User manual PIONEER DDJ-SB

[. . . ] DJ Controller DDJ-SB http://pioneerdj. com/support/ http://serato. com/ The Pioneer DJ support site shown above offers FAQs, information on software and various other types of information and services to allow you to use your product in greater comfort. For the latest version of the Serato DJ Intro software, access Serato. com and download the software from there. Operating Instructions Contents How to read this manual ! Thank you for buying this Pioneer product. Be sure to read both this leaflet and Read Before Use (Important)/ Quick Start Guide!Both documents include important information that you must understand before using this product. For instructions on obtaining the Serato DJ Intro software’s manual, see Acquiring the manual (p. 20). [. . . ] Click [Yes] to close. Position Center Center Moved forward Turned fully counterclockwise 2 Disconnect the USB cable from your computer. En 13 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 manual loops Use this procedure to set loops manually. 1 Press the [MANUAL LOOP] mode button. Using the performance pads There are four modes for the DDJ-SB’s performance pads. The [MANUAL LOOP] mode button lights, and the unit switches to the manual loop mode. 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). 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. 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. 4 Press performance pad 3 during manual loop playback to cancel manual looping. 1 Press the [HOT CUE] mode button. The [HOT CUE] mode button lights and the hot cue mode is set. ! 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. 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.  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] button during manual loop playback, the manual loop playback length is doubled each time the pad is pressed. Hot cue1 Hot cue2 Hot cue3 Hot cue4  Fine-adjusting the length of manual loops 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. ! 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 auto loops Use this procedure to set loops of 1, 2, 4 or 8 beats based on the track’s BPM. Using the sampler function This procedure can be used to play tracks loaded in the sampler’s sampler slots using the performance pads. 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 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 sampler mode. 1 beat 2 beats 4 beats 8 beats 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. 3 Press the performance pad again to turn the auto loop off. 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] button, the sound of the slot that is currently playing stops. 14 En Using effects Serato DJ Intro includes two effect units, FX1 and FX2. Three effects per effect unit can be selected for the respective units. Effect unit FX1 is applied to deck 1, effect unit FX2 is to deck 2. Operating the three effects simultaneously The explanation below describes operation of three effects simultaneously as an example. Note that the procedure described in this manual is just one example; operation is also possible using other procedures. Serato DJ Intro effects unit screen display When [DJ-FX] on the computer screen is clicked, the [DJ-FX] panel is displayed on the computer screen. Example of operation 1 Set the effect level to 0 % (control turned all the way counterclockwise). 2 While gradually raising the effect level, turn the second effect on. 4 Raise the effect level to 100 % (control turned all the way clockwise). Finally, turn all three effects off. 1 1 1 2 Applied Operation 3 4 1 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 This displays the effect type. This displays the effect’s level. This unit’s effect level controls control the levels of all three of Serato DJ Intro’s effects simultaneously. This unit can be used to control up to three effects simultaneously. FX1 1 SELECT Effect level LEVEL BEATS 3 SELECT 1 2 3 4 2 SELECT Operating effects The explanation below describes operation of the first effect for effect unit FX1 as an example. Note that the procedure described in this manual is just one example; operation is also possible using other procedures. 1 ON ON ON FX1 2 SELECT LEVEL BEATS 3 SELECT SELECT 1 Select the effect type. ON FX1 1 SELECT LEVEL BEATS 3 SELECT 2 SELECT Press the effect 1 button while pressing the [SHIFT] button to select the type of the first effect. Press the effect 2 button while pressing the [SHIFT] button to select the type of the second effect. Press the effect 3 button while pressing the [SHIFT] button to select the type of the third effect. 1 Press the effect 1 button while pressing the [SHIFT] button to select the type of the first effect. The effect type is displayed on the Serato DJ Intro screen. 2 Operate an effect level control to adjust the effect level. In this example of operation, the effect level control is set at the fully counterclockwise (0 %) position. 3 Press the effect 1 button to turn the first effect on. The first effect turns on. 2 Operate an effect level control to adjust the effect level. The positions of all three effect level controls on the Serato DJ Intro screen move simultaneously. ! The positions of the effect level controls cannot be moved individually. 4 Operate an effect level control to adjust the effect level. Turn the effect level control gradually clockwise to raise the effect level. [. . . ] ! Intel and Intel Core are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U. S. ! Serato DJ Intro, Scratch Live, ITCH and Serato DJ are registered trademarks of Serato. The names of companies and products mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. This product has not been licensed for commercial purposes (for profit-making use), such as broadcasting (terrestrial, satellite, cable or other types of broadcasting), streaming on the Internet, Intranet (a corporate network) or other types of networks or distributing of electronic information (online digital music distribution service). [. . . ]