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Operating the DJ-808
TR-REC (Step Recording)
In this method of recording, you create a pattern by specifying the steps
at which each instrument is sounded. You can also create a pattern while it
plays.
1. Press the [PATTERN] button to make it light.
2. Press a TR-S pad [1]–[16] to select the save-destination (pattern
number) of the pattern that you want to create.
3. Press the [TR-REC] button to make it light.
4. Press the [SCALE] button, and then use the [VALUE] knob to
specify the scale.
The display shows the current scale.
Select one of the following four to specify the length of a step.
Display Scale Explanation
8t
8th note triplet (
¯
)
Three steps will be one beat.
16t
16th note triplet (
´
)
Six steps will be one beat.
16
16th note (
˜
)
Four steps will be one beat.
32
32nd note (
`
)
Eight steps will be one beat.
5. Press one of the [BD]–[OH] buttons to select the instrument
that you want to record.
Specifying a Serato DJ sample as an instrument
If samples are saved in the Serato DJ sample player, a sample selected
by the [1]–[8] buttons can be used as an instrument.
By holding down the [SHIFT] button and pressing a [1]–[4] button, you
can switch between banks A–D of the sample player.
6. Press the TR-S pads [1]–[16] to specify the steps at which you
want a note to be sounded.
Entering quiet beats
By holding down the button of the instrument you’re recording ([BD]–
[OH] buttons or [1]–[8] buttons) and pressing a TR-S pad, you can make
the instrument sound a quiet beat on the specied step. If a quiet beat
is specied, the TR-S pad illumination is dimmer.
7. Repeat steps 4–6.
Specifying the pattern length (last step)
You can specify the number of steps (last step) that the pattern uses.
1. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [SCALE] button.
The display shows the current last step.
2. Turn the [VALUE] knob or press one of the TR-S pads [1]–[16] to
specify the last step.
Display (Value)
LS 1
–
16
Specifying an accent
You can add an accent to a step.
An accented step plays at a higher volume than usual.
1. Press the [ACC] button.
2. Press the TR-S pads [1]–[16] to specify the steps that you want
to accent.
Inputting velocity
For each step, you can specify the velocity with which each instrument
is sounded.
1. Press the button ([BD]–[OH] button or [1]–[8] button) of the
instrument whose velocity you want to specify, making the
button light.
2. Hold down the lit TR-S pad and turn the [VALUE] knob to
specify the velocity.
Display (Value)
0
–
127
Clearing a recorded instrument/accent from the pattern
Clearing only some of the steps
During TR-REC or playback, press the button to make the button light
of the instrument or accent that you want to clear ([BD]–[OH] buttons/
[1]–[8] buttons or [ACC] button), and then press the [CLEAR] button.
Instruments or accents at the steps during the time you press the
[CLEAR] button are cleared from the pattern.
Clearing all of the steps
During TR-REC or playback, hold down the [CLEAR] button and press the
button of the instrument or accent that you want to clear ([BD]–[OH]
buttons/[1]–[8] buttons or [ACC] buttons).
INST REC (Realtime Recording)
In this method of recording you create a pattern by recording your
performance on the performance pads in real time.
1. Press the [PATTERN] button to make it light.
2. Press a TR-S pad [1]–[16] to select the save-destination (pattern
number) of the pattern that you want to create.
3. Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [TR-REC] button to
make it blink.
The [TR-REC] button blinks.
4. Press the [START/STOP] button.
5. Strike the performance pads to record your performance.
To record BD–OH instruments
Press the [TR] button to make it light.
Instruments are assigned to the performance pads as follows.
BD SD CH OH
To record Serato DJ samples
Press the [SAMPLER] button to make it light.
Samples are assigned to the performance pads as follows.
* You can switch between banks A–D of the sample player by holding
down the [SHIFT] button and pressing a [1]–[4] button.
Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 4
Sample 5 Sample 6 Sample
7 Sample 8
Step input
Press one of the [BD]–[OH] buttons/[1]–[8] buttons or [ACC] button to
enable step input. In this state, you can press a TR-S pad to step-input
instruments and accents even during INST REC.
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