Monster Go-DJ User manual

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Quick Start Guide
YOUR MUSIC
To load your tracks they need to be in WAV
(16-bit 44.1 kHz stereo) or MP3 (maximum 320-
kbps 44.1 kHz stereo) format, and they need to be
on a PC or Mac.
YOUR HEADPHONES
You need headphones and with a headphone cable
that has a mini stereo 1/8” plug.
YOUR SPEAKERS
You need a mini stereo 1/8” plug to for the line out
plug on the GO-DJ™. Connect this cable to any
powered monitors (speakers that have internal
amplification.) Computer speakers are fine. Or
you can plug the GO-DJ™ into an “AUX IN” on a
component set-up.
This guide will get you up and running with basic DJ skills as quickly as possible.
For The Best Results
To get the most from this introduction please have the following essential DJ items ready to go.

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Important User Interface Information
ABOUT THE TOUCH SCREENS
When you turn on the GO-DJ™, you will see a
Digital Turntable on each screen. You can swipe
le and right at the bottom of each screen (start
swiping from where it says “Monster”) to get to
other screens. If you prefer not to swipe, you can
ABOUT THE FUNCTION KNOBS
There are three ways to manipulate these buttons:
• Turn
• PressandRelease
• PressandTurn
The knobs are actually continuous controllers
that can be turned endlessly. They can also be
clicked like buttons. This does things like enable /
disable effects, select folders, and other functions
depending on the context (i.e. which touch screen
is being displayed). You can also turn them while
holding them down, which also does a variety of
things depending on the context.
For more info Please check the manual for a detailed description
of all of the functions of each controller.
just touch the small arrows in the two bottom
corners of each screen. If you see an arrow in only
one of the bottom corners, that’s because you’re
at the le most or right most screen.
Start HereSwipe Once Swipe Once
Swipe AgainSwipe Again Swipe Again

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STEP 1 Turn it On
STEP 2 Load Your Music
STEP 3 Hook It Up
Hold down the power button (on the right side of
the unit) for about one second. Unit will power on.
CONNECT THE USB CABLE
With the GO-DJ™ powered on, connect it to a USB
port on your computer using the supplied cable.
(The cable is mini USB to standard USB) While
plugged in the GO-DJ battery is charging.
ENTER USB STORAGE MODE
Swipe all the way to the Options screen, which is
the farthest screen to the right, four screens away
from the Digital Turntables. You should see a screen
with five tabs at the top of it. Click on the SYSTEM
tab on the right. One of the controls on the screen
will be labeled “USB Storage Mode”. Slide that to
the right and a dialog box will appear. Click “OK”.
You will see a message saying “Connected” on
the GO-DJ™. Meanwhile, on your computer, three
removable drives will have appeared along with
your other drives.
SPEAKERS
Connect your speakers to the mini stereo 1/8"
(3.5mm) LINE OUT jack on the back of the GO-DJ.
HEADPHONES
Connect your headphones to the mini stereo 1/8"
PHONES jack on the front.
COPY YOUR MUSIC TO THE GO-DJ™
Copy your music into the drive named GO-DJ™
DRIVE. You can create a folder structure within the
drive that helps you organize your music. Ignore the
other drives for now.
One of the other drives that appears is used to store recordings
of your mixes. Another contains a copy of the owner’s manual in
PDF form.
DISCONNECT THE GO-DJ™
Safely eject the GO_DJ™ drives from your computer.
Please eject all visible GO-DJ™ drives and when
finished press the “Cancel” button on either screen
of the GO-DJ™ A dialog box will appear. Press “OK”
in the dialog box. The GO-DJ™ will reboot.
If you don’t have speakers, you can also connect
your headphones to the LINE OUT jack on the back,
but you’ll be missing out.

