Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Digital DJ System del fabbricante M-Audio
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3 Ch apt er 1 English W E L CO M E C ongr atulation s on y our p urcha se of M-Aud io’ s Mix La b D J system ! M -Audio is an indu str y-lea der in profe ssio nal music pr oducts for c omputer-bas ed music ians and DJs.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 T O RQ L E O VE R VI E W T orq LE is a sof t ware ex tr apolati on a nd ex tensi on of tri ed-an d-true DJ too ls an d techn iques for your M ac OS X or Win dows X P c ompute r .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 Decks DJing begi ns wi th mus ic, so you will get to know T orq’s D ecks ver y well . A Deck is w hat T o rq LE uses to p lay back a s ingle dig ital musi c fi le and is anal ogous to t he tu rntab le or CD p layer used by DJs .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 6 PF L/ Head phone C ue DJs c ommon ly lis t en to a tr ack on their head phone s witho ut let ting th eir au dienc e hear it. Thi s a llows the m to match the tempo of the new so ng to th e cur rent o ne, a long with find ing th e cor rect sta rti ng po sition for the song .
7 Ch apt er 1 English 7 English Ch apt er 2 S Y S TE M R EQ U I R E M E NTS Win do ws : Minimum Sy stem R equire ment s OS : Win dows XP ( S P2 ) C PU : Penti um II I 93 3 MHz R AM : 256 MB US B: O ne.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 2 8 I N S T AL LA TIO N Connect X -Ses sion Pro firs t ! X -Se ssion Pro must be c onn ec t ed to your computer for T orq LE to la unch . T o ins tal l T orq LE on Windows XP : 1 .
9 Ch apt er 1 English 9 English Ch apt er 3 DECK S W hen DJi ng, ever y thing be gins with th e D ecks . The D ecks wil l play the musi c that you’ll mi x and ef fect us ing a ll the tools in T orq L E. T raditi onally, a DJ’s d ecks will b e tu rntab les or CD p layers .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 0 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 0 Ti me El aps ed Thi s is t he cur rent l ocatio n of the so ng, m arked by the yellow Cu rrent Posit ion M arker in t he Ove rv iew Wa vefor m Dis play. The Ti me Elap sed is expres sed in hour s /min utes /se cond s /fra mes ( 30 fps ).
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 11 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 11 Cu e The C ue but ton will est ablis h a prima ry C ue Point with in a song. A C ue Point is a refer ence po sition wi thin the tra ck that you ca n jum p to ins tantly, r ather than havi ng to se ek t hrough the tr ack to fi nd it.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 12 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 12 Dec k Mod e In o rder for T orq LE to fee l famil iar to all t ypes o f DJs, the D ecks c an be op erated in o ne of three di ffe rent mo des. < Vinyl Mode Vinyl M ode w ill make the D eck be have as if it wa s a turntab le.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 13 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 13 < Loop In/Out Lo oping an entir e s ong does n ’t have much ben efit for a DJ, so T orq all ows you to move the Lo op M arker s by usi ng the Loo p In and Lo op Out bu ttons : 1 .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 4 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 4 » QuickLoop Size Pr eference As m entione d above, the def ault loop l engths for th e four Quic kLo op but t on s are one bar, two bar s, four bar s, and ei ght ba rs.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 5 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 5 < Slider Range By d efault , t he range of th e Spee d Adjuster i s +/- 8 % . T hat mean s t hat if you move the slid er to either of i ts ex treme s, you’ll only get an 8 % c hange in the sp eed of the son g.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 6 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 6 » Manual T empo As me ntioned ab ov e, T orq LE can determi ne the te mpo of m ost dance mus ic. Som e mu sic, however , is too c ompl ex or not rep etitive e nough for T o rq to detect the temp o wit h pre cisi on.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 7 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 7 < MIDI Slider/Knob Control M ID I contro l of t he Ke y Adj ust is dif fere nt from other c ontrols i n T orq .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 8 < MIDI K eyboard Contr ol 1 . If you have an ad ditiona l MI DI co ntrolle r k eyb oard at tache d, make sure th at it has be en prop erly in stall ed and is confi gured t o wor k with T o rq LE .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 9 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 9 Of f set B ut t ons Som etimes when mixi ng two songs togethe r , you may fin d that the beats are aligne d with each other , yet the t wo songs are st ill out of ph ase.
20 Ch apt er 1 English 20 English Ch apt er 4 W A VE FO R M DI S PLA Y O ne of the most pr omine nt featu res of the T or q LE user inter fac e is the Scrol ling W aveform D ispl ay , w hich t akes up a de cent a mount of re al est ate a bove th e Mi xer and Ef fect R acks.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 21 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 4 21 Loo p Poi nt s The Lo op Poi nts of th e son g ( set wi th the Lo op In / Out but tons o r the Qu ickC ue bu ttons ) w ill be sh own on the W aveform . The lo oped ar ea of the mus ic will a ppea r in a lighter s hade co mpare d to the rest of th e wa vefor m.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 22 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 4 22 Hyb ri d Mode With Hy brid mod e active, the waveform wil l r espo nd exactly like the C DJ m ode whil e th e D eck cont rols ( Pl ay/ Pa use, Cu e, etc. ) beh a ve like Vi nyl Mod e.
