Advanced Operations

OPERATIONS (ADVANCED OPERATIONS)

RELOOP/

EXIT

OUT/

OUT ADJUST

IN/

REALTIME CUE/ REV

HOT LOOP

1, ¡

CUE

PLAY/PAUSE

Jog dial

BEAT LOOP/

LOOP DIVIDE

VINYL JOG MODE

VINYL

7Changing the loop-out point

1.Press the OUT/OUT ADJUST button during loop playback.

¶The time of the out point is shown in the display, the OUT/OUT ADJUST button starts to flash rapidly and the IN/REALTIME CUE/HOT LOOP button indicator turns off.

2.Press one of the SEARCH buttons (1, ¡) or turn the jog dial.

¶The loop-out point is moved forwards or backwards in one frame units.

¶The loop-out point cannot be moved before the loop-in point.

¶During playback of MP3s, loop adjustment is only possible within one and the same track set having a cue point.

¶Pressing the OUT/OUT ADJUST button or waiting 30 seconds or longer will cause the player to exit from the loop-out adjust mode and to resume loop playback.

7Returning to loop playback (RELOOP)

After loop playback has been stopped, press the RELOOP/ EXIT button during playback.

¶Returns to the previously set loop-in point, and restarts loop playback. If the loop is divided with loop divide, the loop will return to its original length.

¶During playback of MP3s, re-looping is possible only within the same folder.

Loop playback

7Creating a loop

1.Press the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) button to start play- back.

2.During playback, press the IN/REALTIME CUE/HOT LOOP button at the loop-in point.

¶Note that this operation is not needed if a prerecorded cue point is to be used as the start of the loop.

3.During playback, press the OUT/OUT ADJUST button at the desired loop-out point.

¶Loop playback will start between the loop-in point and loop-out point.

¶By using the frame search, the loop-out point can be set in units of frames.

¶During playback of MP3s, looping is only possible within one and the same track set having a cue point.

7To start loop playback with automatically set loop-out point (Auto BEAT LOOP)

Press the BEAT LOOP/LOOP DIVIDE during playback or pause mode.

¶The point at which the button is pressed will be set as the loop- in point, and a loop-out point will automatically be set based on the track’s BPM; loop playback will then start.

¶If the numerical BPM value is not displayed, loop play will be- gin based on BPM=130.

7To divide loops (LOOP DIVIDE)

Press the BEAT LOOP/LOOP DIVIDE buttons during loop playback.

¶Pressing the – button will divide the playback loop, and press- ing the + button will return the playback loop to its original length.

7Returning to loop-in point during loop playback

to start over the loop playback (HOT LOOP)

Press IN/REALTIME CUE/HOT LOOP button during loop play- back.

¶Returns to loop-in point and restarts loop playback.

7To exit loop playback

Press RELOOP/EXIT button during loop playback.

¶The track will continue playback in sequence from the loop out

point without returning to the loop-in point.

Fader start playback

The supplied control cable may be used to connect the CONTROL connector of the CDJ-400 to the matching CONTROL connector on a Pioneer DJ mixer, thus making it possible to exit from cueing standby mode and start playback immediately by raising the channel fader on the DJ mixer. The cross fader may also be used to perform fade-in starts on the player as well. The fader may also be returned to its original position to return the player to the cueing point (back cueing.) (See P.8 for instructions on connecting the units.)

Scratch play

When jog mode is set to [VINYL], pressing the top surface of the jog dial and turning it causes playback to occur in proportion to the speed and direction of jog dial rotation.

1.Press the JOG MODE VINYL button so the button indica- tor lights.

2.During playback, press the top surface of the jog dial.

¶The playback will stop and become playback corresponding to the rotation of the jog dial (as explained in step 3).

3.Rotate the jog dial in the direction and at the speed you wish playback to be performed.

¶Playback will be heard in the direction and speed proportional to the jog dial rotation.

4.Remove hand from jog dial.

¶Returns to original playback.

Spin play

During playback in VINYL mode, either press the surface of the jog dial or press the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) to pause playback, then rotate the jog dial quickly; playback will occur in the direction and at a speed proportional to the direction and speed of jog dial rotation, even if you then release your hand from the jog dial.

Reverse play

Press the DIRECTION REV button. The button indicator will light.

Playback will begin in the reverse direction.

¶Playback acceleration/deceleration produced with jog dial rotation will operate in reverse.

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CDJ-400 specifications

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