VirtualDJ DJC Mk4
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1. ii TJ CONSOLE MK4 s BUILT IN AUDI Ag t alti AAE Y If the Scratch button is lit up the jog wheels are in scratch mode If the Scratch button is not lit up the jog wheels are in fine tuning mode 29 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 6 LOOPS AND EFFECTS The DJ s task is not only to play music tracks with no gaps between them but also to tweak existing music tracks to enhance their energy to stimulate the dancers The functions included in VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Edition are Loops 1 beat 2 beat 4 beat 8 beat Effects Flanger Beatgrid Flippin Double Overloop Please note that in Mac OS Overloop is not available These functions are controlled on each of the DJ Console Mk4 s decks by 5 push buttons in the area labeled Loops Fx a Shift button and 4 buttons labeled 1 2 3 4 which become buttons 5 6 7 8 when the Shift button is enabled When the Shift button is not lit up on your controller you are in Loop mode with buttons 1 2 3 4 When the Shift button is lit up on your controller you are in Fx mode with buttons 5 6 7 8 a Loops i Definition A loop is a repeated playback of a portion of the music generally a fixed number of beats Loops are used to remain on a specific part of a music track without stopping its rhythm ii Loop sizes When the Shift button is not lit up on your controller you are in loop mode and a single2. Year Born Key LinkedVideo Composer 4 PLAYING AN AUDIO FILE a Loading and playing an audio file When you have selected an audio file in your music browser you can load it on the left deck of VirtualDJ by pressing the Load A button on your DJ Console Mk4 or on the right deck of VirtualDJ by pressing the Load B button on your DJ Console Mk4 15 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Pettitt tit BUILT IN AUDIO Once an audio file is loaded on a deck you can Play it press the DJ Console Mk4 s Play button on the corresponding deck Move within the audio file turn the jog wheel on the corresponding deck Move faster within the audio file press the fast forward or rewind buttons on the corresponding deck User Manual 16 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 b Supported audio formats i File extensions VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 supports most digital audio formats such as MP3 PC Mac AAC PC Mac AIFF Mac WAV PC WMA PC OGG PC and CD Audio ii DRM protected files VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 cannot play files with DRM protection so if you have purchased an AAC file with DRM protection the solution to play the file in VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 is to burn an audio CD with this music file and mix using this audio CD instead of the AAC file with DRM protection iii Video files VirtualDJ also supports video files but in VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 the playback is limited to a small window to
3. Loops for the trance Bitrate Techno musers Movin up and dancing Year Erika Martino Sae RUS EdE comment Florence H Shootun Wiss The Tempo Party Mixer 909 One Original Mix Si sh House Mafia Radio Mix BBC Pete Rhythm amp Bass Over The Stage R amp B Under Stax Still Dance and Show Dancefloor Battle Techno remix of 80 s dance best Ericho Daronzales vWwake Up and Move Dance Club Mix You can display the following tags Title Artist Album Genre Bpm Key Length Bitrate Year Comment fi Sorting the music files You can sort your music files by each tag s data by song name artist name BPM music genre by clicking the headline of the relevant tag iii Searching You can also search for songs using the Search field when you type a sequence of characters in this field VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 will display all of the music files which include this sequence of characters in their tags in the Files area SEARCH fe TITLE ARTIST gA Protesta B rurier Moir Qe One Love Ami Stewart H A United Earth I With Youssou N Dour Glan Stivell You can also define the search area by clicking the circular button located on the right side of the search field User Manual 14 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Search in Folder Search in Drives w NekSearch Audio w MetSearch Video w Only NetSearch when no local results w Title wf rtist w FilePath FileMarne Comment Albur Genre
4. Once you reach the file you want to load on your virtual deck press the Hercules DJ Console Mk4 s button labeled Load A to load the file on the left deck or press the Hercules DJ Console Mk4 s button labeled Load B to load the file on the right deck i Ss 3 iil gt Hercules ll ll J gE M e TU c BPM Beats Per Minute rate of your music files The BPM rate is the number of beats per minute in the music which reflects how fast the music is a BPM rate below 85 is slow a BPM rate over 130 is fast 11 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 i Analyze your music files BPM rates The first time you display your list of music files in a DJ software application the Beats Per Minute rate is not calculated we strongly recommend that you analyze all of the music files you intend to mix with in advance so that you can then read the BPM Beats Per Minute rate in the browsing area to load only music tracks matching the BPM rate you need To analyze the music files in a directory select the music file s in the music list and right click with your mouse or on Mac with no right click on the mouse use Ctrl mouse click a pop up menu lets you select the action Scan for BPMs to analyze the music files oe One More Time Romanthony s Unplug Dat Punk Techno fe One O Clock Jump Count Basie Jaz w One Of Us Must Know Sooner Or Later Bob Dylan Folk ce Open Yo
