Licensing & software
This is a Serato DJ Pro hardware unlocked device, meaning it unlocks Serato DJ Pro when connected.
Please ensure you have the latest version of Serato DJ Pro installed:
Drivers & firmware
The Reloop Terminal Mix 8 is a class-compliant USB plug and play device on macOS, but requires drivers on Windows.
If using a Windows operating system, please ensure you have the latest available driver installed.
For both operating systems, the latest firmware updates are also recommended.
These can all be downloaded from Reloop's website:
Overview
| # | TERMINAL MIX 8 CONTROL |
| 1 | MIC INPUT |
| 2 | MIC/AUX LEVEL |
| 3 | MIC/AUX TONE |
| 4 | INPUT ROUTING MIC |
| 5 | INPUT ROUTING PHONO/LINE |
| 6 | LEVEL |
| 7 | CROSSFADER ASSIGN CHANNEL 3 |
| 8 | CROSSFADER ASSIGN CHANNEL 1 |
| 9 | CROSSFADER CURVE |
| 10 | CROSSFADER SELECT CHANNEL 2 |
| 11 | CROSSFADER SELECT CHANNEL 4 |
| 12 | CUE TONE |
| 13 | HEADPHONE INPUT |
| 14 | DC IN |
| 15 | POWER BUTTON |
| 16 | USB |
| 17 | MASTER BALANCED OUTPUT |
| 18 | MASTER UNBALANCED |
| 19 | BOOTH RCA |
| 20 | LED DIMMER |
| 21 | LED CHAIN |
| 22 | AUX INPUT SELECT |
| 23 | AUX INPUT |
| 24 | GROUNDING POST |
| # | TERMINAL MIX 8 CONTROL | FUNCTION | SHIFT FUNCTION |
| 1 | DECK FX ASSIGN | Assigns FX to selected Deck | SHIFT+RANGE will change the available pitch range. SHIFT+KEY will turn on Keylock for selected deck |
| 2 | PERFORMANCE PADS | See performance pad section for more information | - |
| 3 | FX 1-3 KNOBS/BUTTONS | Slots 1-3 Effect On/Off- See DJ-FX section for more information | Select FX |
| 4 | ON/TAP | Enables Autoloop | TAP tempo |
| 5 | LOOP SIZE/BEATS | Auto Loop On/Off or Exit Manual Loop (Click Knob) Auto Loop Length (Twist Knob) |
Adjust Beats Multiplier |
| 6 | EQ | Adjust Low/Mid/High | - |
| 7 | GAIN | Adjust individual channel gain | - |
| 8 | FILTER | LP/HP filter combo adjust | - |
| 9 | CUE MIX | Adjusts between Cue and Master in your headphones |
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| 10 | BOOTH | Adjusts booth output volume | - |
| 11 | MASTER | Adjusts master output volume | - |
| 12 | PHONES | Adjusts headphone output volume | - |
| 13 | SAMPLER VOL | Adjusts the master volume of the Sampler | - |
| 14 | SLICE | Activate Slicer Performance Pad mode | - |
| 15 | SMPL | Activate Sampler Performance Pad mode | - |
| 16 | CUE | Activate Hot Cue Performance Pad mode | - |
| 17 | LOOP | Activate Loop Performance Pad mode | - |
| 18 | JOG | Toggle between Scratch or Jog modes | Activates Slip mode |
| 19 | VIEW | Toggle view mode | - |
| 20 | LOAD | Load track to selected deck | Activate Fader Start for that channel |
| 21 | POWER | Shows unit is being powered by AC | - |
| 22 | DECK 4 | Select Active Deck 2/4 (Right Deck) | - |
| 23 | HEADPHONE CUE | Cue selected channel in headphones | - |
| 24 | PREPARE | Sends highlighted track in library to the PREPARE Crate |
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| 25 | CROSSFADER | Crossfades audio between active decks | - |
| 26 | LED METER | LED representation of Master Output | - |
| 27 | BACK | Toggles between the Crate list and Library |
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| 28 | CHANNEL FADERS | Adjust channel volume | - |
| 29 | DECK 3 | Select Active Deck 1/3 | - |
| 30 | PLAY/PAUSE | Play/Pause | - |
| 31 | CUE | Play from temporary cue point | - |
