Sampler

The SAMPLER pad page plays short sounds over the mix: drops, horns, rewinds, name tags. There are 16 pads, eight at a time: the 1 and 2 in the narrow column left of the pads switch between them. On a DDJ-FLX4 the pads in SAMPLER mode play the same eight the screen shows.

Sample packs

SAMPLE PACK under the pads picks a pack. openDJ comes with the Default DJ Sample Pack; + makes a new, empty one.

What you change on a pad is kept for that pack, and the pack's own files are left alone.

Under the list of packs:

• Export saves the pads as they are now, with their names, levels and play modes, as a .opendjpack file in your Downloads folder, and shows it. Send it to another DJ, or keep it as a backup.
• Import… adds a .opendjpack as a new pack and plays it. Dropping one on a pad does the same.
• Rename… and Delete Pack work on the pack you play (not the Default one). Delete asks for a second click, and moves the pack to a .deleted folder beside the others rather than erasing it.
• Show Folder opens the pack's folder (for the Default pack, the folder all packs live in).

Your own sounds

• Drop an audio file (WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, M4A or OGG, up to a minute) from Finder, Explorer or the track list onto a pad, or right-click a pad and choose Load File….
• Choose Sample… borrows a sound from any pack, with a play button to hear it in the headphones first.

Changing a pad

The pencil shows a level knob and a ••• menu on each pad. The menu (or a right-click) renames the pad, sets how it plays (One shot, Hold, On/Off or Loop), puts back the pack's own sound, or clears it.

Drag a pad onto another to swap them. Shift-click a pad to stop it. Turning a pad's level while it plays glides, so it doesn't crackle.