Pioneer CDJ-1000mk3, DJ Tutorial, Setting loops and recording to hot cue's

Alright guys, now in this video I'm going to show you how to form loops but not just form your stereotypical 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4, but maybe take the loops to the next level using the Mark III and also using the record hot cues. So what you need to do first of all is make sure hot cues are on red and you can do that by pressing the record mode. What I'm going to do is play the tune and do your stereotypical loop on the count of 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4. So here we go.

We're slightly off, so what I can do, I can press the out and use the search buttons to just fine-tune it frame by frame. What I'm going to do now, I'm going to hit hot cue A and record that loop into A. Let's have a listen. Press record mode again and you should see the A is amber now. I did record another loop earlier on in B but let's just listen to the one we did now which is A. Of course what we can do as well, as soon as we hit A, we can hit reverse mode so we can get it straight back into... To go reverse. Now let's take the loops to the next level. Instead of hitting it on the one, let's hit it on the offbeat. Have a listen. It's just on the two. So as opposed to just your stereotypical one, two. What I'm going to do now is I'm going to go back into record mode. Let's get out of that loop. Let's just do one beat. Fine tune that. Don't mess around. Hopefully you'll be able to take it to the next level. Practice and enjoy.

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