| 32 | STUTTER | Stutter Play | - |
| 33 | SYNC | Sync On | Sync Off (Press twice to return to Absolute Pitch when in Relative Mode) |
| 34 | SHIFT | The SHIFT button is used with other buttons that have shift modifier functions | - |
| 35 | MIDI | Shows when MIDI signals are being sent/received | - |
| 36 | PLATTER | Scratch or Jog deck | - |
| 37 | BROWSE | Scroll through tracks and crates. Push to toggle focus between crate list and library |
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| 38 | AREA | Toggles through FILES, BROWSE, PREPARE and HISTORY panels | - |
| 39 | TEMPO SLIDER | Adjusts Tempo | When in Sync mode, used to disable the Pitch Fader temporarily and change the zero position |
Performance Pads
The performance pads have four different modes you can select. The four modes are; SLICE, SMPL, CUE and LOOP.
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SLICE Mode: A specified Slicer range (or domain) is divided into eight equal sections, and these eight sliced sections are assigned to the respective performance pads. Pressing SLICE once for the first mode, is a shifting Slicer Domain. Pressing SLICE twice, for the second mode is a fixed Slicer Domain
or “slicer loop”. -
SMPL Mode: Pads 1-8 Trigger Samples loaded in your Sampler Banks. Press and hold SMPL for 1 second or more to activate Sampler Velocity mode.
Triggering the pads will play the loaded samples according to the velocity to which the pads are struck. Holding SHIFT while pressing a pad will load the highlighted track in the library to that associated sample slot. -
CUE Mode: When pressing pads 1-8 you can add up to 8 Cue Points.
Holding SHIFT and pressing pads 1-8 will delete the Cue Points. - LOOP Mode: Pressing LOOP once for the first mode, is Manual Looping. Pressing LOOP twice for the second mode enables Loop Roll Mode. Pressing pads 1-8 will enable a loop roll for the time the pad is pressed, the loop will exit once the pad is released. See the looping table for more information.
- The SMPL, CUE and LOOP modes are able to be activated together in Dual Mode. You can enable Dual Mode, by pressing two of these Performance Mode buttons at the same time. This splits the 8 performance pads into two lots of 4, allowing you to control two modes on the 8 pads.
For example: If you press CUE + LOOP Performance Mode buttons together, the top 4 performance pads will act as Hot Cues, and the bottom 4 pads will act as the first 4 Loop slots.
This allows you the versatility of having two performance modes active at the same time.
Looping
You have up to 8 loops per track in Serato DJ Pro, and the choice between either manual or auto loops. You can choose whether you have 4 loops (and 4 cue points) showing on screen, or 8 loops.
You can also half or double the loop length in either manual or auto modes. Press the 1/2X button onscreen to half the loop length, hold the 2X button to double the loop length, or you can use the Loop Size knob on the controller to do the same.
NOTE: You can also save a loop to the next available free loop slot in the software. To do this, click the + on an empty loop slot.
| TERMINAL MIX 8 CONTROL | AUTO LOOPING FUNCTION |
| ON/TAP | Turns Auto Loop ON/OFF |
| LOOP SIZE/BEATS | Adjusts Loop length |
NOTE: Manual Loop and Loop Roll options are done using the Performance Pads.
