Tutorials
Learn to mix with openDJ.
Short, step-by-step lessons, from your first loop to performing with a controller. The first five run inside openDJ: open Settings › Help › Tutorials and press Start. Each one rings the real control and waits for you to do the step.
- 01In the app
Looping
Auto loops, halving and doubling, IN and OUT, a saved loop on a pad, and loop rolls.
Read the guide → - 02In the app
Using FX
The FX bar, turning an effect on, dry/wet and beats, picking another effect, Beat FX and the Color FX knob.
Read the guide → - 03In the app
Filtering tracks
Search, the filter bar, BPM and Key chips that match the playing track, and saving a smart playlist.
Read the guide → - 04In the app
Automix
Build the queue, pick a mix length and style, let it play, mix now, and take over.
Read the guide → - 05In the app
Pioneer DDJ-FLX4
Twenty steps named after the controller's own buttons. Plug one in to start.
Read the guide →
Coming soon
- 06Beginner
Your first mix
Load two tracks, match their tempo and blend from one into the other.
Coming soon - 07Beginner
EQ and filter blends
Swap basslines cleanly and use the filter to bring a track in.
Coming soon - 08Intermediate
Fixing a beat grid
Check the grid by ear and nudge it into place when a track drifts.
Coming soon - 09Intermediate
Harmonic mixing
Use detected keys and key shift to pick tracks that sit together.
Coming soon - 10Controllers
Set up your controller
Plug in, check the mapping loaded, and what to do when it didn't.
Coming soon - 11Advanced
Mixing with stems
Split a track into stems and mix vocals and drums on their own.
Coming soon - 12Advanced
Playing with Ableton Link
Keep openDJ in time with Live and other apps on your network.
Coming soon
Want a tutorial on something else? Ask for it.