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USER MANUAL Prime 4 DENON

ppendix English ( 42 – 43 )2 Quickstart Guide (English) Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Prime 4. At Denon DJ, we know how serious music is to you. That’s why we design our equipment with only one thing in mind—to make your performance the best it can be.

Box Contents Prime 4 Standalone DJ System Display Protective Cover Display Cleaning Cloth IEC Power Cable USB 3.0 Cable Hard Drive Mounting Screws Engine Prime Software Download Card Quickstart Guide Safety & Warranty Manual Important: Visit denondj.com and find the webpage for Prime 4 to download the complete User Guide.

Support For the latest information about this product (documentation, technical specifications, system requirements, compatibility information, etc.) and product registration, visit denondj.com. For additional product support, visit denondj.com/support.3 Setup Important: Occasionally, we may update Prime 4’s firmware to add exciting new features and improvements. Visit denondj.com to check for available firmware updates, especially after you update your software (firmware updates may address new software features).

1. Visit denondj.com and log into your account. (Create an account if this is your first Denon DJ product.)

2. In your account, download and install the latest version of Engine.

3. Connect input sources (microphones, CD players, etc.) to Prime 4.

4. Connect output devices (headphones, power amplifiers, loudspeakers, etc.) to Prime 4.

5. Plug all devices into power sources, and turn on devices in proper order:

6. To use Engine (standalone playback): Insert a USB flash drive or SD card (with an Engine-configured music

library) to one of Prime 4’s USB ports or SD Card Slot.

Items not listed under the Introduction > Box Contents are sold separately.

Computer (optional) Booth Monitors Media Player Headphones (front panel) Microphone Turntable Powered Loudspeakers Hard Drive Power Smartphone or Tablet4 Features Top Panel

1. Touchscreen: This full-color multi-touch display shows information relevant to Prime 4's current operation.

Touch the touchscreen (and use the hardware controls) to control the Prime 4 interface. Tip: If you adjust the angle of the touchscreen, use the stand on its back panel to secure it in place.

2. Browse Knob: Turn this knob to navigate through lists. Press the knob to

move forward in the touchscreen or select an item.

3. Back: Press this button to move back in the touchscreen.

4. Forward (FWD): Press this button to move forward in the touchscreen.

5. Load : Press this button to load the selected track to Deck 1 or Deck 3.

6. Load : Press this button to load the selected track to Deck 2 or Deck 4.

7. View: Press this button to cycle between the Library and Performance views.

Press and hold this button to show the Menu, which includes Source Selection, Record Menu and the Utility/Preferences Menu. See the User Guide for more information.

8. Channel FX: Use these buttons to route audio from the corresponding channel

to the Effect 1 and/or 2 module.

9. Channel Level: Turn this knob to adjust the level of the pre-fader, pre-EQ audio

signal for the channel.

10. Channel Level Meters: These LEDs display the audio signal level of the

11. Channel EQ: Turn these knobs to boost or cut the high, mid-range, and low

frequencies for the channel.

12. Sweep FX: Turn this knob to control the effect selected by the Sweep FX

13. Channel Cue: Press this button to send the channel’s pre-fader signal to the

15. Crossfader Assign: Routes the audio playing on the corresponding channel to either side of the crossfader (L or

R), or bypasses the crossfader and sends the audio directly to the program mix (center, Thru).

16. Crossfader: Use this crossfader to mix between channels assigned to the left and right sides of the crossfader.

17. Master Level Meters: These LEDs display the audio signal level of the master mix (sent out of the Master

18. Phones Mix: Adjusts the software’s audio output to the headphones, mixing between the cue output and the

20. Split Cue: When this switch is in the On position, the headphone audio will be “split” such that all channels sent

to cue channel are summed to mono and sent to the left headphone channel and the master mix is summed to mono and sent to the right channel. When the switch is in the Off position, the cue channel and master mix will be “blended” together.

21. Sweep FX Buttons: Press one of these buttons to enable or disable an effect that you can control with the

Sweep FX knobs. Only one of these buttons can be enabled at a time.

• Filter: This effect applies a filter to the channel. Starting from the center (12:00) position, turn a Sweep FX knob counter-clockwise to apply a low-pass filter, or turn it clockwise to apply a high-pass filter.

