MAIN INTERFACE

Faders & Beat-phase Display

Controls

This section is important for manual mixing/beatmixing of your tracks.

• <| & |> - Jump phase one beat. Note: these buttons also jump the LOOP & LEAP functions.
• <<| & |>> - Jump phase one bar. Note: these buttons also jump the LOOP & LEAP functions.
• Level - Individual deck A & B level faders.
• Beat-phase LEDs - Show the 4 beats of a bar (assuming the track is in 4/4).
• Fine beat-phase - A bar will grow toward the leading deck. No bar = perfect phase.
• < - & -> - Auto-XFade start buttons.
• A & B - Transform deck A and B. Depending on the current state of the X-Fader the switches will Punch / LMB (left-click) a faded/muted track or Cut / RMB (right-click) a playing track. The transformation is immediate.
• X-Fade - Master cross-fader control.

Beat-phase Display

Beat-phase - Above the main X-fader is a set of 4 LEDs. The LEDs blink on to show beat currently playing in each deck. Deck A upper Deck B lower. The down-beat is indicated below (1st LED as noted). It is important to pay attention that the decks are in step, playing the same beat of each bar (they aren’t in this example). Mixing tracks that are out of step often ends in tears. The nudge buttons allow you to skip forward/backward a beat (top) or bar (bottom), use these buttons to get the decks in phase.

Fine phase - Below the phase LEDs is a bar-display (shown above, ‘Fine–phase’) that grows in the direction of the leading deck (A left, B right). When the bar disappears (or is small) in the middle, the decks are perfectly aligned.

Faders & Mixing

Auto-mix - Toilet breaks and other emergencies are not a problem with the Auto-mix function. See the Playlist panel. You can set the tracks to be played, X-fade time etc and take a break.

Auto-fade & Punch-in - Auto X-fade is very useful to free your hands during a routine X-fade, leaving you to concentrate on more important matters (your hair for instance). The auto X-fade buttons are the bent-arrow switches either side of the X-fade slider (left shown). Click to start an auto-X-fade. Note: The X-fade speed is controlled by the time settings to the right of the Auto-mix button on the Playlist panel, select between 15 to 90 seconds. Below the auto-X-fade buttons are the Deck A and B punch-in switches. There are two options, Left click to momentarily pass a mix of the selected deck to the outputs. Right click (Ctrl+click) to momentarily mute the selected deck. Also shown is the Deck A volume trim slider.

Track selection for the perfect X-fade - Advice mode ON. You will find it a lot easier to pull of perfect X-fades on tracks with long lead in/lead-outs. That is the start and end of the tracks have a beat and no much else going on. This means there wont be any discordant melodies or sounds interacting badly. Many songs are available in a ‘club mix’ or ‘dance mix’ version for this very reason. Seek them out. Another handy tool is the Bass X-fade switch on the Playlist panel. This fades the bass along with the deck volume and at the 50% mix point drops the bass on both decks to compensate for the added energy of the two tracks. This will keep the perceived volume smooth and perhaps save a few speakers being splattered all over your audience.

Additional settings for the master crossfader on the Vinyl / Extended Control Window in the Crossfader Control section, include:

• CURVATURE SLIDER - Adjusts between a very narrow/quick curve (left), useful for turntablism/scratching and a more gradual X fade (right).
• REVERSED - Reverses the crossfader curve, i.e. DECK B is silenced when the crossfader is set to the right.
• LINEAR MODE - Bypasses the default fade curves and engages a simple linear fade curve. Most commonly used mode by DJs.

Pressing the arrows < and > will start an automatic fade toward the selected deck. The speed of the transition is controlled by the automatic X-FADE settings in the Playlist Window. The Playlist Window contains other settings, such as the BASS X-FADE option, which crossfades the bass and Deck volumes automatically. The Transformer buttons (A & B) are a crossfader 'Punch In' (Right-click to cut the signal). When held, they set the volume of the deck to 100% instantaneously (0% for right-click), regardless the crossfader position.