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Page 1: ...User Manual The djay interface may vary depending on the operating system being used ...

Page 2: ...RAL FEATURES 6 Decks 6 Mixing 12 Power supply 17 4 INSTALLATION 18 Downloading djay 18 Connecting DJControl Mix to djay 19 Configuring monitoring 21 5 MIXING 24 Selecting two tracks 24 Manual synchronization 26 Adjusting the BPM 27 Phase alignment 29 Transitions 32 ...

Page 3: ...Livening up your mix 33 HOT CUE points 33 Samples SAMPLER 35 Effects FX 36 Loops LOOP 37 Scratching 38 Filters 39 Stutter effect 40 6 OTHER HELPFUL INFORMATION 41 7 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 43 8 FAQ 44 ...

Page 4: ...e stand for smartphone or tablet Speakers headphones DJ splitter cable Quick start guide and warranty conditions When the stand for smartphone or tablet is unfolded do not place weight in excess of 2 2 lb 1 kg on the stand or apply a force greater than 10 newtons ...

Page 5: ...5 2 Technical features Bluetooth LE technology Maximum Bluetooth power 5 mW Bluetooth frequency band 2402 2480 MHz Deck 1 Mixing Deck 2 ...

Page 6: ... with the free version of the djay app for Android and iOS Additional features are available with the paid version of djay djay Pro Decks The features of deck 1 are identical to those of deck 2 1 Tempo fader 2 Touch detecting jog wheel 3 SYNC button 4 CUE button 5 Play Pause button ...

Page 7: ...Move down slows down the track Tempo fader in the middle the track s original speed Jog wheel lets you move within the track modify the track s playback and scratch The action carried out depends on three criteria VINYL mode enabled or disabled track playing or paused the spot where you are touching the jog wheel Top Ring ...

Page 8: ... slow down playback Enabled Pause Top Move quickly within the track Enabled Pause Ring Move slowly within the track Disabled Play Top Speed up or slow down playback Disabled Play Ring Speed up or slow down playback Disabled Pause Top Move quickly within the track Disabled Pause Ring Move slowly within the track ...

Page 9: ...on on the jog wheels when DJControl Mix is connected to an external battery change the battery or put the battery in your pocket SYNC enables or disables automatic synchronization of the BPM values of two tracks or automatic synchronization of the BPM values of two tracks as well as alignment of their beats depending on the settings selected in djay Enabled mode button lit up Disabled mode button ...

Page 10: ... Track paused inserts a CUE point at the spot where the track is stopped Track playing stops playback of the track and moves the progress marker to the CUE point When no CUE point has been set pressing CUE stops playback of the track and moves the progress marker to the beginning of the track CUE PLAY moves the progress marker to the CUE point and plays the track from that point SHIFT CUE plays th...

Page 11: ... set the CUE point Press the CUE button To remove a CUE point pause the track and then in djay tap and hold the SET button for three seconds Play Pause plays or pauses the track Play steady light Pause light that flashes to the rhythm of the track SHIFT Play Pause restarts playback from the CUE point ...

Page 12: ...on 10 MASTER volume main output 11 Bluetooth pairing LED FILTER BASS selection button 12 HEADPHONES volume headphones output 13 Volume control knobs for deck 1 and deck 2 14 Filter bass control knobs FILTER BASS for deck 1 and deck 2 15 Two mode buttons 16 Crossfader 17 Four performance pads ...

Page 13: ...oring deck 1 lets you play the sound from deck 1 on your headphones SHIFT Monitoring deck 1 enables CUE MASTER mode lets you hear the main output on your headphones Monitoring deck 2 lets you play the sound from deck 2 on your headphones SHIFT Monitoring deck 2 enables SPLIT ON OFF mode lets you hear both the track being monitored and the mix being played on the main output on your headphones This...

Page 14: ...ix and your smartphone or tablet Devices connected via Bluetooth technology LED off Devices not connected via Bluetooth technology LED flashes FILTER BASS selection button lets you choose the function of the filter and bass knobs FILTER BASS Filter adjustment enabled LED off Bass adjustment enabled LED on HEADPHONES volume adjusts the volume of the headphones output Volume control knobs for deck 1...

Page 15: ...press HOT CUE SAMPLER press SAMPLER LOOP press SHIFT and SAMPLER at the same time The SAMPLER button flashes when LOOP mode is enabled To disable LOOP mode press SAMPLER Crossfader lets you make a transition between two tracks by increasing the volume of one of the decks while decreasing the volume of the other deck Crossfader all the way to the left you only hear the track on deck 1 Crossfader al...

Page 16: ...pads a pad performs an action HOT CUE mode enabled sets a HOT CUE point in the track LOOP mode enabled plays the track in a loop on 1 or of a beat FX mode enabled enables an effect SAMPLER mode enabled plays a sample ...

