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1. ceeeeeee eee eees Instant Beat Matching Time Elapsed Remaining Toggle SUNET nS or crncatsre arene be eeenemernnta eons BPM to Pitch Toggle A Final Note aaaea 82 Digital Audio Controller DAC 2 The purpose of the DAC 2 is to give the professional DJ real world touch control to manipulate the PCDJ Software This Controller combines the incredible working power of today s computers and hands on workability with on the fly capabilities Connecting the DAC 2 Controller Connecting the controller to your computer only requires a few simple steps Step 1 Put the PCDJ CD in your computers CD ROM Drive If CD has been lost or damaged you can download DAC 2 drivers from www pcdj com support web page Step 2 A animated screen should appear Now click on Dac 2 Driver button Sj Macromedia Flash Player 6 83 STEP 3 Plug the Power Cord into the DAC 2 Power Input connector STEP 4 Plug the 12V DC 500mA Power Supply other end of the power cord into a wall socket Dac 2 should power on then off STEP 5 Plug the USB Cable into the USB Port of your Computer STEP 6 Plug the other end of the USB Cable into the USB Port of your Digital Audio Controller DAC 2 Step 7 An installation wizard should pop up at this time Step 8 Click Next to let Windows auto search for DAC 2 drivers located on PCDJ CD If Windows cant find
2. Visiosoric Ltd NOTE Keep This INIT Code Although you won t need to enter this Code again if you wish to transfer your license to another computer you will need to start PCDJ RED with your scroll lock key enabled and use this INIT Code to Receive a Remove Code which you can use on our website to Register another computer for more instructions call support at 727 799 3829 20 Chapter Il Configuration Now that you have successfully installed the PCDJ Software lets make sure you are running the latest version then we can go through the configuration steps Before we do this let s familiarize ourselves with the Title Bar Title Bar The Title Bar is located at the very top of PCDJ Software The left corner of the Title Bar includes a 12 or 24 hour clock depending on your settings Name of the PCDJ Software is displayed to right of the clock You can CLICK and Hold your mouse button over the PCDJ Software Name and Move the PCDJ Software screen wherever you like This will come in handy when adding music to your Recordcase Depending on your PCDJ Software you may have more or less buttons on the Title bar to choose from These buttons open different Modules or VRM Plug in s Visiosonic Plug in Architect is known as VRM Virtual Rack Modules FYI The Dual Players are considered a Module and are always shown and cannot be hidden Title Bar Buttons LP Button This button displays or hides the
3. STOP Installation i SS Step 10 A Second installation wizard should appear Follow Steps 8 and 9 again to complete DAC 2 Instillation The DAC 2 is now connected to your computer has power and should be ready to work with The PCDJ Software Connection Verification It is necessary to verify that the DAC 2 is properly installed connected to your Computer and the PCDJ Software Step 1 Right Click on My Computer located on your Desktop or on your windows Start Menu My Documents Open Explore Search Manage Map Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive Create Shortcut Delete Step 2 System Properties window should appear Click Hardware tab then Click on the Device Manager Button System Properties axl System Restore Automatic Updates Remote General Computer Name Advanced f Add Hardware Wizard The Add Hardware Wizard helps you install hardware Add Hardware Wizard r Device Manager Eo The Device Manager lists all the hardware devices installed ESR on your computer Use the Device Manager to change the properties of any device Diva Sing C Derce amon gt Hardware Profiles Hardware profiles provide a way for you to set up and store 2g different hardware configurations Hardware Profiles Cancel Apply Step 3 Device Manager Window Should Appear Look for Ports Com amp LPT now click on the symbol to expand tree Yo
4. nana Recordcase Recordcase Group Section This area is on the far left side of your Recordcase and displays the list of Groups and Subgroups for each Group NOTE You can have as many as 365 Groups and Subgroups Recordcase Track Section This area is to the right of the Recordcase Group Section and list all of your tracks songs in each Subgroup Loading Tracks into the Recordcase After you have ripped encoded or downloaded songs to your computer you can retrieve these tracks and add them to your Recordcase There are two ways to add music to your Recordcase 48 The first being the easy way organizing all of your music into Folders Groups and Subfolders Subgroups on your Hard Drive Then Drag and Drop Folders Groups to the Recordcase Group Section This will create Groups and Subgroups based on your filing structure organization of Folders and Subfolders on your Hard Drive The Second way is to use the Right Click New Groups Subgroup option and drag and drop Music files into Recordcase Track Section window By now you should have learned how to create folders and subfolders within folders If not go back and review the beginning of this chapter You should organize you music into Folders and Subfolder To building your Recordcase is as easy as holding down the mouse button on a Folder and Drag and Drop Folder s Group s into PCDJ S Recordcase Group Section window As you can see below have created many Fol
5. becomes the Master Player In other words it takes over the Pitch Control of both Players When you move the Pitch Control Slide on the Controller of the Master Player you will see both Slides move in Players A and B This allows you to manipulate the speed of the songs in unison FYI Move the Pitch Control Slide on the Controller of the Subor dinate Player and you will see the white dot located to the right of the Slide s handle on the PCDJ Software move This dot simply shows you the position of the Controller s Pitch Control Slide s The LED light that is illuminated shows that the Player it represents is the subordinate or slave Player If you were to change out the track in the Master Player with a new track the LED light of the subordinate Player would begin to blink This means that that Player s Pitch Control is now independent of the Master Player but is still set to the previous pitch setting made by the Master Player To reset the subordinate Player s Tempo Control you only need to slide the Control Slide of the subordinate Player on the Controller to meet the Control Slide of the PCDJ Software The blinking LED light will turn off the white dot on the PCDJ Software will once again move with the Slide and the Control will be delegated back to the Player FYI Another way to reset the Tempo Control back to the subordinate Player is by holding down the Shift button and pressing the Match b
6. on click on the SHFL button located on the top left corner of the Recordcase to the right of the Play button The SHFL button will illuminate indicating its activation Click on the button again or click on the eve CUE button to turn it off Message Bar The function of this status bar is designed to supply you with information about the players and the Recordcase 75 Metronome Button This button will allow you to click to the beat of a song After 10 clicks of the mouse on the MET button it will show the BPM in the display beside the MET button This button will flash to the beat while the metronome sounds to the beat The Increment Decrement buttons beside the BPM display allow you to change the BPM The Metronome sound can be changed with the buttons to the left of the BPM display Classic TR 808 and TR 909 sounds are available to extend your mixes The buttons to the left of the Metronome sound display 808 BD allow you to Stop Play Hold H and Bend amp the Metronome The Metronome Match button matches the metronome to player A with a Left Click and matches it to player B with a Right Click These features allow you to not only use the Metronome as a crude BPM test but to actually extend your mixes with Bass Drums Hi Hats Clicks Claps and more How to Manual BPM 1 Using the MET Button or Metronome on the Command Bar just above the Recordcase begin tapping to the beat of song you wish to
7. s position in the song Beat Stepping If you have a Cue Point set and it is chosen in the Cue Point Indicator holding down the Match button and pressing the Cue Memory buttons will move the Cue Point exactly one beat per click The left button moving backwards by one and the right one moving forward by one for each time you press it The Beat Step feature makes it easier to set a cue on the fly because you only need to listen to the beat of the song and set a cue on the beat Then you can easily move the Cue Point forward or backwards as many beats as you wish If there is a portion of a song that had no drum beat to follow for example if there s only talking or strings playing you can set the Cue Point before or after this section and then move the Cue Point to include this section Then when the drum beat starts up again it will be on the correct count NOTE To do Beat Stepping the BPMs of a song must be entered prior to using this feature If no BPMs are entered there is no way the PCDJ Software can calculate the beat The Wait List 95 To load tracks into the Wait List with the DAC 2 follow the steps below STEP 1 Select a track on the Recordcase a highlight will show over the chosen track STEP 2 Hold down the Waitlist button and press the Load button STEP 3 Repeat steps 1 amp 2 until you ve built your desired playlist To learn how to do more things with the Wait List such as play tracks and
8. A gt B and A B matching 15 Seek Reverse Forward Buttons These buttons allow you to seek or jump backwards or forwards through a song in either Play or Pause modes Placing the mouse pointer over one of the Seek reverse or Seek forward buttons while holding down the mouse button quickly runs through the song being played The left mouse button moves through a song at a medium speed and the right mouse button moves very fast 62 16 VU Meters This Left and Right VU Meters show the real time playback levels in stereo of the song being played 17 MT Button This button engages disengages Master Tempo which keeps the key or tune of the song constant as it is sped up or slowed down 18 Tempo Key Sliders Each player has an individual Tempo and Key slider While the Tempo slider will keep the Key constant with MT engaged the Key constant can still be adjusted via the Key slider allowing for interesting effects The values of both Tempo and Key are displayed in a window above the sliders 19 Tempo Bend Buttons These Bend Buttons above the Tempo and Key sliders allow you to temporarily change the tempo of the song as the button is pressed 20 Tempo Step Up Step Down Reset Buttons These buttons allow you to change the tempo in very small and exact increments The amount of each Tempo Step is configurable with the CFG button NOTE Using the Forward or Reverse Seek buttons will put the Players in the
9. BPM 2 After tapping this button 10 times an audible metronome will begin playing and the MET button will flash Their BPM will be displayed in the Command Bar s Message Window 3 By using the Metronome s Increment and Decrement buttons you can change the BPM of the Metronome by small amounts 4 Using the Metronome s Stop or Hold button stop the Metronome The Hold button will begin the Metronome again upon release of this button This is helpful for restarting the Metronome on beat with the track you are attempting to BPM 5 Once the Metronome is staying perfectly in beat with the song for 30 45 seconds or to the point you are comfortable the BPM is correct Right click on the track and click edit id3vtag 76 Now enter the BPM into the correct field and click ok You Won t be able to edit the BPM of the track loaded into the player until you remove that song by adding a new track to that player You must use right click refresh Subgroup for BPM to save to track permanently SCAN This button will enter the BPM Gain Scan view In order to SCAN a track you must first select the track s in the Recordcase right click and select the BPM Gain SCAN option Then use the SCAN button to view the tracks being scanned After tracks are completed scanning you can right click in SCAN mode and use Remove Scanned Tracks option Please make sure to Right click on the Subgroup s you Scanned music from and Refresh Subgroup to dis
10. CD ROM unit s CD Ripping Drive All Windows XP Users will have to go to www pcdj com support web page download and install Windows XP patch You must restart your computer and change this CD Ripping Drive to ASPI before you can RIP Copy a CD to your Computer Windows 2000 Users should have this setting to generic win32 Unless your having trouble Ripping then you should install Windows XP Patch as well Ripp Codec Use this option to change Bit Rates The higher the Bit Rate the better the sound Quality The Rip Codec offers different bit rates to be used in the encoding process The PCDJ Software is capable of ripping up to 320 Kbit rate in CBR Constant Bit Rate and 192 Kbit rate in VBR Variable Bit Rate The default is set at CBR 160 Kbit If you would like to use a different Bit Rate it would be beneficial to understand the differences between Bit Rates With this being said let s go over this a Bit A bit is a particle of information relating to computers More specifically it s a voltage pulsing through a circuit acting as information in a computer The bit rate is the amount of information that flows through a circuit These bit rates have been standardized into certain quantities of kilobits A kilobit is 1 024 bits e g 128 Kbits 35 131 072 bits A few of the standard rates are 96 Kbits 128 Kbits 192 Kbits The higher the bit rate the faster the transfer of data A modem could be used as a g
11. Edit mode You will not have a safety buffer so NEVER use these buttons to search through a song when playing live Use them only to set Cue Points at a gig The Mixer Module The PCDJ Software Mixer is designed for those who don t have their own mixer or want to lighten there load and dump there external mixer all together Mixer allows control of the Main Volume Cue Volume Cue Cross Fader Compressor limiter 3 band EQ with Kills Player cross faders Player Volume functions NOTE A Multichannel sound card is required in order to cue up your mix using the Monitor volume and cue buttons Multichannel sound card is a sound card with more than one output One output for your audience to hear and second output to prelisten cue your mix before the audience hears It s like having 2 soundcards in one 63 The Volume Cue Mixer and Compressor controls The diagram below is a close up of the right side of the mixer Observe how they look and where they are located Main Volume Control The Main Volume Control Slider runs the overall output volume of the left and right channels of the PCDJ Software Its dial is easily manipulated by holding down the mouse button on the Main Volume Slider and vertically moving the mouse pointer up for higher volume and down for lower volume Cue Volume Control The Cue Volume Control runs the overall output volume of the Cue Manipulation of the Slider is the same as with t
12. S Ripper The PCDJ Software allows you to RIPP copy WAV files as well as encode MP3 and WMA files Understanding a few basics of Bit Rate WAV MP3 and WMA will be useful when you begin to RIPP As we go over a particular Config Option will give you a crash course on the subjects in order to give you the data you need to create music files that are best suited for your needs FYI When creating an MP3 or WMA file two steps are involved in the process First the digital music on the CD is copied to the hard drive and stored as a WAV file This is a term called ripping Then the WAV file on the hard drive is encoded into an MP3 or WMA file CONnNHBUr au8n edcor ion Reve Administration Site Status Test e freedb freedb org X Drive CD Ripping Driver ASPI pe Ripp Format Ripp Codec g ion CBR 160 kbps x E Always use Software Correction For Karaoke Discs CDG Karaoke Ripping Settings Ripper TAB 34 The following features control the options of Ripping and Encoding Test Free DB Site This button allows you to test the functional status of the Online Database so PCDJ Software can automatically retrieve track information from the Internet with the Online Database CD Library We use www freedb freedb org This is a free service and is not supported by Visiosonic We have no control of the CD information that is automatically supplied to you Drive This text box lets you choose the drive of your
13. To configure is to choose options in order to customize something The CFG button on your PCDJ Software brings you to an area where you can customize some of your PCDJ Software functions Constant Bit Rate This simply means that the bit rate does not change throughout the duplication or encoding process Cue Cue is not a special computerized term and by definition it is a signal or device that directs something to happen A cue directs or suggests that something occur at a particular time Setting Cue Points in a song in your PCDJ Software allows you the choice to begin playing at specific points throughout the song Cursor A movable indicator such as a blinking line 1 in a word processor like Microsoft Word that shows where the next character letter or symbol will be typed Desktop Manager When you start up your computer before you open any programs the screen that you see on your Windows program is called the Desktop Manager It s where you begin using your computer in opening up programs etc Dialog Box A window that allows you to communicate with your computer They 103 supply information for you to read regarding what you re working on as well as allowing you to type information or select among options to tell your computer what it needs to know in order to complete a particular task Directory A directory is an area of a disk created for storing related groups of files Driver A program t
