This was something I had to make
And it'll save you hours before gigs
Hello there Memory Cue Magicians,
There’s been a huge problem in the DJ scene for a long time.
The scenario goes a little something like this:
Our DJ - Charlie scores a gig for that night - hooray!
They ask the promoter what gear the venue has
The promoter replies - and it’s a CDJ model Charlie has never played on before
Charlie starts panicking and heads to YouTube to watch some walkthroughs and reviews so they can get familiar before their gig
After watching, Charlie still doesn’t really understand how DJing on this CDJ will actually be different, and what might trip them up
Charlie watches more and more videos, reads more and more articles and gets more and more confused
Charlie turns up to the gig unprepared, stressed and spends the first 15 minutes of their set making mistakes and figuring out the gear
Why is this information so hard to find?
Charlie just wants to know:
How is playing on this particular CDJ different?
But the answer isn’t in YouTube videos. It’s not on blogs. It’s not even on the Pioneer website.
So where is it?
In professional DJs heads: They’ve learnt the unique quirks of different CDJs the hard way, over many years. But it’s not written down
Buried in manuals: Incomplete and out of date manuals only give part of the picture
Charlie doesn’t know many professional DJs to ask, and doesn’t have time to read mountains of documents before their gig.
Answering Charlie’s question is hard. That’s why nobody has done this before - and why you may have struggled too.
In fact, it’s taken me 100+ hours of research and over 4 months to put this information together.
I’m super excited to share it’s finally ready and I’m calling it…
The DJ Booth Battle Pack
I’ve condensed hundreds of pages of manuals and firmware updates, hours of video, interviews with professional DJs and my own experience into one simple and easy to follow guide to give you confidence in every DJ Booth.
I’ll tell you the exact differences between the most common CDJs (3000, 2000NXS2, 2000NXS, 2000) that will impact your DJing
Actionable tips to work around the differences and be prepared for anything
Bonus content: USB drive compatibility to make sure your music library always works. Quick tips for the less common CDJ-900NXS
HotCueDJ readers get 30% off* by using this code at checkout: Y0NJM4MG
*Code valid until 30th September 2024, 23:59pm UTC
Thank you in behalf of Charlie. (we were all Charlies at some point)