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Once you have connected all your cables, you can turn the MDJ-600’s power on by pressing the POWER (1) button. Pressing the button 
again will turn the unit off.

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CUE

 

Shows the position of hot cue points

AUTOCUE 

This appears when auto cue has been enabled in settings

TRACK NUMBER 

This indicates the track number, and the remaining tracks in 
the current folder

INFORMATION DISPLAY SECTION

The large waveform, beat grid, and loop area is shown here.  
When in browse mode, a list of songs is shown

TRACK NAME 

Track name and other song data is shown here

TIME DISPLAY

Remaining or Elapsed time is shown here in minutes, 
seconds, and frames (75 frames per second)

KEYLOCK

 

This appears when the keylock is engaged.

BPM

 

Displays the BPM of the track currently loaded

TEMPO 

Displays the current position of the pitch fader

RANGE

 

Indicates the range in which the tempo can be adjusted

WAVE DISPLAY

 

This displays the full song wave display.  The white line 
indicates the current position of the track, while blue markers 
show hotcues and a green waveform highlight indicates a 
stored loop.

PROGRESS BAR

Indicates the progress of the current playing song.  When 
elapsed time is displayed the left edge of the graph lights 
green to show how much of the song has elapsed. When 
remaining time is displayed the right side of the graph lights 
green to show the remaining time.

OTHER SCREEN MESSAGES –

• MSD READ ONLY –

 Indicates that the inserted media is not 

writable.

• SLIP ON/OFF – 

Tells you when the Slip feature is active

• LOOP ROLL ON / OFF – 

Lets you know when the Loop Roll 

feature is on or off.

• EMERGENCY LOOP –

 When the Emergency Loop feature 

is enabled in Settings, this will let you know when an 
Emergency Loop is active.

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Summary of Contents for MDJ-600

Page 1: ...Please read the manual carefully before operation WWW GEMINISOUND COM MDJ 600 PROFESSIONAL ME DIA C ON TROL L E R USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...roduct is equipped with a three wire grounding type plug a plug having a third grounding pin it will only fit into a grounding type power outlet This is a safely feature If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding type plug POWER CORD PROTECTION Power supply cords should be routed so...

Page 3: ... low setting Slowly increase the sound until you can hear it comfortably and clearly and without distortion Once you have established a comfortable sound level set the dial and leave it there Taking a minute to do this now will help to prevent hearing damage or loss in the future After all we want you listening for a lifetime Used wisely your new sound equipment will provide a lifetime of fun and ...

Page 4: ...III AAC 16 bit 44 1 kHz stereo AAC Core AAC Plus AAC Plus v2 AIFF 16 bit 44 1 kHz stereo Supported file systems on USB Storage Devices include FAT FAT32 HFS NTFS When placed in MIDI mode the MDJ 600 can send MIDI data from the buttons and dials to a computer to control the parameters and playback controls of DJ software The audio playback from the computer can also be output from the MDJ 600 Befor...

Page 5: ...Loop Auto Loop 1 Beat Manual Loop IN Auto Loop 4 Beat Manual Loop OUT 4 3 LCD Screen Loop 2 Reloop Exit Loop x 2 Loop Roll Tempo Slider Slip Mode Pitch bend Range BPM Mode Keylock Autocue BPM Tap Lock BPM Vinyl Quantize MIDI Select USB select Eject Media 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 24 Track Search Beat Grid Beat Offset 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 1 9 13 14 15 16 17...

Page 6: ...ectors into any available line input jacks on your mixer If you are connecting the MDJ 600 through a receiver you can plug the RCA connectors into the CD AUX INPUT JACKS on your receiver If there are no CD or AUX INPUTS use any line level not phono inputs USB Plug in the USB cable into the USB OUT B on the rear panel Plug the other end of the USB cable into any available USB port on your computer ...

Page 7: ...e BPM of the track currently loaded TEMPO Displays the current position of the pitch fader RANGE Indicates the range in which the tempo can be adjusted WAVE DISPLAY This displays the full song wave display The white line indicates the current position of the track while blue markers show hotcues and a green waveform highlight indicates a stored loop PROGRESS BAR Indicates the progress of the curre...

Page 8: ... eject the USB drive press CD or MIDI and remove the USB storage device NOTE Before powering off the MDJ 600 it s a good idea to remove any connected USB storage device The MDJ 600 is equipped with a tray load CD mechanism that will hold both 12cm and 8cm CDs To load a CD press the EJECT button 28 to open the tray Place your CD into the tray and press EJECT again to close the CD tray Turning the b...

Page 9: ...se or lower the pitch from the existing pitch setting Releasing the buttons will return the pitch to the original setting The tempo increases when the pitch slider 19 is moved towards the user down and decreases when moved away from the user up The rate at with the playing speed is changed is indicated on the LCD display Pressing shift and pitch bend 21 toggles the range between 4 8 16 24 50 and 1...

Page 10: ...en the loop is active Auto beat loops are set based on current BPM of track AUTO LOOP ROLL Press shift and the x2 button 18 to activate loop roll mode Press and hold any of the AUTO LOOP buttons to set a loop to your desired length with slip mode activated Release to exit the loop and turn off slip mode VINYL MODE Pressing the VINYL 24 button enables VINYL mode Enabling VINYL mode allows scratchin...

Page 11: ...ows you to zoom into the waveform of the selected track To cycle through the available views hold the shift button 4 and press the REV button 7 Multiple presses will toggle through different zoom levels TIME FORMAT TIME FORMAT toggles the display between ELAPSED or REMAINING time This feature can either be accessed by holding shift and pressing the TRACK SEARCH button 6 or through the SETTINGS men...

Page 12: ...ess SETTTINGS 9 Scroll down to the entry called MIDI CHANNEL Press the browse knob to select that entry then turn the browse knob to select the desired channel 0 15 are available Once you ve selected the correct MIDI channel press the BACK button to exit Settings NOTE In Settings the MIDI channels are presented in hexadecimal If your software defines the MIDI channel in decimal just add 1 so if Se...

Page 13: ...Channel Vinyl Mode On Off Turns Vinyl scratch mode on or off Platter Nudge 1 2 3 4 5 Determines platter nudge sensitivity Load Settings from MSD Loads stored settings off mass storage device Save Settings to MSD Save setings to mass storage device Reset Settings Reset settings to default values Software Version Current software version Exit Exit the menu Settings are stored and loaded from the USB...

Page 14: ...5 Bad disk ERR E 1007 Incorrect processing MIDI ERRORS If the computer does not recognize the device try powering the unit off and rebooting the computer If the DJ software does not list the device ensure that you are using the latest version by downloading any updates to your DJ software If the MDJ 600 mapping does not appear in your DJ software s list go to geminisound com for downloads and supp...

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Page 16: ...is manual may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic electrical mechanical optical chemical including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the express written permission of Innovative Concepts and Design LLC It is recommended that all maintenance and service on this product is performed by nnovative Concepts and Design LLC or ...

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