Pioneer DDJ-SB - Manual (Page 14)

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Applied Operation
The descriptions from this point on are for functions not described in
the Serato DJ Intro software manual that are specifically for when this
unit and Serato DJ Intro are used in combination.
Using the performance pads
There are four modes for the DDJ-SB’s performance pads.
Pad mode
These control the hot cue, auto loop, manual loop and sampler
functions.
These functions are switched using the respective pad mode buttons
(the [HOT CUE] mode button, [AUTO LOOP] mode button, [MANUAL
LOOP] mode button and [SAMPLER] mode button).
Using hot cues
With this function, playback can be started instantaneously from the
position at which a hot cue is set.
! Up to four hot cue points can be set and saved per track.
1 Press the [HOT CUE] mode button.
The [HOT CUE] mode button lights and the hot cue mode is set.
2 In the play or pause mode, press a performance pad
to set the hot cue point.
The hot cue points are assigned to the respective performance pads as
shown below.
Hot cue1 Hot cue2 Hot cue3 Hot cue4
3 Press the performance pad at which the hot cue point
was set.
Playback starts from the hot cue point.
! Set hot cue points can be cleared by pressing a performance pad
while pressing the [SHIFT] button.
Using auto loops
Use this procedure to set loops of 1, 2, 4 or 8 beats based on the track’s
BPM.
1 Press the [AUTO LOOP] mode button.
The [AUTO LOOP] mode button lights, and the unit switches to the auto
loop mode.
2 Press a performance pad during playback to turn the
auto loop on.
The auto loop beats are assigned to the respective pads as shown below.
1 beat 2 beats 4 beats 8 beats
3 Press the performance pad again to turn the auto
loop off.
Using manual loops
Use this procedure to set loops manually.
1 Press the [MANUAL LOOP] mode button.
The [MANUAL LOOP] mode button lights, and the unit switches to the
manual loop mode.
2 During playback, press performance pad 1 to set the
loop in point.
Loop
in
Loop
out
Cancel
loop
Adjust
loop
length
3 During playback, press performance pad 2 to set the
loop out point.
Manual looping between the loop in point and the loop out point starts.
4 Press performance pad 3 during manual loop
playback to cancel manual looping.
! When performance pad 3 is pressed during playback after canceling
manual loop playback, playback returns to the previously set loop in
point and manual loop playback resumes.
 Switching the length of manual loops
! When performance pad 4 is pressed during manual loop playback,
the manual loop playback length is cut in half each time the pad is
pressed.
! When performance pad 4 is pressed while pressing the [SHIFT] but-
ton during manual loop playback, the manual loop playback length is
doubled each time the pad is pressed.
 Fine-adjusting the length of manual loops
! When performance pad 1 is pressed during manual loop playback,
the jog dial can be used to fine-adjust the loop in point.
— When performance pad 1 is pressed again, the fine-adjustment
mode is canceled and manual loop playback resumes.
! When performance pad 2 is pressed during manual loop playback,
the jog dial can be used to fine-adjust the loop out point.
— When performance pad 2 is pressed again, the fine-adjustment
mode is canceled and manual loop playback resumes.
Using the sampler function
This procedure can be used to play tracks loaded in the sampler’s sam-
pler slots using the performance pads.
1 Click [Samples] on the computer screen to open the
[Samples] panel on the computer screen.
2 Press the [SAMPLER] mode button.
The [SAMPLER] mode button lights and the mode switches to the sam-
pler mode.
3 Operating the mouse on the computer’s screen, drag
and drop tracks to load them into the [Samples] panel’s
slots.
The sampler settings and loaded tracks are saved.
4 Press a performance pad.
The sound for the slot assigned to the pad that was pressed is played.
Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4
! When a performance pad is pressed while pressing the [SHIFT] but-
ton, the sound of the slot that is currently playing stops.