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GUIDE
VESTAX VCI-300
Installation and Setup
The Vestax VCI-300 is a class compliant USB plug and play device for both
# Vestax VCI-300 Function
Mac and Windows and does not require any further driver installation.
Control
1. Download and install the latest version of Serato DJ from http://serato. 1 AUX INPUT/THRU RCA connections for auxiliary source. AUX
com/dj/downloads signals directly to the master out.
2. Connect your Vestax VCI-300 to an available USB Port. 2 AUX INPUT/THRU Hardware AUX input gain control
3. Open Serato DJ. LEVEL
NOTE: The Vestax VCI-300 does not require a Serato DJ license purchase. 3 GROUND Connect AUX input devices requiring
When you first download Serato DJ you will see the MY SERATO panel grounding to prevent interference
appear on the right hand side. 4 PC/THRU ON SWITCH Sends the AUX and mic signals directly the
master out and disconnects the computer
Simply tick the box in the bottom right hand corner, then output
click on which will hide this panel. Serato DJ will remember these 5 MASTER OUT 1 6.5mm TRS Jack Master Outputs
settings for when you next open the software.
6 MASTER OUT 2 RCA Master Output
7 TOUCH SENSOR Adjust level of touch sensitivity for the platters
LEVEL
8 ADAPTOR To power VCI-300 with optional DC adaptor
9 POWER SOURCE Select between Adapter, Off and USB
10 USB For connecting the VCI-300 to your computer
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 MIC IN Microphone Input Socket. Mic Signals directly
to master output
12 MIC LEVEL Hardware microphone input gain control
13 C.F CURVE Adjust slope of Crossfader
14 I.F CURVE Adjust slope of Individual Channel Faders
15 PHONES 6.5mm/3.5mm jack for headphone output

11 12 13 14 15
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MK II

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24

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NOTE: SHIFT button is used with other buttons that have shift modifier functions
# VCI-300 Control Function Shift Function
1 PLAY/PAUSE Play/Pause track Stutter Play
2 CUE Add/Trigger Temporary Cue Jump to start of track (more than 2
Sec elapsed) Previous track (less than 2
sec elapsed)
3 PLATTER Touch the top to scratch or jog. Moving the outside of the wheel will jog. Beat skip (With Beatgrids enabled)
4 AUTO TEMPO Sync On Sync Off (Press twice to return to
Absolute Pitch when in Relative Mode)
5 TEMPO FADER Adjust Tempo When in Sync mode, used to disable
the Tempo Fader temporarily and
change the zero position
6 TEMPO FADER LED Light on when Pitch Fader is at zero
7 KEYLOCK Keylock On/Off
8 CUE 1-3 Add/Trigger Cuepoints 1-3 Delete Cuepoints 1-3
9 OUT 1-3 See Looping Section for more information See Looping Section for more
information
10 AUTO LOOP Auto Loop On/Off Loop Roll On
11 CENSOR Censor Reverse
12 HALF/DOUBLE Halve/Double Loop Length Loop Shift Left/Right
13 CRATES Toggle between Crates/Library Sort Library by song
14 MASTER LEVEL Adjust Master Output
15 FILES Open/Close Files Panel Sort Library by BPM
16 MONITOR SELECT Adjust headphone output between cue and master
17 BROWSE Open/Close Browse Panel Sort Library by Artist
18 MONITOR LEVEL Adjust headphone output
# VCI-300 Control Function Shift Function
19 NAVIGATION Library Scroll Up/Down (Outer Circle)/Cycle forward though open panels Cycle back through open panels (Inner
(Inner Circle) Circle)
20 EQ CONTROLS Adjust the HI, MID and LOW frequencies
21 TRIM Adjust channel gain
22 PITCH SHIFT Cycle through available Tempo Range Pitch bend up or down
23 SCRATCH Scratch Mode On/Off Slip Mode On/Off
24 SHIFT SHIFT is used with other buttons that have shift modifier functions
25 PFL B Cue Channel 2/Press with SCROLL to load track to Deck 2 (Tap twice
for Instant Double)
26 CHANNEL FADER Adjust channel volume
27 SCROLL Hold SCROLL then move platter to navigate focused area/Press with PFL
A or B to load track
28 CROSSFADER Crossfade between left and right channels
29 LED METER Monitors the audio levels of the Master Output
30 PFL A Cue Channel 1/Press with SCROLL to load track to Deck 1 (Tap twice
for Instant Double)
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# VFX-1 Single FX Mode Multi FX Mode
Control

ASSIGN 1 DEPTH Adjust FX Parameter 1 Adjust Slot 1 FX Parameter

AUX / MIC DECK A DECK B PFL FX

2 SELECT Scrolls through FX (as Scrolls through FX and

SELECT
MASTER
BEATS
listed on VFX1) assigns to Slot 1 (as listed
PHASER
FLANGER
CRUSHER 3/4
1
3/2 on VFX1)
2
HPF TREMOLO 1/2 2

LPF USER-1 1/4 4 7 3 AUX/MIC See note below table See note below table
ECHO USER-2 1/6 8

DELAY
REVERB
USER-3 1/8
x2
x1
4 DECK A Assign FX to Deck A Assign FX to Deck A
MOD / X

