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Before
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Before start
Features
The unit is a DJ system integrating a DJ player and DJ mixer in a single
unit and carrying over the high operability of Pioneer’s DJ products —
the world standard for club equipment. You can play it like a real DJ
using the music stored on your USB device or computer.
rekordbox(Mac/Windows)/rekordbox(iOS/
Android)
The downloadable, free music management software or smartphone
application rekordbox can be used to manage (analysis, settings,
creation, history storage) music files on computers or mobile devices.
Using music files managed with rekordbox in combination with the unit
makes it possible to achieve outstanding DJ performances.
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The rekordbox version for Mac/Windows is described in this manual,
as rekordbox (Mac/Windows) and the rekordbox version for mobile
devices as rekordbox (iOS/Android). rekordbox is used to simultane-
ously indicate the editions of rekordbox (Mac/Windows) and rekord-
box (iOS/Android), and to indicate the rekordbox function.
USB EXPORT
rekordbox music files and management data can be exchanged using a
USB device.
rekordbox LINK Export
When the unit and the computer are connected by LAN cable, the
rekordbox music files and management data can be directly transferred,
which can eliminate the need to export them to a USB device. The unit
and the computer can also be connected wirelessly using a wireless
LAN router (or wireless LAN access point).
SOUND CARD
The unit is equipped with a MIDI interface. It also has a built-in sound
card, allowing simple connections to other devices.
DISPLAY
The unit has a color LCD that is as big as 7-inches. When selecting
sound tracks, you can view not only the text data, but also the jacket pho-
tos corresponding to that track. The combination of an easy-to under-
stand GUI display of music files and an easy-to-operate rotary selector
lets you select tracks without stress. The unit also simultaneously dis-
plays zoomable enlarged waveforms of the track on two decks. Playing
status and SYNC status of each deck can be checked instantly.
USB REC
Sound played on this unit during DJ performances can easily be
recorded on USB devices (flash memory devices, etc.). The recorded
sound can also be played on this unit.
BEAT SYNC
This function can be used to automatically synchronize the tempo (BPM)
and beat positions on the left and right decks based on the track’s beat
grid information as analyzed with rekordbox. Genuine beat mixing is eas-
ily possible without moving the [
TEMPO
] sliders.
HOT CUE
The unit is equipped with a hot cue function for starting playback instan-
taneously from cue points that have been set in advance by simply press-
ing a button.
Four hot cues can be set per deck.
AUTO BEAT LOOP
Based on the BPM of tracks, this function loop-plays the tracks by auto-
matically setting the loop out point.
LOOP SLICE
It divides a loop into 4 sections, and has a loop slice function which can
repeatedly play the divided sections.
QUANTIZE
The unit is equipped with a Quantize function letting you set points on
beat for tracks analyzed with rekordbox, even if buttons are pressed
roughly. When setting auto loop beats and beat effects, the points are
automatically set to the beat nearest the position at which the button
was pressed. With this unit, accurate, on-beat performances are pos-
sible without breaking the rhythm of the currently playing sound even
when using hot cues and other functions during playback.
SLIP MODE
It has a sleep mode function which continues to play back the tracks in
background during the Loop/Reverse/Scratch/Hot Cue/Loop Slice/Pause
operations. This enables innovative DJ performances without changing
the track’s development, even after Loop/Reverse/Scratch/Hot Cue/Loop
Slice/Pause.
BEAT EFFECTS
The unit is equipped with eight types of BEAT EFFECTS that have been
well-received in the DJM series. Various renderings can be achieved by
using effects in conjunction with BPM.
SOUND COLOR FX
The unit is equipped with four effects allowing the sound to be changed
in various ways. The mood of the sound can be easily modified, by simply
pressing a button and turning the control.
3-BAND ISOLATOR
This unit is equipped with a 3-band equalizer allowing the volume of
the high, medium and low frequency ranges to be adjusted separately.
Not only can the tone be adjusted to your tastes, the sound for a certain
range can be turned completely off by turning the control all the way
counterclockwise (isolator function).
STANDARD LAYOUT
The unit carries over the control panel layout of the Pioneer CDJ/DJM
series, the world standard for DJ units. It can be used just like a DJ
equipment that is permanently installed in the club.
