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I'm super ****ed, help!

Ok, so I spin vinyl, but I just found out the ONE record store I go to in the Boston area is closing temporarily until they find a cheaper place to rent space. So, that leaves me with having to use the CDJs in my radio station, but I've NEVER used them successfully before. How much different are they from turntables? The one thing I can never figure out is when the track is in and I want to go back to hold the track at a certain spot, what do I press? I try moving the wheel counterclockwise, but that doesn't do it, and I think I'm just not doing it right LOL. Any tips?

First let us know what CDJ it is, because some emulate the feel of vinyl more than others. Like the CDJ 1000 and 800s have vinyl mode, that feels a lot like vinyl (not identical) and the scratching is similar. Others like the CDJ 200 or 100 or some older or cheaper CDJs don't...and others like the Denon DN-S3500 have a spinning platter like TTs do.

I'm very positive they are CDJ 100s or 200s, most likely 100s since the station is cheap as hell.

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Originally posted by Psionic I'm very positive they are CDJ 100s or 200s, most likely 100s since the station is cheap as hell.

Haven't used them. I can tell you that they wont have vinyl emulation, so it will probably just have a small jog wheel to search through tracks like the CDJ 200 does, but probably not as good as the CDJ 200's jog wheel. You will just have to search through the tracks for your cue point and lock it by pressing "cue" and then pressing play when your ready to bring in the track...that's pretty much what most CDJs do.

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Originally posted by Spirit5 Haven't used them. I can tell you that they wont have vinyl emulation, so it will probably just have a small jog wheel to search through tracks like the CDJ 200 does, but probably not as good as the CDJ 200's jog wheel. You will just have to search through the tracks for your cue point and lock it by pressing "cue" and then pressing play when your ready to bring in the track...that's pretty much what most CDJs do.

But when I use the jogwheel on the ones at the station to try to rewind the track it doesn't work, it like holds it sort of at the point in the track that's currently playing and when i stop it goes all the way back a few bars. Is there any way to make it so that as I rewind or fast forward the track I can hear the "scratching" or whirling sounds the track makes, similar to how you'd do it to cue a point on vinyl?

Press play the track can be paused and then move the jogwheel around. That's the closest I think you can come....I seriously haven't used a CDJ 100, so someone who has used one will be more help.

Alright, I'll try that out when I get back to school. Thanks!

cdj 100's are hard to use. first of all they do not emulate vinyl



so ur gonna have to pause the track then search not with the jogwheel but with the search arrows untill u find where u want to cue... then u hit and hold cue

then u press play and cue and play and cue untill u get it right.


becareful with the jobwheel.. its very sensitive. and pitch is .1 unlike the .05 of the 800's and .02 of the 1000's

using a cdj-100s is pretty simple. i've had mine for ages. when you're cueing a track try to do it like this: start the track by pressing play and then pause it with the play/pause button near the first beat. then with the jog wheel try to locate the first beat exactly. the cdj will play the frames when it's paused and when you hear kind of a clicky noise on the first beat set your cue point there by pressing the cue button. then as you're ready to start your track simply press the play button and it starts playing the track from that point where you saved the cue point.

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Originally posted by nchs09 cdj 100's are hard to use. first of all they do not emulate vinyl so ur gonna have to pause the track then search not with the jogwheel but with the search arrows untill u find where u want to cue... then u hit and hold cue then u press play and cue and play and cue untill u get it right. becareful with the jobwheel.. its very sensitive. and pitch is .1 unlike the .05 of the 800's and .02 of the 1000's

you can search with the jog wheel. and what's up with pressing play and cue and play and cue and play and cue and play and cue? i never do that. i set my cue point once and it's there. no hassle at all.

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Originally posted by skip you can search with the jog wheel. and what's up with pressing play and cue and play and cue and play and cue and play and cue? i never do that. i set my cue point once and it's there. no hassle at all.

play and cue


if u push play too early, u cue it again and press play...


im not saying set the cue point..


iv used the 100's cant remember searching with the jobwheel :/

What record shop closed? Mass Muzik (Former Satellite?)

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and pitch is .1 unlike the .05 of the 800's and .02 of the 1000's

ouch.

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Originally posted by Danila What record shop closed? Mass Muzik (Former Satellite?)

Yeah, they said rent was getting too expensive so they're temporarily closed as of Sept. 1 until they find a new location.

Oh yeah, so let's say that I do the cueing up using the jogwheel to find the first beat, but when i finally hit play to start beatmatching it isn't exactly on with the beat and is like 1/4 off beat. Can the jogwheel be used to speed up or slow down the cued track to be on-beat with the track in the monitors, or would I have to do something else to keep trying to land it on the same beat (with only having to adjust pitch after)?

How come you cant just order vinyl online?

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Originally posted by Psionic Oh yeah, so let's say that I do the cueing up using the jogwheel to find the first beat, but when i finally hit play to start beatmatching it isn't exactly on with the beat and is like 1/4 off beat. Can the jogwheel be used to speed up or slow down the cued track to be on-beat with the track in the monitors, or would I have to do something else to keep trying to land it on the same beat (with only having to adjust pitch after)?

yes you can. spin it counterclockwise to slow it down and clockwise to speed it up.
and if you don't have a good feeling for the jog wheel you can always ride the pitch anyway like in any player.

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Originally posted by DJ 00 Tommy How come you cant just order vinyl online?

Shipping costs are the death of me.

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Originally posted by skip yes you can. spin it counterclockwise to slow it down and clockwise to speed it up. and if you don't have a good feeling for the jog wheel you can always ride the pitch anyway like in any player.

Ok, so if I were to go back to the cue point in case my beatmatching attempt is all screwed up how would I do that? I'm assuming the CDJ has a stop button right? :P

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Originally posted by Psionic Ok, so if I were to go back to the cue point in case my beatmatching attempt is all screwed up how would I do that? I'm assuming the CDJ has a stop button right? :P

no it doesn't have a stop button.
you go back to the cue point by pressing the cue button when the tune is playing and it stops there and you can start again from the cue point by pressing play.

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Originally posted by skip no it doesn't have a stop button. you go back to the cue point by pressing the cue button when the tune is playing and it stops there and you can start again from the cue point by pressing play.

Ok, so let me get this straight:

Pressing cue while the track is paused sets the cue at that point in the track.

Pressing cue while the track is playing moves the track back to the cue point.

Is this pretty much how it works?

yep! You can fine tune the cue point by either taping the fast forward arrows or spinning the jogwheel slightly.

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Originally posted by Psionic Ok, so let me get this straight: Pressing cue while the track is paused sets the cue at that point in the track. Pressing cue while the track is playing moves the track back to the cue point. Is this pretty much how it works?

exactly.

Relax man CDJ 100s are easy to work. Put in a CD press play, press pause (the play button again) when you hear the first beat. Use the jog wheel to back up the frames to the frame right before the first beat. Press the cue button. Now your cue is set and you just have to press play when you want to. Use the pitch fader and jog wheel to beatmatch like a turntable and you're on your way to flawless CDJ mixing. Don't listen to anyone who says you need more than .1% pitch resolution to pull off smooth mixes because you don't.

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Originally posted by Psionic Yeah, they said rent was getting too expensive so they're temporarily closed as of Sept. 1 until they find a new location.

oh man that sucks for vinyl lovers. Thats the best vinyl store around Imho. But the mass ave location must be pretty damn expensive

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