Playback

Play/pause

1Press the [ i_playpause ] button.

—During pause: Starts playing the loaded track.

—During playback: Pauses the track.

•Playback of the next track doesn’t automatically start when [Play Mode] is set to [Single] in the Utility settings.

⇨Play Mode*1

•Pausing playback in Vinyl mode mutes the sound, and in CDJ mode it will output the sound intermittently.

⇨Setting the jog wheel mode

Playing a track from the touched point on the overall waveform

1Touch the overall waveform during pause or while pressing the top of the jog wheel in Vinyl mode.

The loaded track plays from the touched point.

•You can quickly move the playback point by sliding your finger to the point you want on the overall waveform.

Reverse playback

Slip Reverse

1Flip the [SLIP REV, FWD, REV] lever to the [SLIP REV] side.

The button lights up and the loaded track plays in reverse while normal playback continues in the background.

•When the lever is released, playback starts from the exact point the track would have reached by then.

Reverse

1Flip the [SLIP REV, FWD, REV] lever to the [REV] side.

The loaded track plays in reverse.

•Acceleration and deceleration of playback according to jog wheel rotation are also reversed.

Basic operations during playback

Function	Description
Fast-forward/fast-reverse	Press the [SEARCH ] or [SEARCH ] button to fast-forward or fast-reverse.
Track Search	Press the [TRACK SEARCH ] button to jump to the beginning of the next track. Press the [TRACK SEARCH ] button to jump to the beginning of the track that’s playing. Press the button twice in succession to jump to the beginning of the previous track.
Frame Search	Press the [SEARCH ] or [SEARCH ] button during pause to move the pause position.

Function

Description

Fast-forward/fast-reverse

Press the [SEARCH i_search_right ] or [SEARCH i_search_left ] button to fast-forward or fast-reverse.

Track Search

Press the [TRACK SEARCH i_search_forward ] button to jump to the beginning of the next track.

Press the [TRACK SEARCH i_search_rewind ] button to jump to the beginning of the track that’s playing. Press the button twice in succession to jump to the beginning of the previous track.

Frame Search

Press the [SEARCH i_search_right ] or [SEARCH i_search_left ] button during pause to move the pause position.

Adjusting the playback speed (tempo control)

1Move the TEMPO slider.

—To the [+] side: Increases the playback speed.

—To the [-] side: Decreases the playback speed.

•The variable range of the TEMPO slider changes in the order of ±6 (0.02%) → ±10 (0.05%) → ±16 (0.05%) → WIDE (0.5%) each time you press the [TEMPO ±6/±10/±16/WIDE] button*.
The adjustable range of [WIDE] is ±100%. The track stops when it’s set to -100%.
* The value in parentheses indicates the adjustment unit.

•Press the [TEMPO RESET] button to play a track at its original speed regardless of the TEMPO slider’s setting (the [TEMPO RESET] indicator lights up).

Adjusting the playback speed without changing the pitch (Master Tempo)

If you turn Master Tempo on, you can change the playback speed of a track using the TEMPO slider without changing the pitch.

1Press the [MASTER TEMPO] button to turn Master Tempo on.

The button lights up when Master Tempo is turned on.

•Press the [MASTER TEMPO] button again to turn Master Tempo off.

Monitoring a different part of a track during playback (Touch Cue)

If you touch the overall waveform while a track is playing, you can monitor the sound from the touched point with a DJ mixer without affecting the output sound.

1Connect the unit and a Touch Cue compatible DJ mixer via PRO DJ LINK.

2Connect headphones to the DJ mixer.

3Press the [LINK CUE] button on the DJ mixer.

4Touch the overall waveform on the waveform screen.

You can monitor the sound from the touched position with your headphones.

•The waveform of the touched point is zoomed in on and displayed as an enlarged waveform.

•You can monitor the sound of a track while touching the waveform even when outputting the sound of a track that’s playing on the unit.