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VirtualVinyl 5.0 Reference Manual - Rev1.0

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1. 1 Tum on the ICDX 2 Connect a USB cable from the Slave output on the ICDX to an avallable USB port on your computer You will soo the folowing two pop ups appear consecutively on the screen 3 On the ICDX press the rc bution and then rotate the Parameters knob until you soe USB HID displayed on the ICDX screen This will put the ICDX in Human Interface Device mode and allow it to control VitualViny 4 In VirtualVinyl click on Config button and select the Remote Contro tag 5 You wil see a box for the Numark ICDX Check the Enable box Now you control VitualViny with the ICDX ready to Note you disconnact your ICDX and connect it again you will need to uncheck and jin This wil re inttialize the ICDX Once you have properly connected and inalized your iCDX you can use the ICDX to load songs scratch and cue set loop points add effects and more without ever having to touch the keyboard of your computer VIRTUALVINYL ICDX CONTROLLER MAPPINGS Please note The ICDX wil always address the deck which is currently active A deck is active when the deck number is illuminated You can always activate a deck by switching between them with the Eject button on the iCDX 1 Vituatvinyt This button retums and pauses the track at the curent cue point Press and hod the VitualVinyi button for temporary play from the iue point You can uso the whoa to jo
2. NOTE Disable Safe Mode for beter performance with the Advanced algorithm VirtualVinyl allows you to choose between several diferent skins full VitualVinyl controls VirtualVinyl FullVideo a skin featuring ful VitualViny controls plus a video section in the middle VirtualVinyt InternalMixer a skin featuring ful VitualViny controls plus an audio mixer i the middle KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS VirtualVinyl provides quick access to all Of its parameters through assigning keyboard shortcuts to a wide assortment of VitualVinyl actions From the Keyboard Shortcuts tab VirtualVinyl provides a default presot collection of shortcuts assigned to tho keyboard Shortcuts can be added changed or deleted using the respecive buttons Changes to the default presets can be saved as a new preset collection by using the Save option Custom preset collections can be loaded for use by selecting Load Merge provides the ability to merge multiple preset collections together 35 VIRTUALVINYI SHORTCUT MACROS A shortout macro isthe process of assigning multiple actions to the same key or key combination The seu Tester power of the macro comes from the order they are ter meme I listed Open the Configuration dialog and select the Keyboard Shortcuts tab Here is an example of a macro which provides a Mix Now capabilly The actions to be used are auto crossfade p
3. VirtualVinj can easily record samples avallable for instant playback To record a linear one shot sample click the Jingle button on the bottom of the sample cell to begin recording Click on Jingle once again to stop recording The sample is recorded from the deck that is currently in use the Active Deck To record a circular looping sample use the decks loop control to set tho Joop then click the Loop button on the bottom of the sample cell The loop is automaticaly recorded to that sample cell and ready for immediate use If tho Loop button is clicked without defining a loop using the deck controls a 4 beat loop is automatically recorded CAUTION Ill Recorded samples are not saved for use in subsequent sessions To save the sample use the Sample Options menu and select the Save option For each sample cel there is a sample options monu available by clicking on the small button in the top right of the sample coll lt Load loads a sample from the hard drive Save saves the sample to the hard drive Beatlock tums beatiocking on and off This way a linear sample is able to be synchronized with the active deck or a looping sample can be prevented from synchronizing to tho active dock AutoPlay when checked begins playing the sample as soon as the volume is adjusted Write Protected writ protect the sample cell so it cannot be recorded over VIRTUALVIN EFF
4. entries incorrectly can damage the software or your computer Tunes displays iTunes playists and uses the information stored in the playlist to access the esocited fles I ne flee dont exit per he playiste path an Error may show up in he docks display when attempting to load the rack Crates allows access to the crates stucture created and ulized by the Serato ScratchLive application Same as the iTunes option if the reference to a f is incorrect an Eror message wil bo splayed in tho desks deplay when atfompting lo load the rack Playlists show or hide the contents of the MyDocuments VitualVinylPlayist folder whore Automix playlists aro stored Favorites show or hide any folder favorites Favori folders are created by right clicking on a folder in the Desktop navigation structure and selecting Set as favorite from the menu or by using the icon on tho panel right diMder bar VirtualFolders show or hide any created VirtualFolders created by clicking on the icon found on the right divider bar FiterFoldore show or hide any created FiterFolders created by clicking on the right vider bar icon found on the MitualVinyt provides several elements of information about each track The information is a combination of D3 Tag and VirualVinyl defined data is By detau the tito of ha song and art aro listed foreach flo along with columns for boats por minuta BPM and duration Length The with size for each colu
5. tama Bove we ue he sted acess gem pM fie atoudy aowed Vita Eus deles abilyto browse and search as can sometimes Sere Leo Posada aq vi charlas H Fr i Vita 50 stores iene 10579 tlds i as part of ts own database This stored data Can be updated at anyme And because tis not direct access any of the information can be changed Using the Fio Info dialog and wil not alec tho core ID3Tag info of fh fl Also since video type es dont have IDSTags VitualViny 5 0 is able to make these fields avaiable for storing information about the video RETRIEVING ID3TAG DATA This can be accomplished in several methods at different points in ime The first and what will be the most common way of retrieving ID3 tag Info is using the Configuration gt Browsertab s Infos Gathering options THLE ARTIST Smart aiows Viusg shousremeve Va ted UE om Ra racional paring ol he Henama and qata resides n Pe IDSTag inen Vrtuany 5 0 reeves the daa Only trom Fename trastional parsing c th lonamo data Only rom Tag on use a data stored inthe IDSTag T Never Read 2 Read on Load road the tags once alee loaded toa dec 7 Bend ASAP reed tho IDSTagsinmedlaaly on sing the fein te browser COMMENT Red ed he IDSTsg Commen ii based on We TAGS sing 7 Never Red nover red the IDSTag Comment fol COVERS Local Search Only f the CoverFow Vswar Wa aready cal Sod wa a used Wo RRS Dow
6. the Roc button wil am buttons 1 2 3 for setting cuo points 21 Mode button This button toggles trough LOOP SAMPLES and VirualVinylS modo forthe 1 2 3 buttons 22 Search button Wile tis button is held down with the Scratch button actve you can quickly search through the selected track 23 Pitch slider You can use the Pitch sider to alter the playback speed of the track curent playing in VinuaVinyt 24 Pitch button This button allows you to change between 33 or 12 pitch range for the Pitch sider 25 Pitch Bend amp buttons These buttons allow you to quick adjust the playback speed of tho track for precise beat matching Press to temporariy slow down the track as long as the button is held down Press o temporary speed up the track for as long as the button is held down 62
7. In a similar way a fle with a 320x240 resolution is much faster to decompress than a flo with a 720x576 resolution By default VirtualVinyl decompresses only the content which is visible in the video mix window This means that if there are two clips which are playing but onl VirtualViny will only decompress tho video which is visible If both video fe mix window then VitualViny will decompress both This makes the software perform quicker and also alows Ito perform better on slower machines However this may result in small jolts atthe time of transitions If the computer configuration is sufficiently powerful we recommend checking the Decode while hidden box in the Video settings in the Config manu to obtain more fluid transitions Also if using a fullscreen output to display the video mix it s more effective to use a graphics card which has two outputs than using two separate cards And finally we recommend the use of an output resolution no greater than the resolution of the video files If using higher resolutions low resolution content will not look any better but wll be using more computer resources A resolution of 800x600 should be sufficient if using high ually DVD video KARAOKE In addition to being able to play music and other video content VitualViny allows provides support to play and mix karaoke flos VirtualViny is compatible with MP3 G WAV G WMA G OGG G as well as karaoke DVD a
8. irum ue kleroce and select Add to Search DB toad fe SOR D eor olor tothe search database Poe In other scenario once a fle has been added to tho global search database it wil abiays bo available when searching When searchin the search display wl lt you know whether the results are located In the curent Selected folder or elsewhere onthe system In the example below a search on ba is entered into the search box The center fle browser panel displays the results of tho soarch Tho fo s islod above the dividing line represent the fleo found in the folder that is currenti highlighted in the ef folder browser panel AI other fles below the diidng line are fles that exit eleowhere n the database t you want to limit the results to speci types of flos cick on the second b s oye ciclo to tho right of ho search box and choose to Show Covers Show Music Show Videos and Show Karaoke options WIRTUALVINYL VARIABLE SEARCHING What can be searched Searching in VirtualVinyl 5 0 is now versatile and variable What is meant by that Just o tho right of the search box there s a search fields selection button Click on the bull s eye circle and you are presented with a list of 10 searchable fields Depending on which fields are selected your search results wil vary If you want to ensure maximum results for al your searches select all the fields To browse the entire database just enter an asterisk and now the
9. VirtualVinyl allows you to focus on the most important part ofthe DJ experience your imagination VIRTUALVINYI NSTALLATION UPGRADE NOTES tinstaling VirtusVinyi 0 as a fresh clean Install please make tho folowing notes Deft sspcston ph povided rog pe reis CAProprm Fiesta 60 At Appteston Conguton P Suns waq Suppor Fes re sored CAM Documenta 0 oe PORTANT TER VE You shoul have your COMPLETE ga ey copier sup comece alr lating Vet ore ine When upgrading to VitualVinl 5 0 the defaut apolcaton path stays the same and the now appicason Coniguaten plug sn and supprt Bee are coped Yo CM Documents Vua 5 0 Since VISTA doas ott applcstons wring dat to the Program Fue lors tho Devlopmant Team moved pose entes lo 2 more accessi canon o oy woul bo placed nthe MiJosoft managed Bien flor polle enwonment oar news esr tore terete Viral E flu The NEW core VitualViny 5 0 Database is now ted VirtusiVinyi 6 0 Database and is stored m the folowing catene Windows XP CiMyDocumerisVituain 50 Windows VISTA CA eertamsiDocuments Vani 5 0 The NEW VituaViyl 5 0 Database eystom segments the database to each dv atchod to tho system Each atonal database tle wil be found on the ROOT of mat dive and i ted VitualViny 6 0 Local Database ami Upgrade note Because ofthe spl database os and depending on the ste ofthe vx database XML the FIRST LAUNCH cf Virtua ny 0 ater upgrading may act ike t has toppe
