Serato PIONEER CDJ-900 User manual
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GUIDE
PIONEER
CDJ-900
Installation and Setup
The Pioneer CDJ-900 is a class compliant USB plug and play device for Mac,
but requires drivers for Windows. You will nd these on the installation CD that
is provided with your CDJ-900, or as a download from the Pioneer website.
To use a pair of CDJs with Serato DJ, you will need at least 3 available USB
ports. If you don’t have 3 ports available you may be able to connect your
CDJs to a powered USB hub. It is however, important to always connect your
Serato DJ hardware directly to your computer.
Please also ensure you have also installed the latest available version of
Serato DJ.
1. Connect your Serato DJ hardware as per normal into an available USB
port on your computer.
2. Connect the CDJ to your computer via USB cable or USB hub.
3. Open Serato DJ.
4. Press the LINK button on the CDJ-900.
5. Press the Scroll Knob to connect to the computer.
6. Use the Scroll Knob to choose which virtual deck you wish the CDJ-900
to control.
7. Set the virtual deck in Serato DJ to Internal mode (INT).
Your CDJ-900 can also be used to play regular CDs. To do this just connect
the CDJs audio outs (RCA) to your Serato DJ hardware as you would your
regular CD players.
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# CDJ-2000 Control Function
1 TIME MODE/AUTO CUE Toggle between time elapsed/remaining on the CDJ screen
2 LINK/USB/DISC LINK to play via HID mode, USB to play via ash drive, DISC to play via CD
3 SCREEN Displays library/crate information, track time and BPM etc
4 BROWSE/TAG LIST/INFO/MENU Toggles information that is displayed on the screen
5 BACK Toggles between Library and Crates
6 TAG TRACK/REMOVE Add selected track to Prepare panel
7 STANDBY Not mapped
8 SCROLL KNOB Scrolls through library. Push the scroll knob to load selected track
9 DISC EJECT Eject a track from the selected virtual deck
10 RELOOP/EXIT Reloop/Exit Loop (Loop Active)
11 TOUCH/RELEASE Turn to adjust start & stop time
12 CALL/DELETE/MEMORY CALL browses through loop slots, DELETE deletes selected loop, MEMORY Lock's Loop
13 JOG MODE Toggles between jog or scratch mode for jog wheel
14 SLIP Toggles slip mode on/off
15 TEMPO Cycle through available tempo ranges
16 MASTER TEMPO Keylock On/Off
17 JOG WHEEL Touch the top to scratch or jog. Moving the outside of the wheel will jog
18 TEMPO FADER Adjust Tempo
19 PLAY / PAUSE Play/Pause track
20 CUE Works as CDJ style cue button for setting and jumping to temporary cue
21 SEARCH Fast Forward/Rewind
22 TRACK SEARCH Load Next Track/Previous Track
23 DIRECTION Changes track play direction
24 BEAT SELECT Changes loop range for AUTO BEAT LOOP buttons
MIDI
The MIDI control feature in Serato DJ provides the ability to map Serato DJ
software functions to MIDI controller functions such as keyboards, triggers,
sliders, and knobs. Integrating MIDI controllers into your Serato DJ setup can
improve live performance usability, such as hitting pads on a MIDI controller to
trigger Loops or Cue Points. Buttons marked as ‘MIDI mappable’ can be MIDI
mapped the the Serato DJ function of your choice.
For further information on how to MIDI map Serato DJ software functions,
download the Serato DJ manual.
NOTE : You can not change the functionality of other buttons by using the MIDI
control feature.
Using the Tool Tips
Click on the icon to enable Tool Tips. This is located in between the MIDI
and setup button in the top right hand corner of the screen. Tool Tips provide a
handy way to learn the various features of Serato DJ.
Move the mouse over a section of the screen to bring up a context sensitive tool
tip. Holding the mouse over the button with Tool Tips turned on will show
you a list of all keyboard shortcuts.
For more information about how to use Serato DJ, please go to our website
www.serato.com or download the Serato DJ Manual.
For more information on your CDJ-900, please refer to the Pioneer CDJ-900 manual.
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# CDJ-2000 Control Function
25 IN/OUT LOOP Manually set IN and OUT points of loops. Press again to adjust
26 AUTO BEAT LOOP Each button will activate an auto loop of different length
27 USB STOP Not Mapped
28 USB Insert drive here if you wish to play tracks off a USB ash drive
