GETTING STARTED WITH DJCONTROL AIR+ AND DJUCED™ 40°
Installation 1-C ONNECTING HEADPHONES, A MICROPHONE AND SPEAKERS • Insert the CD-ROM. Front panel: HEADPHONES AND MICROPHONE • Run the installer program. • Follow the instructions. The DJControl AIR+ drivers and control panel software are installed on your system, along with the DJUCED™ 40° software.
-M ONITORING A TRACK 2 - LOADING YOUR MUSIC IN DJUCED™ 40° Use the Files / Folders rotary browser knob to browse through files and folders. Browse through the list of folders or through files: Press the browser knob to toggle between folders/files: UK US 3.3 Press the Headphones button on deck B (the deck on which the track that you want to monitor is loaded). Monitoring lets you prepare the next track to be played (following the track that you are currently playing for your audience).
-M IXING TRACKS 4.5 Before the end of the track being played, start playing the track loaded on deck B. Mixing tracks means to link up songs, one after another, without any gaps or silences between them. 4.1 You have loaded a track onto each deck (A and B). Position the volume faders as shown below. 4.6 To ensure a transition at the same tempo, synchronize the BPM (number of beats per minute) of the track that you are getting ready to play.
6-W ORKING WITH HOTCUE POINTS 7-W ORKING WITH SAMPLES A HotCue point is a marker that you can place in a music track. It lets you start playback of the track from that point. Playing a sample on a track that has been loaded and is being played: 6.1 Make sure that the HotCue/Sample button is off (this is HotCue mode, the default mode). 7.1 Make sure that the HotCue/Sample button is on (this is Sample mode). 7.2 Tap on one or more pads to trigger the samples (a short snippet of music or sound).
9-W ORKING WITH LOOPS 10 - USING THE AIR CONTROL 9.1 Looping in or out Make sure that the Bank 2 button is on. Then press button 1 to set the loop’s start point, and button 2 to set the loop’s end point. Use the vertical lines in DJUCED™ 40° (1 line = 1 beat), as well as the music being played, to help you determine the best place for the end of the loop. 10.1 In the DJControl AIR+ control panel, make sure that the proximity sensor (air control) is enabled.
