Numark HDMIX Quick start manual

] QUICKSTART GUIDE

ENGLISH ( 3 – 11 )

] MANUAL DE INICIO RÁPIDO

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] GUIDE D’UTILISATION RAPIDE

FRANÇAIS ( 21 – 29 )

] MANUALE RAPIDO DI UTILIZZAZIONE

ITALIANO ( 30 – 38 )

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INTRODUCTION

HDMIX is a revolutionary all-in-one DJ system, featuring a dual-deck console, removeable/upgradeable harddrive, CD/DVD player and powerful integrated mixer. Equipped with a ground-breaking and easily accessible user interface, HDMIX empowers the DJ to quickly find, organize and perform tracks from the internal harddrive, CD/DVD player or USB storage devices connected to the unit. HDMIX can play MP3, WAV and AAC* music formats stored on FAT16, FAT32, NTFS and HFS+ file systems.

Songs can be directed manually to decks or automatically played, jukebox-style. Searching for artists, albums or tracks is made super fast with the supplied USB keyboard.

Powerful tools such as the Crate and Profile View offer a digital slant on traditional DJ methods. The Crate can be used to prepare and arrange your set in advance, during your performance or a mixture of both. The

Profile View offers a fast visual cueing aid, much like looking at the grooves on a record, but better!

In addition to its impressive digital music playback capabilities, the HDMIX provides a variety of options for connecting external devices, such as turntables, CD players, samplers and microphones. This seamless integration of digital and analog makes the HDMIX a perfect weapon of choice for any occasion. Happy mixing!

FEATURES

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Large backlit, full-color display with revolutionary user interface

3-channel professional mixer with EQ & Gain on each channel

User-replaceable, upgradeable 80GB Hard Drive

CD/DVD drive for ripping your music to the Hard drive and CD playback

2 USB ports for iPod, thumb drives and hard drives (or for connecting the included keyboard)

2 Mic, 3 line, 2 phono inputs

XLR/RCA Master and RCA Zone outputs

Scratch with MP3, WAV and AAC (unprotected) files

Pitch control with range up to +25% and down to -100%

Key lock support for maintaining key while tempo shifting

Seamless looping, pitch control, scratching capability via jog wheels

Text-search, letter-pick scrolling, and on-board playlist creation

Beatkeeper™ technology with TAP override function

Search via two large jog wheels and use skip peak searching in profiles

Track search by artist, album, song, genre, and BPM

Create custom playlists while performing

Keyboard included for fast searching

Transfer tracks between HDMIX and your PC or Mac via USB

Safe Software Updates for future enhancements. Go to www.numark.com for support.

IMPORTANT MESSAGES

HDMIX works best with the latest software installed. We strongly recommend that you check for software updates right away, and continue to check regularly so you don't miss out on any of the good stuff! See “HDMIX Software

Upgrades” section of Reference Manual for details and visit www.numark.com

for the latest software updates.

Don't Force It

USB devices fit into the USB socket one way around only. If the device does not push in easily, don't force it

– check that you have it the right way around!

Eject Before Pulling

When you're finished with a storage device, always properly eject it before unplugging, just like with your home computer! Unplugging without ejecting can damage your data. See “Ejecting a Library” section for details.

USB Gizmos

Mice, trackpads and other input devices will do nothing for your HDMIX. Most USB keyboards are supported but we recommend you use the cool Numark keyboard supplied.

® iPod is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S.A. and other countries.

* Protected AAC audio files downloaded from the iTunes Music Store cannot be accessed.

