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In this section, we'll give you a brief overview of some of the most common things you might want
to do to get started with your DJ Control Steel and VirtualDJ 5 DJC Edition.
First off, you'll need to load some music onto each of the decks. To do so, you can either use
your mouse or touchpad to navigate through your files in the lower left-hand side of the VirtualDJ
window, or use the Up, Down, Left and Right buttons in the center of your DJ Control Steel. Use
the Up/Down buttons to move to the previous (Up) or next (Down) music file/directory. You can
move through music lists more quickly by pressing the Up or Down button and turning the jog
wheel at the same time. Use the Left/Right buttons to switch the root directory (Left) or enter a
directory (Right). Press either of the Load Deck buttons on your DJ Control Steel to load the
highlighted track on the corresponding deck. If you're using your mouse or touchpad, simply drag
and drop songs onto the deck in question.
Under normal circumstances, you will probably want to set the Balance knob at the top of your DJ
Control Steel to the center position, which will evenly divide your mix between the left and right
channels. However, should you wish to tilt the balance towards the left or right channel, you can
use this knob to do so.
Make sure that the cross fader on your DJ Control Steel is set all the way to the left, meeting that
only Deck A will be heard in your mix. Press the Play/Pause button on Deck A of your DJ Control
Steel to launch playback on Deck A. At the top of the VirtualDJ window, you'll see a display with
blue and red wave forms represented: the blue waves represent the music loaded on Deck A,
while the red waves represent the music loaded on Deck B.
You will soon come to realize how important this visual display is to the functioning of VirtualDJ.
The peaks on the display represent the beats in the song: by lining up the peaks of the track on
one deck with the peaks of the track on the other deck, you can synchronize the songs with one
another so that they are on the same beat, which makes for a smooth transition between tracks.
Try using the Pitch slider on Deck A to see what it does: you'll notice that increasing the pitch
makes the music sound faster, with a higher tone, whereas decreasing it makes it sounds slower,
with a lower tone. Pressing the Reset button just above the Pitch slider gradually returns the
pitch to its default value.
Pressing the Beat Lock button enables/disables the Master Tempo function for the corresponding
deck. This function effectively locks the tone of a track in place, so that when you move the Pitch
slider, the tempo (i.e. the speed) of the track changes to faster or slower, but the tone stays the
same.
While the music is playing on Deck A, you'll want to be preparing the track on Deck B. Get your
headphones on and then press the Cue Select button on Deck B: this means that Deck B is now
monitored on your headphones (you can only monitor one deck at a time). Use the Monitor
Select knob to adjust what you hear on your headphones: the Cue side of the knob’s rotation
represents the selected deck you are cuing up, while the Mix side represents the mix on Deck A +
Deck B. Use the Volume knob next to the headphone input on the top face of your DJ Control
Steel to adjust the volume of your headphones.
Try moving the jog wheel on Deck B: you'll see that you are scratching the track back and forth,
although your audience won't be able to hear it at this point because the cross fader is still all the
way to the left, which means that only the left deck is coming through in your mix. If you press the