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1. Fortunately it is relatively easy to add a second output device to your Mac We particularly recommend the Griffin iMic from Griffin Technology http www griffintechnology com it provides a USB driven second stereo output as well as a microphone line input You can use pretty much any audio output device that supports QuickTime playback with DJ 1800 You can also use devices that have more than one stereo output For more information about setting up specific output devices with DJ 1800 together with latest device compatibility updates visit our Audio Hardware page at http Awww dj1800 com audiohardware php DJ 1800 allows you to DJ without a second output device such as the iMic via its stereo emulation modes But if you do geta second output device life and DJing is so much more fun Page 46 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Which output mode should use DJ 1800 comes with four output modes to match different hardware set ups The table below gives an overview of what hardware is required and what options are available for each mode Needs a second Uses DJ 1800 s Uses an Mode i i Plays in stereo output device internal mixer external mixer Mode 1 Mono Mixer x v x x Mode 2 Mono Thru x x vA x Mode 3 Dual Mixer Y v x Y Mode 4 Multi Thru v4 x Y v4 Each of these modes and the situations in which you might use them are described in detail below Page 47 of 62 DJ 1800 version
2. Punk Alternat Punk Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Movies Alternative amp Punk Alternat v Punk Alternat Punk Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk User Manual To give the Tracks list the keyboard focus click anywhere inside the Tracks list or select Switch to Tracks List from the Library menu or press Command L Sorting the Tracks list To sort the Tracks list click on any of the column headers In the image above the Name column is currently selected to sort the list Clicking on a column header a second time reverses the sort order Adding and removing columns in the Tracks list You can change which columns are displayed in the Tracks list by selecting or deselecting the columns in the Library menu as shown in the image below When a new column is turned on it is added tothe righthand side of the Tracks list Switch to Find Switch to Sources List Switch to Tracks List Switch to Current CD Player Check for iTunes changes Re import all from iTunes Load Selected Tracks Into Append Selected Tracks To v Playlist Index v Protection Type v Album y Artist v Beats Per Minute Comment Composer y Genre Grouping Kind My Rating StartPoint vy Time Track Number Year To speed up the synchronisation of iTunes and iPod libraries not all iTunes columns are imported The image above sho
3. Remain In this mode the current track s remaining time is displayed in the LCD panel This is the default time mode as shown in the image above T Elapsed In this mode Total elapsed the duration of all loaded tracks before the current track plus the currently elapsed time of the current track is displayed in the LCD panel T Remain In this mode Total remaining the duration of all loaded tracks after the current track plus the remaining time of the current track is displayed in the LCD panel Set default StartPoint If you have found a custom cue point for a track you can choose to save this cue point as the default StartPoint for that track Todo this click on the track position time display area whilst the track is paused or cued at the cue point you wish to save Clicking on the time display area will display a pop up menu with the option to Set as default StartPoint Selecting this option will display a prompt asking if you wantto set the current pause or cue point to become the new default StartPoint for this track FITCH Lock Setting the defa ult Sta rtPoint You can use this feature to save custom StartPoints for a track for future use If you have chosen to save calculated StartPoints to iTunes or to iPods then your custom StartPoint will also be saved to the iTunes or iPod library when you select Set as default StartPoint See the Saving values to iTunes iPods sect
4. Track search via Jog Wheel The inner wheel of this control known as the jog wheel is used to move backwards and forwards through a track by small amounts to fine tune a cue position for example to find the point in a track where a quiet introduction ends and a drum beat begins To use this control click anywhere on the indent in the inner wheel and drag clockwise to search forwards or anticlockwise to search backwards through the currently loaded track Whilst you are searching through a track the CD Player will stutter a small section of the track 0 25 seconds so that you can hear where the current track point is in relation to changes in volume in the track Move the jog wheel until the required sound e g a drum beat is just audible at the very end of the stutter Pressing Cue will then cue the CD Player such that the very end of the stutter is the cue point and stop the stuttering whereas pressing Pause Play will start the CD Player playing from this same position In either case the final stutter position will become the current cue point for the CD Player See the table above under Setting new cue points for examples of this If you are using DJ 1800 s internal mixer please note that these stutters will only be played through your headphones for cueing and not through the master output In order to hear the stutters in your headphones you may need to enable a particular CD P
5. amp Punk S White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk We re Going To Be F 2 22 ne White Stripes White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk White Moon 1e White es Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk You ve Got Her In You 3 39 ne White Stripes Elephant Alternative amp Punk The DJ 1800 Library interface DJ 1800 features an integrated Library rack device for viewing and playing your iTunes and iPod libraries The Library allows you to load tracks into CD Players via drag and drop or via keyboard shortcuts The Library interface is made up of three elements The Sources list The Find field The Tracks list These three elements are described in more detail below To resize the Library click on the resizer icon in the bottom right hand corner of the Library and drag up or down whilst holding down the mouse button es The Library resizer icon Page 22 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual The Sources list The Sources list on the left of the Library displays your iTunes library and all of your iTunes playlists The layout of the Sources list is similar to that of Tunes 6 The Sources list also displays any attached iPods if you have enabled the Detect new iPods when they are connected option in DJ 1800 s General Preferences See the Detecting and importing iPods when they are connected section below for more information Source gg Library Music Movies E TY Shows h Podcasts E Audi
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7. Grouping and Composer fields as well as the Genre of each track To clear the Find field s contents and remove the current Find filter click on the small grey cross icon at the right hand side of the Find field Page 27 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 The Tracks list The Tracks list displays all tracks in the currently selected Library or Playlist Passive Manipulation Red Rain Seven Nation Army Seven Nation Army Take Take Take The Air Near My Fingers The Denial Twist The Hardest Button T The Hardest Button T The Nurse The Same Boy You ve The Union Fi j Artist gt The White Stripes 52 The White St if Th E Wh te Str The White Stripes 2 The White Stripes The White Str 35 The White Stripes 3 32 The White Stripe 32 The White Stripes i The White Stripes Th E Wh te i 3 26 The White Get Behind Me Satan Get Behind Me Satan Elephant Get Behind Me Satan Elephant Get Behind Me Satan Elephant The Work Of Director Get Behind Me Satan White Blood Cells White Blood Cells Elephant There s No Home For This Pra AS Were G White Moon You ve Got Her In You 3 43 The White Stripes 1 12 The White Stripes 2 22 The White Stripes The White Stripes 9 The White Stripes Elephant The Tracks list White Blood Cells White Blood Cells Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Alternative Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp
8. The Family Cat Airplane Gardens Sin Alternative amp Punk fi Music 2 Atmospheric Road The Family Cat Airplane Gardens Sin Alternative amp Punk A Movies Amazing Hangover The Family Cat Airplane Gardens Sin Alternative amp Punk TV Shows All Wanna Do Remix Podcasts Solidify E Audiobooks 5 l m Gonna Be A Wheel BE Purchased 7 All Want To Do Is Rock h Sheryl Crow All I Wanna Do Single Rock A 0 Sheryl Crow All I Wanna Do Single Rock Sheryl Crow All I Wanna Do Single Rock 2 Travis All I Want To Do Is Ro Alternative amp Punk 09 Travis All I Want To Do Is Ro Alternative amp Punk 108 00 O Travis All I Want To Do Is Ro Alternative amp Punk 0 Groupie All My Fr ends re Pet Alternative amp Punk 8 Groupie All My Friends Are Pet Alternative amp Punk Groupie All My Friends Are Pet Alternative amp Punk 8 The Jesus amp Mary Chain Almost Gold Single Alternative amp Punk Ww WwW D BM Dave s iPod 5 Friday night s gig a All My Friends Are Pets EB 7 Single Threw A Brick In The gt The Day The Earth Mo Bj Recently Added Almost Gold Bj Stella s wedding WWW w Ww UJ Teenage Lust Acousti 6 The Jesus amp Mary Chain Almost Gold Single Alternative amp Punk Reverberation Doubt 6 The Jesus amp Mary Chain Almost Gold Single Alternative amp Punk Don t Come Down The Jesus amp Mary Chain Almost Gold Single Alternative amp Punk a A N W N
9. at the Cue level specified in the mixer Alternatively both Master and Cue can be fed through different stereo outputs on the same multi channel output device When would use this mode Dual Mixer mode should be used if You have two output devices or one multi channel output device You want to use DJ 1800 s internal mixer This mode is designed for users who have a second output device such as an iMic but do not wish to use an external mixer What are the benefits of this mode Noneed for an external mixer Entirely self contained using internal software mixer Master and Cue both in stereo via separate output devices What are the limitations of this mode Requires a second output device Setting the preferences for this mode r Output Preferences Mono Mixer Mono Thru Dual Mixer Multi Thru Dual Mixer mode should be used if You have two output devices e You want to use DJ 1800 s internal mixer Master output device Cue output device The Master output of the internal mixer will be fed The Cue output of the internal mixer will be fed through through the device selected below the device selected below Built in Output B GIGAPort AG my s s W Connect your amplifier to this device Connect your headphones to this device Currently selected output mode Dual Mixer Cancel e a Mode 3 Dual Mixer preferences In this mode you must select an output device for both the Mas
10. automatically If the last loaded track ends then the first loaded track starts automatically Use this mode to play an entire album playlist or other collection of music in one CD Player without having to start each track individually Loop In this Track Play mode when a track reaches its end the track will be automatically re cued to its last cue point and will automatically begin playing from this point This mode is useful for setting up radio beds where a particular piece of music is used to loop behind a feature of undefined length Next In this Track Play mode when a track reaches its end the next track is loaded and cued to its StartPoint This is useful for loading a number of sound effects or stings into a CD Player and playing them in a pre determined order with the next effect loading in a cued state as soon as the previous effect has finished playing Page 20 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Time Display DJ 1800 displays the current track s position in the LCD panel of the CD Player The current track position is displayed in minutes seconds hundredths format FEHAIH HiH The Time Display Time Display mode The current Time Display mode is displayed at the top of the CD Player s LCD panel Clicking on the Time Display mode text cycles the Time Display through four different Time Display modes Elapsed In this mode the current track s elapsed time is displayed in the LCD panel
11. controller plug ins will be displayed together with the version of each plug in If a plug in is listed as being in use this means that the plug in was able tofind and initialize a controller device when DJ 1800 was launched If a controller plug in has a Web Site button click on the Web Site button to view the manufacturer s web page for that controller If a controller plug in has an Options button click on the Options button to view and change any preference options for that controller Controller Plug In search order DJ 1800 searches for controller plug ins in the following order 1 Users your username Library Application Support DJ 1800 Plug Ins 2 Applications DJ 1800 Plug Ins If you have a copy of the same plug in in both locations the copy of the plug in from the first location on the list will be used Creating your own Controller Plug Ins For instructions on creating your own controller plug ins please download the DJ 1800 Plug In API which contains documentation plug in templates and instructions for creating your own plug ins You can download the Plug In API from this web page http www dj1800 com plugins php The Plug In API enables you to create plug ins for any MIDI compliant device or HID Human Input Device compliant device as well as creating plug ins for devices with their own custom drivers You can also use the Plug In API to create a custom keyboard plug in to define your own keyboa
12. for the new plug in to be detected and used These instructions assume that you have installed DJ 1800 in the default location of Applications DJ 1800 If you have installed DJ 1800 in some other location simply place the plug in in a folder called Plug Ins alongside your DJ 1800 application Installing a Controller Plug In for just one user on a Mac To install a DJ 1800 controller plug in for just one user on a Mac copy the plug in into this folder Users your username Library Application Support DJ 1800 Plug Ins You can find this Library folder within the current user s home directory You can copy either the entire plug in folder and documentation or just the plug in itself If either of the DJ 1800 folder or the Plug Ins folder do not exist then you will need to create them before installing the plug in in this location Alternatively If you launch DJ 1800 v3 1 or later then DJ 1800 will automatically create the correct folders for you When you next launch DJ 1800 it will detect and load any plug ins found in the folder mentioned above If you have installed a new plug in you will need to quit and re launch DJ 1800 in order for the new plug in to be detected and used Page 61 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Viewing the installed Controller Plug Ins If you would like to see which plug ins are installed simply open the General Preferences window in DJ 1800 and select the Controllers pane A list of all
