Search by bar for CDJs

Search by bar for CDJs

teknopaul

Search by bar for CDJs

Hi I've seen other threads about users wanting to be able to search by bar as a feature in hardware. An idea was suggested to use the << and >> buttons to jump 4 beats forwards or backwards, which seems reasonable. However the idea was poo-pooed because it is not acceptable to change the existing user-interface across models the << and >> buttons need to keep the same functionality for all users on all CDJ models. No matter what the version of the firmware. This makes perfect sense.

I'd like to suggest a new key press combination that is currently unused.
On the CDJ-350 it seems it would be possible to press and hold in/cue when playback is paused, then tap the << >> buttons to skip bars. This would not change anything for existing workflows since that combination currently does nothing and could presumably be implemented as a software upgrade without breaking any one's existing usage patterns on the decks. It seems that might be possible to implement consistently across all the models, I don't have all model physically here to try it out on, the 350, 900, and 2000 all have in/cue and search buttons.

This feature would be more than useful, it would enable DJs pre-mix a vocal (without beats for timing) so that when the beat does drop its exactly in time. Same for dropping a couple of bars of a big sweep that ends at exactly the right point. Navigating by bar makes a lot of sense just for moving about the track.

Jay

Will mention this, thank you.

Chris Van Horn
Chris Van Horn

I was the guy who suggested the feature, but the Pulse fella could never give anyone a proper answer as to why it wasn't a good idea. Still frustrating.

Jay

I'll check with Pulse and see what he has found out.

Armand

Yeah could be a very useful feature

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