Adjusting The Playing Speed (Tempo Control); Playing In Reverse; Operating The Jog Dial; Specifying The Position To Be Played Instantly (Needle Search) - Pioneer DDJ-S1 Operating Instructions Manual

Pausing
During playback, press the [PLAY/PAUSE f] button.
! Playback resumes when the [PLAY/PAUSE f] button is pressed
again.
Adjusting the playing speed (Tempo
control)
Changing the playing speed
Move the [TEMPO] slider forward or backward.
The playing speed increases when the slider is moved to the [+] side
(towards you), decreases when the slider is moved to the [–] side (away
from you).
Selecting the range for adjusting the
playing speed
Press the [TEMPO RANGE] button.
The playing speed adjustment range switches each time the button is
pressed. The setting after the change is displayed in ITCH.
[±6%]
Adjusting the playing speed without
changing the pitch (Master Tempo)
1 Press the [MASTER TEMPO] button.
The pitch no longer changes even when the playing speed is changed
with the [TEMPO] slider.
! The sound is digitally processed, so the sound quality decreases.
! The master tempo tolerance range is ±50 %.
2 Move the [TEMPO] slider forward or backward.

Playing in reverse

Press the [REV] button.
The track is played in the reverse direction.
! The direction in which the playing speed is increased or decreased
according to the direction in which the jog dial is turned is reversed.

Operating the jog dial

Switching the jog dial mode
The jog dial has two modes.
! [VINYL] mode: When the top of the jog dial is pressed during play-
back, playback pauses, and when the jog dial is spun at this time the
sound is output according to how the jog dial is spun.
! Normal mode: Pressing the top of the jog dial during playback does
not pause playback. Also, such operations as scratching are not
possible.
Press the [VINYL (ILLUMINATION)] button.
The jog mode switches to the [VINYL] mode and the
[VINYL (ILLUMINATION)] button lights.
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[±10%] [±16%] [±100%]
Scratch
When the jog mode is set to the [VINYL] mode and the jog dial is spun
while pressing on its top, the track can be played according to the direc-
tion in and speed at which the jog dial is being spun.
1 Press the [VINYL (ILLUMINATION)] button.
Set the jog mode to the [VINYL] mode.
2 During playback, press the top of the jog dial.
Playback stops.
3 While pressing the top of jog dial, spin the jog dial in
the desired direction and at the desired speed.
The sound is played according to the spinning direction and speed of the
jog dial.
4 Release your hand from the top of the jog dial.
Normal playback resumes.
Pitch bend
During playback, spin the outer section of the jog dial.
The playing speed increases when spun clockwise, decreases when spun
counterclockwise. When spinning is stopped, playback returns to the
normal speed.
! When the jog mode is set to the normal mode, the same operation is
possible by spinning the top of the jog dial.
Switching the jog dial illumination
The way the jog dial illumination lights can be selected from one of two
types.
! The same setting is applied to the jog dials for both decks (A) and (B).
Press the [VINYL (ILLUMINATION)] button while pressing
the [SHIFT] button.
The setting switches each time the button is pressed.
Specifying the position to be played
instantly (NEEDLE SEARCH)
The sound at the position at which the
[NEEDLE SEARCH (ALPHABET SEARCH)] pad is touched can easily be
played.
The left edge of the [NEEDLE SEARCH (ALPHABET SEARCH)] pad indi-
cates the beginning of the track, the right edge the end of the track.
1 Touch the [NEEDLE SEARCH (ALPHABET SEARCH)]
pad.
The track's playing position changes instantly according to the position
on the pad that is touched.
2 While touching the
[NEEDLE SEARCH (ALPHABET SEARCH)] pad, slide your
finger along the pad.
The track's playing position moves as you slide your finger.

Setting a temporary cue point

1 During playback, press the [PLAY/PAUSE f]
button.
Playback is paused.
! Adjust the position by spinnig the jog dial during pause, if
desired. (To move the playback position during pause, other
methods also can be used.)