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GUIDE
VESTAX VCI-400
Installation and Setup Serato DJ Activation
The Vestax VCI-400 is a class compliant USB plug and play device for Mac, To find out how to activate Serato DJ by either starting your free 14 day trial,
however requires drivers for Windows. You will find these on the installation cd or purchasing a license for Serato DJ, click here for the most up to date
provided with your Vestax VCI-400. information.

NOTE: Please ensure you have the latest available drivers AND firmware updates,
which may be required in order to be compatible with Serato DJ. Please go to
http://serato.com/dj/support

1. Download and install the latest version of Serato DJ from http://serato.com/dj/

downloads
2. Connect your Vestax VCI-400 to an available USB Port.
3. Open Serato DJ.

Mic Inputs1& 2 Inputs 1& 2 USB

LEVEL LEVEL INPUT MASTER OUT USB MIDI AND AUDIO CONTROLLER
MIC ROUTING INPUT ROUTING LEVEL LINE 1 LEVEL LINE 2
DIRECT DIRECT ADAPOTOR POWER USB
(MASTER) (MASTER) OFF ON

R L
DECK C/D DECK C/D R L R L
MIC 1 MIC 2 R L MASTER OUT (BAL.)

Input Level Power Adaptor/

1 & 2 On/Off
Input Routing Master Out (XLR
Balanced.)
Mic Routing
Master out (Phones
Mic Levels 1& 2 Unbalanced.)
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NOTE: SHIFT button is used with other buttons that have shift modifier functions.
# VCI-400 Control Function Shift Function
1 FX ON 1 (button) Slot 1 Effect On/Off Slot 1 Select Effect
2 FX ON 2 (button) Slot 2 Effect On/Off Slot 2 Select Effect
3 USB LED The USB LED indicates USB connection with your computer. (The LED will not turn on if
the power adapter is not connected.)
4 ADAPTOR LED The Adaptor LED indicates the power status. The LED turns on when the power adaptor
is connected the the power switch is set to ON.
5 FX ON 3 (button) Slot 3 Effect On/Off Slot 3 Select Effect
6 TAP (button) Tap to the desired FX tempo. To return to AUTO mode, press and hold
7 TRIM (knob) Adjusts the gain for each channel
8 EQ (knob) Adjusts the EQ for each channel
9 BACK (button) Navigate back in currently focused area
10 AREA (button) Cycle Files/Browser/Prepare/History Panels Cycle View Modes
11 MASTER (knob) Adjusts the master output level
12 MASTER PFL (button) Instant PFL selection to monitor the master output through your headphones
13 PANEL (button) Cycle REC/FX/SP-6 panels Cycle REC/FX/SP-6 panels in reverse
14 PREPARE (button) Loads track to prepare panel Open Prepare panel
15 SYNC (button) Sync on Sync Off (Press twice to return to
Absolute Pitch when in Relative Mode)
16 LOAD (button) Load track to selected deck
17 FX 1 (knob) Adjust Slot 1 FX Parameter
18 FX 2 (knob) Adjust Slot 2 FX Parameter
19 DATA SEND LED The Data Send LED indicates the MIDI data transmission from each VCI-400 control
20 FX 3 (knob) Adjust Slot 3 FX Parameter
21 BEATS Adjust Beats Multiplier
# VCI-400 Control Serato DJ Function Shift Function

