Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV7

Quick-Start Guide

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Setup

Serato software

The Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV7 is a “Serato DJ Pro hardware unlocked” device, meaning it works with Serato DJ

Pro out of the box.

It is also a “paid upgrade to Serato DVS” device, meaning it requires the purchase & activation of a Serato

DVS license, in order to use Serato DVS functionality.

Please ensure you have the latest version of Serato DJ Pro installed:

Click here to download Serato DJ Pro

Driver software

The Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV7 does require manufacturer specific drivers on both macOS and Windows operating systems. To install them, simply connect your DDJ-REV7 with a USB cable to your computer, and launch the latest version of Serato DJ Pro, where you will be will be prompted to ‘Install drivers’ for the device.

Alternatively, visit the driver.

Pioneer DJ Support

site to manually download and install the relevant DDJ-REV7

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DDJ-REV7

CONTROL

MIC

CH1 CURVE

CROSSFADER

CH2 CURVE

PHONES

AUX

KENSINGTON

LOCK

MASTER

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Microphone controls for talkover, level, EQ, and echo

Channel 1 fader controls for reverse and curve type

Crossfader controls for reverse, feeling adjust, and curve type

Channel 2 fader controls for reverse and curve type

Heaphone output for 3.5mm and 6.5mm jack

Controls for Auxilliary, toggle input type or adjust level

Secure device

Master 1 output for XLR or Master 2 output with RCA

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DDJ-REV7

CONTROL

BOOTH

USB A/B

CH 1/2

AUX

MIC2

MIC1

STANDBY/ON

DC IN

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Booth output for TRS

Connect USB cable to PC via USB B / A

Channel 1 & 2 RCA inputs, line/phono toggle, and grounding post

Auxilliary input (TRS) and attenuation adjust

Microphone 2 input (TRS) and attentuation adjust

Microphone 1 input (TRS/XLR) and attentuation adjust

Toggle switch to power device on / off

Connect power adapter

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TEMPO SLIDER

SYNC

BACK

SCRATCH BANK

FX (SECTION)

EQ (SECTION)

BOOTH LEVEL

MASTER LEVEL

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DISPLAY

TRIM

A / PHONO / LINE / B

FILTER

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14 RESET

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KEY LOCK

SLIP

CENSOR

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FUNCTION

Adjust tempo/pitch

Press to turn SYNC on (per deck)

Toggle back between crate & track area

Toggle Scratch Banks for Slot mode

SEE FX SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION

Adjust equalizer (HI, MID, LOW) per channel

Adjust Booth output level

Adjust Master output level

LED Display

Adjust channel gain

Toggle between inputs per channel

Low & High pass combo filter (per channel)

SEE PERFORMANCE PADS FOR MORE INFORMATION

Tempo slider reset/quartz lock

Toggle key lock

Toggle Slip on/off

Toggle Censor for playing track

Library Scroll. Press in to toggle forward between track and crate selection

Ignore tempo/pitch adjustment

Disable Sync (per deck)

Cycle view mode

Toggle Sampler for Slot mode

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Toggle Reverse playback

Fast Library scroll. Press in to toggle back between track and crate selection

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KEY + / -

HOT CUE

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STOP TIME

JOG WHEEL

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PLAY / PAUSE

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PITCH BEND + / -

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CHANNEL FADER

CROSSFADER

SHIFT

SILENT CUE

SAMPLER (SECTION)

JOG WHEEL DISPLAY

SLOT / PAD

INSTANT SCRATCH

AUTO LOOP

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TEMPO RANGE

FUNCTION

Load highlighted track to respective deck. Double press to

Instant Double

Key shift up / Key shift down

Toggle Hot Cue for Slot mode

Adjust play stop time per deck

Turn jog to pitch bend, or control waveform within Serato DJ in vinyl mode

Toggles Play / Pause on selected deck

Toggle physical RPM platter speed per deck

Pitch bend up / Pitch bend down

Headphone output level, cue/master mix, and channel cue selector

Adjust channel volume

Crossfade audio between channel 1-2

Shift modifier. Hold while using another control for secondary function

Toggle Silent Cue per deck

Sampler output level & Smooth Echo

Parameter 1 left & right per deck

Add highlighted track to

Prepare

Key sync / Key reset

Toggle Saved Loop for Slot mode

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Stutter play

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Display track / waveform information of playing track

Trigger Pads 1-4 of selected Slot mode, which are independent of Performance Pad modes.

