Pad Modes
The 8 pads have different functions in each pad mode. The Parameter / buttons will make adjustments specific to
each pad mode.
To enter each pad mode, press the corresponding button: Hot Cue, Loop, Roll, or Slicer.
Hot Cue Mode
In Hot Cue Mode, you can use each pad to jump to an assigned hot cue point.
Tip: You can use the Engine Prime software to set, name, and assign colors to your hot cue points. The names
and colors will appear in the display of connected Denon DJ media players for reference.
To assign a hot cue to a pad, press a dimly lit pad at the desired location in the track. The pad will light up when
a hot cue point is assigned.
To jump to a hot cue point, press the corresponding pad.
To clear a hot cue from a pad, press Shift and the desired pad. The pad will turn off when there is no hot cue point
assigned to it.
Loop Modes
In Manual Loop Mode, you can use each pad to activate an assigned loop. Pressing Loop for the first time will
always enter Manual Loop Mode.
Tip: You can use the Engine Prime software to set and name your loops. The names will appear in the display
connected Denon DJ media players for reference.
To assign a loop to a pad and activate it, press a dimly lit pad to create a Loop In point at the current
location, and then press it again to create the Loop Out point at another location. You can also assign an
auto loop to a pad by pressing a dimly lit pad while in the auto loop. The loop will activate immediately, and
the pad will light up.
To activate a loop, press the corresponding pad.
To delete a loop, press Shift and the desired pad.
In Auto Loop Mode, you can use each pad to create and activate an auto loop. Pressing Loop while in Manual
Loop Mode will enter Auto Loop Mode.
To activate an auto loop, press a pad. The display will show the length of the auto loop for each pad.
To deactivate an auto loop, press the pad again.
Roll Mode
In Roll Mode, you can press and hold each pad to trigger a "loop roll" of a certain length while the track's timeline
continues (the lower half of the waveform in the display will continue moving forward). When you release the pad, the
track will resume normal playback from where it would have been if you had never done anything (i.e., as if the track
had been playing forward the whole time).
To trigger a roll, press the corresponding pad. Pads with triplet-based loop rolls are lit purple.
Hot
Cue 1
Loop
1
(T denotes a triplet-
1/8-Beat
based time division)
Roll
Hot
Hot
Hot
Cue 2
Cue 3
Cue 4
Loop
Loop
Loop
2
3
4
1/4T-Beat
1/4-Beat
1/2T-Beat
Roll
Roll
Roll
Hot
Hot
Hot
Cue 5
Cue 6
Cue 7
Loop
Loop
Loop
5
6
7
1/2-Beat
1T-Beat
1-Beat
Roll
Roll
Roll
Hot
Cue 8
Loop
8
of
2-Beat
Roll
9