Mixing different tracks, Cue point settings

OPERATIONS (DJ PLAYER OPERATIONS)

IN/

REALTIME CUE/

HOT LOOP	REV

1, ¡

CUE CUE

PLAY/PAUSE

VINYL VINYL

2.Press the PLAY/PAUSE button (6).

¶Playback will instantly start from the set cue point.

7 Cue point sampler (confirming cue points)

After specifying a cueing point, press the CUE button in the cue standby mode.

¶The sound at the specified cue point will continue to play as long as the CUE button is pressed.

¶During playback of MP3s, sounds can be heard only for cue points within the same folder.

Mixing different tracks

Example: Mix track B with track A which is currently playing from the speakers.

¶Connect CD1 to the DJ mixer’s CH-1, and connect CD2 to CH-2.

¶Raise the TRIM, CHANNEL FADER, and MASTER VOLUME set- tings appropriately so that sound is produced from CD1.

1.	Set the DJ mixer’s CROSS FADER slider at its left side (CH-1).
	¶ Track A is heard from speakers.
2.	Load a CD on player CD2.
3.	Press the TRACK SEARCH buttons (4, ¢) on player
	CD2 to find and select track B.
4.	Operate the DJ mixer’s MONITOR SELECTOR button to
	monitor CH-2.
5.	Turn the DJ mixer’s MONITOR LEVEL dial so that track B

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Cue point settings

Once a cue point has been stored in memory, it can be used during playback to set the player in the cue standby mode (ready to begin playback from the cueing position by pressing the CUE button).

7Setting the cue during CDJ mode

1.During playback, press the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) to pause playback at the point you wish to set as cue point.

2.Search for the precise position of the cue point.

¶Using frame numbers to specify cue points.

Cue points may be specified in one frame units (where 75 frames are equivalent to one second).

Use the jog dial or the forward or reverse SEARCH button (1,

¡) to advance to the desired frame. Each rotation of the jog dial corresponds to 135 frames in the specified direction; by pressing the SEARCH button (1, ¡) frames will advance one frame in the specified direction. During the playback of MP3s, only files inside the same folder can be searched.

¶Listening to the sound to determine the cue point.

While turning the jog dial slowly, return the track to the point immediately before the desired playback point (The cue point will be the point directly after the sound which can be heard during the cueing pause).

3.Press the CUE button when the frame number or sound has reached the desired cueing point.

¶The sound is muted, and the time display lights steadily when the cue point has been stored in memory.

¶Each time a new cue point is stored to memory, the previous cue point will be erased.

[Changing the cue point]

1.Press the CUE button during playback.

¶ This will take you back to the set cue point.

2.Press the SEARCH button (1, ¡) and set to audible pause mode.

3.Go through steps 2 and 3 of “Cue Point Settings” men- tioned above.

7Setting the cue during VINYL mode

7 REALTIME CUE

During playback, press the IN/REALTIME CUE/HOT LOOP

button at the desired cueing point.

¶This point will be set as a new cue point.

7 Back Cue (returning to cue point)

1.Press the CUE button during playback.

¶This will take you back to the set cue point.

¶During the playback of MP3 files, back cue can be per- formed only within the same folder. As long as a new cue point is not overwritten, the cue point will be saved after folder search as well.

can be heard from the headphones.

¶ Only track A is heard from the main speakers.

6. Set cueing position for track B on the headphones.

1 With player CD2 in the playback mode, press the PLAY/PAUSE

button (6) near the desired cueing point.

¶ The player will enter the pause mode.

2Rotate player CD2’s jog dial and search for the track’s cueing

point (first beat).

3When cueing point is found, press player CD2’s CUE button.

¶The player’s sound will be muted and cueing will be com- pleted.

7.Simultaneously press player CD2’s PLAY/PAUSE button (6) along with the sound of track A played from the speakers.

¶ Only track A will be heard from the main speakers. ¶ Track B will be heard from the headphones.

8.Move the TEMPO control slider so that the tempo (BPM=Beat Per Minutes) of track B and A matches.

Move the TEMPO control slider of player CD2’s so that the BPM of track B matches the BPM of track A.

¶ When the two BPM rates match, the BPM synchronization is complete.

9.Press the CUE button on player CD2.

¶ Player CD2 will enter pause mode at the cue point.

10.Press the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) of player CD2 in time with track A of player CD1 (the sound heard from speaker).

¶Track B will begin playing.

11.While checking the sound on the headphones, gradually move the DJ mixer’s CROSS FADER slider from left to right.

¶The sound of track A from the speakers will gradually be mixed with the sound of track B.

¶When the DJ mixer’s CROSS FADER slider is completely moved to the right side, the sound heard from the speaker will have changed from track A to track B, and the operation is complete.

7Long Mix Play

If the BPM rates match, the mixed sound of track A and track B will not sound unnatural even if the CROSS FADER slider is placed in the middle position.

7Fader Start Play

By using the Cross Fader Start function of Pioneer DJ mixer, step 10 above can be skipped for simpler mixing.

In addition, when the CROSS FADER slider is returned to its original position, the status returns to that in step 9, so that the same play can be repeated.

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