In DJ Tutorial 211, I walk you through how I physically connect the Pioneer DJ DDJ-FLX10 to my laptop and get it talking to Rekordbox DJ (v6.0, v7.0, or later). I start with a quick cable overview—power (two-part adapter), USB‑C to USB‑C, headphones (I prefer the 1/4-inch jack), mic input (XLR for Mic 1), and your main audio out to speakers (I demo RCA, but you’ve also got XLR). Then I power up the unit, open Rekordbox, and do the first real “are we in business?” audio test. The big takeaway: if Rekordbox isn’t seeing the FLX10, it’s usually not magic—it’s drivers/firmware and routing. I show exactly where to go on PioneerDJ.com to download the audio driver and check/update firmware (I updated from 1.13 to 1.14). After that, you may still need to set your audio device inside Rekordbox Preferences > Audio and select the DDJ‑FLX10 so the sound routes out to your speakers. Once that’s done, you load a track, hit play, and you’re up and running—no marketing fluff, just the real setup steps that actually fix the problem.