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CONNECTION DIAGRAM

TURNTABLE OR

CD PLAYER

AMP OR SPEAKER

SYSTEM

TURNTABLE OR

CD PLAYER

AMP OR SPEAKER

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CD BURNER OR

SPEAKER

MONITOR SYSTEM

CD PLAYER

LAPTOP

MICROPHONES

KEYBOARD

THUMBDRIVE

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HARDDRIVE

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Make sure the following items were in the box:

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HDMIX Professional DJ System

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Hard Drive Caddy with 2 Keys

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80Gb Hard Drive (removable and upgradeable) with Librarian software

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USB Cable

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USB Keyboard

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Switching Power Supply

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Quickstart Manual

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Safety & Warranty Information

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READ SAFETY INSTRUCTION BOOKLET BEFORE USING THE PRODUCT.

Study this connection diagram.

Place the HDMIX in an appropriate position for operation.

Make sure all devices are turned off and all faders and gain knobs are set to their lowest level.

Connect the stereo outputs of the HDMIX to a speaker or amplifier system.

Plug all devices into AC power.

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Switch everything on in the following order:

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Input devices (turntables, CD players)

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HDMIX

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Amplifiers or output devices

Always reverse this operation by turning off devices in the following order:

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Amplifiers or output devices

• HDMIX

• Input devices (turntables, CD players)

More information about this product may be found at http://www.numark.com

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1/4” or 1/8”

HEADPHONES

TOP PANEL OVERVIEW

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POWER BUTTON – Press to power on. To power off, press and hold for two seconds.

LCD SCREEN – Split into three sections: Deck A and

B sections are shown in the top left and top right.

Menus and content information are displayed underneath.

PUSH SELECT – This knob is used to navigate

Library lists and menus on the LCD. Twisting scrolls through menus; pushing enters submenus.

LIBRARY – Main menu. Switch between connected

USB devices via function keys or by pressing F10 on the keyboard. Browse your music library via Tracks,

Artists, Albums etc. Playlists can be created on the

HDMIX or imported from disk. Navigate disk content directly by selecting the Files menu item.

CRATE – The central workspace for your set. Add tracks or albums ’to Crate’, then press the CRATE

BUTTON. To change the running order: Press PUSH

SELECT to pick up, twist to reorder, push again to drop. Pull tracks off the decks to save for later.

Remove one or clear all of the tracks. Your Crate can accept tracks from all connected USB drives.

UTILITY – System preferences can be set, including display brightness, pitch slider calibration and settings restoration. Check here that the software version is up to date.

VIEW – See track information and visual profiles. To create profiles, use the Librarian software which can be found on the HDMIX hard-drive (also available from http://www.numark.com).

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< and > PAGE BUTTONS – These two buttons can access extra functions when available; shown by arrow pointers appearing in the lower corners of the screen.

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FUNCTION BUTTONS – These four buttons select the available menu options displayed above them.

Depending on the menu that you are viewing, the functionality of these buttons will change. Use them to load tracks for playback: With a track highlighted, choose a side (or deck) to play on, then load either

’to A’ or ’to B’ using these buttons.

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PLAY/STUTTER – Starts the music loaded on the corresponding deck. Press this button again while the music is playing to jump back to the last set cue point, creating a ’stutter’ effect.

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PAUSE – Pauses playback. Press and hold the

PAUSE button for one second while paused to return to the beginning of the track.

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CUE – Returns to the last set cue point (defaults to start) and pauses. The cue point is set at the position where PLAY/STUTTER is pressed. Audition by pressing and holding down the CUE button while paused at the cue point. Edit the cue point by spinning the JOG WHEEL to a new position while paused, then pressing PLAY.

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JOG WHEEL – This wheel can be used for pitchbending, scratching, cueing and searching through the music playing on the corresponding deck. The behavior of the wheel is determined by the two accompanying buttons: SCRATCH and

SEARCH.

In normal operation the JOG WHEEL functions as a pitch bender while playing. Pitch bending temporarily speeds up (clockwise) or slows down

(counterclockwise) the music. When the SCRATCH button is activated, jogging the wheel will create a

‘scratch’ effect.

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SCRATCH – While activated, jogging the wheel creates a ’scratch’ effect.

