RekordBox no signal in mixer while 1 of the player is using link ethernet

Hi there, is been 2 times already that i face this issue on clubs when i'm about to play my set. I have rekordbox 4.1 properly set using either cdj 900 or cdj 2000 nexus, previous DJ was playing thru ethernet link, his USB stick is inserted on the right player and i set HID mode on the left player. I hit play and the bars move ok on rekordbox but no signal on the mixer (using external mixer djm 900 nexus), i also made sure the channel is set to CD/line but no luck.

I was also not sure what will happen if i exit the LINK mode on the right player (the one playing the song from previous DJ) and switch to USB while the music was playing in that same CDJ so i finally gave up and spent 10-15 mins moving some music to my USB stick and gave up using rekordbox those 2 times i faced the issue. If previous DJ was not using ethernet link mode everything is fine and signal shows on the mixer.

If there is no solution for this issue im really thinking to give up on RekordBox and play safely with USB stick.

Additional detail is im using CDJ ASIO audio, not using soundcard in mixer.

Please let me know what you think or if there is any tip to avoid the issue? Hopefully won't be some kind of firmware update missing in the CDJs because that will be very risky to do in a club under pressure.

Thanks in advance & regards!

Dyan K.

Dyan Katz April 11, 2016 13:51

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Nevermind i figure it out myself after some hours of session in the studio. I was able to replicate the "issue" ( not really an issue now ). The thing is when you set the CDJ available on the Rekordbox, even if its the left player (supposedly deck 1) it enters to the "Output channels" in "Preferences" of RekordBox as Channel 2 (deck 2). So this is why no signal is visible on the mixer since on channel 2 is playing the previous DJ track, it makes sense, of course it can not just override the playing signal :) from USB or Ethernet Link. So the workaround is to check "Output channels" in "Preferences" of RekordBox and switch the channels output, for example where says "CDJ/XDJ 1" you choose "CDJ/XDJ 2" and that will do the trick, you will finally see the signal coming thru the mixer channel #1.

No need for more help here :) Thanks!

Dyan Katz April 21, 2016 16:33 1 vote