INSTALLATION
Firmware & Drivers
Firmware: Update the firmware of the unit to the latest version from
http://www.pioneerdj.com/en/support/software/ddj-sr/#firmware-updateDrivers (for Windows only): Install the latest ASIO drivers from
http://www.pioneerdj.com/en/support/software/ddj-sr/#driversNo drivers are required for Mac OSX computers
VirtualDJ Setup
Download and install VirtualDJ 8 from http://www.virtualdj.com/download/index.html (in case you have not done already)
Once VirtualDJ 8 is launched, a Login Window will appear. Login with your virtualdj.com account.
A Pro Infinity or a Pro Subscribtion License is required to fully use the Pioneer DDJ-SR. Without any of the above Licenses, the controller will operate for 10 minutes each time you restart VirtualDJ.
http://www.virtualdj.com/buy/index.html
A detection window will appear next asking to use or not the pre-defined audio setup with the built-in sound card of the DDJ-SR.
Click on the "Use Soundcard" button if speakers are connected to the Master Output of the DDJ-SR. You can still change that from Settings->AUDIO tab.
Click to OK.
The unit is now
ready to operate with VirtualDJ.
MIDI Operation
The unit should be visible in the CONTROLLERS tab of Config and the “factory default” available/selected from the Mappings drop-down list. The factory default Mapping offers the functions described in this Manual, however those can be adjusted to your needs via VDJ Script actions.
Find more details at
http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/VDJ8script.html
AUDIO Setup
The unit has a pre-defined Audio setup and a special button in the AUDIO tab of Config to provide that.
Please read the manual of DDJ-SR for further functionality.
http://www.pioneerdj.com/en/support/documents/ddj-sr/ For further software settings please refer to the User Guides of VirtualDJ 8.
http://www.virtualdj.com/manuals/virtualdj8/index.htmlEFFECTS
The Left FX section (FX1) controls the effects of the Left selected software deck (1 or 3) and the Right FX section (FX2) controls the effects of the Right selected software deck (2 or 4).
Each one of the FX unit offers 2 modes. The
Single Effect mode offers one effect slot but more parameters controls per effect. The
Multi Effects mode offers 3 effect slots (to trigger more than 1 effect at the same time – chained effects). The selection between those 2 modes is done by pressing the
TAP button while
SHIFT is held.
Single FX mode
Hold
SHIFT down and then use the
TAP button to select the
Single FX mode in the default GUI. The Single FX mode is selected by default on first launch
Single FX – 4 Decks Layout
Single FX – 2 Decks Layout In this mode a single Effect is controlled with up to 6 Parameters and 3 Effect buttons. Only the first 2 Parameters are visible on the GUI. More Parameters and Effect buttons can be viewed in the FX GUI (opened from the + button on the GUI)
- FX1 ON. Press this button to enable/disable the selected effect to the Left/Right selected deck.
Hold SHIFT down and then use this button, to enable/disable the 1st effect button of the selected effect (if available).
- FX2 ON. Press this button to select the previous effect from VirtualDJ Effects list. Hold SHIFT down and then use this button, to enable/disable the 2nd effect button of the selected effect (if available).
- FX3 ON. Press this button to select the next effect from VirtualDJ Effects list.
Hold SHIFT down and then use this button, to enable/disable the 3rd effect button of the selected effect (if available).
- FX1 knob. Controls the 1st effect parameter of the selected effect.
Hold SHIFT down to control the 4th effect parameter of the selected effect (if available).
- FX2 knob. Controls the 2nd effect parameter of the selected effect.
Hold SHIFT down to control the 5th effect parameter of the selected effect (if available).
- FX3 knob. Controls the 3rd effect parameter of the selected effect.
Hold SHIFT down to control the 6th effect parameter of the selected effect (if available).
Multi FX mode
Hold
SHIFT down and then use the
TAP button to select the
Multi FX mode in the default GUI.
Multi FX mode – 4 Decks Layout
Multi FX mode – 2 Decks Layout In this mode 3 different Effects can be applied and controlled with up to 2 Parameters for each FX slot. Only the first Parameter is visible on the GUI (and the 2nd Parameter while SHIFT is held on the DDJ-SR). More Parameters and Effect buttons can be viewed in the FX GUI (opened from the + button on the GUI)
- FX1 ON. Press this button to enable/disable the selected effect of FX slot 1.
- FX2 ON. Press this button to enable/disable the selected effect of FX slot 2.
- FX3 ON. Press this button to enable/disable the selected effect of FX slot 3.
- FX1 knob. Controls the 1st parameter of the selected effect of FX slot 1.
Hold SHIFT to control the 2nd parameter of the selected effect of slot 1.
- FX2knob. Controls the 1st parameter of the selected effect of FX slot 2.
