DJ troubleshooting by symptom
Choose your audio, connection, USB or recording symptom and read the checks.
- No sound
- No headphone cue
- Distorted sound or recording
- Noise, clicks or dropouts
- Delay or doubled audio
- Only one side plays
- Controller not detected
- Which cable do I need?
- Stopped working after an OS update
- Recording is silent or unavailable
- No DJ audio in OBS or a stream
- Microphone is not captured
- USB drive not readable on a player
- Missing tracks or playlists
- BPM or beatgrid is wrong
- Organize my music library
- Transitions or EQ feel wrong
- Plan a useful practice session
- Prepare a set for a gig
- Packing and changeover checklist
- Write a mix description
- Check publishing or streaming permissions
- Prepare a brief for a finished mix
- Headphones work, speakers are silent
- Cannot preview the next track with CUE
- Low hum or noise when charging
- Playback clicks or intermittent dropouts
- Decks appear on the wrong mixer channels
- Controller lights up but controls do not respond
- Connection fails through a USB hub or adapter
- Audio input blocked by privacy permissions
- PRO DJ LINK cannot find players or computer
- Recording level too low or clipping
- OBS records doubled or echoed audio
- OBS meters move but recording has no audio
- Video and DJ audio are out of sync
- Recording unavailable with streaming tracks
- USB drive missing in computer or rekordbox
- USB export stalls or skips tracks
- USB has music but no playlists or waveforms
- Track reports file not found
- Move music, cues and playlists to a new computer
- Streaming app has tracks missing from DJ software
- Cached streaming tracks cannot export to USB
- SYNC still drifts or aligns the wrong beat
- Hot cues or loops disappear or land incorrectly
- Deck or computer stops during a gig
- Traktor + S2 MK3: separate master and cue
- Traktor + S4 MK3: input selectors and outputs
- Traktor + X1 MK3: controls work but no audio
- Traktor + DJM: send decks to separate channels
- Traktor DVS: timecode is not detected
- PRIME 4 / 4+: standalone versus computer mode
- SC6000: Layer A/B appear on different channels
- Engine DJ: drive or library cannot be read
- PRIME 4+: standalone recording and saved files
- djay + FLX4: controls work but master/cue are silent
- djay + Reloop Buddy: mobile setup and cue
- djay DVS: platform support and calibration
- DVS: broken calibration circles or missing signal
- Turntable: very quiet audio or heavy distortion
- Turntable: skipping, speed and tracking setup
- Turntable: hum or intermittent channel
- SYNCROOM: OS input works but send input is silent
- SYNCROOM B2B: prevent returning the peer audio
- SYNCROOM: local sound is clean, peer hears clicks
- SYNCROOM: recording balance differs or audio doubles
- Capture a DJM USB mix into OBS
- FLX4 → Scarlett 2i2 4th → SYNCROOM/OBS
- FLX4 → Babyface Pro FS: AN 3/4 and TotalMix
- Choose a DJ-to-OBS capture route