23 Ch apt er 1 English 23 English Ch apt er 5 S YNC H R ON I Z A TIO N A t mo st of today’s da nce c lubs and eve nts, t he DJ w ill mi x the song s togeth er usi ng a tech nique c alle d b eat -m atching. The go al is to f ade the vo lumes b etwee n t w o s ongs w hile kee ping th em per fe ctly in beat w ith one another.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 24 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 5 24 Whe n a mis-a lignme nt occu rs ( as s een ab ov e ), you’ll se e t hat the gr id doe s n ot l ine up wi th the be ginnin gs of the b eats ( trans ients ) i n the waveform .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 25 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 5 25 Sync B ut to n The Sync button is an autom atic metho d of synch ronizin g the be at and BP M of one Dec k to another. When you engag e Sync on a D eck ( the Sync ic on is on ), it w ill c hange that Dec k’s temp o to match the othe r Dec k.
26 Ch apt er 1 English 26 English Ch apt er 6 E XTE R NA L CO NTRO L One of T orq’s gre at es t featur es i s the ab ilit y to u se ex terna l so urces to cont rol th e playb ack of your s ong fil es.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 27 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 6 27 MI DI Lear n Ever y music ian appro aches the ir cr aft fro m a slight ly dif fer ent directi on.
28 Ch apt er 1 English 28 English Ch apt er 7 B ROWS E R/ D A T ABA S E A DJ’s mo st i mpor tant ass et, beyond th e gea r he uses , is his colle ction of mus ic. With out a wealt h of top -notch tr acks i n his ar senal , a DJ is not e quipp ed to domi nate a danc e fl oor .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 29 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 29 Navig ation in th e Browser fo llows a few simp le rule s: 1 . T o view any songs cont ained in a fold er , click on the fol der’s name .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 0 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 0 < Adding Multiple Folders Y o u may find that one folder will contai n many fold ers that you’ d like to add t o the Data base . A great exampl e of this is whe n your mu sic is automatic ally sor ted by a p rogra m like Ap ple i T une s.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 1 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 1 Fil e List The wind ow to the right of the Browser pane is c alled the File List . If you have sel ected a sourc e in the Brows er that cont ains musi c (s uch as th e Datab ase or a n indivi dual fol der), th e songs c ontai ned ther ein will b e listed he re.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 32 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 32 Loa din g Son gs i nto t he D ecks T o l oad a song f rom the F ile Lis t into one of T orq’ s De cks, you h av e a co uple opti ons. < Click and Drag 1 . C lick an d hold on th e desir ed song i n the File L ist.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 33 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 33 Sea rc hin g th e Lis t The si mples t metho d for sea rchin g is to ty pe a key w or d ( or key words ) into the Sea rch fi eld above the D ataba se / Brows er: 1 . Cl ick the Dat abas e headi ng in the Br owser pan e t o se lect it .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 4 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 4 < Ignore Field T orq of fer s a nother m ethod for refi ning you r s earc hes by me ans of th e I gnore fi eld. H ere, you’ll e nter terms that you want T orq to omit fro m th e searc h result s.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 5 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 5 < Creating New Playlists T o s tar t, you mu st create a new P laylist a s follows : 1 . R ight-clic k (C TR L - click o n Mac ) on the Pl aylists he ading in th e Browser an d choos e “New Pl aylist ” from the po p-up me nu.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 6 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 6 < Reor dering Songs in a Playlist The o rder in w hich your s ongs ar e displ a yed in t he Playli st can b e chang ed. 1 . C lick an d drag the so ng up or down i n the list .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 37 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 37 < Loading a Playlist T orq L E ca n imp or t Pl aylists created by othe r prog rams if th ey confo rm to the . m3u fi le form at. T o loa d one of thes e Playli sts : 1 .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 8 iT u nes iT unes is a free me dia player a vail able from App le for both Mac and Windows co mputer s (w w w .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 9 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 9 iPo ds T o rq LE als o allows dire ct acc ess to the contents of any con nected iPod (exc luding the iPod Shuf fl e ). Whe n an iPod is con nected , it will be l isted in the B rowser wi ndow .
4 0 Ch apt er 1 English 4 0 English Ch apt er 8 M IX E R S tep one when DJing i s contro lling th e music . That ’ s w hat T or q’ s De cks are fo r . Step t wo is b lendi ng, or mi xing, th e mu sic togethe r . A s you’d exp ect, T orq LE has a sec tion f or that, too.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 41 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 8 41 EQ / K ill s Nex t in the signa l ch ain is the Equali z er, or EQ for shor t.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 42 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 8 42 Ch an nel V ol ume Fa der s Be sides g oing to the PF L, the au dio leavi ng the EQ al so goes to the Ch annel Volume fade r .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 43 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 8 43 Wh en T orq LE is laun ched for the firs t ti me, the Cros sfade r C ur ve wi ll b e s et to a happy mediu m b etwee n th ese t w o ex trem es. Y ou can , of cour se, cha nge this c ur ve using ei ther of the fol lowing : » Adjusting with the Mouse 1 .
