Atomix Virtual DJ 6 manuel d'utilisation

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2 INTERFAC ES – ZONES BROWSER FILE SYS TEM / F OLDER S TRUCTURE FILE / SEAR CH RESUL TS 3 3 4 6 AUDI O AND VID EO TAG SUPP ORT 7 DATABA SE MANA GEMENT 10 GLOBAL SEARCH 10 SEARCH ING 11 NETSEARCH 12 TRACK OP TIONS 13 BPM ANALY SIS AN D KEY DETECTION 13 COMPUTER BEA T GRID (CBG) AND MANUAL BPM CORR ECTION 13 PLAYLIS T AND AU TOMIX 15 EDITI NG AUTOM[...]

3 Before beginning to use VirtualDJ , f amiliarize yo urself with the controls and “zones” of the so f tware. Upon opening the application, an interface menu is displa yed. Inter fa ces ca lle d “skins” fe ature diffe r en t conf i gurations, l ayouts and functionality of the software. Let’s begin by selecting “Internal mixer interface?[...]

4 The Browser Zone is t he area w here to n avigat e and o rganiz e f iles stored on a loc al, extern al, o r net w ork hard disk. T he browser co ntains the comp atible f il e types (i.e. wh ose extensions are associated with the decoders in VirtualDJ) to access the co mpatibl e extensions list. Click th e “Config” menu then choose th e “Cod[...]

5 Genres – provides a gene r ated tree o f G enre ty pes based on the im ported I D3 tag Genre f ield. By selecting on the va rious listed genres the file b rowser panel (2) only shows those entries that match the tag. History – p rovides access t o data store d about each session u se of VirtualDJ. The data is sto r ed a s .m3u playlist f iles[...]

6 File / Searc h Resu lts Pa nel (2) VirtualDJ provides se v eral e lem en ts of informatio n about each tra ck . The informati on is a co m bination of ID3 Tag and Virt ua lDJ def i ned data field s. B y d efault the t i tle of the song a nd artist are listed for each f ile al ong with columns f or beats per mi nute (BPM ) and duratio n (Length) w[...]

7 VirtualDJ supports ID3 tagging of M P3 a udio f iles and M P4 and MOV t agging of video f iles. VirtualDJ has a lw ays p rovi ded th e fa sts informati on access about on e’s collect i on by using VirtualDJ’s database. Add i ng direct tag access to every file consi derably slows applications ability f or timely b rowsi ng and searching. Virtu[...]

8 Another me tho d of r etrieving tag info is th rough the browser directly wit h multiple files selec ted. Right- click on a group o f selec ted tracks and t hen make a choice f rom the following File In fo menu options: • Title from tag • Title from filename • Reload tag • Erase comment • Download cover Displayin g VirtualDJ data field [...]

9 Here is a screen sh ot of the fields bei ng displayed in the brows er – [Typica l ID3 tags + Key field] A dd itio nal Virtu alDJ Dat a Fields The V irtualDJ database now stores add i tional data about each track f or addi tional search features and Filter folders. • Key and Key (N umb er) – stores the a na lyz ed ke y value of a son g • P[...]

10 The database mana ge m ent system comes wit h additional tools found on t he Con f ig -> Browser tab. • Save ‘On the Fly’ durin g each session use • Automatic check of database integrity at start • M anu ally check the da tabase integrity • Fix database error(s) • Clean out databas e entries f or missing/m oved files VirtualDJ u[...]

11 The search field is located at the to p of t he brows er panel. To search t he files liste d in th e database, left click on the search fie l d then type your search text. Sea rc hing is i nstant and it is ge ne r ally not nece ssary to type t he text in its ent ire ty — a few l et ters are enough to reduce th e list to the sin gle title. If y[...]

12 NetSearch is an online searching capability t ha t can provide the user with access to tracks not curr en tly in their collection. NetSe arch a lso leve r ages Virtua lDJ’s MusicGroup service for providing suggestions of other tracks that o ne could play b ased on the curr en t track playing. NetSearch ca n be used b y either selecti ng the N [...]

13 Right clicking on a tr ack displays many options: • Preview – for launc hing the separate track previe w inte r face • File Info – fo r launching the File In f o dialog to mod i f y d ata f ield content • File Operations li ke - copy, move, and delete files o W hen selecting D elete a warning is displayed a bout deleting the file(s) fr[...]

