Browsing and loading

This chapter covers finding a track and putting it on a deck. MODERN has its own browse screens, built for touch and the rotary encoder. CLASSIC uses the player's own browse screens and adds the key, colours for compatible keys and a few labels to them.

#Browsing in MODERN modern

Press BROWSE or TAG LIST to open that list, or hold BROWSE for SEARCH. PLAYLIST is in the BROWSE category rail and on the SHORTCUT screen. Press BACK to go up one level. At the top of a list BACK opens SOURCE, where you pick the USB to browse.

BROWSE · TRACK

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1. 1
   Source

   The USB you are browsing, in its own colour. Tap to open SOURCE.

2. 2
   Category rail

   ARTIST, ALBUM, TRACK, KEY, BPM, GENRE, RATING, COLOR, PLAYLIST, FOLDER, HISTORY and MATCHING. Tap one, or drag the rail to see the rest.

3. 3
   BACK

   Goes up one level.

4. 4
   PREVIEW

   Shows or hides the preview waveform column.

5. 5
   INFO

   Opens the INFO panel for the highlighted track.

6. 6
   Column title

   The arrow marks the column the list is sorted by. The number in brackets is how many items the list holds.

7. 7
   Preview

   A small waveform of each track, so you can see breaks and builds before you load.

8. 8
   Played

   A green note marks a track you have played.

9. 9
   On a deck

   A blue number says the track is loaded on that deck.

10. 10
    LOAD

    Appears on the row you touched. Tap 1 or 2 to load the track on that deck.

11. 11
    Key colour

    Green or amber means the key mixes with the master deck's key.

12. 12
    Deck strip

    Both decks' time, overview, tempo, key and BPM stay in view while you browse.

#Moving through a list modern

Control	What it does
Turn the encoder	Moves the highlight one row
Push the encoder	Opens a folder. On a track, opens the track menu: LOAD TO DECK for each deck, CUE / LOOP LIST when the track has memory points and the deck can load at one, and CANCEL. The active deck is highlighted, so a second push loads it there
Hold the encoder	Turns letter jump on. Turning then jumps by first letter, or by page where the list has no index. Push or hold again to stop
Drag or flick the list	Scrolls
Tap a row	Highlights it and shows LOAD
BACK	Up one level. At the top, opens SOURCE
MENU	Opens the list's MENU panel: sort, columns and the track menu
INFO	Opens or closes the INFO panel

The preview column starts hidden. One tap on PREVIEW shows it, and XZ Mods remembers your choice on the USB (browse_preview). PREVIEW is touch only.

#Loading a track modern

There are three ways to load the highlighted track:

• Tap the row, then tap 1 or 2 on its LOAD chip.
• Push the encoder twice to load on the active deck, or push, turn to another deck and push.
• Press the LOAD button of the deck you want.

If no track is highlighted, LOAD says SELECT A TRACK, THEN PRESS LOAD. On a screen that is not a track list it says OPEN A TRACK LIST TO LOAD. To load onto decks 3 and 4, see Four decks.

#INFO panel modern

Press INFO or tap INFO to open a panel with the highlighted track's details beside the list. The list narrows to make room.

#Sort, columns and the track menu modern

Press MENU or tap a column title. The MENU panel opens on the right with the sort order, the columns to show, and the actions for the highlighted track.

BROWSE · MENU

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1. 1
   TRACK

   Actions for the highlighted track.

2. 2
   ADD TO TAG LIST

   Adds the track to the tag list. On a track already in it this reads REMOVE FROM TAG LIST.

3. 3
   CUE/LOOP LIST

   Not on the player in this version.

4. 4
   MARK PLAYED

   Marks the track played. A played track offers MARK UNPLAYED.

5. 5
   SEARCH

   Opens SEARCH.

6. 6
   Tag marks

   Tracks in the tag list carry a check mark.

7. 7
   Close

   Closes the panel. MENU and BACK close it too.

#Filter modern

Tap FILTER to narrow the list without leaving it. The filters stay on while you move between categories, and a chip in the header says which are on.

CLEAR ALL FILTERS in the panel, or a tap on the chip, turns every filter off. Filters that compare with the master deck need one. Without it you see NO MASTER DECK: BPM FILTER OFF or NO MASTER KEY: KEY FILTER OFF.

#Search modern

Hold BROWSE (SEARCH is printed above it), or tap SEARCH on the SHORTCUT screen. Type on the keyboard and the list updates as you type. SEARCH puts the keyboard away so you can scroll the results. DELETE removes a letter and CLEAR empties the field.

SEARCH

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1. 1
   Search field

   What you have typed.

2. 2
   Count

   How many tracks match.

3. 3
   SEARCH

   Puts the keyboard away and moves to the results.

4. 4
   DELETE

   Removes the last letter.

5. 5
   Key

   The key you touched is outlined.

