Controls on the player

XZ Mods leaves every control on the XDJ-XZ doing its normal job unless this page says otherwise. This page covers only the controls whose behaviour XZ Mods changes or adds, and the ones you use to drive MODS. For everything else, the XDJ-XZ operating instructions still apply.

#The top panel

The picture is an illustration of the XDJ-XZ from straight above.

XDJ-XZ top panel

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1. 1
   Touch screen

   Shows the play screen in the interface you chose (MODERN or CLASSIC) and the MODS menu. Every MODS control also answers touch.

2. 2
   MENU (UTILITY)

   Press: opens MODS where the screen has no MENU job of its own. Hold: opens the player's own UTILITY, as without XZ Mods.

3. 3
   BACK

   Goes up one level, in MODS too.

4. 4
   Rotary selector

   Turn to move the highlight in MODS, push to select. It drives every MODS page, so you never need the touch screen.

5. 5
   SHORTCUT

   Opens the SHORTCUT screen, as without XZ Mods. A short MENU on that screen opens MODS.

6. 6
   Button above LINK

   The media button directly above LINK. XZ Mods lets you choose what it does, alone and with SHIFT.

7. 7
   LINK

   Its normal job. It can also switch the VJ.Tools view on and off.

8. 8
   TIME MODE and DECK QUANTIZE

   Their normal job on decks 1 and 2. While a side drives deck 3 or 4 they also work on that deck.

9. 9
   LOAD 1, LOAD 2

   Load into the deck that side controls now: deck 1 or 3 on the left, deck 2 or 4 on the right.

10. 10
    Left deck

    Controls deck 1, or deck 3 after you press SHIFT twice.

11. 11
    Right deck

    Controls deck 2, or deck 4 after you press SHIFT twice.

12. 12
    Mixer channels 3 1 2 4

    Decks 3 and 4 play through CH3 and CH4 over the loopback cable.

#Browse section keys

Key	Action with XZ Mods
MENU press	Opens MODS on the play screen, the SOURCE screen, the INFO screen and the SHORTCUT screen experimental. Everywhere else it keeps its normal job. In MODS it closes MODS.
MENU hold	Opens the player's own UTILITY, in both interfaces.
BACK	Goes up one level. In MODS it steps from an open item to its page, then to the section rail.
TURN Rotary selector, turn	Moves the highlight to the next card, row or button in MODS. On a beat jump pair, after a push, it steps the jump size.
PUSH Rotary selector, push	Opens or changes the highlighted item in MODS.
BUTTON ABOVE LINK	Does what you chose in MODS > PLAY > BUTTON ABOVE LINK. The default is INTERFACE.
SHIFT + BUTTON ABOVE LINK	Hold SHIFT on either deck and press it. Does the second choice on the same page. The default is ITS OWN JOB.
LINK	Its normal job. With the screen switch key set to LINK it also switches the VJ.Tools view on and off.
SHORTCUT	Opens the SHORTCUT screen. In MODERN this is MODERN's own SHORTCUT screen.
LOAD	Loads the highlighted track into the deck that side controls: deck 1 or 3, deck 2 or 4.
TIME MODE, DECK QUANTIZE	Their normal job on decks 1 and 2. For decks 3 and 4, see Quantize and Four decks.

A short press of MENU keeps its normal job wherever it has one. What a short press does in each place:

Where you are	Short press of MENU
The MODS menu is open	Closes MODS
A game is on screen	The game's own key
The VJ.Tools view is on screen	As before
A menu, popup or dialog is open	Works or closes the open menu
A track list (browse, playlist, search, history)	The sort menu or the track menu
TAG LIST	LIST MENU
The play screen in GRID ADJUST	The beat grid menu
The play screen	Opens MODS experimental
The SOURCE screen	Opens MODS experimental
The track INFO screen	Opens MODS experimental
The SHORTCUT screen	Opens MODS experimental
The player's own UTILITY	Closes UTILITY
Any other screen	The screen's own job

#The button above LINK

The XDJ-XZ has a media button directly above LINK. Without XZ Mods it opens the library of a computer or phone connected to the player. XZ Mods gives it two slots: a plain press, and a press while SHIFT is held on either deck. Set them in MODS > PLAY > BUTTON ABOVE LINK.

MODS · BUTTON ABOVE LINK

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1. 1
   Media buttons

   The four media buttons in the player's order from the top, left to right: the button above LINK, highlighted, then LINK, USB 1 and USB 2.