14. a Save As window expands allowing you to save the song to a folder of your choice in your computer There can be a lag in time five seconds or more before this window appears Click on the drop down list ea And look for the music folder We created earlier Located in C drive FYI By right mouse clicking on the song choosing Save Target As and saving the songs to a folder of your choice it will be easy to find the tracks later on when you go to retrieve them If you click on the song with the normal left mouse button you are not given an option to save to a folder and the file will automatically be played in your web browser encrypted The MP3 tracks are encrypted so they will only play back in PCDJ Software 47 The Recordcase The Recordcase is where your virtual collection of music is kept Unlike your physical collection where everything is just stacked together in racks and or boxes you can make Groups and Subgroups to separate and categorize your music files You can also change the sort orders or Groups Subgroups BPM Artist Track Album Version Comment Duration Format BitRate Year etc Drag and drop capabilities also add to PCDJ Software s overall efficiency and ease of loading tracks into the players ji Pos Format BPM Artist Title 1 MP3 072 82 Ad Libs The Boy Fro E lt Root gt OO o o o i o o o D d o o Ld i
15. are compressed and stored on a computer disk With this technology it is possible to produce high quality recordings while only using up approximately one tenth the amount of disk space used with that of CDs The sound quality of MP3 and WMA files are almost as good as WAV files in that most people would not be able to detect any difference in sound But as there are some audiophiles who can notice a slight emptiness due to the missing overlapping sounds that are stripped out in the process there is some controversy to any claims of this compression format being equal to CD quality It all boils down to values going with very large CD quality files that take up more memory on your computer versus saving a lot of computer memory space in lieu of a loss of sound fidelity that would not be detectable by the greatest majority of listeners In summary ripping means you are simply duplicating the CD s WAV format onto the hard drive Encoding to MP3 means the WAV file on the hard drive is transformed into a compressed file called MP3 Change Copy CD Path 37 This is the location your CD s will be copied PCDJ Software will automatically create folders based on Artist Name and a subfolder within the Artist folder for Aloum name The default location PCDJ copies your music CD to is within My Documents within My Music folder KARAOKE Ripping Settings rd Allows you to use the CD ROM correction to able the user to ripp CD
16. automatically load Players A and B and play the songs in the Recordcase or Wait List in the exact order of the list Auto Play loads and plays your tracks automatically in exact sequence If you have tracks in the Wait List Auto Play will play your tracks in the list then when the Wait List is used up it will continue playing by moving into the next Wait List or Subgroup and playing the tracks there This way if you re caught away from the player there will not be any stops in the music FYI Auto Play works only where no editing are occurring If you try to do any thing other than adjusting volume levels changing EQ settings or applying RED you will disengage Auto Play or Shuffle You can change Groups and Subgroups at any time and Auto Play will start loading and playing the tracks in the newly chosen Group or Subgroup To turn on Auto Play click on the Play button located in the upper left hand corner of the Recordcase The Play button will Illuminate indicating that it is activated To turn it off click the button once more or click on the CUE button on the Player that is running Auto Shuffle Auto Shuffle will play the songs in your Recordcase or Wait List in random order The Auto Shuffle mode is exactly like Auto Play except it will play your tracks in random order After going through the Wait List it will switch to a different Wait List or Subgroup and load and play the tracks there To turn Auto Shuffle
17. changes and exit Configuration STEP 6 After the Track Information has been filled in for all your selected tracks click on the Start button located at the top of the Recordcase to begin ripping encoding the songs that you checked off You will see a progress bar showing the progress of the first track being ripped The PCDJ Software will ripp encode all of the selected tracks in the same sequence see below PCDJ Software will automatically create a folder by Artist name and create subfolder within the Artist folder by Album These folders are created within a folder called My Music that is located 45 within My Documents If you want to change the default location PCDJ Software copies your music to Right click on any track in your Recordcase and move your mouse pointer over to Copy CD Menu then click on Set Copy CD Path A dialog box expands titled Browse for Folder Your computer wants to know where in your computer you would like to save your music files after they are created Click on the C Drive then click on the Music folder created earlier then click one of the folders within the Music folder like 80 s 90 s Country Dance Hip Hop Latin etc were you would like to save you music to and click OK You have just ripped encoded the tracks that you chose from your CD and placed the files in their proper folder Next you re going to learn how to download MP3 files from the Internet or skip ahead to loading trac
18. delete tracks check back to Chapter IV under these topic headings Turntable Break Off Another cool feature in the DAC 2 is the Turntable Break When you hold down the Shift button and press Cue when the Player is playing the PCDJ Software will slow down to a stop creating a sound like a turntable being shut off Turntable Break On When you hold down the Shift button and press Play when the Player is stopped the PCDJ Software will start playing from a complete stop and gradually speed up to normal play speed The sound effect is like a turntable being turned on Creating Loops A Loop is a short length of sound that can be used to work into a mix for creating greater effects of the music STEP 1 To create a Loop first choose one of the cue positions in the Cue Point Indicator STEP 2 While playing a song hold down the Preview button and press the Pitch Bend button and a Loop will 96 be created in the length of 4 beats Each time you press the button the Loop will decrease in length If you want to lengthen the Loop hold down the Preview button and press the Pitch Bend button Each time you press the button the Loop will increase its length by 4 beats Playing a Loop To play a Loop select a cue position that has a loop created earlier Now just press the Loop Preivew button and Play button at the same time The Loop begins to play You can also stutter the Loop by tapping the Play but
19. file format developed by Microsoft Beat A repeating sound that creates speed or tempo usually made by an instrument such as a drum Bit A bit is a particle of information relating to computers More speci fically it s a voltage pulsing through a circuit acting as information in a computer Bit Rate The bit rate is the amount of information that will flow through a circuit A few of the standard rates are 96 Kbit 128 Kbit 196 Kbit 244 Kbit The higher the bit rate the faster the transferring of data The amount of time it would take to transfer data on a 56 Kbit modem is much less than the time it would take to transfer the same data on a 28 8 Kbit modem Also better sound quality is achieved at higher bit rates Subsequently the higher the bit rate that is used the more memory that is used up to store the greater amounts of 102 information Consider the different bit rates as pipe lines with different diameters The wider the pipe the more information that can flow through And just the same the amount of information that flows at 256 Kbit rate is much greater than at 96 Kbit rate Buffer A reservoir of memory preserved to hold data while the data is being processed In the PCDJ Software the buffer basically plays the song 10 seconds ahead of time before you actually hear it making sure no skipping or other malfunctions occur Circuit A path or line in which electrical current flows CFG Configuration
20. for duplicating and storing high quality music This format has great advantages over previous technologies PCDJ RED is a cutting edge tool for the DJ in utilizing the computer and MP3 technology to their greatest capacities A relentless effort for simplicity of operation makes the PCDJ Software a beast among others And because of this the transition to the inevitable application of computers is painless and all empowering for the DJ Chapter Installation 11 Welcome Preparing your PC Personal Computer Installing The PCDJ Software Starting PCDJ Software for the First Time Registering and Unlocking PCDJ Software Conclusion Chapter IIl Configuration 21 Hardware Interface Automation Ripper Administration Chapter Ill PCDJ RED Diagrams 41 The Player The Mixer amp 3 band EQ The RED Module The Loop Editor The Recordcase Track Information BPM Counter Cue Information Chapter IV The DAC 2 84 10 Chapter I Installation Welcome PCDJ Software has many features not available from other brand players This manual will orient you with all of the features in an easy to understand format You will quickly find just how simple this player is to use and how much freedom you now have in mixing music So let s get started with this state of the art MP3 DJ system Note If you have purchased a complete computer system from us through ph
21. is the MP3 format analyzes the audio 8 files and discerns which are within the realm of the human ear s ability to hear and which are not The hearing range is within 20Hz cycles per second and 20 000Hz The MP3 format discards the non discernable sounds saving ample amounts of disk space DJs are mixing with incredible precision reaching further realms of creativity and giving phenomenal performances like never before by encompassing conventional mixing with the computer and PCDJ RED MP3 software from Visiosonic And for auditions the savvy DJ has this latest technology to remain a competitive commodity in this ever growing field This DJ system for professionals is comprised of a pair of virtual Players Mixer with 3 band EQ and Infinity Kill buttons RED Module LE Loop Editor Recorder Recordcase and the optional KJ VRM Plug In Karaoke all visible from one computer screen The idea is simple you copy encode your collection of music CD s to MP3 files store them on a hard drive then use the PCDJ Software interface to set up your playlist crossmix between tracks change volume levels beat match one song with the other and so on add RED s etc The interface is so friendly it s just like working a real life system but with much more control and many more capabilities As CD technology replaced vinyl records because of the significant advantages it brought to the table MP3 is the next generation of digital format
22. mix If you have only one sound card with one single stereo out no changes are required PCDJ Software should have already set itself to use the default sound card The output of both Player 1 and Player 2 CueMix Metronome and Loop Editor go to the single output channel of your sound card This setting is basically for hobby use only as you cannot achieve true stereo separation and will not be able to cue up your mix using only one sound card You may proceed to the Interface section If you do have a Multichanel Soundcard continue going over Hardware options below Every computer is NOT equipped with a Multichannel Soundcard that will allow you to Cue Prelisten your mix A Multichannel Soundcard has at least two pairs of Stereo output s Two Stereo output pair is one Left and Right audio channel and a second Left and Right audio channel Multichannel Soundcard s can be listed two different ways in PCDJ Software Hardware Config screen Examples One Internal PCI Multichanel Soundcard for a Desktop Computer will list as two different Soundcards The MAYA 44 Soundcard list as 1 MAYA 44 Wave and 2 MAYA 44 Wave or the Waveterminal 192L Soundcard list as 1 Waveterminial 192L and 2 Waveterminal 192L Notice the sound card names are the same the only difference is the number 1 or 2 before the sound card name When Using a MAYA 44 or Waveterminal 192L Do NOT change the Channels from 1 2 Second example is for External USB Mul
23. on controller to reach full tempo Vu Hold Delay ms This is the number of milliseconds the line above the VU meters will hold in position before dropping to meet the rest of the 29 VU meter Master Tempo Bend The Master Tempo Bend feature allows you to temporarily slow down or speed up a song using the Master Tempo feature This makes it impossible to hear the change in the Key of the song as the speed changes but can also make it tougher for some to beat match by ear If this feature is disabled the normal Tempo Bend feature will be used with a slight change in Key of the song while bending These Sia buttons are located at the top of the Tempo Key Control Sliders see Diagram above You can choose the degree of bend in pitch in three different levels Small Bend Medium Bend and Large Bend The settings are in percents The default setting for Small is 0 5 for Medium is 1 5 and Large is 3 0 Just click the Up Down arrows for each level to change the pitch bend percentages LCD Blink Warning Blink Elapsed Blink Remaining Blink Sec A y is displayed to the left of LCD Blink Warning which activates these options These options are very useful as it offers a forewarning that the end of a song is approaching You have the choice of either displaying Blink Elapsed time or Blink Remaining time on the players Not Both To begin to blink at a specified time you can adjust the Blink Sec as lo
24. on which Com Port your computer assigned the DAC 2 will determine which Com Port COM1 COM2 etc you will need to choose in the Controller Com Port drop down menu Z COMI COM2 STEP 4 If you can t remember what Com Port your DAC 2 was on do this choose the first port in the list by clicking the Down Arrow to the right of the Controller Com Port text box Then click the Test Controller button If there is no resulting information showing in the Controller msg text box choose the next choice in the list in the same fashion and so on until you see DAC Found text box then click Ok to save changes and exit Configuration Editor 87 The DAC 2 Features Diagram The DAC 2 has many awesome features specifically designed to allow the DJ to reach new levels of dynamic performance and a higher realm of creativity As you look at the front of this controller you ll notice many controls which complete many functions But depending on the mode that the PCDJ Software is in these same controls will complete other tasks as well Also many of them used in combination will create even more effects This section manual will show you the different controls of the DAC 2 what they do and how to manipulate them in the different modes But before we move on to the diagram it is important to first understand the difference between the Player mode and the Sampler mode Read the next section and then proceed with the DAC 2 diag
25. performing live This combination is so efficient you ll wonder how you ever got along without it in the past Once you ve input the track information and set the BPM s to your tracks you will have an extremely efficient system to perform with Enjoy state of the art mixing in the new millennium 80 Chapter IV The Digital Audio Controller Chapter VII The DAC 2 Connecting the DAC 2 Connecting Verification Features Diagram ee Sampler Player and Edit Modes More on the DAC 2 cceeeee eee ee ees Pausing the Player 00 Seek with Sound ccseeeeeeee eee eeeee eens Pitch Control Range 0 eeeee PItGh BENG assess cuts sess celeste ek PUCH Step ornen eee Choosing a Cue Position Different Ways to Set Cue points Make Cue Points on the Fly Beat Stepping ceeeeeeee eee The Wait List cece cece ee ee ees Turntable Break ON OFF Creating Loops 0 0ceeeeeeeeees Loading a Loop into a Player 81 Playing a Loop 6 eceeeee eee ee eee Switching Between Modes Using Multiple Loops Reverse Loop Play e Mixing Tracks
26. pitch was not precisely matched This is where the Pitch Step control becomes very useful By holding down the Load button while the Player is playing and tapping the or Pitch Bend buttons you can move the Pitch Control Slide in very small increments 0 01 This way you will be able to perfectly match up the two songs together Choosing a Position on the Cue Point Indicator When the Player is in the Sampler mode Simply press the left or right Cue Memory buttons to scroll up or down the Cue Point Indicator to choose one of the 20 cue memory positions for storing or playing Cue Points When the Player is in the player mode but stopped You can hold down the Match button and press the left or right Cue Memory buttons to step forward or backwards in BPMs 93 Different Ways to Set Cue Points There are a number of ways to set Cue Points with the DAC 2 Below is one way to do this Set Cue Points with the Jog Wheel STEP 1 Begin playing your track by pressing the Play button STEP 2 Press the Play button again at the point where you would like to save a Cue Point in memory STEP 3 Turn the Inner Jog Wheel clockwise to seek forward or counter clockwise to seek backwards and the Repeating Pause mode is activated so you can hear exactly where your cue position is in the song You can also use the Outer Jog Wheel to seek as well The further you turn it the faster it will seek through the song