13. iPods sections of the General Preferences window respectively as shown below r General Preferences iTunes A T i i Ai al As all E D ja had W bad Gi a6 oa Display iTunes iPods AutoGain StartPoint BPM Controllers Pitch Lock EQ Updates v Automatically check for updates in iTunes when B DJ 1800 __ Prompt before loading iTunes updates The iTunes General Preferences window Updates preferences General Preferences iPods i F 7 fa bd wW 076 Display iTunes iPods AutoGain StartPoint BPM Controllers Pitch Lock EQ Updates v Automatically check for updates in connected iPods when launching DJ 1800 R _ Prompt before loading iPod updates The iPods General Preferences window Updates preferences Note that this iPod preference will only cause DJ 1800 to check iPods that are already connected when DJ 1800 launches See below for how to check iPods that are connected to your Mac whilst DJ 1800 is already running Prompting before loading iTunes iPod updates If you turn on the Prompt before loading iTunes updates and or Prompt before loading iPod updates options shown above then you willbe prompted and given the option to cancel any updates whenever they are detected Note that you won t be prompted and given the option to cancel Reimport all from iTunes iPod updates Page 25 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Detecting and importing iPods when they are connected DJ 1800 c
14. increases the soeed of BPM calculation at the expense of accuracy Typically an initial BPM estimate is good enough for many purposes butif you are using DJ 1800 for beat mixing you may prefer turn this option off Use this much of the track to calculate the BPM You can specify how much of the track should be used to calculate the BPM value DJ 1800 will continue to process the track and refine the calculated BPM value until the selected percentage of the song has been processed For the greatest accuracy BPM calculation set this to 100 Note that if Stop calculating BPM as soon as an initial estimate is available is selected then the complete percentage will not be used if an estimate is found earlier Keep BPM values within this range This option allows you to specify a typical range of BPM values for the tracks you play If you find that many of the tracks you play are being calculated at half or twice the BPM you would expect try adjusting the minimum Page 41 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual and maximum values of this option Any calculated BPM values that fall below the minimum will be doubled and any calculated values above the maximum will be halved Saving values to iTunes iPods To save DJ 1800 from having to calculate StartPoints AutoGain and BPM values every time a track is loaded you can optionally save calculated values to your iTunes library and or to iPod libraries Separate preference options a
15. is known as the Rack as it represents a typical rack mount DJ 1800 provides several options for modifying and displaying the Rack on screen 1 SEARCH SCAN tee 4 P REHAIN MIN SEC 100 AA No track loaded fi Music E Movies TV Shows Podcasts Wl Audiobooks Fj Purchased Friday night s gig B 7 Single B Single Ej Recently Added Ej Stella s wedding 3 No track loaded F A PHONES VOLUME T e e e i om y yE m a ae PS iii I AAA A iN Q d i a E y TAN Ae we sw E u E E w yA MINII Name Aluminum f As Ugly As I Seem Ball And Biscuit Black Math C Dead Leaves And The Dirty Gr Dead Leaves And The Dirty Gr Expecting CA Fell In Love With A Girl Fell In Love With A Girl f Forever for Her Is Over for Me Girl You Have No Faith In Medi Hotel Yorba Hypnotise co e Artist The White Stripes The White Stripes The White Stripes 3 The White Stripes The White Stripes The White Stripes The White Stripes The White Stripes The White Stripes 5 The White Stripes 7 The White Stripes The White Stripes J w Wy hm Ww w Ww 7 The White Stripes i d E J EO EARST LANI m Album White Blood Cells Get Behind Me Satan Elephant Elephant The Work Of Director White Blood Cells White Blood Cells The Work Of Director White Blood Cells Get Behind Me Satan Elephant White Blood Cells Elephant 4 No
16. ocab is actesus neste tact A tates tial meee 57 Channel Volume and Master Phones Volume shortcuts ss ssessssessesessesssosessesessessesessesessesseseosceseesessesseosesesseseesesseseoss 58 Channel can and EOS OPEC a A a a a ite antec E 59 r ssfade OO OEN ii 60 Page 3 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual 10 Controler PIlUg S 6 ssescecccecccccccsccccvadecacessecsssascceccaccccssaccbacccusessoossscescesseccusscaccteceossessosssse OU About Controller PlUG INS cies dissssdsciccssesdssecsdecssens r eaen a eaa esaa 61 Downloading new Controller Plug Ins Installing Controller Plug Ins sod ci oe E E E E ata ou E S E E E T E E E E 61 Installing a Controller Plug In for all users on a MAC esessssessssscssssssecsessssscssssesecssssesessesessssuescsssnsssseseeassnesssscsesseenssscaceneees 61 Installing a Controller Plug In for just one user on a MaC es sssseessseesssseeessssscesssecosseceossecosseeeosseoseosseossseeossscosseceosseeossessee 61 Viewing the installed Controller PIUG INS sseesssessssesssessseesssssessseossecssseesssessseosserossssessseosseeosecesseessscossessrsseessseosseosserosseesssessseores 62 Controller PIU G I search ord OT eian E A O E a 62 Creating your own Controller Plug Ins esssesssesssscsssesssesssesosesosscossesssesssesssessssesssesssesssesssesooso 62 Page 4 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual 1 Introduction What is DJ 1800 DJ 1800 is an Apple Mac application that emulates th
17. the Multi Thru output mode then the Mixer and the Crossfader will be greyed out in the View menu and will not be visible on screen These output modes donot use the Mixer or Crossfader For more information on output modes see chapter 8 Page 9 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Keyboard focus when using the Rack DJ 1800 uses a dual keyboard focus when working with the Rack This enables full keyboard control of the CD Players and Mixer Crossfader whilst also enabling the keyboard to be used to scroll through Sources and Tracks and to enter search text in the Library s Find field At any time one of the four CD Players is the current CD Player This is indicated by a focus ring around the edge of the CD Player The current CD Player will receive all key presses from the keyboard with the following exceptions f you switch to the Sources list via the Library menu or via the Command S keyboard shortcut or by clicking in the Sources list then the up and down arrow keys will scroll up and down through the Sources list f you switch to the Tracks list via the Library menu or via the Command L keyboard shortcut or by clicking in the Tracks list then the up and down arrow keys will scroll up and down through the Tracks list If you switch to the Find field via the Library menu or via the Command F keyboard shortcut or by clicking in the Find field then all key presses from the keyboard will be hand
18. track in iTunes and selecting Get Info from the File menu in iTunes The example below shows the Options tab for a track called intro intro Summary Info Sorting Options Lyrics Artwork Volume Adjustment m i 100 None 100 Equalizer Preset None HH My Rating M Start Time 0 01 14 Stop Time 1 37 127 _ Remember playback position Skip when shuffling _ Part of a gapless album Previous Next C Cancel OK 4 The Volume Adjustment field in iTunes In this example a Volume Adjustment of 62 has been saved to the Volume Adjustment field This corresponds to an AutoGain value of 3 1 in DJ 1800 An AutoGain value of 0 in DJ 1800 corresponds to a Volume Adjustment of None 0 in iTunes An AutoGain value of 5 in DJ 1800 corresponds to a Volume Adjustment of 100 in iTunes Note that this Volume Adjustment field is used by iTunes when it plays tracks So if DJ 1800 saves an AutoGain value into the Volume Adjustment field in iTunes then iTunes will use that value to adjust the playback volume of the track when itis played in iTunes If you do not want to adjust the Volume Adjustment value in iTunes then leave this preference option unchecked in DJ 1800 s preferences Note if you have set your own Volume Adjustment values in iTunes these will be imported by DJ 1800 and used as the AutoGain in DJ 1800 even if the Save calculated AutoGain values pre
19. track is playing compare their levels in the Cue Level VU display see below and adjust the gain levels accordingly until they match Cue Level VU display The Cue Level VU display shows the actual levels of the track currently being cued in this CD Player You can use the Cue Level VU display to make sure that the levels of the tracks you are cueing are roughly the same Increasing or decreasing the Gain control for a CD Player will increase or decrease these levels Page 35 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Hi Mid and Low twisters The Hi Mid and Low twisters provide EQ balancing for the CD Player s output Increasing the Hi setting will boost the treble levels of the CD Player output whereas decreasing Hi will reduce the treble Increasing the Mid setting will boost or reduce the mid range levels of the CD Player output Likewise the Low twister will boost or reduce the bass levels of the CD Player output The default range of each twister is 20 dB 6 dB No EQ balancing is applied when the twister is pointing directly upwards i e when the twister is at 0 degrees To move any of the twisters click on the twister and hold down the mouse button whilst dragging up to increase the treble mid range or bass or down to decrease the treble mid range or bass Release the mouse button once the required level is reached Double clicking on any of the twisters will reset it to its default value of 0 dB no EQ adjustment Note 1
20. 10 Channel controls The Channel controls are made up of Cue button with LED indicator Volume fader Gain twister Cue Level VU display Hi Mid and Low EQ twisters CUE o 10 a GAIA ee z 4 5 10 The channel controls Cue button The cue button toggles whether or not this CD Player channel will be audible through the Cue output device used to set up new tracks without them being played live through the master output in addition to the Master output device If a CD Player is set to be audible through the Cue output device then a green LED above the cue button will be lit Volume fader Each CD Player channel has a volume fader which sets the maximum possible master output level for that channel 0 is zero volume and 10 is maximum volume The volume fader is set to 10 by default for all channels To adjust the Volume fader click on the Volume fader s knob and hold down the mouse button whilst dragging up to increase the volume or down to decrease the volume Release the mouse button once the required volume is reached Clicking above or below the volume fader knob will move the knob directly to the clicked position In some circumstances the CD Player will intentionally not be audible through the Master output device even though the CD Player s Volume fader is not at zero This will be the case when The Master Volume fader is at zero The CD Player s channel is not selected for either the
21. 3 2 User Manual Mode 1 Mono Mixer What is the Mono Mixer mode In this mode the Master and Cue outputs of the internal mixer are fed through separate mono channels of one output device Stereo tracks are mixed down to mono When would use this mode Mono Mixer mode should be used if You only have one output device the built in Mac sound device You want to use DJ 1800 s internal mixer What are the benefits of this mode Noneed for an external mixer Noneed fora second output device Entirely self contained using internal software mixer What are the limitations of this mode Each CD Player plays in mono only Setting the preferences for this mode Output Preferences Mixer Mono Thru Dual Mixer Multi Thru Mono Mixer mode should be used if You only have one output device the built in Mac sound device You want to use DJ 1800 s internal mixer Output device The output device selected below will be used for both Master and Cue outputs Master channel The Master output of the internal mixer will be fed through the speaker channel selected below Built in Output e Channel 1 Left speaker channel Typically this output will be your built in Mac sound device Cue channel The Cue output of the internal mixer will be fed through the speaker channel selected below Channel 2 Right speaker channel ey R Currently selected output mode Mono Mixer f Canc
22. Angel Interceptor Ash Angel Interceptor Sin Alternative amp Punk The Playlist Index column enables you to create playlists in iTunes with a specific track order and then view this order in DJ 1800 You can always hide the Playlist Index column if you choose not to use it The table below shows which sources are Library sources and which are Playlist sources Library Sources Playlist Sources F Library B Purchased Ip Music Playlists H Movies a Smart Playlists Ev Shows LS Podcasts Audiobooks El iPods Folders Page 29 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Protected Files and the Protection Type icons Not all media files can be played by DJ 1800 This section explains which files can and cannot be played and how to tell the difference in the Tracks list Unprotected audio files either purchased from the iTunes store iTunes Plus files or from your own music collection can be played by DJ 1800 StartPoints AutoGain values and BPM values can be calculated for these unprotected files The only requirement is that the audio file must be playable by QuickTime Protected audio files purchased from the iTunes store can also be played by DJ 1800 However DJ 1800 is not able to calculate StartPoints AutoGain values or BPM values for these files due to DRM limitations in QuickTime Unprotected video files can be played in DJ 1800 as long as they are playable by QuickTime and have at least one a
23. D Player s output will not be audible through the Master Output regardless of its channel Volume fader setting Crossfader slider When the Crossfader knob is in the middle of the Crossfader slider as in the picture above all selected CD Players will be audible and their outputs mixed together Moving the Crossfader knob to the left or right will reduce the amount of the opposing channel s that is audible Let s call the CD Player s assigned to the left of the Crossfader A and the CD Player s assigned to the right of the Crossfader B When the Crossfader knob is in the middle 100 of both A and B will be audible taking into account each CD Player s Volume and Gain settings When the Crossfader knob is half way between the left hand side and the middle of the Crossfader 100 of A and 50 of B willbe audible When the Crossfader knob is fully to the left 100 of A is audible and B is not audible at all If you were to assign a particular CD Player channel to both sides of the Crossfader then that CD Player channel will be audible regardless of the position of the Crossfader To adjust the Crossfader position click on the Crossfader knob and hold down the mouse button whilst dragging left or right Release the mouse button once the required Crossfader position is reached Clicking to the left or right of the Crossfader knob will move the knob directly to the clicked position Page 37 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Ma
24. DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual DJ 1800 User Manual For DJ 1800 version 3 2 August 2008 Dave Addey http Avww dj1800 com Page 1 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Contents 1e TER OCUICTIONN secsissssssssesescstscccescccsssscssvssesessscsessatscocescecnentsssussesessscnsscatsceveseeceensessussesessscnsscatscese gt Wihat is DI 1 B00 ccssisdcasecasnstavosccacaccusncnsbeasencvecuensdensaraccsacwesesabiavesdebevensinewasacdseewaneetenssedescuseceawonses 5 Benet S cactestwasseseseonseecapndascedwedelsesdecnaecensnasearsesdaseecansonssadwaseseslensaauen EEEE 5 go errr Terre rrr rrr re Tr rrr rrr a a rrr rrr rrr 5 Professional MUSIC CONTIOI sssessessssssssssessssssssecsssssssssecsessssssssssussussussssesssssssucsecsssussucsussassucsecnsenssucsucassassucsucsaseassucasencenssusasensensensess 5 CIS E Uae UMC e SE A E E E EE A E A A E A A ee eee 5 Features CONTINUE seccdcscseiacsssectecacstesancsascadecetseccsesscennecssvandsacaavensesedssarssieseadeteteedesscessousssessreexess 6 MUITIDIC outputs ana MOTOS ssiscessssstnrcieviasinienininstaiutisiasinindacdidsinstesinahneuuainmsianaaiamintendadianndais 6 HDAN UNAM SUL ce vce ccc yee sec AEE teen ees evens enenesceceet 6 2 System REGQUINSMGIS cccicecseccscccsnscesedensessansdcacessedesesesnssescscessesaassecncensedersscsnssscesesssssnessscestnss 7 A note about System Requirements for Pitch LOCK essessssssessssssssssssssssssssssesssssssscsscsecsessucsucsessssnss
25. Gain StartPoint BPM Controllers Pitch Lock EQ v Find missing StartPoints when loading tracks into CD Players v Use found StartPoints to set the start point when loading tracks into CD Players Search through this many seconds to find track StartPoints 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Use the slider above to specify how many seconds should be used to find StartPoints Increasing this value will improve the likelihood of finding a StartPoint for some tracks but will take longer The General Preferences window StartPoint Preferences Find missing StartPoints when loading tracks into CD Players This option tells DJ 1800 to calculate the StartPoint when loading a track into a CD Player If a StartPoint has already been calculated or is stored in the iTunes iPod library then the previously found StartPoint will be used Use found StartPoints to set the start point when loading tracks into CD Players The second option tells DJ 1800 to actually use StartPoints when loading tracks into CD Players If this option is unchecked tracks will be cued to their very beginning 00 00 seconds when loaded into CD Players Search Through settings You can specify how many seconds of the track should be used to find the StartPoint DJ 1800 has to create a waveform of the track from compressed audio information in order to calculate an accurate StartPoint and increasing the number of seconds used to find StartPoints increases the time for this wavefor
26. Mid range adjustment is not available for Protected AAC files purchased from the iTunes Music Store If you load a Protected AAC file into a CD Player the Mid twister for that CD Player s channel on the mixer will be greyed out You will still be able to move the twister but it will have no effect on the audio output Note 2 The Hiand Low range for Protected AAC files is much smaller than for all other files The available Hi and Low range for Protected AAC files is approximately 4 dB 4 dB This is due toa limitation in QuickTime This reduced range will be displayed on the Hi and Low twisters for a particular CD Player whenever a Protected AAC file is loaded into that CD Player Changing the Hi Mid and Low EQ ranges In order to set EQ preferences open the General Preferences window This can be found under the DJ 1800 3 1 menu Select the EQ section if it is not already selected General Preferences EQ 1 A z 5 a Wws wv al F amp F oa Display iTunes iPods AutoGain StartPoint BPM Controllers Pitch Lock EQ Hi Range Attenuation 20dB A Gain 6 dB 3 Mid Range Attenuation 20 dB i Gain 6 dB i Low Range Attenuation 20dB sig Gain 6 dB i Cancel GOK The General Preferences window EQ Preferences Use the popup menus to individually adjust the Attenuation and Gain limits for each of the Hi Mid and Low ranges Click OK when you are done The amended EQ ranges will be displayed on the mixer as sho
27. Out VU Level meter operates in stereo in Mode 3 see below showing separate levels for the left and right channels respectively In Mode 1 which outputs CD Players in mono only the meter displays the same mono output level in each of its left and right channels Page 38 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual 7 StartPoints AutoGain and BPM DJ 1800 can automatically calculate and use A track s true start point The average peak levels of a track The BPM Beats Per Minute value for a track StartPoints Most tracks on CD contain a small amount of blank time at the start of the track containing nosound atall Since most audio files are ripped from CD chances are that most of your files will also contain this blank time When DJing it is useful to be able to cue a track to the true start point of the track immediately after this blank time so that pressing play will start the track instantly DJ 1800 can calculate the true start point of a track when the track is loaded intoa CD Player You can specify conditions for StartPoint finding in DJ 1800 s General Preferences as described below StartPoint Preferences In order to set StartPoint preferences open the General Preferences window This can be found under the DJ 1800 3 1 menu Select the StartPoint section if it is not already selected m General Preferences StartPoint wm Aye amp Gi 9 Display iTunes iPods Auto
28. ack Little Room by The White Stripes and the track Girls Room from the album Whitechocolatespaceegg by Liz Phair as shown below x Q white room Name Time Artist Album Genre BPM j 3 A M Eternal Live At 3 35 The KLF The White Room Electronic fi Music Build A Fire 4 35 The KLF The White Room Electronic E Movies Church Of The KLF 1 53 The KLF The White Room m TV Shows Girls Room 1 46 Liz Phair Electronic Whitechocolatespaceegg Alternative amp Punk Podcasts justified And Ancient Wi Audiobooks Last Train To Trancen B Purchased Little Room Make It Rain PESEE No More Tears 5 02 gt 5 3 41 50 me 36 6 41 The KLF The KLF The White Stripes The KLF The KLF The White Room The White Room White Blood Cells The White Room The White Room Electronic Electronic Alternative amp Punk Electronic Electronic fe Friday night s gig Bj 7 Single B Single Bj Recently Added B Stella s wedding Stand By The Jams 3 39 The KLF f The White Room 9 10 Adam White Andy Mo The White Room 5 15 The KLF What Time Is Love L 5 17 The KLF The White Room Justified amp Ancient Electronic Classic Euphoria Electronic The White Room Electronic The White Room Electronic All of the imported iTunes fields are searched for the filter text including those that are not currently displayed on screen in the Tracks list This includes the text entered in the Comments
29. al algorithm for Pitch Lock The Low quality setting uses a faster more efficient time domain algorithm for pitch lock at the expense of a slight reduction in audio quality In general the higher quality settings require a faster computer This becomes more evident when playing several tracks at the same time If you find that DJ 1800 is performing slowly or not responding when using a higher quality setting then reducing the Pitch Lock quality should help Please note that changes to the Pitch Lock quality setting will not affect currently loaded tracks These tracks will need to be reloaded in order to benefit from the new quality setting If you find that a slower computer is not performing well when playing tracks using Pitch Lock then you can turn Pitch Lock off altogether This will use a much faster algorithm for adjusting the track s playback speed at the expense of using Pitch Lock To turn off Pitch Lock uncheck the Use Pitch Lock checkbox in the Pitch Lock Preferences window shown above This will use the same algorithm as used in earlier v2 x versions of DJ 1800 Page 18 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Tempo Bend EEND The Tempo Bend buttons Tempo Bend is used to temporarily increase or decrease the speed of a track This is useful when beat mixing if one track in a mix has dropped slightly behind the other resulting in the beats of the two tracks not quite being in sync Temporarily boosting the spe
30. an optionally detect new iPods when they are attached This means that if someone brings an iPod to a gig you can plug in the iPod and use it to DJ without breaking your set To use this feature turn on the Detect new iPods when they are connected option from the iPods section of the General Preferences window r n General Preferences iPods yr z or es ia kd W E 20 6 Display iTunes iPods AutoGain StartPoint BPM Controllers Pitch Lock EQ Updates v Automatically check for updates in connected iPods when launching DJ 1800 _ Prompt before loading iPod updates StartPoint AutoGain BPM __ Save calculated StartPoints to iPods _ Save calculated AutoGain values to iPods Save calculated BPM values to iPods Save precise BPM values to iPods using this field in iTunes iPod Detection v Detect new iPods when they are connected v and automatically import any changes Cancel o The iPods General Preferences window If you would like iPods to be checked for library updates when they are connected turn on the and automatically import any changes option too Library updates will be detected and automatically re imported Note If this option is not turned on then new iPods will not be imported the first time they are connected They can still be imported manually as described above Page 26 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual T m AN L in AN fi A AN The Find field is used to fil
31. apsenedadssenacnase var anehonsuseresneespenunsesesssesasanses 22 MING SOUPC SS MSE cisarina 23 My Ch AEM SOIC E er E A E E E E 24 MO STNG TCI Goin ccnescesesanansanawssaswcesaneas onesies E E E E E 27 Howthe Find FINE OE WOK S ocsccsieccuevscsysvvesis sates onmin nni usu tr scsl E E A 27 Clearing the Find Field oo esessesssssssessscsesscsesscsessesecscscsessssnscsssessssussesscacsncsessssecsnsasssessssesessesussesscsesscsecsecsesscaesacauesssueaesseacsneeseeees 27 MIM TRACKS MSE O T E A 28 A E KS S a E E aan e ea eee 28 Adding and removing columns in the Tracks list ssssesessssecssssesecsssssscsssecsssessssesecsssessecseseescseseessscsesecseassecsacassecseseeseaes 28 Re ordering columns in the Tracks liSt s sesessseesssesssessssseesssesssesssecssseesseessseoeosseesseeesseessseosseosseesseeeesseessscesseroseeosseesssessseeeosserss 28 Re sizing columns in the Tracks list essscessscssscsesessssesssssesssecassesssessscsseassessuacsscsesseseaesessuacsscsesauacsscaesseseacsecasansseacenesecaracescess 28 The difference between Libraries and Playlists cccsssssssssssssessssssssssssssssecsssssssssessecssecsssssscsessssscsecsssassecsessassessecsecaeeneeecses 29 Protected Files and the Protection Type iCOnS s essssesssssessssesssseseeesseeessseeessseosssessssseosrssseessseeossseosserossseoossercessseeessseessseeessseess 30 Selecting tracks in the Tracks liSt e sseesssesssseesseesssseessseesssessseesseessseessseseo
32. c Videos andProtected Movies fromthe iTunes Store cannot be played by DJ 1800 Page 6 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual 2 System Requirements DJ 1800 v3 1 requires the following minimum system configuration MacOS X 10 4 9 or later QuickTime 7 3 or later Without using Pitch Lock o 1GHz G4 G5 or Intel processor with 512MB of RAM Using Pitch Lock o 1 5GHz G5 with at least 1GB RAM or o 1 5GHz Intel Core Duo processor with at least 512MB RAM A monitor capable of 1024x768 resolution iTunes6 A note about System Requirements for Pitch Lock DJ 1800 v3 0 introduced a new Pitch Lock feature Pitch Lock dynamically resamples your audio tracks to play the audio faster or slower without a noticeable change in pitch Pitch Lock is a processor intensive feature and as such DJ 1800 offers several different quality levels for Pitch Lock The default setting is to offer a Pitch Lock quality of Medium which uses a spectral algorithm to dynamically modify the pitch If you find that your computer is struggling to play multiple tracks at Medium quality then we would recommend trying Low quality instead which uses a less intensive tine domain algorithm If this is still too high a load then you can turn off Pitch Lock altogether to reduce processor load As a general rule if you are experiencing distortion or audio dropouts when playing audio in DJ 1800 it is highly likely that this is caused by your Pitch Lock settings Try lowerin
33. ce click on its maximise icon The maximise icon The device s height will return to full size and the Rack window will grow accordingly Hiding a device Each of the Rack Devices can be hidden To hide a Rack Device click on its hide icon in the top right of the device x The hide icon A CD Player cannot be hidden whilst it is playing a track Once a CD Player is hidden its keyboard shortcuts will not be operational until it is made visible again You cannot hide both pairs of CD Players at the same time When the Mixer is hidden it will continue to mix with its current settings Its keyboard shortcuts will continue to work even though the Mixer is not visible When the Crossfader is hidden it ceases to have an effect on the output Instead the four CD Players will output directly to the master out at their current mixer volume levels The Crossfader will start to have an effect as soon as itis made visible The maximised minimised hidden state of Rack Devices is saved when you quit DJ 1800 So if for example you want to only work with 2 CD Players you can hide players 3 4 and this setting will be saved for future use The View menu The View menu is used to show hidden devices or as an alternative method of hiding and minimising devices Select a Rack Device from the View menu in order to toggle its show hide or minimised status If you are using the Mono Thru output mode or