14 W ith the ‘Adjust BPM Values’ dialog you are provided several options to make the adjustments. EDIT BPM tab BPM – man ually move the value up or down in .1 increment s wit h the arrow bu tto ns. Or, qu ickly half o r double the shown value with the /2 and x2 butto ns. Phase – used to a djust the CBG mark ers. The lef t and right arrows m[...]

15 The A utomix feature w orks f rom a single d eck. By d efault it is De ck 1; h owever, prior to starti ng the Automix if De ck 2 is select ed as the active deck then Deck 2 is used. By u tilizin g 1 deck this f rees the opposite deck for s taging the first song to be used on ce y ou decide to stop th e Automix process . In add ition to d rag and[...]

16 Playli st & Aut o mix M anage ment Using the Playlist managemen t menu by clicking on t he [ + ] ic on and choose f r om the available o ptions for how the automix will function and tracks are managed in the pla ylist . A utomix T ypes – 5 m odes • SMA RT – VirtualDJ attemp ts to determin e the optimal mix point b ase d o n t he outro [...]

17 Deck Waveform Display – M ix Point Markers W hen automix is active, the deck be i ng used for au tomix play will sho w both the current track ( top) playing and the ne xt track (bottom) t o be pla yed . The currently playing track will displa y a n EXIT mix point ma rker. The track to b e played next will sh ow a n ENTRANC E mix po int marker.[...]

18 Even with the mix point markers ava ilable for o n-the-fly adjusts, the m ix p oints fo r a track c an b e set prior to using that track a s part of a auto mix playlist. Th e a djusted mix po ints ar e on ly ut ilize d whe n using the SM ART au tomix ty pe. To edit a tracks Automix mix points, l oad a track to a de ck, then select the respective[...]

19 VirtualDJ incorporates its own v ersion of a waitlist called th e S idelist. T he Sid elist panel (4) can be u sed to hold t racks that yo u know will played sometime d uring your se ssion. It also provides a location f o r VirtualDJ to m oved tracks that we re loaded bu t neve r pla yed be caus e a n ew t rack wa s loade d t o the deck. The Sid[...]

20 In order to simpli f y bro wsi ng a nd pr ovide be tte r an d r obust f ile management capability, VirtualD J provides three (3) me thods for the use r to organize the data ba s e. On the left panel’s b order are three (3) folde r options Create Favorite Fold er (monitored folder) – pick a folder fro m the drive to always dis play i n the br[...]

21 Please note t hat dragging tracks into a virtual f older will n ot physically move the f iles into that fo lder — it will only create a shortcut to where th e f il es a r e located. To remove a virtual folder, right-click o n it and sel ect “remo ve.” A highly dyn amic and creativ e way to orga nize a collecti on of tracks is to apply cond[...]

22 The filter dia l og provides some great exa m ple s bu t to get it’s real power need to now what are the appropriate elem en ts, operators, and a fe w keyw ords that are used. Elements - "title", "autho r", "artist", "album", "ge nre", "year", "b pm", "ke y", "[...]

23 VirtualDJ’s interface p rovides access t o t w o vi rtual “decks”. To load a track t o a deck, d rag and drop f iles int o each o f the decks s pinning virtual pl atters. The two decks ar e equ i pped with the following controls and displays: 1. Inf or mati on about track c urrentl y loaded – pro vides key information a bo ut th e curren[...]

24 4. Waveform display for currently - This vie w shows the vi sual waveform of the entire track, allows fo r viewing t he rem aining duration of th e a udio, a s well as w hat h as a lre ad y been played. W hen high li gh ted in blue or red (Using the default skins), that a rea of the wave f orm indicates what ha s been p layed and the cu rre nt p[...]

25 9. Pitch sli der / Pitch butt ons Controls the speed /pitch of the track wh en m oving th e slider. Moving it downw ard the speed o f the music speeds u p. By moving u pward the spee d slo ws dow n. The “Zer o” button lets you smoothly bring th e p itch ba ck to 100%. Dou ble cli ck on it to bring it b ack i nstantly. The two Pitch butt on s[...]

