Special Disc Jockey Techniques, Master Tempo

ADVANCED OPERATIONS

SPECIAL DISC JOCKEY TECHNIQUES

Jog dial

Master Tempo

1.During playback, press the MASTER TEMPO button.

ÖThe MT indicator will appear in the display.

2.Move the TEMPO slider to change the playing speed.

ÖEven when the music's speed changes, the music pitch does not change.

Using Digital Jog Break

During playback, press one of the DIGITAL JOG BREAK buttons (JET, ZIP, WAH); in the display, the indicator cor- responding to the selected effect will flash, and the ef- fect will be applied to the sound in proportion to the amount the jog dial is rotated.

ÖWhen the jog dial is released, the sound will gradu- ally return to the original source sound alone.

Jog Dial Functions

Playback

During playback, rotate the jog dial slowly

ÖThe beat (tempo) changes in proportion to the amount the dial is rotated, either increasing (FWD+) or decreas- ing (REV–).

ÖWhen dial rotation is stopped, the beat (tempo) re- turns to its original speed.

Standby (Frame Search)

With the unit in standby mode, rotate the jog dial slowly.

ÖFrame search will be performed in 1-frame increments.

ÖIf the dial is rotated at a steady rate in the FWD+ di- rection, playback sound will be audible (normal speed).

During Cue Standby, Press Search Button then Rotate Dial (Cue Point Search).

With the unit in the cue standby mode, if one of the SEARCH buttons (1, Á) is pressed, the unit will en- ter the audible standby mode; if the jog dial is then ro- tates, various cue points can be searched. Following movement, press the CUE button to set the new cue point.

Rotate the jog dial while holding the TRACK SEARCH button depressed. (Super-Fast Track Search)

While holding the TRACK SEARCH button depressed, rotate the jog dial in the direction in which you wish to perform track search; accelerated high-speed track search will begin in accordance with the direction and mount of rotation.

During playback, rotate the jog dial while holding the SEARCH button depressed. (Super-Fast Search)

Hold down the button while turning the Jog dial in the direction you wish to search to enter fast forward or fast reverse mode.

7What is JET?

JET means to change the delay time by rotating the jog dial, thus mixing a short delay with the playback sound. Conventional DJ technique has been to use 2 players, starting the same track simultaneously on both players, then introducing a slight delay on one of the players, mixing the two sounds so as to produce the effect of a "jet engine." This function allows you to produce this sound effect easily using a single player.

7What is ZIP?

The pitch of the playback sound is changed in accord- ance with the rotation of the jog dial, allowing you to radically change the tonal pitch of the playback sound. When the dial is held rotated in the decreasing direc- tion, a sound can be created virtually indistinguishable from stopping the rotation of an analog record.

7What is WAH?

When the jog dial is rotated, a filter changing the cutoff frequency is applied to the playback sound, in accord- ance with the amount the dial is rotated. This allows the DJ to extract and play back desired parts from the play- back sound.

Using the HOLD function

Press the HOLD button while the DIGITAL JOG BREAK function is in effect; in the display, the indicator corre- sponding to the selected effect will switch from flashing to steadily lighted, and the amount of effect currently being applied to the sound will remain steady, even if the jog dial is released.

ÖWhen the HOLD function is in effect, the time display will periodically show the HOLD indicator as noted below.

JET + HOLD:	J-HOLD
ZIP + HOLD:	Z-HOLD
WAH + HOLD:	W-HOLD