10. entire database is displayed as the search sting The expanded search capabilites let you access your music faster and more effectively than ever before allowing you to assemble your sets with maximum creatity For example you can search for tracks with similar BPM You can now enter 110 120 and if the BPM column Is selected the search results wil display tracks in the range of 110 to 120 BPM Right clicking on a track displays different track options File Operations like copy move and delete flos a warning is played on dotting a fo Fi info for modifying data field content BPM analyze track options add and removing songs from the search database co cer Along with several other options that are presented and explained throughout this manual DECK CONTROLS There aro two virtual decks on the screen Drag and drop fles into each of tho decks to load music tracks or video clips Each of the two decks is equipped with the folowing controls and displays 3 To of track acapella Outkast 2 Waveform display This view shows the waveform of the entire track allowing you to see the remaining duration of the track as well as what has akeady been played The ighighed blue or red area of the wavelxm indicates what has been Played and the curent positon of the audio Tho grey area ot the waveform shows the remaining part of he track Inside the waveform isl t
11. fnd working inside VirtualVinj to be fun ntitive and highly efficent you are new to DJing we recommend that you read the Introduction to DJing section of this manual it contains basic information on the art of DJing which you might find useful before diving into the software We highly recommend reading this manual in ts entirety once you begin using VirtualVinyl it will help you learn and understand all o its many features so you can get the most out of your VirtualViy We sincerely hope that you enjoy this great producit INTRODUCTION TO DJING The work of a disc jockey can be divided into three tasks 1 Choosing the music programming 2 Mixing the music 3 Modifying the music remixing The first task consists of choosing the appropriate music which obviously depends on the type of evening and your style Generally a good rule of thumb is to avoid playing all the hits from the very start of the evening and to keep some in reserve to generate new interest when the audience starts to become ted Numark VirtualViny allows instant access to all your tiles playlists and a list of suggestions Its ultimately up to you to decide what makes your audience move The software cannot replace your talent The second task consists of mixing the tracks DJs are accustomed to connecting thelr tracks in a fluid way by keeping a constant flow of music in order to give the impression that the music is se
12. on it o bring it back instant 10 Pitch Buttons These two buttons aro used to temporary change the speed of tho track playing on the deck This is useful whon you want lo mak a quick adjustment lo a track 1 tho beat ofthe track is not exactly matching up with the beat of the tack playing on the other deck The speed wil bo affected for as lng as you are pressing or 1 Hot Vitwatvinyt You can uso thoso thre buttons to sot additonal cuo points Tho fist imo that you loft click on one ofthese buttons a cue point wil be set Lefclik onthe corresponding button at any time io jump back to that cue point To se a new cue point for the hot cue rightclick the corresponding hot cue button If you want to deleto a cuo point rghtcick on its icon in the Wavelorm display and select dolet 25 INTERNAL MIXER CONTROLS VirtualVinj features an intemal mixer section as part of the IntomalMixer skin The mixer can be accessed by selecting VirtualVinykintemalMixer in the Configuration Skin section It can be used just ike a regular DJ mixer The controls on the mixer include 1 Channel Gain This knob sets the gain level for the corresponding channel deck Rightclickng wil bring it to the value that matches the other deck level Double clicking brings it back to 0 2 Channel Faders These vertical faders allow you to adjust tho audio level on the corresponding deck 3 EQ These knobs allow you to adjust the low mid and hi
13. powertul toligeni algorithm that wil process tho translion of tho video by analyzing what is being done with he sound cueing scratching crosfading c In order to use the automatic behavior Activate the video transition affect Do this ether by cicking on Activate i the Effet page of by clicking onthe transition tite on the VitualVinyFulVideo skin Similar to audio etfocs video eects are used to transform the video on either deck Use the Video Efeci in the Effects panel and activate the desired effect on the specifo deck Or select and activate the video effect from the video jaan Ra Controls underneath the video preview window in itualVinyt F iVidoo skin Select tno dosied effec using the pulldown monu under for and then cl on the box o activate iL VIRTUALVINYL In general video mixing is much heavier in computer resources than audio mixing so certain optimization may help performance especially when dealing with full frame rate video such as DVD in high definition here are several parameters which determine the speed with which VirualVinyl decompresses and displays video content the size of memory present on your video card the speed of tho graphics processor GPU the speed of the main central procssor CPU and the access speed of the hard disk Another parameter which largely influences performance is the type of fle An MPEG format file is much faster to decompress than a VOB format fle
14. rhythm window Disc Allows you to select the spinning rate oft virtual tumtables defauit 33 1 3 turns VIRTUALVINYL VitualViny provides a simple yet complex interface for optimizing performance to the capabiltes of your computer Depending on tho system s resources some sotings wl work better than others We recommended that you take time to experiment with these settings prior to using VrtualViny in alive performance in order to achieve the best performance NOTE When new components conrllers soundeards extemal drive and software are added tothe system you may need to readjust tho performance setings PRESETS Use this sir to seloct diferent preset configurations Sot Tero cams ow yo for the parameters below Shit the Presets sidor to the right for Bast Qualty of sound or shit the sider to the let for Fastest performance NOTE Not al systems are ab to handle tho Best Quali setting It is highly recommended to start at the Fastest preset and work towards Beet Qualty in order io etormine the optimal setting for your computer NOTE After making changes to tho setings lose and restat the applcalon beforo fasting o now settings SOUNDCARD Latency describes the amount ot time ittakes tor a device to respond to a command Latency makes a significant difference when using timecoded vinyl CDs MIDI or extemal contri devices The lower the latency seting the more instantly
15. should be communicated each time fo the listeners Caution To listen to the mix the software used by the listeners must be able to communicate with the broadcasting computer via the webcast server This means that the broadcasting computer may need addtional configurations and or any software firewalls protecting the broadcasting internet Connection be set to authorize incoming and outgoing connections to and from the broadcasting computer NOTE If using a router port forwarding maybe required for connection to the webcast server on the broadcasting computer 2 Broadcast to a radio server this option allows setup of broadcasting the mix session to an existing web radio Enter the address of the web radio server login and password and VirualViny wil automatically broadcast 7 the mix to the server using the format c set in the Format section REMOTE CONTROL WITH THE iC VirtualViny is programmed to work extremely well with the Numark ICDX This provides a great way to control the most important parameters and controls of the virtual decks without ever having to touch the keyboard In addition you only need one ICDX to control both virtual decks The ICDX wil control whichever deck is currently active in VirtualVinyl You can make a deck active by switching between the decks with the Eject button on the ICDX This provides an Incredibly efficient and effective way of controling the software
16. the playist ona single deck which allows you to use the opposito deck for staging tho first song to be used once you decide to siop the Automix process By default itis Dock 1 However If Deck 2 is selected as the active deck prior to starting Atomic then Deck 2 is used Tho Autom foatro wil pul tracks loaded in the Playlist Playlists are groups of tacks prearranged in a desired order of play To access the playlist move your mouse or drag songs over the Playit panel B on the right side ofthe browser The window automaticaly expands to show the working area and Current ist i populated PLAYLIST CONTROLS ev concito Aoi gp e ne payta managoment mons Lock the Playlist panel to a set with and block the auto sut of he panel You can also lockt El ans rate ts sio to zero it yoq do not wish for it open automaticaly PLAYLIST SETUP racks to be aulo mixod can be placed int the Playlist panel from the Fio Browser panel 2 by dragging and dropping the track tiles into the Playlist window 3 Predefined playists may also be used and auto loaded In the Configuration Options tab thore is an option for AutoLoad Playists Tho avalabio values are Disabled Smart and Always Disabled contents of tho playlist are displayed in the center browser panel only tee Always when a playist is selected in the browser ave the contents are automaticaly loaded to the play Smart doesnt change the
17. the software wil respond but the more likely you may hear itches and pops your computers nt fast enough to process the audi NOTE In ASIO mode some soundcard divers don t work well with a latency forced by the software In such case use the Auto value and set the latency in the scundcards control panel Safe Mode When using a DirectX mode seting Re Simple Dual Mono or 4 1 VituaVin is less likely to produce glitches and pops if your CPU is momentarily busy The performance rado off is that scratching and pitch adjustments wil Use more CPU especially wih advanced algorithms W using the advanced Master Tempo seting Safe Mode wil probably need to be disabled unless you are running on a real fast computer NOTE This option has no effect on ASIO or Low Latancy modes Overclock This soting can make your computor run faster especially on laptops and alow for lower latencies VIRTUALVINY SCRATCH Allows for adjustment to how VirtualVinyl reacts to scratch motions Optimize for Quality VirtualVinj will more accurately represent how a scratch sounds when moving the virtual record back and forth Latency VitualVinyl reacts as quickly as possible but might result in a somewhat more metalic sound Scratch algorithm Simple Algorithm adds no computational overhead and wil use a simple interpolation algorithm to compute the scratch sound Enhanced Algorithm uses an advanced algorithm that mimics the mo
