Setup
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 Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV5 is class compliant on macOS but requires manufacturer specific drivers when
used with Windows operating systems. It's recommended to install the bundled utility on both operating systems.
Regardless of your operating system, download and install the latest version of Serato DJ Pro, then connect your Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV5 with a USB cable to your computer, and when prompted, click the Install Driver pop-up.
Installing the latest firmware for your Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV5 is also strongly recommended. You can download and install both the driver & utility, or the firmware from Pioneer DJ’s Website.
User Guide
For further detailed information on the DDJ-REV5 controls, hardware specifications and details on individual features please refer to the Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV5 Hardware User Guide.
You can find the Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV5 User Guide here.
Overview
| # | DDJ-REV5 CONTROL | FUNCTION |
| 1 | KENSINGTON LOCK | Used to secure the device with Kensington Lock |
| 2 | MASTER 1 OUTPUT | Connect balanced XLR cables for the master output |
| 3 | MASTER 2 OUTPUT | Connect RCA cables for master output |
| 4 | BOOTH OUT | Connect TRS cables for booth output |
| 5 | USB A & B | Connect a USB-C cable from a computer to one of these ports |
| 6 | AUX INPUT | Connect an auxiliary input via RCA cables |
| 7 | MIC 2 INPUT & ATT | Mic 2 TRS input and knob to adjust the level of the attenuator |
| 8 | MIC 1 INPUT & ATT | Mic 1 XLR/TRS input and knob to adjust the level of the attenuator |
| 9 | ON/OFF BUTTON | Press to turn the device on/off |
| 10 | DC IN | Connect to a power outlet with the supplied power adapter and cable |
| 11 | MIC (SECTION) | Toggle microphone on, adjust levels and high/low EQ |
| 12 | CROSSFADER (SECTION) | Adjust the crossfader curve and reverse |
| 13 | HEADPHONE (SECTION) | Headphone input, level and mix controls |
| 14 | AUX (SECTION) | Toggle auxiliary input on and level control |
| # | DDJ-REV5 CONTROL | FUNCTION |
SHIFT |
| 1 | TEMPO RANGE | Changes the variable range of the tempo slider (8%, 16%, 50% and 100%) | Resets to 0% pitch, regardless of the Tempo Fader position |
| 2 | KEY LOCK | Toggle key lock on/off | Activate/Deactivate Vinyl mode |
| 3 | SYNC | Press to turn SYNC on (per deck) | Turn off Sync (per deck) |
| 4 | 1/2X - 2X | Half active loop length / Double active loop length | Set or Edit Loop in point / Set or Edit Loop out point |
| 5 | SLIP | Toggle Slip mode on/off | Wake up the device from standby |
| 6 | BACK | Toggle back between crate & track area | Cycle view mode |
| 7 | FILTER | Low & High pass combo filter (per channel) | - |
| 8 | TRIM | Adjust channel gain | - |
| 9 | EQ (SECTION) | Adjust equalizer (HI, MID, LOW) per channel | - |
| 10 | BOOTH LEVEL | Adjust the Booth output level | - |
| 11 | MASTER LEVEL | Adjust the Master output level | - |
| 12 | FX (SECTION) | SEE FX SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION | - |
| 13 | INPUT SELECTOR | Toggle between inputs per channel | - |
| 14 | TEMPO SLIDER | Adjust tempo/pitch per deck | Ignore tempo/pitch adjustment |
| 15 | CENSOR |
Reverses the track while held. When released, the track resumes as if not interrupted. |
Toggle reverse |
| 16 | AUTO BPM TRANSITION | SEE AUTO BPM TRANSITION SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION | - |
| 17 | BROWSE | Library Scroll. Press in to toggle forward between track and crate selection | Fast Library scroll. Press in to add file to the Prepare Crate |
