Roland Dj 202

Roland DJ-202

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:

Hold [LOAD] Button when plugging in the USB cable until the sequencer start/stop button blinks
Press [R channel performance pad 1]
Turn the rotary selector left, so only the upper left corner of the master level indicator is lit
Press the blinking start/stop button
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)