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SEARCH – While activated, spinning the JOG

WHEEL seeks backwards and forwards through a track. Leaving the wheel unmoved for eight seconds deactivates this mode.

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PITCH SLIDER – Adjusts the pitch and tempo of the track on the deck.

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PITCH BUTTON – Pressing this button will cycle through pitch ranges of ±0%, ±6%, ±12%, ±25% and

100%/+ 25%. The range will temporarily appear in the top left of the deck display.

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TAP – Press this button in time with the beat to set the Beatkeeper™. The BPM will appear in the top right of the deck display. Holding the button for one second will reset the Beatkeeper™.

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BEATKEEPER™ – A beatsync bargraph illustrates the beats with red LEDs and can be used as a visual aid to beatmatch tracks. Synced decks will show a blue LED between the two red LEDs.

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MODE – Change deck options such as Track

Loading, Time Display, Fader Start and Jog Mode and Pitch settings.

Track Loading determines how tracks are loaded from the Crate: Automatic loads the next track,

Continuous will autoplay it, Cyclic sends the played track to the end of the Crate list, Repeat will loop playback of the current track.

Jog Mode describes the operation of the deck’s jog wheel when cueing music: Vinyl causes the music to stop, CD causes the music to loop the next 0.2 seconds continuously when the jog wheel stops moving.

Twisting the PUSH SELECT knob will change settings; pressing it will move to the next option.

Press MODE again to exit.

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LOOP IN – Sets the start point of the loop. If you wish to change the loop in point, press the LOOP IN button again.

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LOOP OUT – Sets the end point of the loop; playback begins looping. To release or end the loop press LOOP OUT a second time and play will continue forward when the track passes the loopout point.

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RELOOP – Repeats play (stutters) from the loop in point. If a loop has been set, it plays and repeats the previously set loop until released by pressing LOOP

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EJECT – Press to display a menu of connected USB devices. Highlight a device, then press the function button below the display to eject, thereafter you may disconnect the device.

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MIC – Mutes and unmutes the microphone signal.

When muted (LED is off), the microphone signal will not be routed to the master mix.

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TREBLE – Adjusts the corresponding channel’s high

(treble) frequencies ± 10dB.

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MID – Adjusts the corresponding channel’s midrange frequencies ± 10dB.

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BASS – Adjusts the corresponding channel’s low

(bass) frequencies ± 10dB.

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TRIM / GAIN – Adjusts the corresponding channel’s pre-fader gain level.

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VOLUME FADER – Adjusts audio level of corresponding channel.

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CUE – Sends the corresponding channel to the

Headphone channel for cueing.

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LINE / MIC 2 – Selects the input source to be routed to this mixer channel. Select LINE if you would like to route an external input source, such as a CD player or turntable, connected to the Channel 1 inputs on the rear panel. (If using a phono-level turntable, plese make sure that the Channel 1 LINE /

PHONO switch is set to PHONO). Select MIC 2 if you would like to route the MIC 2 signal to this channel.

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LINE / DECK – Selects the input source to be routed to the corresponding channel. Select LINE if you would like to route an external line-level input source, such as a CD player, to this channel. Select DECK A if you would like to route virtual deck A to this channel (tracks can be sent to the virtual deck via the menus on the screen).

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CROSSFADER – Blends audio between Channels 2

& 3. In the right-most position, you will hear only audio present on Channel 2. In center position, you will hear Channels 2 & 3 simultaneously. In the leftmost position, you will hear only audio present on

Channel 3.

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CROSSFADER ON / OFF – This switch turn the crossfader on and off. When the crossfader is turned off, Channels 2 & 3 will be sent directly to the Master mix and crossfader position will have no effect.

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MASTER – Adjusts the level of the Master output.

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ZONE – Adjusts the level of the Zone output. The

Zone output is most often connected to audio recorders or additional speaker systems for monitoring your mix. The Zone knob allows you to set the audio level sent to these devices, independently of the Master output audio levels.

