Denon DN-HC4500 User Manual

Denon DN-HC4500 &
PCDJ DEX
Configuration - Controller
To use the Denon DN-HC4500's controls, you have to activate it in the PCDJ DEX configuration. To do
this, open the options window, and select the General tab.
There you can check the Denon DN-HC4500 option.
-Pitch Slider Relative mode will switch between a relative or an absolute pitch slider. Absolute
means that the center of the pitch slider will always be 0%. This means it can't be used in
combination with automatic bpm matching. Relative mode is default, and it means that the pitch will
increase/decrease from the current pitch as you move the pitch slider, whatever absolute position the
pitch slider was on. This means that the center position on the pitch slider may not always be 0%
song pitch.
-Jog Wheel sensitivity sets the sensitivity of the jog wheel. The default is 100, increasing it will
make the pitch respond harder on small wheel movements.
-If you have 2 DN-HC4500's you can select each of them by using the drop-down controls.
With the numbers after them you can assign which decks that unit will control.
General Use
The way the Play/Pause and Cue buttons work depend on the cue mode configuration in PCDJ
DEX. (Menu, Options, General)
-In CDJ Mode:
Play/Pause will start or stop playback. The cue point will not be affected.
Cue will return the position to the current cue point when the song was playing.
When the song is not playing and the song is at the current cue point, playback will start for as long
as you hold the cue button. When you release the cue button, the position will return to the cue
point.
When the song is not at the cue point, the cue point position will be changed.
-In PCDJ DEX mode:
Play/Pause will start or stop playback. When playback is stopped, the cue point is set to that
position.
Cue will return the position to the cue point and stop playback.
When pressing cue again the position will be set to the start of the song.
The Sync button will adjust the pitch to match the other decks' bpm. Holding the button for more
than a second will reset the pitch to 0%.
The Jog Mode button switches between scratch mode, pitch bend mode and track browsing mode
for the jog wheel.
The Pitch/Key button will toggle tempocontrol on or off.
When you hold the button pressed for 1 second, the pitch range can be adjusted by turning the
parameter knob.
The Fast Search buttons can be used to seek forward or backwards in the current song.
The Pitch Bend buttons will temporarily bend the pitch up or down.
Pressing the Time button will switch between Elapsed and Remaining time display, and will also
temporarily show the track length in the display.
Press the Cont/Single button for 1 second to switch the display between pitch and bpm display.