Pioneer DDJ-SX - Manual (Page 12)

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3 BACK button
Press:
The cursor moves between the [CRATES] panel and library each time
the button is pressed.
The cursor on the [Files] panel moves to a higher layer.
The cursor on the [Browse] panel moves to the previous category.
[SHIFT] + press:
Switches the Serato DJ layout.
4 LOAD PREPARE (AREA) button
Press:
Loads tracks to the [Prepare] panel.
[SHIFT] + press:
The panel display switches each time the button is pressed.
Panel display off
l Files l Browse l PREPARE l History l
Panel display off.
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.
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 VINYL button
This switches the vinyl mode on/off.
3 NEEDLE SEARCH pad
By touching the pad, you can jump to the desired position in the
track loaded in the deck.
4 TEMPO slider
Use this to adjust the track playing speed.
5 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 but-
ton is pressed.
[±8%] [±16%] [±50%]
Press for over 1 second:
Sets the tempo (BPM) of the currently playing track back to its origi-
nal tempo.
6 TAKEOVER indicator
When decks are switched while the sync function is off, the position
of the controller’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 reference. Slowly move
the [TEMPO] slider in the direction in which the [TAKEOVER] indica-
tor lights. When moved to the position at which the [TAKEOVER]
indicator turns off, the [TEMPO] slider’s position matches the soft-
ware’s tempo (pitch) and the tempo can once again be controlled
with the [TEMPO] slider.
7 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.
8 LOOP 1/2X button
Press:
Select the auto loop beat.
During loop playback, the length of loop playback is split in half each
time this button is pressed.
[SHIFT] + press:
During loop playback, moves the loop to the left by the amount equal
to its length. (Loop Shift)
9 LOOP 2X button
Press:
Select the auto loop beat.
During loop playback, the length of loop playback is doubled each
time this button is pressed.
[SHIFT] + press:
During loop playback, moves the loop to the right by the amount
equal to its length. (Loop Shift)
a 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. (Loop Slot)