5. iii Pitch scale The pitch scale is the percentage of speed variation you can achieve with the pitch fader a pitch scale of 12 means that the pitch fader s upper position in VirtualDJ corresponds to a 12 slowdown of the music playback and the pitch faders lower position corresponds to a 12 acceleration of the music playback a 100 BPM rate becomes a 88 BPM 25 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 rate when moving the fader to the top and 112BPM when moving the fader to the bottom Dancefloor Battle 129 71 Still Dance and Show ELAPSED 04 28 9 REMAIN 01 32 2 GAIN 0 006 KEY F m PITCH 0 0 ATEL ys The pitch scale can be changed by clicking on the pitch percentage figure displayed above the pitch fader in the VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 software you can set a pitch scale of 6 8 10 12 20 25 33 50 or 100 The lower the pitch scale the higher the precision of the pitch fader a low pitch scale makes the pitch fader more precise but limits your choice to music tracks whose BPM is close enough to the BPM of the music already loaded to be within the pitch scale iv Action of the pitch fader in VirtualDJ When you move the pitch fader you can see its action in 2 ways the BPM counter changes displayed in VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 to the right of the artist name the scrolling of the music track in the waveform window goes slower or faster However the best way to note the pitch change is
6. In Windows XP Vista and 7 if you see the Hercules DJ Console Series icon in your taskbar with no red cross then DJ Console Mk4 is connected and detected If you see the DJ Console Mk4 icon in your taskbar with a red cross your DJ Console Mk 4 is not properly detected on any of your PC s USB ports so running VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Edition is not possible as long as the red cross has not disappeared 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS a PC Desktop laptop PC with 1 5GHz processor or higher 1GB RAM Operating system Microsoft Windows XP Vista or 7 USB 2 0 or USB 1 1 powered USB port or USB hub Hercules DJ Console Mk4 Headphones or amplified stereo speakers CD ROM or DVD ROM drive 1024x600 video resolution or higher 16 bit Microphone Internet connection 100MB free hard disk space Mac Desktop laptop Mac with Intel 1 5GHz processor or higher 1GB RAM Operating system Mac OS 10 5 Leopard and 10 6 Snow Leopard USB bus powered port or USB hub NB the USB port on Mac keyboards is not powered Hercules DJ Console Mk4 Headphones or amplified stereo speakers 3 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 CD ROM or DVD ROM drive 16 bit 1024x768 video resolution Microphone Internet connection 100MB free hard disk space 2 VIRTUALDJ DJC MK4 OVERVIEW Party Mixer 909 Dancefloor Battle In the name of the party DOYS ceed is see Ms Still Dance and Show ELAPSED 00 15 5 REMAIN 06 49 8 N ELAPSED 04 28
7. and you can read its BPM rate in the VirtualDJ display to the right of the artist name iii BPM rate display The BPM rate is displayed in 2 areas if you have analyzed the files the BPM rates are listed in the browser area on each deck to the right of the artist name ter ene ia a feos S mEn k Barrer Bacen Baie SSESSESESSSSSSOCSS d Information about the music tracks The text information inserted in each music file is called a tag audio files are generally tagged automatically when you import an audio CD via iTunes or Windows Media Player or when you buy MP3 files and the tag includes the song name artist name composer name album name music genre and the date on which the music was recorded Once you analyze music files in VirtualDJ the BPM rate is added inside the tag i Customizing the tag display You can select which fields of the music tag you want to display in the music browser by right clicking with your mouse on the music browser headlines or Ctrl mouse click in Mac OS using a Mac mouse with only 1 button 13 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 2 Search Title Artist Title After The Final Beat v Artist BeatMix Mogul Drums Hardcore Solo Album Drummer Boy CH SMES v Genre Hard Club Lovers A ERAU y Bom Dance Floor Master In the name of the party Key Party Mixer 909 Light and Dance Remix v Length MC Light amp Dance
8. 9 REMAIN 01 32 2 GAIN 6 6dB KEY C m PITCH 1 3 GAIN 0 0dB KEY F m PITCH 0 0 Artist Genre Movin up and dancing Erika Martino Saez Dance After The Final Beat BeatMix Mogul Dance in the name of the party Party Mixer 909 Dance Rhythm amp Bass Over The Stane Never Miss The Tempo amp B Under Stax pance T ryh i A a Techno remix of 80 s 7 l Co LAFI Music And Dancefloor He _fig L d Da a a fm UZ CA 3 Drummer Boy English Hard Club Lovers Dance GeFolk cannot forget the heat ofthatnight Dance Floor Master Dance GmFrench Light and Dance Remix MC Light amp Dance Dance me Loops for the trance Techno musers Dance QRS One Original Mix Swedish House Mafia Other The VirtualDJ DJC Mk 4 interface can be split into 5 areas e Waveform Deck A Mixer Deck B Browser area folders files areas a Browser area folders area files area In this area you can browse through your computer or network drive to select the audio files you will load onto a deck and mix with The browser area consists of 2 subsections e the folders browser on the left use this area to select a folder a disk or remote access location e the files browser on the right use this area to select the music track you want to load on each deck of the player User Manual 4 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 b DeckA This is the virtual deck on the left You can load music files on this deck move within the tra