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BALANCE – Adjusts the Master mix in the left-right panorama. As the knob is moved to the right, the left side of the signal is attenuated and vice versa.

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MONO – Mixes the Master stereo mix to mono. This is useful when connecting the HDMIX to power amplifiers or speaker systems which require a mono input.

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CUE GAIN – Adjusts the level of the Headphone output.

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CUE TONE – Adjusts the tone of the Headphone output. Turn the knob to the left to accentuate low

(bass) frequencies or turn the knob to the right to accentuate high (treble) frequencies.

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CUE MIX – Crossfades between CUE and MASTER.

Please note that this will only have an effect while

SPLIT is disabled.

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SPLIT – “Splits” the headphone audio such that all channels sent to CUE are mixed to mono and applied to the left headphone output and the Master output is mixed to mono and applied to the right channel.

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REAR PANEL OVERVIEW

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Power – Please plug in the supplied power adapter (DC 12V 6A) and connect it to a power source. Please

only use the supplied power adapter – using an alternate power adapter may result in damage to the HDMIX.

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XLR Output (Master) – Connect these balanced outputs to an amplifier or speaker system. In general, we recommend using these balanced outputs, especially for long cable runs.

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RCA Output (Master) – Connect these unbalanced outputs to an amplifier or speaker system.

The Master output level is controlled with the Master knob on the top panel.

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RCA Output (Zone) – This is an auxiliary output which can be used for sending your mix to audio recorders or an additional speaker system for mix monitoring. The output level is controlled with the Zone knob on the top panel.

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RCA Input (Channel 3) – Connect external audio devices to this input. If connecting phono-level turntables, make sure that you set the LINE / PHONO switch to PHONO. If connecting line-level devices, such as CD players and samplers, please set the switch to LINE. Please note that Channel 3 is routed to the right side of the crossfader.

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RCA Input (Channel 2) – Connect external audio devices to this input. This input only allows for line-level devices, such as CD players and samplers. Please note that Channel 2 is routed to the left side of the crossfader.

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RCA Input (Channel 1) – Connect external audio devices to this input. If connecting phono-level turntables, make sure that you set the LINE / PHONO switch to PHONO. If connecting line-level devices, such as CD players and samplers, please set the switch to LINE. Please note that Channel 1 is not routed to the crossfader.

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MIC 2 – Connect a ¼” microphone to this input. The signal from this input is routed to Channel 1. You can select between the RCA inputs or this microphone channel by flipping the LINE / MIC 2 switch on the top panel to the appropriate position.

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MIC 1 – Connect a ¼” microphone to this input. The signal from this input is routed to the Mic Channel on the left side of the mixer.

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USB Port – Use the included USB cable to connect the HDMIX to your computer for transferring and building your music. There are two connection scenarios: a.

Not connected – you can access music from the hard drive or the CD/DVD player directly from the

HDMIX. b.

Connected to computer – when connected to a computer’s USB port, the HDMIX functions as an external hard drive. We highly recommend using the Librarian application, included on the drive, to build your music Library.

IMPORTANT: Always follow proper procedure when disconnecting the HDMIX or your computer. Failure to properly eject the drive before removing the connection or turning off power may damage the drive and its contents.

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USB Inputs – Attach additional mass storage media to these USB ports. A hub can be used to expand to more USB inputs, but you should never plug a hub into a hub. We recommend you use only powered hubs for maximum reliability. You may also connect the included USB keyboard to one of these ports for quick navigation and searching.

Note: HDMIX can play MP3, WAV and AAC music formats stored on FAT16, FAT32, NTFS (read-only) and HFS+ file systems.

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FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW

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CD/DVD Drive – Insert CD/DVD discs into this drive. You can play audio CDs as well as data CD and DVD discs, as long as the music files are in one of the compatible file formats.

Eject– This button opens and closes the CD/DVD drive tray. Please note that you cannot eject the tray if actively playing back or cueing music from the drive.