34. con Page 23 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Updating Sources Libraries and Playlists in the Sources list are not updated as soon as they change in iTunes or on an iPod You must re import the appropriate Library into DJ 1800 before changes to the Library or Playlist will be visible Updating from iTunes manually To update your iTunes library manually right click or Command left click on any iTunes Library or Playlist source in the Sources list A contextual menu will be displayed as shown below s3 Libr a ee en mu _ Check for iTunes changes Wee Re import all from iTunes TV Sho ws If you select Check for iTunes changes DJ 1800 will check to see if the iTunes XML Library file has been modified since it was last imported into DJ 1800 If ithas changed DJ 1800 will re import the iTunes library If you select Re import all from iTunes DJ 1800 will re import the entire iTunes library and playlists regardless of whether they have actually changed Note that for large libraries it can sometimes take a few seconds for iTunes to re write its iTunes XML Library file following a change to the iTunes library As a result you may occasionally find that selecting Check for iTunes changes does not detect that changes have been made Selecting it a second time after a few seconds have passed should enable DJ 1800 to detect and import the changes As an alternative you can use the Library menu to up
35. date from iTunes If an iTunes Library or Playlist source is selected in the Sources list then the Library menu will contain the same options as the contextual menu described above This is illustrated in the image below Bidet Help Switch to Find a6 F Switch to Sources List 3S Switch to Tracks List L Switch to Current CD Player P Check for iTunes changes XSL Re import all from iTunes X EL I laad Selected Tracks Intn b You can also use the keyboard shortcuts shown on the menu to update from iTunes Updating from iPods manually The process for updating from an iPod is exactly the same as described above for iTunes Simply select an iPod Library or Playlist source in the Sources menu and then proceed as above The only difference is that the contextual menu and Library menu will say iPod rather than iTunes as shown below os me we 5 T Rat f Dave s iPo hink Sme Check for iPod changes Friday nig x B 17 Single Re import all from iPod R Fj Single Page 24 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Automatically updating sources on launch DJ 1800 can be set to check for changes in your iTunes and iPod libraries each time DJ 1800 is launched To enable this option turn on the Automatically check for updates in iTunes when launching DJ 1800 and or Automatically check for updates in connected iPods when launching DJ 1800 preference These preferences are found in the iTunes and
36. does not change to select just that track This is different from the normal Mac OS X selection behaviour However this approach is preferred here to avoid accidentally losing a large selection of tracks with a careless mouse click during a live DJ performance O dir 1 1 racks INTO D avers 7 ri om tha s li IS Em VS 1c LIGLUAS MICO SU Fld J CI 3 I OIII Cl e Once you pave selected a track or tracks from the Tracks list there are two ways you can load these tracks intoa CD Player Drag and Drop Keyboard Control Loading Tracks via Drag and Drop To load tracks via ee and aio click and hold on an existing selection and then drag that selection onto a CD player In the example below 14 tracks are being dropped onto CD Player 1 REHAIH 7 K SIMG REHAIN 2 MIN SEC 100 silat SACK MIN SEC 100 ob eels o B P M SEARC c B P M U U U U U U i CUE PLAY PAUSE E No track loaded No track loaded Source Time Artist Little Room 0 50 The White White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk E Movies TV Shows Podcasts E Audiobooks Ej Purchased M Dave s iPod Friday night s gig Ej 7 Single Ej Single Ej Recently Added Fj Stella s wedding 3 09 e Blood Cells native amp Punk Elephant native amp Punk SINGLE REHAIN MIN SEC 100 40 183 1 The White Stripes My Doorbell All 14 tracks are available in the CD Player as can be seen from the 1 14 track display If you
37. drag and drop tracks onto an already playing CD Player then the dropped tracks will be appended to the end of the CD Player s existing contents rather than replacing the CD Player s contents Page 31 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual If you hold down the option key whilst dragging and dropping tracks onto a CD player then the dropped tracks will always be appended to the end of the CD Player s existing contents regardless of whether the CD Player is already playing Loading Tracks via Keyboard Control As an alternative to drag and drop you can also load tracks intoa CD Player via the keyboard When the Tracks list has the focus indicated by a bright blue colour for the current selection press the Command key and the number 1 2 3 or 4 to load the current selection into the corresponding CD Player The current selection will replace the contents of the CD Player and the CD Player will be given the focus Note that this will only work if the CD Player is not currently playing a track This avoids accidentally loading a new track overa playing one If you hold down the Option key whilst pressing Command 1 2 3 4 then the current track selection will be appended to the end of the appropriate CD Player regardless of whether the CD Player is already playing Page 32 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual 6 The Mixer and Crossfader The Mixer and Crossfader interface E m A e m e m E m o 0 m
38. e Denon DN 1800F professional CD Player system used by many DJs and radio stations It allows you to play any QuickTime audio files including MP3 and AAC files via a professional DJ standard CD player interface with cue positional searching and pitch lock and bend It includes a fully featured software mixer with Master and Cue out and plays music from your existing iTunes and iPod music libraries including music purchased from the iTunes Store Benefits A complete self contained professional DJ system all you need is some amplification Noneed fora mixer CD players or record decks Noneed to carry your music collection around in hefty boxes Features Professional music control 4 professional quality CD players emulated Play Pause Cue with custom cue point setting Position bar to jump to any pointin a track Pitch Lock to fix a track s pitch whilst adjusting tempo by up to 10 Pitch Bend 32 Track scan up to 8x speed Track search jog dial with stutter for precise position finding Auto find track start point Auto find track gain levels Auto calculate BPM Multiple time display modes Multiple play modes single continuous loop next Dual keyboard and mouse control Support for a wide range of hardware controllers via a documented Plug In API StartPoint AutoGain and BPM calculation are not available for Protected music files purchased fromthe iTunes Store Full software mixer 4 chann
39. e keyboard layouts above Name on keyboard layout Revie SOV ed Equivalent to Comma amp Clicking on Crossfade Assign buttons 1 to4 on left hand SP ile et side of Crossfader keys 1 to4 Feel Clicking on Crossfade Assign buttons 1 to4 on right CF m rgt number hand side of Crossfader keys 1to4 CF Zero aaa Resetting Crossfader knob to middle of Crossfader Crossfade Zero Numpad 0 Resetting Crossfader knob to middle of Crossfader CF lt left Left arrow Moving Crossfader knob left on Crossfader CF right gt Right arrow Moving Crossfader knob right on Crossfader Shift U Moving Crossfader knob far left on Crossfader releasing CF left p the up arrow returns the crossfader to its previous arrow T position Moving Crossfader knob far right on Crossfader i Shift CF right releasing the down arrow returns the crossfader to its Down arrow previous position Note that pressing Shift left arrow will move the Crossfader to the far left and leave it there Likewise Shift right arrow will move the Crossfader to the far right and leave it there Pressing Shift up arrow or Shift down arrow moves the Crossfader to the far left and far right respectively but returns the Crossfader to its original position once released Holding down the Command key when clicking on a Crossfader channel assign button will toggle the assignment for that CD Player channel and change the other three channels on that side of the Crossfader
40. ed of the slower track or slowing the speed of the faster track will bring them back in sync Clicking on either the Tempo Bend Minus or Tempo Bend Plus buttons will start the Tempo Bend in that direction The longer you hold down the mouse button the more the tempo will be bent by up toa maximum of 32 in either direction Releasing the mouse button immediately returns the tempo to its original value Note that Tempo Bend operates in addition to Tempo Shift If Tempo Shift was already increasing the tempo by a full 10 then pressing and holding Tempo Bend would increase the tempo further Tempo Bend works even when Pitch Lock is turned off In this situation Tempo Bend will adjust the pitch as well as the tempo of the track Page 19 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Track Play modes DJ 1800 has four different Track Play modes The selected mode determines what happens when a track reaches its end whilst playing The current Track Play mode is displayed at the top of the CD Player s LCD panel The Track Play mode display Clicking on the Track Play mode display toggles between the four different Track Play modes Single In this Track Play mode the CD Player stops automatically at the end of the track returns to the current cue point for that track and enters the Cued state This is the default Track Play mode Continue In this Track Play mode when a track reaches its end the next track starts playing
41. el o Mode 1 Mono Mixer preferences If you have a second output device you can select this device instead of the Mac s built in output device if you wish In this mode you can select which channel of the selected output device is used for the Master and Cue outputs On a stereo device by default the left soeaker channel will be Master and the right speaker channel will be Cue Page 48 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Mode 2 Mono Thru What is the Mono Thru mode Each CD player s output is passed straight out through a mono channel of one output device The internal mixer is not used Stereo tracks are mixed down into mono When would l use this mode Mono Thru mode should be used if You only have one output device the built in Mac sound device You want to use an external mixer This mode is designed for users who want to use an external hardware mixer but do not have a second output device such as an iMic Typically CD Players 1 and 3 are passed through the left stereo channel to one input channel on the external mixer and Players 2 and 4 through the right stereo channel to a second input channel on the mixer The external mixer then performs Master and Cue functionality What are the benefits of this mode Use an external mixer for all 4 CD players without the need for a second output device What are the limitations of this mode Each CD Player plays in mono only Setting t
42. el software mixer with crossfader Multichannel Crossfader assign Hi Mid Low EQ per channel with a user definable range of up to 20 dB 12 dB Output Gain control per channel Master out volume Cue level volume Stereo Master output level monitoring Per channel Cue level monitoring for precise level balancing Dual keyboard and mouse control Mid EQis not available for Protected musicfiles purchased fromthe iTunes Store The EQrange for Protected musicfiles is 4 dB to 4 dB Page 5 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Features continued Multiple outputs and modes Support for multiple sound devices Support for multi channel output devices Four output modes Mono multichannel emulation for Master Cue with no extra hardware Mono multichannel emulation passthru for use with external mixer with no extra hardware Dual output Master Cue with internal mixer for full stereo DJ environment Multiple output stereo pass thru for use with external mixer and multiple outputs O O00 O Library management Your iTunes and iPod libraries and playlists are right there on the DJ 1800 interface and update whenever they change in iTunes Drag and drop tracks from your libraries onto DJ 1800 s CD Players Import any QuickTime supported audio file format MP3 AAC WAV AIFF Support for tracks purchased from the iTunes Music Store StartPoints AutoGain and BPM values can be saved to your iTunes iPod libraries Protected Musi
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44. ference option is turned off Page 44 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Save calculated BPM values to iTunes iPods If this option is selected then any calculated BPM values will be saved to iTunes in the iTunes BPM field You can view the BPM field by selecting a track in iTunes and selecting Get Info from the File menu in iTunes The example below shows the Info tab for a track called intro intro Summary Info Sorting Options Lyrics Artwork Name intro Artist Year Sigur R s 1999 Album Artist Track Number 1 of 10 Album Disc Number g tis Byrjun 1 of 1 Grouping BPM 144 Composer Comments BPM 143 554688 BPM Genre Alternative amp Punk t _ Part of a compilation Next Cancel O The BPM field in iTunes In this example a BPM value of 144 has been saved to the BPM field in iTunes If you do not want to set the BPM value in iTunes then leave this preference option unchecked in DJ 1800 s preferences Note if you have set your own BPM values in iTunes these will be imported by DJ 1800 and used as the BPM value in DJ 1800 even if the Save calculated BPM values preference option is turned off Save precise BPM values to iTunes iPods iTunes BPM field only stores whole number values for BPM Whereas DJ 1800 can calculate and use an accurate BPM value of 143 5 for a track iTunes can only store a rounded BPM value of 144 This means that DJ 1800 cou
45. g the Pitch Lock quality or turning off Pitch Lock You may also find that using an external hardware mixer with DJ 1800 in either the Mono Thru or Multi Thru output modes will help to reduce the CPU load of Pitch Lock compared to using DJ 1800 s internal mixer in either the Mono Mixer or Dual Mixer modes This is because using DJ 1800 s internal mixer requires DJ 1800 to play two copies of the audio one for the master output and one for the headphones output whereas using an external hardware mixer only requires DJ 1800 to play one copy of the audio With so many different hardware configurations and system specifications available it is very difficult to make a guaranteed recommendation as to what system requirements are needed for a particular Pitch Lock quality setting We would always recommend that you download the demo of DJ 1800 v3 1 and try it with your own hardware configuration before registering The demo of DJ 1800 is fully featured and the only difference between the demo and the registered version is a 30 minute demo timeout per launch As a result the audio performance you experience with the demo is the same as you will experience once registered Page 7 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 a N i f d AFIS vy FN a S E i F 4 EJ A m 4 y E E WAE E a A User Manual The main DJ 1800 window which contains the CD Players and mixer described above
