AlphaTheta XDJ-AZ: All Your Questions Answered

Phil Morse | Founder & Tutor
Read time: 10 mins
Last updated 30 October, 2024

It’s fair to say that we haven’t seen as much excitement and interest around a DJ equipment launch as we have around the AlphaTheta XDJ-AZ for a long, long time. It also goes to say then that it’s been quite awhile since we’ve had this many questions about any DJ gear launch from our students.

So as a service to our students and the wider community (and to save us having to answer these questions again and again in our forums and courses quite so much), we’ve gathered the most popular questions for you here.

You can see them in video format and written. The video’s especially useful because we answered questions from students and subscribers as we went along, and there are many more hints, tips, clarifications, and even a couple of corrections that you can find in the comments, too.

Watch the show


This is the XDJ-XZ2 DJs have been clamouring for, and it could be the last DJ system you ever need to buy. Find out if it’s the right fit for your style of DJing in this full video review.

I want one / I’ve ordered one / I’ve got one. And now I want to know how to use it properly. Do you have any training on this?

Yes, happily, we do. For all major DJ gear releases, we release our extremely popular video manual and training tutorial courses that teach every single feature and demonstrate how to use it. In even better news, these are always completely free, and you’ll find them on our YouTube channel.

We’re currently preparing the training for this unit, but you can pre-register your interest by clicking this link, and then when it’s ready, we’ll let you know. Again, it’s at no cost to you.

Further training

While the training tutorial and video manual will help you understand your unit, there’s a big difference between understanding your hardware and being able to DJ properly with it. So if you’re brand new to DJing and this is your first unit, or you’re returning to DJing after a break and want to get bang up to speed with how it’s done today, then you should consider investing in our Complete DJ Course alongside the free training tutorial for this exact model. The Complete DJ Course has helped tens of thousands of DJs get up to speed with how DJing is done today and is a phenomenal investment in your DJing.

Finally, if you’re interested in using this unit as a Rekordbox software controller or as a Serato software controller, or you just want to learn more about the bigger Rekordbox platform that it lives within, then we have courses for both of those programs too, called Rekordbox Made Easy and Serato Made Easy. Click the links to check all of these out in our courses area.

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