User manual

Quattro. User Manual
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3. FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS
3.1. Virtual DJ
1. EFFECTS/SAMPLERS
The controls included in this region can be used to control
EFFECTS (FX) as well as SAMPLER (SP). It can be switched
between these two modes by pressing the FX and SP buttons.
- Under VIDEO mode (11) press SHIFT + effect select (
)
and active (
) buttons to select and activate a video effect
(left deck) or a video transition (right deck).
- Under VIDEO mode (11) press SHIFT + turn the parameter
knobs to adjust video transition (right deck) or effect (left deck)
parameters.
FX MODE:
- Three parameters of effects can be adjusted by turning
parameter (P) knobs.
- Use the buttons to select one effect (
) and activate it
(
).
- Turn the KEY knob to change the song’s key. Push the
button under the knob (
) to look the key.
- Press SHIFT + button to activate deactivate the following
effects: (
) Echo, ( ) Flanger, ( ) Beatgrid and ( ) Flippin
Double.
SP MODE:
- Turn a knob to adjust the volume of a sample. Each knob
S1/S8 is associated with one sample.
- Play/pause a sample by pressing the Play button (
)
corresponding to the sample number.
- Press SHIFT + button Play (
) to start/stop recording a
sample. The active deck will be recorded.
2. HOTCUE
- A hot cue can be set and stored by pressing any of the 4
numbered cue buttons if the selected cue slot is free (unlit
LED). It is necessary to delete the stored hot cue if any to store
a new hot cue.
- Press any cue buttons, which have a cue point stored, to
trigger the stored cue.
- Hot cues can be deleted by pressing the cue button while
holding the SHIFT button.
3. LOOP
- Set the starting point of a loop by pressing IN button.
- Press OUT button to set the ending point of the loop.
- Press SHIFT + IN to enter in a mode in which the starting
point of the loop can be modified, IN ADJUST. The IN button
will blink while this mode is active. Turn the jogwheel to modify
the starting point. Press SHIFT + IN to exit from the mode. If
this mode is active but there is not any loop active, the last
loop set loop will be activated when the jogwheel is turned.
- Press SHIFT + OUT to enter in a mode in which the ending
point of the loop can be modified, OUT ADJUST. The
performance of this mode is equivalent to the IN ADJUST
mode but in this case the ending point is adjusted.
- Halve or double the loop size pressing the buttons /2 and x2.
- Press SHIFT+ /2 to move left the loop the same size the loop
has and SHIFT+ X2 to move right.
4. DECK SELECT
Switch between decks A/C and decks B/D.
5. TEMPO
- Use the Pitch Fader to control the deck‘s tempo.
- Tempo Range can be selected by pressing the RANGE
buttons. The following values can be set: 12% (LEDs off) 16%
(lower LED on) 25% (upper LED on) and 100% (LEDs on).