46. he Current Track indicator at the bottom of each CD Player displays the track number artist and title of the currently loaded track Click anywhere on the Current Track indicator to display a pop up menu listing all currently loaded tracks for this CD Player together with their track number and artist Select any track from this menu to jump straight to that track If no track is loaded the Current Track indicator displays No track loaded Page 12 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Previous Next Track The Previous Next Track buttons If the CD Player is currently paused or cued and the current track position is before or equal to the StartPoint of the track clicking on the Previous Track button will move the CD Player backwards by one track If the CD Player is currently paused or cued and the current track position is after the StartPoint of the track then clicking on the Previous Track button will move the CD Player back to the StartPoint of the current track Clicking again will move the CD Player back to the very beginning of the track 0 00 00 seconds The same is true in both cases if the CD Player is playing a track when you click on Previous Track except that the CD Player will continue to play Clicking on the Next Track button will always move the CD Player to the start of the next loaded track The CD Player will continue to play if it was already playing Playing and Cueing track
47. he preferences for this mode n Output Preferences Mono Mixer Mono Thru Dual Mixer Multi Thru Mono Thru mode should be used if e You only have one output device the built in Mac sound device e You want to use an external mixer Output device CD Players 1 and 3 The output device selected below will be used for all Tracks played in CD Players 1 and 3 will be passed four CD Players directly to this speaker channel Built in Output ry Channel 1 Left speaker channel HH Typically this output will be your built in Mac sound device CD Players 2 and 4 Tracks played in CD Players 2 and 4 will be passed directly to this speaker channel Channel 2 Right speaker channel B Currently selected output mode Mono Thru Cancel x Mode 2 Mono Thru preferences If you have a second output device you can select this device instead of the Mac s bult in output device if you wish In this mode you can select which channel of the output device is used for each of the CD players The default is CD Players 1 and 3 through the first left channel and CD players 2 and 4 through the second right channel Page 49 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Mode 3 Dual Mixer What is the Dual Mixer mode The Master output of the internal mixer is fed through one output device at the Master volume specified in the mixer The Cue output of the internal mixer is fed through a second output device
48. heel position As can be seen from this table Pause followed by Play sets the Cue point Also using the Jog Wheel sets the Cue point Cue points are only stored whilst a track is active For example moving forward one track and then back again will remove custom cue points for the track Page 14 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Finding a position in a track DJ 1800 provides two ways to locate a particular point in a track Track Scan and Track Search Both of these methods are based on the same control shown below SEARCH SCAM pce 4 F Oa The Scan and Search control Track scan The outer wheel of this control is used to scan quickly forwards and backwards within a track To use this control click on the outer wheel whilst a track is playing and drag clockwise to scan forwards or anticlockwise to scan backwards through the currently loaded track The further you drag the outer wheel the faster the current track will scan The outer wheel steps through 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x and finally 8x speeds 8x is positioned 120 degrees from the top of the wheel in either direction Once you have found roughly the point in the track that you require release the mouse button to stop scanning The CD Player will continue playing at normal speed and the outer wheel will snap back to zero The outer wheel does not perform any action when the track is cued or paused or when no track is loaded
49. iday night s gig Mie a consti EB 7 Single E Single The Same Boy You ve Ej Recently Added Fj Stella s wedding 3 gt Alternative WwW WA Elephant Alternative amp Punk 5 00 N WV uw VI Ww Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk A O N ee ee D N N N UYU if Elephant Alternative amp Punk Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk Elephant Alternative amp Punk The Work Of Director Movies Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk Elephant Alternative amp Punk White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk Ww Law VA as V a V V V V V pes ae ne ne Jy WwW N WwW iw O A FT es Ww wi r Oo The Union Forever There s No Home For This Protector Were Going To Be Fri White Moon You ve Got Her In You N e N i N N U White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk rq When NW WW WW v v 9 Ww YW Ww vi Ww vi r n J Ww Elephant Alternative amp Punk The image below shows a Playlist source In this example a Smart Playlist called Single is selected Smart Playlists and normal Playlists have an extra Playlist Index column when viewed in the Tracks list In the image below the Tracks list is sorted by this Playlist Index column Source Name Artist Album Genre gy Library Airplane Gardens 24
50. indicated by a green LED Tempo Shift slider sets the current tempo shift amount from 10 to 10 Tempo Bend plus and minus buttons temporarily speed up slow down the current track whilst pressed Previous Track Next Track buttons move the CD Player forward and back by one track Cue button returns the CD Player to the most recent cue point Play Pause button plays or pauses the CD Player Current Track indicator box positioned below the CD Player interface Each control is explained in more detail below To try these controls drag a track from the Library see chapter 5 and drop it onto CD Player 1 In the picture above Leave Home by the Chemical Brothers has just been loaded into CD Player 1 Keyboard shortcuts for all controls can be found in chapter 9 Keyboard Control Page 11 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Track selection Track Number The Track Number display The track number of the current track is displayed in the LCD panel of the CD Player The total number of tracks loaded into the CD Player is also displayed In the example above track 1 of 1 is currently selected Clicking on the track number will display a pop up menu listing all currently loaded tracks for this CD Player together with their track number and artist Select any track from this menu to jump straight to that track Current Track indicator 1 The Chemical Brothers Leave Home The Current Track indicator T
51. ion in chapter 7 for more information on saving StartPoints to iTunes iPods Otherwise the new default StartPoint will be lost when you next synchronise with iTunes with the iPod Page 21 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual 5 The Library The Library Interface Fc Sure lif Nan Artist 3 Library i Passive Manipulation 0 35 The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk Music f Red Rain 3 52 The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk Movies Seven Nation Army 3 57 1e White St eS Alternative E TV Shows Seven Nation Army a5 ne White eS Elephant Alternative amp Punk Podcasts Take Take Take 1 22 The White eS Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk F Audiobooks The Air Near My Fingers ve White Stripes Elephant Alternative amp Punk ne Denial Twist 35 1e White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Pun Bj Purchased The Denial Twi hin Alternative amp Punk The Hardest Button T 3 32 re White es Elephant Alternative amp Punk The Hardest Button T 3 32 ne White es The Work Of Director Movies The Nurse 3 47 ne White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk The Same Boy You ve 3 ne White Stripes White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk Dave s iPod fe Friday night s gig Ej 7 Single Ej Single Ej Recently Added Ej Stella s wedding The Union Forever 3 26 The White eS White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk There s No Home Fo 3 43 ne White es Elephant Alternative
52. ixer Ch 2 vol W Moving CD Player 2 Volume fader upwards on mixer Ch 2 vol S Moving CD Player 2 Volume fader downwards on mixer Ch 3 vol E Moving CD Player 3 Volume fader upwards on mixer Ch 3 vol D Moving CD Player 3 Volume fader downwards on mixer Ch 4 vol R Moving CD Player 4 Volume fader upwards on mixer Ch 4 vol F Moving CD Player 4 Volume fader downwards on mixer Out vol Y Moving Master Volume fader upwards on mixer Out vol H Moving Master Volume fader downwards on mixer Cue vol U Moving Phones Volume twister clockwise on mixer Cue vol J Moving Phones Volume twister anti clockwise on mixer Page 58 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Channel Gain and EQ shortcuts These shortcuts are indicated in dark blue on the keyboard layouts above Name on keyboard layout Key 1 Key 2 Equivalent to Gain Moving the current CD Player s Gain twister clockwise Gain K Moving the current CD Player s Gain twister anti clockwise Hi O Moving the current CD Player s Hi twister clockwise Hi L Moving the current CD Player s Hi twister anti clockwise Mid P Moving the current CD Player s Mid twister clockwise Mid Moving the current CD Player s Mid twister anti clockwise Low Moving the current CD Player s Low twister clockwise Low i Moving the current CD Player s Low twister anti clockwise Page 59 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Crossfader control shortcuts These shortcuts are indicated in cyan on th
53. layer for cueing in the Mixer See chapter 6 for more information on enabling headphone cueing for a particular CD Player Page 15 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Track Position bar The Track Position bar The Track Position bar serves three purposes 1 It provides a visual indication as to how much of a track has been played 2 Itallows you to scan through a track at high speed 3 Itenables you to jump toa particular point in the track To quickly scan at high speed click on the Track Position bar s position indicator and drag the position indicator left or right whilst keeping the mouse button held down Once you have found the desired point in the track release the mouse button To jump straight to a particular point in a track click to the left or to the right of the track position indicator The indicator will jump directly to that point and if the track was already playing playback will continue from the new position Page 16 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Changing a track s tempo DJ 1800 features two methods of tempo control to assist with beat mixing and smooth transitions from one track to the next These methods are Tempo Shift and Tempo Bend as shown below An additional option Pitch Lock enables you to modify a track s tempo without changing the track s pitch The Pitch Lock Tempo Bend and The Tempo Shift display and Tempo Shift Slider controls BPM display Tempo Shift Tempo Shif
54. ld calculate an accurate value for BPM save it to the less accurate BPM field in iTunes and then this less accurate version would be loaded and used the next time you imported your iTunes library To work around this limitation in iTunes DJ 1800 has the option to save a precise value of BPM into one of the text based fields in iTunes For example in the image above a very precise value of 143 554688 has been saved into the Comments field for this track DJ 1800 will then detect this precise BPM value by looking for the BPM BPM tags when it next imports the Comments field using this field in iTunes This option allows you to specify which iTunes field is used for saving the precise BPM value You can select from the Comments Grouping or Composer fields all of which can be viewed on the Info tab in iTunes as shown in the image above DJ 1800 will never overwrite an existing Comment Grouping or Composer value If text already exists in the selected field in iTunes DJ 1800 will append the BPM BPM tags to the end of the existing value Page 45 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual 8 Output Modes Output Preferences DJ 1800 has four different output modes each of which is appropriate for a different hardware set up and DJing requirement This chapter describes the four modes and explains how to set output preferences for each mode Multiple output devices Some of the modes described below support more than
55. led by the Find field to enable you to enter search keywords in the Find field In each of the three cases listed above the current CD Player s focus ring will change to grey rather than bright blue This is to indicate that a control other than the CD Player has some or all of the keyboard focus Whenever you switch to the Sources list Tracks list or Find field pressing the Tab key will return the entire keyboard focus back to the current CD Player The focus ring around the CD Player will turn bright blue rather than grey to indicate that the CD Player has regained the full keyboard focus Alternatively you can select Switch to Current CD Player from the Library menu or press Command P Resizing the Rack window The Rack window can be resized horizontally and vertically To resize the Rack window click on the Rack Resize icon in the bottom right hand corner of the window and drag the icon until the window is the preferred size The minimum allowed width of the window is 1024 pixels The Rack Resize icon To make the Rack window fill the entire screen click on the green Maximize icon in the top left hand corner of the window Click the Maximize icon again to return to the previous window size is The Rack Maximize icon Full Screen mode Press the Escape key on your keyboard to enter or exit Full Screen mode or select Full Screen from the View menu The Mac OS X menu bar i
56. left or right side of the Crossfader The CD Player s channel is selected for use in the Crossfader but the Crossfader is fully set toa different channel See the appropriate section below for more information on these situations Page 34 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Gain twister The Gain twister boosts or reduces the CD Player s output This is used to increase or decrease the volume for a particular track relative to other tracks For example imagine you have one track playing that is quite loud Mixing into a second quieter track will sound wrong due to the difference in track volumes Sometimes tracks from the same genre which may be justas noisy as each other can still be quieter due to different recording methods and production The quieter track can be boosted by increasing its gain resulting in similar volumes when both tracks Volume faders are set to the same value To change the Gain twister s setting click on the twister and hold down the mouse button whilst dragging up to increase the gain or down to decrease the gain Release the mouse button one the required levels are reached Double clicking on the Gain twister resets the gain to its default value of 5 Gain affects the CD Player s output through both the Master output and the Cue output unlike the Volume fader which only affects the master output As a result you can listen to a new track through the Cue output whilst an existing
