Performance issue with XDJ-RX

@Khaled > Some answers and some questions...

1) Most of the Color FX will increase the volume a slight amount as they are typically "adding" to the audio. Even the filter can register as being louder because of the Q of the filter itself, peaking above zero, causing the channel / master meters to reflect that increase.

2) If you have verified that the tracks are accurately beat gridded within rekordbox, and you are using the sync function, the two tracks should be in sync, unless you have the quantize disabled. If you are NOT using sync, even though the two tracks show identical BPMs, it may either be slightly off or it's possible that your tracks are not sync'd properly. Give it a nudge to get in sync and it should stay there.

3) Does the "cut off" happen at the end or beginning of your track recording? I assume this is where you press the track marker button? Are you recording to the same device you are playing from?

4) That is perfectly normal.

Hi Pulse,

Just to confirm, for point # 2, how to know that the tracks are accurately beat gridded within rekordbox? All I do is to analyze tracks using recokdbox and then export it to the USB.. Is there is any way to check if the beat Grid is accurate between different tracks?

For point #3, the cut off happen at any point of the track, but to be more accurate right at the beginning after doing a transition between two tracks, so this happen with the new track within the first 1 min of it and without pressing the track marker, it's a 1 second  cut off or even less. It's like if you're playing a track on Soundcloud for example and your internet connection goes down for a second or less, you can notice it but it's not for so long time.

Thanks,

To confirm beat grid accuracy, enable the metronome and it will "beep" at each of the beat markers, allowing you to confirm that you have gridded each track consistently.

So are you saying the "cut off" occurs within a long recording (which you have NOT pressed the track marker button)?

Hi Pulse,

I can't tell if it's only happen during the long recording as I will not record a single track or two tracks mixed together, but it happened a couple of times throughout the mix/ record, then I believe it's irrelevant to the length of the recorded file.

I will try the to re-analyze the tracks with giving the right beat grid based on moving the marker to the where the beat start and confirm if the mix with Sync happen smoothly or there is still an issue...

Thanks

If you're able to find a consistency as to when the "cut off" occurs, that would certainly help. If it is around when you are creating a new track marker, or during a mix, while running an effect... etc.

Rekordbox V3 appears to be better at finding the grid, but it is no substitute for aligning the grid visually and audibly with the metronome.  Sometimes it gets off by 1/2 a beat (especially on tracks with syncopation, like Glitch-Hop, certain styles of D&B, etc.)

The normal behavior for an MP3 is to insert a delay at the beginning of each track, it is an artifact to how MP3 encodes the coefficients for compression, and the amount is usually 50ms.  There are ways to conceal this artifact, usually by prebuffering.  Personally, I will record the mix in its entirety (I'm either too busy or too lazy to remember to hit a marker button.  I remember ruining many a mix CD on a burner that supported that feature...lol!)