| 18 | LOAD |
Load highlighted track to the respective deck. Double press to Instant Double |
Deck Move 1 to 4 and 2 to 3 |
| 19 | KEY +/- | Key shift up / Key shift down | Key sync / Key reset |
| 20 | SCRATCH BANK | Toggle Scratch Banks for Deck Pad Mode | Toggle Sampler for Deck Pad Mode |
| 21 | HOT CUE | Toggle Hot Cue for Deck Pad Mode | Toggle Saved Loop for Deck Pad Mode |
| 22 | JOG FEEL | Adjust the weight and feel of the Jog Wheel | - |
| 23 | JOG WHEEL | Turn jog to pitch bend or control waveform within Serato DJ in vinyl mode | Fast track waveform scroll |
| 24 | CUE | Cues from temp cue point / Set temp cue point | Load previous track |
| 25 | PERFORMANCE PADS | SEE PERFORMANCE PADS FOR MORE INFORMATION | - |
| 26 | HEADPHONE CUE | Select the channel to hear in the headphone cue | - |
| 27 | CHANNEL FADER | Adjust channel volume Fader Start | |
| 28 | CROSSFADER | Crossfade audio between channels | Crossfader Start |
| 29 | SHIFT | Shift modifier. Hold while using another control for function. | - |
| 30 | SAMPLER VOLUME | Control the output level of the sampler | - |
| 31 | PLAY/PAUSE | Toggles Play/Pause on selected deck | Stutter play |
| 32 | PARAMETER 1 (LEFT/RIGHT) | Parameter 1 controls for use in Performance Pad modes | Parameter 2 controls for use in Performance Pad modes |
| 33 | DECK LAYER | Press to toggle the specified deck layer as Active Deck (per side) | Enable/Disable Dual deck control |
| 34 | PAD BUTTONS | In Stem mode - Vocal, Melody, Bass, Drums In Deck Pad Mode - Pad 1, Pad 2, Pad 3, Pad 4 |
- |
| 35 | STEMS SEPARATE | Turn stems mode on for Pad Buttons. Press once to turn the Mute setting on. Press twice to turn the Solo setting on | - |
| 36 | AUTOLOOP | Enable/disable selected beat value loop | Toggle Active Loop |
Performance Pads
The Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV1 has 8 performance pads that can be used across 8 different modes.
The modes consist of:
HOT CUE
HOT CUE mode: Pads 1-8 trigger Serato DJ Pro Cue points, and if no Cue point is present on that slot/
pad, pressing that pad will set a Cue point. Holding SHIFT while pressing a pad will clear the Cue point from that pad/slot.
PITCH PLAY mode: Hold SHIFT while pressing the HOT CUE pad mode button to enter PITCH PLAY
mode. PITCH PLAY mode requires the Serato Pitch ‘n Time DJ expansion pack to be activated.
SEE THE PITCH PLAY SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION
SAVED FLIP mode: Press the HOT CUE button twice to enter SAVED FLIP mode. In this mode, Saved Flips can be triggered with Pads 1-8, while holding SHIFT and triggering a Pad will toggle the Saved Flip on and off. Parameter 1 Left & Right controls trigger Flip Record and Flip Start. Holding SHIFT while doing so will Flip Loop and toggle Flip on/off. The Serato Flip expansion pack is required for Saved Flip mode, and must be enabled under Setup > Expansion packs.
ROLL
ROLL mode: In this mode holding pads 1-8 activates a loop roll of varying sizes. Release the pad to exit
the Loop Roll. Use the ‘Shift Autoloop range’ controls in Serato DJ Pro to change the 8 selected loop size
options.
PIANO PLAY mode: Hold SHIFT while pressing the ROLL pad mode button to enter PIANO PLAY mode.
PITCH PLAY mode requires the Serato Pitch ‘n Time DJ expansion pack to be activated.
SEE THE PITCH PLAY SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION
SLICER LOOP mode: Hold SHIFT while pressing the ROLL pad mode button, to enter Slicer Loop mode.
This is a fixed Slicer Domain or ‘loop’. Pads 1-8 will trigger the slices. Use Parameter 1 left & right controls
to change the quantize size, while holding SHIFT while doing so, will change domain size.