18. validates the integrity of all database fles at the launch of the application If a problem is detected a message box will be displayed identifying which database has the problem and what to do to correct the problem I you experience a problem with your databases you can follow the steps below to fix t 1 Open the configuration dialog 2 Goto the Browser tab 3 Select the Drive from the drop down 4 Click the FIX button The other options for managing the databases are ee in i CHECK runs a validation of the database to mm Lese I amr tem e e ensure the entries are stil relevant to fles stored on hat drive The process simply re labels the FiloPath entry for the fle if it can not be found Data about that fe isnot lost CLEAN this process will REMOVE any database information about fles that are no longer valid This is necessary for cleaning up the Global Search capabiltes 20 VIRTUALVINYL VirualViny 5 0 now provides an inte on tho ly search capabilly Adding fis for use with the lobal search database can be done in two ways Firsts by seting tho Search Database property in aC the Configuration Browser tab to Add sese Gan fens in ease aulomaticaly This wil add al les encountered gt rece ues tov S UR la browsing folder sutures to the search Hcc The ane option i Add manual Youwithaveto IEEE i Thidiek on Re of fader n We man browser
19. ECTS VirtualVinj features a comprehensive set of audio and video effects and transitions which can be accessed by clicking the Effects tab on the lower window The effects lt is displayed on the left side of the window Multiple effects both audio and video can be applied to either or both decks To use an effect select the effect and activate it by clicking on one of the two Activate buttons in the middle panel of the window Deactivate the effect by clicking on the Activate button again The parameters for the selected effect are displayed on the right panel of the window The parameters wil change depending on which effect is selected Adjust the parameters by moving the faders of he associated parameters Effects can also bo accessed from the affects panel on the deck controls Different effects can be selected using the pop up menu Enable and disable effects by clicking on tho displayed effect i If using the effects panel on the deck control multiple effects can not be activated for that deck this panel only allows activation of one effect at a time VIDEO in don to mixing vaditenal aude VtulVint makes it Posse to mix video content w ha ease and amity of S DJ interface Instead of aud fos mp wma m a elo doo Nee Law mp0 wm vb etc can Do played ante Senter nen A on her ion and can be loaded to eter deck When playing a video fi a video window wl pen in Vitalin 1 te install
20. Each chackod lem wil ave an associato entry on the Fle System Folder Structure panal 1 VIRTUALVINYL Desktop shows the File System navigation option Napster shows tho intogralod Napstor search Using this feature roqures a Napster login Login Information can be provided by arghtcick on the Napster Globe inthe Browser panel interface and choosing Log Genres provides a generated tree of Genre types based on the imported IDSTag Genre feld By selecting on the various sted genres tho fle browser panel 2 only shows those ones which match the tag POWER USERS Typically only one genre s stored in the ID3Tag however since VitwalViny Imports and stores this data In i s own database multiple genres can be assigned to a single le by separating each genre with a semi colon The action ls performed nthe Fle Info dialog the denre Held forthe fle History provides access to data stored about each previous session of VituaVinyl The data is stored as m u play fies in the MyDocuments VitualVinyi TrackHistry folder History data le saved Qn the fly inorder to provide running history of played tracks foreach 24hr timeframe of use POWER USERS By deultVitueViny wil separate the history playlists at 9AM This le based n a registy entry tad TackCutHour change ths value to have your story playlists spl ata teret tmo Time ls based on a 26 hour clock so 9PM would be 21 Please note that altering
21. Numark VIRTUALVINYL TABLE OF CONTENTS a INTRODUCTION Welcome to VirtualVinyl VirtualVinj isa revolutionary software which allows you to mix audio and video right from your computer We have designed VirtualViny to be simple and intultive to use but do not be fooled tere are many advanced features to explore and customize VirtualViny features everything you need for imaginative performance and mixing Two virtual decks for loading audio and video tracks short clips and karaoke Extensive browsing functions utiizing ID3Tag and custom information fields Comprehensive mixer with all the features that you would expect from a traditional mixer EQ gain crossfader Audio and video effects processors Sampler for recording and playing back audio clips on tho fly ClipBank for playing back video clips on tho fy Looping engine Real time recording of your mixes Real time webcasting of your sessions Additionally VitualViny includes many innovative fe the tedious time consuming aspects of Duing and mixing res to help you spend less time with Automatic beat matching for quick mixing Computer Beat Grid for easy visual mixing Dynamic Hot cue points We developed VirtualViny to be the most complete and extensive DJ software on the market today We have provided an exhaustive set of features for you to take advantage of and create great mixes Whether you are a beginner or a professional DJ you will
22. amless This mostly applies only to a certain category of music where the rhythm is very pronounced such as house hip hop or r amp b Traditionally the DJ mixes a track in two phases Initial a DJ will modify the speed of the track he wants to mix in in order to equal the speed of the current track This stage is necessary to prevent the songs from clashing and give synchronized beats The speed of the music is measured in BPM Beats per Minute this measures the number of beats over one minute in time A song with 160 BPM is very fast whereas a song with 60 BPM is very slow The traditional DJ uses the pitch adjustment on the turntables to accelerate or slow down the number of revolutions of a record and thus changing its BPM In Numark VirtualVinyl the BPM is calculated automatically as soon as you load a track to either player and the pitch can be adjusted automatically to match that ofthe song already playing Once BPM on both songs are the same ifs necessary to sync or line up the Beats so the two tracks sound as one Traditionally the DJ will put their headphones on only one ear and listen to the track that they want to introduce known as cueing With the other ear the DJ listens to the mix that the Public hears The DJ will then speed up or slow down the incoming track with their hand and Using the pitch control in order to synchronize the beats In Numark VirtualVinyl the rhythm window indicates the p
23. bution to disable the decks timecode Control You can now pause your tumtable or CD player the music wil continue playing 3 Now load a track to deck B and cick deck B s TIMECODE button to enable timecode control on deck B 4 Using your timecode vin or CD you can now cuo and mix th track on deck B with tho music playing on deck A 5 Onco you have frishod the transition to deck B you can disabio deck B s timecode control the music will continue playing 6 Click deck A s PAUSE button to stop the music playing on dock A 7 Now load a track to deck A and cick deck A s TIMECODE button to enable timecode control on deck A 8 Using your timecode vinyl or CD you can now cue and mix the track on deck A with the music playing on deck B Once you have finished the transition to deck A you can pause the music on deck B 10 Repeat the procedure starting from 2 above to continue mixing THE SAMPLER VirtualVinj features a powerful sampler which provides the abilty to record load save and play samples on the fy The sampler can be accessed by clicking on the Sampler tab in the lower window and features 12 slots for samples which are available to use at any given point in time There are two types of samples that are supported linear one shot and circular looping samples Linear samples are samples which are played beginning to end Typically linear samples do not have an intrinsic rhythm and are often sound effe
24. counters and vanspert conl forthe deck are located ns zone 3 DECK2 CONTROLS Drag and drop music tom tho browser to he vitual dock Track b beste por minut depiy coute and vanspat conl for tha deck are located ne zone 4 MIXER ZONE Crossiader gain volume and PFL contri are bcalod in this 2008 s RHYTHM WINDOW Thi window race the waveform of each song loaded or laying on a dec This area als features a Computer Beat Gr CBG used tor veualmoung and beat mating BROWSER ZONE The Browser Zone is where you can navigate and organize fies stored on a local extemal or network hard disk The browser contains the compatibe fil types Le whose extensions are associated with the decoders in Numark VirtualVinyl to access the compatible extensions list Click the Config menu then choose the Codecs tab See the Codecs section of the manual for further details The Browser zone is divided into 4 key panels File System Folder Structure File Search Results Automix Playlist Sidellst hep VirualViny provides several appicaon E peirorib ousmrsuk p 1 1 70 ow third party interfaces by default Also PR Was e provided is the abilly to create additonal navigation aid capabies To better Sunt understand the managed groups and eum interfaces click the Conf button and e TRU The Browser tab allows the selection of ES the various managed groupings thatcan bo emm D viewed
25. cts applause sirens et Circular samples are played in a looping fashion Most often these samples have an intrinsic rhythm which can be repeated forever However there is no rule about how to use samples iti all up to you whether you will use a sample in a linear or circular fashion To play a sample you can simply click on the Play button associated with tho sample cel the sample is a linear one shot sample the sample cell will display BIBETSEIIE The sample is played alongside the mix unti the end of the sample If the sample is circular looping sample the sample cell will display The sample is played alongside the mix and will continue to loop unti the play ofthe sample is stopped when Play Is pressed a second timo The speed of the sample is modifiod in order to synchronize with the active deck at the nearest possible aligned beat This ensures that the rhythm of the sample will be beat matched and aligned with the active deck resulting in a smooth natural sample playback VIRTUALVINYL Samples can be played from the loop sampler menu on each deck Simply EEE Select the sample from the pulldown menu and then click on the sample tite eRe to play it The trame around the tite wil ight up during playback If the sample is a loop then click the sample tile again to stop the loop Linear samples wil stop when the end is reached The volume of the sample can be controlled using the Volume knob