26 VirtualDJ features an i nte r na l mix er section as p art of the Mixer panel. It can be used just lik e a regular DJ m ixer. The controls on th e mixer include: 1. Pane l s election butt ons 2. M aster and Headphone Cue vol ume knobs 3. Channel Gain This knob sets the g ain le vel for th e corresponding cha nnel (deck). (Right clicking will b r[...]

27 PC Version Mac Version ZOOM LEFT ZOOM RI GHT Items found on the to olbars – 1. Virtual DJ Logo 2. CPU – usage graph o f the C PU 3. 4/4 CBG Beatkeep er 4. Clo ck – Displays time, and when clicked wit h mouse can act as a counter. 5. Confi g – Pro vides access to the configur ation settings dialog. Se e “Configuration S ettings” secti[...]

28 Above the p layers, a window p osts curves corresponding t o the two rates/rhyt hms of the music. These curves a re r epresented i n a w aveform, allowing yo u to see yo ur music. Th e peaks in the c urve represent b eats. In order to synchro nize the m usic, th ese peaks shoul d occur at the sam e time . Th e present i s represented by the fe a[...]

29 VirtualDJ is desig ned to be very simple a nd easy to use yet it is als o fully customiz able to match you r preferred system per formance. To make changes t o VirtualDJ’s configuratio n, click on the (CONFI G ) button. T his will bring y ou to the “Settings” dial og . T he options in th e “Settings” dialog can b e view ed a nd edited [...]

30 The Opti ons setti ng s c ontrol the multiple feature s and a ctions that a ccommodate the yo ur style for using VirtualDJ. Cross fader – This o ption a ll ows you to se lect the cross f ader curv e. Th ere are four di fferent o ptions including: Full, Cut, Scratch, and Smo oth. (other c urves can be set through pl ug -ins). Pitch Range – Al[...]

31 A utoUpdate – Auto matically c hecks for new versions o f VirtualDJ (i nternet connecti on required). Charts - Authorizes VirtualDJ to send anonymou s statistics about your sessions, compile charts of the most p l ayed tra cks all over t he world. These statistics are available on www.virtualdj.c om/charts.htm l. No personal in f ormation wi l[...]

32 Dis e ngage Beatl ock – O nce engaged, the Beatlock fea ture will keep t he deck locked to the b eat o n the other deck, no matter i f you are scratc hing or changing the pitch on the o ther d eck. Disengage “on load ” or “on switch” wil l automatically dise ngage the beatlock feature when the deck is loaded/swi tched. Smart BeatTap ?[...]

33 VirtualDJ provides a simple, yet c omple x; inte r face for o ptimizing p erforma n ce to the capabilities of th e computer based o n its sp ecifications. De pending on t he system’s r esources, some settings will work better than others. It is recommended that you take time to adjust these settings to find the optim um setting for your system[...]

34 Overclock – This setting can make your computer run f aster (especially on laptops) and there fore be compatible with lower l a tencies. Scratch – Allows f or adjustment to h ow V irt ualDJ reacts to scratc h motions Optimi ze for : Quali ty – Vir tua lDJ will mor e ac curately represe nt ho w a scr a tch sounds when movi ng the virtual re[...]

35 M aster T empo The m ast er tempo is t he algorithm controls h ow VirtualDJ chan ge s th e pitc h of t h e song without changing its ton e (“KeyLock feature”). The de fau lt “F ast ” a lgorithm takes only a small p ercentag e of t he CP U power, and p roduc es good results at pitch es in the range of - 10% to +10%. For more extreme p itc[...]

36 VirtualDJ provides a very power f ul mapping capability to support almost any e xternal controller on the market tod ay. Utilizing d evice d efinition and m a pping f iles nat ively embedded in VirtualDJ and/or exte r nally hosted in VirtualDJ’s f ile struct ure and created by you, almost any co ntroller can be used wi th VirtualDJ. Along wi t[...]

37 M apper Options – to th e right of the Connected Devices d r op-down, click on the b utton f or acces sing the various mapper options. • Rescan for New Devi ce s – when selected VirtualDJ scans for any de vic es connected a f ter VirtualDJ was op ened . Toggle On/Off the use of t h ese various t ype of devices. Checked is On, Uncheck ed Vi[...]