Slot modes available are: Hot Cue/Scratch Bank/Saved Loop/

Sampler.

Toggle Instant Scratch per deck on / off. Use Slot mode buttons to trigger built-in, pre-configured Scratch samples, which are then manipulated using jog wheel or transport controls.

Not avaiable when channel is in PHONO/LINE configuration.

Enable/disable 4 beat loop

Half active loop length / Double active loop length

Toggle tempo/pitch range

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Assign FX Unit to Sampler

Parameter 2 left & right, per deck

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Toggle Active Loop

Set or Edit Loop in point / Set or Edit Loop out point

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Performance Pads

The Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV7 comes with 8 performance pads, that can be used across 8 different performance pad modes.

The modes consist of:

HOT CUE mode: Pads 1-8 trigger Serato DJ Pro Cue points, and if no Cue point is present on that slot/pad, pressing that pad will set a Cue point. Holding down the SHIFT button while pressing a pad will delete the Cue point from the respective pad/slot.

ROLL mode: Holding Pads 1-8 activate a loop roll of varying sizes. Release the pad to exit the Loop Roll. Use the loop selection area in the Serato DJ Pro user interface, to influence the 8 available loop roll sizes.

SAVED LOOP mode: Pads 1-8 trigger Saved Loops, or save an Active Loop to an empty Loop Slot. Holding SHIFT while pressing a Pad will Reloop the Saved Loop Slot. Parameter 1 Left & Right controls halve and double loop size respectively, while holding

SHIFT will Loop Shift Left & Right.

SAMPLER mode: Press pads 1-8 in this mode to trigger samples loaded into the Serato DJ Pro Sampler. Holding SHIFT while pressing a Pad will stop a currently playing Sampler slot, or load a new sample to the Sampler slot if empty.

Parameter 1 Left

& Right controls cycle Sample Banks forward and backwards, respectively, while holding SHIFT will cycle Sample Bank output forward and backwards.

PITCH PLAY mode : Press the HOT CUE mode button twice to enter Pitch Play mode. In this mode, pads 1-8 play Cue points over variable pitch ranges.

See the ‘Pitch Play’ section for more information.

SLICER LOOP mode : Hold SHIFT while pressing the ROLL pad mode button, to enter Slicer Loop mode. This is a fixed Slicer

Domain or ‘loop’. Pads 1-8 will trigger the slices. Use Parameter 1 left & right controls to change the quantize size, while holding

SHIFT while doing so, will change domain size.

SAVED FLIP mode: Hold SHIFT while pressing the SAVED LOOP pad mode button, to enter Saved Flip mode. In this mode,

Saved Flips can be triggered with Pads 1-8, while holding SHIFT and triggering a Pad will toggle the Saved Flip on and off.

Parameter 1 Left & Right controls trigger Flip Record and Flip Start. Holding SHIFT while doing so will Flip Loop and toggle Flip on/ off. The Serato Flip expansion pack is required for Saved Flip mode, and must be enabled under Setup > Expansion packs .

SCRATCH BANK mode: Hold SHIFT while pressing the SAMPLER pad mode button, to enter Scratch Bank mode. This mode allows you to assign files in your Serato DJ Pro library to a Pad. When Pads 1-8 are triggered, the corresponding file will be loaded to deck, allowing you to quickly load useful Scratch samples.