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STEP 4 Load Two Tracks
STEP 6 Cue a Track in Your Headphones
STEP 5 Make Some Noise
TROUBLESHOOTING
On the le touch screen (TRACK A), swipe le
to the File Browser screen. Navigate to the folder
named “GO-DJ™ Drive”. You can either double-
tap on the folder on the touch screen, or rotate the
“FUNCTION A” controller and then press it when
the folder is highlighted. In this way, navigate to one
of the audio files that you loaded into the GO-DJ™.
Double-tap it on the screen or highlight and click it
using the “FUNCTION A” controller. You will then
see a dialog box: click “Load”.
Notice the light blue headphone icon,
beside the battery level indicator in
the top right corner of the le screen.
While keeping an eye on it, press the VOLUME-A
controller.
In this way, you can independently route either
track to one or both ears of your headphones. If
you’re not sure what to do, may we suggest you set
up“splitcueing”:routeTRACKAtoyourleear(by
pressing the VOLUME-Aencoder),andTRACKBto
your right ear.
Press the le Play/Pause button. You should
hearTRACKAinyourspeakers.Youcanlisten
on your headphones as well. To change the
overall headphone volume, press and turn the
VOLUME-B controller.
If you don’t hear anything, here’s what to do:
Turn up the VOLUME A controller. (The ring of LEDs
around it will be completely lit up in blue when
the volume is at maximum.) Also check that the
cross-fader isn’t all the way over to the other side…
the side you are not playing. If you still can’t hear
anything, check the master volume as follows:
The first time the GO-DJ™ sees a new track, it
automatically analyzes it to determine the tempo. If
you have just loaded up your GO-DJ™ with a bunch
of tracks, you might encounter a little latency at this
point while the tempo mapping takes place. This
only happens once for each new track you load.
Load a track into the right channel (TRACK B) in
the same way.
For More Info There’s a way to set up the headphone jack so that
it has the same output as the main mix. Please check the manual.
You will notice that the right side of the
headphone icon dims (turns dark gray),
and that you can now hear the track only
in your le ear.
When you press this controller again,
the le side dims, the right side turns
back to light blue, and the track can be
heard only in your right ear.
Press the VOLUME-A controller again and the
track is not routed to your headphones at all.
Finally, press the controller once more and the
track is routed to both ears again
RotatetheFX SELECT controller clockwise until
the last LED around it is lit up in green Then rotate
the FX LEVEL controller (which is now acting as the
master volume) clockwise to increase the Master
Volume level.

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STEP 7 Your First Mix
STEP 8 Beatmatching
STEP 9 Use the EQ
Slide the cross-fader all the way over to the le
sothatonlyTRACKAisplayingonyourspeakers.
Then press PlaytostartTRACKB.Youshouldhear
AUTOMATIC BEATMATCHING
If manual beatmatching is more than you want to
do when you’re starting out, set the AUTO SYNC
slider on the TRACK B screen to ON and skip to the
next step.
MANUAL BEATMATCHING
Make sure that the AUTO SYNC slider on the
TRACK B screen is set to OFF. The pitch control is
the vertical slider along the outer vertical edge of
each screen. Slide the TRACK B pitch control up or
downtomatchthetempo(BPM)ofTRACKA.
Play with the Digital Turntable a little. Note that
if you touch it with your finger, the track stops
completely. You can scratch it too, but this mode
is not precise enough for beatmatching, so let’s
change to Pitch Bend mode.
From the Digital Turntables, swipe once to the right
to access the 3-band EQ. You can use your finger
to move them up and down. The screen is multi-
touch, so you can even move two or three faders
independentlyatthesametime.TheEQforTRACK
B can also be controlled using the FUNCTION-B
TRACKBinyourrightearbutnotthroughyour
speakers. (You might want to uncover your le ear
so you can hear the main mix out of the speakers.)
WithTRACKBstillplaying,rotatetheFUNCTION-B
controller and watch what happens to the labels
beside the Digital Turntable.
RotatethiscontrollertohighlighttheCUE CLEAR
label at the top. You will notice that the appearance
of the Digital Turntable changes. It should have
“+” (plus) and “-” (minus) signs in the middle. The
Digital Turntable is now in Pitch Bend mode. Touch
and hold the top half of the turntable again.
The track will play more slowly as long as you’re
holding your finger down. This is how you nudge
the track backward. Touch and hold the bottom
half of the turntable to speed the track up and
nudge it forward.
The area to the side of each Digital Turntable with all of the
labels is known as the “Arc Selector.” The other settings enable a
variety of functions, such as looping and marking cue points. The
behaviour of the Digital Turntable is different depending on the
position of the Arc Selector.
controller. Note the round link button next to each
fader. Press it once to enable it, and again to disable
it. If enabled, the fader moves when you turn the
FUNCTION-B controller. In this way you can move
one, two, or all three faders just by turning one knob.