| TERMINAL MIX 8 CONTROL | MANUAL LOOPING FUNCTION | LOOP ROLL FUNCTION |
| PAD 1 | Trigger Loop/Reloop | 1/8 Bar Loop Roll |
| PAD 2 | N/A | 1/4 Bar Loop Roll |
| PAD 3 | Duplicate selected Loop to next slot | 1/2 Bar Loop Roll |
| PAD 4 | Select previous loop slot | 1 Bar Loop Roll |
| PAD 5 | Set loop out point (If loop in point is set) Adjust loop out point (Loop active) |
2 Bar Loop Roll |
| PAD 6 | Set loop in point (Loop not active), Adjust loop in point (Loop active) |
4 Bar Loop Roll |
| PAD 7 | Turn selected Loop on and off | 8 Bar Loop Roll |
| PAD 8 | Select next loop slot | 16 Bar Loop Roll |
NOTE: The best way to edit the in and out points of a manual loop is with the jog wheel/platter on your Terminal Mix 8.
DJ-FX
The FX panel button is displayed in the top left area of the main Serato DJ Pro screen, click on this to toggle the DJ-FX panel.
With the DJ-FX panel open, you have control of two DJ-FX units, and if your hardware supports it, Channel FX, which can be applied to tracks played through your connected Serato DJ-hardware.
Both DJ-FX & Channel FX can be controlled with your mouse, by using dedicated controls on your hardware (where available), or by MIDI mapping controls to the respective software functions.
Learn more about how to use DJ-FX & Channel FX:
| TERMINAL MIX 8 CONTROL | FX FUNCTION | SHIFT FUNCTION |
| FX1 BUTTON | Slot 1 Effect On/Off | Select Effect in Slots 1 |
| FX1 KNOB | Adjust Slot 1 FX Parameter | - |
| FX2 BUTTON | Slot 2 Effect On/Off | Select Effect in Slots 2 |
| FX2 KNOB | Adjust Slot 2 FX Parameter | - |
| FX3 BUTTON | Slot 3 Effect On/Off | Select Effect in Slots 3 |
| FX3 KNOB | Adjust Slot 3 FX Parameter | - |
Beat Jump
To activate Beat Jump, open the Setup screen, navigate to the DJ preferences tab and 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 your supported Serato DJ Pro hardware.
When the Beat Jump option is enabled, performance pad modes AUTO LOOP or ROLL mode (where applicable) will use the bottom row of 4 pads (pads 5-8) as Beat Jump controls. This is designed to mirror the change in the deck Auto Loop area (from 8 Auto Loop sizes to 4 Auto Loop sizes + Beat Jump controls).
MIDI
The MIDI feature in Serato DJ Pro allows you to remap Serato DJ Pro software functions to your primary Serato controller, interface or mixer. You can also assign controls to a secondary MIDI controller to further enhance your performance.
For more information on MIDI mapping with Serato DJ Pro, click here.
To remap your supported Serato device, open the SETUP screen and click the MIDI tab. If your Serato device supports hardware remapping, it will appear in the MIDI DEVICES list.
Select your connected device from the MIDI DEVICES list and check the Allow Serato Hardware Remapping option.
Once checked, the MIDI assign button at the top of the main Serato DJ Pro interface 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.
Help
Show Tooltips
Click on the Help button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then Show Tooltips to enable Tooltips. Tooltips provide a handy way to learn the various features of Serato DJ Pro.
Move the mouse over a section of the software to bring up a context-sensitive tooltip that describes the feature.
Click on the Help button again to turn off Tooltips.
Show Shortcut Keys
Click on the Help button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then click Show Shortcut Keys to launch a pop-up window displaying shortcut keyboard combinations.
These shortcuts can help you perform various actions quickly, such as triggering specific deck functions, controlling playback, or navigating the library.
Watch Tutorials
Click on the Help button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then Watch Tutorials to launch
your default internet browser and watch tutorials to help you get familiar with Serato DJ Pro.
Get Support
Click on the Help button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then Get Support to launch your default internet browser and navigate to the Serato DJ Pro knowledge base, where you can find helpful articles and guides on Serato DJ Pro. Alternatively, type keywords in the Search Help box to search the Serato DJ Pro knowledge base for specific, related topics.