9. and Show Party Mixer 900 lt Rive mime OF the party ALAPEED tipi AEA be HEF ie Ei SLAP GEL EHAE S HeMEOM Oy de F Lip DH BET Fo f Er H areira Erka i iF i Aer The Firal Bes Beso Angi inthe rame athe park Party karg WR hhm E Bass Crear Thee Slog RAB Linder Siwa amp Irar i T T f F ba k sro Teche ramis of SOs dance bael Eticho Dea ronzale 5 Orumes Hardcore Son Drymamer Brr Dance amp ba 7 T 66 cannot irge the herl of ther righi Dance Floor Vissie Dance thd Sred es Ger k thi Carra r giLa or he ranma Tac a mamare Dance r ii k IET a Once the pitch fader has reached its maximum value in VirtualDJ s display the top or bottom position there is no point in keeping on turning the User Manual 24 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Pitch button on your DJ Console Mk4 in the same direction as the level can go no further ii Master Tempo Keylock Master Tempo is a setting allowing you to keep the tone of a track unchanged while you change the tempo this is useful to speed up or slow down a track without making its tone change You can turn the Master Tempo function in VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 on or off by clicking on the Keylock logo a lock logo on top of the pitch fader just above the pitch scale displa z iea Pod and PancetngrHeslre Flara H Shari SH Dance and Show Dea races tl nag Erte Dearest lf the lock is orange Master Tempo is ON If the lock is gray Master Tempo is OFF
10. button on your DJ Console Mk4 to preview deck A or Deck B respectively Preview the music file on your headphones by pressing the Play button d Moving within a music track You can move within a music track using 3 controls Play the music track with the DJ Console Mk4 s Play buttons This is the simplest way just press the Play button of the selected deck on your controller and you can hear the track on your headphones at the position you have reached Move within the track by turning the DJ Console Mk4 s jog wheels This is the most precise way turn the jog wheel backwards and forwards and you see your position moving in the waveform window Go forwards and backwards by pressing the Fast forward and Rewind buttons This is the fastest way you see your position within the music track in the small waveform preview placed over the virtual vinyl record image in the VirtualDJ display User Manual 18 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 e Setting a Cue point A Cue point is a bookmark of the moment in the music file where you want to start playing the music file for your audience to avoid the slower start of the music track if it is too slow for dancing This bookmark is intended to start playing the music file only once its beat is strong enough for dancing since a slow introduction of the music with no beat may interrupt the dancing rhythm i Placing a Cue point Once the music file is loaded on a deck preview it
11. this 4 beat pattern over the music during 4 beats which adds intermediary beats on the music If you keep the beatgrid button pressed down the 4 beat pattern is added continuously as a loop over the music track If you release the beatgrid button the 4 beat pattern stops at the A beat while the music track playback goes on You can change the pattern of the beatgrid by changing the beatgrid preset in the Effects menu MiftRO GRIB iii Flippin Double Flippin Double repeats the music with half a beat delay as if you had 2 turntables that were both playing the same track one playing half a beat behind the other and you were quickly moving the cross fader to this second turntable at the end of each beat resulting in a repetition of the rhythm ACTIVATE ACTIVATE On CECH 1 On DECH E amp E MAME Flippin Double AUTHOR Atomix Productions DESCRIPTION Double every beat like iF crossfading From one turntable to the other with the same disc on both but delayed Fram 1 beak User Manual 34 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 iv Overloop The overloop function sets a 4 beat loop of the current track and plays it in the background of the track s playback To apply the overloop function press the overloop button once To stop the overloop function press the overloop button again 7 SCRATCH SAMPLER a Scratch Scratching is the action of stopping a vinyl record playing on a turntable with yo
12. to provide the audience with the music they need to dance which includes selecting music tracks well suited to the audience maintaining a dancing rhythm with a good ambiance and avoiding anything that may interrupt the rhythm such as gaps in the music or a BPM change that is too abrupt making transitions easy for the dancers by synchronizing the next music track with the current music track wherever possible this synchronization is called beat matching User Manual 20 39 l VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Beat matching consists of adjusting the playback speed of music track B until the moment the beats often marked by drums or bass of this track B play at the same time as the beats of track A to keep the same beat during 3 steps 1 when playing track A 2 then mixing track B together with track A 3 and then when you stop playback of track A to keep only track B playing to spare the dancers a change in the dancing rhythm If the BPM rates of 2 music tracks are very far one from the other you may synchronize them by setting the BPM rate of the second music track at half or twice the BPM rate of the first music track so that the beat of the second music track is played at the same time as 1 beat out of 2 of the first music track or vice versa Typically you can synchronize a 75 BPM music track with another track set at 75 BPM or with a track set at 150 BPM Hercules DJ Console Mk4 has 4 controls for beat matchin