• Echo: This effect is a brief echo. Starting from the center (12:00) position, turn a Sweep FX knob counter- clockwise to decrease the length of the delay and increase the feedback, or turn it clockwise to increase the length of the delay as well as the feedback.

Wash Out: This creates a transition effect. Turn a Sweep FX knob to its most counter-clockwise (minimum) position to apply a 1-beat echo that will also mute the channel’s normal audio signal, or turn it to its most clockwise (maximum) position to apply a 1/2-beat echo.

22. Platter: This capacitive, touch-sensitive platter controls the audio playhead when the wheel is touched and

moved. When the Vinyl button is on, move the platter to “scratch” the track as you would with a vinyl record. When the Vinyl button is off (or if you are touching only the side of the platter), move the platter to temporarily adjust the track’s speed.

23. Platter Display: This display shows information relevant to the performance, including the current playhead

position, the current auto loop size, or current layer.

24. Deck: Selects which deck in the software is controlled by that hardware deck. The left deck can control Deck 1

or 3; the right deck can control Deck 2 or 4. Press and hold Shift and then press the Deck 3 or Deck 4 buttons to switch between four-deck and two-deck operation.

25. Track Skip: Press either of these buttons to skip to the previous or next track.

Press the Previous Track button in the middle of a track to return to the beginning of the track.

26. Beat Jump: Press either of these buttons to skip backward or forward through the track. Use the Auto Loop

knob to determine the beat jump size. Press and hold Shift and then press one of these buttons to search backward or forward through the track.

27. Sync / Sync Off: Press this button to activate sync.

Press and hold Shift and press this button to deactivate Sync. You can also set Sync to deactivate without using Shift by changing the Sync Button Action setting in the User Preferences menu.

28. Cue / Track Start: During playback, press this button to return the track to a temporary cue point. If you have

not set a temporary cue point, then press this button to return to the start of the track. (To set a temporary cue point, make sure the track is paused, move the platter to place the audio playhead at the desired location, and then press this button.) During playback, press and hold Shift and press this button to set the cue point at the current playhead position. If the deck is paused, press and hold this button to play the track from the temporary cue point. Release the button to return the track to the temporary cue point and pause it. To continue playback without returning to the temporary cue point, press and hold this button and then press and hold the Play button, and then release both buttons.6

29. Play/Pause: This button pauses or resumes playback.

Press and hold Shift and then press this button to “stutter-play” the track from the initial cue point.

30. Vinyl: Press this button to activate/deactivate a “vinyl mode” for the

platter. When activated, you can use the platter to “scratch” the track as you would with a vinyl record.

31. Key Lock / Key Sync: Press this button to activate/deactivate Key

Lock. When Key Lock is activated, the track’s key will remain the same (0%) even if you adjust its speed. Press and hold Shift and press this button to reset Key Lock. Press and hold this button to activate key sync.

32. Pitch Fader: Move this fader to adjust the speed (pitch) of the track.

You can adjust its total range with the Pitch Bend buttons.

33. Pitch Bend –/+: Press and hold one of these buttons to momentarily

reduce or increase (respectively) the speed of the track. Press and hold Shift and then press one of these buttons to set the range of the pitch fader.

34. Shift: Press and hold this button to access secondary functions of other controls.

35. Edit Grid: Press and hold this button to enable beat grid editing.

Press and hold Shift and then press this button to reset the beat grid.

36. Grid Marker: When beat grid editing is enabled, press either of these buttons to move a downbeat marker backward

or forward based on the current analyzed grid. Press and hold Shift and then press these buttons to halve or double the current tempo.

37. Slip: Press this button to enable or disable Slip Mode. In Slip Mode, you can jump to cue points, trigger loop

rolls, or use the platters, while the track’s timeline continues. In other words, when you stop the action, the track will resume normal playback from where it would have been if you had never done anything (i.e., as if the track had been playing forward the whole time).

/ Reverse: Press this button to activate/deactivate the Censor feature: the playback of the track will be reversed, but when you release the button, normal playback will resume from where it would have been if you had never engaged the Censor feature (i.e., as if the track had been playing forward the whole time). Press and hold Shift and then press this button to reverse the playback of the track normally.

