Akiyama - Pulsar  

CONTROLS

KEY

ACTION

SHIFT (SECONDARY) ACTION

S SHIFT

Press this button down to access secondary actions as described in the SHIFT ACTION column

1 CUP

When track is playing, goes to the last Cue point and play from there when button is released. When track is paused, sets a temporary Cue point

Tap on track's tempo (fat least 4 times) to manually calculate tempo

2 CUE

Set temporary Cue point or return to Cue and preview while pressed

Jump to the beginning of the track

3 PLAY

Play/Pause track

If playing, pauses track. If paused, play the track and sync tempo and phase with the opposite deck

4 JOG

Touch-sensitive platter for scratch or bend, depending on the Vinyl mode

Fast search (seek) through track's time

5 SCRATCH

Sets Jog to Scratch (Vinyl) mode when enabled or CD (Bend) mode when disabled

Plays track in reverse while pressed. When released, track will continue playing from the position it would have been if the button was never pressed (censor)

6 SYNC

Sync Tempo and Phase with opposite or Master Deck

Set deck as Master Deck

7 DECK A/C-B/D

Assign left/right side of controller to Decks 1/2 or 3/4 respectively

8 KEYLOCK

When enabled, locks the Key of the track so that it doesnt change when the pitch/tempo changed

9 PITCHBEND -/+

Temporary slow-down/speed-up track's tempo while button(s) is pressed. When released, tempo will return to the value designated by the Pitch fader.

Select previous/next available -/+ % range for the Pitch fader

10 PITCH

Adjust track's tempo

11 SAMPLER 1-4

Trigger Samples 1 to 4 from the selected Sampler Bank. If the Bank has less then 5 samples, both sides trigger samples 1 to 4. If the Bank has more than 4 samples, left side triggers Samples 1 to 4 and right side triggers Samples 5 to 8.

Stop the playing Sample 1-4 (or 1 to 8)

12 HOTCUES 1-4

Assign a Hotcue 1 to 4 or jump to that Hotcue if assigned.
Delete the assigned Hotcue when the Delete mode is enabled

Hotcue 1,2 : Move track backwards/forward in time by 4 beats.
Hotcue 3 : Enable/disable Smart Cue
Hotcue 4 : Enable/disable Smart Loop

13 LOOP IN

Set current track's position as Loop In (Start) point of a manual loop

Sets jog to Loop In Adjust mode. When enabled, the jog fine adjusts the Loop In point of a manual loop

14 LOOP OUT

Set current track's position as Loop Out (End) point of a manual loop. Exits loop if a loop is enabled.

Sets jog to Loop Out Adjust mode. When enabled, the jog fine adjusts the Loop Out point of a manual loop

15 LOOP ACTIVE

Triggers an Auto-Loop of the selected size in beats. Exits loop when loop is enabled

Sets jog to Loop Move Adjust mode. When enabled, the jog fine moves backwards/forward the triggered Loop through time

16 DELETE

When enabled, sets Hotcue 1-4 buttons to Delete mode.

17 FX1/FX2

FX1 : Sets FX buttons and knobs to Effect mode (default mode)
FX2 : Sets FX buttons and knobs to Sampler mode

18 AUTO LOOP ENC

Halves/doubles the size of the Loop.
Push to enable/disable an Auto-Loop of the selected size in beats

When Loop is enabled, moves the loop backwards/forward in beats equal to the size of the loop
Push to enable/disable Loop Back mode

19 FX ON

In Effect mode : Selects and triggers the Echo Effect.
In Sampler mode : Records deck to a new sample

20 FX RSTON

In Effect mode : Selects and triggers the Flanger Effect.
In Sampler mode : If the selected Sample is in Loop mode, halves the size of the Sampler Loop

21 FX BUT1

In Effect mode : Selects and triggers the BrakeStart Effect.
In Sampler mode : If the selected Sample is in Loop mode, doubles the size of the Sampler Loop

22 FX BUT2

In Effect mode : Selects and triggers the Backspin Effect.
In Sampler mode : Sets the selected Sample to Loop (repeat) mode

23 FX DRY/WET

In Effect mode : Selects the previous/next available Effect.
Push to trigger the selected Effect

In Sampler mode : Selects the previous/next Sample from the selected Sampler Bank
Push to trigger the selected Sample

In Effect mode : Selects the previous/next available Effect
Push to open/close the FX GUI of the selected Effect.

