La novità più grossa sta nel fatto che Rekordbox diventa ora un software adatto anche al live, infatti ora è possibile cercare canzoni e copiarle al volo dentro il CDJ collegato al PC tramite USB o LAN che riprodurrà le tracce del computer come se fossero comuni tracce audio di un CD dentro al CDJ.
Ad oggi nessuna software house aveva mai pensato ad una soluzione del genere, Pioneer come al solito pare avere sempre buone idee.
Rekordbox sarà nuovamente aggiornato a breve per supportare il nuovo CDJ-350 che si collegherà via USB, ad oggi via LAN si possono collegare direttamente solo CDJ-900/2000 o il nuovo DJM-2000 (vedi immagine esempio sotto).
Per completezza ecco la lista completa delle novità delle ultime release:
v1.1.0 (Mar. 18th, 2010)
New Features
* rekordbox™ LINK export feature is now supported for use with the CDJ-2000/900.
* DJM-2000 Cue Link – Added
* Option for hiding the Track Player.
Bug Fix
* Wrong playlist track is exported during an export operation.
* Crash after track is imported containing special characters in its tag info.
* Track sort info is erased when an export or import operation is performed.
v1.0.2.4 (Dec. 15th, 2009)
* Added a track analysis mode, where the user may choose between Normal and Dynamic modes.
* Under Preferences, the user may now set the default Quantize state (enabled/disabled) for his/her CDJ.
* Continuous playback is now possible for playlist tracks.
* Functionality added where playlists can be sorted alphabetically.
* When the Delete button is pressed when a track is selected within the [Collection] pane, a message is displayed to confirm the delete. This message may be avoided by pressing Ctrl + Delete.
* A track can now be loaded to the player panel by double-clicking on it.
* When a track is exported to a device which already contains an instance of the track, the track's cue information is overwritten.
* Fixed error which occurred when Reload Tag was selected.
* Song may be relocated if it is selected for playback but does not exist.
* When a playlist, hot cue bank list, or folder is exported to a device, the user may now overwrite a playlist, hot cue bank list, or folder which has the same name.