Operation Manual

VirtualDJ 5 DJC Edition
ii) Pitch scale
The pitch scale is the percentage of speed variation you can achieve with the
pitch fader: a pitch scale of 6% means the pitch fader's upper position
corresponds to a 6% slowdown in music playback, and the pitch fader's lower
position corresponds to a 6% acceleration in music playback (a 100 BPM rate
becomes a 94 BPM rate when moving the fader to the top, and 106 BPM when
moving the fader to the bottom).
The pitch variation scale can be changed by clicking the percentage figure
displayed below the pitch fader on the VirtualDJ 5 DJC skin: you can set a pitch
scale of 6%, 8%, 10%, 12%, 20%, 25%, 33%, 50% or 100%.
The lower the pitch scale, the higher the precision of the pitch fader, so a low
pitch scale makes the pitch fader more precise, but a low pitch scale limits your
choice to music tracks whose BPM is close to the BPM of the currently loaded
track.
iii) Centre detent
Hercules DJ controller pitch faders have a centre detent, meaning a click
position at the center so that you feel in your fingers when you reach the default
speed of the music track.
iv) Action of the pitch fader in VirtualDJ
When you move the pitch fader, you can see its action in 2 ways:
- the BPM counter changes (displayed in the VirtualDJ 5 DJC skin over the Gain
knob),
- the scrolling of the music track in the waveform window is slower or faster,
However, the best way to evaluate the pitch change is to actually the hear the
change of the music's speed.
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