisM]

Yeah it really can take a very long time! But hopefully a bit less with some of these shortcuts I hope :)

[@mattruggiero3610]

Is there a way to analyze all tracks without doing all tracks individually?

[@ReallyChrisM]

Ctrl/CMD + A to select all

[@mattruggiero3610]

@@ReallyChrisM thank you!

[@larshardwaretests9561]

Isnt the current version rekordbox 6?

[@ReallyChrisM]

It sure is! 7 tips not version 7 :)

[@vitorganilho254]

For once, the software is actually really useful

[@ReallyChrisM]

It had to happen one day 😂

[@rafalvarezsevilla]

wow these default shortcuts don't make any sense, why these letters? =D

[@MellowMelodies7]

Dave 84

[@dj_them]

are you not aware that there’s literally an export mode in rekordbox that makes all this way easier?

[@ReallyChrisM]

How so? It makes the player window bigger but still is essentially the same interface to correct the grid, add cues and so on. Happy to hear if there is a better way to do things :)

[@oscaralejandromedina6005]

I wish its get work

[@bboymac84]

They need to have great quality stems so DJs can really remix live! They are so behind when it comes to mixing 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@maus3454]

Performance Mode. I never use it.

[@ReallyChrisM]

Any particular reason?

[@maus3454]

@@ReallyChrisM Yep. Use DJ Consoles with USB sticks

[@ReallyChrisM]

@@maus3454 got it. A few of the tips around hot cues and beat correction should still work on export mode

[@iamisobe]

how is this faster lol? this is how it should be done

[@iamisobe]

if you want to do things faster use mixed in key, why would i hand set every cue point when i can run thousands of songs at once through MIK and have multiple cue points set on them all with a single click

[@bjiest]

How do you get other keys high lighted? I found the configuration but it doesn't work.

[@ReallyChrisM]

Are you playing from streaming services?

[@neptunetuned]

And how do you Mix when you are not setting Memory Cues and only one Hotcue per Song? I could never 🥹