27. the STOP button You are ready to use the Loop Editor Using the Test amp Correct BPM Functions As you know PCDJ RED can scan your tracks to extract the BPM value they have Of course as soon as there are several types of music types that use different Tempo patterns this scan can result a wrong BPM PCDJ RED scans the file for 16 different Tempo patters harmonics and then it tries to determine which of the 11 is the one that matches best the current track If you scan a 69 track and the BPM value that s extracted from the software does not match with the one it actually has then it s time to use the Test amp Correct BPM functions We will first start with the last 2 buttons They are the BPM 2 and the BPM 2 buttons The first button will half the BPM value of the current track while the second one will double it Note that the Temp BPM value will change You MUST click on the WRT BPM button to save the changes you made If you do so you will see that the BPM value changes and now matches with the Temp BPM value The first 2 buttons will seek for the right BPM value of the track between the 16 Tempo patterns that PCDJ RED supports during BPM scan You should use these buttons ONLY with tracks that were scanned by RED You SHOULD NOT use these buttons with MANUALLY BPM ed tracks How to use these buttons Press the PLAY button You should hear a loop playing By clicking the button next to the InSample window f
28. you want to select multiple tracks in a row hold down the Shift button on your keyboard and click on the first track you want then use your computers keyboard down or up arrows to scroll down or up A block of tracks will show the blue highlight within the boundaries of your choices 58 The Player Modules Loading a Track into the Player You re probably excited about trying out your new PCDJ Software player So we re going to take a quick break here and load a song into Player A and let you see it in action Load Files into a Player for playback In order to play audio from PCDuJ Software you must first load the song you wish to play in either player A Left or player B Right 1 Scroll through the Recordcase until you find the song you want to play 2 When the correct song is highlighted you can either press the blue Load button on one of the players or you can right click on the track and select Load into Player A or Load into Player B You can also right click on the blue load button at any time to bring up an explorer based load file box 3 Now that the song is loaded in the player the players functions are now operational through the players Play Cue Stop Seek and other buttons While it is possible to load songs into the PCDJ Software players from the Recordcase there are tasks you should perform before using PCDJ Software live to ensure the best performance One of these tasks is
29. you will be allowed to close PCDJ Software 22 The Configuration Editor To enter Program Configuration editor click on the CFG button located at the top right hand corner of your PCDJ Software located on the Title Bar Hardware Choosing Sound Card s Channels and Position When you enter CFG Configuration Hardware is the first Tab that appears Toward the top of this window are Five tabs Hardware Interface Automation Ripper and Administration These tabs are like those of an index card When you click on a tab the card or page it is connected to will move to the top of the stack for viewing CONHBUrlau08n editor Hardware Interface Automation Ripper Administration Sound Card Position Loop Editor Primary Sound Driver Stereo gt Test Controller pye pooma Controller COM Port Disabled a HARDWARE Tab for Setting up Sound card Soundcard Settings will vary depending on what type of Soundcard you have and which mixer you are using Whether it be PCDu s built in Software Mixer or an External DJ Mixer or using the generic Single Channel Soundcard that came with your computer or the Multichannel Soundcard you purchased from Visiosonic If you are not sure what type of sound card is installed in your PC or have not purchased a professional sound card from 23 Visiosonic You are most likely to have a generic single output sound card that does not allow for Cueing Pre listening of your
30. 1 2 Position Right This setting will allow Both Players to Play threw the Left output of Single Channel Soundcard to your speaker system and Cue Mix Metronome Loop Editor to Play threw the Right output of your built in Single Channel SoundCard to use for CUE Test Controller This Button is for testing the DAC 2 Controller after it has been installed and the appropriate Controller Com Port selected This will be covered in the last chapter 27 Interface tab The Interface Tab allows you to choose specific interface parameters of your player In other words this area is designed so you can customize your software s appearance and how it interacts with you based on your specific needs and desires Most of the items on this tab are self explanatory CONnHBUrauI8n editor in Ripper Administration Player 1 Player 2 BH Always On Top BB Brake To Cue VU Peak Hold ms Brake Sec UnBrake Sec meni Small Bend Medium Bend Large Bend 30 sec rem Warn Blink Elapsed BBB Flees Blink Sec i Show Tempo Adjustment on Controller 24 Hour Clock The 24 Hour Clock dialog box is for setting the clock that is located on the top left corner of PCDJ Software Title Bar If you wish to view the time display in a 12 hour clock versus a 24 hour clock uncheck the box to the left of the 24 Hour Clock text Otherwise the default is set for a 24 hour clock Always On Top The Always On Top dialog box i
31. BPM Transition E Enable AutoMix Logging BPM Transition Duration ll Enable Synced AutoMix WB Skip Logged Tracks in AutoMix E Kill Low EQ on AutoMix Kill EQ on Fadeln Percent Ml Repeat Current Group SubGroup Configuration Editor Automation Tab Enable AutoCue End Some songs either begin or end with complete silence or a 31 very low volume level lacking a dance beat Placing a V check in the box to the left of Enable AutoCue End allows you to Adjust the AutoCue Level and or AutoEnd Level of a song AutoCue Level skips the silence or low volume intro beginnings of a song while not permanently changing the original song in any way Sensitivity range can be changed from 1 to 30 by clicking Up Down arrows so the song will start playing on its first strong beat Think of It this way the number 1 is like the calm quite wind blowing While 30 is a loud Jack Hammer AutoEnd Level ends the song before it reaches the outtro dead air ending of a song Sensitivity levels are adjusted exactly the same as AutoCue Leveling Summary Enable Auto Cue End basically allows you to filter out the intro and outtro portion while restricting any loss of the beat in your existing mix This way there s no silence or gap when mixing from one song to another especially in Auto Play or Auto Shuffle Mode The higher the number set the greater the amount of volume that will be filtered out Wait List Delete on Load This option only applies whe
32. G Tracks E Always use Software Correction For Karaoke Discs CDG Allows you to use the software correction to able the user to ripp CDG Tracks Administration This portion of Configuration offers the use of a system security protection CONHevrlau0n editor Hardwar nterfai ion Ripper Administration CFG Password C Documents and Settings Dj1 My Documents PCDJ Recordease WRM Recordease Recordease Path W Refresh ID3 Tags in Recordease on Startup YOUR MP3 AWMAAWAY FILE NAMING CONVENTION Artist Title Album Comment Version ext Artist Title Album Comment Version Deliminator Configuration Administration Advanced Page CFG Password This security feature enables you to set up passwords to keep unauthorized individuals from using the CFG button on the player Only those with the password will be able to use CFG To activate CFG Password type in what you would like for your password into the CFG Password text box then click OK NOTE If you forget your password e mail support pcadj com with lost my password in the subject line We will then e mail you on how to exit the program and fix the password problem Recordcase Path First let me explain what the Recordcase is The Recordcase is where all your music will be viewed and accessed from in PCDJ When you view tracks in the Recordcase you are not looking at the actual song You are looking at an XML list which is like a web page tha
33. Group To Top SHIFT PGUP Move Group To Bottom SHIFT PGDN Monitor a Music Folder All Groups and SubGroups added by clicking on the option Monitor a Music Folder where a new window should pop up requiring to point the folder that needs to be added to the Recordcase Browse for Folder 2 x HdA 3 Floppy A Local Disk C A CD Drive D F DJ Hard Drive F Data 14 DI Music Group Lounges Roberts New MP3 Collection 505s amp 60s RnR 70s amp 80s Soul El P RNs Nance With the exception of the Waitlist and LOG Groups and Subgroups all other Groups Section are Monitored by default Monitored folders work in this way any time you add or delete song from that particular Subgroup or Subfolder on your Hard Drive PCDJ Software add or delete those songs when you use Refresh Subgroup option 51 Loading Songs into the Recordcase using the Right Click New Group Subgroup option Groups created with New Group Subgroup option will not be monitored Meaning if you delete a song from your hard drive or move a song PCDJ will see that song as a Dead link Dead links are displayed in Red Lettering STEP 1 In order to load tracks from your computer into the Recordcase you must create a Group to put them in The way you do this is to place your mouse pointer in the Group Section located to the left of the Recordcase and right clic
34. Loop Module MODULE ORDER Buttons You can manage the Title Bar Module order This allows you to arrange from top to bottom the positions of the Mixer Module RED Module Recorder VRM Loop Editor VRM KJ VRM and RC Recordcase as they appear on the screen to suit your preference The default order is from Top to Bottom Players Mixer Recordcase To see the actual changes in the positioning of modules on your computer screen click the or buttons these are located at the very top of PCDJ Software in the title bar next to VRM buttons You cannot have more than 5 modules open at once as it will limit your Recordcase view 21 SKIN Button Click on this button to choose different colored and styled skins for PCDJ Software More Skins will be available on www fxuser com CFG Button Configuration Button and options will be described in the next section and are needed to make specific choices on how your PCDJ Software will perform based on your needs as a Du INFO Button Displays the PCDJ INFO Screen which contains PCDJ Software Name Version and Build numbers Now that you have this information you should go to www fxuser com and make sure you have the latest version of PCDJ RED VRM 7 1 MAX Button Maximizes or snaps the PCDJ Software to fill the entire computer screen STBY Button Minimizes or hides PCDJ Software to the Windows Toolbar EXIT Button Closes the PCDJ Software Both players must be stopped before
35. PCDJ RED Manual First Edition Copyright Trademarks License and Certain Restrictions Manual Written by Program Design amp Technical Layout Visiosonic Ltd 1881 A Drew St Clearwater FL 33765 www visiosonic com www pcdj com www fxuser com sales visiosonic com Copyright 1999 2004 Visiosonic Ltd All Rights Reserved The Logo are trademarks and or service marks of Visiosonic Ltd and are being used herein with its permission Reproduction of this manual is not permitted without express written permission from Visiosonic Ltd The software may be used on a single computer The software interface and any related materials may not be copied in any way whatsoever You may not de compile reverse engineer disassemble or reduce the software Nor are you allowed to modify adapt translate rent sublicense assign lease loan resell for profit distribute or network the software disk related materials or create derivative works based upon the software or any part thereof Hicham Janati Sumner McCarty Kyle Judd System Requirements CPU Processor Minimum Requirements Any Intel or AMD 1 Gigahertz and above Recommended 1 2 GHz Processor AMD users with Via Motherboards should download the latest Via 4in1 update to improve performance from Via s web site www via com tw Memory Minimum 256 MB Mega Bytes of RAM Recommended 512 MB Sound Card Directsound WDM compatible so
36. Paste CTRL V Edit Selection Utilities gt Edit ID3 Tags This option allows you to easily edit your track information Load to Player 1 Will load the track you highlighted and right clicked on into the Left Player 1 A Load to Player 2 Will load the track you highlight and right clicked on into the Right Player 2 B Add to Active WL INSERT Clicking on this button will place a selected song from your Recordcase into the default subgroup of the WaitList in this case the subgroup that is listed on the top NOTE You must be in the Wait List to be able to delete from it Add to Any WaitList gt Default also it will list all other subgroups you have created as part of the WaitList Clicking on this button will allow you to choose which subgroup of the waitlist you would like to add the Track to Add P1 To Active W L Will add to WaitList the track that is loaded on Player 1 56 Add P2 To Active W L Will add to WaitList the track that is loaded on Player 2 BPM Gain Scan The BPM Gain Scan is a tool for auto detecting the BPM Beats Per Minute of tracks BPM Gain Scan Selection This option will add any tracks you have highlighted to the SCAN mode BPM Gain Scan All This option will add all tracks in the Subgroup your in to the SCAN mode Remove Scaned Tracks This option is used to remove tracks from the SCAN mode that have completed the BPM Gain SCAN process This option is only available when
37. STEP 4 To fine tune the cue s position hold down the Shift button and turn the Inner Jog Wheel Holding the Shift button makes the linear movement of the seek function move in very small increments This allows you to be precise with the positioning of the Cue Point STEP 5 Click the Cue Stop button Making a Cue Point on the fly This way of setting a Cue point lets you do it on the fly STEP 1 Press the left or right Cue Memory buttons to choose a Cue position for example position 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 etc STEP 2 While the song is playing hold down the Match button STEP 3 Then after listening to the song s beat press the left Cue memory button at the position where you want to 94 set a Cue Point in the song LOOP IN After a few seconds press the right Cue memory button this will set your LOOP OUT point and begin your player looping Press and release the Loop Preview button to exit this loop You now have a cuepoint Loop set at the point you wished NOTE Using the same combination of control buttons while the Player is stopped makes the DAC perform a completely different task Check the Other Combination Control Features Edit a Cue Point To put the Player into the Edit mode on the fly using the DAC 2 press the Play button to start the Player playing a track Then hold down the Shift key and press the Play button again You will begin to hear the Repeating Pause feature which reveals the Cue Point
38. ability to hear the sounds that are recorded above 196Kbits is little to none So it is not necessarily true that bigger is better in this case NOTE The freedom to manage time memory consumption and degrees of quality will prove to be useful under certain circumstances For example if you don t need a professional quality sound track of something you can set the bit rate to 96Kbits to save memory space 36 And if you need to send this track to someone over the Internet for example the upload download process will take less time to complete And if you need exceptional quality setting the bit rate to 196 Kbits will achieve this result Ripp Format The Ripp Format text box allows you to choose the format MP3 WAV or WMA at which you would like to Copy your CD s to your Computer Clicking the Down Arrow to the right of the text box opens the menu The Default and Recommended format is MP3 If you would like to use a different Ripp Format it would be beneficial to understand a little about the differences between WAV MP3 and WMA files before selecting the Ripp Format WAV pronounced wave is the Windows standard for sound files This is the format that is used for Personal Computers and CDs Their files are very large and the quality is exceptional You can recognize them by the WAV extension at the end of a file name MP3 is a technology that specifically deals with music and other audio files in how they
39. ally load the first track into Player A and the second track into Player B and Player A will begin playing NOTE In order to play the Wait List you must be in the Wait List mode You can tell if you are in this mode by 1 the songs that you added to the Wait List will be showing in the Recordcase Clicking on the Wait List button opens the list clicking on it a second time closes it Deleting Tracks from the Wait List Deleting tracks from the Wait List is just as easy as adding them You need to be in the Wait List mode in order to complete this task see NOTE above STEP 1 If you are not in the Wait List mode click on the Wait List button now STEP 2 Then click on a track that you want to remove from the list A highlight will appear over the chosen track STEP 3 Now move your mouse to Edit Selection and click Delete STEP 4 Then click on the WL button to exit the Wait List mode FIND Clicking on the Find button will allow you to type in the BPM or BPM Range Artist Track Name album Version Genre Year Filename and or Comment to conduct a search of a track you would like to locate NOTE You can use wildcard selections for example mad Madonna or adon Madonna Use the asterisk as the wildcard 78 NOTE There is more on Cue Information toward the end of Chapter IV Instant Beat Matching Now that you know how to find and set the BPM for any song you can learn how to us
40. as you go along try the controls on the DAC 2 as you learn about them This way you will better retain what you are studying 91 Pausing the Player Press the Play button then press it a second time and the Player goes in to the silent Pause mode Edit Mode When in the Edit mode you are able to search through a song with sound For instance if you want to find a place to set a Cue Point you can seek forward or backwards with sound you are able to hear the song skipping forward or backwards like it sounds with a CD player The next two segments explain how to use and activate the Edit Mode Change Pitch Control Range Wait List Match Holding down the Wait List button and pressing the Match button will change the range at which the pitch will change in the playing song when the Pitch Control Slide is moved For instance every time the Match button is pressed while holding down the Wait List button the range numbers in the Pitch Control Slide change 4 8 16 32 and 54 The higher the number the greater the change in pitch will be in the playing song as the Pitch Control Slide is moved In other words at the lowest range 4 moving the Pitch Control Slide approximately 1 for example would change the pitch or speed of the song playing in the Player much less than if it were set at the highest number 54 Pitch Bend Though you may have the BPMs of two songs that are in the Dual Players you may o