2. 2
   PRESS

   What a plain press does. The filled choice is the current one.

3. 3
   What it does

   One line explaining the current PRESS choice.

4. 4
   SHIFT + PRESS

   What the button does while SHIFT is held on either deck.

5. 5
   What it does

   One line explaining the current SHIFT + PRESS choice.

6. 6
   Dock

   Explains the highlighted choice before you pick it.

Choice	What the button does
MODS MENU	Opens and closes MODS. MODS then works with the rotary selector and BACK.
ITS OWN JOB	Its normal job: the screen for playing a computer's or phone's library. In MODERN the player's own screen for it takes over until you are back on the play screen.
INTERFACE	Switches between MODERN and CLASSIC, with the same notice as MODS > SCREEN.
VJ.TOOLS SCREEN	Switches the VJ.Tools screen on and off. Without an enabled, connected VJ.Tools link it says so instead.
STEMS	Does what the STEMS button on the screen does: steps the stem buttons through their places in 2 DECKS, and shows or hides them in MODERN's 4 DECKS.
DECK VIEW	Steps DECK VIEW: 2 DECKS, 4 DECKS in number order 1 2 3 4, 4 DECKS in mixer order 3 1 2 4, then 2 DECKS again. It saves the choice and shows the new view in a short notice.
NOTHING	The button does nothing.

#LINK and the VJ.Tools view

When VJ.Tools on a computer is connected, the player's screen can show the VJ.Tools view instead of the play screen. MODS > CONNECT > VJ.TOOLS has a SCREEN SWITCH KEY with two choices:

Choice	What switches the VJ.Tools view
LINK (default)	Pressing LINK. LINK also keeps its normal job.
ONSCREEN	A VJ.Tools button on the screen, in the corner opposite MODS.

To switch the view with the button above LINK instead, set that button to VJ.TOOLS SCREEN. See Connect and DJ profiles for the connection itself.

#Deck keys

The picture shows the left deck from above. The right deck has the same controls in the same places.

XDJ-XZ deck

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1. 1
   SHIFT

   Press twice quickly to switch this side between its two decks. Held, it is the modifier for the combinations below.

2. 2
   SYNC

   SHIFT + SYNC matches this deck's key to the master deck (KEY SYNC). SYNC alone does its normal job on decks 1 and 2.

3. 3
   MASTER TEMPO

   While KEY SYNC holds, a press returns the deck to its own key.

4. 4
   TEMPO slider

   After you switch decks, the new deck keeps its tempo until the slider reaches it.

5. 5
   Jog wheel

   Its normal job on decks 1 and 2. Plays decks 3 and 4, and the games.

6. 6
   Pad mode buttons

   HOT CUE, BEAT LOOP, SLIP LOOP, BEAT JUMP. One of them gives stem pads. With SHIFT, they mute stems.

7. 7
   BEAT JUMP

   Press for beat jump page 1. SHIFT + BEAT JUMP gives page 2.

8. 8
   Pads A to D

   Stem pads in the stem mode when the bank is A-D. Jump pairs A/B and C/D in BEAT JUMP mode.

9. 9
   Pads E to H

   Stem pads when the bank is E-H. Jump pairs E/F and G/H in BEAT JUMP mode.

10. 10
    CUE and PLAY/PAUSE

    Their normal job on decks 1 and 2. They play deck 3 or 4 while the side drives it.

Key	Action with XZ Mods
SHIFT twice	Switches the left side between deck 1 and deck 3, or the right side between deck 2 and deck 4. Press it twice within about half a second, without touching anything else. Decks 3 and 4 need the loopback cable; without it the screen says DECK 3 AND 4 NEED THE CH3/CH4 ROUTE.
SHIFT + SYNC	KEY SYNC: shifts the key of the deck this side controls to match the master deck, and turns on MASTER TEMPO. Press it again to end KEY SYNC. Works on all four decks. SYNC alone keeps its normal job on decks 1 and 2.
MASTER TEMPO	While KEY SYNC holds on that deck, a press ends KEY SYNC and returns the deck to its own key. Otherwise its normal job. SHIFT + MASTER TEMPO keeps its normal job.
HOT CUE, BEAT LOOP, SLIP LOOP	Choose the pad mode as without XZ Mods. The mode set in MODS > STEMS > STEM PADS turns four pads into stem pads.
SHIFT + HOT CUE	Mutes or unmutes the first stem in your STEM ORDER (vocals by default) on that deck.
SHIFT + BEAT LOOP	Mutes or unmutes the second stem (harmonics by default).
SHIFT + SLIP LOOP	Mutes or unmutes the third stem (drums by default).
BEAT JUMP	Beat jump mode with page 1 of your jump sizes.
SHIFT + BEAT JUMP	Beat jump mode with page 2 of your jump sizes. Let go of SHIFT before you press a pad.
TEMPO slider	After a deck switch, the deck that takes over keeps its tempo until the slider crosses its value. Then the slider moves it again. This works both ways.
LOAD	Loads into the deck the side controls now.
Jog wheel	Its normal job on decks 1 and 2. On decks 3 and 4 it bends, scratches in VINYL mode and moves loop edges. The jog games use it too.