SAVED LOOP
SAVED LOOP mode: Pads 1-8 activate the corresponding Saved Looped. Press the corresponding pad to
activate the loop, and press again to deactivate. Holding SHIFT and pressing a pad will jump to the start of the corresponding Saved Loop.
STEMS mode: Hold SHIFT while pressing the SAVED LOOP mode button to enter Stems mode. In this
mode, you can control features from the Stems Tab, allowing you to utilize real-time audio separation in
Serato DJ Pro.
Press pad 1 to toggle off/on the Vocal Stem, press pad 2 to toggle off/on the Melody Stem,
press pad 3 to toggle off/on the Bass Stem, and press pad 4 to toggle off/on the Drums Stem. Pads 5-8
toggle Stem Pad FX, which consists of Vocal Echo, Instrumental Echo, Instrumental Braker, and Drums Echo.
NOTE: Using Stems is very CPU-intensive and may take some time to initialize.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT USING STEMS
USER mode 1: Press the SAVED LOOP button twice to enter USER mode 1. In this mode, you can assign
pads 1-8 to different functions inside Serato DJ Pro, using the MIDI mapping feature, and save it as your
own pad mode.
Refer to the MIDI section for more information on mapping MIDI functions.
SAMPLER
SAMPLER mode: Press pads 1-8 to trigger samples loaded into the Serato DJ Pro Sampler. Hold SHIFT
while pressing a pad to stop the sample playback once triggered or load a sample to the respective Sampler slot if no sample is loaded.
SCRATCH BANK mode: Hold SHIFT while pressing the SAMPLER pad mode button to enter SCRATCH
BANK mode. Scratch Bank Mode allows you to assign files in your Serato DJ Pro library to a pad. The corresponding file will be loaded to the virtual deck when a pad is triggered. The left set of pads will load to Deck 1, whereas the right will load to Deck 2.
Click the Scratch Banks panel toggle button (pictured below) in the top left-hand corner of the Serato DJ Pro user interface to reveal the Scratch Banks panel.
Here you can click and drag tracks into slots in the Scratch Banks panel, adjust preferences that are remembered when the respective Pad is triggered and loaded to a deck, and eject tracks. You can reveal those preferences (such as start point, Key lock on/off, and Repeat on/off) by toggling between Advanced and Simple view in the Scratch Banks panel, by clicking the toggle button (pictured below).
The left set of pads will load Scratch Bank assigned tracks to Deck 1, and the right set of pads will load assigned tracks to Deck 2. Holding SHIFT on your device, while pressing an assigned/loaded Pad, will reload the previously loaded track to the relevant virtual deck.
USER mode 2: Press the SAMPLER button twice to enter USER mode 2. In this mode, you can assign
pads 1-8 to different functions inside Serato DJ Pro, using the MIDI mapping feature, and save it as your
own pad mode.
Refer to the MIDI section for more information on mapping MIDI functions.
Combo Pad Mode
Combo Pad Mode allows you to select 2 Primary Pad Modes per set of pads. One Pad Mode will be
assigned to pads 1 to 4, the second to pads 5 to 8. To enter Combo Pad Mode, press and hold down one of the Pad Mode buttons and then select a secondary one. The first pressed and held Pad Mode Button will be assigned to pads 1 to 4 (the top row of pads). The Pad Mode Button selected Second will be assigned to pads 5-8 (the bottom row). To exit Combo Pad Mode, press a single Pad Mode, Shift Pad Mode, or double-press Pad Mode.
Piano Play
Holding SHIFT and pressing the ROLL performance pad mode button on the Pioneer DJ DDJ-REV5 will
enable Piano Play mode. In this mode, pitches are assigned to the 16 Performance Pads in a piano layout.
The Pad mode on the other deck is disabled.
Hold SHIFT and press a pad to select the HOT CUE assigned to that pad as the root (0). The root keypad
is always lit red, which will play the cue point at its regular pitch.
There are 3 ranges to choose from. Upper, Middle and Down range. Use the Left deck Parameter left & right buttons to change the range.
