How To DJ Fast On Your DDJ-FLX4

Beginner to pro. This course has everything you need to play great DJ sets on this popular and powerful DJ controller.

Teaching DJs since 2010 50,000 students 50 lessons in this course

Sound familiar?

You've got the controller. Now what?

The FLX4 is a brilliant first controller. But nobody gives you a route from plugging it in to playing great DJ sets on it.

The software won't behave

Rekordbox is open, your music is somewhere, streaming is maybe connected. But you're hours in and you still haven't played a track.

Your mixes sound bad

The beats line up, roughly. But your transitions still sound like two songs crashing into each other rather than one smooth blend.

Half the buttons are a mystery

Pads, FX, Smart Fader, Beat Jump. You know they do something. You've no idea what, or when you'd actually use them in a set.

YouTube is frustrating

Every tips video assumes something different. You've watched dozens and you're still not sure what to learn next, or whether you're doing it right.

It isn't you. Nobody ever told you what to do and why in a way that makes sense.

That's the whole job of this course. Fifty lessons, in sequence, filmed on your exact controller - so you always know what you're learning next and can follow along exactly.

Your path

From unboxing to banging mixes

Four stages. Work through them in order and you'll go from never having touched a controller to playing sets you're proud of.

Setting up the DDJ-FLX4 Stage 1

Set up and ready

Software chosen, controller plugged in, your music and streaming loaded. You're making sound in one evening.

Mixing two tracks together on the DDJ-FLX4 Stage 2

Your first real mix

Hear the beat, count the bars, and bring two tracks together properly - by ear, not by hitting sync and hoping.

Using the performance pads and effects on the DDJ-FLX4 Stage 3

Mixes with character

Loops, FX, hot cues and the performance pads, used at the right moment for a reason. This is where it starts sounding like real DJing.

Playing a full DJ set on the DDJ-FLX4 Stage 4

Play a full set

Keymixing, stems, flow. Mix for an hour without it falling apart - at home, at a party, or wherever you take it.

Inside the course

50 lessons. In order. Nothing missing.

Tap any module to see the lessons inside it.

1. Setting Up

6 lessons

Out of the box and making sound, with your own music and your streaming service both ready to go.

  • Setting up intro
  • Choosing your software
  • Plugging in your FLX4
  • First look at the software
  • Adding music you own to Rekordbox
  • Linking your streaming service

2. Basic Beatmixing

6 lessons

The skill everything else rests on. Hear the beat, count the bars, and land your first proper mix.

  • Beatmixing intro
  • Beats & BPM
  • Bars & phrases
  • Beatmixing controls
  • Your first beatmix
  • Quick beatmixing drill

3. Mixing Deep Dive

8 lessons

Every control on the mixer, what it's actually for, and how to use it so your transitions sound professional.

  • Mixing features intro
  • Sync - when and how to use it
  • Cue button deep dive
  • Mastering tempo & pitch
  • Proper use of trim/gain
  • Using EQs for smoother beatmixing
  • Understanding the crossfader
  • Mixing with filters

4. Loops & Quantize

6 lessons

How to make any track fit your mix, and the secret to tightening your timing so it sounds right every time.

  • Loops intro
  • Manual looping & trick demo
  • Auto looping
  • Extending intros with loops
  • Extending outros with loops
  • Should I quantize?

5. Adding Effects

6 lessons

The FLX4's effects used how pros use them - which effect, when, and why. Including Smart CFX and Smart Fader.

  • DJing with effects intro
  • Beat FX overview
  • Which Beat FX to use
  • Release FX
  • Smart CFX (Color FX)
  • Beatmixing with Smart Fader

6. The Performance Pads

9 lessons

Where the FLX4 stops being a "decks and mixer" and starts being an instrument you perform on.

  • Performance pads intro
  • Hot cues
  • Saved & active loops
  • Pad FX
  • Beat jump
  • Sampler
  • Keyboard
  • Beat loop
  • Key shift

7. Keymixing & Stems

4 lessons

The pro-level techniques. Mixes that sound musically right, plus instant acapellas and more for mashups on the fly.

  • Keymixing & stems intro
  • How to mix in key
  • Fuzzy keymixing
  • Getting started with stems

8. Example DJ Set Demos

2 lessons

Watch it all come together, then take it further.

  • Example DJ set - the whole course in action to inspire you
  • Annotated DJ set demo, for you to follow along with an copy

Real DJs, real progress

DJs who started exactly where you are

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The three things you need to follow this course.

Your controller

The whole course is filmed on the DDJ-FLX4 controller. Every button we mention is one you have in front of you.

A laptop

Mac or Windows. Rekordbox is free for what you need, and we show you exactly how to set it up.

Headphones & speakers

Anything you can plug into your controller will do to start with.

