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4.3 Platter Controls Platter (Jog Wheel)
The high resolution touch-sensitive PLATTER is used for scratching, seeking and pitch bend, and
responds like a real vinyl turntable. (Note-this wheel is sometimes known as a “Jog” wheel, for its
ability to “nudge” the audio forward or back) The top of the wheel is touch sensitive so that the
“turntable” can be slowed down when touched and sped up when released, The outer non-slip
PLATTER bump ring is not touch-sensitive, and is used for PITCH BEND.
Scratch Button
Pressing the Scratch Button switches the jog wheel operation between Vinyl mode and Normal
mode. In Normal mode the Scratch button is not lit. In this mode the entire PLATTER is used for
pitch bend (speeding up or slowing down a song temporarily to get it to be aligned with the song
playing on the opposite deck).
In SCRATCH mode the SCRATCH button is lit red. This allows you to move the platter back and
forth and “grab” the audio, just like a vinyl record. The outer non-slip PLATTER bump ring is still
used for pitch bend. If the deck is playing, the top section of the jog wheel is used for scratching,
while touching only the outer rubberized portion of the PLATTER will not stop audio but instead
engage a pitch bend.