41. bit rate of the song will be 160 Kbits for the whole length of the song WAV file A format in Windows that stores soundtracks from CDs records etc with perfect representation The duplication is excellent but a lot of memory space is taken up When the PCDJ Software ripps from CD s WAV files are created first and placed on the hard drive then these WAV files are encoded into the MP3 format Web Browser A computer program that helps you search the Internet and find what you re looking for 109 THERECORDPOOL COM A Presents The Record Pool Free 30 Day Trial Come party with us and hear the freshest new Dance and Urban music the world has to offer Join a fast growing group of professionals and subscribe to a service that provides you with a one stop source for new and pre released music The Record Pool is designed to deliver fast and efficiently the music you want replacing conventional formats like CD s with todays fastest delivery technology The Internet As a Record Pool member you will have access to a world of music and the Pool s customizable options Top 20 DJ charts save your favorite downloads Hottest track of the week and much more This is the best price and venue to hear great new music v Find out more at www therecordpool com THE RECORS POOL 110
42. case on Start up feature off and wish to manually update the way to do this is to right click in the Recordcase area then click Refresh Subgroup Your MP3 WAV WMA File Naming Convention These setting are used for Wave MP3 s or WMA s ID3Tag is song information that is contained within the MP3 or WMA like Artist Title Aloum Comments or Version WAV files do not have TAG information There are even some MP3 s and WMA s that do not have TAG information This setting will create tag information based on the Wave MP3 s or WMA s file name If your WAV MP3 or WMA file name is Artist Title PCDJ will be able to display your songs correctly Most problems with your music not displaying correctly will occur if you do not have proper tag information or your music has no tag information 40 Chapter Ill PCDJ Software This chapter is to familiarize you with the PCDJ Software and to show its many features It is broken down into separate diagrams The Players Looper Module Mixer Module RED Module Loop Editor Module Recorder Module and The Recordcase Module The best approach to quickly understanding the functionality and purpose of the PCDJ Software features is to briefly observe and try out each feature as they are covered in the diagrams when ever possible In order to do this you will first have to learn how to add music to your Recordcase and how to organize it If you already have Music MP3 s WMA s or Wave
43. ccasionally need to temporarily speed up or slow down one of the songs in order to move their beats in sync There are a number of reasons why this might occur but none of them are caused by The PCDJ Software This is where the Pitch Bend feature comes into play Using the Inner Jog Wheel You can temporarily bend the pitch of a song by turning the Inner Jog Wheel clockwise pitch up or counter clockwise pitch down when a song is playing in the 92 Player The faster you spin the Wheel the greater the degree of bend that will occur Using the Pitch Bend buttons You can also bend the pitch by holding down the Pitch Bend buttons To bend the pitch to a greater degree use the control combination Shift Pitch Bend hold down the Shift button and depress one of the Pitch Bend buttons minus to temporarily slow down the song and plus to temporarily speed it up The pitch will bend for as long as you hold down either of the Pitch Bend buttons Pitch Step Sometimes it is necessary to be able to move the Pitch Control Slide minutely in order to better match up a song with another after having manually positioned the Pitch Control Slide to match the pitch or speed of one song with another An example would be You ve matched the pitch of one song in one Player with the pitch of another song in the other Player But the song that you changed the pitch of begins to drift off the beat of the other song This is because the
44. content or performance NOTE You must be connected to the Internet in order to use the Online Database CD Library 43 Follow the steps below to start Ripping Lx wy Mw Mw Ti Zi 4 zi vi Ti 4 Mw w NOTE STEP 1 Put the CD you would like to copy into your computer s CD player STEP 2 Click your mouse pointer on the RIPP button located at the Top right corner of the Recordcase If you are connected to the Internet PCDJ Software should have downloaded and displayed the CD track information automatically If not click on the DB Get track info from internet button located between the MET and SCAN buttons In just a brief moment the track information will appear in the Recordcase area If the Artist and Album Track information is Reversed Right click on any track in the Recordcase and use the Switch Artist Album option this is common when Ripping a Various Artist CD J E D8 SCAN MPR Wi FIND o RR fA Er corr Corey Andrew We re All Stars We re All Stars 3 22 If the Track Information successfully loaded into your PCDJ Software you can skip applying steps below But read them now so you will know what to do when this situation arises If the CD you are trying to RIPP is a custom CD you made yourself no track information will be available If you have a store bought CD and no track information is available from the Internet you can get the information from your CD cover and ma
45. d international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Cancel Welcome window is the second screen that you will see This window will bring up the license agreement Read all the information carefully and make certain you fully understand it and agree to the terms before Clicking on the Next button to continuing with the installation J2 Read Me File Xx END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT NOTICE TO USER BY USING THE ENCLOSED SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT This package contains software Software and related explanatory written materials Documentation The term Software shall also include any upgrades modified versions updates additions and copies of the Software licensed to you by Visiosonic Ltd Visiosonic Visiosonic grants you the nonexclusive license to use the Software and Documentation provided that you agree to the following 1 Use of the Software You may Install the Software in a single location on a hard drive or gt Cancel lt Back The window that follows asks where you would like to install 15 the files of the program We suggest leaving the default C Program Files Visiosonic PCDJ RED Click Next to continue A Choose Destinatio
46. ders Groups six File Edit View Favorites Tools Help w Q sx X 7 D Fo Search Folders fae E2 x i Address E C Documents and Settings Dj1 My Documents My Music JG g Go D BP BP p p 50 s 60 s 70 s 80 s 30 s Country Dance Hip Hop Latin Rock Techno Within each Folder Groups are Subfolders Subgroups and with in each Subfolder Subgroups are Music files used Old New and Classic as examples but you can use Artist and Album within the different Genre Folder Groups we created 49 File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Old New Classic View of my Hip Hop Subfolder Subgroup Recordcase Group Section List of Groups and Subgroups FYI Think of the Recordcase as your total collection of CDs and vinyl records A Group is like a crate of CDs or records from your total collection sorted for different purposes You can create as many different Groups or crates as you desire and sort them in any way you d like 50 Recordcase Groups Section Right Click Menu Options ee er are nt ee ee MP3 072 82 Ad Libs The Boy Fro 50s amp sodi E lt Roct gt Monitor a Music Folder Create New WL Subgroup Refresh Group Subgroup BPM Gain Scan Group Delete Broken Links Clear Daily LOG Backup WL SubGroup Import XML WL SubGroup Date Tenentes Plololoicicidicioia lt J Sort Groups A E gt Reverse Sort Groups Move Group Up CTRL PGUP Move Group Down CTRL PGDN Move
47. double click will be necessary to activate a feature instead FYI Helpful information is provided throughout the manual in boxes FYI means For Your Information NOTE mportant notes in italics are there for you as well PCDJ RED or PCDJ VRM Products Some things you should know about the PCDJ Software before starting The PCDJ Software To keep repetition minimal PCDJ RED and all PCDJ VRM Plug ins Virtual Rackmount Module Products will be referred to as the PCDJ Software The Players The features in both Players A amp B are exactly the same Close all other applications It is strongly recommended that you close all applications on your computer when using the PCDJ Software We do not support any problems that can occur or interfere with performance of PCDJ Software Foreword Mixing The Next Generation It s somewhat redundant to say that computers are making their way into almost every facet of life as we know it From the standpoint of the professional DJ there has been at least a faint cognizance of the inevitable day when computers would be used in the mix As you are reading this manual you re probably well aware that this day has arrived There now exists a technology that is provoking the DJ to move into the realm of computers A technology that empowers him like never before It is called MP3 The Development of MP3 MPEG pronounced em peg stands for Moving Pictur
48. drivers click the back button and make sure CD is properly inserted in your CD Rom Drive then click next again If this doesn t work click the back button and click Install from a list or specific location Advanced Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New SS Hardware Wizard Sy This wizard helps you install software for PCDJ DAC 2 Host If your hardware came with an installation CD lt gt or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do fe Install the software automatically Recommende Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue e Wai E 84 Step 9 Windows should detect drivers and pop up a warning message that DAC 2 has not passed Windows Logo Testing Just Click Continue Anyway Then Click Finished on the next screen Found New Hardware Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software AaS Hardware Installation J A The software you are installing for this hardware Ke F PCD DAC 2 USB Host has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing
49. e Experts Group This acronym stands for two things First it is a sophisticated technology designed for the purpose of compressing and transmitting audio visual information e g music and video over such networks as satellite the Internet and telephone and does this without any detectable loss in quality of the sound or picture Secondly MPEG is an industry standards group that helps make the coding and transmission of audio and visual information universally compatible When you hear of MPEG it is usually referring to the technology The potential that this tremendous breakthrough offers the human race is almost overwhelming when one realizes its true capabilities This is only the starting point of something very big The number of doors of opportunity for improving everyday life as this technology expands and improves seems almost endless MPEG Layer 3 better known as MP3 is an extension of the MPEG technology that specifically deals with music and other audio files in how they are compressed and stored on a computer disk Layer 3 is the third evolution of three audio coding standards that have evolved in the technology With MP3 it is possible to produce CD quality sound while only using up approximately one tenth the amount of disk space used with that of typical CDs For example you get about one hour of music on a CD where with MP3 files you can get approximately 10 to 11 hours of music on the same CD One way this is done
50. e the Beat Matching feature NOTE The BPM must be set in both of the tracks that are loaded into the Players in order to be able to use this function STEP 1 Load both Players with tracks STEP 2 If you want the BPM of the track in Player A to match the BPM of the track in Player B press the Match button on the left side of the player You could as well match the BPM of the track in Player B to that of Player A by pressing the Match button on the right side of the player Player B side Conclusion As you have witnessed the PCDJ Software player has many great features which are simple to use But there are still more functions that make playing and mixing tracks even more enjoyable 79 A Final Note VERY WELL DONE You have completed the tutorial for the PCDJ Software MP3 player This is what music and mixing is all coming to high tech And by adapting your DJ experience with the power and versatility of the computer and the PCDJ Software you are positioning yourself to be a leader in your profession From here forward for as long as needed you should refer to this manual and working with the player until you know its features cold and can comfortably run it Do your homework before your gigs and have everything ready ahead of time You shouldn t be making lists and arranging tracks in the Wait List during your performance Also use the Wait List and Auto Pilot together when
51. ed up or slow down the current song playing to match up the beat of the opposite player You can adjust how long it takes for the players to match by changing the BPM Transition Duration from 5 Seconds till The default setting is 30 seconds Enable AutoMix Logging This option will keep a LOG of all the tracks played while in Auto Play or Auto Shuffle mode LOG is a built in Group in your Recordcase you will learn more about this later Enable Sycn AutoMix This option is used for precise Auto Play mixing You must setup Cuepoints 23 24 25 and 26 to create precise custom mixes Repeat Current Group Subgroup Whether in Auto Play or Shuffle mode when the end of one Subgroup is reached this feature will continue to repeat the same Subgroup If this feature is not enabled PCDJ Software will find the next available Group and play the next tracks from that Subgroup Fine Edit Length This setting will effect how the Fine Edit Stuttering sounds and is used when creating a CUE point Shorter is more accurate but harder to hear a beat The default setting is 24 smpls 33 samples Log After Sec This setting effects how many seconds you play a song before it is LOGED LOG is a built in Group in your Recordcase you will learn more about this later AutoSave Logs The Number of LOG S PCDJ Software will keep before PCDu starts to delete the oldest LOG This setting ranges from 1 LOG to 365 LOG S The default setting is 30 LOG
52. een hardware software and user Basically it allows the user to interact with relative simplicity with a computer Joint Stereo In joint stereo the encoder dynamically chooses the method of encoding frame by frame that creates the best quality for each individual frame This dynamic encoding improves the compression efficiency resulting in a higher quality file while having lower bit rates 105 Key When relating to encryption a key is basically a password which in this sense is a chain of characters that enables a user to access an encrypted file Kbit Kilobit A Kilobit equals one thousand twenty four bits 1 Kbit 1024 bits An example 128 Kilobits or 128 Kbit 131 072 bits Don t confuse Kilobit with Kilo A Kilo 1000 and is used as a measurement in the metric system Metronome A device that makes a ticking beeping or other short distinctive sounds or a flashing light at a steady predetermined rate It is often used in music to help musicians keep with the beat of a song Midi Midi allows the interaction of electronic musical instruments effects boxes etc with electronic musical devices in order to enhance the sound capabilities of the main device MODEM A device that allows computers to work over the telephone lines or cable like cable TV lines It is also an acronym for MOdulation DEModulation That is taking electronic data and turning it into sound modulation making it travel some di
53. etically groups the Genre s from a z or z a Format Sort Button Sorts by format MP3 WAV WMA or ZIP and vise versa BitRate Sorts by BitRate numerically in ascending or descending order Version Sort Button This button sorts by Version If you have different versions of songs they re easy to find with this type of sort FYI The term version for our purposes can relate to the length of each track or the different ways a song has been recorded For example a song might be recorded in a version with vocals and as an instrumental only version as well There are many songs that have different versions and different lengths Duration Sort Button This button sorts by Duration shortest time to longest time or vise versa numerically from ascending or descending order Comment Sort Button This button will alphabetically sort the comments that you ve made on your tracks so it s simple to find the track you re looking for Click on each sort button and observe the changes in your track list in the Recordcase Year Sort Button This Button sorts by Year numerically from ascending or descending order 55 Recordcase Track Section Right Click Menu Options Edit ID3 Tags Load Player 1 Load Player 2 Add To Active WL INSERT Add To Any WaitList Add P1 To Active WL Add P2 To Active WL BPM Gain Scan Selection BPM Gain Scan gt Copy CTRL C
