Numark Industries DDS80 - Manual (Page 5)

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DDS CONSOLE FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW
1. POWER BUTTON – Press to power on. To
power off, press and hold for two seconds.
2. LCD SCREEN – Split into three sections:
Deck A and B sections are shown in the top
left and top right. Menus and content
information are displayed underneath.
3. PUSH SELECT – This knob is used to
navigate Library lists and menus on the
LCD. Twisting scrolls through menus;
pushing enters submenus.
4. LIBRARY – Main menu. Switch between
connected USB devices via function keys
or by pressing F10 on the keyboard.
Browse your music library via Tracks,
Artists, Albums etc. Playlists can be
created on D2 or imported from disk.
Navigate disk content directly by selecting
the Files menu item.
5. CRATE – The central workspace for your
set. Add tracks or albums ’to Crate’, then
press the CRATE BUTTON. To change the
running order: Press PUSH SELECT to
pick up, twist to reorder, push again to
drop. Pull tracks off the decks to save for
later. Remove one or clear all of the tracks.
Your Crate can accept tracks from all
connected USB drives.
6. UTILITY – System preferences can be set,
including display brightness, pitch slider
calibration and settings restoration. Check
here that the software version is up to date.
7. VIEW – See track information and visual
profiles. To create profiles, use the
Librarian software which can be found on
the DDS Drive (also available from
http://www.numark.com).
8. < and > PAGE BUTTONS – These two
buttons can access extra functions when
available; shown by arrow pointers
appearing in the lower corners of the
screen.
9. FUNCTION BUTTONS – These four
buttons select the available menu options
displayed above them. Depending on the
menu that you are viewing, the functionality
of these buttons will change. Use them to
load tracks for playback: With a track
highlighted, choose a side (or deck) to play
on, then load either ’to A’ or ’to B’ using
these buttons.
10. PLAY/STUTTER – Starts the music loaded
on the corresponding deck. Press this
button again while the music is playing to
jump back to the last set cue point, creating
a ’stutter’ effect.
11. PAUSE – Pauses playback. Press and hold
the PAUSE button for one second while
paused to return to the beginning of the
track.
12. CUE – Returns to the last set cue point
(defaults to start) and pauses. The cue
point is set at the position where
PLAY/STUTTER is pressed. Audition by
pressing and holding down the CUE button
while paused at the cue point. Edit the cue
point by spinning the JOG WHEEL to a
new position while paused, then pressing
PLAY.
13. JOG WHEEL – This wheel can be used for
pitchbending, scratching, cueing and
searching through the music playing on the
corresponding deck. The behavior of the
wheel is determined by the two
accompanying buttons: SCRATCH and
SEARCH.
In normal operation the JOG WHEEL
functions as a pitch bender while playing.
Pitch bending temporarily speeds up
(clockwise) or slows down
(counterclockwise) the music.
14. SCRATCH – While activated, jogging the
wheel creates a ’scratch’ effect.
15. SEARCH – While activated, spinning the
JOG WHEEL seeks backwards and
forwards through a track. Leaving the
wheel untouched for eight seconds
deactivates this mode.
16. PITCH SLIDER – Adjusts the pitch and
tempo of the track on the deck.
17. PITCH BUTTON – Pressing this button will
cycle through pitch ranges of ±0%, ±6%,
±12%, ±25% and 100%/+ 25%. The range
will temporarily appear in the top left of the
deck display.
18. TAP – Press this button in time with the
beat to set the Beatkeeper™. The BPM will
appear in the top right of the deck display.
Holding the button for one second will reset
the Beatkeeper™.