13. Flanger e Button 6 Beatgrid e Button 7 Flippin Double e Button 8 Overloop only in Windows in Mac OS button 8 repeats the last effect To change the preset of any of these 4 effects click the Effects button in VirtualDJ User Manual 32 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 CONFIG b B Ta rsa Woe Ot oer R amp B Under Stax 134 99 MIXER J Drummer Boy Rhythm amp Bass Over The Stage Drums Hardcore Solo HOT CUE EY GAI G Y EMAIN 04 44 ees se E Eaa TER Sound Effects ITEC Ct A Transitions Flanger NAME Flanger AUTHOR Atomix Productions DESCRIPTION Add a flanger effect synced on the beat i Flanger The flanger consists of adding a cycle of stretching and compression on some frequencies of an audio track while keeping the other frequencies unchanged so that you keep the tempo and the tone of the music but change its sound Flanger is very often used in techno music To set the flanger press the flanger button to stop it press the button again Changing the flanger You can change the flanger preset in the Effects menu by selecting the delay of the flanger the frequency of the flanger ACTIVATE ACTIVATE on DECH 1 On DECH amp NAME Flanger AUTHOR Atomix Productions DESCRIPTION Add a flanger effect synced on the beat 33 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 ii Beatgrid The beatgrid is a beat repeater it samples 4 beats of the current music track and plays
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15. backlit Go to the folders area by pushing the button with a folder symbol O Move within the folders area to reach the folders you want by pushing the DJ Console Mk4 s buttons with Up and Down arrows to change the active folder expanding the active level by pushing the Folder button ei Tunes Library Geils Os HIE GeAlternative amp Punk G e merican IEE ePooks amp Spoken Ge chinese Geo lassic Ge ountry eFrench Ge German azz 01 Active folder virtual or real highlighted 02 Other folders not highlighted 03 Graphic slider to move through the list 04 Lock unlock to lock the Files area if the lock is open the folder area can expand and hide the files area 05 Add Virtual Folder button You can create a Virtual Folder which is a playlist by clicking the button with a and a red folder symbol ap on the top right of the folders area User Manual 10 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 ii File browser Once you have reached the directory where your music files are stored you can leave the folders area to reach the files area by pushing the DJ Console Mk4 s button labeled Files you can move through the file browser by pushing the buttons with up or down arrows to move to the previous or next line to move faster through the music list keep the Up or Down button pressed and turn the DJ Console Mk4 s jog wheel for the deck you want to preview this lets you move through the list more quickly
16. ck play the music file loaded on this deck add a bookmark to a position called a Cue point change the pitch the playback speed view the BPM pitch variation elapsed and remaining time Party Mixer 909 In the name of the party wA w i HOT CUE ELAPSED 00 15 5 REMAIN 06 49 8 a EEFE GAIN 6 606 KEY C m Pl 7 EFFECTS KEYLOCK ji r 124 Flanger 01 Music tag Artist name on top Song name on second line 02 Pitch slider down speed up up slow down 03 Virtual vinyl record scratch on the virtual record with your mouse drag and drop music onto the virtual record with your mouse 5 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 04 c Pitch bend adjustment buttons Pitch bend left slower and Pitch bend right faster Time counter elapsed time remaining time Wave form overview vertical bar cue point BPM counter 129 21 129 21 Beats Per Minute Pitch scale click on it to change pitch scale Cue button lets you set the cue point position 1 or return to the last selected cue point Effects click on the name to enable the function and click on the arrow pointing downwards to select different effects Pause and Play Sync synchronize the deck with the other deck Loop In Loop Out enter loop mode Smart Loop mode when this mode is enabled orange lock icon clicking the Loop Out button creates a continuous loop based on the selected loop size above the Loop Out button Sa
17. d VirtualDJ keeps on recording the sample as long as you don t click the Rec button again You play back the sample by pressing the sample Play button iii _Commands on each sample ed Cd ed S 1 2 4 s j 7 s 9 10 11 12 O O O0 0 O0 90 0 90 Oo O i i i i siren saxo par yow push pump it up this this this Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty ands up You set the volume of each sample using its dedicated volume slider 37 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 You set the sample in loop mode so that VirtualDJ plays the sample non stop as long as you don t click the sample Play button again by clicking the button with a circular arrow on top of the volume slider A sample in non loop mode has no left and right arrows over the volume slider When you click on the Play area its color changes and you see the playback bar fill gradually A sample in loop mode has a left and right arrow over the volume slider to move backwards and forwards within the sample User Manual 38 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Trademarks Hercules is a registered trademark of Guillemot Corporation S A Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows XP Vista and 7 are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the Uni
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20. for yourself only on your headphones up to the point you choose as bookmark you can reach this point by playing the music file by pushing the fast forward button or by turning the jog wheel Then press the Cue button at the spot you want to place a cue point VirtualDJ adds a marker with the label Cue 1 in the waveform display a vertical bar with a red dot at its base in the waveform preview T A bailed uai Liia sald mF ue di bined ation ie 19 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Desmond Dekker S ae ee ee ae ee SS IPP PPR PPR PPR PPP PRPS Ose ess SEES 25543 z 7 3 ii Changing the position of the Cue point Each time you press the Cue button VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 updates the Cue point s position iii Going to the Cue point If the Cue point for an audio file has been defined and saved you can go to this Cue point by pressing the Play button and then pressing the Cue button while the track is playing Please note that you must make sure that the track is playing before pressing the Cue button otherwise if the track is stopped pressing the Cue button will place a new Cue point instead iv Deleting a Cue point If the music is loaded with a Cue point going to the start of the music file with the Rewind button and pressing the Cue button once you have reached the start of the music file deletes the previously set Cue 1 point 5 BEAT MATCHING MUSIC FILES The DJ s task is