54. files on your Computer skip ahead to the Recordcase section If you want to convert your CD Collection into digital music to save on your computer go to Ripping on the next page or skip to the next section Downloading Music from the Internet Creating a Folder for MP3 WMA or WAV Tracks Before we begin dealing with MP3 tracks it is recommended that you first create a folder on your computer for simplifying the task of finding your tracks after they ve been ripped encoded or downloaded from the Internet For the purpose of instruction we ve chosen to put our folder on the hard drive which is the C drive in this case But you can put the tracks anywhere you d like When you start up your computer before you open any programs the screen that you end up with from your Windows operating system is called the Desktop Manager It s where you begin using your computer in opening up menus programs etc Wr STEP 1 On the left side of the screen in the Desktop PE Manager there are icons pictures lined up There will ee be an icon of a computer with My Computer underneath it Double click on this icon to open My 41 computer If there is no My Computer icon on your desktop click Start then My Computer STEP 2 A window titled will expand C You will see this title name at the upper left hand corner of the window in the Title Bar Double Click on the C C Drive icon STEP 3 A window tit
55. fused with Holding down Shift and Play at the same time to enable Turntable style start up Reverse Play or Reverse Loop Play The DAC 2 will let you play a song backwards or a Loop backwards This is done by holding down the Match button and pressing Preview Mixing Tracks Your ability to mix songs with seamless precision with the PCDJ Software is simple Follow the steps below to learn how to use the DAC 2 in mixing beat matching and more Instant Beat Matching NOTE The BPM must be set in both of the tracks that are loaded into the Players in order to be able to use this function STEP 1 Load both Players with tracks see Loading a Track Into the Player in Chapter IV on how to load the Players STEP 2 If you want the BPM of the track in Player A to match the BMP of the track in Player B press the Match button on the left side of the controller this is Player A side of the Controller The LED light to the right of the Match button will illuminate to show that the track in that Player has been Beat Matched 98 You could instead match the BPM of the track in Player B to that of Player A by pressing the Match button on the right side Player B side of the controller NOTE The Instant Beat Matching feature works in any mode for instance Play mode Sampler mode etc it also works with Loops as well At this point the Reference Player the one that did not change its BPM
56. hard drive and increasing the potential slowing of your processor speed If you do have a 1000Mhz processor or faster you can encode directly to MP3 format while you record your live mix If need exceptional quality audio files choose the highest MP3 bit rate option in the Recording Format menu MP3 Stereo 44100 Smpls 192 Kbit For better than average quality files choose 128 Kbits in Stereo and so on STEP 1 Load Players A and B with your desired tracks STEP 2 Click The format and quality you would like to use STEP 3 Click Set File name In the dialog box that opens choose the location where you would like the recorded file to be stored type the name you would like to call your mix Then click save STEP 4 Click the Start Record button STEP 5 Start the Players by clicking the Play buttons of each Player and you have begun to record your mix NOTE It would be a good idea to first match up your two tracks so their speeds or Beats Per Minute are the same See the sections Instant Beat Matching and The BPM Extractor NOTE To record using the line in from an external device repeat the previous process of verifying soundcard capabilities Be sure and uncheck one of the three previously mentioned options and only check the line in box STEP 6 Click the Stop Recording button to stop the recording process The Command Bar 74 PLAY SHEL Auto Play The Auto Play button will
57. hat gives a computer a set of instructions which link peripheral devices with the operating system so the computer operating system can run these devices Dynamics Dynamics or Dynamic Range deals with sound in regard to the range from silence to the highest volume The greater the ability to hear or duplicate silence and loudness the greater the dynamics or dynamic range Also the greater the ability to duplicate this range in recording the better the dynamics or dynamic range Encode Encoder Encoding To encode means to convert a message data etc into code A code is a system of symbols for use in representing information usually for secrecy In computers data can be created into specific codes which can only be understood by the maker of those codes for security purposes and this data that has been coded can then be deciphered or decrypted at the receiving end The making of these codes is called encoding Creating an MP3 file involves recognizing and understanding an audio code for the purpose of converting the code into an MP3 file When using CDs a process known as ripping is used to first take the WAV format of the CD duplicate it and place it on the hard drive An encoder can read the WAV code and convert encode that data into the MP3 format Simply put the WAV files are encoded into MP3 with an encoder Encryption The translation of data into a secret code for the purpose of protecting valuable informatio
58. he Cue Point Selectors allow you to step left or right through your various cue points The Button between these selectors with loop arrow on it allows you to Start a loop or Drop out of a loop Note Loading of a loop is unnecessary in PCDJ RED 11 CUE Button This button acts as both a cueing button and a stop button Clicking the CUE button once moves the track position to a previously set Cue Point selected with the Cue Point Selectors This will also stop the song if it is playing If no set Cue Point is selected the track position will move to the beginning of the track or the autocued position if AutoCue is enabled in the CFG settings 12 Play Pause Button Once a track is loaded into the player pressing this button will begin to play the track Pressing this button a second time will cause the player to enter a silent pause While in pause mode seeking forward or reverse will cause a repeating sound used for finding and setting better Cue Points 13 LOAD Button The Blue Load Track button is for loading a song into the respective player from the Recordcase Right mouse clicking this button will also open an Explorer Load window for searching through other sources not in the Recordcase 14 Beat Match Button This button with the sign on it will automatically match the BPM of the song in one player with the BPM of a song loaded in the other player Depending of which player s Match button used this button works for both
59. he Main Volume Control The diagram below shows the features of the mixer Mixer Volume Controls 64 Player Volume Sliders The volume slider on the left is for Player A and the volume slider on the right is for Player B Sliders at the top provide 100 of the signal while at the bottom provide 0 Cross Fade This slide cross fades between Player A and B and works in conjunction with the separate volume slides of both players To move the slide hold the mouse button down on top of it and move the mouse pointer horizontally left or right The slide will move with the pointer You can also click where you want the slide to be in the slide s track area and it will instantly move to that position Crossfader Slam Left Right Momentary Slam Left Right Step Left Right Center Buttons The Slam Left Right buttons are used to jump to each side of the crossfader The Momentary buttons indicated with M slam the crossfader to each side on the mouse down click and sends the crossfader back to its initial position on the mouse up click The Step Left Right buttons slowly fade the crossfader in each direction The Center Button Centers the crossfader CUE Buttons The Cue buttons will light up when selected and will send either Player A or Player B or both to the Cue Mix for pre listening in head phones Cue Button A This is for the DJ to listen to Player A in the headphones or monitor speakers in order to cue u
60. hrough your Subgroups at the bottom of the Recordcase When the Player is playing a track Turning the Outer Jog Wheel will cause the play position to swiftly track or move through the song This is also known as Seeking Cue Memory When the Player is not playing These buttons scroll Right or Left through the Cue Point Indicator in The PCDJ Software to choose one of the cue memory positions for storing or playing Cue Points Group This is the Group button Each time you press it it moves to the next group in the Group Listcase scrolling up and down the list of groups Preview The Preview button takes you out a loop The Preview button also acts as a typical Shift key ona computer keyboard allowing more functions to work by combining itself with another control or button Match The Match button will match the BPM Beats Per Minute of a song in one the Dual Players with the song that is in the other Player To further explain this If the BPM of the track loaded in Player A is 122 and the BPM of the track loaded in Player B is 137 pressing the Match button of Player A would change the BPM of Player A s track to 137 This of course would be reversed if 90 10 11 12 13 14 Player B s Match button were pressed Player B s track s BPM would change to 122 to match Player A s BPM Pitch Control Slide This slide allows you to cont
61. icon to your desktop at this time This is so you can simply click on the icon to start up the PCDJ Software program Click on Finish to close the installation program and Restart your computer A Installation Complete xi PCDJ Red VAM has been successfully installed YOU MUST REGISTER PCDJ Red VRAM UNLESS THIS IS AN UPDATE You can Register Later By Using the Registration Icon located on your desktop and in the START PROGRAMS Directory Enjoy PCDJ Red VAM JV Register PCDJ Red YRM 17 STARTING PCDJ SOFTWARE FOR THE FIRST TIME To run PCDJ Software you will have to Unlock the PCDJ Software This can be done by clicking on the PCDJ RED VRM icon on your Desktop and following instructions below My Documents TheRecordP vrem Pr ry My Computer PCDI Red RM Register e My Network oN Places Z isa PCDJ Red YRM ee Recycle Bin Internet Explorer gt A small window containing an MID Machine ID Code and a SITE Code will appear leave this open BE EI PCDJ Red YRM MID Site code 3F33 0880 48B3 437D 58FA3ED2 Days left J NAA Uses left N A Enter application Init code Unlock application ean Transfer license New Site code C Remove license Application status cancel Conie Visiosonic Ltd 18 gt Click on the Register RED VRM Icon on your Desktop gt This will take you to an online
62. in SCAN mode Copy Ctrl C and Paste Ctrl V These option will allow you to copy selected track and paste wherever in the recordcase Edit Selection gt Cut Delete and Delete From HDD These options are used to cut and delete tracks from your Recordcase Utilities Set Tracks Font Set Groups Font Set Header Font Set Background Color Set Highlight Color Set Logged Track Color ESES Set Dead Links Color Edit Selection Utilities gt Store Style As gt Default RC Column Headers gt Style 1 Copy CD Menu Style 2 RC Fonts Colors 57 This option will allow to change fonts and colors for background column header and highlight RC Column Headers These options are used to Hide or Unhide Sort fields you do not need or wish to see Store Style As Restore Style Allow to save the changes and restore previous settings whether stored or default Copy CD Menu Set CD Drive is used if you have more than one CD Rom Select the Default CD Rom you would like to use Set Copy CD Path is used to change the default Path PCDJ RIPPS to FYI Below are helpful tricks that can be used for adding multiple files to the Waitlist or to SCAN mode lf you want to pick and choose more than one track at a time you can hold down the Ctrl key on your computer keyboard while using the mouse to click on different tracks Each track you choose will show a blue highlight over it meaning it s selected If
63. is record module However this does require a compatible soundcard To check to see if your soundcard is capable of this feature double click on the speaker icon in your system tray located at the lower right hand corner of your desktop In the volume control window click the options tab then click properties In the properties window check the recording box below you can scroll through the list of checkable boxes and check either WAV out put Stereo Mix or What you hear Options may vary depending on your brand of soundcard Assuming you have one of the previously mentioned options follow the below steps for recording your mix NOTE When MP3 encoding is being done in a live mix there is a very large amount of memory capacity being used at one time This is because there are actually three encoders running all at once in order to complete this type of live recording action with two players running at the same time NOTE If you do not have a computer with a 1000Mhz processor or faster it is possible that skipping in the recording and or slow response to the graphic performance can arise The solution to this is to first set the Recording Format to WAV record ripp your mix and then encode your WAV file afterwards to MP3 73 The best recommendation is to encode your live mix WAV files right after you ve created them This way you will manage your files efficiently not letting too many WAV files build up on your
64. k STEP 2 Click on Create New WL Subgroup in the menu that expands out Refresh Group Subgroup BPM Gain Scan Group Delete Broken Links Clear Daily LOG Backup WL SubGroup Import XML WL SubGroup Delete Group SubGroup ReOrder Groups gt ReOrder SubGroups gt d d e Ly STEP 3 A dialog box appears In the text box enter the name that you would like to call your first Group You can name it 80 s for this demonstration if you can t think of a name at this time 52 Choose Add Grow p fn fa 5 u b G roup Cancel STEP 4 Then Enter Subgroup name for instance Pop Then Click on the OK button Notice We have created a Group Called 80 s and a SubGroup called Pop G Pop By creating your first Group you can imagine how helpful it would be to divide your entire music collection into smaller categories Whether it be by genre for example or based on the different types of gigs that you might offer breaking one large mass of music into Groups will make it much easier to manage your repertoire Refresh Subgroup This will update your Groups and Subgroups list You will need to use this option every time you add remove music or BPM Gain Scan any songs in your Recordcase Edit Selection Gives you the option to Delete Groups Subgroups ReOrder Groups or ReOrder SubGroups options are the same Sort Group Subgroups organize in Alphabetical order and remaining op
65. ks into the Recordcase Ripping CDGs This feature of Ripping is made to Ripp CDGs KARAOKE CDs in order to do so Create CDG Box has be checked in order to create the mp3 and the cdg format of the same file name see below e g Corey Andrew Your Time is Coming mp3 amp Corey Andrew Your Time is Coming cdg g zi 4 zg 4 i 4 i B i a 46 Downloading MP3 Files from the Internet Visiosonic has teamed up with www therecordpool com web site to bring you New Unreleased music directly from the hands of Record Labels in MP3 format or WMA format You should have received an email with a free trial membership to The Record Pool when you registered PCDJ software to obtain your unlock code STEP 1 If you have Internet access open your web browser and type www therecordpool com in the Address box at the top of the screen and press the Enter key on your keyboard Once you have registered for your free trial of the record pool and logged in The Record Pool web page comes up you will see that there are many ways of sorting to find the type of music you re looking for STEP 2 In the choose music category area click on the down arrow of the dialog box and click on the kind of music you like You will find featured artists that are set up for downloading STEP 3 To download a track right mouse click on MP3 and a menu expands out STEP 4 Click on Save Target As in this menu and
66. layer B 1 Load This is the Load button Pressing it in the Stop mode will load the selected track from the Recordcase of The PCDJ Software This button is also used in combination with other buttons to execute more functions as well 2 Wait List Clicking the Wait List button will open the Wait List mode When in this mode any tracks that have been placed in the Wait List will then be shown in the Recordcase This button is also used in combination with other buttons to execute other functions 3 Shift The Shift button works like a typical Shift key ona computer keyboard by allowing control or button combinations to execute more tasks For example holding down the Shift button and pressing the Cue button Shift Cue will cause the Player that is playing a song to slow down to a complete stop 89 an effect that sounds like a turntable being turned off Inner Jog Wheel When the Player is not playing a track The inner wheel of the Jog Wheel will scroll up and down the track list in the Recordcase when you spin it clockwise and counter clockwise When the Player is playing a track you can temporarily bend the pitch of a song by turning the Inner Jog Wheel clockwise pitch up or counter clockwise pitch down when a song is playing in the Player Outer Jog Wheel When the Player is not playing a track When you turn the outer wheel of the Jog Wheel all the way to the left or right it will scroll t
67. led C will expand Click the right mouse button in the white background area in the window not on a folder STEP 4 A menu will expand Click on New and another menu will pop up STEP 5 Click on Folder ja Folder anda folder icon will appear At the bottom of this icon will be the default file name New Folder highlighted in blue Type the name Music in this space to replace the default name New Folder NOTE If the computer will not accept what you type in this space right click on the folder icon and a table will expand Click on Rename and then type the name that you want to call this file and it will replace the default name Step Double click on the folder you have just created and Right click in the white background area and follow steps 4 and 5 again Create folders like 80 s 90 s Country Dance Hip Hop Latin etc STEP 6 Next right click on an empty space in the Music folder you are in and move mouse over Arrange Icons By then choose the sorting option that best suits you This will place your new folders in the arrangement you ve chosen STEP 7 Click on the X in the upper right hand corner to close the window 42 Now that you have a folder to put your MP3 tracks in you can download legal tracks from the Internet and or ripp from CDs records etc and encode them to MP3 format Then they ll be in one convenient place ready to load into your Recordcase Ri