The three SHIFT + pad mode combinations work while the USB loader has the stem engine. They also turn stem audio on if it was off. With them, the player's own SHIFT + HOT CUE (CALL) is not available on decks 1 and 2.

Every other deck key keeps its normal job on decks 1 and 2. While a side drives deck 3 or 4, the transport, loop, cue and tempo keys play that deck instead. Four decks lists what each one does there.

#Performance pads

The eight pads keep their normal job in every pad mode, with two exceptions: the stem pads, and the BEAT JUMP pads.

Pad mode	Pads with XZ Mods
HOT CUE	The player's own hot cues. Gate cue and smart cue change what a hot cue does when you turn them on; see Gate cue and smart cue.
BEAT LOOP	The player's own beat loops.
SLIP LOOP	The player's own slip loops.
BEAT JUMP	Your jump sizes. A/B, C/D, E/F and G/H are pairs: the first pad jumps back, the second forward. With a loop on, the loop moves instead. SHIFT + pad keeps its normal job on decks 1 and 2. See Beat jump.
The stem mode	Four pads (A to D, or E to H) mute stems instead. The other four keep their job in that mode.

#Stem pads

In the pad mode you choose for stems, four pads switch stems on that deck. A, B and C mute the three stems in your STEM ORDER. D is BYPASS: it plays the original track instead of the stems. On a 4-stem track, D mutes bass instead. With the E-H bank, E to H do the same.

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1. 1
   Pad mode

   The pad mode button that gives stem pads. The others keep their pads.

2. 2
   Pad diagram

   What each pad does in that mode, laid out like the pads on the deck.

3. 3
   STEMS ON

   Which four pads carry the stems: PADS A-D or PADS E-H.

4. 4
   Order

   The order of the stems on pads A, B and C and on the play screen. Push, then turn to change it.

5. 5
   Stem pad lights

   STEM COLOURS lights stem pads in their stem colours and dims muted stems. OFF leaves the pad lights to the player.

6. 6
   Works on

   Stem pads work on decks 1 and 2. Decks 3 and 4 have no stems.

If you choose BEAT JUMP for stems, beat jumps win its pads. Page 2 always jumps. Page 1 jumps while it uses MY SIZES, and gives stem pads only while it is set to PAGE 1: STOCK. Stems explains the stem audio itself, the order and the stem buttons on the screen.

#Pad lights

#Decks 3 and 4 from the deck controls

Each side of the XZ drives one of two decks: the left side deck 1 or deck 3, the right side deck 2 or deck 4. Press SHIFT twice to switch. LOAD on that side then loads into the deck it controls.

1. Connect the loopback cable and wait until MODS > 4 DECKS says the route is ready.
2. Press SHIFT twice quickly on the left side. The left side now drives deck 3.
3. Move the TEMPO slider until it reaches deck 3's tempo. Until then the slider does not change deck 3.
4. Press SHIFT twice again to go back to deck 1.

If the loopback route goes down, both sides go back to decks 1 and 2. Four decks covers setup, the deck view and every status.

#When a control does not respond

What happens	Why, and what to do
MENU opens one of the player's own menus instead of MODS	That screen has its own MENU job. Press BACK to the play screen, then press MENU.
MENU opens UTILITY	You held it. A short press opens MODS.
The button above LINK does nothing	It is set to NOTHING. Change it in MODS > PLAY > BUTTON ABOVE LINK.
SHIFT twice shows DECK 3 AND 4 NEED THE CH3/CH4 ROUTE	Decks 3 and 4 are not connected. Open MODS > 4 DECKS.
The TEMPO slider does not change the deck	Pickup after a deck switch. Move the slider through the deck's tempo.
A key sync press shows a message on the deck's key	See Keys and KEY SYNC.
A BEAT JUMP pad shows JUMP UNAVAILABLE	See When a jump is refused.