26. d ath appicaons splash scien Please bo patent and look fer acy on the hard des Vrai 50 is roading the vi x database and pling te vanos erties aes ha respect ard dios of ia estan Weatis stored inthe NEW Database los ath tote fle Analyzed data bout ho racks ID3Tag Deplay Information Atomic ifomaton Example cta database ent ot representative otl formation stored The spit database fla provide oars of extal hard dives the alt to COLD or HOT SWAP drives between ange or mulie systems This aos fr mule Due ot a cub or onu t ut amp z 1 iruslvinyi 50 Petalaton and Now the DJ pst Walks npg inthe extemal dece and begin paying THE INTERFACE ZONES Before begining to use Numa VitualViny lamilarize yourself with the controls and zones of the software Upon opening tha appicaon an intortace Interfaces feature Configurations layouts and functionals of the software Lets begin by selecing intomal mber Interface to become familar wih the most important features of the software To change to a diferent skin wile the software is running ick on the Config button located at to top ight comer of the interface and Select the Shine tab OWSER SAMPLER EFFECTS RECORD Browse your music fold coal et and save your playsts Adjust eects video and auto Record and save maes 2 DECK 1 CONTROLS Drag and drop music ton tho browser to he tual dock Track tl beste por minut dopay
27. d to know which MP3 Encoder will be used Encoder Use the browse button to navigate the computer folder structure and select the encoder fle to use Bitrate Select the desired bitrate for the encoding NOTE Higher bitrates will consume a large bandwidth in the internet connection to stream and liston to MP3 audio Server There are two ways to broadcast the mix session Broadcast using a dedicated radio server or broadcast direct from your computer 1 Broadcast from my own computer this option tums the computer into a webcast station This way once the Start Recording but is click the webcast wil begin Max number of clients this is the maximum listeners that the webcast may have NOTE Please remember that the bandwidth of the Internet connection needs to be able to accommodate the number of listeners Decreasing the quality of the audio signal the bitrate makes it possible fo accommodate a greater number of listeners When ready to broadcast click on Start Recording VirtualVinyl will indicate the address of the webcast for example htpJ 123 45 67 89 Virtualogg The address then can be sent to the intended listeners so they can connect and liston to the webcast using their favorite Intornot audio players VIRTUALVINYL Caution If using a floating Intemet connection the address of the webcast could change from session to session In this case the broadcasting address
28. dvance Sound Setup section of this guide VIRTUALVINYL The Options settings allow you to customize how VirtuslViny performs BPM Engine Allows you to choose between the two diferent algorithms available for the analysis of BPM The wie fist lgortm dechroouse bases sm sat onthe deiecton ofthe beats in e Pane muse and should be used wih mus Tat Pas very pronounces bear me hee BE ISIS Second any use should bo used BN win muse which doesnot have a son dist pronounced beat This algorthm ses melody as the bass c analyse m and roquos mom compute resources os maui than technomouse BS Crossfader This option allows you to select the crossfader curve There aro four different options Full Cut Scratch and Smooth other curves can be set through plugins Pitch Range Allows you to change the pitch range of the pitch sider Reducing the range of pitch can increase the precision with which you are able to control the pitch speed of the AutoUpdate Automatically checks for new versions of VirtualViny internet connection required Charts Authorizes VirtualVinyl to send anonymous statistics about your sessions compile charts of the most played tracks all over the world No personal information will be collected MSN When activated this option allows MSN Messenger to show the music you are playing To take advanta
29. e groove segment away will cause the software to automatically jump to the next set cue point forward or backward instead of jumping to the absolute location where you drop the needle 8 Master Tempo If enabled the software will time stretch instead of pitch shift the music Playing on the deck when you change the pitch of the timecode signal In other words the Master Tempo features as a Keylock allowing you to change the tempo of the music without altering ts pitch 9 Browser Track If enabled Browser Track allows you to use the timecode signal to browse through your music in the software With Browser Track feature enabled the last three groove segments become dedicated to browsing so when you drop the needle onto one of these segments you can scroll through your music tites by moving the record forward and backward 10 Arrows Pressing one of the arrows will copy the timecode preferences to the other dock The following settings 11 17 will be set by the Auto Config feature so you do not have to worry about understanding them The software will automatically configure them for yo 11 Gain The gain compensation for the timecode signal 12 Silence Compensates for background ambient noise by lowering raising the noise floor threshold 13 Software RIAA Preamp If enabled allows you to plug a phonovievel turntable directly Into a tine devel input on the VirtualVinyl box 14 Invert Stereo Virtually sw
30. e loop Pressing 2 wit create a 2 bar loop and begin looping unti you press 2 again ths wil exithe loop Pressing 3 wil create a 4 bar loop and begin looping unti you press 3 again this wil exithe loop c In SAMPLES mode Tho roo buttons can bo used to play and record samples in th first three sample slots in Wituavinyt To play a sample simply pross one of the three buttons Depending on what kind of sample is assigned to that slot one shot or looping the sample wil ether play once or continue looping Over the music until you press its corresponding button a second time totum it ot To record a sample press the Roc button on the ICDX and then press ono ofthe throo buttons 1 2 3 depending on which slot you would Ike o record the sample to T sample wil record until you press the button again and will begin looping automatically In VirtualVinyIS mode The three buttons function to set and reca cue points Wien you pross one ofthe thee buttons a cuo point will be set at tho curront track location You can always go back toa cuo by pressing its corresponding button If you would like to set a now location for that cuo point simply pross Rec on the ICDX and hon press the corresponding buon This will move the co point to the new locaton liu IN 20 Rec button In SAMPLES mode soo above tho Rec button wil arm buttons 1 2 or recording samples in ViruaVinyL In ViralVinytS mode seo above
31. eaks should coincide The present is represented by the line in the middle of the screen Al on tho left was already played while what ison the right represents the next seconds ofthe track You can zoom in or zoom out using tho slider on the left or the three preset buttons 1 2 3 on the right side ofthe rhythm window Below the curves there are small squares called CBG Computed Beat Grid which represent the position of measures The large squares represent the beginning of a measure 4 4 time The CBG is particularly useful for example when mixing a track at tho time of an intro where the beat isnot yet present In the picture above you can see that the beats are completely synchronized i is easy to see that the peaks beats ofthe music aro lined up However some music does not have the very obvious evenly spaced beat peaks which characterize most house and techno music This is when the CBG is very useful If you look at the following graphics it s not exact clear where the beats should sync up by just observing the waveform visually However with the help of the CBG it becomes much easier to synchronize the two tracks 79 Not beat matched 79 Beatmatchod but not aligned 79 Beatmatched and aligned The CBG is calculated automatically when a track is loaded for the first tim in VirtualVinyl VirtualViny uses powerful algorithms to calculate the BPM and the CBG of music you can choose between fast but ef
32. eate a vital older by clicking on he od Virtual Folder ion Band ovn the new folder a tile Now browse the database or run various searches to find tracks which you would Ike to group together inthe Virtual Folder Drag and drop the tracks into the new Virtual Folder and next time you want to play these tracks simply select this Virtual Folder Please note that dragging tracks into a virtual folder will not physically move the fles into that folder it wil only create a shortcut to where the flos ae located To remove a Virtual Folder right click on it and select del FILTER FOLDERS A highly dynamic and creative way to organize a collection of tracks is to apply conditions which automatically fitr search tho database for tracks that match tho utined criteria VituaViny calls these types of folder Fillor Foldors Create a Filter Folder Cick on the blue Fier Folder con Bland a Fitor creation dialog is displayed Give the NEW filter folder a name For example Top 100 Played eae of coment Exe Ey head pen rectas eos state not eS SO gat car uester Ex VIRTUALVINYL Now enter the Fiter to be used for fitering out the results This is where it can be complicated or simple This example is simple using the keyword top with the number 100 and the element nbplay nbplay looks at the Play Count data field As the itor statement is entered VirtualVinyl evaluates thatthe statement is proper
33. ed video card has a TV ouput or capable of uputng to a second display the secondary ouput can be Spected as the ouput for ful scroon dopa instead of he ouput You can spect ha ouput contiuraten in Configuration p video 1 fu scroon output does not appear check tha the ouput E recognized In Windows dplay proper and that Windows s n dual monitor modo not clone For more fttomnation see the vdeo card menuacturesnstucton ViqusiVeyl ao provides a Pip DVD tty tor oping video le from a DVD to the computers hard dek in a igh ually VOB tornat Vinusieylteaturs many diferent aneion ects tor ransiloning between vide cipe oct the desired transiton Clk on Pe From the Effects pana select tho Video Transtone secton then Achats buton perfor to wanton W using the VituaViytFulVdeo din the docked Vansion effect can be selected and acbated trom the rante button ourd in he tct zon ist below tho video preview windows VIRTUALVINYI Tere aro two ways to mix video clips To mix manually uso the video crossfader to from one video to another M Or just elck on one of tha video preview windows to smoothly crossfado to that deci atomatically or manus Ifthe ink the Video crossfador is checked in the Video configuration tab to skin s audio crossfador wl roestader tho video when tis moved from one deck t the cher Aormatively VitualViny can do tho video mixing automatically Most transion affects feature a
34. foctive algorithm which works well for techno and house and a slower algorithm which is effective on any type of music However in some rare cases the CBG is not correctly positioned on the beats of the song In this case you can easiy cary out a manual correction Click onthe BBB buton There are several methods to correct the BPM and the CBG The simplest method is to boat match the track with unknown BPM witha track whose BPM is already known then click on copy from other deck This will copy the BPM information to the unknown track Alternatively you can use the method of the anchors Click on beat tap button in time with the beat in order to approximate the BPM Then pause the track advance the track to the downbeat fist beat and click on First anchor Then advance to the upbeat second beat and click on Second anchor Check that the number of beats displayed corresponds to the number of beats between the two anchors Then go further in the music and repeat the second anchor operation if you notice that the beats and the CBG shit Normally two or three anchors should be enough to obtain an accurate CBG pom E Alsi CER m di CONFIGURATION SETTINGS VirtualViny is designed to be very simple and easy to use but it is also fully customizable to match your preferred system performance To make changes to VituaViny s configuration cick on the EB button T
