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Step 3 Starting rekordbox and playing an audio track Starting rekordbox Click the [rekordbox] icon. For Mac OS X In Finder, open the [ Applications ] folder, and then click the [ rekordbox ] icon in the [ rekordbox 4 ] folder. For Windows 10/8.1 In [ Apps view ], click the [ rekordbox ] icon. For Windows 7 In the Windows [ Start ] menu, click the [ rekordbox ] icon under [ All Programs ] > [ Pioneer ] > [ rekordbox X.X.X ] > [ rekordbox ]. Enter the account information. If you have an account already, enter the account information, and then click [ Setup ]. If you do not have an account, click [ Create an account ] to create an account. • For the procedure to create an account, access “rekordbox.com”, and read the rekordbox Manuals on the [ Support ] page. http://rekordbox.com Installing the driver software 1 On the [Audio Driver Install] screen, select [DDJ-RB] from the pull down menu, and then click [Install]. • If you click [ Skip ], refer to the Operating Instructions. 2 Follow the instruction screens to install the audio driver. Reporting your rekordbox usage statistics If you agree to your rekordbox usage statistics being sent to the manufactures, to improve rekordbox quality and specifications, click [ Yes ] on the following screen. If you do not agree, click [ No ]. Choose the method you will use. Click [ DJ performance ] icon. All preparations to use rekordbox are completed. rekordbox will start. Audio setup When starting rekordbox on your computer connected to the unit, [ Select Speaker ] is displayed. Select an item, and then click [ OK ]. Enter the license key to activate rekordbox dj. Follow the instruction screens to activate rekordbox dj by entering the license key which is shown on the supplied license key card for “rekordbox dj.” • For the procedure to activate rekordbox dj, access “rekordbox.com”, and read the rekordbox Manuals on the [ Support ] page. http://rekordbox.com 8 En
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English Adding audio tracks into [Collection] The [ Collection ] screen contains a list of audio track files managed by rekordbox. Register audio tracks on your computer to rekordbox, and analyze them so they can be used on rekordbox. 1 Click [Collection] on the tree view. 2 Open Finder or Windows Explorer, and then drag & drop audio track files or folders with audio track files into the audio track list. Audio track files are added into [ Collection ], and then analyzing of waveform information for audio track files starts. Wait until analyzing of all audio track files is completed. 2 Press the [PLAY/PAUSE f ] button to play the track. 3 Turn the [TRIM] control. Adjust the [ TRIM ] control so that the [ CHANNEL LEVEL ] indicator’s orange indicator lights at the peak level. Loading an audio track into a deck of the unit This section explains how to load an audio track into Deck 1 (left) as an example. Turn the rotary selector to select an audio track from [Collection], and then press the [LOAD] button on Deck 1 (left). The selected track is loaded. 4 Move the channel fader to the maximum level. 5 Turn the [MASTER LEVEL] control to adjust the audio level of the speakers. Adjust the audio level output from the [ MASTER ] output teminals to an appropriate level. Playing a track This section explains how to output sound from Deck 1 (left) as an example. 1 Set the positions of the controls, etc., as shown below. Names of controls, etc. Position TRIM control Turned fully counterclockwise EQ ( HI / MID / LOW ) controls Center position FILTER control Center position Channel fader Bottom position MASTER LEVEL control Turned fully counterclockwise Crossfader Center position • The sound is output from the speaker(s) that you selected. En 9
