![]() 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. ![]() Since the song rewinds to the point of the cue automatically, DJs can tap the Cue button without it being a permanent play state.ĭJs tap first and then hit Play when they really want to start the song. Why do DJs tap the Cue Button?Ī human has a certain response time, which makes it possible to start the track too soon or too late.īy tapping the Cue Button on the rhythm of the music, a dj builds up muscle memory to press a button. The track will rewind to the cue point and pause the track. The idea is that you can quickly preview a track without having to rewind the track. Whereas the Play Button keeps playing the track. However, you need to hold the Cue Button to keep playing the track, otherwise the player jumps back to the point where you set the cue point and pause the track automatically. That is the point that the player starts playing when you hit the Play button or Cue button. When a track is paused and you press the Cue button, it will set a Cue Point. Cue buttonĪ cue button is basically a hybrid between a Play, Pause and Rewind 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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