Monster Go-DJ Guida
Manual and Warranty
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About the User Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FIRMWARE UPDATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Latest Features in Firmware Version r10817 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Technical Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hardware Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Software Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
What's in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Monster®GO-DJ™ Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Monster®GO-DJ™ Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front of the Monster®GO-DJ™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Right Side of the Monster®GO-DJ™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Upper Side of the Monster®GO-DJ™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Back Side of the Monster®GO-DJ™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Lower Side of the Monster®GO-DJ™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Beat LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
In the Power OFF State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
In the Power ON State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
In the Standby State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Information Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to Turn On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Screen Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Available On-Screen Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Minimum Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Advanced Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
How to Switch Between Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Minimum Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Advanced Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
How to Connect to a Sound System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
VOLUME CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Master Volume – Minimum Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Master Volume – Advanced Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Summary of Volume Control Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
HOW TO PREPARE MUSIC . . . . . . . . . . . 20
How to Load Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
How to Connect to a Computer with the Connector Cable . . . . . 20
How to Use the SD Card Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Compatible File Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Intelligent Stream Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Automatic File Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Automatic File Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
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FILE BROWSER SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
How to Search Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Storage and Sound Input Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Memory Storage Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sound Input Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Directories and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
How to Sort Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
How to Select a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the FUNCTION Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the Touch Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Icons in the File Selection Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
File Properties Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
How to Load a Track with the Digital Turntables . . . . . . . . . . 25
Unanalyzed Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Unsupported Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
File Browser Window for Recorded Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
How to Create a New Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
How to Use the Input Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Function Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Touch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
How to Add and Remove Items from a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . 27
How to Change Track Order in a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
How to Delete an Item in a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
How to Play Tracks via the Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
How to Search Playlist Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
How to Use Playlists with the AutoDJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
How to Edit Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sorting Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Playlist Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
How to Clear All Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Display of History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
How to Play Files via History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Reset Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Dedicated Folders for Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
DIGITAL TURNTABLES SCREEN . . . . . . . 34
How to Control Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Arc Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
How to Use the Function Knob in the Arc Selector . . . . . 34
Hot-Cue Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Arc Selector and Corresponding Functions . . . . . . . . . . 36
Digital Turntables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Pitch Bend Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Search Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
O Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Loop Adjust Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Tap Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Break Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Search Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Beat Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Tempo Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Tempo Slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Auto-Sync Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
BPM Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Pitch Lock Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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EQUALIZER SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Basic Operations of the Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Touch Panel Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Analog Control Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
EQ Crossfader Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Gain Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Gain Slider Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Saving and Loading Gain Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Gain on File Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SAMPLERS SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Musical Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Touchscreen Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Analog Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Loading and Assigning Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Assigning Samples to Specic Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Assignment Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Synthesizer Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Octave Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Instrument Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Adding Instruments to the Synthesizer Keyboard . . . . . . . . . 51
Assigning Samples to Specic Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Assignment Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Beat Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Touch Panel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Function Knob Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Assigning Samples to the Beat Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Assigning Samples to Specic Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Assignment Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
External Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Assign Audio from Line-In to the Digital Turntable . . . . . . . . 56
Assign MIC to the Turntable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Limited Functionality of Line-In and MIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Volume Control of External Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Real-Time BPM Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
OPTIONS SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CONTROL Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
CONTROL (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Crossfader mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Invert crossfader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tempo slider range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Pitch bend depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CONTROL (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Volume knob sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reset EQ on load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reset tempo on load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reset gain on load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
CONTROL (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Switch loop range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Reset EQ on load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Slip mode for BREAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sync Beat Sequencer to music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Delay FX time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CONTROL (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Resume last session on boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Dot counter in Browser represents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Remember history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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DEVICE Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
DEVICE (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Microphone type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Line in amp volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Send main sound to HP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Beat LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
DEVICE (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Backlight brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Backlight o timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Wake up / shutdown on USB power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Auto power o timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
REC Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Available recording time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Current recording time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
AutoDJ Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
AutoDJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Playing order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Transition timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Mix style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SYSTEM Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SYSTEM (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Date / Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
USB storage mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SYSTEM (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
In SD / In Internal drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Reset all options to default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SYSTEM (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
FIRMWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Mandatory Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Preparation for Mandatory Firmware Update . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Starting the Recovery Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Firmware Recovery Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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About the User Manual
For your convenience, a digital copy of the Monster®GO-DJ™User
Manual is included in the rmware. You can nd a copy in the Monster®
GO-DJ™by searching the “GO-DJ Manual” directory.
You can also download the latest version of the Monster®GO-DJ™User
Manual from the ocial website.