57. m Hiie Hiie ii ii E r p r pai K E Dii B E The DJ 1800 Mixer and Crossfader interface DJ 1800 has a built in 4 channel mixer The mixer interface is shown above Working from left to right this mixer features Aheadphones Phones Volume twister Four CD player channel controls A Crossfader with four left and four right assign buttons A Master Volume fader A stereo Master Out Level VU display Not all of DJ 1800 s output modes use the internal mixer and crossfader For example if you were using an external hardware mixer with the Multi Thru output mode then you would not need to use the internal mixer or crossfader For more information on output modes see chapter 8 Output Modes Output Preferences Page 33 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Headphones Phones Volume twister The Headphones Phones Volume twister sets the maximum output level for the Cue output device Effectively if you are cueing through headphones this twister sets the headphones volume level This twister does not affect the Master output in any way To change the Phones Volume twister s setting click on the twister and hold down the mouse button whilst dragging up to increase the Cue Level or down to decrease the Cue Level Release the mouse button one the required Phones Volume is reached Double clicking on the Phones Volume twister resets the twister to its default value of
58. m calculation Most tracks StartPoint is within the first 3 seconds and it is unlikely you will need to increase this value In any case as soon as a StartPoint is found the search will stop regardless of the value entered here Page 39 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual AutoGain Gain boosts or reduces a CD Player s output to increase or decrease the volume for a particular track relative to other tracks For example imagine you have one track playing that is quite loud Mixing into a second quieter track will sound wrong due to the difference in track volumes Some tracks of a similar genre and maybe just as noisy as each other can still be quieter due to different recording methods and production The quieter track can be boosted by increasing its gain resulting in similar volumes when both tracks Volume faders are set to the same value DJ 1800 can calculate the average peak levels for each track and use these levels to automatically set the Gain level when a track is loaded into a CD Player This results in mixes between tracks sounding smoother without the need to manually adjust the Gain for each track You can specify conditions for AutoGain level finding in the General Preferences as described below AutoGain Preferences In order to set AutoGain preferences open the General Preferences window This can be found under the DJ 1800 3 1 menu Select the AutoGain section if i
59. nes Comment E Use this iTunes XML Library file iPod Detection Gorilla Users dave Music iTunes iTunes Music Library xm F Detect new iPods when they are connected Browse wv and automatically import any changes Cancel _a _ Cancel ax The General Preferences window iTunes Preferences The General Preferences window iPods Preferences The important section for either iTunes or iPods is the middle section of this window shown below using the iTunes pane as an example StartPoint AutoGain BPM v Save calculated StartPoints to iTunes vV Save calculated AutoGain values to iTunes v Save calculated BPM values to iTunes F Save precise BPM values to iTunes using this field in iTunes Comment B These preference options are explained in more detail below In each case iTunes is used as the example but the same principle applies to iPods too Note that calculated values are only saved to iTunes when a track is unloaded from a CD Player not when the values are first calculated This avoids audio dropouts caused by iTunes re writing the file s metadata whilst DJ 1800 is playing the track Page 42 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Save calculated StartPoints to iTunes iPods If this option is selected then any calculated StartPoint values will be saved to iTunes in the iTunes Start Time field You can view the Start Time field by selecting a track in iTunes and selecting Get Info from the File me
60. nnel GIGAPort AG device are being used for the other three CD Players For more information about setting up specific output devices with DJ 1800 visit our Audio Hardware page at http www dj1800 com audiohardware php Page 51 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual 9 Keyboard Control All of the CD Player and Internal Mixer Crossfader controls can be controlled with either the mouse or the keyboard This chapter describes the keyboard shortcuts for keyboard control of DJ 1800 Mouse control is described in the appropriate chapters earlier in this manual These keyboard shortcuts are designed to work with both extended and laptop keyboards This is why some commands have more than one shortcut The shortcut keys supplied in the tables below are based on an English keyboard For other localities the appropriate key will be the key from the same physical location on the keyboard as in the keyboard layout pictures below Once you start using the keyboard to control DJ 1800 we think you ll probably use it in preference to a mouse The layout is deliberately designed to match the mixer Note that Mode 2 Mono Thru and Mode 4 Multi Thru do not use the internal mixer or crossfader In these modes the mixer and crossfader shortcut keys are disabled See chapter 8 Output Modes Output Preferences for more information on the different output modes Defining your own keyboard controls for DJ 1800 If you would like to define
61. nu in iTunes The example below shows the Options tab for a track called intro intro Summary Info Sorting Options Lyrics Artwork Volume Adjustment mememe 100 None 100 Equalizer Preset None HH My Rating M Start Time 0 01 14 _ Stop Time 1 37 127 _ Remember playback position __ Skip when shuffling _ Part of a gapless album Previous Next Cancel OK 4 The Start Time field in iTunes In this example a Start Time of 1 14 seconds into the track has been saved to the Start Time field by DJ 1800 Note that this Start Time field is used by iTunes when it plays tracks So if DJ 1800 saves a StartPoint value into the Start Time field in iTunes then iTunes will use that value as the start point of the track when it is played in iTunes If you do not want to adjust the Start Time value in iTunes then leave this preference option unchecked in DJ 1800 s preferences Note if you have set your own Start Time values in iTunes these will be imported by DJ 1800 and used as the StartPoint in DJ 1800 even if the Save calculated StartPoints preference option is turned off Page 43 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Save calculated AutoGain values to iTunes iPods If this option is selected then any calculated AutoGain values will be saved to iTunes in the iTunes Volume Adjustment field You can view the Volume Adjustment field by selecting a
62. nual Master Out Level controls Se MASTER OUT LEVEL oF r The Master Out Level controls Master Volume fader The Master Volume fader sets the maximum output level for all four CD Players output The actual signal level of the Master output is a combination of all currently live CD Player channels output levels based on their Volume and Gain the Master Volume fader s value and the Crossfader settings if the Crossfader is enabled Even if all CD Players Volume faders were set to 10 reducing the Master Volume fader to 5 for example would halve the actual output volume of the combined CD Players If the Master Volume fader is set to 0 no sound will be output through the Master output device regardless of any other settings To adjust the Master Volume fader click on the Master Volume fader s knob and hold down the mouse button whilst dragging up to increase the Master Volume or down to decrease the Master Volume Release the mouse button once the required Master Volume is reached Master Out VU Level meter The Master Out VU Level meter shows the levels of the actual Master mixer output This is a combination of all currently live CD Player channels output levels based on their Volume and Gain the Crossfader settings if the Crossfader is enabled and the Master Level slider s value Effectively this is the level of what can actually be heard through the Master output The Master
63. obooks Fj Purchased Dave s iPod fe Friday night s gig Fj 7 Single Fj Single Fj Recently Added Fj Stella s wedding The Sources list To give the Sources list the keyboard focus click anywhere inside the Sources list or select Switch to Sources List from the Library menu or press Command S Click on Library to view all of the tracks from your iTunes library in the Tracks list If you have enabled any of the Movies TV Shows Podcasts and or Audiobooks sub libraries in iTunes then these sub libraries will also be displayed in the Sources list Any Playlists or Smart Playlists you have created in iTunes will be displayed in the Sources list To view the contents of any Playlist click on its name in the Source box and the Playlist s contents will be displayed in the Tracks list area To view the contents of all playlists in a folder click on the folder s name To view any Playlists nested within a folder click on the black triangle to the left of the folder to expand the folder Any attached iPods are displayed in the Sources list Click on the iPod in the Sources list to view all tracks on the iPod Click on the black triangle to the left of the iPod to view all playlists on the iPod To change the width of the Sources list click on the resizer icon at the right hand edge of the Sources list s title and drag to the left or right whilst holding down the mouse button The resizer i
64. one output device Why would you want to do this Many Macs come with just one built in audio device and therefore just one stereo audio output This is the output that is used by the headphones socket on your Mac Plug in some headphones or wire this output to your stereo and you can hear the Mac s sound output through the headphones or external speakers This is all well and good for listening to iTunes but what happens when you want to start DJing In order to mix tracks together you really need to be able to play one track and then listen to another track and find the StartPoint set its volume set its speed whilst the first track is playing to your audience If you try and do this through one output then the crowd can hear the second track too Actually DJ 1800 has a cheat solution to this as described in Modes 1 and 2 below which involves playing each CD Player in mono One channel is used for live tracks and the other for cueing It s cheating and it s notin stereo but it works In order to do professional stereo DJing it is necessary to have two output devices one for the Master live output and one for your Cue headphones output Typically the Master output would go to your amplifiers and the Cue output would go to your headphones Some newer Macs notably the Mac Pro have a second stereo output built in to the Mac But most Macs and all Mac laptops still have only one stereo output
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66. re provided for iTunes and for iPods This is because you may wantto save values to your own iTunes library but not to the libraries of iPods belonging to other people The same options are provided for both iTunes and iPods but they can be set separately from each other Preferences for saving values to iTunes iPods In order to set preferences for saving values to iTunes iPods open the General Preferences window This can be found under the DJ 1800 3 1 menu Select the iTunes or iPods section as appropriate General Preferences iTunes General Preferences iPods w f Ay gt All E bii E Ny A i i o Display iTunes iPods AutoGain StartPoint BPM Controllers Pitch Lock EQ Display iTunes iPods AutoGain StartPoint BPM Controllers Pitch Lock Q Updates Updates Vv Automatically check for updates in ITunes when launching Dj 1800 F Automatically check for updates in connected iPods when launching DJ 1800 M Prompt before loading iTunes updates KA Prompt before loading iPod updates StartPoint AutoGain BPM StartPoint AutoGain BPM v Save calculated StartPoints to iTunes Vv Save calculated StartPoints to iPods Vv Save calculated AutoGain values to iTunes Vv Save calculated AutoGain values to iPods Save calculated BPM values to iTunes Save calculated BPM values to iPods Save precise BPM values to iTunes Wi Save precise BPM values to iPods using this field in iTunes Comment E using this field in iTu
67. rent CD Player RIA E7 5 Spinning Track Search jog wheel anticlockwise on current CD Player Srch Right E8 6 Spinning Track Search jog wheel clockwise on current CD Player Play Mode F9 7 Clicking Play Mode button on current CD Player Time F10 8 Clicking Time button on current CD Player Page 55 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Play Pause and Cue shortcuts These shortcuts are indicated in orange on the keyboard layouts above soe ee i Key 1 Key 2 Equivalent to Play Pause Space bar Clicking on Play Pause button for current CD Player Cue Return Clicking on Cue button for current CD Player Play Cue M Toggle between Play and Cue when finding cue points Ch 1 Play Pause Z Clicking on Play Pause button for CD Player 1 Ch 2 Play Pause X Clicking on Play Pause button for CD Player 2 Ch 3 Play Pause C Clicking on Play Pause button for CD Player 3 Ch 4 Play Pause V Clicking on Play Pause button for CD Player 4 Select CD Player shortcuts When using keyboard control there are certain shortcuts that require you to specify which CD Player you wish to control For example in order to use the Gain and Gain shortcuts you need to specify a CD Player to modify the Gain settings of The shortcuts below let you select which CD Player is currently available to control The currently selected CD Player is highlighted by a focus ring around the CD Player These shortcuts are indicated in yellow on the keyboard layout