22 SHIFT The SHIFT button is used with other buttons that have shift modifier functions
23 AUTO LOOP Auto Loop On/Off (Click Knob) Auto Loop Length (Twist Knob) Loop Shift/Beat Jump Left/Right
24 HOT CUE Activate Hot Cue performance mode
25 LOOP Activate Loop performance mode
26 ROLL Activate Loop Roll performance mode
27 SAMPLER Activate SP-6 Sampler performance mode
28 VINYL Toggle between Scratch or Jog mode Slip mode
29 HEADPHONE Headphone connection. Connect your Headphones to this socket.
OUTPUT
30 CUE/MASTER Control knob to adjust the headphone monitor mix balance between master output and
HEADPHONE MIX monitor output.
31 FILTER LP/HP Combo Filter adjust
32 FX ASSIGN 2 Assign FX UNIT 2 to the selected channel
33 FX ASSIGN 1 Assign FX UNIT 1 to the selected channel
34 CROSSFADER Crossfades the output sound between the two selected decks
35 BROWSER Browses through currently focused area (library/crates/etc)/Click to navigate forward Click to navigate Back
36 SAMPLER VOL Adjusts the master volume of the sample player
37 PFL Cue selected channel in headphones
38 PLAY/PAUSE Play/Pause Reverse
39 CUE Temporary Cue
40 CENSOR Reverses the track while held down. When Censor is released, the track will continue as if
censor had not been pressed.
41 DECK SELECT Select Deck C/A (Left Deck) or B/D (Right Deck)
42 PERFORMANCE SEE PERFORMANCE PAD MODE SECTION
PADS
# VCI-400 Control Serato DJ Function Shift Function

43 TEMPO FADER Adjust Tempo When in Sync mode, used to disable the
Pitch Fader temporarily and change the
zero position
44 PARAM Function is determined by Performance Pad Mode selected
45 PICK UP LED The Pick Up LED turns on when there is difference between the pitch fader position when
switching decks. The LED will turn off when the pitch fader is moved and the difference in
tempo is resolved.
46 FX MODE Toggle between Single/Multi FX Modes
47 MASTER FX Assign FX to Master Output
48 JOG WHEEL Scratch, Jog and Slip which are determined by the VINYL button Skip
Looping
You have up to 8 loops per track in Serato DJ, and the choice between VCI-400 Control Auto Loop Mode Shift
either manual or auto loops. When using your VCI-400, Manual and Auto
Loop modes are available when using the peformance pads by selecting the AUTO LOOP (Knob Press) Auto Loop On/Off Reloop
LOOP mode, or using the AUTO LOOP knob. AUTO LOOP (Knob Twist) Adjust Loop length Loop Shift/Beat
Jump Left/Right
Manual Mode is one of the performance pad modes and controlled using the
PARAM Adjust Defined Loop
Performance Pads. SEE PERFORMANCE PADS FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Length Range

VCI-400 Control Manual Loop Mode NOTE: You can also save a loop to the next available free loop slot in the
software. To do this click on an available loop slot. Your loops are saved
Buttons 1-4 Select Select Saved Loops 1-4 If there is no to the file and recalled the next time it is loaded. They are not lost if the file
saved loop, pressing these buttons will save is moved or renamed.
any currently active loop to that slot.
Button 5 Set loop in point (Loop not active)/Edit start of
loop point (Loop active)
Button 6 Set end of loop point (If Loop in point set)/Edit end
of loop point (Loop active)
Button 7 Selected Loop ON/OFF
Button 8 Reloop
PARAM Halve or double Loop Length