Click the Scratch Bank button in the top tool bar of Serato DJ Pro to reveal the Scratch Bank Panel. In this panel you can load and eject files from the Scratch Banks, as well as chose the preferences you wish to load to the deck upon triggering the pad.

These preference include the start point of the file, Key Lock on/off and Repeat on/off. Clicking the button in the top left corner of the panel will change between Advanced and Simple View.

Holding SHIFT , while pressing a Scratch Bank Pad that is already loaded to a virtual deck, will reload the previously loaded track to that virtual deck.

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Pitch Play

Holding SHIFT and pressing the CUE performance pad mode button on the Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV7 will enable Pitch Play mode. In this mode you an play Cue Points over variable pitch ranges.

There are 3 key ranges to choose from. The following tables show pitched key ranges (in Semitones) while using the 8 performance pads in Pitch Play mode. To toggle beteen key ranges press the Parameter left & right buttons.

The root key pad (0) is always lit white, which will play the cue point at it’s regular pitch.

Pressing Parameter left & right while holding SHIFT will shift up or down a single semitone. In Pitch Play mode, pressing a pad will pitch the currently selected cue point up or down the following ranges:

Up Range: (Up 7 Semitones)

+4 +5 +6 +7

0 +1 +2 +3

Middle Range: (Up 3/Down 4 Semitones

0 +1 +2 +3

-4 -3 -2 -1

Down Range: (Down 7 Semitones)

-3 -2 -1 0

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When Pitch Play mode is first enabled, the middle range is selected. If a new track is loaded, key mode will default to middle range.

PITCH PLAY can only pitch one Cue point at a time. To change the selected Cue, hold the SHIFT button and press a performance pad where the cue point you want to select would be (as shown in the CUES performance pad mode). While holding SHIFT, press the corosponding performance pad for:

Cue 1 Cue 2 Cue 3 Cue 4

Cue 5 Cue 6 Cue 7 Cue 8

The selected cue point defaults to Cue Point 1 on track load, even if instant doubled. If a pad with no cue point is selected, then a new cue point will be created. Deleting a cue point however, is not possible in

PITCH PLAY mode. Range is remembered if user goes to another pad mode, then back to key mode. If a new track is loaded, key mode will default to middle range.

NOTE

: Pitch Play mode is available once the Pitch ‘n Time DJ Expansion Pack has been activated in the Expansions window, under the My Account drop-down. Make sure “Enable Pitch ‘n Time DJ” is then checked in the Expansion Pack tab of the SETUP screen.

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DJ-FX

The DJ-FX in Serato DJ Pro are powered by iZotope™. Click the FX button to open the FX panel. Select either 1, 2, or M to assign the selected effect bank to a deck or the master output.

There are two available modes with DJ-FX. Single FX Mode allows you to select one effect per FX bank, and has multiple parameters that can be adjusted. Multi FX Mode allows you to select up to three effects per

FX bank, and adjust only one parameter, the FX Depth. The same effects available in Single FX mode are available in Multi FX mode, as well some additional presets.

You can select between the two FX modes by clicking either the Single FX mode button or Multi FX mode button

The DDJ-REV7 allows you to use Serato DJ software FX, as well as built-in Pioneer hardware Beat FX. Refer to Pioneer documentation for information regarding use of Pioneer hardware Beat FX.

DDJ-REV7

Control

ECHO

Single FX mode

Arm FX (hold while turning

Browse knob to cycle FX)

SHIFT function

Toggle Beat FX

Multi FX mode

Arm FX Slot 1 (hold while turning Browse knob to cycle FX)

SHIFT function

Toggle Beat FX

SPIN Toggle Software FX Arm FX Slot 2 (hold while turning Browse knob to cycle FX)

Toggle Software FX

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Decrease Beats Multiplier -

Arm FX Slot 3 (hold while turning Browse knob to cycle FX)