38 A ss ign a Key and A c ti on u si ng A uto-Lea rn + WY S IWYG The f aste s t and most likely the easiest is using the Auto-Learn in combination with the W YSI W YG skin selection options. 1. Select yo ur controller fro m the devices drop - down 2. Click t he P lus button at the b ottom to A dd a new entry (Auto-Lear n is on by defa ult) 3. Press[...]

39 A ct ions and Pa ram eters (VDJScript) There are a large number of actions that h ave various types of para m ete rs that can b e added to give various l evels o f contr ol when the action i s ap plied. The st a ndard f or using t he action wit h t he parameter is - <action v erb> <action pa r ameter> . e.g. p itch +0 .05 – c hange[...]

40 VirtualDJ allows you to choose between s everal different i nte r face designs called “ski ns”. By default, VirtualDJ pr ovides you with s eve ral ski n options. This manual refere nces the VirtualDJ6: Pro skin withi n the text. But you can choose f rom the p re-installe d skins o r visit o ur website and do w nload other user creat ed skins[...]

41 VirtualDJ c an be synchronized be tw een multipl e inst ances an d/or sync hronize m ultiple com puters running VirtualDJ. N o synchronizati on – t urns synchroniz ation off. Local s ynchronizati on – allows multiple instanc es of t he VirtualDJ so ftware t o run an d synchronize together on the s ame computer. N etwork s ynchroni zation –[...]

42 VirtualDJ can now take adv antage of many feat ures w hile c onnected to the Internet. T he se f eatures (M u sicGroup s, NetSe arch, etc...) require you to h ave an act iv e Membership on this website, a nd to provide your login a nd password o n this tab. The MusicGro ups featu r e is the ab ility fo r a DJ to sho w t heir playlists to othe r [...]

43 VirtualDJ is able to decode several f o rma ts natively with its audio and vide o d ecoders. The Cod ec ta b identifies what f ile types ( b y extension) us e what speci f ic deco d er for play in Virtu alDJ. At install, VirtualDJ includes the some of the comm on sound and video f ile extensions. If, V irtualDJ is not already associa ted with a [...]

44 ENA BLE / DISAB LE – Provides the ab ility to hav e the applicatio n’s video engine enabled or disabled. By d isabling the vi d eo engine ALL vid eo fe atures o f the applicati on are n ot us ab l e and may increase performance for DJ’s u sing only the AUDI O features of the a pplication. A ct iv ate – Turn the video engine on or off. TV[...]

45 Fade to black on volume s li de rs – Deck will FA DE to B LACK when the volume fader is mo ved to 0. And will f ade up in intensity as the fader is mov ed towards FU LL level. Keep ratio ( crop) / (ful l) – A ud io Only P lug-in – Ch eck th is option and sele ct the desired p lug-in f r om the drop-down bo x. W hen playing audio-only f ile[...]

46 VirtualDJ features a pow erfu l s ample r, w hich provides the ability to record, load, s ave and play samples on the fly. The sample r can be accessed by clicking on th e “Sampler” tab in th e lo w er wind ow and features 12 slots for sa m ples which are av ailab l e to u s e at any given poi nt i n time. There are two types of samples that[...]

47 Samples can be played from the skin’s interface. T he sampler is f ound just below the ‘Effects’ int erface on the skin. Simply s e lect the sa mpl e f r om t h e pull-down menu, a nd then click o n the sa mpl e titl e to begin pla y. The f rame around the title will light up during p layb ack. If t he sample is a loop, t hen click the sam[...]

48 VirtualDJ f eatures a com prehensive set of audio and vi deo effects and tr a nsitions w h ich can be accessed b y clicking the “Effect s” tab. The effects list is disp layed on the le f t si de . Each of the effects can be activated f o r bo th decks. Multiple effects, b ot h a ud io a nd video; can also be activ ated. To u se an effect, se[...]

49 In additio n to m ixing trad i tional a udio, V irt ualDJ m ake s i t possible to mi x video content w ith the ease and familiarity of a DJ inter face. Instea d of a udio f iles (.mp 3, .wma, .m4a, etc. ), video f iles (.avi, .m pg, .wmv, .vob, etc.) can be played. VirtualDJ’s inter face pro vi des all the same features to mix, scrat ch, effec[...]