Page 17: ...17 Power supply 18 USB C port USB C port lets you connect the DJControl Mix controller to a USB power source USB power adapter or external battery with the included USB C USB A power cable ...

Page 18: ...Android or the App Store on iOS 2 Download and install the djay app by Algoriddim System requirements Android 8 1 or higher iOS 12 2 or higher Bluetooth 4 1 or higher Make sure that you have enough free space on your smartphone or tablet to download the app 280 MB and store music tracks ...

Page 19: ... battery 3 Open the djay app on your smartphone or your tablet 4 If you do not want to upgrade to the paid version of the djay app djay Pro close the pop up window by tapping the X 5 Tap the Dashboard button then tap Settings to access the app s settings 6 Tap MIDI then tap Scan for Bluetooth MIDI Devices Select DJControl Mix 7 The Bluetooth pairing LED turns off Your controller is now connected t...

Page 20: ... external battery and the controller does not power on make sure that the external battery is charged Next press the external battery s power button twice Disable the option to automatically turn off your smartphone or tablet s display before starting a mixing session In Android select Settings Display Screen timeout None or the longest amount of time available In iOS select Settings Display Brigh...

Page 21: ...he speakers headphones DJ splitter cable to the headphones output on your smartphone or tablet 2 In djay tap the Dashboard button then tap Settings to access the app s settings 3 Enable Split output Enable split output for pre cueing with audio adapter 4 Connect your headphones to the green output on the speakers headphones DJ splitter cable and your speakers to the black output 5 When you want to...

Page 22: ...22 Not included Only use wired headphones for monitoring ...

Page 23: ...ed speakers or headphones connected to the headphones output on your smartphone or your tablet Bluetooth speakers or headphones connected to your smartphone or your tablet the speaker built into your smartphone or your tablet Not included You are now ready to mix ...

Page 24: ...rocedure page 19 Selecting two tracks You can select tracks stored on your smartphone or your tablet or tracks available on an online music streaming service SoundCloud and TIDAL in Android or SoundCloud TIDAL Beatport Link and Beatsource Link in iOS In djay the SoundCloud music streaming service offers tracks available free of charge To use an online music streaming service you must be connected ...

Page 25: ...jay tap or on the cover artwork of the track already loaded in the upper right hand part of the screen 2 Select a music source in the drop down menu then select a track 3 Pause the track Formats supported by djay MP3 WAV Ogg AAC For smooth mixes select two tracks with similar BPM values ideally with no more than a difference of 4 BPM between the two tracks and from the same musical genre To automa...

Page 26: ... outgoing track This synchronization or beatmatching then allows you to transition from one track to the other without disrupting the rhythm You can do this manually by using the tempo fader and the jog wheel or automatically with the SYNC button Use a monitoring system to prepare the transition between the two tracks To view the detailed waveform for each of the two tracks display djay in landsca...

Page 27: ... speed By doing so your audience will hear a smooth transition as you switch from one track to the other That BPM value for each track is displayed in djay To adjust the number of beats per minute for the incoming track 1 Move the tempo fader corresponding to the incoming track up to speed it up or down to slow it down so that it is at the same BPM value as that of the outgoing track ...

Page 28: ...e BPM values of both tracks are now identical The musical key of a track changes when the BPM is modified In djay to maintain tracks musical key tap the Key lock buttons The musical note icon then turns blue ...

Page 29: ...rfectly synchronized with one another You will then have to align the phase the beats of both tracks djay displays a 4 beat grid allowing you to view the track s beats The first beat of a bar the main beat is represented by a yellow line The three following beats intermediate beats are each represented by a white line ...

Page 30: ...ming track You can monitor the incoming track by pressing the Monitoring button corresponding to the incoming track 2 If the tracks phases are not perfectly aligned with one another turn the ring of the jog wheel corresponding to the incoming track to align the two tracks The two tracks are aligned when the yellow lines are facing one another ...

Page 31: ...make sure not to move the tempo fader doing so will modify the track s BPM Try to match the first beat of a bar of the incoming track with the first beat of a bar of the outgoing track this technique is known as dropping on the One ...

Page 32: ... move the crossfader from one extreme to the other while increasing the volume of the incoming track and decreasing the volume of the outgoing track When the crossfader has reached its limit the volume of the incoming track must be at the maximum level and the volume of the outgoing track must be at the minimum level 2 Stop playback of the outgoing track and then load a new track on the outgoing t...

Page 33: ...ints can be set per track They stay saved even when the djay app is closed 1 To access HOT CUE mode press HOT CUE The HOT CUE button s light stays lit up 2 To set a HOT CUE point press a pad 3 To play the track from a HOT CUE point press the corresponding pad 4 To remove a HOT CUE point press SHIFT and the pad at the same time HOT CUE point enabled pad lit up HOT CUE point disabled pad not lit up ...

