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Deck section
This section is used to control the four decks. The buttons and controls for operating
decks 1 and 3 are located on the left side of the controller, those for operating decks
2 and 4 are located on the right side of the controller.
CUE LOOP SAVED LOOP SLICER LOOP
VELOCITY SAMPLER
SLOT
SAVE
START
FLIP
REC
LOOP ON/OFF
4 BEAT
SYNC OFF
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1 Jog dial
Turn top:
When the vinyl mode is on, the scratch operation is possible.
When the vinyl mode is off, the pitch bend operation (adjustment of the playing
speed) is possible.
Turn outer section:
The pitch bend operation (adjustment of the playing speed) is possible.
[SHIFT] + Turn top:
The playback position skips in sync with the beat. (Skip mode)
! The skip mode cannot be used with tracks for which no beatgrid is set. For
details on setting beatgrids, see the Serato DJ software manual.
2 NEEDLE SEARCH pad
By touching the pad, you can jump to the desired position in the track loaded in the deck.
3 TEMPO slider
Use this to adjust the track playing speed.
4 KEY LOCK button
Press:
Turns the key lock function on and off.
When the key lock function is on, the key does not change even when the playing
speed is changed with the [TEMPO] slider.
The sound is digitally processed, so the sound quality decreases.
[SHIFT] + press:
The [TEMPO] slider’s range of variation switches each time the button is pressed.
±8% ±16% ±50%
Press for over 1 second:
Sets the tempo (BPM) of the currently playing track back to its original tempo.
5 Takeover indicator
When decks are switched while the sync function is off, the position of the control-
ler’s [TEMPO] slider may not match the software’s tempo (pitch). To regain control
of the tempo from the controller, adjust using the [TAKEOVER] indicator as refer-
ence. Slowly move the [TEMPO] slider in the direction in which the [TAKEOVER]
indicator lights. When moved to the position at which the [TAKEOVER] indicator
turns off, the [TEMPO] slider’s position matches the software’s tempo (pitch) and
the tempo can once again be controlled with the [TEMPO] slider.
6 AUTO LOOP button
Press:
Turns the auto looping mode on and off.
! During loop playback, this operation cancels looping.
[SHIFT] + press:
Switches looping between active and non-active. (Loop Active)
! Even if looping is active, if there is no playback position in that loop, loop
playback is not performed.
! When the playback position enters the active loop, loop playback starts.
! During loop playback, this operation cancels looping.
7 LOOP 1/2X button
Press:
Select the auto loop beat.
Halves the loop playback length.
[SHIFT] + press:
During loop playback, moves the loop to the left by the amount equal to its
length. (Loop Shift)
8 LOOP 2X button
Press:
Select the auto loop beat.
Doubles the loop playback length.
[SHIFT] + press:
During loop playback, moves the loop to the right by the amount equal to its
length. (Loop Shift)
9 LOOP IN button
Press:
Loop In Point is set.
When this button is pressed during loop playback, the loop in point can be fine-
adjusted using the jog dial.
[SHIFT] + press:
The loop slot switches.
When loops are stored in loop slots ahead of time, they can be called out later.
! Up to eight loops can be set in the loop slots.
! When you select the number of the loop slot at which you want to store the
loop then set a loop, the loop is automatically stored.
! When a new loop is set after a loop has been stored, the loop is overwritten
and the slot is updated.
! When the number of the loop slot whose loop you want to call out is selected
and the [LOOP OUT] button is pressed while pressing the [SHIFT] button
(reloop), playback of the stored loop starts.
Press for over 1 second:
Turns the auto 4-beat loop on.
a LOOP OUT button
Press:
The loop out point is set, and loop playback begins.
When this button is pressed during loop playback, the loop out point can be fine-
adjusted using the jog dial.
[SHIFT] + press:
Cancels loop playback. (Loop Exit)
After loop playback is canceled, playback returns to the previously set loop in
point and loop playback resumes. (Reloop)
b FLIP SLOT button
c FLIP REC button
d FLIP START button
Allows you to record or call sequences such as HOT CUE operation.
This function (Serato Flip) needs to be activated before it can be used.
For details, visit the Pioneer DJ support site below.
http://pioneerdj.com/support/
e HOT CUE mode button
Press:
Sets the hot cue mode.
[SHIFT] + press:
Sets the cue loop mode.
Press for over 1 second:
Turns the quantize on/off.
f ROLL mode button
Press:
Sets the roll mode.
[SHIFT] + press:
Sets the saved loop mode.
g SLICER mode button
Press:
Sets the slicer mode.
[SHIFT] + press:
Sets the slicer loop mode.
!
To cancel the slicer mode and slicer loop mood, press any of the [ROLL]
mode, [SAMPLER] mode or [HOT CUE] mode button.