21. g 1 Pitch fader 2 Pitch Bend buttons Pitch Bend 3 Sync button 4 Jog wheels TUL pu e TUT 21 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 s display includes 5 controls per deck to control the pitch 1 The pitch fader 2 The Pitch bend left a and Pitch bend right gt buttons below the pitch fader which gradually change the pitch and return to the previous pitch setting once i stop pressing the buttons 3 The Pitch reset button to the right of the pitch fader which gradually restores the default pitch value to a 0 0 pitch variation 4 The SYNC button to the right of the Pause and Play buttons 5 The pitch scale above the pitch fader displays the pitch value the variation of pitch compared to the original speed Double clicking the pitch scale changes the pitch scale between 6 8 10 12 20 25 33 50 and 100 Party Mirer 305 120 21 n Dancefloor Battle Stll Danse and Show EDERREI MERAH 11 3 1 j FEF F n TAN H a Sync button on DJ Console Mk4 Beatmatch Pressing a DJ Console Mk4 Sync button or clicking a VirtualDJ SYNC button on a deck instantly synchronizes the beat of the music loaded on this deck with the beat of the music file on the other deck this Beat matching process is instant and easy User Manual 22 39 You can synchronize a music track with another using the Sync b
22. he sampler mode is a mode where you record a loop of a music track store it and assign it to a button and play it back later in addition to your music file This recorded loop is called a sample Playing back a sample over a music track may add a fun dynamic rhythm or a stable beat while you are busy preparing the next track ii Procedure You can enter sampler mode by pressing the button labeled Sampler in the VirtualDJ user interface User Manual 36 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 R amp B Under Stax Drummer Boy Rhythm amp Bass Over The Stage n ca m SY Drums Hardcore Solo PSED 00 18 1 REMAIN 04 37 0 an ELAPSED 00 23 2 REMAIN 05 02 7 30B C m GAIN 0 0c Y F rm jE KEY N 0 0dB KE PITCH 0 0 ELA GAIN A TA a O EFFECTS siren saxo put your push pump it up this this this Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty Empty The sampler mode is not controlled by the DJ Console Mk4 s buttons you control sampler mode using your keyboard and mouse VirtualDJ includes a few samples stored on the first banks you can either keep them or change the contents of the banks by recording your own samples You can record a sample of the music currently playing by selecting the bank where you want to store the sample and pressing the Rec button lf you are in a loop the sample Rec button remains black and VirtualDJ records a sample of the length of the loop if you are not in loop mode the sample Rec button becomes red an
23. independently set the level of bass medium and treble on deck B 13 Key sets the tone on deck B 14 Cross fader 15 Video displays the video mixer mix video in a small window 16 Scratch displays a scratch mixer with vertical waveforms 7 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 d DeckB Dancefloor Battle i still Dance and Show 129 21 E L A ECT F F A hy HOT CUE EIL Cr F Er T s f Ele w rL h Fi _ iw iJa righ E n i ET a ri i eT g LP a S Af E T E aT Tia larity v o ii z ey a 5 ma EFFECTS Flippin Double SAMPLER sh 4 LOOP a eT E rj This is the virtual deck on the right You can load music files on this deck move within the track play the music file loaded on this deck add a bookmark to a position called a Cue point change the pitch the playback speed view the BPM pitch variation elapsed and remaining time e Waveform area This area shows 2 waveforms the waveform for deck A left deck in blue the waveform for deck B right deck in red The music track you hear on your headphones has its waveform in the foreground while the music track on the other deck is in the background User Manual 8 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 01 Waveforms of 2 audio tracks blue waveform track on deck A red waveform track on deck B blue is in the foreground you are previewing deck A 02 Beat mar
24. ks the blue rectangle shows the beat of deck A and the red rectangle shows the beat of deck B 03 Red Cue 1 bookmark on the track played on deck B 3 FIRST USE OF VIRTUALDJ DJC MK4 a Serial number The first time you run VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 you are asked to enter a serial number This serial number is found on the paper envelope of your installation CD This serial number belongs to you you cannot change it and you must not share it with any other user of VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 otherwise you won t be able to register on the VirtualDJ website which will not let you access VirtualDJ service updates plug ins or upgrades Keep both the CD envelope and the installation CD in a safe place since both the serial number and the installation CD are required if you re install your system or change your computer The serial number format is XXXX XXXX XXXXX b Browser area When you run VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 for the first time the browser area displays no music files C TEE GeAlternative amp Punk _ GmeAmerican g C OEREN chno re a oe i gt Sti Dancefloor Battle kea fz a A Yo MA VTA F a olo E h i y ite mix for drum ass ar ove lca rgetthe g Jan y Mla nglis 9 39 User Manual i Folders area On the left of the browser area you can see the list of the folders and disk units on your computer the active folder is highlighted You know you are in the folders area because the folder button in the centre of the DJ Console Mk4 is
