Both serato and traktor are compatible with cdjs because both these dvs digital vinyl system programmes support hid protocol.
What is vinyl mode cdj.
Cdj 1000s featured vinyl mode which allowed you to scratch with cds and a touch sensitive jog wheel with its own animated display.
If you plan on using a cdj xdj with a timecode software system you ll need to enable hid in the cdj xd.
The cdj 800 also has an auto beat function that the 1000 does not.
Even if cdjs were now about as interactive as 1200s they had a different feel and the presence of super quick cue and play buttons and the ability to save cue points onto an memory card gave them functionality.
What are most djs using.
With hid mode activated almost all of the features of the cdj become available in your dvs software.
In this case if deck1 and deck2 are selected for example only these sounds are output and sound from the other decks is not output.
Well if you re using vinyl mode it s one less thing to think about if you need to scratch or move to a certain spot in a cued up track on the fly.
When 2 channel is selected the unit operates as a 2 channel mixer.
Click and select the mode from the drop down menu.
Loops must be re captured.
Though the cdj 1000 will relay alternate cds in both vinyl and cdj jog modes the cdj 800 will only relay in cdj jog mode.
Digital features such as hot cue and needle search do not work in this mode.
Absolute mode location of the needle on the vinyl is linked with the playback position of rekordbox deck.
Open rekordbox preferences controller mixer mixer mode and select 4 channel.
I cant get to grips with vinyl mode but if this is what the majority of d b djs are using i will use my decks in this setting and get used to it.
Hid mode provides physical controls of features in your dj software that you normally would not have if you were using just timecode.
Please let me know what you guys like to use.
Additionally you will need to have the dvs control system signal loaded into the cdj player too.
All of this can be done simply by connecting a usb cable from the cdj to your laptop.
Direction tempo scratch and other performances on the vinyl are linked to the deck.