68. rnative amp Punk The Union Forever The White Stripes White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk There s No Home For 3 43 The White Stripes Elephant Alternative amp Punk This Protector 2 12 The White Stripes White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk We re Going To Be Fri 2 22 The White Stripes White Blood Cells Alternative amp Punk fa White Moon The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk Youve Got Her In You 3 39 The White Stripes Elephant Alternative amp Punk Unprotected audio file DJ 1800 can play this file and can calculate StartPoints AutoGain values and BPM values for the file Protected audio file DJ 1800 can play this file but can t calculate StartPoints AutoGain values or BPM values Unprotected video file DJ 1800 can play the first audio track from this file and can calculate StartPoints AutoGain values and BPM values for the first audio track Protected video file DJ 1800 cannot play this file Page 30 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual 9 P e P e P N ot AN trarre in FRA rari c ict gi 1 q ad A Aa 1 1 g eil A ws GEE A TI U Ui Ii i ka RANA IIA har To select tracks in the Tracks list click on a track to select it Shift click to select a range of tracks or Command click on a track to add remove it to from the current selection Note if you click on an already selected track without holding down the Shift or Command key the selection
69. s DJ 1800 uses the same cueing methods as the Denon DJ 1800F it emulates These are described in detail below Cue and Play Pause PLAY FAUSE The Cue and Play Pause controls When you load one or more tracks into a CD Player the CD Player will set itself to be cued to the StartPoint of the first loaded track To start the track playing click on the Play Pause button All being well you should hear the track If not check your Output Preferences see chapter 8 Output Modes Output Preferences If a StartPoint has been calculated or loaded for a track then this StartPoint is always used for the track rather than beginning playback at the very beginning of the track This avoids playing blank space at the beginning of a track and saves you having tofind the real start point of your tracks If no StartPoint has been calculated the track will start from the very beginning of the file See chapter 7 for more information on StartPoints Whilst the track is playing click on Cue The CD Player will stop playing and return to the beginning of the track or to the found StartPoint as appropriate Pressing Play Pause will start it playing again When a track is cued the red LED above the Cue button is illuminated When a track is playing the green LED above the Play Pause button is illuminated When a track is paused the green Play Pause LED flashes Page 13 of 62 DJ 1800 ver
70. s above Name on keyboard layout Rar SS Equivalent to Top left Numpad Tog Cue key full stop Clicking on current CD Player s Cue button on mixer Next Channel Tab Selects next CD Player 1 gt 2 gt 3 gt 4 gt 1 Shift Tab Selects previous CD Player 1 gt 4 gt 3 gt 2 gt 1 Ch 1 mater Selects CD Player 1 for control Ch 2 Nee Selects CD Player 2 for control Ch 3 Bae Selects CD Player 3 for control Ch 4 pene Selects CD Player 4 for control Page 56 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Pitch control shortcuts These shortcuts are indicated in blue green on the keyboard layouts above Name on keyboard layout ed NEYO Equivalent to Clicking and holding down Pitch Bend Minus button for Buse penai a current CD Player release key to stop Pitch Bend pich Bendt 0 a ae a ae ge E Tempo Shift 0 minus Resetting Tempo Shift slider to 0 for current CD Player Tempo Shift equals Moving Tempo Shift slider upwards on current CD Player Tempo Shift Moving Tempo Shift slider downwards on current CD Player Tempo Shift on Back Clicking on Pitch button on current CD Player off space Page 57 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Channel Volume and Master Phones Volume shortcuts These shortcuts are indicated in red on the keyboard layouts above coe Eve i Key 1 Key 2 Equivalent to Ch 1 vol Q Moving CD Player 1 Volume fader upwards on mixer Ch 1 vol A Moving CD Player 1 Volume fader downwards on m
71. s not displayed in Full Screen mode but you can still access the menu bar using the menu keyboard shortcuts Press Escape to exit Full Screen mode at any time If your Mac has more than one screen attached DJ 1800 will use the screen that contains the most of the Rack window when switching to Full Screen mode Page 10 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual 4 CD Players The CD players in DJ 1800 are based upon software emulations of the Denon DJ 1800F CD player These CD players come in pairs rack mounted with a control interface very similar to the one shown below Of course we won t be using this interface to control the playback of actual CDs as audio files are much more convenient and most Macs don t have 4 CD players anyway But the players will be referred to as CD Players because of their real world origins The CD Player interface FEHAIM FITCH Lack 4 TRACK MIH SEC ill i I m f i i j OUa PITCH LOCK SEARCH CAH TEMFa FP EEHD GEEL inn Li Li O FLAT FAUSE TRACK 1 The Chemical Brothers Leave Home The DJ 1800 CD player interface The interface shown above is duplicated four times once for each of the four CD Players Each CD Player has the following controls Search Scan wheel Play Mode Time Mode Track Time Tempo and BPM LCD display Track position bar showing the current position in the track Pitch Lock on off button toggles pitch lock on off as
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73. sion 3 2 User Manual Setting new Cue points DJ 1800 allows you to set your own cue points in tracks Starting from the original Cue point if you Play Pause and then Play again the first Pause point will become the new Cue point for this track You can use this fact to pause the CD Player at roughly the location of your desired new Cue point and then subsequently press Cue to take you back to this point whilst the CD Player is playing Optionally whilst the CD Player is paused you can use the Jog Wheel to fine tune the Cue position See the section below on Track search via Jog Wheel for more detail Using the Jog Wheel also sets the Cue position This can be quite confusing But once you get the hang of it it s a simple and powerful way to set cue points for your tracks The table below shows how cue points are set Red text is used to indicate where pressing Cue returns to Start First Second Third Fourth Fifth Clicking Cue sets the point Action Action Action Action Action CD Player to be Cued Play Cued at the initial Cue point Cued Play Pause Cued at the initial Cue point Cued Play Pause Play Cued at the first Pause point Cued Play Pause Play Pause Cued at the first Pause point Cued Play Pause Play Pause Play Cued at the Second Pause point Cued Play Pause Jog Cued at the final Jog Wheel position Wheel Cued Play Pause Ae Play Cued at the final Jog Wheel position Cued Play Pause ey Play Pause Cued at the final Jog W
74. sseeoseeesseessseosseoosessseeeosseessseosseooseeosseesssesssseeesseessseosseesss 31 Loading tracks into CD Players from the Tracks list cssssssssssssssssssscsssssssessssssssesssscsucsesssssucsessecsssessssscsucsecsssasssceasenssecascass 31 6 The Mixer and Crossfader ccccccscsssssssssssssccssssssscsssssssssssssssssssessssssssssssssssssssssssssssses 3 3 The Mixer and Crossfader interface ws issviscsnceviencesennsccecnsscerecedsesnsesesenceceswsasesecgeesneeSevessetesecncesssrearens 33 Headphones Phones Volume twister sssceecccsoooeccccooeeccccoooeccccoooeecccsooecccoseeccccsoceccccssseeecesooo 34 Page 2 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual CHANEL CONUIOIS caa cdinwseievecesccddinoratccseuestedsansusecsnwecnadeccswhesumsectadiawea ber ecescsensucsaieceicedees 34 CUC NO iMate esses aca cen eng acre ects se cast toed tact cexsachyuceacaae sutecaessicosuscs ster resan aueataas cata cuesion asestas eussceetsat heres se eeceseceaa 34 Voume Cate et tee heen eaten tet etn Sain Se cnet etc te ante see bsp hee tec eu eames dete adeeb Davia Seneca edie 34 TIA COV ISTO sees coacsits E EE E E EA E E ds tata E EE E A T E ASE E E E E N E AET 35 Cue HOV SU VU disp ayarini D Aa EEEN EE EEA EA uel manheae 35 EMO anA LOW TWIS ESaC 36 Crossfader CONtTOlS cesriscisorosocccsssoos istriana oeeaaeaii edasi 37 Crossfade ASOD UON o E E E A AA 37 CTOSSTAC CI SIG Ol anaran r ennui 37 Master Out Level controls ssssssscccccsoosssss
75. ssfader slider Master Level fader Cue Level twister Move 1x speed Move 1x speed Move 1x speed Move 1x speed Move 1x speed Move 1x speed Move 1x speed Move 1x speed Move 6x speed Move 6x speed Move 6x speed Move 6x speed Move 6x speed Move 6x speed Move 6x speed Move 6x speed Page 54 of 62 Move 12x speed Move 12x speed Move 12x speed Move 12x speed Move 12x speed Move 12x speed Move 12x speed Move 12x speed Move to 0 or 10 Move to 0 or 10 Move to 5 or 5 Move to 5 or 5 Move to 5 or 5 Move toAorB Move to 0 or 10 Move to 0 or 10 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Rack window shortcuts These shortcuts are indicated in purple on the keyboard layouts above Name on keyboard layout ee i Equivalent to Full Scrn Escape Entering exiting Full Screen mode Track position shortcuts These shortcuts are indicated in green on the keyboard layouts above Name on keyboard layout Key 1 Key 2 Equivalent to Prev Track F1 1 Clicking on Previous Track button on current CD Player Next Track F2 2 Clicking on Next Track button on current CD player First Track E3 Clicking Previous Track until back at first track on current CD Player Last Track F4 Clicking Next Track until at last track on current CD Player Scan left F5 3 Dragging Track Scan wheel to the left on current CD Player Scan right F6 4 Dragging Track Scan wheel to the right on cur
76. t is not already selected in General Preferences AutoGain Er Ayi BF amp ci Display iTunes iPods AutoGain StartPoint BPM Controllers Pitch Lock EQ v Calculate missing AutoGain levels when loading tracks into CD Players v Use AutoGain levels to set the channel gain when loading tracks into CD Players Use this many samples to calculate AutoGain levels eae CC_ n n _ aa 5 10 15 20 25 Use the slider above to specify how many samples should be taken from each track to calculate the AutoGain level Increasing this value will improve the accuracy of AutoGain but will take longer Cancel GOK The General Preferences window AutoGain Preferences Calculate missing AutoGain levels when loading tracks into CD Players This option tells DJ 1800 to calculate the AutoGain levels when loading a track into a CD Player If AutoGain levels have already been calculated or an AutoGain value is stored in the iTunes iPod library then the previously found AutoGain level will be used Use AutoGain levels to set the channel gain when loading tracks into CD Players The second option tells DJ 1800 to actually use AutoGain levels when loading tracks into CD Players If this option is unchecked Gain will not be automatically adjusted when tracks are loaded into CD Players Use this many samples settings You can specify how many samples should be taken from the track to calculate the AutoGain levels DJ 1800 has to crea
77. t is used to alter the speed of a track in order to match its BPM to that of another track DJ 1800 allows tempo shift of up to 10 of the track s original tempo Tempo Shift Slider The Tempo Shift Slider on the right hand side of the image above is used to specify the Tempo Shift amount Click on the slider s knob and drag down to increase or drag up to decrease the Tempo Shift amount As you do so the Tempo Shift display indicated by Tempo in the CD Player s LCD panel will update to show the new Tempo Shift amount Moving the Tempo Shift slider with the mouse will not always move the slider in exact 0 1 increments due to the resolution of the interface widget used For accurate control over the pitch slider we recommend using keyboard control for the Tempo Shift slider as this will modify the pitch amount in 0 1 increments For more details see chapter 9 Keyboard Control Alternatively clicking on the minus and plus graphics at the top left and bottom left of the slider will decrease increase the pitch by precisely 0 1 per click Clicking on the 0 text in the middle of the slider will move the Tempo Shift slider s knob back to 0 Option clicking on the plus and minus graphics will modify the Tempo by 0 01 for very accurate modification Clicking above or below the knob on the slider s background will move the knob directly to the position of the click BPM Display The BPM Display sho
78. te a waveform of the track from compressed audio information in order to calculate AutoGain levels and increasing the number of samples used to find AutoGain levels increases the time for this waveform calculation A setting of 5 samples produces reasonably accurate AutoGain levels in almost all cases Increasing this value will further improve accuracy especially for tracks that contain both very quiet and very loud sections Page 40 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual BPM A track s speed is measured in Beats Per Minute BPM This indicates how many beats of the track would be heard within a minute s playback BPM values typically fall between 80 for slow tracks and 180 for fast tracks DJ 1800 features an automatic BPM calculation library which automatically estimates the BPM of audio files based on the audio waveform of the file Note that it is not possible to calculate an accurate BPM value for every track For example a sooken word audio track will not contain any regular beats and so will not have a BPM as such Similarly some tracks may vary in speed during the track and so any calculated BPM value will not apply to the entire track It is also possible for the automatic BPM estimate to be calculated at twice the speed you might expect or half the speed you might expect The BPM calculation is based on the number of detectable beats in the audio signal and this may not match the expected value for very slo
79. teceevenssdeustuceubeventesgubietsssevncseees 51 Whatis the M lti Thru TOG C2 sic iarienwscinaaninsncstesoraisisdceuaibiisatedlosreien Eea NnS Eara Aa Aara E oaaao okeani oeiia aiaa saaa 51 When would usetri Mode naucna a n a a a r nen aivaneiwialseae 51 Whatare the benefits OF thii MOOS a nricaienrnonasnen a a a a a a a a a EN 51 Whatare the limitations Of S VOCS a E EA AAA AO ER 51 Setting the preferences for this ModE saarena ai AEE AAE EA 51 9 Keyboard C ont Olssen E a A Defining your own keyboard controls for DJ 1800 esssessessssssessesssessessososssosessessssssessssssesssessoo 52 K yD ard layouts cssc a aaaea r G aasan a E ea a ao ten sevedecseseuctsasesecsews 53 Standard Mac Key poard layout eusroet e i ieia a e i etude tandeasitdedaetes 53 DJ 1800 shortcuts with mixer enabled modes 1 and 3 ssessessssessessssessssssssesessesesesseseesesseseesesseesessesseessesseseosessosessesseose 53 DJ 1800 shortcuts with mixer disabled modes 2 and 4 s ssssessessssessssessesscesessesessesessessesseseseosesssessssesseeesesseseosessosesseseeose 53 KEVDO ard SMOPCCUtS s orinn aaraa ea ae aariaa 54 Fader MUNDIT S aane a ei a a e a a a a iie 54 PAGES WIC ETENAK ECE EN US A ESERE T E EE ESEA ETAS A A E ES ASSE E EE E E E S 55 TRACK DOSILION MONU niaaa A A balan 55 Ray y Pauseanad Cue shorttina eni a E N a a ate a leak 56 select GDP LAY CUS NorncU encina a deans reel aie nahh 56 PFE Fels CONN UL OLS Ole CUM ales sche vous e a