25. mix video in full screen mode you need the VirtualDJ Pro version You can upgrade from VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 to VirtualDJ Pro on the http www virtualdj com website c Previewing a track Previewing an audio track means playing it for the DJ s ears only while playing another track for the audience You usually preview a music file on your headphones while playing another track for the audience over your speakers The music the audience can hear is called the mix i Target Before playing a music file for the audience you can preview it to select a music file check that it fits with the ambiance and beat of the party add a cue point to the music file the cue point is the bookmark you place in the music file to set where you want the audience to start hearing it At a party where people are dancing you need to set a cue point where people can hear the beat synchronize the music file with the previous track played for the audience 17 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 ii Equipment To preview a music file you must connect your headphones to the DJ Console MK4 headphone output on the front of the device iii Steps To preview a music file You should preferably use low impedance headphones below 64 Ohms to get a strong output level Load the music file on the deck opposite to the side where the cross fader is positioned so that the audience cannot hear the preview Press the Listen A or Listen B
26. mpler control for audio samples Hot Cue set additional Cue Points Smart Play mode synchronize playback with the music on the other deck Mixer The virtual mixer area in the centre lets you set the volumes of both decks the equalization EQ of both decks the cross fader the gain on each deck which deck you are previewing It also includes 3 buttons Mixer Video and Scratch to bring up 3 dedicated menus User Manual 6 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 VOLUME WOLUKAIE Pe k LI ee 01 PFL Preview Deck A Click the PFL button it turns blue so you preview deck A and in the waveform display the deck A wave in blue comes to the foreground while the deck B wave in red goes to the background 02 Gain for deck A rotary knob setting the gain on deck A 03 Volume fader for deck A up louder down lower 04 Level VU meter for deck A 05 EQ on deck A 3 rotary knobs to independently set the level of bass medium and treble on deck A 06 Key sets the tone on deck A 07 Level VU meter for deck B 08 PFL Preview Deck B Click the PFL button it turns red so you preview deck B and in the waveform display the deck B wave in red comes to the foreground while the deck A wave in blue goes to the background 09 Gain for deck B rotary knob setting the gain on deck B 10 Volume fader for deck B up louder down lower 11 Mixer displays the mixer menu default 12 EQ on deck B 3 rotary knobs to
27. nee eee eee ese ee ee 34 iv WOT OO E AE E E AE T A A A A 35 SORATCH SAMPLER earna steers ortusneecernnanemieceenminennencn 35 CECI E E E EAA II A AE EAE AA E 35 i Scal NMO usarei Ea e emery anai 35 ii POM ON e vicina E EE EE EE E E E 36 iil JOG WICC ACCUIACY wicasssntnsciarsaasatuacanssuaraindedspeansdensiavsedssabsedihasmieadeiaanidiaraneadss 36 D ANION en setse occas tcysncetiecspsctn aaa Ae ia Aa 36 i Pe eea E e N E E E E A e 36 ii EE AEN AT E E E E E A A E 36 iil Commands on each SAMDIC scciconcrccccsxesaseizerosterseosisesreddcaiasnsoassieonmanniens 37 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 INTRODUCTION VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 is a dedicated version of VirtualDJ developed by Atomix Productions tailored for Hercules DJ Console Mk4 Atomix Productions and its suppliers retain all intellectual property rights to the software Welcome to VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 This powerful DJ mixing software is adapted to your Hercules DJ Console Mk4 offering instant access to key DJing functions and deep integration of the software with the hardware in the Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 and Mac OS environments This dedicated version of VirtualDJ requires Hercules DJ Console Mk4 to be installed and connected to the computers USB port or to a hub connected to the computer s USB port so before running VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Hercules DJ Console Mk4 must be installed and connected to your computer s USB port or connected to the computer via a USB hub
28. or pitch bend button the BPM counter remains unchanged displayed in VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 to the right of the artist s name but the scrolling of the music track in the waveform window is slower of faster The best way to note that the pitch bend function has changed the sound is to hear the change in the music s speed User Manual 28 39 E ____VirtualDJ DIC Mk4 d Jog Wheels While music is playing on a deck the jog wheel on the deck has 2 possible modes Fine Tuning mode when the Scratch button on DJ Console Mk 4 is off you can slow down or speed up the music playback temporarily by turning the jog wheels as you would do by pressing the Pitch Bend or Pitch Bend buttons The action is the same as if you were slowing down or speeding up a record on a vinyl turntable by putting your fingers on the edge of the record Scratch mode when the Scratch button on DJ Console Mk4 is lit up each time you move a jog wheel you lock the playback of your music track to the movements of the jog wheel so that keeping the jog wheel in place stops the music turning the jog wheel counterclockwise plays the music track backward and turning the jog wheel clockwise plays the music forward at the speed of the jog wheel s rotation This scratch mode produces the same action on the music file as if the music were on a vinyl record and you placed the flat of your hand on the record and moved your hand to scratch