Hold SHIFT to control the 2nd parameter of the selected effect of slot 2
- FX3 knob. Controls the 1st parameter of the selected effect of FX slot 3.
Hold SHIFT to control the 2nd parameter of the selected effect of slot 3.
FX Clone & Beats
Starting from VirtualDJ 8.2, the selected Effects from one deck can be cloned (copied) to any other deck, using the FX ASSIGN buttons.
- FX ASSIGNS
FX ASSIGN 1 : Clone the selected Effects of Deck 1 to this deck
FX ASSIGN 2 : Clone the selected Effects of Deck 2 to this deck
SHIFT+FX ASSIGN 1 : Clone the selected Effects of Deck 3 to this deck
SHIFT+FX ASSIGN 2 : Clone the selected Effects of Deck 4 to this deck
- BEATS. Use this knob to adjust the Beats of a Beat-aware Effect.
Currently only the Beats of the Echo effect can be adjusted using this knob. More Beat-aware Effects will be available in future versions.
- TAP. Press this button to manually tap the tempo of the track. Press SHIFT and then this button to toggle between the Single and Multi Effect modes.
PADS
Pads (32) offer various functions, depending on the PAD MODE buttons. Each of the 4 PAD MODE buttons offers 2 individual modes (hold SHIFT and then press the PAD MODE button to access the additional mode). The modes represent a page of the PADS section on the default VirtualDJ GUI.
Press the
HOT CUE mode button to set the PADs to Hot Cue mode.
Hotcues Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
Hotcues mode – Pioneer DDJ-SR Each one of the 8 pad assigns a
Hot Cue Point or jumps the track to that Hot Cue Point (if assigned).
When a Hot Cue Button is unlit, you can assign a Hot Cue Point by pressing it at the desired point in your track. Once it is assigned, the Hot Cue Button will light on.
Hold
SHIFT and then press a pad to delete its assigned Hot Cue Point.
The
PARAMETER buttons (31) jump the song to the
previous/next assigned
HotCue point.
Hold
SHIFT and then use the
PARAMETER buttons (31) to
jump 1 beat backwards/forward.
Hold
SHIFT and then press the
HOT CUE mode button to set the PADs to Cue Loop mode. The led of the HOT CUE button will blink to indicate this mode.
Cueloop Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
Cue Loop mode – Pioneer DDJ-SR In this mode each one of the 8 pads assigns a
Hot Cue Point or returns the track to that Hot Cue Point, but in both cases, it also
triggers a Loop at that point (momentary or toggle depending on the selected mode from the Page menu).
Hold
SHIFT and then press a pad to
stutter/jump to the Hotcue (loop will remain triggered)
Use the
PARAMETER buttons (31) to
half/double the size of the triggered Loop.
Hold
SHIFT and then use the PARAMETER buttons (31) to select the On/Off (Toggle) or Hold (momentary)
Loop trigger mode.
By default the Cue Loops will be quantized. This can be turned off/on from the Page Menu on the GUI.
Press the
ROLL mode button to set the PADs to Loop Roll mode.
Loop Roll Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
Loop Roll mode – Pioneer DDJ-SR Press one of the 8 pads to trigger a
momentary Loop Roll. Once the Pad is released, the track will resume playing from the position it would have been if the Loop Roll was never triggered. The exit point will be visible on the waveform of the VirtualDJ GUI with an additional “running” play marker.
Hold SHIFT to get a ½, ¾, 1 and 2 beats Loop Roll sizes for the 4 low pads.
Use the Page menu to apply the Loop Rolls to Video.
The PARAMETER buttons (31) are not used in this mode.
Hold
SHIFT and then press the
ROLL mode button to set the PADs to Loop mode. The led of the ROLL button will blink to indicate this mode.
Loop Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
Loop mode – Pioneer DDJ-SR Press one of the pads to trigger an
Auto Loop of a different size in beats, depending on the selected page. There are 6 different pages available with sizes starting from 1/32 up to 128 beats.
Use the
PARAMETER buttons (31) to select the
previous/next page with the desired Loop sizes
Hold
SHIFT and then use the
PARAMETER buttons (31) to change the behavior of the Loop pads, by selecting the
On/Off (toggle),
Hold (momentary – while pad is pressed) or the
Roll mode (track will resume to the position it would have been once the pad is released)
Press the
SLICER mode button to set the PADs to SLICER mode.
Slicer Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
Slicer mode – Pioneer DDJ-SR The 8 pads represent eight
sequential beats—"
Slices"—in the Beat Grid. The currently playing Slice is represented by the currently lit pad. The light will move through the pads as it progresses through each eight-Slice phrase. Press a pad to
repeat that Slice (hold it down if you want to keep looping it).
Once the Pad is released the track will continue to play from the position it would have been if the pad was never pressed.