35. g to a different location in tho track and press VitaViny again io set a new cue pot Once the rack is playing you can relum to this cue pont by pressing etualVinyt or Play 2 Pause This button pauses tho track and sets tho cuo point at that location Once you resume playing te rack you can go back to Ns cuo point by pressing VituaViny 3 Play This button plays the track loaded on the deck While a track is playing you can pres the Play button o jump to te last set cue pont and resume playback from there Pressing the Play button repeatedly allows for a stuteriko affect rom tho cuo point 4 Scratch wheel Tho outor rim of the whool is used as a pitch bend for mixing allowing you to make quick adjustments to the speed of the music When prossed down tho centor black part ofthe wheel Can be used fr scratching 5 Eject button Press this button to switch betwoen the two decks f you are controling the left deck pros this button to bo able to control the right dock and vice versa Using the Elect button you can mix win only ono DX 6 Bleep Reverse Bleep temporary reverses the music for as long as Bleep is engaged When Bleep is released the unit resumes play from the point where play would have occurred otherwise Reverse changes the direction of playback unti Reverse is disengaged se liu Ld 7 Serateh Button This button activates the wheal for scratching I you would ik to use the platter on t
36. ge of this feature you need to make sure that the what am listening to option is enabled in your MSN Messenger Security This setting prevents you from loading a track to a deck while it is playing If you Select Ask VirtualVinyl will prompt you to verify that you indeed want to load a track while the deck is playing If you select Always VirtualVinyl wil not allow you to load a track to a deck that is already playing I you select None the security feature wil be disabled Tool Tip Enable or disable the tool tip window These tips appear when you hover your mouse cursor over the buttons of the software VIRTUALVINY AutoLoad Playlists Soo Playlist Setup section page 13 AutoSave Unplayed Soo AutoSave Unplayed page 16 Auto Pitch Matching When loading a song automatically adjusts the pitch so that the BPM matches the BPM of the song current playing Auto Gain This is the gain adjustment setting for VirtualVinyl I you Select ahvays Odb VirtualViny will automatically modif the level ofthe tracks to obtain a level of OdB Ihe loudest evel without clipping the signal If you select always match the volume on both decks wil always be the same Selecting disable wil disable all automatic gain correction Pitch Reset on Load If you enable this option tho pitch slider will be reset to 0 every time you load a track EQ Reset on Load If enabled this option will rese
37. gh frequencies of the audio playing on the corresponding deck Each frequency range can also be cut out by pressing the corresponding Kil button 4 PEL Sends the pre fader level of the audio to the cue section for headphone monitoring 5 Crossfader The crosstader blends audio or video between the two decks By sliding this fader trom channel to channel you can isolate the lft and right deck or blend them together VIRTUALVINYI OP TOOLBAR CONTROLS oi Please note that not all skin interfaces provide this set of controls However there are some elements common in all the skins those are annotated with an asterisk 1 Headphone level Volume control for headphone level 2 VirtualViny Mix blend Fade to hear just the cue cue mix or mix signal only in the headphones 3 BPM button Opens BPM edit window Each button respective to it positioned deck 4 Master Volume Controls main output of program 5 Clock Displays the time Click to start the counter 6 Config and Window controls Provides access to the configuration settings dialog See Configuration Settings section ot this manual for more information VINYL THE RHYTHM WINDOW Above the players a window posts curves corresponding to the two rates thythms of the music These curves aro represented in a waveform allowing you to see your music The peaks in the curve represent beats In order to synchronize the music these p
38. he lighter Part indeates the presence of beats Whereas the darkor part indcatos the presence f vocals 3 Control Dome Track Timo default elapsed Choosos tho timo modo you wish to view Click to toggle between tho elapsed and remaining time BEMIPch view ck to toggle between vowing the pitch or BPM o ho rack loaded onthe deck Gain Lovet Adjusts tho deck s audio level pre ader and pro EO Outer Ring Control The outer ng ofthe control dome can be used to cue and scratch the loaded track Clicking on ha outer ing allows you lo rotate Ipo rng to a new position keylock Locks and holds tho key of the music at ho current pitch allowing you to change the tempo of the track but not affect the current key of the musi VIRTUALVIN 4 Loop Sampler Sample Selection Dropdown Arrow This menu lets you choose which sample you wish to use There are 12 slots which are available for you to record load and play samples Sample Selection Window Cick to play the sample sted in tho selection window REC button Whon inated this function records the loop to the seloctod sample slot If no loop is curently set on this deck a 4 ba loop will be recorded by detaul WeuDry knob Controls the level of gain applied to the loop sample 5 Loop SeuContro Loop Inout A loop is any area of a track that you choose to repeat seamlessly Press Loop nat the point where you wish the loop lo stat Press Loop Ouf when you reach the des
39. his wit bring you to the Settings dialog The options in the Sefings dialog can be viewed and edited by clicking on the corresponding tab on top of the Settings window and include The Sound Setup tab is where your sound card or device configuration Namek front Cer Som Vile Le nputs ifusing mecodedvinyorCDs 7 Set i meses Lin retenta o cono VituaViy select the appropriate input configuration from this Puldown ist Choices are NONE bz Single Timcode for Single contro and Timecodos for Dual contro Setting up IE j VirtualVinj for Timecode use is covered 3 n detail n the Timecode section to guide OE Outputs Select the preferred output configuration from this pulldown list Please note that depending on your sound card some output options may mot be available for use Choices aro Single Output Headphones External Mixer 2 channel output or B Lines Mixer 3 channel output Sound card s Select the sound card driver which you would like to use with tho VitalVinyl software Sound card Select tho sound card in this pulldown list Output Channels xs som Select tho routing of outputs on soundcard when the Outputs dropdown is set to one of the following choices Headphones Extomal Mixer 2 channel output or 3 Lines Mixer 3 channel output For further explanation of Sound Setup variations see the A
40. ho CDX to scratch cuo and adjust tho rack hat is playing on tho activo deck you need to make sure hat the ICDX is in Seratch Mode If the Scractch button on the ICDX is not it press t to tum on Scratch Mode This wil enable ICDX s plallor to contro VirtuaVin 8 FX button This button wil tum on tho effect currently selected in VirualViny Please note Tho frs parameter of o effect selected in VitualViny can be manipulated with the WetDry fader on tha ICDX 9 FK select This switch allows you to toggle through the diront effects in VituaViny 10 Parameters knob You can use the Parameters knob to crosfade audio and video between the two decks in E 11 Time button This button toggles through tmo elapsed time remaining and total time for the rack playing on the deck The time wil bo splayed onthe screen ofthe ICDX 12 SRC button This button allows you to switch between regular operation ofthe ICDX and USB HID mode To control VitualVinyl please make sure that you have selected USB HID mode I USB MID mode is not selectod press the SRC buton unt you see USB HID displayed on tho screen Thon press the Parameters knob down to switch to that mode 13 Display Tho display shows you the te BPM pich and current playback state of he track being played in VitualViny 14 Recall button Waw browsing press the Recall button to toggle betweek viewing the lat or curent folder in WituaVinyt 15 Back button When brows
41. il compensate for any skip that might occur In this mode you ar aso allowed to Use some adl tional software features such as looping and cue points Sar defaut This is tho default imecode tracking mode and is e modo that we Tecommend most users use In Smart mode you have the abity todo needle drops but Can also use the addtional features of tho sofware such as ith loops and cuo points 4 Lead Time Species when the ime codo signal begins laying tno song by moving tho Point at which tho track begins o a position further ino tho vi For example tis is Useful f your records have cue bum in the beginning Simply set the lead ime to another bumber s VIRTUALVIN 5 Pitch Sensitivity This is the time that it takes for the waveform display to become adjusted aftr you alter the pitch of the timecode signal Too small of a value wil attempt to redraw the waveform when you scratch the timecode which is not recommended Setting too high of a value wil take longer to redraw the waveform which may be visually Confusing Please experiment with a few diferent values to find the one best suited for your sy 6 Anti Skip If enabled anti skip will prevent playback from skipping if the needle happens to jump to another groove Please note that anti skip is only available under Smart or Relative modes 7 Smart Cue if enabled moving the needle far to a diferent location on the timecode record over more than on
42. ing ross the Back button to expand the selected folder This allows you to iow any sub folders avaiable 16 Track knob Use tho Track knob to scroll through folders and select tracks in VirualVinyl Tum the knob to scroll through your folders and push tho knob down to enter the selected folder While in the folder you can rotate the Track knob to select a track When you have selected the track press the Track knob down another time o load the track onto the actve deck 17 Shift switch Depending on the direction itis toggled this swich wil increment or decrement the loop length bya factor of 2 VIRTUALVINYL 18 Loop section Press the Loop In button to set the beginning point of a loop Press the Loop Out button to set the end point of a loop Pressing Loop In again wil set a now loop in pont Pressing Loop Out again wil set a now loop out point The eloop Stutor button wil ext and release tho loop allowing the rack to continue playing You can press the FeloopStuter button again to enter the lop 19 1 2 3 buttons Depending on what mode is set forthe three buttons tho 1 2 and 3 buttons wil have diffront as described below You can swich between the three modes Loop Samples and VirtualVinyls by pressing the Mode button underneath the 1 2 3 butons In LOOP mode The treo buttons are used to create 1 2 or 4 bar loops Pressing 1 wit create a 1 bar loop and begin looping unti you press 1 again this wil wit th
