SETUP
Firmware & Drivers
Firmware : Update the firmware of the unit to the latest available version from
https://www.roland.com/us/support/by_product/dj-202/updates_drivers/Drivers : Windows : Your computer automatically downloads* the Windows(R) 10 driver from the Internet when a product requiring the driver is connected to the computer. See further details at
https://www.roland.com/us/support/by_product/dj-202/updates_drivers/*
Under normal conditions, the driver installation is completed in several minutes. It may take about 10 minutes depending on the Internet connectivity or if there are other drivers being installed for other devices.Mac OSX : Download and install the Mac OSX Driver from
https://www.roland.com/us/support/by_product/dj-202/updates_drivers/ VirtualDJ 8 Setup
Download and install VirtualDJ from https://www.virtualdj.com/download/index.html (in case you have not done already)
Once VirtualDJ is opened, a Connect Window will appear. Login with your virtualdj.com account’s credentials.
A Pro Infinity, a PLUS or a Pro Subscription License is required to use the Roland DJ-202. Without any of the above Licenses, the controller will operate for 10 minutes each time you restart VirtualDJ.
https://www.virtualdj.com/buy/index.html
A detection window will appear next verifying proper connection.
Click on the DJ-202 button in order VirtualDJ to apply the pre-defined audio configuration (speakers need to be connected to the rear side of the unit in this case)
Click to OK
The unit is now
ready to operate.
MIDI Operation
The unit should be visible in the MAPPING tab of Settings 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
https://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.
For further software settings please refer to the User Guide of VirtualDJ.
https://www.virtualdj.com/manuals/virtualdj8/index.htmlPERFORMANCE PADS
The 8 Pads offer various functions, depending on the selected Pad mode. Each of the 4 Pad mode buttons offers 4 individual modes. One with 1st press of the button, an additional mode with 2nd press of the same button and 2 more while SHIFT is held down. The modes (except the ones offered from the TR button) represent a page of the PADS section on the default VirtualDJ GUI.
- PAD MODE. Press any of the 4 available Pad mode buttons to set the Pads to Hotcues, Loop, Sequencer or Sampler mode.
Press the same buttons twice to select the additional modes (KeyCue, Manual Loop, TR Velocity and BeatJump)
Hold SHIFT and then press any of the 4 available Pad mode buttons to set the Pads to Cue Loop, Loop Roll, TR Pattern and Slicer mode. While SHIFT is held down, press the same buttons twice to select the additional modes (HC+Manual, Loop+Manual, Sampler+Manual) All 16 available Pad modes are explained in details in this page.
Note : Due to firmware limitation, Split Pages are not offered from the device's Pad mode buttons.
- PADS. The 8 Pads offer different functionality depending on the selected mode.
- PARAMETER. Use these buttons to adjust the Parameters of the selected Pad mode.
Read further details about Pads in the
VirtualDJ 8 manualHOTCUES
Press the HOT CUE mode button to set the PADs to Hot Cue mode (button will be lit solid) and automatically load the Hotcues Pads page in VirtualDJ GUI
Each one of the 8 pad assigns a Hot Cue Point (1 to 8) 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.
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Hotcues Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
Use the
PARAMETER buttons (29) to jump the song to the
previous/next assigned HotCue point.
Hold
SHIFT and then use the PARAMETER buttons (29) to
jump 1 beat backwards/forward
LOOP
Press the LOOP mode button to set the PADs to Loop mode (button will be lit solid) and automatically load the Loop Pads page in VirtualDJ GUI
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 to select the previous/next page with the desired Loop sizes
Loop Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
Hold
SHIFT and then use the PARAMETER buttons 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)
SAMPLER
Press the SAMPLER mode button to set the PADs to Sampler mode (button will be lit solid) and automatically load the Sampler Pads page in VirtualDJ GUI
Each one of the 8 pads triggers a sample from the selected Sampler Bank of VirtualDJ. If a bank has less than 9 samples, both sides of the DJ-202 will control the same samples. If a bank has more than 8 samples, the left side of the DJ-202 will control samples 1 to 8 and the right side samples 9 to 16.
Press the pads to trigger a sample. Depending on the selected trigger Pad mode, use SHIFT and the same pads to stop the sample.
Sampler Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
Use the
PARAMETER buttons to select the
Sampler Bank (previous/next).
Hold
SHIFT down and then the PARAMETER buttons to select the
Trigger Pad mode (on/off, hold, stutter, unmute)
Key-Cue mode
When Pads are on Hotcues mode, press the same
HOTCUE Mode button again to set the Pads to
Key-Cue mode (the led of the HOTCUE button will blink). The
KeyCue page will be then selected and displayed in the Pads section of the VirtualDJ skins.
