CDJ 400s - HID/MIDI Controllers in Traktor
I am looking at getting either some CDJ 800s of 400s - probably 400s though because of the ability to use USB as well as use with Traktor in HID or MIDI - Anyone have experience with this? I have heard some mixed things such as jog being laggy - being able to use 3 CDJs as HID controllers would also be a big perk.
I use mine as a controller. You have to make a dedicated soundcard via asio4all (windows) or the audio/midi-program (mac) if you want to use the 400 as a soundcard (you can find very decent how-to’s on youtube). I don’t feel the lag on the jogs, but i’m not a scratcher.
Never used 3 cdj400, so I can’t help you with that.
I have a soundcard mixer (Zero4) so I don’t need to aggregate, but it is a cool feature. I assume that using the jog in vinyl mode to find a downbeat is okay then?
Yeah, for me it’s perfect.
How do you switch the CDJ from USB/CD to Traktor control? Is it like on the 2000s where you select the deck using the scroll knob on the CDJ? Then you just have to have the appropriate TSI mapping in Traktor?
HID is one of the very few ways to get good jog wheel performance in Traktor. The 400s should work nicely.
TSIs are not used for HID controllers. There’s a guide on setting up the 400s with Traktor here:
Wicked, think I’m going to go for it, maybe try to borrow someone’s to test it out in the meantime. Thanks so much for the help.
Worked awesome with one, now I added another and am getting a really strange problem. On the new one, I can’t change the tempo range from 16%. If I press the tempo button it briefly flashes to WIDE on the display then stays on 16%. Have tried reinstalling the TSI, and updating to 1.33 on both.. anyone had an experience with this? Also seems to only happen on Deck A and C.. on both CDJs, the new CDJ is not the problem I think… Must be something strange with the mapping somehow.
You shouldn’t be using TSI files with the CDJ 400s. Have you tried removing all controller entries and going through the setup again?
Yeah I deleted all the TSIs that it installs when you connect to PC, then tried again - still deck A and C are messed up.
Tried resetting through the Setup Wizard?
I assume it is worthless to go through the setup wizard on Traktor.. don’t really want to have to add my collection again it takes like 20m.
Setup wizard doesn’t affect your track collection.
well what do you know 
Hey a little late in this thread but I’m looking to convert from a traktor controller to some 400’s and an 850 mixer. was wondering if anyone in here has been able to get the cdj 400 to work in hid mode? If so how does it run? I want to pull the trigger on converting to cdjs but want to make sure these work as they should. Also what info if any is displayed on the cdj LCD.. Looking to pick these up ASAP so any response would be greatly appreciated, thanks guys
Hey, was trying to convert from a controller to cdjs and wanted to know if you have these running properly with traktor 2.6.2. I found a pair reasonably priced and trying to grab them asap IF they work as they should with traktor. Also if you do have these running with traktor can you tell me what functions do and don’t work on the cdj also what if anything is on the cdj’s display, any input is greatly appreciated, thank you