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Pioneer Multi Player TRAKTOR PRO/PRO 2 manual

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  • Page 1

    CDJ-850 Multi Player TRAKTOR PRO/PRO 2 Connection Guide[...]

  • Page 2

    2 Introduction The CDJ-850 is equipped with a computer c ontrol mode that allow s DJ software developed by other companies to be con trolled upon connecting the Multi Player t o a computer with a USB cable . Pioneer provides a dedicat ed MIDI mapping file for TR AKT OR PRO/PRO 2, a DJ soft ware product from Nativ e Instruments. By using this file[...]

  • Page 3

    3 Connections Connect the Multi Play er (or players , if more than one are to be connected * ) to the computer with the use of a USB cable. *Up to 4 Multi Players can be connected to the TRAKTOR PRO/PRO 2. Connecting with TRAKTOR PRO/PRO 2 R L AUDIO OU T CONTRO L US B USB cable USB cable Power cable To an AC outlet Audio cable Audio cable L R CDJ-8[...]

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    4 Deleting the old version of the MIDI mapping file from TRAKTOR PRO/PRO 2 If the old version of the MIDI mapping file (PIONEER_CDJ-850.tsi) has already been imported into TRAKT OR PRO/PRO 2, please delete it before importing the new version. Delete the old version from TRAKT OR PRO/PRO 2 according to the f ollowing steps. The follo wing steps are[...]

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    5 2 On the menu list on the left panel of the screen, click [Controller Manager]. The right side of the screen will switch to [Controller Manager] settings. 3 Check the selection under [Device Setup]. Confirm that [Generic MIDI] is selected for [Device]. If the option is not selected, click  and select the corresponding option from the pulldown [...]

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    6 5 Select [Delete] from the pull down menu. 6 Click [Y es] when the popup window confirming if you would like to per form the operation or not is displayed. The old version of PIONEER_CDJ-850.tsi is deleted now . T o import the new version of the MIDI mapping file, see “’Using the Multi player as a TRAK TOR PRO/ PRO 2 controller ” on page 7.[...]

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    7 Using the Multi Player as a TRAKTOR PRO/PRO 2 controller After the equipment has been connected , tur n on the power f or each device, then configure the TRAKT OR PRO/PRO 2 and the Multi Player acc ording to the f ollowing procedur e.  Downloading the MIDI mapping file 1 Download the MIDI mapping file from the P ioneer website: http://pioneer[...]

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    8 3 P ress the [PC] button on the Multi Player to switch the Multi Player to control mode. “CONNECTED” will appear in the main unit’s display console. Set the CDJ-850 to control mode on all units you wish to use.  Importing the MIDI mapping file into TRAK TOR PRO/PRO 2 4 Import the MIDI mapping file into TRAK TOR PRO/PRO 2 according to the[...]

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    9 2 On the menu list on the left panel of the screen, click [Controller Manager]. The right side of the screen will switch to [Controller Manager] settings. 3 In [Device Setup], click [Add...]. A pulldown menu will be displayed. ③ ② 4 Select [Import] from the pull down menu. The file selection screen will be displayed. Specify the PIONEER_CDJ-8[...]

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    10 5 Check the selections under [Device Setup]. Confirm that [Generic MIDI] is selected for [Device], [All P orts] for the [In-P ort], and [Focus] for the [Device T arget]. If any option is not selected, click  and select the corresponding option from the pulldown menu. 6 Click [Close] and the [P references...] screen will close. The above setti[...]

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    11 Operating TRAKTOR PRO/PRO 2 with the Multi Player Buttons The table below shows the default settings MULTI PLA YER CD J- 850 PL AY / PA US E CU E SEARCH TR AC K SEARCH DIRECTION PC US B DISC MASTE R TEMP O TEMP O 6 WIDE 10 16 TO UCH / RE LEAS E VINY L SPEED ADJUST DISC EJECT STANDB Y BA CK BR OW SE TA G LIS T INFO MENU UTILITY AU T O BE AT LOOP [...]

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    12 Using Multi Players as TRAKTOR PRO/PRO 2 Audio Output Devices Set up the computer and TRAKT OR PRO/PRO 2 in accordance with the f ollowing procedur es. When Using Windows ® (supported OS: Windows 7, Windows Vista ® , Windows XP) 1 Install the [P ioneer_CDJ_Driver] driver software into the computer . Either install [P ioneer_CDJ_Driver] from th[...]

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    13  When Using the Mac OS X 10.6.X 1 Connect the Multi Player (or players, if more than one are to be connected) to the computer with the use of a USB cable. 2 Start up [A UDIO MIDI Settings] from the [Applications]–[Utilities] folder . 3 Click [+] on the [Audio Device] screen to add the new Device settings. 4 Select the added Device setting, [...]

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    PIONEER CORPORA TION 1-1, Shin-ogura, Saiwai-ku, Ka wasaki-shi, Kanaga wa 212-0031, Japan PIONEER ELECTRONICS (USA) INC. P. O. BO X 1540, Long Beach, California 90801-1540, U. S.A. TEL: (800) 421-1404 PIONEER ELECTRONICS OF CANAD A, INC. 300 Allstate Pa rk wa y, Markham, Ontar io L3R 0P2, Canada TEL: 1-877-283-5901, 905-479-4411 PIONEER EUROPE NV H[...]