CDJs/XDJs "losing" proper BPM readout after upgrade to Rekordbox 5
I had this happen two nights in a row. Once on CDJ2000s, the next on XDJ1000s.
I'm playing and everything is fine, and suddenly the gear starts reading the BPMs incorrectly. So let's say I am playing at 132 and suddenly I load a track and I have them beatmatched but the BPM reads 136 or 145. So it's not CHANGING the BPMs thankfully, but the readout is incorrect.
This is the first time I have encountered this, and it has only happened since I upgraded to Rekordbox 5.
It is solvable in the moment by rebooting the CDJ/XDJ and re-reading the drive (sometimes you need to have two drives if the one linked is exhibiting the behavior). I had it happen with multiple drives multiple times last night on the XDJs.
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Do you have the latest firmware on the players themselves?
They were two different sets of players at two different clubs. I have no way to know.
But I can tell you that these were the first uses of the drives with music exported from Rekordbox 5.
It would help to know -- simply open the UTILITY menu and it will be displayed within.
I can ask one person but the other was a club I have never played at before across the country. I don't own the CDJs, nor am I in the same city as them.
Sorry, I can't help resolve this particular situation without those details. My recommendation would be to carry a USB drive with current firmware for any players you might encounter so you could update them as needed.
I did find out that the XDJs had 1.3 firmware (not latest update). But as a touring DJ, I have little control over firmware updates. So if your advice is "update the firmware", that's a big "DUH", but not particularly helpful given how touring DJs use Rekordbox.
And reminder that this never happened before until I started using Rekordbox 5.
Yeah, I am sure a firmware update in the middle of a club night is super easy. No bigs, right?
Whatev. Will load up a drive with the firmware updates for literally everything just in case.
Did this happen with all exported tracks or ONLY tracks that had been exported with rekordbox 5 (and do you happen to know which version analysed those tracks)?
I had to reanalyse everything after a computer death, so all of them were analysed in RB5 and I used sync manager to put them on the drive.
How many of the tracks on the drive were already on there from before the RB5 switch?
None. Reformatted both drives.
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