Decrease Beats Multiplier -

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TAP Tap FX Tempo Auto FX BPM Tap FX Tempo Auto FX BPM

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BRAKE

DUCK DOWN

Increase Beats Multiplier

Arm FX (hold while turning

Browse knob to cycle FX)

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LOCK ON / ON

LEVEL/DEPTH

Push up to lock assign FX per channel / Push down to momentarily assign per channel

Increase FX level/depth

FX BANK A

FX BANK B

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Increase Beats Multiplier

Arm FX Slot 1 (hold while turning Browse knob to cycle FX)

Arm FX Slot 2 (hold while turning Browse knob to cycle FX)

Arm FX Slot 3 (hold while turning Browse knob to cycle FX)

Push up to lock assign FX per channel

/ Push down to momentarily assign per channel

Increase FX level/depth (all slots)

FX BANK A

FX BANK B

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Flip

Flip is an Expansion Pack for Serato DJ Pro. Flip controls are only available once the Flip expansion pack has been purchased and activated. The expansion pack can be purchased in-app through the My Serato window in Serato DJ Pro or online at https://serato.com/dj/pro/expansions/flip

In Cue mode, the Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV7’s Parameter Left button arms & enables Flip for recording, and the

Parameter Right button triggers a saved Flip. Holding SHIFT while pressing each button toggles Flip Loop and Flip On/Off respectively.

You can also use the dedicated pad mode, Saved Flip mode, by holding SHIFT while pressing the ‘Saved

Loop’ pad mode button.

For more information on using Flip, please check-out our Flip User Guide .

DVS

The Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV7 is a “Paid upgrade to Serato DVS” device, meaning it requires the purchase and activation of the Serato DVS expansion pack, to allow use of turntables, CD or media players to control Serato

DJ Pro using NoiseMap™ Control Tone.

Beat Jump

To activate Beat Jump, open the Setup screen and under the DJ preferences tab turn on “Show Beat Jump

Controls”.

When you close the Setup screen you will see Beat Jump controls underneath the existing Auto Loop values on each deck. Checking this box will turn on Beat Jump features in the deck area and let you control Beat Jump from on your supported Serato DJ Pro hardware.

When the Beat Jump option is enabled, perfomance pad modes AUTO LOOP or ROLL mode (where applicable) will use the bottom row of 4 pads (pads 5-8) as Beat Jump controls. This is designed to mirror the change in deck Auto Loop area (from 8 Auto Loop sizes to 4 Auto Loop sizes + Beat Jump controls).

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MIDI

The MIDI feature in Serato DJ Pro provides the ability to remap Serato DJ Pro software functions to your primary Serato controller, interface or mixer. You can also assign controls to a secondary MIDI controller to further enhance your performance.

For more information on MIDI mapping with Serato DJ Pro click here

To remap your supported Serato device, open the SETUP screen and click the MIDI tab. If your Serato device supports hardware remapping, it will show up in the MIDI Devices list at the top.

Select your connected device from the MIDI Devices list and make sure the “Allow Serato Hardware

Remapping” option is checked.

Once checked, the MIDI assign button at the top of the screen will become available for you to start remapping.

You can save, edit or delete MIDI presets in the MIDI tab of the SETUP screen. Clicking ‘Restore Defaults’ will erase any custom mappings for all connected devices and revert their functions back to default.

Help

Show Tooltips

Click on the button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then to enable tooltips. Tool tips provide a handy way to learn the various features of Serato DJ Pro.

Move the mouse over a section of the screen to bring up a context sensitive tool tip.

Watch Tutorials

Click on the button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then to launch your default internet browser and watch tutorials, to help you get familiar with Serato DJ Pro.

Get Support

Click on the button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then to launch your default internet browser and navigate to the Serato DJ Pro knowledge base, where you can find helpful articles and guides on Serato DJ Pro. Alternatively, type in the search the Serato DJ Pro knowledge base for specific, related topics.

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