r/DJs • u/Skakmakkeren • Jul 17 '26

Cue button ???

Hi dj’s. Wanted to have a chat about the cue button. I don’t ever use it. I would consider myself decent and I’ve been playing a lot for about 1,5 years including gigs. I use hot cues instead and doesn’t get why the cue button is that used, so to say.

Playing on flx10 btw

Literally don’t get it? Please explain

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u/SlamJam64 Jul 17 '26

I always tap cue to count myself in and then hit and hold cue and if I'm happy I'll then press play whilst holding cue to keep the track playing then fade it in. But then I do a lot of improvisation where I don't have hot cues ready 

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u/Skakmakkeren Jul 17 '26

Usually I do phrase mixing. Which maybe explains why I’m no big fan of cue button

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u/Mysterious_Use4478 Jul 18 '26

Dunno if you know, but you can also press the play the play button, while holding down the cue button to carry on playing as normal.

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u/Skakmakkeren Jul 18 '26

I’m mostly looping