Pioneer XDJ- Musical Toy Instrument User Manual


 
Returning to Loop playback (Reloop)
After canceling loop playback, press the [RELOOP/EXIT]
button during playback.
Playback returns to the previously set Loop In Point, and Loop playback
resumes.
Setting the loop automatically based on
the track’s tempo (Auto Beat Loop)
A loop with the specified number of beats is set and loop playback starts.
1 Touch [LOOP MODE] during playback.
The beat number selection screen appears on the main unit display.
! The beat select screen is also displayed when loops are set and
when the slip function is turned on.
2 Touch the beat you want to set.
Loop playback starts with the selected beat.
3 Touch [LOOP MODE].
The beat number selection screen turns off.
! The beat select screen also turns off when a track is loaded.
! When a track that has not been analyzed is playing, the loop is set
according to the track’s BPM.
! If the track’s BPM cannot be detected, the BPM is set to 130.
4 beat loop
During playback, press the [IN/4BEAT (IN ADJUST)]
button for over 1 second.
A loop of 4 beats starting from the point at which the button was pressed
is set automatically according to the BPM of the currently playing track,
and loop playback starts.
!
If the track’s BPM cannot be detected, the BPM is set to 130.
Cutting loops (Loop Cut)
Touch [LOOP 1/2X] during loop playback.
The Loop playing time is cut in half each time the touch key is touched.
Extending loops (loop doubling)
Touch [LOOP 2X] during loop playback.
The Loop playing time is doubled each time the touch key is touched.
Using active loops
Load a track for which an active loop has been set with
rekordbox.
One loop stored in rekordbox can be played back as the active loop.
The set active loop point is indicated with a red line on the waveform
display, as shown below.
When the set point is reached, the loop is set automatically and loop
playback begins.
Emergency loops
With this unit, a 4-beat loop is set automatically to prevent the sound
from being interrupted if a track can no longer continue to play.
! DJ playback is restricted during emergency looping. To cancel emer-
gency looping, load the next track.
Setting Hot Cue
When a hot cue is set, that point can be called out and played instanta-
neously. Up to 3 hot cues can be set per music track.
! When the quantize function is on, there may be a slight delay in
operation of this function in order to synchronize the beat.
1 Touch [PERFORM].
2 Touch [HOT CUE (REC)].
This switches the recording mode of hot cue . [HOT CUE (A,B,C)] lights
on to red.
3 Touch [HOT CUE (A,B,C)] at any position set in hot
cue during playback or pause.
The touched position is set to the hot cue and [HOT CUE (A,B,C)] starts
flashing.
! During loop playback, the loop is registered as a hot cue.
The direction of playback is not recorded for hot cues.
While the hot cue is being recorded, it is not possible to record other
hot cues, to set cue points, to scan in the forward or reverse direction
or to scratch.
! When a hot cue is set during scratch play, playback may stop
temporarily.
4 Touch [HOT CUE (REC)].
This cancels the recording mode of the hot cue and returns to the play-
back mode.
Playing hot cues
About the color of HOT CUE (A,B,C)
Light color Contents recorded as hot cue
Green Cue Point
Orange Loop
Not lit Nothing is recorded.
1 Touch [PERFORM].
2 This switches to the hot cue playback mode.
When the mode is in the recording mode of the hot cue, touch
[HOT CUE(REC)]. When the mode is in the call out mode of the hot cue,
touch [HOT CUE(CALL)].
3 Touch any [HOT CUE (A,B,C)] during playback or
pause.
The stored hot cue is called out and playback starts.
! The information of the loop play stored in [HOT CUE (A,B,C)] is dif-
ferent from the loop playback set using [IN/4BEAT (IN ADJUST)] or
[OUT (OUT ADJUST)] button.
!
It is possible to cancel loop playback using the [RELOOP/EXIT]
button after calling out the loop stored in [HOT CUE (A,B,C)] and
fine tune the loop-in point using the [IN/4BEAT (IN ADJUST)] button
or the loop-out point using the [OUT (OUT ADJUST)] button. After
adjustment, the information stored in [HOT CUE(A,B,C)] is changed.
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