39. Performance Pads: These pads have different functions on each deck depending on the current pad mode.

43. Slicer: Press this button to enter Slicer Mode. See the User Guide for more information.

44. Parameter /: Use these buttons for various functions in each Pad Mode. See the User Guide for more

45. Auto Loop/Loop Move: Turn this knob to set the size of an automatic loop. The value will be shown in the

touchscreen and platter display. Press this knob to activate or deactivate an automatic loop at the current location of the track. Press and hold Shift and turn this knob to shift the active loop to the left or right.

46. Loop In/Loop Out: Press either of these buttons to create a Loop In or Loop Out point at the current location.

Their placement will be affected by the Quantize and Smart Loops settings. See the User Guide for more information.

48. FX Select: Turn these knobs to select the active effect for FX 1 and FX 2.

51. FX Reset: Press these buttons to reset the FX Frequency to center.

Press and hold Shift and press these buttons to set the effect to its default state, with Wet/Dry set to 0.

52. FX Frequency: Turn this knob to select a frequency band of the audio singal to which the BPM effects will be

applied. Select the center (12 o'clock) position to apply effects to the entire spectrum of frequencies.

53. FX Wet/Dry Knob: Turn this knob to adjust the wet/dry mix of the effects.

54. FX Beats Buttons: Press either of these buttons to decrease or increase the rate of time-based effects on that

55. Mic On/Off: Press this button to activate/deactivate the microphones.

56. Mic Level: Turn these knobs to adjust the volume levels of the corresponding microphone inputs. The Peak light

next to each knob indicates the current signal level by its color: green (low), amber (normal/optimal), or red (maximum/peak). You can adjust the microphone attenuation in the Utility menu. Important: The audio signals from the microphones are routed directly to the Master Outputs.

57. Mic EQ: Turn these knobs to boost or cut the high, mid-range (Mic 1 only) and low frequencies for the

corresponding microphones.

58. Echo On/Off: Press this button to activate/deactivate the reverb effect on the microphones’ audio signal.

59. Mic Echo Level: Turn this knob to adjust the amount of the reverb effect on the microphones’ audio signal.

60. Talkover: Press this button to use the “talkover” feature, which automatically reduces the volume level of the

master mix when you speak into the microphone. You can adjust the talkover level in the Utility menu.

61. Master Level: Turn this knob to adjust the volume level of the Master Outputs.

62. Zone Channel Assign: Press this button to set Deck 4 as a Zone Playlist, which will play from the Zone

Outputs. By default, the master output will play through the zone if a zone playlist is not assigned.

63. Zone Level: Turn this knob to adjust the volume level of the Zone Outputs.

64. Zone EQ: Turn these knobs to boost or cut the high and low frequencies for the Zone Outputs.

65. Booth Level: Turn this knob to adjust the volume level of the Booth Outputs.

66. Booth EQ: Turn these knobs to boost or cut the high and low frequencies for the Booth Outputs.

67. SD Card Slot: Insert a standard SD or SDHC card to this slot. When you select that SD card as a source, you

can use the display to select and load tracks on your SD card.

68. USB 1/2 Ports: Connect standard USB flash drives to these USB ports. When you select that USB flash drive as

a source, you can use the display to select and load tracks on your USB flash drive. Important: You must use the Engine software to configure the music library on your SD Card or USB flash drive before connecting them to Prime 4. See the complete User Guide at denondj.com to learn how to do this.

69. Eject: Press this button to bring up on the touchscreen a list of connected media devices which can be ejected.

Tap one of the listed media sources to eject that device. To prevent data corruption, drives must be ejected before being removed from the player.8 Front Panel

1. Headphones (1/4”, 1/8”) (6.35 mm, 3.5 mm): Connect your 1/4” or 1/8” (6.35 mm or 3.5 mm) headphones to this

output for cueing and mix monitoring. The headphone volume is controlled using the Phones Level knob.

2. Input Selector: Set these switches to the desired audio source from this channel: Engine/USB (a track playing

on that layer in the software, or from a connected USB flash drive or SD card), or Line (a device connected to the inputs on the rear panel).

3. Fader Start: Enables or disables "fader start" on the corresponding side of the crossfader. When fader start is

enabled on one side, moving the crossfader toward that side will cause the deck to start playing.

4. Crossfader Contour: Adjusts the slope of the crossfader curve. Turn the knob to the left for a smooth fade

(mixing) or to the right for a sharp cut (scratching). The center position is a typical setting for club performances.

