GETTING STARTED WITH DJ CONTROL AIR AND DJUCED™ More information (forum, tutorials, videos...) available at www.HERCULESDJMIXROOM.
1 CONNECTING HEADPHONES AND SPEAKERS Front panel: headphones 2 LOADING YOUR MUSIC IN DJUCED™ Use the following buttons to browse through folders and files. Browse through the list of folders or through files: ! When connecting headphones, make sure that the volume level is suitable for listening with headphones: start playing a music track before putting on the headphones, and turn down the volume if it seems that the sound coming from the headphones is too loud.
PREVIEWING A TRACK 3.5 Start playing the track to be previewed on deck B. Prepare the track (beatmatch the track, place a Cue point...). Previewing lets you prepare the next track to be played (following the track that you are currently playing for your audience). You can use previewing to beatmatch the next track to be played, or pause the track at a precise spot so that playback will start from this exact position.
5 MIXING TRACKS SCRATCHING ON A TRACK 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). You start off by playing the track on deck A. A 4.5 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 USING THE PADS 6.3 Creating and playing a loop from a track that has been loaded and is being played Press the Effects, loops and samples are triggered using the pads. Loops Loops Effects Sample 6.1 Applying an effect on a track that has been loaded and is being played Press the Loops Effects button. Effects Lightly tap on one or more of the pads to trigger the effect(s). Loops button.
7 8 USING THE AIR CONTROL PLACING A CUE POINT A Cue point is a marker that you can place in a music track. It lets you start playback of the track from that point. 8.1 Press the Loops 7.1 Press the Effects Effects Sample A button. 7.2 Press on a pad and, while maintaining pressure on the pad, move your hand above the proximity sensor to modulate the effect. button to place a Cue point in the track loaded on deck A, for example. SENSOR + PAD Min Max Loops Effects Sample 8.
9 CREATING PLAYLIST CRÉER UNEALISTE DE LECTURE A playlist is lecture a set of-ou tracks thatest you to group together as part of a Une liste de playlistunchoose ensemble de morceaux que– vous pouvez specific genre (electro, rock...) or theme (favorites, birthday, 80s...). regrouper sous un genre (électro, rock,...) ou party, un thème (favoris, soirée, anniversaire, 80s,...) précis. 9.
