VCI-300 Hardware Overview: Top Panel

by Josh Lloyd, Serato

 

 

 

 

 

Key

No.	Function
01	PITCH SLIDER Adjusts playback speed ± 6%.
02	AUTOTEMPO Turns on auto tempo, this automatically matches the speed of the track to the other playing track. Shift function: BEATSYNC Automatically aligns the last transient in the track with the closest one in the other playing track.
03	KEYLOCK Engages Keylock. This keeps the key of a track the same even when you change the tempo.Shift function: QUARTZ LOCK Resets the pitch of the track to zero regardless of the slider setting.
04	PITCH SHIFT BUTTONS Offsets the pitch range by 12%, for example when pitch shifted one step up your available speeds become 6% to 18%.
05	CUE/IN Pressing these buttons will set cue points 1-3, pressing them again will begin playback from the relevant cue point. Shift function: DELETE CUE Deletes the current cue point setting.
06	SCRATCH Puts the platter into “Scratch” mode which allows vinyl style playback control.
07	OUT/LOOP When you have a cue point set this will create a loop out point. Playback will loop between the cue point and the outpoint until you press the out button a second time. SHIFT FUNCTION: DELETE OUT POINT Deletes the current out point setting.
08	SHIFT Holding shift engages shift functions of many of the buttons, secondary functions are printed inside a grey box.
09	TRIM This controls the volume of the track before it goes to the EQ and fader.
10	CENSOR Pressing censor reverses playback temporarily, when released playback resumes from where the playhead would have been if censor was not pressed. It is used to “censor” out portions of a song. Shift function: REVERSE Toggles playback direction.
11	AUTOLOOP Autoloop works for tracks that have BPM calculated and when pressed will create an autoloop of the current autoloop value.
12	EQ There are 3 EQ knobs, low mid and high. The available range is -∞ dB (off) to 0 dB to +6 dB.
13	HALF/DOUBLE These buttons set the auto loop length before you turn it on. Once autoloop is on they allow you to half or double the length of the loop.Shift function: NExt/PREV Skip to the next or previous track in the current selection.
14	MASTER This knob controls the overall output of the VCI-300, ensure this is right down before running ITCH.
15	MONITOR SELECT Controls the balance in the headphones between the mix output and the PFL headphone cue.