Hard Drive – The unit’s hard drive holds your personal music collection, which is ready to use as soon as the

HDMIX is powered on. When connected to a computer, this hard drive will show up as an external drive, allowing you to transfer music and build a Library directly from your computer.

Lock – Use the included key to lock and unlock the hard drive from its enclosure. Please note that the hard drive needs to be in and locked for the hard drive to function.

Headphone Outputs (1/4” or 1/8”) – Connect your 1/4” or 1/8” headphones to these outputs.

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QUICKSTART

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PREPARE MUSIC

Load digital music (WAV, AAC, MP3 formats) onto HDMIX or other USB device.

We recommend using the included Librarian software, which can be found on the HDMIX hard-drive, to build your music library.

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POWER UP

Turn on the HDMIX.

If you wish to use media from a USB storage device (thumb drive, iPod, hard drive), connect it to a USB port on the rear panel.

Create Library or choose “Files” to browse files.

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BROWSE MUSIC

Press LIBRARY button to access music.

Rotate PUSH SELECT knob and select “Tracks”.

Scroll down to view music on USB device.

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LOAD & PLAY MUSIC

Rotate PUSH SELECT knob to select music.

Load music to Deck A or B by pressing the corresponding button below the screen…

…or to Crate for later playback.

To access tracks in the Crate, press the CRATE button.

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REMOVE DEVICES / POWER DOWN

To eject a USB device, press EJECT button and select the USB device.

WARNING!!!

Do not remove devices without properly ejecting them. Failure to do so may damage your media.

Press and hold POWER button to power down.

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MIXING TUTORIAL

Now that you have familiarized yourself with the HDMIX, let’s try a quick mixing tutorial. This tutorial will help you better understand the process and steps required to blend one track into the next. For the purposes of this tutorial, let’s assume that you are mixing music from the internal hard-drive not from an attached USB mass storage device or iPod. The fundamental concepts can be applied to mixing music from external sources, such as turntables and CD players, just as well.

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Set CH2 and CH3 input selector switches to DECK to route the signal from the virtual decks to each of these channels.

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Press the LIBRARY button, navigate to a song and press the TO A button to load it to Deck A.

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Move the CROSSFADER to the left-most position so only audio from Deck A is audible.

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Press PLAY on Deck A to begin playing the loaded track.

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While the track is playing on Deck A, select another track and load it to Deck B.

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Move the CUE MIX slider to the left to preview CUE.

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Press Deck B’s CUE button to route the audio from Deck B to the headphones.

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Use Deck B’s JOG WHEEL to cue the first downbeat of the track in the headphones. Adjust the CUE

GAIN knob as necessary.

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Press PLAY on Deck B when the music on Deck A hits a downbeat.

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Use Deck B’s PITCH SLIDER to match the tempo of the track to the music on Deck A.

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When you have matched the tempo, press CUE on Deck B to return and pause at the cue point.

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When you are ready to start your mix, press PLAY on Deck B when the music on Deck A hits a downbeat.

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Use the CROSSFADER to transition from Deck A to Deck B.

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As you are transitioning to Deck B with the crossfader, use the VOLUME SLIDERS, GAIN AND EQ

KNOBS for each channel to adjust the sound. If the incoming track is starting to drift in time, use

Deck B’s JOG WHEEL to make adjustments to the tempo so Deck B’s music “locks” with the beat playing on Deck A.

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When you wish to complete the transition, move the CROSSFADER all the way to the right (Deck

B). You have successfully completed a mix! Repeat the procedure to continue mixing.

As you can see, mixing is not too difficult! Good mixing, however, does take some time to perfect. As you practice, you will get a better sense of which musical material goes well together and how you can create smooth transitions between tracks using the volume, EQ and crossfader controls. Do not get discouraged if your mixes are not sounding professional right away – practice makes perfect!

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