Pioneer CDJ-2000: Setting Hot Cue Storing cue and loop points

! When playing tracks recorded on media other than discs, hot cues cannot be

Setting loops automatically (4-beat Loop)

called out even when a disc for which hot cues are recorded is loaded in the

CDJ-2000.

! If you accidentally cancel the hot cue call out mode, eject the SD memory

During playback, press [4-BEAT LOOP/

LOOP CUTTER].

card/

USB device, then reload it.

A loop of 4 beats starting from the point at which the button was pressed is set

automatically according to the BPM of the currently playing track, and loop

playback starts.

 Procedure for calling out hot cues (for SD memory cards/

! If the track’s BPM cannot be detected, the BPM is set to 130.

USB devices)

1 Load an SD memory card/

USB device in the CDJ-2000.

Cutting loops (Loop Cut)

2 Load the track whose hot cue you want to call out.

During loop playback, press [4-BEAT LOOP/

LOOP CUTTER].

3 Press [HOT CUE REC/CALL] for over 1 second.

The loop playing time is cut in half each time the button is pressed.

The set switches to the hot cue call out mode, and the HOT CUE indicators (A, B

or C) at which hot cues are recorded flash.

Extending loops

4 Press the [HOT CUE] button (A, B or C) whose hot cue you

want to call out.

During loop playback, press [4-BEAT LOOP/

LOOP CUTTER] while

The hot cue is called out. The HOT CUE (A, B, C) indicator lights.

! If you do not want to call out a hot cue, press [HOT CUE REC/CALL] without

pressing in [LOOP OUT (OUT ADJUST)].

pressing [HOT CUE] (A, B or C). Buttons for which no hot cue was not called

The loop playing time is doubled each time the button is pressed.

out turn off.

! The same operation can be performed as described below.

! If you accidentally cancel the hot cue call out mode, press [HOT CUE

— Press [SEARCHm/

n] while pressing [LOOP OUT (OUT ADJUST)].

REC/CALL] again.

— Turn the jog dial while pressing [LOOP OUT (OUT ADJUST)].

 Canceling the hot cue call out mode

Setting Hot Cue

Perform one of the operations below to cancel the hot cue call out mode.

The hot cue call out mode is not canceled when a different track is played.

1 Press [HOT CUE REC/CALL].

1 Calling out hot cues A, B and C.

The set switches to the hot cue recording mode. The HOT CUE indicator (A, B, C)

light red.

2 Press [HOT CUE REC/CALL].

2 During playback or in the pause mode, press [HOT CUE] (A, B

or C) at the point at which you want to set the hot cue.

The position at which the button was pressed or the currently playing loop is set

Storing cue and loop points

at the [HOT CUE] button (note that the direction of playback is not recorded). The

button’s indicator flashes.

1 Load an SD memory card/

USB device in the CDJ-2000.

! While the hot cue is being recorded, it is not possible to record other

[HOT CUE] buttons, set cue points, fast-forward/

fast-reverse or scratch play.

2 Set Cue Point or Loop Point.

! When an SD memory card or USB device is loaded in the player, the point

information is recorded automatically.

3 Press [MEMORY].

! When a hot cue is set during scratch play, playback may stop temporarily.

[ MEMORY] or [ MEMORY] appears on the main unit display. The

stored cue point appears on the playing address display. The point information is

registered on the SD memory card/

USB device.

Playing hot cues

! When both an SD memory card and USB device are loaded on the CDJ-2000,

the SD memory card has priority.

1 Press [HOT CUE REC/CALL].

! To store loop points, press [MEMORY] during loop playback. The stored loop

The hot cue playing mode is set.

points appear on the playing address display.

! The indicators of buttons at which cue points are recorded light green.

! The indicators of buttons at which loop playback is recorded light orange.

! The

icon is displayed to the left of tracks for which cue or loop points

! The indicators of the buttons at which nothing is recorded do not light.

are saved.

! The information is automatically recorded on the SD memory card/

USB

2 During playback or in the pause mode, press [HOT CUE] (A, B

device.

or C).

— Cue point or loop playback information set at [HOT CUE] (A, B and C)

Playback starts instantaneously from the point recorded at that button.

— Track’s WAVE display information

! For loop playback recorded at the [HOT CUE] buttons, the information dif-

fers from loop playback set using the [LOOP IN/

CUE (IN ADJUST)] and

[LOOP OUT (OUT ADJUST)] buttons. Loop playback can be canceled using

Calling out saved cue or loop points

the [RELOOP/EXIT] button and the loop out point can be fine-adjusted using

the [LOOP OUT (OUT ADJUST)] button. Adjusting this directly changes the

information recorded at the [HOT CUE] buttons (A, B and C).

1 Load an SD memory card/

USB device in the CDJ-2000.

2 Load the track whose cue or loop points you want to call out.

Cue and loop points are displayed as marks on the playing address display.

Calling out Hot Cue

3 Press [CUE/

LOOP CALLc/

d].

Playback is moved to the selected point and paused.

 Procedure for calling out hot cues (for discs)

! When multiple points are recorded, the point moves each time the button is

pressed.

1 Load an SD memory card/

USB device in the CDJ-2000.

4 Press [PLAY/PAUSEf].

2 Load a disc in the CDJ-2000.

Playback starts from the Cue or Loop point.

When the disc’s hot cues are recorded on the SD memory card/

USB device, the

HOT CUE indicator (A, B or C) flashes.

Deleting cue or loop points individually

3 Press the [HOT CUE] button (A, B or C) whose hot cue you

want to call out.

1 Load an SD memory card/

USB device in the CDJ-2000.

The hot cue is called out. The HOT CUE (A, B, C) indicator lights.

! If you do not want to call out a hot cue, press [HOT CUE REC/CALL] without

2 Load the track containing the cue point or loop points you

pressing [HOT CUE] (A, B or C). Buttons for which no hot cue was not called

want to delete.

out turn off.

Cue and loop points are displayed as marks on the main unit display’s playing

address display.

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