
BASIC CONTROLLER OPERATIONS
36
En
CHANGING THE PLAY SPEED
Tempo adjustment
Slide the TEMPO adjust slider forward or back.
When moved towa
r
d the f
r
ont (+), the tem
p
o becomes faste
r
,
and when moved away f
r
om you towa
r
d the
r
ea
r
(–), the tem
p
o
becomes slowe
r
.
• The amount (%) of tem
p
o change is shown in the dis
p
lay.
• The tem
p
o of the
p
iece can be changed even while
maintaining the same musical
p
itch; see “APPLYING A
MASTER TEMPO”.
Pitch bend
P
r
ess the
PITCH BEND
(+) button to inc
r
ease the
p
layback
s
p
eed, and
pr
ess the (–) button to slow the
p
layback s
p
eed.
Selecting a tempo adjust range
Press the TEMPO control range button.
Each time the button is
pr
essed, the va
r
iable
r
ange of the
TEMPO
adjust slide
r
changes (±6 %/±10 %/±16 %/WIDE).
When set to a va
r
iable
r
ange of ±6 %, the tem
p
o changes in
inc
r
ements of 0.02 %. When set to ±10 % and ±16 %, the
tem
p
o changes in inc
r
ements of 0.05 %. When set to WIDE,
the tem
p
o can be changed in inc
r
ements of 0.5 %.
APPLYING A MASTER TEMPO
During playback, press the MASTER TEMPO button.
• The button indicato
r
(
MT
) will light; when the
TEMPO
adjust
slide
r
is used to adjust the s
p
eed (tem
p
o), the
p
itch of the music
will
r
emain unchanged.
• The sound quality will change due to the digital
pr
ocessing of
the audio.
SETTING CUE POINTS
By setting a cue
p
oint in memo
r
y, you can set the t
r
ack to cue
standby instantly me
r
ely by
pr
essing the
CUE
button.
Manual cue
1
During playback, press the play/pause (
) button and
pause playback around the point you wish to set as cue
point.
2
Find the accurate cue point.
Set the cue point using the frame number.
The cue
p
oint can be set in one-f
r
ame units (75 f
r
ames = one
second).
Use the jog dial o
r
SEARCH
(
,
) buttons to adjust the
f
r
ame
p
osition. Rotating the jog dial one
r
otation moves
p
layback 75 f
r
ames, while
pr
essing
SEARCH
button once
moves the
p
layback one-f
r
ame in the designated di
r
ection.
Set the cue point while listening to the playback audio.
Rotate the jog dial slowly and
r
etu
r
n the
p
lay to the
p
oint just
befo
r
e the
p
lace you wish to begin
p
layback (if the jog mode is
something othe
r
than SCRATCH, the cue
p
oint will be the
p
oint immediately afte
r
the sound hea
r
d in audible
p
ause).
3
Once the frame number or audible sound is at the desired
cue point, press the CUE button.
• The sound will be muted, and the
CUE
button indicato
r
will
light, indicating successful setting of the cue
p
oint.
• When a new cue
p
oint is set in memo
r
y, any
pr
eviously set
cue
p
oint will be clea
r
ed f
r
om memo
r
y.
Real time cue
During playback, press the IN/CUE button at the point you
wish to mark as a cue point.
This
p
oint will be
r
eco
r
ded as a new cue
p
oint.
To confirm the cue point (cue point sampler)
After setting the cue point, press and hold the CUE button.
The sound at the cue
p
oint will be audible so long as the
CUE
button is held de
pr
essed.
To return to the cue point (back cue)
1
During playback, press the CUE button.
The unit will
r
etu
r
n to the set cue
p
oint and ente
r
cue standby
mode.
2
Press the play/pause (
) button.
Playback will begin instantly f
r
om the cue
p
oint.
To modify a cue point (cue point modification)
1
During playback, press the CUE button.
The unit will
r
etu
r
n to the set cue
p
oint and ente
r
cue standby
mode.
2
Press one of the SEARCH (
,
) buttons.
• The cue
p
oint will be moved in one-f
r
ame inc
r
ements (the
cue
p
oint sound will move).
• The cue
p
oint can also be moved by
pr
essing one of the
SEARCH
(
,
) buttons and then
r
otating the jog dial
(the cue
p
oint sound will move).
3
Press the CUE button.
The
p
oint at which the
CUE
button is
pr
essed fo
r
ms the newly
set cue
p
oint.
MEMO
• When
p
laying MP3/AAC/WAV/AIFF files, the va
r
iable
r
ange is
±6 %/±10 %/±16 % only.
• The tem
p
o
r
ange setting is
pr
ese
r
ved in memo
r
y even when
p
owe
r
is tu
r
ned OFF.
• The va
r
iable
r
ange setting value is show in the dis
p
lay.
• In the case of a t
r
ack on DJ softwa
r
e, the tem
p
r
ange will
de
p
end on the softwa
r
e’s s
p
ecifications.
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