68. n Location Lx Setup will install PCDJ Red VAM in the following folder To install into a different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose not to install PCDJ Red VRM by clicking Cancel to exit Setup Destination Folder C Wisiosonic PCDJ Red VAM Browse lt Back Cancel The following window asks where you would like to have the icons stored in your Program Manager s menu We have selected PCDJ Software This is the best choice and we recommend leaving this default Click on Next to continue A Select Program Manager Group xi Enter the name of the Program Manager group to add PCDJ Red VRM icons to Visiosonic PCDJ Red VRM 32bit Email Broadcaster Accessories ACT 4 0 for Windows Administrative Tools Adobe Audiograbber Avance Sound Manager AvantGo Camtasia Studio 2 Creative CyberLink Power Packs dBpower MP Music Converter lt Back 16 The next window that appears is a confirmation that the program is ready for installation Click on Next to proceed A Start Installation xi You are now ready to install PCDJ Red VAM Press the Next button to begin the installation or the Back button to reenter the installation information Cancel After the installation is completed the final window gives notice that the program has successfully installed NOTE The program will also add a shortcut
69. n playing songs from the wait list If this option Is checked once a song has been loaded into one of the players the song will be removed from the waitlist songs will not be deleted from your computer Automix You can Either use Normal AutoMix or Elapsed AutoMix not both These options are used only when using Auto Play or Shuffle mode Normal AutoMix The default Remaining Seconds is set to15 seconds When Player 1 or Player 2 Remaining time reaches 15 seconds it triggers the opposite player to start playing Remaining Sec range from 5 seconds to 45 seconds Elapsed Automix The default Elapsed Seconds is set to 180 seconds 3 Minutes When Player 1 or Player 2 Elapsed time reaches 3 minutes it will trigger the opposite player to start Fadeln Sec FadeOut Sec 32 Fadeln and FadeOut control the Speed of Player 1 and 2 volume control sliders Fadeln Seconds is the amount of time it takes for the song just beginning to reach full volume FadeOut Seconds is the amount of time it takes the song ending to come to a Mute Fadeln Second FadeOut Seconds default time is 15 seconds These settings effect both Normal AutoMix and Elapsed AutoMix Enable BPM Transition This setting when selected will slowly increase the BPM Beats Per Minute of the song playing to the BPM of the next song waiting to be played For example the song you are playing has a slow beat and the next song you want to play has a fast beat This option will spe
70. n technology from getting into unauthorized hands In order to be able to read encrypted data you must have access to a secret key or password that enables you to decrypt the encrypted information 104 File A collection of data based on a software program of a similar type stored in a computer on floppy disks CD s etc Each file is stored with an assigned name for later retrieval Format In the verbal sense it is the action of preparing a storage device such as a disk for use As a noun it is a certain arrangement based on a particular set of rules FYI For Your Information Icon A small picture on the computer screen that symbolizes or represents something You can see examples of icons in your desktop manager When you start up your computer before you open any programs the screen that you see in your Windows operating system is called the Desktop Manager Its where you begin using your computer in opening up programs etc There are a number of icons you can observe usually lined up along the left side of the screen such as a waste basket a computer a floppy disk CD etc These are called Shortcut Icons When you double click on one of them the program it represents opens ID Tag This is a feature in MP3 technology where you are able to place a tag or label to your songs giving information like the artist song title etc for each song Interface The relation and interaction betw
71. nderstand what you re reading It becomes impossible to learn something that is based on other information that is not under stood In other words if you don t know what a widgetmatizer made up word is then you will not be able to adjust the widget matizer to the correct level The solution to not understanding something is to look back earlier in the text and find the point where you were doing well Then begin reading again from that point and look for a word s or symbol s that you do not understand Then clear up the misunder standing by looking in the glossary first and if not listed there go to a dictionary or a reference book like For Dummies and find out what it means Some things you should know about this manual before starting Bold Print The first time a new feature is mentioned in a section or to bring attention to a term it will be in bold letters Left and Right Mouse Buttons When the manual states to click the mouse button it is always referring to the left mouse button Any right mouse clicking will be specifically written with the word right in conjunction with the command Clicking the Mouse Button If the manual instructs to click on something in your Windows OS Operating System like Windows 2000 or Windows XP not in the PCDJ Software and you get no response then double click on it In most cases a single click should activate a feature other times a
72. nually log the track information Follow instruction for Manual Input of Track Information 44 Manual Input of Track Information Optional STEP 3 Right click on the first track that you ve chosen to ripp or encode A highlight will show on this track and a menu will expand Click on Edit id3v TAG and the Id3v Tag dialog box opens Optional STEP 4 Type the CD s information in the Edit id3v Tag box for the selected song Then click the next button to continue correcting or entering track information If your CD is by a single Artist Album or same Genre use the Lock buttons on the Artist Album and Genre to save time when having to type same information over again When completed click the OK button in the upper right corner of this box STEP 5 By default all tracks are selected If you don t want to record every track just clicking in the white boxes located to the left of each track y will disappear for each track you do not want to record NOTE The PCDJ Software will only ripp encode the tracks that are checked off It is a good idea to check the bit rate setting before you encode your music if you re not certain what it is To do this simply click on the CFG button on the top right corner of the PCDJ Software Title Bar and then click on the Ripp button to change the default bit rate select the bit rate that suits your needs by clicking in the drop down list Then click on the OK button to save
73. one order the PCDJ Software has already been installed your PC Personal Computer has been configured to run in Best Performance and PCDJ Software has been registered for you You can bypass this and the following installation portion of this manual Continue to registering for updates at www fxuser com 11 Preparing Your PC for PCDJ Software Making sure your PC is Up to Date In order to avoid any problems running PCDJ Software you should update Windows and configure your Computer for best Performance Updating and Configuring your Computer is something you should do on a regular basis This is not only for PCDJ Software but for any other important programs on your computer you want to run correctly Configure your PC by doing the following If you are a Windows XP user you should Download the PCDJ Windows XP patch at http www pcdj com Manuals pcdj aspi zip Power Settings and Disabling Windows Fade Effects Right Click on a blank space of your desktop desktop is the first screen you see once your computer is completely powered on Now click properties from the drop down list Display Properties window should appear Now click on Screen Saver tab click on the arrow to the right of screen saver drop down list and select none Below the settings just changed click on the Power button now you should see Power Options Properties click on the arrow to the right of Power Schemes and change to Full Power or Always On click apply
74. ood example the amount of time it would take to transfer data on a 56 Kbit modem would be much less than the time it would take to transfer the same data on a 28 8 Kbit modem Just as a faster recording speed on a tape recorder produces higher quality duplications because the sound information is not cramped together as in slower speeds where distortion of the original sound is created the better duplication of sound quality is achieved at higher bit rates As more tape is used up in a faster recording speed on a tape recorder so too is the subsequent result of a higher bit rate that is used in digital duplication more memory is used up to store the greater amounts of information Kilobit should not to be confused with kilo when dealing with computer specifications Though a kilo is equal to 1 000 grams a kilobit equals 1024 bits and is abbreviated as K The different bit rates could be considered as pipe lines with different diameters The wider the pipe the more information that can flow through at any given moment Similarly the amount of information that flows at a 256 Kbit rate is much faster than at 96 Kbits As a DJ you need to consider the balance between how much memory space you are willing or able to take up on your computer for your MP3 files and the level of quality you require FYI It should be noted here that the human ear has limits to what can be detected with regard to dynamic range The
75. op length Also at any time you can change the loop s length by using the buttons next to the loop length window These buttons will affect the OUT POINT of the cue If during fine adjusting your loop you changed the OutSample value to other than the default for each loop length then the BPM of the track changes to correspond on the loop you created You will be able to see the new BPM in the Temp BPM window Once you choose to unload the track from Loop Editor you will be asked if you want to overwrite the current BPM with the new one It s your call to decide if you want to update it or leave it like it is 71 Creating Multiple Loops You can automatically create multiple loops by pressing the FILL TO NEXT CUE button You MUST be on a saved loop to use it When you press this button LE forwards the current loop by a full loop length and stores it to the next cue point After that it forwards the new loop by a full loop length and it writes it to the next cue point etc This procedure stops once a written CUE is found or once it reaches the 20th CUE point Fine Adjusting CUES Fine adjusting cues is the same procedure with fine adjusting loops but you only have to care for the InSample value The best way to fine adjust a CUE is to use a big loop length Once you find the place you want your CUE to start press EXPORT button and then click on the CUE button Pressing Play button will start playback from the stored CUE poin
76. ort Button This button is used to export SAVE the current working loop Delete Button This button is used to DELETE the current loop CUE point Fill To Next Cue Button This button is used to create multiple loops CUE STOP PLAY Buttons These buttons are used to control the playback of the loop L B Buttons These buttons will move the current loop a beat if B button is pressed or a whole loop length if the L button is pressed The 68 buttons on the left side will move the loop BACKWARDS and the buttons on the right side will move it FORWARD Progress Bar This bar shows in which part of the file you are when you are working with a loop Also the RED vertical lines will show a STORED loop while the CYAN vertical lines will show the current loop Below is a window that shows a graphical representation of the InSample and OutSample points of the loop The 1st line shows the In point and the 2nd shows the Out point PART Il WORKING WITH THE LOOP EDITOR Preparing Loop Editor In order to work with the Loop Editor you must first load a track Select a track in the RC make sure that it s NOT loaded in any of the 2 players and press the LOAD TRK button Click on the PLAY button You should hear a part of the track playing most likely a 4 beat loop starting at the beginning of the track Use the vertical slider to adjust the level of the music playback to a level that you are comfortable with Now click on
77. orward the music until you hear a clear beat Now use the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons to browse between the Tempo patterns Once you find the one that matches your track click on the WRI BPM button A window should warn you that you are about to overwrite the current BPM with the new one Click on YES A new window should now pop up asking you if you want the Loop Editor to adjust any loops you might already have created with the new BPM Once again click on YES You are done Press the STOP button to stop the music playback If you are done with your job click on the DONE button to unload the track from the LE module Working with the Loops CUE Points Here we will describe how to work with LOOPS Fine adjusting CUE points is exactly the same procedure as RED treats every CUE point as a 4 beat loop by default We assume that you already have a BPM ed track loaded in the Loop Editor and that you have adjusted the playback level of the music Use the and buttons next to the CUE status window to select a cue point to work with It doesn t matter if it s an empty cue point or not If it s a cue point that s already stored in memory 70 press the CUE button This will make the loop editor to jump on the stored cue point If it s a stored loop then the loop length window will show the length of the loop in beats If it s not a loop or if it s an empty cue point you will see the default 4 beat as the length of the loop P
78. p the next song for play Cue Button B This is for the DJ to listen to Player B in the headphones or monitor speakers in order to cue up the next song for play NOTE The Cue Buttons require a Multichannel sound card 65 The EQ and Kill Buttons 3 Band EQ Killer Each player has 3 vertical sliders controlling Band volume and 3 KILL Buttons allowing each Band to be cut instantly The Loop Editor Module BPM BBB BEBE Temp BPM PART GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE LOOP EDITOR Below is the part of the Loop Editor that shows you useful information about the current track that s loaded in the Loop Editor LE VRM module BPM 224 3684 emp BPM 24 3684 828419 InSample 749259 The Vinylistic DutSample 919926 I m confessing tha lt SAVED CUE 2 Loops Fixed BPM It shows the BPM Beats Per Minute value that s stored inside the id3v2 tag of the mp3 file This is the BPM value that PCDJ shows in the RC RecordCase and in the property part of the players when it s loaded 66 Temp BPM It shows the temporary BPM value When you make any change inside the LE that affects the BPM value of the track this value will change This value will become permanent only if you hit the WRT BPM button InSample It shows the sample number that the current loop starts FYI Usually a normal mp3 file has 44100 samples per second also known as Sample Rate OutSample It shows the sample number that the curren
79. play BPM S in Recordcase RIPP The Ripp button will bring you into the Ripp Mode when you click on it When in this mode you will be able to ripp take a track from a CD and place it onto the computer s hard drive in a file format called WAV a song from a CD then the computer will encode the WAV file into an MP3 file WL Clicking on this button will display the Wait List in the Recordcase If there are no tracks selected the Recordcase will be blank Adding Tracks to the Wait List The Wait List feature allows you to compile tracks for Auto Play SHFL or just as a custom list of tracks from different Groups and Subgroups You can choose as many songs as you like and the program will play the tracks in the order that you place them in the Wait List except when in the Auto Shuffle mode If you selected Wait List Delete On Load option in CFG editor once a song has been played it is automatically removed from the list and will not be repeated Add Tracks to WL By selecting Highlight a track or tracks you would like to put in the Wait List then right click and use Add Selection To WL option Continue selecting tracks from any Group or Subgroup in 77 this fashion To view the tracks in the Wait List click on the WL button or the Waitlists Group Playing the Wait List To play the tracks in the Wait List click on the Auto PLAY PLAY button in the left corner of the command bar The PCDJ Software will automatic
80. pping Windows XP Users must download PCDJ Windows XP Patch from http www pcdj com Manuals pcdj aspi zip before you can RIPP Unzip and Install patch restart computer then click PCDJ software s CFG button click RIPP Tab and change CD Ripping Drive to ASPI Ripping is the process of Coping Music from a Music CD onto your Computers Hard Drive The following section shows how to create an MP3 WMA or WAV from a CD You should Connect to the Internet before you start Ripping As the tracks in the Recordcase only show the track numbers you will need to attain the artist and track information The PCDJ Software solves this by using a built in Online Database CD Library search that pulls vital from the Internet With just a click of a button information such as artist name album and title of track on the artist and CD that you are ready to RIPP is automatically downloaded and displayed in the RIPP modes Recordcase area It is strongly recommended that you complete logging the track information at this point of the ripping encoding process because when you begin to ripp from other CDs if the track information is not logged you will only have a series of track numbers with no data to tell you which song is which The Online Database CD Library is an unsupported feature We use a free database online which is updated regularly but is out of our realm of control We cannot add vinyl records to this database or make any changes to its