Keycue Page - VirtualDJ default skin
Keycue Page when SHIFT is pressed - VirtualDJ default skin In this mode, the Pads trigger a selected Hotcue point (or the Temporary Cue if none selected or not available) at a selected Key semitone (from -7 to +7).
8 different pages/banks are offered with various semitone values to use and a 0 value (reset key to tis original value) is always offered in all pages.
Hold
SHIFT and then
select a Hotcue for the Key pads to trigger. Each time a Pad is pressed, the track will jump to that Hotcue point and will also alter the Key of the track to the value designated by it assigned value.
Use
PARAMETER buttons -/+ to
adjust the Key of the track without trigger a Hotcue.
Hold
SHIFT and then use the
PARAMETER buttons to select a different
page/bank with different key semitone values.
Manual Loop mode
When Pads are on Loop mode, press the same
LOOP Mode button again to set the Pads to
Manual Loop mode (the led of the LOOP button will blink). The
Manual Loop page will be then selected and displayed in the Pads section of the VirtualDJ skins.
Manual Loop Page - VirtualDJ default skin
Manual Loop Page when SHIFT is pressed - VirtualDJ default skin In this mode, the Pads offer the functionality as described below
Use Pads
1 and
2 to set a
Loop Entry (In) and a
Loop Exit (Out) point for manual looping.
Use Pad
3 to turn off the
Loop (if enabled) or trigger a Loop of the selected size in beats
Use Pad
4 to repeat the last triggered loop (
reloop)
Use Pads
5 and
6 to
half/double the size of the Loop.
Use Pads
7 and
8 to
move the Loop (if enabled) forward/backwards
by 1 beatWhile
SHIFT is pressed use ..
Pad
1 to set the Jogwheel to
Loop In Adjust mode and use the Jogwheel to fine adjust the Loop In position
Pad
2 to set the Jogwheel to
Loop Out Adjust mode and use the Jogwheel to fine adjust the Loop Out position
Pad
3 to set the Jogwheel to
Loop Move Adjust mode and use the Jogwheel to fine move the Loop through the track.
Pad
4 to enable/disable
Smart Loop. When Smart Loop is enabled (default status), using Loop In and Loop Out buttons to trigger a Manual Loop, will result of a seamless loop (track will stay on beat)
Pad
5 to enable/disable
Loop Back mode. When Loop Back mode is enabled, and an Auto Loop is enabled, the current track's position will be considered as the Loop Out (Exit) point of the loop and the passed part of the track will be looped.
Pad
6 to enable/disable
Quantize Loop mode. When enabled, the Loop In point of a Loop will be snapped to the nearest beat
Pad
7 and
8 to
move the loop (if enabled) forward/backwards
by the amount of the
size of the loop.Use
PARAMETER buttons -/+ to
half/double the size of the Loop.
Beatjump mode
While the Sampler mode is selected, press the same
SAMPLER mode button
again to set the PADs to
Beatjump mode (led will blink). The
Beatjump page will be automatically displayed on the Pads section of the VirtualDJ GUI
Beatjump Page page In this mode, each one of the Pads will
jump the track backwards/forward by the amount of beats depending on the selected page/bank (from 1/8 beats to 32 bars)
CUE LOOP
Hold SHIFT and then press the HOT CUE mode button to set the PADs to Cue Loop mode (button will blink slowly) and automatically load the Cue Loop Pads page in VirtualDJ GUI
In this mode each one of the 8 pads assigns a Hot Cue Point or jumps 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)
Cue Loop Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
Use the
PARAMETER buttons to
half/double the
size of the triggered
Loop.
Hold
SHIFT and then use the PARAMETER buttons 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.
ROLL
Hold SHIFT and then press the LOOP mode button to set the PADs to Loop Roll mode (button will blink slowly) and automatically load the Loop Roll Pads page in VirtualDJ GUI
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 don't have any functionality in this mode.
Loop Roll Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
SLICER
Hold SHIFT and then press the SAMPLER mode button to set the PADs to Slicer mode (button will blink slowly) and automatically load the Slicer Pads page in VirtualDJ GUI
The 8 pads represent eight sequential beats—"Slices"—in the Beat Grid. The currently playing Slice is represented by the currently green 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 buttons to adjust the length of the Loop applied to the slice. Hold SHIFT down and then use the PARAMETER buttons to adjust the step of the Slices
Slicer Pads Page – VirtualDJ GUI
HOTCUES+MANUAL LOOP
While in CueLoop mode, hold
SHIFT and then press the
HOT CUE mode button
again to set the PADs to Hot Cue + Manual Loop mode (button will blink fast) and automatically load a special HC+Manual Pads page in VirtualDJ GUI
HC+Manual Loop Page - VirtualDJ default skin
HC+Manual Loop Page when SHIFT is pressed - VirtualDJ default skin In this mode the 4 upper Pads offer the same functionality as in HotCue mode (trigger or assign Hotcues 1 to 4 and delete them if SHIFT is pressed)
The 4 lower Pads offer manual loop functionality as described below.