50 Video Files in the Browser Video f iles are distinguished in th e Brows er with a small, b lue “ V” o n t h eir icon . And, audio f iles with link e d videos are disti nguished in th e B rowser with a small, b lue “L ” o n their icon . W hen playing a video/linke d audio file, a video window wil l op en in Virtu alDJ. If the ins talled v[...]

51 In addition t o being abl e to play music and o ther video content, Vir tualDJ allows provides support to play and mix karaoke f il es. VirtualDJ is compati ble with MP3+G, W AV+G, WMA+G, OG G+G, and .ZIP f iles. The tracks w ill appe ar with a “K” in its icon . W he n loade d on t he de ck, V irtualDJ will load t he audio track on th e deck[...]

52  Bet w een Songs o Sho w Bitma p – a Bitmap can be used to display a background in be twee n each song played o Sho w Text – use to show informati on about specials or next song/singer between the songs. Use the X and Y coordinates f or where to display the text. Available variables to be used with the dis played t ext are %SONG, %SI NGER[...]

53 VirtualDJ provides an additional a bility to r ecord or broadcast the output. To access the recording a nd broadcasting fea tures click on the “Recor d” tab. The following inter face is displayed. The following m ethod s ar e available: • Record Audio • Burn CD • Broadcast • Record M ovie To access the recordin g settings click o n t[...]

54 Record A udio “Record Audio” provides reco r ding a mix session t o a . W AV or . M P3 file direct to the system’s hard driv e. When the recording is completed, it can then be list ened to in VirtualDJ, ed i ted with a n audio editing application, or written to a CD using a CD burning software. To setup the “Record Audio”, click on “[...]

55 Burn CD VirtualDJ can rec ord the session in a CD im age form at f or quick b urning of a sessio n to CD. Select “Bu rn CD” for VirtualDJ to record the sessi on as a .BI N/.CUE f ile type whic h contains all the necessary in formation for burning so f tware that supports ima g e types o f BI N and CUE. Click on “Con f ig” to acc ess the [...]

56 Broadcasti ng to the Internet (“Broadcast”) VirtualDJ p rovides a method fo r broadcasting the session in re a ltime on the Internet as a “webca st.”. This way people around the world c an listen to the mix session. Click on “Con f ig” to acc ess the configuration settings for rec ording a file. Record From – • chooses the record[...]

57 Cautio n: To liste n to t h e mix, t h e s of tware used by th e l isteners must be a ble t o co mmu nicate w ith t he broadcasting computer via the webcast server. This means that t he broadcasting computer may need additional con f igurations and/or a ny so f twar e f irewalls protecting the b road casting Internet connection be set to authori[...]

58 Record Mov ie VirtualDJ can record the session using the Micr osof t MPEG4 codec installed on the computer as par t of the W indows M edia Player install. The M icrosoft M PEG 4 codec is used b y defa ult because i t's the best codec to b e used in live scena rio s. For example, with the Divx codec a video can not record i f the size is gre[...]

59 In addition t o using external controllers, VirtualDJ also pro v ides the a bility to control each deck via a tim e sequence d control vinyl. There are se veral m a kes of the digital tim ecode vinyls on the m arke t. Vir tualDJ support m ost Digi ta l Vinyl System (DVS ) si gnals. To use a DVS with VirtualDJ, st art by referencing the VirtualDJ[...]

60 DEBUG The Debug b utton pr ovides access to additional f i ne tuning op tions for gaining a b etter qualit y sig nal of your DVS and its control of the VirtualDJ in terfac e. The follo w i ng visuals are avail able and features that can be adj usted t o obta i n better DVS perform ance. Signal Gr id – displays the DVS s i gn al being r ead b y[...]

61 Disable ClearS ound - Cl earSound uses a tech nology that gives a better sou nd when you don' t scratch, at the ex pense of a very sm all delay when yo u scra tch. W hen playing ce rtain types of h eavy tre m o lo m u sic p itch changes with the DVS can cause ar ti facts i n the sound quali ty. Disable A ntiSkip – use s a technology that [...]

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EULA S UMMARY : ------ ------ - - This licen se giv es yo u the right to ins tall a nd use the s oftwar e on a maxim um of two c ompute rs, by one p erson. - It doe s no t giv e you the rig ht to ren t or sell com puter systems on whic h the soft ware is instal led, or to rent or sell t he sof tware or pa rt of it. - The softwa re is distr ibuted &[...]

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