#Tag list modern

The tag list is a quick list of tracks you want to play next. It holds up to 100 tracks and shows how many it has in the header. XZ Mods keeps it on the USB in XZMODS/playlists.txt, with your playlist changes. To add a track, use ADD TO TAG LIST in the MENU panel. To add a whole folder, highlight it and use ADD ALL TO TAG LIST.

#Playlists modern

Tap PLAYLIST in the BROWSE category rail, or on the SHORTCUT screen, to open the USB's playlists. You can also make your own and change them on the player. Press MENU in the playlist list or inside a playlist.

Playlists, the tag list, played marks and histories can change only on a USB that is not read-only. Changes made on the player are saved on the same USB in XZMODS/playlists.txt. They never change the library your DJ software exported, so your DJ software and the CLASSIC browse screens do not show them. A playlist you changed on the player is marked in the list. In HISTORY the MENU panel offers DELETE HISTORY and DELETE ALL HISTORIES, each after a second push. If the USB is read-only you see THIS STICK IS READ-ONLY: PLAYLISTS CANNOT CHANGE. If it is full you see THE STICK IS FULL: PLAYLIST NOT SAVED.

PLAYLIST · MENU

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1. 1
   PLAYLIST

   Actions for the playlist list.

2. 2
   NEW PLAYLIST

   Makes a playlist here.

3. 3
   RENAME

   Renames the highlighted playlist.

4. 4
   DELETE

   Deletes it after a second push.

5. 5
   Sort and columns

   The same sort and column choices as in BROWSE.

#SOURCE modern

SOURCE shows every place music can come from, one tile each. Press BACK at the top of a list, or tap the source tile at the top left of BROWSE.

SOURCE

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1. 1
   BROWSING

   The source BROWSE shows now.

2. 2
   Name and colour

   The USB's name and the colour saved on it.

3. 3
   Status

   READY, LOADING, NOT CONNECTED, or DECK'S OWN SCREEN where the player's own screen handles that source.

4. 4
   FREE

   Free space on the USB.

5. 5
   Decks

   The decks playing a track from this source.

6. 6
   LINK

   Players on LINK. Browsing LINK from MODERN is not available yet.

7. 7
   COMPUTER

   DJ software on a computer linked to the player. Browsing it from MODERN is not available yet.

8. 8
   Hint

   Opening a source opens its library in BROWSE.

Turn the encoder to pick a tile and push to open it, or tap it. A source the player's own screen handles opens that screen. Touch cannot open it yet; push the encoder instead.

#INFO modern

Press INFO on the play screen, or tap the INFO icon in the top bar, to see everything about a loaded track.

INFO

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1. 1
   Deck tabs

   Switch between the decks' tracks.

2. 2
   Close

   Back to where you were. INFO and BACK close it too.

3. 3
   Artwork

   The track's artwork, when the USB has it.

4. 4
   RATING

   The track's stars.

5. 5
   Linked field

   A field with an arrow opens BROWSE with every track that shares it. ARTIST, ALBUM, KEY, BPM and GENRE are linked.

6. 6
   KEY and BPM

   Tap to open the KEY or BPM category at this value.

7. 7
   COMMENT

   The comment saved with the track in your DJ software.

8. 8
   SOURCE

   Where the track came from.

9. 9
   Deck strip

   Both decks stay in view.

#Browsing in CLASSIC classic

CLASSIC keeps the player's own browse screens: the same lists, keys and menus the XDJ-XZ operating instructions describe. XZ Mods adds three things to them.

• The key in every row. Each track row shows up to three fields from the library exported to your USB inside the title cell. The default is the title, then the key, then the BPM.
• Key before title. With KEY BEFORE TITLE on, the key leads the row, so you can read keys down the list.
• Key match colours. With KEY MATCH COLOURS on, a leading key is green when it mixes with the master deck's key, amber when it is detuned against it, and grey otherwise.

The table header names what the player's own MENU click changes: SORT over the title column and COLUMN over the right-hand column. The STEMS and MODS buttons stay at the top right.

These additions only use tracks on a USB with an exported library. A track XZ Mods cannot match in the export keeps the player's own row, and a field the export does not have is left out.

#Browse settings

Setting	MODS	What it does	Default
browse_preview	PREVIEW tile in MODERN browse	Shows the preview waveform column in MODERN browse	Hidden
browse_traffic	SCREEN, KEY MATCH COLOURS	Colours keys that mix with the master deck's key, in both interfaces	On
browse_key_prefix	SCREEN, KEY BEFORE TITLE	Puts the key first in each CLASSIC browse row	On
browse_1, browse_2, browse_3	none	The three fields in each CLASSIC browse row, in order. Each is TITLE, ARTIST, KEY or BPM	TITLE, KEY, BPM
modern_browse_columns	COLUMNS in the MODERN MENU panel	The columns of the MODERN track list. TITLE always shows	Automatic

MODS has no control for the three CLASSIC row fields in this version. They keep the values stored on the USB. In MODERN, choose columns from the MENU panel instead.

#If browsing goes wrong