With the Slip function a track keeps playing in the background (while you don’t hear it) and the dj does some temporary trickery, only to return to the track that was playing in the background. Right-click on the Hot Cue you want to change the color of, and select the color. In Rekordbox in Export-Mode in the Hot Cue list: Some players support displaying the colors, but not programming them. The Rekordbox Performance-mode supports (and some players) support colored Hot Cues. To delete a Hot Cue in the Rekordbox Export Mode:Ĭlick on the X-icon in the Hot Cue list. On players: to prevent accidental deletion, often you need to hold the Delete-button together with the Hot Cue button. When your Hot Cue is assigned: you can’t overwrite it, you must first delete it by clicking on the X-icon in the Hot Cue listġ) In the horizontal bar in the middle of the screen (Cue/Loop panel)Ģ) On the upper right side of the screen in the Hot Cue list (Hot Cue panel) Move the playhead to the position your want to place a Hot Cue, use the Quantize function if needed. To program your Hot Cues in Rekordbox Export Mode: When your Hot Cue is assigned: you can’t overwrite it, you must first delete it by pressing the hot-cue-delete button. When your Hot Cue is empty: press the Hot Cue button of your choice (A,B,C etc) Move the playhead to the position in the track you want to place a Hot Cue, use the Quantize function if needed. You can program the Hot Cues on a DJ player/controller. When the Quantize function is enabled, the player (or Rekordbox) does not instantly react to the Hot Cue button, it waits until the next beat.īe aware that not every DJ controller or player has Hot Cues.Īlso, some controllers and players have less Hot Cues than you can program with Rekordbox. The track starts playing automatically at the point you programmed the Hot Cue (even when the track was paused). To access a programmed Hot Cue on a controller/player, just press the Hot Cue button of your choice. Hot Cues in the Rekordbox Performance mode Hot Cues are marked with letters, so you can have Hot Cue A, B, C etc. Hot Cues have designated buttons for every Hot Cue. Hot Cues do allow to to skip live to other parts of a track. Hot CueĬue Points don’t allow you to skip to other parts of the song while your track is playing. Make sure the Memory Panel on the right side of the screen is activated.Ĭlick on the X-icon next to the Cue Point you want to delete. Navigate with the left and right arrow buttons to the Cue Point. Make sure you have selected the CUE/LOOP-panel.Ĭlick on the “memory” button to save the Cue Point. In order to store the Cue Point in memory, click on the “memory” button. Navigate to a position in the song, in the pause mode and press the Cue button. You can program a Hot Cue in Pioneers track management software: Rekordbox, or you can program them a Pioneer DJ player/controller. Once you press a Cue Point navigation button, your track stops playing (if the track was playing).īy the way, there is a lag of a couple of milliseconds to respond to the Cue Point navigation buttons (a Hot Cue reacts instantly). With the Cue Point navigation buttons (left right) on a DJ player (or Rekordbox in Performance Mode) you can skip to the previous and next cue point in a track. The Cue Points are on 2 places in the Rekordbox Export mode:ġ) in the middle horizontal bar in the CUE/LOOP panelĢ) on the upper right side in the MEMORY panelīoth have basically the same functionality, albeit in a different way. Something to be aware of before you do a gig.Ī Cue Point can also be combined with a loop.įor more information, check out my guide on Rekordbox loops. Rekordbox allows you to place Cue Points in a song, but most players have a limited Cue Points they support. On Pioneer equipment you can have multiple Cue Points in a Song. The next time when you load the track, you can navigate to that point in the song to start from the second drop.īut a Cue Point can also be used to mark important changes in a song or mark possible mixing points in a song.įor example: a vocal coming in, the outro that is exactly 32 beats long. You can set a Cue Point at the beginning of your second drop. Cue PointĪ Cue Point is used to cue a track at a certain point in a song.Ī cue point technically is a starting point in a song. If you want to know what the Cue button does on DJ players and why DJs tap the Cue button, read my article on the Cue Button. I will explain in detail Hot Cues and Cue Points. Program one or multiple starting points in a songĪ timestamp in a track can be both Hot Cue and Cue Point at the same time. Hot Cues and Cue Points in Rekordbox have to do with starting a track at a certain point.
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