Your music, though, is kept in sync using Dropbox. You get no say over how this works: It is wisely out of your hands, as it is essential info for Rekordbox to function properly. The Rekordbox database (cues, loops, waveform data, beatgrids, playlists etc) is kept in sync in the background, automatically, between all your instances of Rekordbox, via Pioneer DJ’s own servers. There are two types of data being backed up to the cloud here: Your Rekordbox database, and your music files themselves. It’s important to understand what is going on under the hood, not least because to use this plan you’ll need to use Dropbox, the cloud backup service. Some of these features are available in the next tier down, the “Creative” plan, but they have come of age here, to the point where if you’re thinking about using the cloud to sync Rekordbox across multiple devices and to back up your music, this is the one to go for – more on why, later. Should you lose your USB, or it become corrupt, you can grab another and copy the library across from any computer with Rekordbox that’s logged in to your account – a potential lifesaver for touring DJs, for instance. This is where, when you create a library and export it to a USB drive, the system creates a copy of it that it keeps either on your local computer, or in the cloud.
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It also means automatic “device” backups. This means you can DJ from and work on you library using up to eight computers/mobile devices (Rekordbox has an iOS/Android app too), with all your cues, loops, playlists and music available and in sync across the lot of them, automatically, with unlimited capacity. Well, you get everything everyone else gets (export mode for prepping USBs, performance mode for using with controllers, DVS control, video playback, sequencer, Edit mode), and a crucial new set of features, based around unlimited, automatic cloud backups of all your music and data, including libraries you export to devices such as USBs. The new tier is not, on the surface, cheap: It’s $30 a month.
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Rekordbox dj manual pro#
This is about the new stuff in the Pro version, and specifically, the new cloud stuff.
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Also, note that this review isn’t a Rekordbox review: We assume you’ve already decided if you want to use “all features” Rekordbox or not.
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Rekordbox Professional is the top such subscription, the others being “Rekordbox Creative” (the previous “flagship” version), and “Rekordbox Core” (to allow you to use the basic software with non-qualifying controllers, too – remember, for most Pioneer DJ controllers, this version is free).Ĭlear so far? It is important to note that you can’t “buy” Rekordbox, and that it is only subscription when it comes to the more advanced features. Own a Pioneer DJ controller? Chances are Rekordbox software is already included, though DJs can get more advanced features with a subscription plan.
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But if you want to use the more advanced features of the software, you pay a subscription.
Rekordbox dj manual for free#
Most Pioneer DJ gear “comes” with Rekordbox, and users of Pioneer DJ’s pro club gear can use the software for free to prepare their libraries for export. In this review, we’ll look specifically at the new cloud features added to Rekordbox Professional, to help you as a Rekordbox user decide if this version of the software is the right one for you, and also to help you decide if it may be worth switching to the software, especially if that’s something you’ve been considering anyway.īefore we start, it’s important to explain how this software is “sold”. It is one of the most popular programs for this in the world, so any new features are going to be of big interest to many DJs.īecome a Rekordbox ninja: Rekordbox Made Easy Rekordbox works as both library preparation software for exporting libraries to USB drive to use on pro gear, and as full-blown DJ software for performing with a laptop. Rekordbox, the DJ software from Pioneer DJ, has just got a new, highest-tier plan: Rekordbox Professional.