81. ram Looping Player and Edit Modes Defined The PCDJ Software is actually two things in one a sampler and a player And within these devices are three working modes of operation The Looping Mode A sampler is a device that copies a short piece of a larger audio track These short pieces of audio are technically known as samples In the PCDJ Software these samples are called Loops A Loop by definition is a short length of sound that can be used to work into a mix for creating greater effects of the music The Player Mode The Player mode plays back the audio tracks and Loops in the Dual Players It is selectively different than the Edit Mode in that it does not allow the setting or editing of Cue Points The Edit Mode The Edit mode allows you to create and edit Cue Points 88 Look at the following diagram and read about the controls to begin to become familiar with this powerful tool the DAC 2 Important NOTE In order to keep from getting too much subjec tive information at one time look at touch play with feel etc the features on your DAC 2 Controller as you read about them in this section You don t have to try to operate these features at this time but get familiar with the actual controls instead of just pictures on DAC 2 Left Side NOTE The controls of the left side of the DAC 2 are for Player A of the PCDJ Software and the equivalent controls on the right side are for P
82. reated in the root directory to store groups of related files Task Switch Command There is a key combination on the computer keyboard Alt Tab that switches back and forth between different programs that are open in the computer at that particular time This is called Task Switch Tempo The speed at which a song is supposed to be played based on the artist who created it Text Box A rectangular box that allows the computer to display text or to let the user type in information There are many uses for the text box such as changing default data where options exist filling in informa tion that a program requires in order to customize the task for you re particular needs or for setting parameters degrees or limits like volume levels speeds etc Track For our purposes in this manual track means a recorded song track or song recorded music Tutorial As a tutor is a private teacher a tutorial is simply an intensive lesson or course on a specific subject Variable Bit Rate As opposed to CBR Constant Bit Rate the computer analyses the 108 song being recorded and changes the bit rate in relation to the song For example in a duplication process recording that is assigned a VBR of 160 Kbit as the song plays low level sounds the bit rate may drop below 160 Kbits to as low as 96 Kbits And when the song plays high levels of sound the bit rate may go above 160 Kbits to as high as 192 Kbits The average
83. registration page If this computer does not have internet call our Support Line at 727 799 3828 Enter your registration information the CD serial number shipped in your PCDJ box or emailed to you PCDJRD XXXXXX XXXXXX and copy and paste the MID and SITE Code into this web page ALL Serial numbers License codes Activation codes are CaSe SeNsITiVe 2 PCDJ RED YRM FORM REQUIRED FORM FIELDS CORRECT EMAIL IS REQUIRED YOU WILL BE EMAILED YOUR PCDJ RED RM ACTI ATION CODE First Name Last name i X Email ji Serial Number example PCDIRD 000000 000000 x Include Dashes MID Code y Site Code example 0625 4D39 A246 FAB3 example 5D25CDE6 Get Activation The data that is collected is solely for the use of security for PCDI products Your data will be accessed for support verification updates future PCDJ associated products and plug ins gt You will be emailed your PCDJ RED INIT Code Enter this INIT Code in the same small window the MID and Site Code Appeared and click Continue INIT CODE IS CASE SENSITIVE This will Launch PCDJ RED VRM NOTE lf for some reason PCDJ Software fails to start it is possible there may be an incompatibility with the sound card s you are using or sound card s are not installed or not connected properly or you may have not installed DirextX or WM Component 19 gt PEDJ RED VRM MEE C Remove license Applicaton status Cancel _ Contrve gt gt
84. ress the PLAY button The loop starts playing Using the buttons next to the InSample window or the top horizontal slider find the place inside the file that you want your loop to begin When you are changing the InSample value the OutSample value automatically changes to retain the correct loop length Once you find the place that you want your loop to start click on the EXPORT button This will write in memory the new InSample and OutSample values In other words this button will SAVE your loop in memory Now that you saved the loop in the memory you can fine adjust and the Out point of the loop Use the buttons next to the OutSample window or use the bottom horizontal slider to adjust the point that your loop ends If you wish you can use the buttons next to the loop length window to change the length of the loop Note that changing the OutSample to other than the default values for each loop length will result in a CHANGE of the Temp BPM value Once you achieve a perfect loop press the EXPORT button once again to update the CUE point with the current loop settings Notes At any time you can use the L and B buttons to change the In point of the loop As it s said above the B button will move the loop a beat forward or backwards based on the BPM value that s stored in memory not the Temp BPM value and the L button will move the In point a whole loop length forward or backwards based on the current lo
85. rol the Pitch Control Slide of The PCDJ Software by hand Cue Clicking the Cue button will stop the Player from playing a track If there is a Cue Point chosen the Player will set its playing point back to this cue position instead of returning to the beginning of the song In this cued mode the red LED light above the Cue button will light up Shift Cue Holding down the Shift button and pressing Cue will cause the Player to begin Braking in a Turntable style Brake The speed of this brake is configurable in the CFG Interface section Play The Play button will start the corresponding Player A or B when depressed if the Player has a track loaded in it The green LED light above the button will light up If you press the Play button once more the Player will go into a Pause mode and the green LED light will begin to blink Pressing the button once again will cause the Player to resume playing from where it left off when it was paused Pitch Bend These two and buttons will bend the pitch of the song being played in one Player This will speed it up or slow it down to synchronize it with the song in the other Player for as long as the button s is held down Display Window The green window that shows the status of many of the DAC 2 s features More on the DAC 2 Now that you ve become somewhat familiarized with the DAC 2 we can move on to learning how to operate many of its features Continue reading and
86. rom the menus Ripping A term that represents the action of a computer taking soundtracks from a CD record etc and storing them onto the hard drive This process is called ripping For PCs the WAV format is used for storing the audio data MAC computers use AIFF standard Creating MP3 files is a two step process that involves ripping First the audio information from CDs or other audio media are duplicat ed and stored on the computer s hard drive in the WAV format Then the WAV files are encoded to MP3 with an encoder The actual ripping is involved with the first step only Root Directory When a disk is first prepared for the computer a single directory is created This is called the root directory This directory stores sub directories Scale When encoding with a Variable Bit Rate it is possible to control the 107 band or extent that the variation will occur It basically deals with ranges of dynamics A Variable Rate at Scale 50 would use 50 or half of the total dynamic scale available The scale exists to allow greater use of the Variable Bit Rate encoding process Computers with lower memory capacity for instance will still be able to use the Variable Bit Rate process by scaling down the dynamic range using less memory to complete the process Selection Box A text box that offers an on or off option by simply clicking the mouse pointer in it Subdirectory Subdirectories are c
87. s for keeping The PCDJ Software visually on top of any other program running Tempo Span The Tempo Span allows you to control the range or Percent of change in the BPM Beats Per Minute of a song when using the Tempo Control Slide see Diagram below The lowest option is 5 and the highest is 52 Its default setting is at 24 The left box is for Player 1 and the right box is for Player 2 28 Tempo Step The Tempo Step setting allows you to set the degree of movement of each click of the Small Step buttons The Small Step buttons located next to the Tempo or Pitch Control Slide see Diagram below permit you to move the Pitch Control Slide up or down in very small increments The higher the number in the Tempo Step text box the greater the movement up or down of the Tempo Control Slide with each click of the Small Step buttons It is designed to allow greater precision of movement of the Tempo or Pitch Control Sliders Small Step Up Center Slider Small Step Down Brake To Cue The Brake To Cue feature will Cue the song to the current CuePoint when done braking if this feature is disabled the song will pause when it is done braking Brake Sec BrakeSec is the number of seconds it takes for the brake feature Shift F1 Shift Cue on controller to reach a full stop UnBrake Sec UnBrake Sec is the number of seconds it takes of the UnBrake feature Shift F2 Shift Play
88. setting each track s BPM either Manually or via the Automatic BPM extractor We will use the Auto BPM extractor now and cover how to Manual BPM tracks later 59 Automatic BPM Much easier than using the Metronome to manually BPM songs you can also run BPM detection on selected tracks from the Recordcase 1 Select the tracks you wish to BPM in the Recordcase 2 Rt Click and select BPM Gain Scan option that suits your needs 3 This will automatically find the BPM of the track and write that BPM to the song This button will also find a Gain parameter which PCDJ RED will use to play all tracks back at the same level or loudness 4 If you wish to check the progress of the scanning tracks using the SCAN button on the command bar will toggle between the Recordcase and the SCAN View Mode You must use right click refresh Subgroup option for BPM s to appear in Recordcase Players A and B have the typical buttons you would see on any real life player The screenshot below is a close up of one of the Dual Players Below is a list of the players main features Dual Players A and B Both players A amp B function exactly the same The only differences between the two players are the shortcut keys used on the keyboard Full maps of these shortcut keys appear at the end of this manual 60 1 Progress Bar This graph shows you how far along your song has played You will have blue bars up to 90 of the
89. song and red bars the final 10 A small dot below the Progress Bar shows where a Cue Point is stored 2 Player Status This text area explains what mode the player is in The modes include Ready Playing Stopped Paused and Cued 3 Elapsed Time Shows how much time of the song has been played 4 Song Rate Shows the Sample Rate and Kilobit of the song that is loaded 5 Remaining Time Shows how much time of the song yet to be played 6 BPM Shows BPM of the song that is loaded This BPM can be manually entered in the recordcase or extracted using the automatic BPM or Loop Editor features covered later in this guide 7 Cue Point Indicator This tells you the number of the Cue Point you are on You can also name Cue Points which will be covered later in this manual 8 Artist and Title This shows the artist and the title of the song that is loaded as it reads in the ID3 header tag of the file 9 Cue Points This shows you which Cue Point information via color differences Setting Deleting Cue Points will be covered later in this manual A Black Square represents an unset Cue Point when you are on it A Dark Gray Square represents an unset Cue Point when you are not on it A Teal Square represents a set Cue Point when you are on it This is the Cue Point that will be cued to upon pressing the CUE 61 Button A Gold Square represents a set Cue Point when you are not on it 10 Cue Point Selectors Sampler T
90. stance and then reconverting it from sound back into data demodulation Module Hardware or software that interacts with a larger overall system Hardware modules are usually designed to plug right into the system A software module is a program designed to handle a specific job in a larger program The virtual Players Mixer and or Recordcase of the PCDJ Software are examples of modules Thus we have program modules that perform certain tasks for the overall system MP3 A technology that compresses sound files saving a lot of memory space while maintaining very good sound quality 106 Operating System OS The main control program that runs a computer e g Windows DOS etc Path The path or directory path shows where files are located A file named songs located in subdirectory music within directory robert located on the C drive would show a PATH looking like this C robert music songs Parameters Any information assigned to a program in order to customize the program for a particular purpose Parameters basically set limits or controls to certain activities of a program Peripheral Peripheral devices for a computer refers to the hardware devices that connect to it such as a monitor printer mouse and keyboard Program Manager The control center for Windows operating system It manages the program icons by listing them in menus By clicking on the icons programs can be launched right f
91. t If it needs more adjustment do the changes you want press EXPORT then CUE and repeat the procedure until you are satisfied with the result Saving Changes and Unloading Tracks To unload the track from Loop Editor all you have to do is to click on the DONE button If the Temp BPM value is different from the one stored in memory shown in the BPM field then you will be asked if you want to overwrite the old BPM value with the new one It s up to you to decide if you want to overwrite the BPM or not You must unload the track from Loop Editor to able to load it in the players The Recorder Module WMA 128 kbps stereo X 1 Format and Quality List Is a drop down list of formats MP3 WMA or Wave and quality levels you want to record your mix at 2 Set FileName This button opens a dialog box asking to save your recording and what to name it 72 3 Start Record This button Starts Recording 3 Stop Record This button Stops Recording 4 Vu Meter Visually displays the input recording volume of your mix 5 File Name This displays the location and file name of the mix your recording Recording the Mix Another fantastic thing that you can do with the PCDJ Software is record from any external device through the line in on your soundcard You also have the ability to choose the format that your recording will be completed in i e WAV MP3 or WMA It is also possible to record your mixes live on the fly with th
92. t list all of your song information and contains the location of the Real Song on your computers hard drive The first XML file located within My Documents within PCDJ Recordcase folder within VRM Recordcase folder contains the file Groups xml This file lists what Groups and Subgroups you have Within the VRM Recordcase are multiple XML files located within the Playlist folder that display what tracks are in each subgroup 39 Backing up your Recordcase Once you build your Recordcase you might want to back up this folder and all of your music In the unlikely event you have a computer problem you can transfer your music and your Recordcase back to your computer You must make sure the music is located on the same hard drive letter and path of the original computer Refresh ID3Tag in Recordcase on Start up By checking the selection box any changes made to your music s file name Tag information or new songs you added or deleted will automatically refresh or update your group lists in the Recordcase every time you start PCDJ Software The default setting is Unchecked OFF If this option is checked ON it will take some time for PCDJ to open FYI You are given this option because if you have a lot of songs more than 3000 it can take a while to do the update depending on the speed and amount of music on your computer so you may not want an update to occur during a performance If you want the Refresh ID3Tag in Record
93. t loop ends CUE Status It shows the current CUE point number and it s status If a CUE point is stored in memory lt SAVED CUE gt will appear while if the cue point is empty it will show lt EMPTY CUE gt Name It shows the name of the CUE point if there is one stored in memory BPM With Blue Digits It shows the BPM Value of the current CUE point if a Tempo change occurs an you wish to store a different BPM value for the CUE point Length It shows the current length of the loop measured in BEATS Also for your better information LE shows the Artist and the Trackname of the current track that s loaded and a status bar that will notify you for the current status of the module 67 BPM Test amp Correct Section PREV NEXT BPM 2 BPM 2 These 4 buttons are used to correct the BPM value of the song You should use these buttons ONLY with tracks that their BPM value was extracted by PCDJ You SHOULD NOT use these buttons and their functions with MANUALLY BPM ed tracks Looping Fine CUE adjustments Section i 9 EXPORT DELETE FILL TO NEXT CUE ET ET EIT cue STOP PLAY This section is used to work with loops and CUE point to fine adjust tune them The horizontal sliders These sliders are used to adjust the In and Out point of a loop The top slider is used to adjust the In point the InSample value while the bottom one is used to change the Out point OutSample value Exp
