Pro Decks

What it's for — Pro Decks gives you a full-screen view of every connected Pioneer player, one player per row, with full waveforms and real-time sync data. Use it on a secondary monitor or whenever you need more waveform detail than the Devices overview provides.

The screen, region by region

Master tempo bar — A persistent strip across the top of the deck area. The left side shows a coloured pill labelled "MASTER · CDJ-N" where the colour matches the deck's colour in the sync chip row, so you always know which player owns the tempo. The centre shows the current BPM to two decimal places with a subtle glow pulse on every beat (suppressed if you have reduce-motion enabled). Alongside the BPM is the master deck's current pitch offset in percent. The right side shows beat phase dots and a row of per-deck sync chips.

Sync chips — One compact chip per connected player. Each chip shows the player number, current BPM, an on-air indicator (when your mixer reports the channel live), and a small phase-alignment dot that is green when the deck is in sync, amber on slight drift, and red when out of sync. Hover a chip for a tooltip with full detail. When drift exceeds a threshold the chip shakes gently; severe drift tints it red. The master deck's chip scales up briefly when it takes the tempo crown.

Deck strips — One full-width row per connected Pioneer player (or per slot if you enable four-deck mode in Settings). Each strip shows:

• Player number and colour indicator
• Track title, artist, and album artwork
• A full scrolling waveform with a live playhead updated at 30 Hz
• Hot cue markers along the waveform; the active hot cue flashes on hit
• Track key and harmonic compatibility indicators when multiple decks are loaded
• An analysis health indicator showing whether track structure data is ready (click to open Track Prep for that track)

Expand mode — Click the header of any deck strip to give it 70 % of the available height while the other strips collapse to header-only view. Click again to restore equal distribution. If the expanded deck disconnects, the layout returns to equal distribution automatically.

Empty state — When no Pioneer players are detected, the screen shows a scanning animation. Connect a CDJ or XDJ to your network to populate the deck strips.

Common tasks

1. Monitor sync across all decks — Watch the phase dots in the sync chip row. All green means all decks are in phase with the master tempo. A red chip before a mix means the off-beat deck needs attention.
2. Expand a deck for full waveform detail — Click the deck's header to give it 70 % of the screen height.
3. Open Track Prep for a loaded track — Click the analysis health indicator on any deck strip to jump directly to Track Prep with that track pre-selected.
4. Enable four-deck mode — Go to Settings → Appearance and toggle four-deck mode on to always show four deck slots even when fewer players are connected.
5. Seek within a track — Click or drag on the waveform to seek to that position on the connected player (if your Pioneer setup supports remote seek).

Tips & gotchas

• Pro Decks is optimised to redraw only where it needs to. BPM and waveform updates happen at 25–30 Hz in the affected panels only. The rest of the screen redraws at connection rate, keeping the display smooth even under heavy beat traffic.
• The pitch offset label only appears when a tempo source is present. When no players are connected, the BPM display shows an em dash and the pitch row is hidden.
• Sync chips appear only when two or more players are connected. A single-deck rig doesn't need a sync comparison, so the chip row is suppressed.
• Waveform zoom is per-deck and persists across navigation. Pinch to zoom on a trackpad or use the zoom controls to set the level you want — it survives switching to Performance and back.

Related

• Devices — Overview dashboard showing decks alongside outputs and controllers
• Performance — Live performance screen that reuses the BPM and cue data shown here
• Track Prep — Prepare tracks and build track analysis before your set