Pads
5 and
6 : Set a
Loop Entry (In) and a
Loop Exit (Out) point for manual looping. When in Loop, use these buttons to set the Jogwheel to Loop In/Out Adjust mode and then use the jogwheel to fine-adjust the Loop In/Out points.
Hold
SHIFT down and then use Pads 5 /6 to move the triggered loop backwards/forward by 1 beat
Pad
7 : Turn off the
Loop (if enabled) or trigger a Loop of the selected size in beats
Hold
SHIFT down and then use this Pad to enable the last triggered loo (re-loop)
Pad
8 : Saves the current loop into a Saved Loop slot. When saved, use this Pad to enable the saved loop, but not jump to its position if later than the current. Hold for more than 2 seconds to delete the Saved Loop
Hold
SHIFT down and then use Pad 8 to enable the Saved Loop and jump to its position, regardless if its position is later or not from the current one.
Use
PARAMETER buttons -/+ to
half/double the size of the Loop.
Hold
SHIFT down and then use the
PARAMETER buttons to jump to the next HotCue.
LOOP+MANUAL LOOP
While in Loop Roll mode, hold
SHIFT and then press the
LOOP mode button
again to set the PADs to Loop + Manual Loop mode (button will blink fast) and automatically load a special Loop+Manual Pads page in VirtualDJ GUI
Loop+Manual Loop Page - VirtualDJ default skin
Loop+Manual Loop Page when SHIFT is pressed - VirtualDJ default skin In this mode the
4 upper Pads offer the same functionality as in Loop mode (offer
Auto-Loops of different size in beats, depending on the selected page , or if SHIFT is pressed)
The 4 lower Pads offer manual loop functionality as described in the HOTCUES+MANUAL LOOP mode
SAMPLER+MANUAL LOOP
While in Slicer mode, hold
SHIFT and then press the
SAMPLER mode button
again to set the PADs to Sampler + Manual Loop mode (button will blink fast) and automatically load a special Sampler+Manual Pads page in VirtualDJ GUI
Sampler+Manual Loop Page - VirtualDJ default skin
Sampler+Manual Loop Page when SHIFT is pressed - VirtualDJ default skin In this mode the
4 upper Pads offer the same functionality as in Sampler mode (trigger Samples 1 to 4 from the selected Sampler Bank)
The 4 lower Pads offer manual loop functionality as described in the HOTCUES+MANUAL LOOP mode
SEQUENCER
The 4 Sequencer modes do not load any Pad page in VirtualDJ, as these operate in hardware way. For details regarding the operation of the Sequencer, please refer to the manual of the unit..
https://www.roland.com/us/products/dj-202/support/ EFFECT CONTROLS
Each one of the left/right FX unit offers Effect controls for the Left and Right assigned decks and can operate in 2 modes. The
Single Effects 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 (34) button while
SHIFT is held.
Single FX mode
Hold
SHIFT down and then use the
TAP (33) button to select the
Single FX mode in the default GUI. The Single FX mode is selected by default on first launch
Single FX mode - 2 Decks Default skin
Single FX mode - 4 Decks Default skin 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 or using SHIFT+FX1 ON from the DJ-202)
- 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 open/close the FX GUI of the selected Effect.
- 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 1st 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 2nd effect button of the selected effect (if available).
- FX knob. Controls the 1st effect parameter of the selected effect.
Hold SHIFT down to control the 2nd effect parameter of the selected effect (if available).
Multi FX mode
Hold
SHIFT down and then use the
TAP (51) button to select the
Multi FX mode in the default GUI.
Multi FX mode - 2 Decks Default skin
Multi FX mode - 4 Decks Default skin 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 DJ-505). 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.
- FX knob. Controls the 1st parameter of the selected effect of all 3 FX slots simultaneously.
Hold SHIFT to control the 2nd parameter of the selected effect of all 3 FX slots simultaneously.
OTHER FX KEYS
- TAP While track is playing, tap this button on beat - at least 4 times - to manually set the tempo (BPM) of the loaded track.
Hold SHIFT down and then this button to toggle between the Single and Multi Effect modes.
Microphone Input & Recording
The Roland DJ-202 offers a Microphone Input at the rear panel to connect your Microphone. The signal of this input is routed directly to the Master Output (rear panel socket). However, a special USB Audio Input is offered to also pass the signal of the Microphone Input so that it can be
recorded along with your mix.
This input is already pre-configured in the Audio setup of the Roland DJ-202, when the special button at the top is clicked.
In order to record the Microphone Input along with your mix, the
MIC ON button needs to be enabled at the MASTER mixer panel of the default VirtualDJ GUIs.
Important Note
Due to firmware and audio routing of the Roland DJ-202, the
Sequencer playback is not recorded.
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