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Numark - NS4FX - Layout  

DECK CONTROLS




KEY

ACTION

SHIFT (SECONDARY) ACTION

S SHIFT
Press this button down to access secondary actions as described in the SHIFT ACTION column
24 PLAY
Play/pause deck
Plays deck when paused. Jumps to Cue point and continues to play from there when deck is playing (play-stutter)
25 CUE
Sets a temporary Cue point when deck is paused and preview track while pressed.
Jumps and stops to the Cue point when deck is playing
Jumps and stops at the beginning of the track
26 SYNC
Matches track's tempo and phase with the ones of the Master Deck.
Reset Track's tempo to original value (same as having the Pitch fader to center position
27 LAYER
Switch Left side between decks 1 & 3 and Right side betweend decks 2 & 4.
28 JOG
Touch-sensitive jogwheel for scratch, bend, loop adjust.
In Scratch mode (SCRATCH button lit), use the top side of the jogwheel to scratch and the outer side to bend (temporary slow-down/speed-up).

In Bend mode (SCRATCH button unlit), use the jogwheel to bend (temporary slow-down/speed-up)

In Loop In/Out Adjust modes , use the jogwheel to fine-adjust the Loop In (Start) / Loop Out (End) points of a manual loop.
Fast search (seek) through track's time
29 PITCH
Adjust Deck's tempo (BPM)
30 SCRATCH
Toggle between Scratch (Vinyl) and Bend (CD) modes for the Jogwheel
31 PITCH BEND -
Temporary slow-down deck's tempo. Tempo will return to the value designated by the Pitch fader, once the button is released
Select the next available -/+ % range for the Pitch fader
32 PITCH BEND +
Temporary speed-up deck's tempo. Tempo will return to the value designated by the Pitch fader, once the button is released
Enable/disable Key-Lock (Master Tempo). When enabled, the key of the track will retain its value when the Pitch/Tempo is changed.
33 LOOP
Triggers a Loop of the selected size in beats.
Enables the last triggered loop (reloop)
34 LOOP 1/2
Halves the length of the loop.
Set the Entry point of a Loop (Loop-In position). When in loop, sets Jogwheel to Loop-In Adjust mode
35 LOOP x2
Doubles the length of the loop.
Set the Exit point of a Loop (Loop-Out position). When in loop, sets Jogwheel to Loop-Out Adjust mode



LCD JOG Display




DISPLAY

DESCRIPTION

D1 DECK#
Displays the number of the Deck assigned on the Left/Right side of the Platinum FX
D2 RED RING
Indicates the current track's position of the software jogwheel - shows rotation
D3 WHITE RING
Indicates the track's position in time, starting with an empty circle and ending to a full circle when track reaches its end. The white circle will start blink when track reaches near the end of the track
D4 BPM
Displays the current BPM value of the track
D5 TIME
Displays the Remain (with a minus mark) or the Elapsed Time of the track.Time Display is toggled between Elapsed and Remain via SHIFT+CUE(PFL) button.
D6 KEY LOCK
Will be displayed when the Key-Lock (Master Tempo) is enabled on the deck
D7 PITCH ARROW
The down arrow will be displayed when Pitch has a positive value (track's speed higher than original)
The up arrow will be displayed when Pitch has a negative value (track's speed lower than original)
None of the arrows will be displayed when Pitch is at the zero/middle position (track's speed equal to original)

The arrows will blink if the actual position of the Pitch fader and the software Pitch values don't match and will indicate the direction the hardware Pitch faders needs to be moved to, in order to catch the software value.
This may happen if the SYNC button is used.
D8 PITCH RANGE
Displays the selected % range for the Pitch fader
D9 PITCH
Displays the current pitch % value
Pads