Hot Cues

You can quickly call up a Hot Cue point by pressing the [Hot Cue (A to H)] buttons and start playback from that point in the track.

Hot Cues saved on a USB storage device will be automatically called up when tracks are loaded.

Setting a Hot Cue

1​Press one of the [Hot Cue (A to H)] buttons at the point where you want to set a Hot Cue.

A Hot Cue is set to the button.

•​If you do this during loop playback, a loop is set instead.

•​When [ON] is set for [Smart Cue] on the [DECK SETTINGS] screen or in the Utility settings, if you set a Hot Cue or start playback from a Hot Cue, the point is set as a cue point.

Smart Cue

Smart Cue

•​You can set up to 8 Hot Cues per track.

•​The [Hot Cue (A to H)] displays on the screen light up as follows according to the set function. You can change the colors using rekordbox.

Set function

Color

Cue point

Green

Loop

Orange

No setting

No light

•​You can’t set a Hot Cue to any [Hot Cue (A to H)] buttons that have a one set already. To set a new Hot Cue, delete a one from a button first.

Deleting a Hot Cue

Starting playback from a Hot Cue

1​Press one of the [Hot Cue (A to H)] buttons that have a Hot Cue set.

Playback starts from the Hot Cue point.

•​When [ON] is set for [Smart Cue] on the [DECK SETTINGS] screen or in the Utility settings, if you set a Hot Cue or start playback from a Hot Cue, the point is set as a cue point.

Smart Cue

Smart Cue

•​Press the [BEAT LOOP (RELOOP)] knob to cancel playback of the loop started with the [Hot Cue (A to H)] button.

Starting gate playback from a Hot Cue

1​Press the [DECK SETTINGS] button.

The [DECK SETTINGS] screen appears.

2​Touch [ON] for [Gate Cue].

Gate Cue mode turns on.

•​You can also turn on Gate Cue mode with [Gate Cue] in the Utility settings.

Gate Cue

3​Press and hold a [HOT CUE (A to H)] button that has a Hot Cue set while the track is paused.

Playback starts from the Hot Cue point and continues until you release the [HOT CUE (A to H)] button.

•​If you do this when a loop is set, loop playback starts.

Looping

•​Press the i_playpause button during gate playback to continue playing the track after you release the [HOT CUE (A to H)] button.

Deleting a Hot Cue

1​Press one of the [Hot Cue (A to H)] buttons while pressing the [SHIFT] button.

The Hot Cue is deleted from the button.