29. otherwise without the prior written permission of Guillemot Corporation S A Disclaimer Guillemot Corporation S A reserves the right to make changes to specifications at any time and without notice The information provided by this document is believed to be accurate and reliable However no responsibility is assumed by Guillemot Corporation S A either for its use or for the infringement of patents or other rights of third parties resulting from its use This product may exist in a light or special version for PC integration or other purposes Certain functions detailed in this manual may not be available in these versions Wherever possible a README TXT will be included on the installation CD ROM detailing the differences between the supplied product and the product described in the present documentation End user software license Agreement Please carefully read the License contract displayed when installing the VirtualDJ software Afterwards you can view the text file installed on your computer at any time ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RECOMMENDATION At the end of its working life this product should not be disposed of with standard household waste but rather dropped off at a collection point for the disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE for recycling This is confirmed by the symbol found on the product user manual or packaging Depending on their characteristics the materials may be recycled Through recycling and oth
30. press of buttons 1 2 3 or 4 makes loops in the music played on the deck in question e Button 1 1 beat loop e Button 2 2 beat loop e Button 3 4 beat loop e Button 4 8 beat loop User Manual 30 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Source 2 TJ CONSOLE MK4 UILT IN AUDIO iii Procedure The loop starts exactly at the moment you press the button so the music plays 1 2 4 or 8 beats after the moment you have pressed the button then comes back to the start of the loop and the music keeps on going continuously as if the loops were the new music track When you enter into a loop using buttons 1 2 3 or 4 you remain in this loop until you decide to exit it You can exit the loop in 2 different ways pressing the loop button once closes the loop pressing another loop button once changes the length of the loop iv In VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 In VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 you see the loop status on each deck If there is no loop the buttons in the Loop area are not lit up onscreen LOOF AENEA RAENUS BHIFT If a loop is engaged the Loop Out button is red and the number of beats per loop is also displayed in red in the list of possible loop lengths 31 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 SHAH Ho SHIFT O E o b Effects When the Shift button is lit up on your controller you are in Fx mode with buttons 5 6 7 8 The effects mapped on the buttons are e Button 5
31. sssssseesssees 13 ii Sorting the MUSIC FOS csssscsesscsssssescssssscssessesscssesessessessesessaseesessessessesessasas 14 iil SENIN eee me ec nem ee ee een mre oer eee eee een eee 14 4 PLAYING AN AUDIO FILE isiscsescnciscetssucicensassinnsassasocasnettreiivinnnsenidvesnrtisnandins smenmnanaets 15 a Loading and playing an audio file ccc ccceceesescsssstsssescssseseecssssseeeeecssssssseeteesasaeess 15 b Supported audio formats 0 0 ecscsescessesscscesecsesscecsesesscsecessesecsssesessesesesseeassesesasetes 17 i Fil GION SIONS erseatasounsicoesteonieunetcnagisttasannsdanaci og ioie aE N Eoi Eia 17 ii DRM protected files cceccssssesescsssssessscsssescesssssssssssssasecssssasessecssaseeeeses 17 iil WS GS inner cena E E AE EEEN OEO EIA 17 9 Previewing a trak een er ee een een ene pee erent eee eee 17 i OC E E nice tenn E T nan TA TE A mamma 17 ii COUOT estas EE E E E EE EE EE EE T 18 iil SI S ste sccscocassihean aasns evan bnevites de teotes Oca caadsindapnas varsassedtaciasttaesnieaeeriaaiernietinien 18 d Moving within a MUSIC traCK cccceccscscsssscsssscecsssecsssececseessssecesseesssseeessesesssseeeeens 18 GS Setting a CUS OUAG arssectiatvcceesndnceataseneddvacbade ata deiceptacesnadessanichaddaleepenetaresmaneeenueasdocias 19 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 5 6 1 i FPiacing a Cue POI sesisrieorsisic drin n rS i 19 ii Changing the position Of the Cue POINE cccsssesescsessesesssssseesseaseeses
32. ted States and or other countries Apple Mac OS and iTunes are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc VirtualIDJ is a trademark of Atomix Productions All other trademarks and brand names are hereby acknowledged and are property of their respective owners Illustrations not binding Contents designs and specifications are subject to change without notice and may vary from one country to another Declaration of conformity EC COMPLIANCE NOTICE DJ Console Mk4 has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the Council Directive 89 336 EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility amended by Directive 93 68 EEC In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures CANADIAN COMPLIANCE NOTICE this Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Electrostatic Discharge In the event of electrostatic discharge on the contactors or fasteners you may be required to reset the device Copyright 2010 Guillemot Corporation S A All rights reserved This publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part summarized transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic photocopying recording manual or