NOTE: The best way to edit the in and out points of a loop is with the jog
wheel/platter on your Vestax VCI-400.
DJ-FX
The DJ-FX in Serato DJ are powered by iZotope™. Click the FX tab FX 3 (knob) FX Dial 3 Adjust Parameter 5 Adjust Slot 3 FX
to open the FX panel. Select either 1, 2, 3, 4 or M to assign the selected effect bank Parameter
to a deck or Master Output.
TAP Tap to the desired Tap to the desired
There are two available modes in the DJ-FX. Single FX Mode allows you to select FX tempo. To FX tempo. To
one effect per FX bank, and has multiple parameters that can be adjusted. Multi return to AUTO return to AUTO
FX Mode allows you to select up to three effects per FX bank, and adjust only mode, press and mode, press and
one parameter, the FX Depth. The same effects available in Single FX mode are hold hold
available in Multi FX mode, as well some additional presets. BEATS Adjust Beats Adjust Beats
Multipler Multipler
You can select between the two FX modes by clicking either the Single FX
mode button or Multi FX mode button The effect time is set using the tracks BPM value, but by applying the
Beats Multiplier you can increase or decrease the effect timing. Modify this
by using the BEATS knob on the controller. Automatic tempo requires that
VCI-400 Control Single FX Mode Multi FX Mode Shift the track on the deck assigned to the FX Unit has BPM information. Manual
tempo mode allows you to tap in the tempo yourself.
FX MODE (button) Toggle between Toggle between FX
FX Modes Modes
MASTER FX Assign FX to Assign FX to
Master Output Master Output
FX ON 1 (button) Effect On/Off Slot 1 Effect On/Off Slot 1 Select
Effect
FX ON 2 (button) Adjust Parameter 2 Slot 2 Effect On/Off Slot 2 Select
Effect
FX ON 3 (button) Adjust Parameter 4 Slot 3 Effect On/Off Slot 3 Select
Effect
FX 1 (knob) FX Dial 1 Adjust Parameter 1 Adjust Slot 1 FX
Parameter
FX 2 (knob) FX Dial 2 Adjust Parameter 3 Adjust Slot 2 FX
Parameter
Performance Pads Beat Jump
To activate Beat Jump, open the Setup screen and under the DJ
preferences tab turn on “Show Beat Jump Controls”.

When you close the Setup screen you will see Beat Jump controls
underneath the existing Auto Loop values on each deck. Checking
this box will turn on Beat Jump features in the deck area and let
you control Beat Jump from on your supported Serato DJ hardware.

When the Beat Jump option is enabled, controllers with 8

The performance pads have four different modes you can select. The four modes performance pads that have an AUTO LOOP or LOOP ROLL mode
are; HOT CUE, LOOP, ROLL and SAMPLER modes. will use the bottom row of 4 pads (pads 5-8) as Beat Jump controls.
This is designed to mirror the change in deck Auto Loop area (from
• HOT CUE Mode: When pressing buttons 1-8 you can add/trigger up to 8 Cue
Points. Holding SHIFT and pressing buttons 1-8 will delete the Cue Points.
8 Auto Loop sizes to 4 Auto Loop sizes + Beat Jump controls).

• LOOP Mode: Buttons 1-4 select the first 4 saved loop slots. Buttons 5 and 6
Performance Pad 5 Pad 6 Pad 7 Pad 8
place in the IN and OUT points of loops. Button 7 turns the currently selected
Pad Function
loop slot ON/OFF and Button 8 will Reloop the currently selected loop slot.
SEE LOOPING FOR MORE INFORMATION. Beat Jump Auto Loop/ Auto Loop/ Auto Loop/ Auto Loop/
disabled Loop Roll 5 Loop Roll 6 Loop Roll 7 Loop Roll 8
• ROLL Mode: When pressing buttons 1-8 you can activate a loop roll. The Loop
Roll Length is determined by the Auto Loop Range shown in the software, and Beat Jump Beat Jump Beat Select Beat Select Beat Jump
can be adjusted by using the PARAM knob. enabled Left Left Right Right
• SAMPLER Mode: Buttons 1-6 Trigger Samples loaded in your Sample Banks.
Use the PARAM knob to toggle between Sample Banks. Controllers with Loop Shift controls can now do a Beat Jump by
enabling Beat Jump in the Setup screen. Regular Loop Shift is still
available if Beat Jump is disabled in the Setup screen.
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
software functions to your primary Serato DJ controller, interface or mixer. MIDI and setup button in the top right hand corner of the screen. Tool Tips
You can also assign controls to a secondary MIDI controller to further provide 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
To remap your supported Serato DJ device, open the SETUP screen and will 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. For more
Select your connected device from the MIDI Devices list and make sure the information on your controller, please refer to the hardware manual.
“Allow Serato Hardware Remapping” option is checked.
For further help, please contact [email protected] or go to www.serato.
com/dj/support
Once checked, the MIDI assign button at the top of the screen will become
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.