4 4 Ch apt er 1 English 4 4 English Ch apt er 9 PFL/ H EAD PHO N E C U E Y ou’ve undo ubtedly se en the ar chet ypic al imag e of a DJ : stand ing beh ind a set of turntab les and a mixe r .
4 5 Ch apt er 1 English 4 5 English Ch apt er 1 0 MA S TE R O UTPUT T he Ma ster O utput is the las t step in T orq’ s audio si gnal flow before the mus ic goe s out to your audi ence . It cont ains a Maste r Level slid er , a Ma ster Level meter , a Ma ster Limi t er, as well as an Au dio Reco rder.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 6 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 0 4 6 Fi len ame T o s et the file name for you r recor ding : 1 . Cl ick the Fi lena me but t on ( whic h looks l ike “ ...” when no na me is set ). A di alog box w ill ope n.
4 7 Ch apt er 1 English 4 7 English Ch apt er 1 1 E FFE C TS E f fects ar e d evices th at a lter an audi o sig nal. The se alter ations can ra nge from subtle to ex treme and c an be a great s ource of cre ative fun wit hin T o rq.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 11 4 8 Bu il t- In E ffec ts The fo llowing i s an expla nation of th e three bui lt -i n effe cts in T orq LE : Ph aser A Ph aser is a s omewhat m ellower ver sion of the F lang er .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 9 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 11 4 9 < T weak Knob Thi s knob w ill adju st the Cutof f Fre quenc ies of the fi lters .
5 0 Ch apt er 1 English 5 0 English Ch apt er 1 2 PR E FE R E N CE S Thi s se ction pr ovides a co mpreh ensi v e revi ew of the P refere nces for T orq LE . Op en the P referen ces by cli ckin g the Prefe renc es ico n. Audio T ab Thi s tab ho uses o ptions r elating to th e audio i nter face us ed with T orq L E.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 1 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 5 1 Sa mpl e Ra te Be low the Audi o Inter fac e sel ectio n you wi ll se e sa mple r ate adju stment . In crea sing th is val ue wil l imp rov e soun d qua lity ( dep ending on your so urce materi al ) but wi ll al so p lace heavi er de mand s on your co mputer .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 52 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 52 MI DI T a b Thi s tab featur es all opt ions pe rt aining to Auto -Setup a nd MI DI c ontrol.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 53 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 53 Cr oss fa der C ur v e C ont r ol Thi s prefe renc e allows you to as sign a M ID I c ontroll er to th e Cr ossfa der C ur ve par ameter. Y ou can the n cont rol the Cro ssfa der Cur ve wi th a knob o r slide r on your M ID I control ler .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 4 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 5 4 Mi scell aneou s T a b Thi s tab co ntains m iscel laneo us option s that af fect the be havior of c er tain fe atures of T orq LE . T orq E ng in e Thi s setti ng is us ed to switch th e T orq Audio En gine bet ween N orma l and Ec onomy mod es.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 5 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 5 5 Sc haf fe l Mod e Sch affe l is G erm an for “s huf fle,” wh ich ha s be come a po pular for m of d ance mus ic b ased o n a tri plet rhy thm as opp osed to a str aight 4 /4 rhy thm.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 6 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 5 6 Sy nc Mod e Thi s option de t er mines th e “ forcefu lness” of th e synchro nizati on used i n T orq L E. » Bar — when se lected , T orq wil l align a sync ed Deck t o the temp o and downbe at of the other De ck.
5 7 Ch apt er 1 English 5 7 English Ch apt er 1 3 ABOUT X - S ESS I ON PR O X -Se ssi on P ro i s a ha rdware c ontrol sur fac e th at ha s b een des igned to gi ve you com plete han ds-on c ontrol over T orq LE .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 5 8 Co nt rol s and Co nnec tors T op Pa nel Note : W ith the exce ption of the Cr ossfader (1 ) and the Power Indic ator LED (6 ), X-Session Pro features i dentica l sets of knob s, butto ns, and sliders on the lef t and right side of its top pane l.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 59 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 59 Rea r Pan el 7 . U SB Por t – The US B p or t provide s p ower and car ries M ID I sign als to and from X -S ess ion Pro. C onne ct this j ack to an availab le US B por t on your co mputer .
6 0 Ch apt er 1 English 6 0 English Ch apt er 1 4 APPE N D IX Pre set K ey A ss ign ment s Whi le T orq LE i s ba sic ally a “b lank sl ate ” as fa r a s keybo ard as signm ents are c oncer ned, t.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 6 1 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 14 6 1 W AR RANT Y War ran ty T er ms M -Audio warr ants prod ucts to be free fro m defects in m at er ials and wor kma nship, und er norm al use and pr o vi ded that the pro duct is owned by the or igina l, register ed user .
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Se non hai ancora comprato il M-Audio Digital DJ System è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del M-Audio Digital DJ System - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso M-Audio Digital DJ System imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul M-Audio Digital DJ System ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il M-Audio Digital DJ System, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del M-Audio Digital DJ System.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il M-Audio Digital DJ System. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo M-Audio Digital DJ System insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