The ocial website of the Monster®GO-DJ™is as follows:
http://monsterproducts.com/godj
INTRODUCTION
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FIRMWARE UPDATES
Equalizer Screen
Latest Features in Firmware Version r10817
File Browser Screen
Update Description
Playlist available Create, edit and play custom playlists.
History available The Monster®GO-DJ™ also keeps a detailed play
history of the tracks.
Reset menu option available Reset the menu on les, directories and other
storage drives.
Visual markers for play
repetition available
Visual dots are used to mark les that indicate play
repetition history.
Update Description
Gain Slider available Gain control is available via the Gain Slider in
the Equalizer Screen.
Update Description
Tempo Slider updated Touch and hold the tempo slider on the Digital
Turntable screen while rotating the FUNCTION
knob to ne-tune tempo (BPM) changes.
Beat Radar updated The Beat Radar motion is extended.
Update Description
Touchscreen Keyboard
Synthesizer available
Touchscreen keyboard synthesizer with
customizable sound banks is available.
Sample assignment updated Extended functions for sample assignments
are available.
Update Description
Beat position following available The beat sequencer follows the beat position
of the track.
Digital Turntable Screen
Musical Pad Screen
Beat Sequencer Screen
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OVERVIEW
Technical Specications
General
Display Dual Touch Screen
320×240 resolution color display (×2)
Battery Internal Li-Polymer Battery
Energy Saver Supports SLEEP mode
Compatibility iOS devices, Android devices, PC, Mac
Hardware Specications
Sound Card Integrated (Built In)
Battery (Internal
Li-Polymer Battery)
Charging Time: 8 hours
Battery Life Max: 12 hours
Input Terminals MIC ×1 (¹inch)
HEADPHONE ×1 (¹inch)
AUXILIARY LINE IN ×1 (¹inch)
Output Terminals MASTER LINE OUT ×1 (¹inch)
Sound I/O 3.5mm Stereo Jack ×4
(Line-out, Headphones, Line-in, Microphone)
Line-out : 1.0 Vrms
Headphones : 1.0 Vrms
THD : 0.015% (L-OUT, 1KHz), 0.009% (H.P. OUT, 1KHz)
S/N Ratio : 100dB (L-OUT), 100dB (H.P. OUT)
Storage Internal Flash Memory
(2GB for user space, 1GB for recording space)
SD Card Slot ×1 (up to 32GB)
Dimensions
Weight 10.09 ounces (286 grams)
Length 9.84 inches (250 mm)
Width 2.59 inches (66 mm)
Height 0.6 inches (16.8 mm)
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Technical Specications (continued)
OVERVIEW
Software Specications
File Manager General directory based le system
(support up to 10,000 les)
Sort by File Name
Sort by Track Name
Sort by BPM
Alphabetical Search
Supported File Format MP3, WAV for playback
WAV for recording
Player Two individual players with CUE,
PLAY/PAUSE, LOOP and TEMPO control
Hot-cue memory
9-range Loop Control (¹ to 32-beat)
Tempo (BPM) Control: (-10.00% ~ +10.00%)
with/without master pitch
Automatic synchronization
(BPM adjustment and beat matching)
Recorder Records Line-out sound to the internal
memory in WAV format
Recording Time: 2 hours maximum
Records up to 100 les (up to 2 hours)
Make digital copies to SD card
Software Specications (continued)
Turntable/Platter Operation Scratch
Pitch Bend
Loop Range Adjustment
Cue Point Search
Volume Control Master Volume
Track Volume
Crossfader
Sound Eects Phaser
Flanger
Delay
Filter
Roll
Bitcrusher
3-Band Visual Equalizer Low, Middle, High
Music Pad One Shot Sample Pad ×8 per channel (×2)
Loop Sample Pad ×8 per channel (×2)
Drone Sample Pad ×8 per channel (×2)
Stock samples included
Upload custom samples
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Technical Specications (continued)
OVERVIEW
Software Specications (continued)
4-Beat Step Sequencer Editable preset pattern ×4 per channel (×2)
User pattern storage ×4 per channel (×2)
18 instrument sources
BPM controller
Stock samples included
Upload custom samples
AUTO DJ Normal Mix Mode
Simple Mix Mode
Advanced Mix Mode
Options Crossfader curve control
Backlight brightness control
Beat LED switch
Altri manuali per Go-DJ
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