Gemini MDJ-1000 Operation Manual page 9

p l a y b a c K c o n t r o l s
p l a y / p a u s e
Pressing PLAY/PAUSE
the selected track. Pressing PLAY/PAUSE
will pause playback and hold the track at the current
position.
c u e c o n t r o l s
SETTI N G A C U E P O IN T
While the unit is in playback, press PLAY/PAUSE
(2) to pause the track. While the track is paused, press
CUE (3) to set the cue point at the current position.
ADJU STIN G THE CUE POI NT
After the cue point has been programmed, press PLAY/
PAUSE / ll (2) to pause the track at the cue point.
Press SEARCH / (4) or rotate the jogwheel to ad-
just the cue position. Press CUE (3) to set the cue point
at the current position.
RETURNIN G TO THE CUE P OIN T
While the unit is playing and after the cue point has
been programmed, pressing CUE (3) will cause the unit
to enter the PAUSE mode at the programmed cue point.
Holding down the CUE button changes the function to
preview, and allows you to stutter start or play from the
programmed CUE POINT. Releasing the CUE button will
return the track to the preset CUE point.
s e a r c h
Pressing SEARCH /
track in the direction (forward/reverse). Pressing and
holding SEARCH / (4) will fast-search through the
track in the direction (forward/reverse).
t r a c K s e a r c h
Pressing TRACK SEARCH
beginning position of the next track. Pressing TRACK
SEARCH l (5) will return the current track to the be-
ginning position.
r e v e r s e
Pressing REVERSE (6) will begin playback in the re-
verse direction.
p i t c h b e n d
Pressing the PITCH BEND [+] [-] (25) will temporarily
raise or lower the pitch from the existing pitch setting.
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/ ll (2) will begin playback of
/ ll (2) again
(4) will search through the
l (5) will advance to the
.
c o m
Releasing the buttons will return the pitch to the original
pitch setting.
a d J u s t i n g t e m p o
The tempo increases when the tempo slider [26] is
moved to the [+] side (down), decreases when moved
to the [-] side (up). The rate at with the playing speed is
changed is indicated on the LCD display.
Pressing shift and pitch [-] (25) adjusts the range be-
/ ll
tween +/- 4%, 8%, 16%, 24% ,50% and 100%
K e y l o c K
KEY LOCK (24) allows tempo adjustment without
changing the original pitch.
b p m
Pressing shift and pitch [+] (25) button to toggle be-
tween different BPM modes: BPM ID3 / AUTO BPM /
MANUAL BPM.
ID3 when BPM mode is set to ID3, the BPM information
from the ID3 will be displayed.
AUTO BPM When BPM mode is set to AUTO BPM, the
beats per meter is calculated automatically and corre-
sponding info is displayed on LCD in BPM field.
TAP BPM When BPM mode is set to TAP, the BPM TAP
(23) button can be used to set the beats per minute of
playback by a series of taps at the desired tempo.
MANUAL BPM
browse encoder (14) can be used to set the beats per
minute of playback by rotating to the desired tempo.
NOTE If a BPM value is present in file info ID3 tag, the
value is loaded into the unit and displayed.
b p m l o c K
The BPM LOCK feature allows the user to set the de-
sired value of the BPM by rotating the rotary knob and
pushing down to set BPM. After the mode is activated
the pitch value will be automatically adjusted to match
desired BPM level. To enable the LOCK feature, set the
desired BPM and press shift and bpm tap button (23).
To turn OFF the LOCK feature, press shift and bpm tap
button (23) again.
When BPM mode is set to MANUAL, the
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