Hold
SHIFT and then use the Pads to repeat the
memorized Slices (the Slices played/repeated last time)
Use the
PARAMETER (31) buttons to adjust the
length of the Loop applied to the slice. Press
SHIFT and then use the PARAMETER (31) buttons to adjust the
step of the SlicesPress the
SAMPLER button to set the PADs to Sampler mode.
Sampler Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
Sampler mode – Pioneer DDJ-SR Each one of the pads
triggers a sample from the selected Sampler Bank of VirtualDJ. If a bank has less than 9 samples, both sides of the DDJ-SR will control the same samples. If a bank has more than 8 samples, the left side of the DDJ-SR will control samples 1 to 8 and the right side samples 9 to 16. The PAD will be lit if a sample slot is loaded and will blink if triggered.
Press the pads to trigger a sample. Depending on the selected trigger Pad mode, use
SHIFT and the same pads to
stop the sample.
Use the
PARAMETER (31) buttons to select the
Sampler Bank (previous/next). Press
SHIFT and then the PARAMETER (31) buttons to select the
Trigger Pad mode (on/off, hold, stutter, unmute)
Press and
hold the
SAMPLER Pad mode button to set the PADs to
Sampler Velocity mode. In this mode the Pads will additionally alter the Volume of the triggered Sample depending on the pressure (velocity).
Hold
SHIFT and then press the
SAMPLER mode button to set the PADs to Remix Points mode. The led of the SAMPLER button will blink to indicate this mode.
Remix Points Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
Remix mode – Pioneer DDJ-SR This mode offers the first 8
Remix Points of the loaded track. Remix Points are automatically defined from VirtualDJ, once the track is analyzed. Remix points can be managed from the POI Editor (more can be added/adjusted/deleted). They usually represent End/Start points of track’s blocks depending on the structure of the track and are always quantized when triggered.
The Remix points will be visible on the Song-position progress of the GUI (with white markers) once the Remix Points Pad page is selected.
PAD PLUS
Press the
PAD PLUS ON button to enter the PAD PLUS mode. In this mode several functions of the Pads depend on the tempo of the track. The tempo of the track can be set manually as well, by tapping the TAP button (at least 4 times). Press and hold the TAP button (led will turn off) to return to the original tempo (defined by VirtualDJ).
Press the
HOT CUE mode button to set the PADs to HotCue Roll mode.
In this mode the 8 Pads have the same functionality as the HOTCUE mode. In addition, the
HotCues are triggered repeatedly (depending on the track’s tempo), as long as the pad is pressed. The speed of the trigger (measured in beats) is controlled by the PARAMETER (31) buttons.
Hold
SHIFT and then press a pad to
delete its assigned Hot Cue Point.
Press the
ROLL mode button to set the PADs to Trans mode.
In this mode the 8 Pads
mute the Volume of the track repeatedly (depending on the track’s tempo) as long as the pad is pressed, creating a
cut effect. Each one of the pads offers a different speed (beats) and the size is displayed on the PARAMETER digits (see image). The last pad offers a mute in the Volume of the track (without repeat).
.
Press the
SLICER mode button to set the PADs to Combo FX mode.
In this mode the first 3 Pads
trigger the corresponding
FX slot and additionally they gradually
apply a High Pass
Filter (HPF) to the track, creating a Combo (Chained) Effect. The HPF can be applied instantly if the lower 3 Pads are used.
Pads 4 and 8 along with the PARAMETER (31) buttons are not used (will not affect the functionality of this mode)
Press the
SAMPLER mode button to set the PADs to Sampler Roll mode.
In this mode the 8 Pads
repeatedly trigger the corresponding
Sampler slots (depending on the track’s tempo) as long as the pad is pressed, creating a Roll Sample effect.
The
speed of the roll (measured in beats) is controlled by the P
ARAMETER (31) buttons
.
Press the pads to trigger a sample. Depending on the selected trigger Pad mode, use SHIFT and the same pads to stop the sample.
Recording & Microphone
No special configuration is required to record your mix with the DDJ-SR.
Simply open the MASTER center panel of the VirtualDJ GUI and click to the
REC button (or BCAST for broadcasting) to record your mix.
The
Microphone Input of the DDJ-SR is a
hardware input. It cannot be control by VirtualDJ nor can the Microphone Volume knob be assigned to any action. The signal from this input is
routed directly to the Master Output. Therefore, the Microphone input will not be recorded by default.
However. the Pioneer DDJ-SR has a dedicated Input to
record your Main Mix along with the Microphone Input, a slight distortion may be present though, and thus this input is not used by default. If you wish to record both your mix and the Microphone/AUX Input, you will need to manually add a “record” line in the Audio configuration as followed..
Alternative Audio Configuration for recording Main Mix and Microphone with DDJ-SR Note: if the record line is not present in the Audio configuration (default configuration), your Mix will be still recorded but not the Microphone Input.
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