Sneak peek

Inside the training portal

This isn't a folder of video files. It's our own training platform, built for DJ courses and nothing else.

Mark lessons complete as you go, bookmark the ones you'll want again, ask a question right underneath the video, and get notified the moment a tutor answers.

The FLX4 course inside the Digital DJ Tips training portal
Phil Morse, founder of Digital DJ Tips

Your tutor

Taught by Phil Morse

  • Professional DJ for over 30 years, including residencies and gigs for Ministry of Sound and at Privilege, Ibiza
  • Founder of Digital DJ Tips, the world's largest online DJ school - 50,000 students since 2010
  • Author of Rock The Dancefloor!, a global bestseller in both editions
  • Rekordbox software expert and reviewer of DJ controllers since 2004
"As this is the world's most popular DJ controller, I felt it was important we had a course specially for it. But make no mistake, this is a DJing course. By the end of it, you'll know how to DJ not only on this controller but on anything."

How it works

You're not getting videos. You're joining a school.

Lifetime access, at your pace

Buy it once, keep it forever, on any browser, phone, tablet or laptop. Do it in a weekend or over six months - it's yours either way, and updates are included.

Ask your tutor anything

Every lesson has a question box that reaches a real tutor. Stuck on something at 11pm? Ask. This is the bit YouTube cannot do.

Track your progress

Our unique training portal lets you mark lessons complete, bookmark ones to revisit, and get notified when your questions are answered.

StudentHub and StudentLive

A private community of DJs worldwide, plus optional monthly live classroom sessions with our tutors. Both included.

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Two ways to get the course

Take the FLX4 course on its own, or add the three courses that take you the rest of the way. Both are yours to keep for life.

How To DJ Fast On Your DDJ-FLX4
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How To DJ Fast On Your DDJ-FLX4

Beginner to pro. Everything you need to play great DJ sets on this popular DJ controller.

  • All 50 lessons, yours for life
  • Direct tutor support on every lesson
  • StudentHub community and StudentLive sessions
  • All future updates to the course included
Normal price $197
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The four courses in the Beginner DJ Bundle
4 courses included

Beginner DJ Bundle

The FLX4 course gets you playing. These three take you the rest of the way - proper mixing skills, your software mastered, and your first mixes recorded.

  • How To DJ Fast On Your DDJ-FLX4Everything in the course on the left, all 50 lessons
  • House Mixing MasteryMix house music like the pros
  • Rekordbox Made EasyMove way beyond beginner with your software
  • Pro Mixtape FormulaThe secret to effortless, impressive mix recordings
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That's 3 extra courses, worth $891, for $200 more.

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Every Digital DJ Tips course comes with a cast-iron, no-questions, 12-month money-back guarantee. The rest give you 30 days (or none at all). We give you a full year to work through it and see whether it did what we said it would.

If it didn't, tell us and we'll refund you with a smile. Nobody else offers this, and after 16 years we've never needed to change it.

Before you buy

Everything you wanted to ask

Can't I just learn this on YouTube?

Some of it, eventually. YouTube is fine for fixing things. It's poor at taking you somewhere, because every video assumes something different and nobody tells you what to do next. This is 50 lessons in a specific order, with a tutor you can actually get help from. We've been online almost as long as YouTube has - we know exactly where the difference lies.

I've got a different controller. Is this still for me?

Absolutely. We teach on the DDJ-FLX4 because it's the controller most beginners use. But we're personally happy DJing on anything, and by the end of the course, you will be too. This is a real DJing course that just happens to be taught on the DDJ-FLX4. And remember, you can ask questions at every stage for extra help.

How long will it take me?

The important thing is when you're going to see progress, and the answer to that is almost immediately. Every lesson has something that you can do to move your DJing forward. Quickly, you'll be playing music. In just a few hours you'll be mixing it, and from then on you can build on your skills whenever you've got time. Most DJs feel they're no longer beginners in just a few weeks.

Do I need to buy Rekordbox?

No. The free version does everything this course needs, and your FLX4 unlocks the features that matter. We show you the setup step by step, including linking a streaming service if you use one, and how to use advanced features like stems and keymixing. The whole course is taught on a free version of the software.

Is this too basic if I've DJed before?

No. You may be able to speed through the first module, but from the second module onwards it goes well past beginner level - keymixing, stems, pad modes, controller-specific FX and advanced performance techniques. Plenty of DJs with years behind them find this training fills gaps they didn't even know they had.

What if I get stuck?

Ask. Every lesson has a question box that goes to a real tutor, and you can join the StudentHub community and monthly live sessions for extra encouragement and support. You're not left alone with a video library. Our job isn't finished until you are.

You can DJ properly on your FLX4. This is how to do it - fast.

Fifty lessons, a year to get the results, and real human support when you need it. Start now.

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