94. terminal 192L Recommend Setting as a Professional DJ CONnNHBevrl aden editor Cancel Hardware Interface Automation Ripper Administration Sound Card Channels Position Player 1 1 MAYA 44 Wave 5 Player 2 2 MAYA 44 Wave hd Cue Mix Disabled bd Metronome Primary Sound Driver X Loop Editor Primary Sound Driver E Test Controller Controller COM Port 25 When Using Creative Labs Sound Cards you must open Creative Audio Mixer and change to 4 Speaker Mode Sy Microphone a Settings Creative Extigy Using Built in PCDJ Software Mixer Cancel CONnNHevrlau0n editor Hardware Interface Automation Ripp Administration Sound Ce Channels Position d Player 1 Creative SB Extigy fess Test Controller pes Controller COM Port coms xl 26 Creative Extigy Using External DJ Mixer CONHBeUrlau30n editor Sound Card Channels Position Player 1 Creative SB Extigy had Player 2 Creative SB Extigy od X Cue Mix Disabled Metronome Creative SB Extigy x Loop Editor Creative SB Extigy Test Controller Controller COM Port NOTE An exception to not having true stereo separation and being able to Cue your Mix with only one sound card is when you Select Player 1 to position Left and Player 2 to Position Right Now you can use Separate Players and CUE on an external DJ mixer You can also Select Player 1 and 2 to Position Left and Select Cue Mix Metronome Loop Editor to Channels
95. th the power and versatility of the computer and the PCDJ Software you are positioning yourself to be a leader in your profession You now know how to utilize the advanced features of the PCDJ Software These procedures will quickly become second nature to you after you have worked with them a few times The next chapter offers Keyboard Shortcuts for the PCDJ Software Once you learn these shortcuts you will be able to master the system From here forward for as long as needed you should refer to this manual and work with the player until you know its features cold and can comfortably run it Do your homework before your gigs and have everything ready ahead of time You shouldn t be making lists and arranging tracks in the Wait List during your performance Also use the Wait List and Auto Pilot together when performing live This combination is so efficient you ll wonder how you ever got along without it in the past 101 Appendix A Glossary AIFF Similar in its purpose to the WAV standard for PCs this audio file format was developed by Apple Computer for storing high quality recorded sound in the MAC computer See WAV Application A software program other than the operating system that does a particular task s A word processor program such as Microsoft Word an accounting program and the PCDJ Software are all examples of applications ASF Short for Advanced Streaming Format it s a streaming multimedia
96. then ok You should have display properties still open at this time click on the Appearance tab Click the Effects button and uncheck the box to the left of Use the following transition effect for menus and tool tips FADE now click Ok then Apply If you have a laptop Click on the Hibernate Tab and uncheck Enable Hibernation Now click Apply then Ok on the Display Properties window to close Turning off Fade effects should resolve any problems with possible skipping when using Standby STBY mode of PCDJ Software Disable Windows Sounds Go to and click on Windows Start Menu go to Settings click Control Panel open Sounds and Audio Devices by double clicking click on the Sounds Tab Now click on the drop down arrow for Sound Schemes and select No Sounds then click Apply then OK 12 INSTALLING PCDJ SOFTWARE If you have downloaded the demo version of PCDJ Software setupdemo exe or Bought the Digital downloadable version of PCDJ Software setupRED exe from our web site go to the directory in your computer where you downloaded and saved the PCDJ Software Installer and double click it to begin installation FYI If you re not sure where you have downloaded the file onto your system click on the Windows Start Start button located in the lower left corner of your computer screen then click on YP search Search or Find yaa ythen Files or Folders I Files or Folders h or All Files and folders Commence a search by
97. tichanel Soundcards like the Gigaport AG list only once as USB Sound Device and the Creative Sound Blaster Live Extigy will also list once as Creative SB Extigy When using an External USB Soundcard you MUST select Channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 or 3 4R depending on your model sound card 3 4R is used for the Rear output of the Creative SB Extigy The Recommended configuration when using a Built in Multichannel Soundcard in order to Cue pre listen your mix is Player 1 of PCDJ Software plays through output 1 Left and Right of Soundcard to one Channel of an External DJ Mixer Player 2 of PCDJ Software will play through output 2 Left and Right of Soundcard to second Channel of a External DJ Mixer 24 See the NOTE on the following page re an exception to this Below are Screen shots and setting of different sound cards NOTE Any time you change Sound Card setting you should Exit PCDJ Software and then reopen PCDJ Software Settings for use with PCDJ Built In Mixer and Multichannel Sound Card like the MAYA 44 or Waveterminal 192L CONnHeuUrauon editor Ok Cancel Hardware Inte o er Administration Sound Card Channels Position Player 1 1 MAYA 44 Wave X Stees Player 2 1 MAYA 44 Wave X Stereo zl Cue Mix 2 MAYA 44 Wave kd Stereo gt Metronome Z MAYA 44 Wave 5 static Controller COM Port coms zl Loop Editor Settings for use with External DJ Mixer and Multichannel Sound Card like the MAYA 44 or Wave
98. tions are self explanatory BPM Gain Scan Group This option will add all tracks in the highlighted Group to the SCAN view SCAN view is were you go to start the BPM Gain process and see the progressive of tracks being Scanned There are several Right click Options in the RC Recordcase which allow you to change Font size Color and other appearance settings Have fun with theses options If you don t like the result you can always use the Default Style option Recordcase Track Section Sorting Track Lists There are different ways to sort your tracks in the Recordcase and it s as easy as clicking a button or drag and drop a sort button in the order you want Erm Artist Track Album Genre Format BitRate Duration Comment Version CD Track Rating Year File Path Gain Sort Buttons BPM Sort Button The BPM sort button is located at the top of the recordcase Click on it BPM sorts your tracks by Beats Per Minute numerically from ascending or descending order Locating tracks that are compatible for mixing is a breeze Artist Sort Button Clicking on the Artist button will sort the tracks by artist name alphabetically Trackname Sort Button The Trackname button sorts your tracks alphabetically by the track s title 54 Album Sort Button Sorts by Album alphabetically from a z or z a Genre Sort Button Sorts by Genre Alphab
99. ton repeatedly Press the Preview button for a seamless exit of the Loop What is meant by seamless is you don t have to worry about pressing the Play button at any exact time This is because no matter when you press the button the Loop will play to its end point and then automatically switch to the Player mode and start playing the track that is loaded in the Player This gives a seamless bridge from the Loop to the song without missing a beat NOTE You can switch between the different Loops that you ve created by scrolling to the desired Cue Point Lights and playing them the same way as in the steps above Using Multiple Loops in the Mix Now that you know how to create loops and play loops you can learn how to use Loops in your mix STEP 1 You will now be able to scroll through your Loops exclusively in the Cue Point Indicator STEP 2 Choose a Loop to play by scrolling with the Cue Memory buttons STEP 3 Press the Loop Preivew button and Play button at the same time and the chosen Loop begins playing NOTE You can stutter by tapping Play quickly 97 STEP 4 Now scroll to the next Loop or cue position that you would like to play STEP 5 Press the Play button and the new Loop begins to play You can toggle between the two most recently played Loops by pressing the Shift button You can quickly play each Loop back and forth by pressing Shift Play Shift Play and so on Note Do Not get con
100. typing setupdemo exe or setupRED exe in the Named dialog box When you find the file double click on it to start the installation If you have Purchased the Hard copy version of PCDJ Software from our web site or one of our dealers follow these steps Step A Place the PCDJ Software CD Rom in your computers CD Rom tray An auto run flash animation window should appear If not click My Computer and double click on your CD Rom Drive to open Step B Look for PCDJ Software Install button on the Autorun flash animation window and click Install Step 1 DirectX 9 follow on screen instructions and Reboot Restart PC Turn PC off then back ON Step C Follow step A to return to Flash animation and Install Step 2 WM Component and follow on screen instructions Step D Return to Flash animation screen to Install Step 3 Install PCDJ Software and Restart PC Follow install screen shot steps below 13 When you start the installation a window will open to ask you to install the Windows Component DirectX9 by clicking on the Download DX9 install PCDJ After Reboot Bar will take you to a Microsoft website that will allow you to download the DX9 Note a reboot is required after DX9 installation CAUTION DIRECTX 9 WAS NOT FOUND This is a REQUIREMENT before installing PCDJ 1 Click OK to open Microsoft s Download Page 2 Click on the DirectX 9 End User Runtime Link at the top This will open the C
101. u should see PCDJ DAC 2 Controller Com Com port number varies from computer to computer Write this number down 10 x Now Close all windows by clicking on the X 1 On the top right corner of Device manager and System properties Pe oevice manager E File Action View Help 6 46 2 a Batteries Computer lt Disk drives Display adapters 2 DVD CD ROM drives H Floppy disk controllers 8B Floppy disk drives 1 ig Human Interface Devices H E IDE ATA ATAPI controllers E S IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers H 5 Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices I Modems 5 Monitors E E Network adapters S PCMCIA adapters E A Ports COM amp LPT Y ECP Printer Port LPT1 F pcos pac 2 Controle COMBS E Processors Sap SBP2 IEEE 1394 Devices E Sound video and game controllers E S Storage volumes zl aeARA AA 86 FYI Usually Com Port 3 and 4 are reserved for modems This might cause connectivity problems with your controller which can be fixed by Manually changing the Com port number STEP 1 Open The PCDJ Software if it is not already started STEP 2 Click the CFG Configuration button to enter the Configuration mode STEP 3 The very first tab you come to is the Hardware TAB At the very bottom of this screen you will see Controller Com Port Drop down menu This is were writing down the Comport number from the last installation steps comes in handy Depending
102. undcard with 2 or more audio outputs Recommended Darla24 soundcard Maya 44 Waveterminal 192 series Delta 44 66 As well as Creative Labs Extigy Echo Electronics Indigo or Gigaport AG for Laptops http www pcdj com Products Hardware Default asp CD ROM DRIVE 30X CD ROM or faster will be able to support digital audio extraction on a hardware level Hard Drive Size of HD varies depending on the amount of music you would like to store on your PC 300 Music CD s use about 20 Gig s of HD space in MP3 format at 192Kbits Recommended HD Speed is 7200 RPM Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP Home or Pro Edition Video Card Minimum 8MB suggested is 32 MB 1x 2x or higher AGP Video Card with 1024 by 768 screen resolution any brand Dual Head Video card Recommended for full VRM KJ plug in support Monitor 1024X768 SVGA monitor resolution at 16bit colors or better USB Ports Available USB ports for optional Hardware controller NOTE This manual has been written as a guide for PCDJ VRM technology Therefore there may be certain features that you will see in this manual that do not apply to the specific product that you have There are features in this manual that are VRM plug ins they do not come standard with the PCDJ Software Most of these features mentioned in this manual will be marked with an asterisk to show that they are a plug in These extras can be purchased from Visiosonic b
103. urrent Direct 9 download page 3 Click on the DOWNLOAD link on the right dxwebsetup exe Directs 9 will Install and ask you to Reboot your Computer When your computer reboots this PCDJ Installer should start automatically Note If you KNOW you have installed DXx9 not 8 or 7 previously you can click Cancel to continue installing PCDJ Second window will require to install WMF 9window Media Format 9 SDK CAUTION WINDOWS MEDIA 9 NOT FOUND This is a REQUIREMENT before iretaing PCDJ 1 Click OK to Downoad the Windows Media Series Ruriime 2 Choose OPEN Necessay Windows Mecha 9 Components i Install 3 Alter WMS Finishes Inetaling Aur This iratai Agar ot gt REBOOT your Computer and the Instal wll FINISH automanc ally Note Il you KNOW you have installed WMGjnct 8 or 7 previoutly you can cick Cancel to continue installing POD 0K Carcel Welcome window will open requesting to close all programs 14 and tells you about Copyrights Clicking on the Next button to continue with the installation a Welcome xi Welcome to PCDJ Red VRM Setup program This program will install PCDJ Red VAM on your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup Program Click Cancel to quit Setup and close any programs you have tunning Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law an
104. utton NOTE Resetting the Tempo Control should only be done when the 99 affected Player s output is in the monitor headphones because the Tempo of the song would jump as you reset it causing it to drastically change the speed pitch of the song The exception to this is to move the Controller s Tempo Control Slide very slowly to the position of the PCDJ Software s Slide handle This way there would be no noticeable change in speed Tempo Other Functions of the DAC 2 Time Elapsed Remaining Toggle To change the running time dialog in the DAC Display Window hold down the Shift button and press the Load button Stutter Stop Cue Play To create a stutter effect hold down the Stop Cue button and tap the Play button as fast or slow as you would like Stutter and Continue Playing If you want the song to continue playing after you stutter hold down the Play button while still holding down the Stop Cue button take your finger off the Stop Cue button and then remove your finger from the Play button BPM to Pitch Toggle To switch the number in the DAC Display Window from the Pitch gauge to the BPM Beats Per Minute gauge hold down the Match button and press Shift Pressing it again will toggle it back to Pitch etc A Final Note VERY WELL DONE You have completed the tutorial for the PCDJ Software This is what music and mixing is all coming to 100 high tech By adapting your DJ experience wi
105. w as 1 second or as high as 120 seconds before the end of a song The default setting is Blink Remaining 30 seconds before end of song Show BPM on Controller DAC 2 The default option is to show the Beats Per Minute on the Dac 2 Digital Audio Controller You can not uncheck this option you must check Show Tempo Adjustment on Controller if you want to show the Tempo percentage on DAC 2 instead of showing the BPM Reset Tempo On Load Reset Key On Load These options are checked by default to make sure you do 30 not forget to reset the Tempo when you load a new song Reset EQ On Load This option is checked by default to make sure you do not forget to reset PCDJ s EQ Equalizer Low Bass Mid High Treble when you load a new song IF you like all of your music to have allot of Lows Bass or Highs Treble all the time you might want to uncheck this option Reset RED On Load This option works just like Reset EQ on load but instead Resets RED Module Automation Automation offers a number of features which automatically perform tasks for ease and simplicity femme gp e OS ger om om ge editor vare nte e ation E Enable AutoCue End E E E R smpls AutoCue Level AutoEnd Level FineEdit Length i WaitList Delete on Load PA Color Logged Files in AC sec AUTOM ee M W Elapsed AutoMix pe y 5 AutoSave Logs Log After Sec Remaining Sec Elapsed Sec poe foe Fadeln Sec FadeOut Sec i Enable
106. y calling direct or via the www pcdj com Web site Though there may be a few references to PCDJ RED the topic may still refer to our other PCDJ products as well Visiosonic 727 799 3828 Web Sites www pcdj com www visiosonic com www fxuser com www therecordpool com Introduction Congratulations on receiving the easy to use professional MP3 DJ system PCDJ RED VRM and the optional PCDJ DAC 2 Digital Audio Controller You ve joined the ever growing worldwide list of DJ s who use this state of the art player Visiosonic has set a new standard for making stable products that professionals can rely upon Whether you re not very familiar with computers new at mixing or a long time veteran learning how to use this product will be simple It is not assumed here that the reader already knows what is being taught like in most manuals This manual approaches the subject at the right point the basics and moves the reader through at the correct levels for understanding with all of the necessary information intact Computer terms and other relevant data that everyone knows are also explained in a basic way This manual is broken down into parts beginning with a basic walk through of the player then step by step instructions and advanced procedures There are also keyboard shortcuts accompanied by a glossary of terms Important Note It is vital that you do not continue beyond a point where you don t u

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