Playback Controls
18. Platter: Controls the playhead in the software.
Press and hold Shift and then move the platter to move quickly through the track.
19. Play / Pause: This button pauses or resumes playback.
Press and hold Shift and then press this button to "stutter-play" the track from the last set
Cue Point.
20. Cue: When the Deck is paused, you can set a Temporary Cue Point by moving the platter
to place the playhead at the desired location and then pressing the Cue Button.
During playback, you can press the Cue Button to return the track to this Temporary Cue
Point. (If you did not set a Temporary Cue Point, then it will return to the beginning of the
track.)
If the Deck is paused, 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.
21. Sync: Press this button to automatically match the corresponding Deck's tempo with the
opposite Deck's tempo and phase. Press and hold Shift and press this button to
deactivate Sync.
22. Bleep / Keylock: Press this button to reverse audio playback of the track on the
corresponding deck. Press this button again to resume normal playback from where it
would have been if you had never engaged the Bleep function (i.e., as if the track had been
playing forward the whole time).
Keylock: Press and hold Shift and then press this button to activate or deactivate
Keylock: the key of the song will lock to whatever position the pitch fader is at when
Keylock is activated. This feature allows you to change the speed of the song without
changing the key.
23. Scratch: Press this button to activate or deactivate Scratch Mode. In this mode, you can
touch the center part of the platter will scratch like a turntable when you spin it. If Scratch
Mode is off, the center part of the platter will pitch-bend when you spin it.
Press and hold Shift and then press this button to toggle between time elapsed and time
remaining in the jog wheel display of the corresponding deck.
24. Strip Search: The length of this strip represents the length of the entire track. Place your
finger on a point along this sensor to jump to that point in the track. (If you want to scroll
through a track, we recommend using your computer rather than running your finger along
the strip.)
25. Slip / Quantize: When using the software's Beat Grid, hold Slip and move the platter to
"slip" (i.e., shift or slide) the entire Beat Grid to the left or right. This is helpful when the
Beat Grid is slightly misaligned with the track's transients. See the Serato DJ manual for
more information.
Press and hold Shift and press the Deck A (left side) Slip button to enable or disable
Quantize for Layer 1 or 3. Press and hold Shift and press the Deck B (right side) Slip
button to enable or disable Quantize for Layer 2 or 4. When enabled, setting and triggering
cues and loops will snap to the Beat Grid.
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