Operation Manual

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4. OVERVIEW
4.1. The top face
Your DJ Control Steel has a variety of controls allowing you to interact with DJ software. There
are two sets of these controls, as the left and right sections of the DJ Control Steel each
correspond to a separate deck in DJ software applications. Descriptions of the default function of
each control are provided below.
1. Controls 1-2 buttons: Modulate an effect or plugin, if it can be modulated – The Apply Ctrl.
On button selects the deck on which Control 1 and Control 2 will be applied. (Please see
sections 6.15
& 6.16
2. Shift button: If this control is enabled, buttons 1 to 6 send another set of functions, and become
buttons 7 to 12.
)
3. Gain button: increase or decrease the music level on each deck
4. Kill buttons: press to cut out/restore treble, medium and bass frequencies, respectively
5. EQ knobs: adjust treble, medium and bass frequencies
6. Balance knob: adjust the main output balance (1-2) between the left and right channels
7. Scratch button: select whether the jog wheels are used to scratch or seek within tracks
(scratch mode is enabled by default)
8. Up/down/left/right buttons: navigate within menus
9. Buttons 1-6: special effects/looping (please see section 6.6 Effects and loops)
10.Monitor knob: adjust the mix of what's being played on your headphones - the track you’re
cueing up in relation to the overall mix
11.Headphone volume knob: adjust the volume of your headphones