43. ired point to mark the end pont of the cop and the audio between the two ponts wil begin to loop continuously To release the loop and continue playing the track press Loop Ouf again and the audio wil Continue from the end point ot he loop I you wish to set a new loop ust press Loop in again wil tho loop is disengaged and then press Loop Ou to begin the new lop Shift Knob Adjusts tho loop length by half ong or double longi increments Smart Lock button Allows the Boatkcopor and loop buttons to work together to create loops synchronized to the beat Loop Length This indcats the length of the loop according to beat measures You may increase or decrease the length of the loop from to 16 measures 6 Effects Effect Selection Dropdown Arrow Lets you select which offct you would tke to apply Effect Selection Dropdown Window to apply the selected effoct Param 1 amp 2 knobe These two knobs adjust parameter of the effect selected in the dropdown window although not all effects requie use of these knobs If the selected effect does not have adustabla parameters the knobs wal not be able to be moved VIRTUALVINYL 7 Transport Virtualviny Retum and pauses the music atthe default Cue Point To set a Cue Point pause the song eek to the desired poeiton for example by rotating the control dome indicators and then click n VitualViny Aerativoly you can also right cick onthe Vitali button to set a Cue Poin
44. irtualViny 5 0 database Hero you can choose the order by highlighting the fied and Using the up and down arrows Also add or remove fields from the display by selecting the check box for the feld inp You can alo sect what you want splayed n pe browse by cna B rentes an h second burs eye cre o the right of the search box and Choosing to Show Coen Show Hed wo Music Show Videos and Show nt EJ Faden Below is a screen shot ofthe fields being displayed in the browser Typical DSTage Key ea ADDITIONAL VintualViny 5 0 DATA FIELDS TaddtionalVirualVinyt 5 Feds The VirtualViny 5 0 database now stores additional data about each track for additional search features and the NEW Fitter Folder Key stores the key value of a song for use doing Harmonic Mixing promet Vitaliy so een mayas m pop fl Maral ny wing Flo ne Play Count stores the running play count of the track First Seen stores the dato when the track was first added tothe database First Play stores the dato when track was first ever played Last Play stores the date when the track was last played Drive Fllepath Filename Filetype stores the current known Drive Fllepath Filename and Fietype for the track VIRTUALVINYL The Automix feature allows VitualViny to automaticaly beat match and transtion between tracks in the Automix Playlist on the right side ofthe Browser Note that Automix wil mix the tacks in
45. ist contents See Keyboard Shortcuts section on page 35 for more detalls 18 Miu VirtualVinyi incorporates its own version of a wailist called tho Sidelst The Sidelist panel 4 can be used to hold tracks that the DJ knows they will play sometime during their session It also provides a location for VirtualVinyl to move tracks that were loaded but never played because a now track was loaded to the deck The Sidelist can also be used to stage and construct Playlists and VirtualFolders by drag and droping racks into the Sidelist panel AutoSave Unplayed Dee 1 When the option AutoSave Unplayed is enabled in the Configuration Options tab all racks added to a deck but then never played are added to the Sidelist when a track replaces it on a deck Keyboard Shortcuts Ioad_fromsidlist and tree_sidelist provide easy access to tracks for loading to a deck or clearing the entire list respectively Soo Keyboard Shortcuts section on page 35 for more detalls VIRTUALVINYL In order to simply browsing and provide better fle management VirtualVinyl provides three methods for organizing the database On the let panel border there are three folder options Ell oa Foto Far pk fiir om tive ay payne browser Ces Vu Fer onto flier many oping vi spect es El cron arus anas oe bseon mar aaq anu nn ev ie ler eed Right clicking on any of these folders provides access to various operations For Favorite fo
46. itches the left and right inputs and effectively reverses playback 15 Invert Phase Software adjustment if your needle is wired incorrectly 16 TC Up Level of I value in the binary signal of the timecode 17 TC Down Level of 0 value inthe binary signal ofthe timecode VIRTUALVINYL ViruaVinyfs flexible time codo control allows you to easly mix with only one tumtable Please see below for instructions on how to DJ using only one tumtabie i ee ne GON b a e ep age pedes cet 0r ur QQ 2 Select Single Timecode under the inputs pulldown menu 3 Cick on Timecode Config to access the timecode configuration and calibration options 4 dn the Timecode Confg monu please run the automatic configuration by clicking on tho Auto Config button Remember that the timecode needs to be playing while you run the automatic configuration 5 Once you have configured the timecode s please exit the Config menu esa eee You wit notice to the side and under each vitual deck there is a button labeled TIMECODE shown on righ You can choose bolweon which o tho two decks you aro controling wih the tmecode signal by pressing the decics Timecode button Tho button alite to let you know which deck s being controled bythe timecode 1 On dock A begin playing a track wth your tmecoded vinyl or CD 2 Whie the track is playing click dock A s TIMECODE
47. lay and select in this example all three actions wil be c activated consecutively by pressing the Space bar issssessesesie Ce E auto crossfade moves the crossfader play activates the play of the track select changes which deck is now the active deck To build the macro add the aulo crossfade action aa first Select the Add button to get the action dialog Hit the Space bar to add that to the Key section Choose all in the left list then auto_crossfade from the mile list Use the drop down and select on active deck Then click OK Repeat this process for play and select and be sure to choose on active deck from the drop down option The play and selec options can be found Inthe deck controls option of the lft s os When you click OK to add these actions VitualViny will provide a dialog that states This shortcut assigned Click Yes to add the new shortcut and buld Up ce macros Click No to replace the previous shortcut u Click Yes to build up the macro memi ET Once each item is added click OK at the bottom of the Configuration dialog and test the shortout In this example the Space bar was used and is not the required key in order to make it work Any key or key combination can bo used as long as all actions are assigned to that key Also remember the power is in the order of the actions If this macro i
48. lders options include Add or Remove contents of folder to Search DB and BPM Analyze options Filter folders contain an option for accessing the fter dialog for changing the fitr string Virtual folders have a Rename option Al folders have options for moving the order of the folders up and down in the tree and for removing or deleting the folder FAVORITE FOLDERS A DJ may want to define a collection of directores which are most frequently used for example Hits of 2006 or My Music The best solution is using the Favorite Folders Think of Favorite Folders as Shortcuts to a folder located on your hard drive To set a Favorite Folder browse the Desktop folder and navigate to the desired folder location Click to highlight the desired folder then click the yellow favorite folder icon ho selected folder will be added to the end of the list on the same level as the Desktop folder To remove a favorite folder reference select it and click the icon again You may also accomplish this by right clicking on a folder and choosing Set as favorite from the menu To remove a Favorte Folder simply right click on it and choose Remove from favorite VIRTUALVIN VIRTUAL FOLDERS Similarly to Favorite Folders Virtual Folders aid you in quickly accessing music stored on your hard drives A Virtual Folder however holds a collection of shortcuts to tracks instead of shortcuts to folders You can cr
49. ly created The OK button will remain grayed out if he statement is not welhformed So the entire fiter statement would ook like top 100 nbplay What VrtualViny wil do each time this folder is selected is to sort the entire database according to the Play Count field in descending order and then display the first 100 entis or the Top 100 The fter dialog provides some good examples but to get is real power you will need to ippropriate elements operators and a few keywords author ast album year bpm key bltrate flepath flename extension hascover isscanned nbplay type days since alreadypiayed lastplay fistplay firetseor days since fsiplay days since lastplay Keywords top inverted m ran Senis seo ae Top 20 most pono r postaraoko Karaoke ios a al doss a CT ma Sontan madora The Database Management system comes with additional tools as part of the VirtualVinyi 5 0 Configuration P Browser tab Save On the Fly during each session use Automatic check of database integrity at launch Manually check the database integrity Fi database error Clean out database entries for missingmoved fles VirtualVinyi 5 0 now saves the database immediately when pes additions or updates are required VitualVinyl 5 0 also
50. mn can bo modified individual and you can sort the column contents clicking onthe column For example clicking on the artist column sorts the browser entries by arti Pigay in ascending alphabetical order Click again to view in descending alphabetical order Tho tracks tle and artist aro automaticaly filed in as long fle is named according to two standard conventions artist ttl ext OR artist titie axt OR the Tags option is set to Read ASAP inthe Config Browser tab Infos Gathering section See the IDSTag Support section of the manual for further detis The BPM and length information are calculated automaticaly when a track i loaded to either deck All rack information is than stored inside the respective drive s database fles for later recal All data is stored and saved at time of discovery or data entry dirocty to the databases ICON DESCRIPTIONS This i unknown and was never payed or scanned by Numark Vitali This e s known and has been scanned by Numark VirwaViny This tle was played during this session Indicates a video fe Indicates a karaoke fe Indicates thatthe BPM diference between the analyzed song and curent laying song is too great This is a track tat you might wish to avoid playing fed E SEI VIRTUALVINYL itualViny features extensive ID3 Tag suppor However Iis not the same support that many Seis ts rac sa tatiana ther appikations implement VitualViny has n asas
