
USING DJ SOFTWARE
55
En
English
For DJS:
Cont
r
ol can be
p
e
r
fo
r
med while viewing the cente
r
dis
p
lay’s
BROWSE, MIX, and EFFECT sc
r
eens. Fo
r
details of actual
o
p
e
r
ation, consult the cha
p
te
r
on “Mani
p
ulato
r
Style”
o
p
e
r
ation of the MEP-7000 DJS Cont
r
ol Guide (PDF file on
accesso
r
y CD-ROM).
USING MIDI FOR COMPUTER CONTROL
MIDI (Musical Inst
r
ument Digital Inte
r
face) is a standa
r
dized
pr
otocol used to gove
r
n data t
r
ansmission between elect
r
onic
musical inst
r
uments and com
p
ute
r
s.
The MEP-7000 uses the MIDI message fo
r
mat to out
p
ut its
o
p
e
r
ating data and status to a com
p
ute
r
connected by USB cable.
By using a DJ softwa
r
e
pr
og
r
am with USB MIDI su
pp
o
r
t to assign
the MIDI messages out
p
ut by the MEP-7000, the MEP-7000 can be
used to cont
r
ol the DJ softwa
r
e.
Fo
r
mo
r
e info
r
mation
r
ega
r
ding messages out
p
ut by the MEP-
7000, consult the section “MIDI MESSAGE TABLE” (P. 57).
Control in “Normal Style”
1
Connect to the computer.
When the USB connection with the com
p
ute
r
is
pr
o
p
e
r
ly
established, the BROWSE sc
r
een’s [
PC
] icon will change to
active dis
p
lay.
2
Start the DJ software program.
The icon will not change.
3
Designate the MEP-7000 as an audio output device in the DJ
software.
In “No
r
mal style”, designating the MEP-7000 as an audio
out
p
ut device will enable it to out
p
ut t
r
acks
p
layed f
r
om the DJ
softwa
r
e. Consult you
r
su
pp
o
r
ted DJ softwa
r
e’s inst
r
uction
manual fo
r
details
r
ega
r
ding how to designate the MEP-7000
as an audio out
p
ut device.
4
Select [PC] on the BROWSE screen.
When communication is established with the DJ softwa
r
e, the
cente
r
dis
p
lay’s BROWSE sc
r
een will indicate the com
p
ute
r
cont
r
ol status. While the BROWSE sc
r
een is dis
p
layed, the
cente
r
dis
p
lay out
p
uts MIDI messages that enable o
p
e
r
ation of
the DJ softwa
r
e by using the
r
ota
r
y selecto
r
dial and select u
p
(
) and down (
) buttons.
5
Press LOAD A (or B) button.
When the
LOAD A
(o
r
LOAD B
) button is
pr
essed, cont
r
olle
r
A
(o
r
B) MIDI messages a
r
e out
p
ut, allowing use of the cont
r
olle
r
to o
p
e
r
ate the DJ softwa
r
e. Du
r
ing DJ softwa
r
e o
p
e
r
ation, the
cont
r
olle
r
a
pp
ea
r
s highlighted in the BROWSE sc
r
een.
MEMO
• While the UTILITY sc
r
een is being dis
p
layed on the cente
r
dis
p
lay, the cente
r
dis
p
lay’s buttons and
r
ota
r
y selecto
r
dial
cannot be used to cont
r
ol DJ softwa
r
e.
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