33. to hear the change in the music s speed User Manual 26 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Party Mixer 909 i T J Dant Baiile lt Chee mime OF ihe party Fe Stl Dinte ged Show tf amp F iro rHesires F aea H Shari P 2 SH Dance and Shew Deg races tl pr Ets fiber Dance Carel In the VirtualDJ waveform window the start of each beat is marked with a small square below the waveform so if the squares of both music tracks overlap the music tracks are synchronized if the squares of both music tracks don t overlap the music tracks are not synchronized 27 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 c Pitch Bend buttons Pitch Bend and Pitch Bend The Pitch Bend buttons slow down speed up playback of the music track loaded on a deck The difference between these functions and the pitch faders is that the pitch bend action is temporary when you release the button the music track s playback gradually returns to its previous speed Pitch bend is therefore an elastic setting Mic On Oft Saxe Seraicn i Using Pitch Bend To beat match 2 music files you generally set both music files to the same BPM with the pitch fader and afterwards align the beats of one track with the beats of the other track by slowing it down speeding it up with the pitch bend buttons ii See the action of Pitch Bend in VirtualDJ When you press the pitch bend
34. ur Eyes NESTS BURA fe Electronicaf Dance File Infos ce Otis Rock ce Gutta Sight bar ARME Fop MM cue File operations Torna ae a Search DB Ere ce Ouverture Huahine te Pacifique Deep Forest Mew Age B rurier Noir Alternative amp Punk M B i AQ ii Run the BPM analysis in advance not during a party The BPM analysis takes time 1 hour for 120 music files so starting the BPM analysis of your complete library just before a party is a very bad idea You should therefore carry out the analysis in advance its easy as you can analyze your complete hard drive and you don t need to remain in front of your computer while VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 is analyzing the music files Please note that the BPM analysis requires a lot of processing power so mixing while VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 is analyzing your full library is not recommended since your computer will not respond as fast as it should Ds iTunes_Library 005 Tension mpa The analysis is generally accurate but occasionally the BPM rate calculated is not correct sometimes the BPM calculated is double or half of the actual BPM rate the BPM analyzer may count only 1 beat out of 2 in a track or identify an intermediary sound within a beat as the start of User Manual 12 39 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 another beat If your file is not properly analyzed you can correct it by manually entering the BPM rate lf a music file is not analyzed loading this file on a deck analyzes it
35. ur hand and playing a portion of the music backwards and forwards with your hand This makes a specific sound called scratching the vinyl record moves at the speed of your hand instead of turning at the speed of the turntable since the slip mat placed below the record isolates the record from the rotations of the turntable i Scratch mode You can enter into scratch mode by pressing the scratch button located over the Up button on your controller the button lights up and you can use the jog wheels to scratch Mic On Oft Am sten i DJ LONSOLE MK4 HELL BUILT IN AUDI ain ml pa Ai 35 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 ii Action Once you are in scratch mode if you turn the jog wheel counterclockwise you play the music track backward and if you turn the jog wheel clockwise you play the music forward at the speed of the jog wheel s rotation iii Jog wheel accuracy Scratching requires the best accuracy for the jog wheel so in the DJ Console Mk4 control panel you should select the standard jog wheel accuracy instead of one of the reduced accuracy modes You can set the accuracy of the jog wheels in the DJ Console Mk 4 control panel for some operations some DJs may prefer to reduce the accuracy of the jog wheels and divide it by 2 or by 4 but for scratching the higher the accuracy the better the results b Sampler i Function T
36. utton as long as the BPM difference between both music tracks is within the limit of the pitch scale The pitch scale is the percentage displayed above the VirtualDJ Pitch fader when the pitch button reaches its top or bottom limits The pitch scale can be changed by double clicking the percentage figure displayed above the pitch fader You can set a pitch scale of 6 8 10 12 20 25 33 50 or 100 Tip if you have set a pitch scale of 33 for example and you want to synchronize 2 tracks with a BPM difference exceeding 33 e g synchronizing a 140BPM audio track with a 100BPM audio track which is a 40 difference you can first change the speed of the reference track for example change the 100BPM music to 110BPM and afterwards synchronize the incoming 140BPM track to fit with the new speed of the reference track 110BPM b Pitch fader i Pitch fader The pitch fader slows down speeds up playback of the music file On DJ Console Mk4 you manipulate the pitch fader function using the Pitch knobs these knobs have no limits in their rotation Slow down playback turn the Pitch knob to the right Speed up playback turn the Pitch knob to the left 23 39 User Manual VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 INN yy mT i EERS kr 7 a In VirtualDJ s display the pitch fader is represented by a vertical slider on the right side of each deck Bi Dancefloor Battle Stl Dance
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