Page 34: ...layed Overview of HOT CUE points on DJControl Mix and in djay Deck 1 Deck 2 djay Pad 1 Red triangle Pad 2 Green triangle Pad 3 Blue triangle Pad 4 Orange triangle In djay it is possible to set four additional HOT CUE points 1 Display djay in landscape format 2 Tap the FX Loop Cue EQ button then tap 3 Select the Cue tab ...

Page 35: ... button s light stays lit up 2 To play a sample press a pad Sample being played pad lit up No sample being played pad not lit up To play a sample you can use the performance pads on both decks In djay three sample packs are available Essentials Hip Hop Vol 4 and House Bass To change sample packs 1 Display djay in landscape format 2 Tap the Looper Sampler button to access the Sampler panel ...

Page 36: ... button flashes 2 To apply an effect press and hold a pad 3 To exit FX mode press HOT CUE Effect applied pad lit up No effect applied pad not lit up To apply an effect you can only use the performance pads corresponding to the deck on which the track is being played In djay it is possible to apply other effects 1 Display djay in landscape format 2 Tap the FX Loop Cue EQ button then tap ...

Page 37: ...the same time The SAMPLER button flashes 2 To apply a loop press a pad 3 To disable a loop press the corresponding pad 4 To exit LOOP mode press SAMPLER Loop enabled pad lit up Loop disabled pad not lit up To apply a loop you can only use the performance pads corresponding to the deck on which the track is being played ...

Page 38: ...oop Cue EQ button then tap Scratching Scratching consists of producing a sound effect from a track by turning the jog wheel 1 To enable the SCRATCH function press the VINYL button The VINYL button s light stays lit up 2 Place your index finger on top of the jog wheel and make small quick movements to the right and to the left You can repeat this scratch multiple times to create a rhythm ...

Page 39: ...o the left o Attenuate the low frequencies known as a high pass filter or low cut filter turn the filter knob FILTER BASS to the right Adjusting the bass Bluetooth pairing light lit up o Decrease the bass turn the filter knob FILTER BASS to the left o Increase the bass turn the filter knob FILTER BASS to the right In djay it is possible to adjust the filter the gain and the equalizer 1 Display dja...

Page 40: ...tton multiple times in succession This combination of buttons lets you restart playback from the CUE point multiple times in succession The more of a stutter effect you want to create the faster you will need to press the Play Pause button Make sure that a CUE point has already been set in the track ...

Page 41: ... bar which is usually when a DJ will start playing the second track This mixing technique is known as dropping on the One and consists of matching the first beat of a bar of the incoming track with the first beat of a bar of the outgoing track The unit used to measure the speed the tempo of a track is the BPM beats per minute It corresponds to the number of beats per minute The higher the BPM valu...

Page 42: ...42 Here are some BPM values for different styles of music Drum and bass 160 190 BPM House 124 130 BPM Hip hop 80 100 BPM Dubstep approximately 140 BPM ...

Page 43: ...ay technical support and online help https help algoriddim com hc Royalty free music tracks that you can download free of charge https www hercules com music DJ Academy by Hercules https www hercules com dj academy Hercules DJ glossary https www hercules com dj glossary Available in English only Available in English French German Dutch Italian Spanish Portuguese simplified Chinese and traditional ...

Page 44: ...onnected to your smartphone or your tablet Make sure that the volume for your headphones is not set to zero Verify the monitoring settings By default monitoring of the two virtual decks is enabled the first time that the app starts up You can then choose to listen to one of the decks or the master output on your headphones In djay if you want to monitor the next track to be played make sure that t...

Page 45: ...d to your smartphone or your tablet Make sure that the volume for your speakers is not set to zero Verify the monitoring settings By default monitoring of the two virtual decks is enabled the first time that the app starts up You can then choose to listen to one of the decks or the master output on your headphones In djay if you want to monitor the next track to be played make sure that the Split ...

Page 46: ...bled Make sure that the volume for your headphones and your speakers is not set to zero 4 My controller won t power on Make sure that the controller is properly connected to the external battery or to the USB cable for the power adapter Make sure that the external battery is charged If you are using an external battery press the external battery s power button twice Not included ...

Page 47: ...ereo mini jack to your device s data port For example Apple Lightning to 3 5mm Headphone Jack Adapter Apple MMX62AM Samsung USB C to 3 5mm Headphone Jack Adapter Samsung EE UC10JUWEGUS Belkin RockStar adapters allowing you to connect a charger to your smartphone or tablet while playing the device s audio at the same time o 3 5mm Audio Charge RockStar Lightning Adapter Belkin F8J212btWHT o RockStar...

Page 48: ...or connected to the headphones output adapter Most Bluetooth speakers have some latency even when using a wired connection Multimedia speakers without a Bluetooth feature do not have any latency 7 I have to pair DJControl Mix again every time my smartphone or tablet s display turns off Is that normal Yes this is due to the way that Bluetooth LE technology works which is used for pairing in the app...

Page 49: ...49 TECHNICAL SUPPORT https support hercules com ...

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