Hi djAR1,

As I mentioned over in your other help request, you would benefit far more greatly by having this discussion in "general DJing discussion" to get a bit of user feedback on this product.

As this is more of a "what do I want out of a CDJ" for my djing experience, and less of a technical support thread, I cant really be of much assistance, and additionally, I prefer using turntables with Scratch Live, so my opinion wouldn't of much use anyway :)

I will move this thread now.

thanks. but how would i get to the dj discussions?

Since this discussion was moved, you are already here.
The CDJ800's will work with SSL fine in Relative or Absolute more.

oh ok, so wat u guys think about the CDJS-800 MK2?
would they work every function present on them to work the the Sl's?

Using a control CD you could...
Play, pause,
cue works as stop in Relative mode,
scratch
Tempo / Pitch will work but you must leave Master Tempo off
Track search will not work
search will probably not work
Auto beat loop will not work
Real time cue / loop will not work in Relative mode and be kinda tricky to use in Absolute mode.

You will need to use the platter in "Vinyl" mode for best results.
In other words, this will function pretty much like a turntable but not have too much functions available via the unit. It's a very solid CDJ to use though.

wat bout the CDJS-1000 MK1, MK2, MK3 ?
wich one of those will givme full functionallity on the Sl's?
can i use any small mixer for now till i get chance to buy me sumthing more professional?

why not just get a pair cdj 850, they are natively supported

Save the $$$ and just buy the CDJ-800's and any small mixer.
This will let you mix, scratch audio just fine.

The CDJ-1000's are overkill cause you don't have access to too many functions in Serato Scratch Live. If you want control over functions you should get the CDJ-350 or CDJ-850.

this.

Personally I prefer the CDJ1000 platters over 800...

All of the current range, and the 1000s, have the more accurate +\-6% pitch range. The 800s don't, so personally I'd avoid them for that reason alone.

so basically go for any 1000 dnt matter if is a MK1, MK2, or MK3 ....

get the cdj1000 mk3. it is the preferred model and the club standard because most clubs have not upgraded to the cdj2000 yet.

Why not just buy a set of turntables ?

@ Pdidy...
wats the diference between the CDJ-1000 MK1 to MK3???
im finding good deals on the MK1's, so i wanted u guys to direct me the right way.
thanks.

Only the MK3 has mp3 playback, never touched the mk1 & mk2 myself.
Friend of mine said some had issues though, sorry I cant be more helpful...

@WarpNote any help is helpfull, thanks.
i could hear more if theres any one wit more advises.

The CDJ's 800 MK2 will work perfect with Serato. You won't get any extra features with the CDJ 1000's. Trust me, I use CDJ's all the time. You only get extra feature with the current CDJ line (850, 900, 2000).

Glad to help out, local time here is 22:00, about to leave home for gig 2300-0300,
probably be using CDJ 800 players tonite actually...

That's what I thought Woody. I've DJ'ed on CDJ 800 & 1000's (don't own) and I thought the 800 was enough for Serato. I don't remember experiencing problems with pitch accuracy.

Unlike the earlier versions, the mk3 supports playback of MP3s from CD-R and CD-RW -media. Other improvements to earlier versions include bigger lighter displays, a 100 dots waveform display instead of the earlier 50 dots waveform, the ability to record loops also into Hot Cue slots instead of just cue points. The mechanical resistance of the jog wheel is adjustable to suit different styles of handling by the dj. Furthermore, the mk3 uses a newer SD media, while the earlier incarnations used MMC as a memory card format.

The mechanical resistance of the cdj1000 jog wheel is adjustable.
There are other features but they only work with cds and dont work with serato.

Yes, I know that. But for Serato, the 1000's are an over kill.

so basically, CDJ-800MK2 will work fine on Serato with the time code cd's?
im using the TTM57SL mixer, and i do hav the time code's cd's...
dat means i wont hav any xtra features... everything will work fine?
n as longer the CDJ's dnt hav any problems it selfs everything will work as is suppost to?

once again guys, thanks for everything ya knowledgement had thought me a lot in dis discussion.

yes

I like the CDJ1000MK3 more than the 800MK2 because it has more buffer memory when back spinning...the 800 starts to stutter after a couple revolutions and the 1000 doesn't. otherwise the 800MK2 is solid.