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81. ter and Cue outputs If you are using a device with more than one stereo output channel you can optionally select which pair of channels to use for Master and for Cue In the picture above the Built in output has only one stereo output and so the 1 2 channel select list is disabled However the GIGAPort AG has eight mono output channels and in this example mono outputs 5 6 are being used as a stereo pair for Cue output For more information about setting up specific output devices with DJ 1800 visit our Audio Hardware page at http Awww dj1800 com audiohardware php Page 50 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Mode 4 Multi Thru What is the Multi Thru mode Each CD player s output is passed through a selected output device in stereo The internal mixer is not used in this mode When would use this mode Dual Mixer mode should be used if You have two or more output devices You want to use an external mixer This mode is designed for users who have two or more output devices and want to use an external mixer In this situation DJ 1800 is used as a music player only and the internal mixer is not used Typically with a second output device such as an iMic CD Players 1 and 3 are output through one device into one channel of the external mixer and Players 2 and 4 are output through the other device into a second channel of the external mixer However if you have more than two outp
82. ter the contents of a Library or Playlist to help you find a particular track or tracks The Find field To give the Find field the keyboard focus click anywhere inside the Find field or select Switch to Find from the Library menu or press Command F You can then start to type your search keyword s into the Find field J A OUIAS al m o I fel OW ine F ING THTEL V The Find field works in a very similar way to iTunes in that each word is searched for separately in any order So if you entered burn ash in the Find field this would find the track Burn Baby Burn by Ash but would also find Crash And Burn by Busted and London s Burning by The Clash as shown below x Time Artist Album Genre BPM 3 28 Ash Alternative amp Punk 3 28 Ash Alternative amp Punk 2 47 Busted Busted Pop 8 02 David Holmes 2 10 The Clash Source ii Name 5 Burn Baby Burn JI Music E Movies TV Shows Podcasts E Audiobooks Ej Purchased Dave s iPod Friday night s gig B 7 Single a Single Ej Recently Added Fj Stella s wedding Free All Angels Burn Baby Burn Crash And Burn Inspired By Leyburn Intergalactic Sonic 7 s The Best Of A Electronic Alternative amp Punk This Films Crap Lets Slash The Seats London s Burning Similarly entering white room in the Find field would find all tracks from the album White Room by The KLF but would also find the tr
83. to be the same This is useful to turn all channels on off in one click Holding down the Option key when clicking on a Crossfader channel assign button will turn on Crossfader assignment for that channel and turn off all other channels on the same side of the Crossfader This is useful to turn on just one channel in one click Page 60 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual 10 Controller Plug Ins About Controller Plug Ins DJ 1800 supports a whole range of external hardware controllers via software plug ins Plug ins act as extensions to DJ 1800 containing all of the information DJ 1800 needs to initialize and support an external hardware controller Downloading new Controller Plug Ins The latest controller plug ins can be found on the DJ 1800 web site at the following address http Awww dj1800 com plugins php Please visit this web page to download new or updated controller plug ins for use with DJ 1800 Installing Controller Plug Ins Installing a Controller Plug In for all users on a Mac To install a DJ 1800 controller plug in for all users on a Mac copy the plug in into this folder on your Mac Applications DJ 1800 Plug Ins You can copy either the entire plug in folder and documentation or just the plug in itself When you next launch DJ 1800 it will detect and load any plug ins found in the folder mentioned above If you have installed a new plug in you will need to quit and re launch DJ 1800 in order
84. track loaded m IL The DJ 1800 Rack interface AAA nising LA m A AN J ay XJ a wi e e AININ AN ae NIAGINO a n wi EOE gt a a RB a a N i tws Q white stripes Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Movies Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Movies Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk Alternative amp Punk m gt re VOLUME MASTER OUT LEVEL T itt The Rack is made up of five Rack Devices from top to bottom CD Players 1 2 The Library CD Players 3 4 shown minimised in the picture above Internal Mixer in Output Modes 1 and 3 only Crossfader in Output Modes 1 and 3 only Each of these devices can be minimised to save on screen space or completely hidden if required Page 8 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Minimising a device To minimise a Rack Device click on its minimise icon in the top left of the device The minimise icon The device s height will reduce and the Rack window will shrink to fit the current device view In the case of the CD Player devices a reduced CD Player control set will be visible 4 1 Leave Home When a CD Player is minimised all of its keyboard shortcuts will still function Maximising a device To maximise a minimised Rack Devi
85. udio track DJ 1800 will play the first audio track in the video file and will not play any video tracks DJ 1800 can calculate StartPoints AutoGain values and BPM values for the first audio track in an Unprotected video file Protected video files purchased from the iTunes store cannot be played by DJ 1800 at all due to DRM limitations in QuickTime This includes protected Movies protected TV Shows and protected Music Videos The Protection Type column indicates the different types of file and the associated protection on that file The different icons can be seen in the first column in the image below ne Ti Artist Passive Manipulation 0 35 The White Stripes Get Behind Me Alternative amp Punk ted Rain 3 52 The White Stripes Get Behin Alternative amp Punk Seven Nation Army 3 57 The White Stripes Alternative Seven Nation Army 3 51 The White Stripes Elephant Alternative amp Punk 125 00 ake Take Take 4 22 The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk The Air Near My Fingers 3 40 The White Stripes Elephant Alternative amp Punk i The Denial Twist 2 35 The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk The Hardest Button T 3 32 The White Stripes Elephant Alternative amp Punk CJ The Hardest Button T 3 32 The White Stripes The Work Of Director Movies if The Nurse 3 47 The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk The Same Boy You ve The White Stripes White Blood Cells Alte
86. uts available or an output device with more than one stereo output there is nothing stopping you using a different output device or channel for each of the CD Players in this mode What are the benefits of this mode Use an external mixer with all 4 CD Players in stereo What are the limitations of this mode Requires an external mixer Requires a second output device Setting the preferences for this mode r Output Preferences Mono Mixer Mono Thru Dual Mixer Multi Thru Multi Thru mode should be used if e You have two or more output devices You want to use an external mixer CD Player 1 output device CD Player 2 output device Tracks played in CD Player 1 will be passed directly to Tracks played in CD Player 2 will be passed directly to this device this device Built in Output B GIGAPort AG WO A CD Player 3 output device CD Player 4 output device Tracks played in CD Player 3 will be passed directly to Tracks played in CD Player 4 will be passed directly to this device this device GIGAPort AG H G M GIGAPort AG H s 6 W Currently selected output mode Multi Thru Cancel j x3 Mode 4 Multi Thru preferences In this mode you must select an output device and stereo channel pair for each of the four CD Players You can select the same device for several CD Players In the example above the Built in Output is being used for CD Player 1 Six of the eight mono output pairs on an eight cha
87. w or very fast songs BPM Preferences In order to set BPM preferences open the General Preferences window This can be found under the DJ 1800 3 1 menu Select the BPM section if it is not already selected k General Preferences BPM a f a A s X gt ta 20 6 Display iTunes iPods AutoGain StartPoint BPM Controllers Pitch Lock EQ v Find missing BPM values when loading tracks into CD Players v Stop calculating BPM as soon as an initial estimate is available Use this much of the track to calculate the BPM 50 60 70 80 90 100 Use the slider above to specify how much of the track should be used to calculate the BPM Increasing this value will improve the accuracy of the BPM calculation but will take longer M Keep BPM values within this range 80 and 180 Cancel ax The General Preferences window BPM Preferences Find missing BPM values when loading tracks into CD Players This option tells DJ 1800 to calculate the BPM value of a track when loading the track into a CD Player If a BPM value has already been calculated or a BPM value is stored in the iTunes iPod library then the previously found BPM value will be used Stop calculating BPM as soon as an initial estimate is available Calculating the BPM value of a track can take several seconds If this option is ticked DJ 1800 will stop calculating the BPM of the track as soon as an initial estimate is available This
88. wn below In this example the Hi EQ twister has been adjusted to have a range of 15 dB 9 dB and this is reflected on the on screen Hi twister Page 36 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Crossfader controls The Crossfader controls are used to fade between CD Player channels when mixing The effect is roughly the same as moving one CD Player s volume fader down to zero whilst increasing the volume of a second channel However with the Crossfader it is much easier to move back and forth between two channels in one movement The Crossfader can be deactivated if you prefer to work exclusively with the mixer volume controls For more information see chapter 3 Working with the Rack The Crossfade controls Crossfade Assign buttons The four left hand and four right hand Crossfade Assign buttons are used to select which CD Player channels are assigned to the left and right hand sides of the Crossfader slider By default CD Players 1 and 3 are assigned to the left and CD Players 2 and 4 are assigned to the right as shown in the picture above Click once on any of the Crossfade Assign buttons to toggle the status of that CD Player channel When the green LED above the button is lit that channel will be audible when the Crossfader is in the appropriate position If a particular CD Player is not selected for either the left or the right hand side of the Crossfader and the Crossfader is enabled on the Rack then that C
89. ws the complete list of Tunes columns available in DJ 1800 Re ordering columns in the Tracks list To change the order of the columns in the Tracks list click on a column s header and drag the column to the left or right Drop the column on the new location for the column Re sizing columns in the Tracks list To re size a column click on the right hand edge of the column s header and drag to the left or the right Note that some columns cannot be resized and that others have minimum or maximum sizes Page 28 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual iTunes and iPods have two different types of source These are Library and Playlist sources The main difference is that Playlist sources have an index order whereas Library sources do not The image below shows a Library source In this example the iTunes Library is selected in the Sources list In the image below the Tracks list is sorted by the Name column Artist Album Genre BPM The White Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk The White Get Behind Me Satan Alternative amp Punk The Wh The White The Wh The White The Wh The Wh The Wh The White The Wh The White The Wh The White The Wh The White The Wh Source Name B Passive Manipulation J Music Red Rain E Movies Seven Nation Army TV Shows Seven Nation Army Podcasts Take Take Take F Audiobooks The Air Near My Fingers B Purchased The Denial Twist fal Topa The Hardest Button T Fr
90. ws the current BPM Beats Per Minute playback speed of the loaded track When the tempo of the track increases or decreases via Tempo Shift the BPM Display is updated to show the revised BPM Page 17 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 User Manual Pitch Lock Pitch Lock fixes the current track s pitch when the Tempo changes This avoids a chipmunk effect when increasing a track s tempo and likewise a deep voice effect when decreasing a track s tempo Pitch Lock is turned on or off by clicking on the Pitch Lock button When Pitch Lock is on the green LED above the Pitch Lock button is illuminated Pitch Lock is turned on by default when you first launch DJ 1800 DJ 1800 has five different quality levels for Pitch Lock which can be selected in the Pitch Lock preferences These preferences can be found in the General Preferences window This can be found under the DJ 1800 3 1 menu Select the Pitch Lock section if it is not already selected 4 General Preferences Pitch Lock HE Ay w k a A A z gt 65 a keJ Y gs 08 Display iTunes iPods AutoGain StartPoint BPM Controllers Pitch Lock EQ Pitch Lock v Use Pitch Lock Pitch Lock quality Medium E The General Preferences window Pitch Lock Preferences The Pitch Lock quality popup menu has five options for Pitch Lock quality from Minimum to Maximum The default setting is Medium quality which uses a good quality spectr
91. your own keyboard controls for DJ 1800 you can create your own User Defined Keyboard plug in To create your own keyboard plug in download the DJ 1800 Plug In API which contains documentation plug in templates and instructions for creating your own plug ins You can download the plug in API from this web page http www dj1800 com plugins ohp See chapter 10 Controller Plug Ins for more information Page 52 of 62 User Manual DJ 1800 version 3 2 Keyboard layouts Standard Mac keyboard layout SN u y an E BE u i el af al al v al l DJ 1800 shortcuts with mixer enabled modes 1 and 3 DJ 1800 shortcuts with mixer disabled modes 2 and 4 lt F13 BFi4 EFs mi opa cenl Page 53 of 62 DJ 1800 version 3 2 Keyboard shortcuts Fader multipliers These keys are indicated in pink on the keyboard layouts above User Manual When using many of the controls in DJ 1800 via the keyboard holding down either Shift Ctrl or Option will accelerate or multiply the action by a certain amount as shown in the table below Scan 3x speed Track scan wheel Track search jog wheel Tempo Shift slider Scan 2x speed Search 1x speed Move 1x speed Search 6x speed Move 6x speed Scan 4x speed Search 12x speed Move 12x speed Scan 8x speed Search 32x speed Move to 10 or 10 Channel Volume fader Gain twister Hi twister Mid twister Low twister Cro

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