1. Power Input: Use the included power cable to connect this input to a power outlet.

Prime 4 has a protection circuit to safely eject all media after an unexpected power loss to protect your data from corruption. Reconnect your power source to return to normal operation.

2. Power Button: Press this button to power Prime 4 on. Power on Prime 4 only after you have connected all of

your input devices and before you power on your amplifiers and loudspeakers. To power off Prime 4, press this button and follow the prompts on the touchscreen. Power off your amplifiers and loudspeakers before powering off Prime 4.

3. Rear USB Ports 3/4: Connect standard USB drives to these USB ports. When you select one of those USB

drives as a source, you can use the touchscreen to select and load tracks on your USB drives. There are also two similar USB ports on the front panel. USB Port 4 can also be used to charge a device (+5V, 1A).

4. USB B: Use a standard USB cable (included) to connect this USB port to an available USB port on your

computer. This connection sends and receives MIDI messages to and from the computer.

5. Link Port: Use a standard Ethernet cable to connect this port to a computer. Prime 4 will send time, BPM, and

other track data to the compatible Stagelinq lighting software over this connection.

6. Zone Out (XLR, balanced): Use standard XLR cables to connect these outputs to loudspeakers or an amplifier

system. By default, the Zone Out will send the same signal as the Master Outputs. Alternatively, you can press the Zone Channel Assign button to set Deck 4 as a Zone Playlist which will be routed to these outputs. Use the Zone Level knob on the top panel to control the volume level.

7. Booth Outputs (XLR, balanced): Use standard XLR cables to connect these outputs to booth monitors or a

booth amplifier system. Use the Booth knob on the top panel to control the volume level.

8. Master Outputs (XLR, balanced): Use standard XLR cables to connect these outputs to loudspeakers or an

amplifier system. Use the Master knob on the top panel to control the volume level.

9. Master Outputs (RCA, unbalanced): Use standard RCA cables to connect these outputs to loudspeakers or an

amplifier system. Use the Master knob on the top panel to control the volume level.9

10. Stereo/Mono: Use this switch to set the channel configuration of the Master Outputs: Stereo (binaural audio

using separate left and right channels) or Mono (summed monaural audio through both left and right channels).

11. Line Inputs (RCA, unbalanced): Use standard RCA cables to connect these line-level inputs to an external

12. Line/Phono Inputs (RCA, unbalanced): Use standard RCA cables to connect these line-level or phono-level

inputs to an external audio source.

13. Phono/Line Switch: Flip this switch to the appropriate position, depending on the device connected to the

Line/Phono Inputs. If you are using phono-level turntables, set this switch to Phono to provide the additional amplification needed for phono-level signals. If using a line-level device, such as a CD player or sampler, set this switch to Line.

14. Grounding Terminal: If using phono-level turntables with a grounding wire, connect the grounding wire to these

terminals. If you experience a low “hum” or “buzz”, this could mean that your turntables are not grounded. Note: Some turntables have a grounding wire built into the RCA connection and, therefore, nothing needs to be connected to the grounding terminal.

15. Mic Inputs (XLR or 1/4” / 6.35 mm): Use standard XLR or 1/4” (6.35 mm) cables (not included) to connect

standard dynamic microphones to these inputs. Use the Mic 1 and Mic 2 Level knobs on the top panel to control the volume level.

Lock Slot: Use this slot to secure Prime 4 to a table or other surface.

partir des sorties zone. By default, the master output will play through the zone if a zone playlist is not assigned.

nalog Output Master, Balanced +24 dBu (maximum) +4 dBu (unity) Master, Unbalanced +20 dBu (maximum) 0 dBu (unity) Zone, Balanced +24 dBu (maximum) +4 dBu (unity) Booth +24 dBu (maximum) +4 dBu (unity) Headphone Output < 150 mW Connections

udio Inputs 2 RCA input pairs (line-level, unbalanced) 2 RCA input pairs (phono- or line-level, unbalanced) 2 XLR+1/4” (6.35 mm) input Other 4 USB ports (for USB drives, 5 V, 1 A) 1 USB port (to computer) 1 Ethernet port 1 IEC power cable input43 Power Connection: IEC Voltage: 100–240 VAC, 50/60 Hz Consumption: 43W~45W (with smartphone charging from USB4 port) 38W~39W (without smartphone charging) Dimensions (width x depth x height) 28.68” x 19.56” x 4.08”

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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