Pioneer rekordbox Video Software with DDJ-RB

0:00 In front of you got the DDJ-RB from Pioneer

Alright guys, in front of you got the DDJ-RB from Pioneer. It's their entry level controller at the moment. Things could change but at the moment while you're watching this video, this is their entry level controller. It is very inexpensive and if you're interested in becoming a DJ but you don't want to fork out big expense then go and have a look at the DDJ-RB. Simply because you can become a DJ. It comes with rekordbox software. As standard. Right, I've connected that to the laptop and I have plugged in at the moment through the rekordbox software we have rekordbox video now it's not just called rekordbox video I'm saying it's the rekordbox software but it is video enabled now if we go back sort of 10 years to become a video DJ or VJ would have cost a vast amount of money I mean a lot of money you'd have had to buy the hardware

1:28 Likes of say Extendermix

You'd have also had to buy a vast amount of DVDs. Nowadays, you can get a cheap DDJ-RB, get the video software and you're pretty much good to go. You may be thinking, yeah, but you need the videos. Well, you can actually use your own little made up videos and have a bit of a mix even before having to purchase any music videos. Now, very quickly as well. Let's imagine you want to become a video DJ, but you don't want to fork out a vast amount of money to begin with. You've got a load of music files and you don't have any video files. Now if you go to the likes of say Extendermix.eu, they can supply video files. Now I said this on a few videos and it's really important. If you want to just be a DJ, why not consider getting video files

Because you can still just use the audio from those video files. So let's imagine this is day one, you've got a thousand tracks prior to day one and now on day one you start buying video files. Well using the likes of the DDJ-RB you can still use the video files but you don't have to use the video you can just carry on using the audio. So even if you've got a thousand audio files, and as of today, you buy 500 video files. You've got 1500 files that can still be used with just audio. But let's imagine then you continue buying video. No longer do you buy audio files. Then, a year from now, maybe you've got two or three thousand files. So you've got your original 100 audio files and you've got 2000 video files. Then all of a sudden, you've decided you want to become a VJ, a Video DJ. All you have to do then is just get extra hardware which could be something as simple as a large television screen. That's a PC screen there. A large television...

3:43 I can't express this enough because it's a way forward

And then, guess what? Using rekordbox video you can become a VJ, a Video DJ. But let's imagine one Saturday someone wants video, you can do video. The following Saturday they just want you to become a DJ. Well, you can still use the video files. You don't have to use the video because you can still just use the audio. Now I can't express this enough because it's a way forward. It means you can do both. You can do one and all the other. Right, so let's just have a close look. Well, class, this is video number one. A close look at the... The rekordbox software with video. Now it's very similar to rekordbox software, very similar except for it's got the area here with the video. We have three screens, one in the centre which is what the public will see, one on the right which is of course your right deck, one on the left.

Which is of course the left deck. Now on the right, next to the one on the right, there is another screen. Now that's there if you want to add, let's say for example, an external camera. So what you could do, you could have the camera on the dance floor and you can mix in people dancing into a video. Now above there we have our virtual turntables, above there the wave format and above that right at the top it's pretty much exactly the same as the normal rekordbox software. Right at the top you've got your effects area. So it's exactly the same except for above where you have your files, that area is for video. So this is video number one. Really this is hopefully going to explain to you how simple it is to become a VJ, a Video DJ. And trust me, people do like to see the videos. It's great just having audio.

But you're taking, potentially you're taking your show to the next level by using the likes of the rekordbox video software. Alright? Hope that's been a help. There will be a link in the description to the Pioneer website where you can get more info on the RB and of course the software as well. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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