Hello I'm new to DJing and i recently bought some cdj 800 mk2 turntables and i have and okay mixer but i would like to dj on my laptop using a serato program. Is their any specific program i should use or you guys that have more experience could recommend me a program to start out with.

nop, just plug and play.
make sure you have your cds from serato on the CDJ's.
ant as soon you hit the play button, dont forget to hit the loop on 8... you only hav about 16 minutes on the cd's, after those 16 minutes run out wat ever song you playing is going to stop.

it feel so good to help teaching others what i hav learn here. ;-)

Yea wish someone told my first time trying CDs had a real bad oppsy moment at gig when the audio dropped lol

Lol. When it happened to me. I was goin crazy not knowing what had happen.

I dont think this is true (or at least it hasnt happened to me)...I own a pair of CDJ-800MK2s and once the 16 minutes are up on the control CD the music doesnt stop, SSL automatically switches to Internal Mode

I think that all depends on how you have your setup.
How bout u take a pic of ur serato set up and show how u hav it set up.

If you have a bootleg copy of the serato disk the music will turn off at the end. If you have an original disk it will go to internal mode and keep playing but I believe the cdj needs to be set to continuous play.

I have the copys.

ALWAYS always...loop copys on cdjs

Dats wat I do. Besides that my cdjs are great.

i've owned one (1) cdj 1000 mk1 that has been sitting in the closet. just copped a pair of mk3's for a little over a grand. Thank you ebay.

anyways the 800 are great to use with serato. if you don't have turntables i would look at the 850 tho's...more features and you can use them natively with serato.

i want me sum cdj-1000mk3.
i luv my 800mk2, but a lil upgrade wont hurt.

im thinking of doing sum plastic glass work on my coffin to fit my TTM57SL better and add up sum red lights on it.

If SSL isn't calibrated correctly with proper Control CDs it sometimes doesn't switch from what I've seen.

Really though, in the time I've been using SSL I've played on bootleg CDs once, vinyl twice. Both times we're horrible. Too many little glitches that seem trivial but when you're in front of a few hundred people, why create unnecessary stress when real cds (or at least properly encoded ones as per Seratos instructions) and vinyl are easy to come by.

my copy cd,s switch to internal at the end so i just loop 8 bars and it works fine never had a problem,if i forget to loop(it happens) when it switches to internal i just hit arrow to start track over and click rel mode song never stops. i do have 4 copies of control signal on 1 disc though. using 800 mk2's

Ok. Now the u say dat.
I hav copy's of the control cd's, but it only goes to 16 minutes.
I noticed sum times while im playing it change to Int mode by it self, by the way i hav the 800MK2. How or wat do i need to do to lock it or avoid dat.
N also i loop it on 8 too n from there on my cdj never stop playing.

It's a standard security feature, stops you accidently running out of control signal and the song stopping dead.
I don't think it can be switched off.

I don't what the big deal is since most tracks will never be anywhere near 15 mins.
When you finish playing a song, press cue to go back to beginning of the CD.
Same as if you are using real vinyl.

i copied four 16 mins control tracks on 1 cd, so on that cd its 4 tracks. it doesnt matter which track i use 1,2,3 or 4 . press play on the 800 mk2 and press the loop button #8 ( 1/1)
ur gonna loop 8 bars of the control signal thats it

dast wat i do wit the loop.
but i dnt see, well i didnt see how to b able to make the control cds fit 4 times the 16 min control tracks.
what program did u use?

i tunes,copy the control signal 4 times in i tunes and then highlight the 4 control tracks and burn to cd

so i can use any burner...
they xplain here on the page to download some sonic program there.

but tomorrow im going to try wit itunes. thanks for the info.

That's to get the vinyl scroll to work correctly,

I always use CDJs on absolute so maybe it's just because of that but I find it really natural to just restart the track each time even in relative.

but all it takes is ONE time to forget laz219 and lesson learned i like rel mode

Does anyone know where i can get control tracks for cdj 800mk2 need to burn to two cdjs for a gig tomorrow. Would really appreciate the help

if you can't find the control track you probably can't find your way to your gig

stay home

LOL


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