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Pioneer DDJ-400

Check my kit

Check your computer, DJ software and gear work with DJ back 2 back before you sign up. It takes a minute, and nothing you pick is kept.

Your computer

Not sure? On a Mac: Apple menu → About This Mac. On Windows: Settings → System → About.

Its system

Wiring: computer, controller, powered speakers or amp, headphonesComputerUSBControllerUSBmaster outphonesPowered speakersor ampHeadphonesUSB cable

Plug your headphones into your mixer or controller, not your computer.

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ControllerUSBComputerUSBUSB cable
ControllerMaster outPowered speakers or amp
ControllerPhonesHeadphones

If your controller has no master out, use an audio interface for your speakers.

Your gear

USB controller

  1. Plug in your controller and open your DJ software.
  2. On a Mac: In your DJ software's audio settings, set the output to your controller itself, not a combined (aggregate) device.
  3. On Windows: Never put headphones on a second device or adapter.
  4. If your controller gives your computer only one stereo pair, you can't hear your partner on their own in your headphones: use an audio interface or a controller with four outputs, or try it and let us know how you get on.
  5. Keep one deck empty, for example deck 1. In MIDI Learn, map its fader: that fader is your partner's.
  6. Map your partner's fader, EQ and filter to a channel you're not playing on: your DJ software hears these knobs too.

Your controller

Pioneer DDJ-400

Should work

  1. In your DJ software, set main to the DDJ-400's outputs 1–2 and headphones to its outputs 3–4.

Your software

rekordbox

  1. Under Source, pick rekordbox, listed under DJ software.

In a set, the app shows these buttons and messages: READY · Set starts in · Handover · Accept handover · Confirm partner is mixed out · Fader up.

  • When offered a handover, make sure your partner's fader is up, then click Accept and mix in your track.
  • You have control. Once you're in, confirm your partner is mixed out.
  • When you're ready, you hand over, your partner accepts and tells you when you're mixed out, and you can stop your track.

Tested on Windows

Only gear that passed our Windows test:

  • Behringer UMC204HD: main and headphones on OUT 1-4.
  • MOTU M4: headphones on MOTU M Series (ASIO).
  • Pioneer DJM-V10: your partner on the channel set to USB 1/2.

VirtualDJ on Windows

No 4-channel output, such as the MOTU M4:

  1. Click the gear (top right).
  2. Click AUDIO.
  3. Under OUTPUTS, click SPEAKER + HEADPHONE.
  4. Under master, pick your interface's Out 1-2 (WASAPI). VirtualDJ's Audio Settings, with the master's list open and Out 1-2 (MOTU M Series) (WASAPI) picked.
  5. Click APPLY.
  6. Pick chan 1 & 2.
  7. Click APPLY.
  8. Under headphones, pick your interface's ASIO entry.
  9. Pick Out 3 & 4.
  10. Click APPLY. VirtualDJ's Audio Settings, finished: master on Out 1-2 (MOTU M Series) (WASAPI), chan 1 and 2; headphones on MOTU M Series (ASIO), Out 3 and 4.

4-channel output, such as OUT 1-4? Set master and headphones both to it: chan 1 & 2, then chan 3 & 4.

rekordbox on Windows

  1. Open Preferences.
  2. Click Audio.
  3. On Configuration, open the Audio list.
  4. Under Windows Audio, pick your interface's Out 1-2, not an ASIO entry: our app hears nothing from ASIO. rekordbox's Preferences, Audio, with the Audio list open: Out 1-2 (MOTU M Series) picked under Windows Audio, above the ASIO entries.
  5. Check that Audio shows Out 1-2. rekordbox's Preferences, Audio, finished: Audio on Out 1-2 (MOTU M Series), 48000 Hz, 256 samples.

Serato DJ Pro on Windows

Without Serato hardware, Serato DJ Pro plays to Windows' own output:

  1. Open Windows Settings, then System, then Sound.
  2. Under Output, pick your interface's Out 1-2. Windows' Sound settings, under Output: Out 1-2 (MOTU M Series) picked, the default device.
  3. In Serato DJ Pro, turn the master down until our "Your sound level" bar sits level with its mark, not past it. Serato starts at −0.1 dBFS, which pins the bar.

Your internet

Use a wired connection wherever possible.

Upload speed: 5 Mbps or more, or quality may drop.

How a set sounds depends on both DJs' internet connections, which we don't control. We can't promise a connection will be good enough.

Any issues? Email support@djb2b.com