SERATO DJ KEYBOARD MAPPING

If you are coming from Serato DJ, you may want your keyboard to work as you would expect and used to. In this case you can select the Serato compatible default mapping for your keyboard from VirtualDJ Settings->MAPPING tab.



Below is a brief explanation of the default Serato compatible Keyboard mapping.

BASIC DECK CONTROLS

LEFT DECK

RIGHT DECK

ACTION

Q

A

Play Deck in reverse.

W

S

Play-Pause Deck

E

D

Decrease Deck Tempo (Pitch) by 1%

R

F

Increase Deck Tempo (Pitch) by 1%

T

G

Temporary decrease Deck Tempo (Pitch Bend) by 1%

Y

H

Temporary increase Deck Tempo (Pitch Bend) by 1%

U

J

Play Deck in reverse while pressed (Censor)

I

K

Cue Deck. Set current position as Temporary Cue when Deck is paused or jump to if Deck is playing. Preview while pressed

O

L

Loop In. When not in Loop, set current position as Loop Entry (start) of the Loop. When in Loop, enable Loop In Adjust mode to fine adjust Loop In position using the jogwheel

P

;

Loop Out. When not in Loop, set current position as Loop Exit (end) of the Loop. When in Loop, enable Loop Out Adjust mode to fine adjust Loop Out position using the jogwheel

[

'

Loop On/Off. Enable/disable the selected Auto Loop on the Deck

SHIFT + [

SHIFT + '

Reloop/Exit.
Jump to previously enabled Loop or exit current Loop

HOTCUES & AUTO LOOPS

LEFT DECK

RIGHT DECK

ACTION

1 - 5

6 - 0

HotCue 1 to 5
Jump to Hotcue 1 (to 5 respectively) position or save current position as Hotcue 1 (to 5 respectively) if not set.

CTRL + 1 - 5

CTRL + 6 - 0

Set HotCue 1 to 5
Set current position as Hotcue 1 (to 5 respectively)

SHIFT + CTRL + 1 -5

SHIFT + CTRL + 6 - 0

Delete HotCue 1 to 5

ALT + 1 - 5

ALT + 6 - 0

Auto Loops
Turns Auto Loop On/Off of 1,2,4,8,16 Beats respectively

CTRL + ALT + 1 -5

CTRL + ALT + 6 - 0

Loop Rolls
Enable a temporary Loop Roll of 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1 and 2 Beats respectively, while key is pressed. When released, Track will continue playback from the position it would have been if the key was never pressed.

OTHER DECK CONTROLS

LEFT DECK

RIGHT DECK

ACTION

F1

F6

Activate Timecode and select Absolute mode

F2

F7

Activate Timecode and select Relative mode

F3

F9

Deactivate Timecode

F4

F9

Activate Timecode and select Smart mode

F5

F10

Turn Master Tempo (key-lock) on/off

SHIFT + LEFT

SHIFT + RIGHT

Load selected Track from Browser to Deck

CTRL + SHIFT + LEFT

CTRL + SHIFT + RIGHT

Clone Track from the other Deck

ALT + SHIFT + LEFT

ALT + SHIFT + RIGHT

Unload Deck

ALT + Q

ALT + A

Load Previous Track to Deck

ALT + W

ALT + S

Load Next Track to Deck

ALT + E

ALT + D

Move Deck's Track backwards

ALT + R

ALT + F

Move Deck's Track forward

SAMPLER CONTROLS

KEY

ACTION

Z X C V B N M ,

Trigger Sampler Slot 1 to 8 from the selected Sampler Bank

ALT + Z X C V B N M ,

Stop Sampler Slot 1 to 8 from the selected Sampler Bank

BROWSER CONTROLS

KEY

ACTION

TAB

Cycle focus to the next Browser window (Folders, Songs and Sideview)

SHIFT + TAB

Cycle through the available Lists of Sideview (Automix, Sidelist, Karaoke, Sampler etc)

CTRL + SHIFT + UP

Select previous available Folder but keep focus to Songs List

CTRL + SHIFT + DOWN

Select next available Folder but keep focus to Songs List

CTRL + F

Set focus to Search box

CTRL + P

Adds selected Browser Track to the Automix List

CTRL + DELETE

Remove Track from the selected Sideview List (Automix, Sidelist, Karaoke)

CTRL + R

Open the selected Browser Track to Explorer.

CTRL + -

Reduce Browser Font Size

CTRL + =

Enlarge Browser Font Size

GLOBAL CONTROLS

KEY

ACTION

CTRL + N

Start/Stop Recording

-

Zoom Out (smaller)
Waveforms

=

Zoom In (larger) Waveforms