Two Serato DJ Hot Cue Essentials Beginners Must Know - Tips & Tricks

Hot cues are an important part of digital DJing because they let you jump around a track instantly. They're useful for placing in crucial sections of a tune (eg the intro, breakdown or drop) and they can also be used as "markers" to signify mix in or mix out points. In this Tips & Tricks video for absolute beginners, we'll show you how to label and colour code hot cues in Serato DJ for easier viewing and management.

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[ahartford]

Thank you for this! You got huge points from me that you actually corrected your colors from aqua to teal. There is a difference. Nice!

[BMac]

How do you get the song to keep playing after you your press a cue point? Mine always pauses and I can’t find out how to fix it anywhere.

[StarWarsCosplay]

Great tips. I didnt know either. Thank you.

[djstereonation]

hay bro nice information but how to save text in hot que like break extra but whenever save after few days my hot que text what i write in hot que thats gone what i have to do thanks 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[djpaulofficial]

facing cue play and hot cue problem in serrate dj pro can u help me out

[KOOSHA-tj]

Hey :) thanks first of all for the video. A quick question : do you mean importing from engine to serato is also possible ? 😅 greetings

[djhh-hardcoreheaven]

Is it possible to turn off gated hot cue (in the same way that you can turn it ON in RB)?

[wdeagle]

Is it possible to save loops as hot cues in serato?

[djjspades]

Hey, I have over 8000 r&b songs un cued. Whats the simplest and most time efficient way to set multiple cue points?

[musicalfreestylesbyleslie]

Can you set up hot cue color preference order in Serato Pro so you don't have to reset the colors on every single track?

[djvlader]

what can i do when i loose all cue points? whats the name of the folder where i can find them?

[David-fipz]

Nice vid bro, very easy very informative.

[djjesse]

If I'm listening through song, and decide I want to go back to beginning of track on 1000 srt, how or what button do you choose. I hit cue, does not go back to beginning of track. I'm new to controller. Thanks

[DjJohnnyTheripper]

why doesnt serato have smart hot cues? whih automaticly choose the marker pressing the hot cue.

[DeeJaySammieC]

I have Serato DJ 1.0 and I Subscribe the one with $11.99 USD. Will it With Serato DJ Pro or is it differently? Since, I can't download Serato DJ Pro...

[stanleynyc]

Thanks, man, I didn't know it had those functionalities :)