51. n Simple View Or you should see a nice Sine wave patter n F as shown on the right in Advance d View VIRTUALVINYL Please refer to the following descriptions of the timecode configuration parameters shown with Advanced View on the right Vinyl Choose this option if you aro using imcoded vin CD Choose this option if you aro using imecoded CDs 3 Mode You can choose 3 diferent timecode tracking modes These modes FS 3 Wil influence how tho timecode z s controling playback postion on the coresponding deck Absolute This mode is similar io how music is normally played on vinyl The beginning of the Tecord corresponds io the g boginning of the track and icing ip the noede and moving ito another location on the vinyl also known as needle dropping wil move playback to that locaton im the tack Please note iat in Absolia mode you wil not bo able to Use some ol the software such as looping and cue pois elatio In this modo tho software will track tho relative movement of the record forwara backward but i not track the postion of tho within the control timecode So for example you wil not be abl to seek to another location of he song by picking up tha mood and dropping t on another part of the record This mode is perfect or scratch Dus ince it allows you to scratch without worrying about the needle skipping around on the record the software w
52. n a song and select Repeat to have the selected song repeat continuously until Repeat is deselected Clear clears the entre playist Shuttle shufes the contents of the playlist Remove played removes already played tracks trom the playlist Remove duplicates removes possible duplicates from tho playlst Save saves the playlist for futuro uso VIRTUALVINYL Sequential Order Play Display The playlist navigation during automix play of what is Playing and what is next is sequential from top to bottom ike most media players The the track which is curently playing is always highlighted If the Repeat option is on the playlist wil repeat from the beginning once the final track has played out Add Move or Remove Track Reordering tracks by adding more moving their order or removing can be done at any time Jump and MIX NOW While Automix is active double click on any track in the Playlist and VirtualViny wil use the assigned crossfado Automix settings and mix that track immediately The playlist wil then pickup from that point forward Keyboard Shortcut Actions for use with Playlist Put in Sidelist Get from Sidelist a keyboard shortcut action swich sidelist playlist provides the function for moving track lists between the two panels Make Virtual Folder a keyboard shortcut action violder_fromplaylis provides the function for creating a VirtualFolder from the current playl
53. nd ZIP fles When using CDG fils the songs wil have two files that appear in VirtualVinyf s browser Tho first is a filo with a K in its icon EI tnis is the video karaoke file When loaded on the deck VirtualVinyl wil automaticaly load the audio track on the dock and display the words in the video mixer Tho second with the standard audio icon is tho audio fie only This fle can be loaded onto a deck to only play the audio for the songs without displaying the words in the video mixer VirtualVinj supports the binding of CDG fles with their audio counterparts into one single ZIP file In this case only the karaoke video fle will appear in ViruaViny s browser In order to avoid indexing all of tho ZIP fles on your computer VirualVinyl does not consider ZIP fles to be karaoke fles by default To change this add the ZIP file extension to the list of extensions under Codecs in the Config menu and associato it with the karaoke decoder from the list ROADCASTING AND RECORDING VirtualViny also allows you to record or broadcast your mix To access the recording and broadcasting features cick on the Hecord tab The following interface is displayed The following methods are avalabl Record File BumCD Broadcast To access the recording settings click on the Config button in the center In the Config dialog three different sources for recording are available These options are available for al three me
54. nload Exact Match no cover E found localy ViruslVinyi vil download a cover hat only matches based Download No Mattr What i n Cover fou locally ViualVin wil download anything that Closely matches using the songs information Dont Search tots VitulVinyt notio look for covers no cover axis VIRTUALVIN Next possible way of retrieving ID3Tag Information is by right Clicking on a file in the browser and selecting File Info The dialog shown on the right displays the information stored in fe database along with tho ID3Tag information that is retrievable Under each field with a l button you will see the IDGTag info Click on the button to copy that data into the VirtualViny 6 0 data field This data wil then be stored and used by the VirtualViny 5 0 database Thes next to the FlleName field is used to parse the fle name into the Artist and Tito Another method of retrieving ID3Tag info is drecty through the browser with multiple fles selected The options trom File Infos are LZ rl Floccostere Genesenvectomtas Tito from tag 2 Conn fom ag Tite from filename pun Genrelyearletc from u Comment from tag Erase comment Download cover VIRTUALVINYL DISPLAYING VirtualVinvi 5 0 DATA FIELDS ID3TAG COLUMNS In the browser or playlist panels you can right click on any column and choose from the pop up list any or all of the avallable data fields now stored in the V
55. ny is needed for decoding Example The DivX codec needs to use the Windows Media Player Video Decoder in order to play video encoded by this codec There are several avaiable decoder engines that can be assigned fo fle The wil alow to use the appropriate decoding engine when atomplng to play theso flos At instal VitualVinj includes some of the common sound and video fle extonsions However I toro aro flos Which require diferent codecs the codecs are able to be used by ono of the listed decoder engines then the can be added tothe let this wil enable you to open up those fias Determining Appropriate Selection for Video It VirualVinyl cannot process a certain fio hen that unique encoded format codec is probably not natively supported with the itualVieyt Video Decoder The only option to ensure the appropriate CODEC for that Veo type is insaled and playable in Windows Media Player You can thon assign that flo extension type to Windows Media Player Video Decoder 3 En thoro is a singe fle extension type that require two diferent codecs and one is not supported natively by VirualViny s video decoder then sat the extension to Windows Media Player Video Decoder Alernativoy the fies could be renamed so each codes can be assigned to ho prefered decoding engines 39 iut Ld Activate Tum the video engine on or off TV Output Select te monitor
56. osition of the beats of each song allowing you to easily see whether the songs are matched and synced Then when the two tracks are beat matched and synced the DJ wil begin using the crossfader volume faders and equalizer to bring the new track into the mix This is called a transition VIRTUALVINYL The third task of a DJ is to modify the music with various effects or by mixing various tracks or samples in order to create an impression of a remix and to give a more personal and artistic feel to a mix The effects traditionally used are scratch loops and sample A scratch consists of creating an entirely new sound by playing a small portion of music This is achieved by moving that same portion of music back and fort at different velocities while using the crossfader to sharply cut the sound in and out of tho mix A loop consists of isolating a passage from a tite and playing repeatedly in a looping fashion As the loop ends it will uidly go back to the beginning and play again prolonging the duration of the passage A sample consists of a recorded passage which can be played at key moments in the mix to build up interest or anticipate a track hat is being mixed in There are many creative ways that soratches samples and loops can be used and Numark VirtualVinyl provides some great easy to use tools for you to ullize all these techniques in your mix By simpltying and streamlining the technical aspects of DJing Numark
57. playlist when you cick on a playlist folder t tha actual playlist has been manualy edited VIRTUALVINYI PLAYLIST amp AUTOMIX MANAGEMENT You can use the Playlist management menu click on the Bi icon to specty diferent Automix functions as well as how tracks are loaded inthe playlist Automix Type 4 modes NONE this is a simple CUT mix that plays 2557 the entire file from start to finish including TMM io any gaps atthe beginning or end Fe iprnsfaes SMART VirualViny attempts to determine the optimal mix point based on the outro of the current track and intro of the upcoming track mi time varies from 4 to 8 secs Femowadiats depending on the tracks F FADE skip introoutro attempts to remove the dead air intro or outro segments and creates a crossfade point based on the settings of the Automix Length FADE keep intro outro keeps the entice track from beginning to end and creates a crosstade point based on the settings of the Automix Length Automix Length Length used for the Automix FADE types Lengihs are 0 seconds CUT 1 2 4 8 or 16 seconds fades using the FULL crossfado Repeat Two diferent Repeat options are available When clicking on the options button the Repeat option lets you repeat the whole Automix Playlist Once all tracks have been played the Automix will start over again with the first track inthe list Prior to or during the Automix rightclick o
58. s configured in a diferent order the results will be diferent 36 VirtualVinj can be synchronized between multiple Instances and or synchronize multiple computers running VirtualVinyl No synchronization turns synchronization of Local synchronization allows multiple instances of VirtualViny to run and synchronize together on the same computer Network synchronization allows several computers running VirualVinyl to synchronize over a network ar iut IN Vitualvinyi can be controlled using a wide array of extemal contolers Once the contoler is connected start VituaViny select tho Config p Remote Control tab and enable your controlor by Checking the corresponding Enable box the controller is propery set up and connected a green do appears next to I If tho Controller is improperly connected a red dot wil appear nox lo iL If the control does not seem to function ty to uncheck and re check the Enable box This wil rset ho Connection between VirtuaVinl and th contol Controlers are support via 2 methods Native support or MIDI support Native Support once connected and activated a native controller can be used immediately without any addtional configuration required Native support of a controlier does not imply that ail of the Controller s features or functonaity wil contol tie comesponding actions in VitusVinyL Most Controllers can be enhanced or expanded to support additonal functions thro
59. t already exists Split in multiple files i checked wil spit the session as separato tracks instead of one large audio fle When spliting to separato tracks a Cut button appears next to the Start Recording button you can use this button to demarcate tracks The Auto splt on Crossfade option wil automatically demarcate tracks when the crossfader in VirtuaVinyl Interface begins to move to the deck being mixed in Format select the audio fle format to be used when recording WAV wil record a WAY audio fle MP3 will record an MP3 audio fle Encoder this is the path to the MP3 encoder If the encoder is in a different folder than the VirtualVinyl folder use the browse button to navigate and select the encoder s location Bitrate select the MP3 bitrate A bitrate of 192Kbps is recommended for CD quality recording Once the choices are set cick OK and then Start Recording when ready Press Stop Recording when finished with the session VIRTUALVINYL VirtualVinyl can record the session in a CD image format Select Bum CD for VirtuaViny to record the session as a BiN VituaViny fe type which contains all Tor bumi BIN Virtualvinyl image types Click on Config to access the Configuration settings for CD recording Record From chooses the recording source Auto Start checking this box will automatically begin the recording when the firs
