Pioneer DDJ-400 Operating Instructions Manual page 16

3 Turn [GAIN] on the sampler deck of rekordbox dj
screen.
4 Press a performance pad.
The sound for the slot assigned to the pad that was pressed is played.
! Sampler slots are assigned to the respective performance pads as
shown below. (The slots in parentheses are for when the pad mode of
deck 2 is the sampler mode.)
Slot 1 Slot 2
(slot 9) (slot 10)
Slot 5 Slot 6
(slot 13) (slot 14)
5 During sampler playback, press a performance
pad.
Playback continues by returning to the beginning.
6 Press a performance pad while pressing the [SHIFT]
button during sampler playback.
The sound of the slot that is currently playing stops.
Using keyboard mode
Scales can be added to the hot cue like a keyboard by the performance
pad.
1 Press the [HOT CUE] mode button while pressing
the [SHIFT] button.
The mode switches to the keyboard mode.
2 Press a performance pad.
Select the hot cue to use with the keyboard mode.
! If no hot cue is set, the current playback position is set as hot cue
and used in keyboard mode.
! To reselect a hot cue to use in keyboard mode, press the [HOT CUE]
mode button while pressing the [SHIFT] button.
When the hot cue is selected to use in keyboard mode, the settings of
the sound pitch are assigned to the respective performance pads as
shown below. (default state)
①
+4
Semitone Semitone
⑤
±0
Semitone Semitone
Semitone is a unit to determine the sound pitch. +1 Semitone indicates
the sound higher than the original by half.
3 Press the pad 7 or pad 8 while pressing the [SHIFT]
button to change the sound pitch assigned to the
performance pad.
When the pad 7 is pressed while pressing the [SHIFT] button, the sound
pitch rises.
When the pad 8 is pressed while pressing the [SHIFT] button, the sound
pitch falls.
①
Delete
Hot cue. Hot cue.
⑤
Delete
Hot cue. Hot cue.
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Slot 3 Slot 4
(slot 11) (slot 12)
Slot 7 Slot 8
(slot 15) (slot 16)
②
③ ④
+5 +6 +7
Semitone Semitone
⑥ ⑦ ⑧
+1 +2 +3
Semitone Semitone
② ③ ④
Delete Delete Delete
Hot cue. Hot cue.
⑥ ⑦ ⑧
Delete Semitone Semitone
up down
4 Press a performance pad.
The hot cue is played by the sound pitch assigned to the pad that was
pressed.
! To delete the hot cue selected for the keyboard mode, press one of
pad 1 through 6 while press the [SHIFT] button.
Using the pad FX
A wide range of effect performances is possible with just the simple
operation of pressing and releasing performance pads.
1 Switch to the pad FX mode 1 or pad FX mode 2.
! Pad FX mode 1: Press the [BEAT LOOP] mode button while pressing
the [SHIFT] button.
! Pad FX mode 2: Press the [BEAT JUMP] mode button while pressing
the [SHIFT] button.
In each mode, effects are assigned to the performance pads as shown
below.
When the [SHIFT] button is not pressed (pad FX mode 1)
Effect Effect
A B
Effect Effect
E F
When the [SHIFT] button is pressed (pad FX mode 1)
Effect Effect
I J
Effect Effect
M N
When the [SHIFT] button is not pressed (pad FX mode 2)
Effect Effect
Q R
Effect Effect
U V
When the [SHIFT] button is pressed (pad FX mode 2)
Effect Effect
Y Z
Effect Effect
AC AD
2 Press and hold a performance pad, or press and
hold a performance pad while pressing the [SHIFT]
button.
The effect turns on according to the effect and number of beats settings
assigned to the pad that was pressed.
3 Release the performance pad.
The effect turns off.
Effect Effect
C D
Effect Effect
G H
Effect Effect
K L
Effect Effect
O P
Effect Effect
S T
Effect Effect
W X
Effect Effect
AA AB
Effect Effect
AE AF