DJ BETTER - HOW TO USE HOT CUES ON PIONEER CDJs

In this video Arman walks you through how to use the Hot Cue section on Pioneer CDJs.
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[@simsim3918]

Hey Arman! I love that you're explaining more about the Pioneer CDJs recently! I haven't had my first club gig yet, and can't afford a setup like that on my own, so this is a great help in preparing!! Much love

[@ronithomas5409]

Agreed

[@theaverageguy3884]

look at Pioneer XDJ X-Z 2500$ ish.

[@simsim3918]

@@theaverageguy3884 That still costs like 2.500 where I am, but I get why you'd suggest it. It gives me everything I need, and it takes the prize down from around 4.500

[@theaverageguy3884]

@@simsim3918 I bought mine 2-3 weeks a go and i learning fast. You can buy cheaper gear to but imo 2.5k for the Pioneer XDJ X-Z is a good price. 4 channel mixer and many features you not have on the old CDJ 1000 and 2000. If asking me i not understand why anyone want to buy the new 3000 or the older decks. They are over priced and the XDJ X-Z are a killer setup. When you learn to play on them you can easely play on the 2000-3000 Club gear if you going there 😎 good luck and hope you find some decks that suits your goals brother 👊

[@EVANZELAND]

Thanks! Love your videos, really useful.

[@cmjones83]

Memory cues (the ones you set up begin with) are so useful for setting multiple cue points to start mixing from, and as visual reminders of important changes in your tracks, or as reminders to mix out. You can set them up in Rekordbox and label them as well. On the newer CDJs the text for the next memory cue appears on the screen. Also regarding hot cues, it's worth nothing that you need to switch off quantize if you want an instant response to each hit. Otherwise it snaps to the beat grid according to whatever beat interval you have quantize set to.

[@Arpb123]

OOH MY GOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have been searching for this online and turning off the quantize function fixed everything.

[@djdamienconnolly]

Thanks Arman - great video as always. Would love to see some basic Abelton content to help get started 👍🏻👍🏻 #staysafe

[@Cristi.K.]

Nice Thank you !!!👏

[@fakillroll]

Hi, Arman! How to prepare a track list for DJ Set in Ableton. Need this video)

[@theaverageguy3884]

Only me or are the old CDJ 2000 out to date ? I just bought my self a Pioneer XDJ X-Z and its much easyer to set and use hot cue and so on. But thanks for sharing, the CDJ 1000 and 2000 are standard club gear.

[@krishdj2878]

Wondering, I have a hot cue at the start point of almost all my songs, where I would usually start the track from. With the CDJs I know the track triggers automatically when a hot cue is pressed, but with my Hot cue (A in this case) being right at the start will it snap to that first without playing it? Hence it will start at A without playing, but if i hit the A hot cue it will play. I have this in almost all my songs as it lets me snap back if i need more time to mix out of the last track

[@adrift97]

I analyse tracks and make hot cues in rekordbox, when I go to use the nxs range, pressing a hot cue, there is a delay, but also on a new track, hitting a hit cue it skips back to the old track, even though both tracks have their own hot cues, how do I get around this?

[@brianholland2916]

Hot cues are good for multi track sample mixing

[@fasttrackblastback8286]

So basically set them all in record box before hand?

[@NickeyAviation]

On the nx2 it's a bit different.

[@TheBrettonia]

Anyone had figured out how you can’t jump back on the last song by pressing a? How to refresh and set them up manually on pioneer instead of rekordbox

[@ronithomas5409]

What if you were to set up your hot cues in Rekordbox before getting on to the CDJs? Would the song still change back if this were the case?

[@wallas10]

if you prep your tracks on rekordbox, your USB will remember all the cues set...so you wont have this issue, each track will have there own individual hot cues. comes in handy!

[@ttuori8592]

@@wallas10 on the non nexus CDJ2000s you still need to hold the hotcue call button but yeah

[@lecterchest]

Ableton from 0 would be great!

[@SoundofArman]

Ok this is happening soon then!

[@ludvigsundstrom6218]

Aman can you somehow press the hotcues without immediately starting to play? If not, I know why I prefer memory cue, not hot cue in most situations

[@SoundofArman]

No the hot cues begin to play right away. So I guess the memory cue is when you want to get a different cue point ready, for later, but don't want it to start playing right away. Is that how you are using it?

[@ludvigsundstrom6218]

@@SoundofArman Yea that is how I use them. I like the big cue/play button to start, rather than pressing those small hotcue buttons. But maybe I'm not advanced enough for that !

[@movesusmusic]

What usb drive are you using?

[@SoundofArman]

Samsung 64 GB

[@parlonsmariage]

Yes Ableton 10 live. I know nothing about it.

[@SoundofArman]

Ok this is happening soon!

[@muminmujkanovic9946]

i guess first

[@carolinemasson3381]

hot cue is useless, who's the pro dj's use it?

[@lcaise]

James Hype

[@carolinemasson3381]

​@@lcaise yeah Dj Hype LOL make a sens as he is also a pro pioneer sponsored to death by them, and who else is using this other than this hype dj? :)

[@lcaise]

@@carolinemasson3381 ok boomer

[@carolinemasson3381]

@@lcaise hot cues have been around for 20 years on cdjs.

[@sgtharvey9169]

Macky Gee