Roland Dj 202

Roland DJ-202

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The Roland DJ-202 is an all-in-one USB MIDI controller with a built in sound card. It has controls for 2 decks that can be toggled between decks to play with 4 decks. As a special feature it's got an in-built sequencer with 8 sounds from the TR-808 and the TR-909 drum machines (TR-606 and TR-707 are available via firmware update).

Drivers

Windows & MacOS

You can download the latest drivers and firmware from https://www.roland.com/global/products/dj-202/downloads/.

Linux

The DJ-202 is a USB class compliant MIDI and audio device, so it's plug-and-play on Linux.

Enabling generic mode

If the device is not properly detected as a MIDI device, you need to enable generic mode in the system settings:

1. Hold [LOAD] Button when plugging in the USB cable until the sequencer start/stop button blinks
2. Press [R channel performance pad 1]
3. Turn the rotary selector left, so only the upper left corner of the master level indicator is lit
4. Press the blinking start/stop button
5. Wait until all pads light up, then disconnect USB cable

Mapping

A mapping is currently being developed, see Github

Pitch control

Shift + Tempo Fader	Adjust pitch continuously

Jog wheel

Shift + jog	Strip search

FX

FX1-3 (long)	Focus FX1-3
FX1-3 (short)	Toggle effect 1-3 on/off
Shift + FX tap	Cycle focused effect forward/backward
FX level	Set FX meta depth
Shift + FX-level	Set effects rack dry/wet
Shift + FX1-3	Routing mode - toggle sending respective deck output to fx1 on/off, fx2 on/off, headphones on/off

General

Shift + Sync	Toggle quantize on/off
Slip (hold)	Toggle slip mode temporarily
Slip (double tap)	Latch slip mode
Shift + Slip	Toggle vinyl (scratch) mode
Deck 3/4 (hold)	Toggle other deck temporarily, return to
Deck 3/4 (press)	Toggle other deck
Key lock + Param+/-	Shift pitch up/down
Key lock + Param+-Param	Reset pitch
Shift + cue (long)	Align beatgrid to other deck’s grid
Shift + cue (once)	Align beatgrid to current play position
Shift + cue (tap multiple)	tap BPM
Sync (double tap)	Reset BPM

Performance pad groups

Hot cue mode

Param+/-	Beat jump forward/backward
Shift + Param+/-	Increment/decrement beat jump distance
Pad 1-8	Save/jump to hot-cue
Shift + Pad 1-8 (while playing)	Save hot-cue (overwrite existing)
Shift + Pad 1-8 (while stopped)	Delete hot-cue

Loop mode

Param+/-	Move beatloop forward/backward
Shift + Param+/-	Double/halve beatloop size
Pad 1-4	Toggle beatloop of length 1,2,4,8
Pad 5-8	Manual loop controls (in, out, exit, on/off)