In Sampler mode : Selects the previous/next available Sampler Bank.
Push to select the next available Sampler Trigger mode for the selected Sampler Bank

24 FX PARAM1

Adjusts the 1st Parameter of the selected Effect

Adjusts the 3rd Parameter of the selected Effect

25 FX PARAM2

Adjusts the 2nd Parameter of the selected Effect

Adjusts the 4th Parameter of the selected Effect

26 FX PARAM3

Adjusts the Volume of the selected Sampler

27 CROSSFADER

Blends audio signals between the decks assigned as left and right sides of the crossfader

28 XFADER/LINK

Left button : Toggles the mode for the Crossfader. (Audio or Video) to allow the Crossfader to control the Audio or the Video Crossfader
Right button : Enable/disable Video Crossfader Link. When enabled, the Video Crossfader will be linked to the Audio Crossfader and will follow its position

Triggers the selected Video Transition to the Left/Right side

29 VOLUME

Adjust the Volume of the Left/Right assigned Deck (1/3 & 2/4)

30 VU METER

Indicate the pre-fader Output Level of the Left/Right assigned Decks

31 PFL

Send the Left/Right assigned Decks to the Headphones channel (for pre-listening)

Selects the previous/next Mixer Center panel of the default VirtualDJ GUI

32 EQ LOW

Adjust the Low (Bass) Equalizer Band.
Push to kill (cut) the frequencies of the Low Equalizer Band

Apply a High/Low-Pass Filter to the Left/Right assigned Deck.
Push to reset (turn off) Filter

33 EQ MID

Adjust the Middle Equalizer Band.
Push to kill (cut) the frequencies of the Middle Equalizer Band

Adjust the key of the Left/Right assigned Deck.
Push to reset track's Key to the original value

34 EQ HIGH

Adjust the High (Treble) Equalizer Band.
Push to kill (cut) the frequencies of the High Equalizer Band

35 GAIN

Adjust the pre-fader Output Level of the Left/Right assigned Deck

36 CH INPUT SEL

Route audio signal from a source to the Left/Right Mixer Channel.
Set to middle position to route the USB Input to a Mixer Channel and control a VirtualDJ Deck.
Set to AUX/MIC or IN 1/2 -3/4 to route an external source connected to the rear panel to a Mixer Channel.

37 MASTER VOL

Adjust the Volume level of the Master Output

38 BOOTH VOL

Adjust the 1st Parameter of the selected Video Transition

Adjust the 1st Parameter of the selected Master Video Effect

39 BROWSE

Scrolls through files or folders
If focus is on the Songs List, push to add the selected track to the Automix List.
If focus is on the Sideview, push to load the selected track to the default Deck.
If focus is on the Folders List, push to open the next available sub-folder if the current folder has no tracks, or set focus to the Songs List if the current folder has tracks.

Scrolls through foders.
If focus is on Folders List, push to open/close sub-folders.
If focus is on the Songs List, push to add the selected track to the Sidelist.
If focus is on the Sideview, push to cycle through the available views of the Sideview

40 LOAD

Load the selected track to the Left/Right assigned Deck

Set focus to the previous/next Browser window

41 TX/VFX ENC

Selects the previous/next available Video Transition
Adjust the 1st Parameter of the selected Video Transition, while the Transition is active.
Push to trigger the selected Video Transition

Selects the previous/next available Video Effect on Master.
Adjust the 1st Parameter of the selected Master Video Effect while the Video Effect is active.
Push to trigger the selected Video Effect on Master

Front & Rear Panels