SERATO DJ KEYBOARD MAPPING


If you are coming from Serato DJ, you may want your keyboard to work as you would expect and used to. In this case you can select the Serato compatible default mapping for your keyboard from VirtualDJ Settings->MAPPING tab.



Below is a brief explanation of the default Serato compatible Keyboard mapping.



BASIC DECK CONTROLS


LEFT DECK
RIGHT DECK
ACTION
Q
A
Play Deck in reverse.
W
S
Play-Pause Deck
E
D
Decrease Deck Tempo (Pitch) by 1%
R
F
Increase Deck Tempo (Pitch) by 1%
T
G
Temporary decrease Deck Tempo (Pitch Bend) by 1%
Y
H
Temporary increase Deck Tempo (Pitch Bend) by 1%
U
J
Play Deck in reverse while pressed (Censor)
I
K
Cue Deck. Set current position as Temporary Cue when Deck is paused or jump to if Deck is playing. Preview while pressed
O
L
Loop In. When not in Loop, set current position as Loop Entry (start) of the Loop. When in Loop, enable Loop In Adjust mode to fine adjust Loop In position using the jogwheel
P
;
Loop Out. When not in Loop, set current position as Loop Exit (end) of the Loop. When in Loop, enable Loop Out Adjust mode to fine adjust Loop Out position using the jogwheel
[
'
Loop On/Off. Enable/disable the selected Auto Loop on the Deck
SHIFT + [
SHIFT + '
Reloop/Exit.
Jump to previously enabled Loop or exit current Loop


HOTCUES & AUTO LOOPS


LEFT DECK
RIGHT DECK
ACTION
1 - 5
6 - 0
HotCue 1 to 5
Jump to Hotcue 1 (to 5 respectively) position or save current position as Hotcue 1 (to 5 respectively) if not set.
CTRL + 1 - 5
CTRL + 6 - 0
Set HotCue 1 to 5
Set current position as Hotcue 1 (to 5 respectively)
SHIFT + CTRL + 1 -5
SHIFT + CTRL + 6 - 0
Delete HotCue 1 to 5
ALT + 1 - 5
ALT + 6 - 0
Auto Loops
Turns Auto Loop On/Off of 1,2,4,8,16 Beats respectively
CTRL + ALT + 1 -5
CTRL + ALT + 6 - 0
Loop Rolls
Enable a temporary Loop Roll of 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1 and 2 Beats respectively, while key is pressed. When released, Track will continue playback from the position it would have been if the key was never pressed.



OTHER DECK CONTROLS


LEFT DECK
RIGHT DECK
ACTION
F1
F6
Activate Timecode and select Absolute mode
F2
F7
Activate Timecode and select Relative mode
F3
F9
Deactivate Timecode
F4
F9
Activate Timecode and select Smart mode
F5
F10
Turn Master Tempo (key-lock) on/off
SHIFT + LEFT
SHIFT + RIGHT
Load selected Track from Browser to Deck
CTRL + SHIFT + LEFT
CTRL + SHIFT + RIGHT
Clone Track from the other Deck
ALT + SHIFT + LEFT
ALT + SHIFT + RIGHT
Unload Deck
ALT + Q
ALT + A
Load Previous Track to Deck
ALT + W
ALT + S
Load Next Track to Deck
ALT + E
ALT + D
Move Deck's Track backwards
ALT + R
ALT + F
Move Deck's Track forward


SAMPLER CONTROLS


KEY
ACTION
Z X C V B N M ,
Trigger Sampler Slot 1 to 8 from the selected Sampler Bank
ALT + Z X C V B N M ,
Stop Sampler Slot 1 to 8 from the selected Sampler Bank


BROWSER CONTROLS


KEY
ACTION
TAB
Cycle focus to the next Browser window (Folders, Songs and Sideview)
SHIFT + TAB
Cycle through the available Lists of Sideview (Automix, Sidelist, Karaoke, Sampler etc)
CTRL + SHIFT + UP
Select previous available Folder but keep focus to Songs List
CTRL + SHIFT + DOWN
Select next available Folder but keep focus to Songs List
CTRL + F
Set focus to Search box
CTRL + P
Adds selected Browser Track to the Automix List
CTRL + DELETE
Remove Track from the selected Sideview List (Automix, Sidelist, Karaoke)
CTRL + R
Open the selected Browser Track to Explorer.
CTRL + -
Reduce Browser Font Size
CTRL + =
Enlarge Browser Font Size


GLOBAL CONTROLS


KEY
ACTION
CTRL + N
Start/Stop Recording
-
Zoom Out (smaller)
Waveforms
=
Zoom In (larger) Waveforms