60. t the equalizer on the deck when you load anew track onto iL Auto VirtualVinyl if enabled will advance track postion to the first cue point if one exists or to the first beat ofthe song if no cue exists and if always is selected when loading a track Auto Headphones This option allows for automatic switching of headphone cues If you select on load the headphone cue wil switch the headphone cue when you load a new track If you select always the headphone cue will switch when you load a new track or scratch a track that is already playing Disengage Beatlock When engaged the Beatiock feature wil keep the deck locked to the beat on the other deck no matter if you are scratching or changing the pitch on the other deck Selecting on load or on switch will automatically disengage the beatiock feature when the dock is loaded switched Auto Cross Length Uso this slider to specify the duration of the fade during automatic mixing If this is set to 0 let sido the tracks will lay from start to finish Max Load Specifies the duration maximum beyond which the track wil not be loaded in memory Loading tracks which are too long may put a strain on your system performance and cause VirtualVinyl to not function properly Adjusting this setting makes it possible to play long tracks without overloading the memory of your computer Scrolling Allows you to reverse the direction of the scroting
61. t track begins playing If not checked then you will need to manually start the recording by pressing tho Start Recording button Fle Path provide the path and name of the file where the recording is going to be saved Prompt if overwrite checked will prompt to overwrite when trying to record to a flo that already exists Once the choices are set click OK and then Start Recording when ready Press Stop Recording when finished with the session To demarcate tracks use the Cuf button found next to the Start Recording button When you have finished recording you will have a BIN VirtualVinyl fle which you can burn with your favorita CD buming application For more information about buming BIN VirtualVinyl fles consult the documentation of your burning software 55 iut IN VirtualViny also allows you to broadcast your session in realtime as a webcast on the Internet This way people around the world can listen to your mix session Click on Config to access the configuration settings for recording a fe Record From chooses the recording source Auto Stari checking this box wil automatically begin the recording when the first track begins playing If not checked then you will need to manually start the recording by pressing the Start Recording button Format Icocast OGG format streaming Shoutcast MP3 format streaming Shoutcast will also nee
62. t while playing Once youre on the Cue Point pressing and holding down Vitualinyl allows for temporary play of his point If you want to deleto a Cue Point right lick on its icon on the Wavelorm display and select delet stutter Play Stars the musk f you press StuttoriPlay while tho song is already playing lt wil estat the music from tho last postion you pressed Pay from creating a sut effect Pause ops the audio where it s curent playing Subsequent cicks il cycle through the begining of the song and al the Cue Points Fight cickng wil automaticaly goto te rst beat in he song 9 sme Wen you cick Sync VituaVin wil sync the tempo of the dock to tho opposite decks tempo you press Sync while the song is paused only the pich wil be adjusted Jt you pross Sync while the song is playing tho boats wit bo smoothly aligned to It you Fightciek on Syn the song wil start already aligned on the noxt boat Note the right click sync doesnt use the Computed Beat Grid but instead aligns the next audible beat This behavior lets you purposely start on half or quarter notes for special affcts but tho downside is that it won work during a break or when there is no audible beats 9 Pitch sider Controls the spoodipitch of the music By moving the sider downward tho speed of tho music speeds up By moving upward tno speed slows down Tho Zero Dutton lets you smoothly bring the Pitch back to 100 Double click
63. thods Master record the mix tem e Master MIC record the mic and yay another audio source such as a aw atc microphone 5 Line IN record only from the Line input of the soundcard or VO interface For example i using an extemal mixer to mix the output of the mixer can be connected to the Line input ofthe soundcard or UO device The recording will feature all of the manipulations and cross fading performed on the extemal mixer There are additional configuration adjustments associated with each of the methods VIRTUALVINYI Record File provides recording a mix session to a WAV or MPS fil direct to the system s hard drive When the recording is completed it can thon be listened to in VirtualVinyl edited with an audio editing application or writen to a CD using a CD burning software To setup the Record File click on Config to access the configuration settings for recording a fl Record From chooses the recording source Auto Start checking this box wil automaticaly begin the recording when the frst tack begins playing W not tuum checked then you wil need to gt s manually start the recording by pressing the Start Recording button Fle Path provide the path and name of ho fle where the recording will be saved Prompt if overwrite if checked will prompt to overwrite when trying to record to a flo tha
64. ugh the use of custom Coded mapper NOTE Some controllers may require supporting divers to be loaded before the system recognizes hem so consul the User Manual for tha controller before instal Native Supported Controllers Numark ICDX DMC2 DMCI v2 Tota Control PODU DAC 2 DAC S Hercules DJ Console DUC Behringer BCD2000 D Wayl 2020 xpo TON iVetualVin MIDI Support using a MIDI controle which is not supported natively than uso ho MIDI controller option Click tho MIDI Config button to access the MIDI mapping interface In this monu options for creating loading saving merging and moditing MIDI mappings is avalble t you would ike to add mappings by hand click on Add Select tho parameter to map from the menu on the lft as wel as which deck tho mapping will apply o Than move the control on ho MIDI controler knob sider eto to map toto parameter VitualVinyi wil automatica detect the controller number and map to ho selected parameter VIRTUALVINYL This is a ist of tho codecs which Cue will use to interpret and decode sound and video files These Include the most common sound and video le extensions VirualVinyi does not natively pick up on al available codecs for decoding audio and video Specie to video decoding there is a small collection that VirtuaVinyfs Video Decoder is coded to handle The Windows Media Player Video Decoder is avalabo a codec not natively supported by VirualVi
65. vement of the needle on the grooves to obtain the best scratch sound possible A fitor siz of 11 gives the best quality CPU ratio producing good quality while keeping a low computational overhead d ktz c 44kHz Describes how VitualVinyl wil interpolate between 48kHz and 44 1kHz sample ratos Choosing Basic Interpolation wil save some system resources and could improve performance For better quality interpolation choose Lowpass Fier 11 taps is tho best Qualiy CPU ratio NOTE Most commercially available music is recorded at 44 kHz including MP3s so it is a good idea to set your soundcands output to 44 1kHz This wil prevent your soundcard from having to interpolate to different sample rates and wil improve performance Unless you have worked with different sample rates before tho 44 TkHz sating should be default for your soundcard MASTER TEMPO The master tempo setting describes how VirtualViny changes the pitch of the song without changing its tone KeyLock feature The default Fast algorithm uses only a small percentage of CPU power and produces good results at pitches in the range of 10 to 10 For extreme pitching the fast algorithm can produce some choppiness If your computer is fast enough this can be corrected by using the Advanced algorithm option With the Advanced option raising the complexity or spatiaization ot the algorithm can quickly overflow the system s CPU capabilities
66. visual The VirtualVinyl Info tab provides the version number along with copyright Information about application In addition thore are three buttons Check for Updates makes an internet query to the Vituainy Download Center and checks to see if any updates are available NOTE An Internet Connection is required for update checks and plugin download Download Plugins Logs onto the VirtualVinyl website to display avalable plugins Reset to Factory settings Reset VirtualViny s settings back to the recommended defaults Al configuration tabs wil be affected a TIMECODE CONTRO When you open the Timecode Configuration window you can choose to view the window in Simple or Advanced view For the most part you might never have to go into the Advanced View the Simple View shows the most essential imecode configuration that you will probably need You will notice that there is an Auto Config button for each virtual deck This button can be used to automatically detect the required timecode settings for the software to function properly mm To uso tho Auto config feature 1 Play both timecode input sources Le play both timecode CDs or play both timecode records 2 In the software press each decks Aulo Config button to automaticaly configure the timecode settings If the timecode signal is configured propery 777 you wil see a green dot next to Timecode Qualty as shown on the right i
67. which wil splay the video master output NOTE Only Monitors which are part o tho windows desktop can be selected I the monitor is mot nthe lst open Windows display stings and activate the Extend desktop on this monitor forthe desired monitor Use Hardware Acceleration Uses DirectX to compute and display the video NOTE Unies you are using a video card that is far od you shouldnt tum this on Linked crossfaders This option allows VitualVinyl to ink to ho audio crosstader for controling video crosstades If unlinked unchecked the video crossfado can bo Controlled using tho video crossfador knob labeled Cross underneath the video screen in Fulvideo skin Decode while hidden Provided with a sttong perfomance computer Vituainyi Can decode video content even when iis hidden This may prevent some jlis wich may occur when video content is brought into the mix with the crossfader Activate on load Automaticaly activates the video engine a video fo is loaded to either deck I you want to pay just the audio rack ofa video uncheck this feature so the video engine wi not be activated Hide logo Checking this option wil hide the VitualViny logo from the video mix window umber Audio Only Plugein Check this option and select the desired plug in from the drop down box When Playing aucio only fles this option wil acivate the plugin to act as a visual Example plug in selection the Sonique

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