You can assign pads on your decks to lighting functions by pressing the top toolbar Pads button. There’s a demo of how to do it in this Pioneer/AlphaTheta video. This is how I assign them for my DDJ1000 I use the performance pads when Sampler is selected or Shift_Selected, because I never use sampler. But […]
Category: Controlling lighting
DMX Direct Control
There are 9 DMX direct control setups available: 3 in the performance mode lighting toolbar. You can edit and toggle these directly there 6 in rekordbox Preferences > Extensions > Lighting. You’ll need to assign a MIDI button or knob to trigger these. Within each you can set up to 32 DMX channels with on/off […]
DMX output devices
Some of the Pioneer/AlphaTheta controllers include a DMX output. For those without a DMX otuput, the original RB-DMX1 USB to DMX interface has been discontinued by AlphaTheta. Enttec DMX Pro The Enttec DMX Pro device is now supported in rekordbox, on both PC and MAC. This is a very widely used interface (and cheaper than […]
Interlude scenes
One of the “Interlude” scenes can be manually turned on from the Performance mode lighting bar and while on its associated lighting scene will be forced on. Any lighting scenes associated with playing tracks are ignored while an interlude scene is active. They are a handy way to set some basic lighting for early evening […]
Performance lighting toolbar
(Ensure lighting mode it on in rekordbox preferences (Preferences > Extensions > Lighting tab > Enable lighting function) Turn on the toolbar using this button: Will show you this toolbar: Each of the sections of this toolbar is actually a button, highlighted in red here: Use its settings icon or drop down arrow to the […]
Playing from external audio sources
recordbox doesn’t create a light show based on beat currently. If you’re playing tracks from vinyl, a plugged in phone, a mate playing on their own system through yours, rekordbox lighting doesn’t do anything. The solution is to use an Interlude lighting scene (or swap between a few). If you turn on menu > Preferences […]