The Right deck Parameter left & right buttons to change the scale display. The scale display changes in the order of minor pentatonic + major +- major pentatonic. Pitches assigned to the Performance Pads don’t change, even if the scale display is changed.
NOTE: Piano Play mode is available once the Pitch ‘n Time DJ Expansion Pack has been activated in the Expansions window. Ensure “Enable Pitch ‘n Time DJ” is checked in the Expansion Pack tab of the SETUP screen.
Pitch Play
There are 3 key ranges to choose from, and the following tables show the pitched key ranges (in Semitones) while using the 8 performance pads in Pitch Play mode.
The root keypad (0) is always lit white, which will play the cue point at its regular pitch.
Use the Parameter Left & Right buttons (only available on certain devices) to move the Key Range up or down.
In Pitch Play mode, pressing a pad will pitch the currently selected cue point up or down the following ranges:
Up Range: (Up 7 Semitones)
| +4 | +5 | +6 | +7 |
| 0 | +1 | +2 | +3 |
Middle Range: (Up 3/Down 4 Semitones)
| 0 | +1 | +2 | +3 |
| -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 |
Down Range: (Down 7 Semitones)
| -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 |
| -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 |
When Pitch Play mode is first enabled, the middle range is selected. Pitch Play mode will default back to the middle range if a new track is loaded. The selected range is recalled if another pad mode is selected, then
the user switches back to Pitch Play mode.
Pitch Play can only pitch one Cue point at a time. To change the selected Cue, hold the SHIFT button and press a performance pad where the cue point you want to select would be (as shown in the HOT CUE performance pad mode).
While holding SHIFT, press the corresponding performance pad for:
| Cue 1 | Cue 2 | Cue 3 | Cue 4 |
| Cue 5 | Cue 6 | Cue 7 | Cue 8 |
The selected cue point defaults to Cue Point 1 on track load, even if instant doubled. A new cue point will be created if a pad with no cue point is selected. Deleting a cue point is not possible in Pitch Play mode.
NOTE: Pitch Play mode is available once the Pitch 'n Time DJ Expansion Pack has been activated in the Expansions window, under the My Account drop-down. Then ensure Pitch 'n Time DJ is checked in the Expansion Pack tab of the Setup screen.
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:
| DDJ-REV5 CONTROL | FX FUNCTION |
SHIFT |
| FX1 |
Arm FX Slot 1 Hold while turning Browse knob to cycle FX |
- |
| FX2 |
Arm FX Slot 2 Hold while turning Browse knob to cycle FX |
Select FX Bank A (right side buttons only) |
| FX3 |
Arm FX Slot 3 Hold while turning Browse knob to cycle FX |
Select FX Bank B (right side buttons only) |
| LEFT | Decrease Beats Multiplier | Auto FX BPM |
| RIGHT | Increase Beats Multiplier | Tap FX Tempo |
| LOCK ON/ON |
Push up to lock assign FX per channel Push down to momentarily assign per channel |
- |
| LEVEL/DEPTH | Increase FX level/depth (all slots) | - |
Auto BPM Transition
This feature automatically adjusts a track’s BPM to match the track playing on the other deck. Using this
function, allows you to use other controls while BPM automatically transitions without the need to adjust
the TEMPO SLIDER.
You can also select a selection of Stems to automatically disable when the BPM transition starts. Hold the SELECT button and press one of the PAD BUTTONS to select the Stem or Stems you want to automatically turn off when the transition begins.
Hold the SHIFT button while pressing the SELECT button to choose the number of bars the transition will occur over (1, 2, 4 or 8).
Pressing the TRANSITION START button when Sync is turned OFF on the other deck will gradually change the tempo to match the BPM of the track on the other deck.
Pressing the TRANSITION START button when Sync is turned ON on the other deck will gradually change the tempo to match the track's original BPM on the other deck.
Pressing the TRANSITION START button while pressing the SELECT button will gradually change the tempo to match the original BPM of the track on the deck you are operating.
In all cases, the BPM will match when the set number of bars passes, and Auto BPM Transition will
automatically end.
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.