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You can find the first Pacemaker Control article here.

In the first article we had a look a the basic controls for the Pacemaker Portable DJ device. Being an all in one DJ unit with two channels, a cross fader and the software to support high, mid and low EQ variation on each channel, four sound effects on each channel, head phone monitoring and pitch control on each channel, the Pacemaker is extreamly versitile as far as DJ units of this size go, and when you compare it to an iPod or any other MP3 player you are leaps and bounds ahead in terms of control over music and actually DJ usefulness.

The Pacemaker, as a result, does as a result require you to learn and get used to the controls. So, here is the next step in our look at the Pacemaker controls.

Search and set cue points
on the channel you want to select a cue point on, press pause at the point you want to start, use the fast forward and rewind button for a wider search, and use the touch pad for a finer search, press the cue button to set the cue point.

Adjusting BPM and beatmatching on the Pacemaker
Once the cue point has been selected, shift the P-button upwards to and rotate upwards on the edge of the Pacemaker touch pad to increase the BPM, rotate downwards on the Pacemaker touch pad to lower the BPM. rotating upwards or downwards on the Pacemaker touch pad will pitch bend, temporarily adjusting the pitch of the music when you DJ.

Adjusting EQ and gain
selecte the channel, the from the center of the Pacemaker touch pad, draw your finger north south east or west to activate the control of either the high, mid, low EQs or gain.

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