Pioneer DDJ-RB with rekordbox as Standard for Any Club DJ

0:00 Jonathan here, the DJ Tutor

Alright guys, Jonathan here, the DJ Tutor. I'm a little bit of a funny angle because I'm trying to squeeze myself in along with this rather nice controller here, the DDJ-RB. Now then, it's from Pioneer. It's one of their new entry level controllers and it's fully functional with, of course, rekordbox. Now, I'm going to do more in depth videos on this controller It's relatively simple, you can make it as simple or intricate as you want and of course that's down to how you use the rekordbox software. Now the one effect I do love on this controller which is the best effect in my book of all time for any DJ which is the filter. And there it is, bang, right in front of you. You haven't got to find it, you haven't got to like program it and mess around with your computer.

1:22 Firstly, let's imagine you're a Traktor or Serato user and that's all

The RB rocks the filter straight away. Oh, by the way, this tune here, I will put info on the RB along with the tune which is in space, no one can hear you funk. I mean, do you know what? This is just one banging cut. It's by Random Movement, it's on Hospital Records and there will be a link in the description. Now, I want to give you a bit of advice here. A lot of people are asking what to get. Now a couple of things, I'm going to talk about that as well and in a future video or future videos I will go more in depth on the RB. Now firstly, let's imagine you're a Traktor or Serato user and that's all you use. Now I'm not saying you need to change, I'm just giving some advice which is what I try and do. You go to a nightclub with your controller Traktor ready or Serato ready and guess what? The management say I'm sorry there is no room for you

You're pretty much buggered, so of course you've got to spend the next half an hour dragging files around left, right and centre and desperately trying to get your playlists together so you can do your set. Instead, now again, this isn't hearsay, this is fact. Most big nightclubs, in fact, pretty much most nightclubs out there will have some form of Pioneer kit. So even if they do not have the 2000 players, All you've got to do is turn up with your DVS CDs, put them in the CDJ Mark 1000 Mark 3s and away you go. Now again, think about it. You've set your tags, your loops, your playlists, your hot cues, all there through rekordbox. Stick them on a thumb drive and away you go. So it doesn't matter whether you've got the cheapest or one of the cheapest controllers from Pioneer the RB.

Up to the Nexus Mark IIs, you can still get your set rocking using the rekordbox software. Now, very quickly as well, there will be more in-depth... I've already said that anyway, but I'm going to do better videos showing you the RB in the future. Now, if we have a look at the back, now, the reason I've got that there is to show you the back. There is only one output here. Which is master RCA out, left and right. USB in, mic output, that is it. Nothing else on the back. On the front we have a mini jack headphone in. So it is very simple and it's a great controller for let's say a beginner new DJ but at the same time do not treat this like a toy. It isn't. You could still get to a very big nightclub

4:12 What you can do is if you get two of these, you plug these

The DJ Tutor allows you to set up a blinding set with something like this and no one would know the difference. Trust me on that. Now, also, you're probably thinking now, why do I want to show you that piece of kit there? That is a male RCA to a twin female at the back. Now I'm just going to put the volume down for a second. Now let's imagine you have turned up to the nightclub with this player. That's it. And there's nothing else, alright? There's no mix that you can plug into. This is all there is. And the management say, there you go, there's your RCA cables. Happy days. And you're thinking, well, where are my monitors? Well, what you can do is if you get two of these, you plug these. Let me show you. I'm going to unplug this now. I do apologise if there's a clicky sound. There isn't, thank goodness. But the speaker is now...

Making a bit of a noise. I can now plug that into the back of the RB. Now I've got two outputs. One can go to the main PA and the other one can go to the booth. So, of course, I do not have a booth output on the RB so I can't increase or decrease the volume on the RB but I can decrease or increase the volume on the external amplifier. Alternatively... So I will still have a monitor system, so a couple of those are invaluable. The controller comes with your own key, which is on the other side, for rekordbox. I'm not going to show you the other side because that's my key, it's not yours. Now again, if you want any more info on this VRV tune, check out the link in the description and I will finish off with practice and enjoy. Thank you very much.

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