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Keyboard / Joystick / Gamepad

Special functions

ESC aborts loading a song; it also aborts the disk exploration when adding files and folders to the playlist.

CTRL / SHIFT / ALT affect positioning, pitch adjust, and other adjustments as follows:

  • CTRL+SHIFT: fast, no precision
  • CTRL: normal precision
  • SHIFT: slow, very precise
  • ALT: very slow, extremely accurate

Joystick / Gamepad are disabled by default. They can be enabled at Settings... > Control > Joystick.

Window
Function Control
Bring to front CTRL + F8
General settings CTRL + O
Control settings CTRL + I
Help F1
Search songs in the database F3
Show / hide bottom panel F12
Close Deejaysystem ALT + F4
Playlist
Function Control
Show playlist / video output BACKSPACE
Select active deck TAB
ARROWS left - right
Move cursor up - down ARROWS up - down
Pg UP - Pg DOWN
HOME - END
Open selected song RETURN (open in the active deck)
CTRL
+ ARROWS left - right
Close open song CTRL + RETURN (close the active deck)
Move selected songs CTRL + ARROWS up - down
CTRL + Pg UP - Pg DOWN
CTRL + HOME - END
Select multiple songs SHIFT + ARROWS up - down
SHIFT + Pg UP - Pg DOWN
SHIFT + HOME - END
Cut selected songs CTRL + X
DEL
Paste cut songs CTRL + V
INS
Load next / previous song /, * (numpad)
Playback
Function Control
Select active deck TAB
ARROWS left - right
Play / Pause / Cue 0, INTRO (numpad)
SPACE
Joystick 1-2 buttons
Positioning 4, 6 (numpad)
CTRL/SHIFT/ALT + 4, 6 (numpad)
1, 2...-0 (CUE points)
Joystick X axis
CTRL/SHIFT + Joystick X axis
Set CUE points CTRL + 1, 2...-0
Pitch CTRL/SHIFT/ALT + [+,-] (numpad)
CTRL/SHIFT/ALT + 8, 5 (numpad)
CTRL/SHIFT + Joystick Y axis
Pitch bend [+,-] (numpad)
8, 5 (numpad)
Joystick Y axis
Audio
Function Control
Volume H, N (A)
J, M (B)
SHIFT + H, N
(A, precise)
SHIFT + J, M (B, precise)
Gain K, [,] (A)
I, [.] (B)
SHIFT + K, [,] (A, precise)
SHIFT + I, [.] (B, precise)
I, O (center)
Auto gain F, G
Crossfader Z, X, C (left, center, right)
A, S, D (move left, center, move right)
SHIFT + A, D (precise)
PFL Q, W
Talkover F9
Video
Function Control
Show playlist / video output BACKSPACE
Show video at Master (VIDEO OUT) F7, F8
Select video mixing effect F4
SHIFT + F4
Full screen mode ALT + RETURN
Show / hide performance info F11
Display
Function Control
Select active deck TAB
ARROWS left - right
Elapsed / remaining time T
Song / real (pitch based) time R
Show / hide BPMs B
Additional specialized features
Function Control
Open file with the lyrics of the loaded song.
(same name as the file of the song but with extension DOC, RTF, TXT o PDF).
Useful for live performances with music + lyrics.
F5, F6
Save the current language in the file Languages/CurrentLanguageFile.xml.
Useful for translations.
CTRL-F2
Test all display messages.
Useful for translations.
CTRL-F3

 


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