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Press and keep this button down and then use the SYNC buttons to temporary
slow-down or speed-up the tempo (pitch bend) of the left or right deck
respectively.
12. BROWSE. Scrolls through Folders or Files.
If a SEARCH buttons is held down, the encoder will navigate (seek) through the
loaded track of left or right deck.
BROWSE PUSH. Push the encoder to toggle focus between the Folders and the
Songs List of Browser.
If focus is on the Folders List, hold SHIFT down and then push the encoder to
expand/collapse sub-folders.
If focus is on the Songs List, hold SHIFT down and then push the encoder to add the
selected track to the Automix list of Sideview.
13. TOUCH. Use this button to enable/disable the Touch mode. If Touch mode is
enabled, the Filter knob will apply a Loop Roll and the EQ knobs will offer Kill actions
when touched.
The BROWSE and the GAIN encoders will offer Touch MIDI keys as well (not
assigned to any function by default)
14. LOAD. Press this button to load the selected track from the Browser to the left or
right deck. Hold SHIFT down and then press this button, to unload the same deck.
15. SYNC. Press this button to automatically match the corresponding Deck's tempo
with the opposite Deck's (or the Master Deck's if using a 4 decks Skin) tempo and
phase.
Hold SHIFT down and press this button to smoothly reset the Pitch (Tempo) of the
track to its original value.
Hold the left or right SEARCH button down and then use these buttons to temporary
slow-down or speed-up the tempo (pitch bend) of the left or right deck
respectively.
16. CUE. When the Deck is paused, you can set a temporary Cue Point at the current
position of the track.
During playback, you can press the Cue Button to return the track to this Cue
Point. (If you did not set a Cue Point, then it will return to the beginning of the track.).
If the Deck is paused at the Cue point, you can press and hold the Cue Button to play
the track from the Temporary Cue Point. Releasing the Cue Button will return the
track to the temporary Cue Point and pause it. To continue playback without
returning to the Temporary Cue Point, press and hold the Cue Button, then press and
hold the Play Button, and then release both buttons.
Press and hold SHIFT and then press this button to return to the beginning of the
track.
17. PLAY. Plays / Pauses the track. Hold SHIFT down and then press this button to
"stutter-play" the track from the last set Cue Point.
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