SET
TAP / AUTO 5 DECK B Assign FX to Deck B Assign FX to Deck B
8 6 PFL FX See note below table See note below table
TEMPO SOURCE

DEPTH
9 7 BEATS Turn to adjust Beats Turn to adjust Beats setting
ON / OFF
LATCHED
setting
1 10 8 TAP/AUTO Tap to set desired BPM/ Tap to set desired BPM/
LATCH
hold to reset hold to reset
9 MOD/X Turn to adjust FX Turn to adjust Slot 2 FX
ASSIGN Parameter 3/Push to Depth/Push to turn Slot 2
AUX / MIC DECK A DECK B PFL FX
adjust FX Parameter 2 FX on and off
SELECT
MASTER
BEATS
10 ON/OFF Push to turn FX on and Push to turn Slot 1 FX on
PHASER
FLANGER
CRUSHER 3/4
1
3/2 off and off
HPF TREMOLO 1/2 2

LPF USER-1 1/4 4

ECHO USER-2 1/6 8 NOTE: AUX/MIC and PFL FX are for when the VFX-1 is used in addition with
DELAY USER-3 1/8 x1
REVERB x2
other Serato DJ controllers that support 4 decks. The Vestax VCI-300 does
MOD / X
TAP / AUTO not support 4 decks, so these buttons will not be functional.
SET

TEMPO SOURCE

DEPTH

ON / OFF
LATCHED

LATCH
Looping DJ-FX
You have the choice of Auto or Manual Looping within Serato DJ with the The DJ-FX in Serato DJ are powered by iZotope™. Click the FX tab
Vestax VCI-300. to open the FX panel. Select either 1, 2 or M to assign the
NOTE You can also save a loop to the next available free loop slot in the selected effect bank to a deck or Master Output.
software. To do this, click on an available loop slot. Your loops are saved
to the file and recalled the next time it is loaded. They are not lost if the file There are two available modes in the DJ-FX. Single FX Mode allows you
is moved or renamed. to select one effect per FX bank, and has multiple parameters that can
be adjusted. Multi FX Mode allows you to select up to three effects per
VCI-300 Control Function Shift FX bank, and adjust only one parameter, the FX Depth. The same effects
available in Single FX mode are available in Multi FX mode, as well some
VCI-300 Control Function Shift additional presets.
OUT 1/LOOP Set loop in point (Loop not active)/Edit Play Sample
start of loop point (Loop active) Slot 1 or 4 You can select between the two FX modes by clicking either the Single FX
mode button or Multi FX mode button .
OUT 2/LOOP Set end of loop point (If Loop in point Play Sample
set)/Edit end of loop point (Loop active) Slot 2 or 5
If you have a Vestax VFX-1 unit, you can control the FX using the VFX-1.
OUT 3/LOOP Reloop Play Sample
Slot 3 or 6
The top half of the VFX-1 will control FX UNIT 1 in Serato DJ and the
AUTO LOOP Auto Loop On/Off Loop Roll On bottom half will control FX UNIT 2.
HALF Halve Loop Length Loop Shift Left
DOUBLE Double Loop Length Loop Shift
Right

NOTE: The best way to edit the start and end points of a manual loop is to
press the corresponding button, then adjust using the jog wheel/platter on
your Vestax VCI-300.

NOTE: When a Loop Roll is activated, HALF and DOUBLE will halve/double
loop length instead of shifting the loop left/right.
MIDI Using the Tool Tips
The MIDI feature in Serato DJ provides the ability to remap Serato DJ Click on the icon to enable Tool Tips. This is located in between the MIDI
software functions to your primary Serato DJ controller, interface or mixer. and setup button in the top right hand corner of the screen. Tool Tips provide
You can also assign controls to a secondary MIDI controller to further a handy way to learn the various features of Serato DJ.
enhance your performance.
For more information on MIDI mapping with Serato DJ click here. Move the mouse over a section of the screen to bring up a context sensitive
tool tip. Holding the mouse over the button with Tool Tips turned on will
To remap your supported Serato DJ device, open the SETUP screen and show you a list of all keyboard shortcuts.
click the MIDI tab. If your Serato DJ device supports hardware remapping it
will show up in the MIDI Devices list at the top. For more information about how to use Serato DJ, please go to our website
www.serato.com or refer to the Serato DJ Software Manual.
Select your connected device from the MIDI Devices list and make sure the
“Allow Serato Hardware Remapping” option is checked. For more information on your controller, please refer to the hardware manual.

For further help, please contact [email protected] or go to www.serato.com/

Once checked, the MIDI assign button at the top of the screen will become dj/support
available for you to start remapping.

You can save, edit or delete MIDI presets in the MIDI tab of the SETUP
screen. Clicking ‘Restore Defaults’ will erase any custom mappings for all
connected devices and revert their functions back to default.
Download the Serato DJ software manual for further information.

NOTE: Official Serato Accessories do not currently support user remapping.

Hardware features that cannot be remapped at this stage are Jogwheels/
Platters, Input Switches, Shift buttons and Performance Pad Mode buttons.
Re-mapping any pad(s) in Hot Cue mode will also re-map the same pad in
Saved Flip mode and vice versa.