User manual

DJUCED™ and DJ Control AIR

(b) Pitch scale

The pitch scale is a % value (for example, 6%) displayed on top of the fader in the DJUCED graphic

interface. This % is the maximum speed change that you can achieve by moving the pitch fader up or

down. For example, a 6% pitch scale means:

- Setting the pitch fader at its top position slows down the music by 6%.

- Setting the pitch fader at its bottom position speeds up the music by 6%.

You can change the pitch scale by clicking on the % figure with your mouse.

The smaller the pitch scale, the more precise the pitch fader will be, but the smaller the pitch change

you can achieve; and vice versa.

Once you have set a track at the same speed as the other track with the pitch fader, you still need to

fix its beat on the same beat as the other track.

There are 2 controls for achieving this:

- Pitch bend – or pitch bend + buttons: you press one of them to slow down/speed up the music

temporarily, and release it as soon as you hear the beat of both tracks playing at the same

time:

- Jog wheel: you set the controller’s jog wheel to pitch bend mode by disabling its scratch mode

function (Scratch button off). You turn the jog wheel counterclockwise (to slow down playback)

or clockwise (to speed up the music), and you release it as soon as you hear the beats of both

tracks playing at the same time.

(d) Pitch reset

You can reset the pitch:

- Either by gradually moving the pitch fader to its central position (on the controller); or

- By clicking with the pointer on the button labeled 0 close to the pitch fader.

Take care to move the pitch fader to the center slowly, as it is a very common mistake for beginner

DJs, after a perfectly smooth transition, to reset the track to its original speed too fast so that the

dancers really feel it.

(e) Keylock

The keylock function “locks” the tonality of a music track, to keep the current tonality while the pitch

fader or pitch bend controls change the playback speed (without changing the tonality).

- To set keylock on (so that the tonality doesn’t change while you change the pitch): set the square

area close to the note icon to blue: if it is grey instead of blue, click on the square to set it to blue.

- To set keylock off (so that the tonality changes while you change the pitch): set the square area

close to the note icon to grey: if it is blue instead of grey, click on the square to set it to grey.

(f) Sync

The Sync command adjusts:

- the BPM of one deck to match the BPM of the other deck.