User manual

DJUCED™ and DJ Control AIR
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(3) Playing the track
Press the DJ Control AIR’s Play button on the deck you want to preview.
You can hear the track on your headphones. You can now preview the track, meaning that you can
check that its rhythm and tone fit with the track you are currently playing for the audience.
e) Synchronizing the track
Synchronizing the track that you are previewing with the track currently playing for the audience
means:
- Changing the speed of the track you are previewing to the same speed as the track the
audience hears: you change the BPM (Beats Per Minute) rate of the track you are previewing,
so that it matches the BPM rate of the track that the audience hears.
- Lining up the beats of the track you are previewing with the beats of the track that the
audience hears.
(1) Automatically, with the Sync function
If you press the Sync button on a deck, you instantly:
- Change the BPM of the track on this deck to match the BPM rate of the track playing on the
other deck.
- Line up the beat of the track on this deck with the track playing on the other deck.
The Sync button is located:
- On top of the pitch fader (on DJ Control AIR).
- At the base of the pitch fader (in the DJUCED graphic interface).
When both decks are synchronized, the background of the DJUCED beat marks area turns blue.
When the decks are not synchronized, the background of the DJUCED beat marks area is black.
(2) Manually, with the pitch fader and pitch bend
If you prefer to synchronize manually, as you would do with real turntables, then you need to:
- Move the pitch fader until the BPM rates of both tracks are similar.
- Use the pitch bend function until the track’s beats line up with the beats of the other deck.
(a) Move the pitch fader until the BPM of both tracks are similar
By moving the pitch fader up, you decrease the BPM: you slow down the music,
By moving the pitch fader down, you increase the BPM: you speed up the music.