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Chapter 3
Using your CDJ-400 to Control DJS
When you connect your CDJ-400 to your computer, you can control DJS from the
CDJ-400.
Warning!
Before Connecting to your
Computer
If you are going to connect and use a CDJ-400
with your computer, install the driver software
for the CDJ-400 onto your computer.
For information on obtaining the driver software
for your CDJ-400 and how to install it, please
refer to CONNECTIONS of the CDJ-400 as well
as the following web page.
By controlling DJS from your CDJ-400, you can manipulate it with the feel of using a
DJ player for operations that to date you have done with your computer’s mouse and
keyboard
Of course all the basic functions, such as play, cue, scratch, tempo control and so on
can make song selections from the DJS music list using controls like the Rotary dial.
3-1 Operating a Player with DJS
You can use the CDJ-400 to operate either player A or player B on the [CJ Play] screen.
1 Select PC with your CDJ-400’s USB select button (SOURCE
USB Select Button
(SOURCE SELECT)
SELECT).
Each time you press the USB select button, the
indicator switches between MEMORY and PC.
• If you have set the DJS audio output to your CDJ-400, the DJS audio will be output
from your CDJ-400’s audio output terminal.
2 Operate the CDJ-400 Player.
EJECT Button (EJECT)
• When you operate the various buttons on your CDJ-400, such as the jog dial or the
tempo adjustment knob, it operates the player in the [DJ Play] screen.
When one CDJ-400 is connected, you can switch
DJS operations from player A to player B (or
from player B to player A).
USB select button
(SOURCE SELECT)
EJECT button
(EJECT)
Spin (when in VINYL mode)
If you spin the jog dial of your CDJ-400 very
quickly, even after you let go of it, it will continue
playing at the speed and in the direction that the
jog dial is rotating until it stops.
You cannot do this Spin play with the mouse.
Player
Simultaneous Operations
You can do the following operations at the same
time from a CDJ-400 player.
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If you rotate the jog dial while holding down
SEARCH, it accelerates the search play speed.
While playing a cue point sample, if you hold
down the CUE button, you can operate the jog
dial.
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While playing a cue point sample, if you hold
down the CUE button and the press the PLAY
button, even if you let go of the CUE button, it
keeps on playing without returning to the CUE
point.
While playing a cue point sample, if you hold
down the CUE button and press the Loop In
Button (Real Time Cue), the playback point is
recorded as the CUE point. When you release
the CUE button, it returns to the CUE point.
When you are in the VINYL mode, if you hold
down the jog dial and press the CUE button, the
playback point is recorded as the CUE point.
When you release the jog dial, it returns to the
CUE point.
Functions that are Linked with the [DJ Play] Screen (Player Functions)
CDJ-400 Operation Control
PLAY/PAUSE
CUE
Control Linked on the [DJ Play] Screen
PLAY/PAUSE button
CUE button
SEARCH
SEARCH buttons
TRACK SEARCH
IN / REAL TIME CUE
OUT
TRACK SEARCH buttons
IN/REALTIME CUE/HOT LOOP button
OUT/OUT ADJUST button
RELOOP/EXIT button
RELOOP/EXIT
JOG MODE
When you are in the VINYL mode, if you hold
down the jog dial and press the Loop In (Real
Time Cue) button, the playback point is
recorded as the CUE point. Even when you
release the jog dial, it continues playing without
returning to the CUE point.
JOG MODE VINYL button (VINYL mode / CDJ mode)
TEMPO control range button
MASTER TEMPO button
TEMPO control slider
TEMPO ±6/±10/±16/WIDE
MASTER TEMPO
TEMPO
JOG (-REV/+FWD)
Jog dial
Unlinked Player Functions
For information on how the different button functions work, please refer to PANEL
FACILITIES in the CDJ-400 Operating Instructions.
The following CDJ-400 buttons do not link up
with the [DJ Play] screen. (No Function in DJS)
•
Beat Loop / Loop Divide Buttons (BEAT
LOOP)
•
Reverse Button (DIRECTION)
DJS Ver. 1.500
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