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Cha pt er 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 T or q Ov er v iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 De ck s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

T able of Contents Cha pt er 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Mixe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Mi xe r A rc hi te ct ur e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

3 CHAP TE R 1 English W E L CO M E Cong r atul at ion s on your purc ha se of a T orq - ba sed pe r f orm an ce sys te m , one o f the  ne st DJ t oo ls avail abl e t od ay . E ach qu ali e d M -Au dio hard w are produc t work s w it h T orq in a uniq ue fa shio n , and tho se meth od s are out line d in eac h of th eir user man ua ls . This [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 4 DJi ng b eg ins wit h musi c , so you w ill get to k n ow T orq’ s De ck s ver y well . A Dec k is w hat T orq u ses t o pl ay b ack a s ing le dig it a l mus ic l e and is a na logou s to th e t urn t ab le or C D pl ayer use d by DJ s. Th e D eck al lows you t o p lay a tr ack , ch ange its spe ed and it s key[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 5 Mixer It ’ s all in the mix, or so th ey say , an d T orq’ s Mi xer de li vers the good s. Th e Mixe r t akes t he audi o from th e t wo Dec k s and gi ves you cont rol over w ha t c an b e he ard by m ea ns of volu me cont rol s , a udio equ al ize rs , a nd a c rossf ad er . T wo De ck s a nd a M ixer : t he es[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 6 Ef fec t Rac ks Ef fec t s are a g reat way for you to m an ipu lat e (or m a ngle) your mus ic in un iqu e w ays to e nh an ce your m ix . T orq h as a colle ct ion of bui lt- i n ef f ec t s t hat are s pec i ca lly d esi gne d for DJ use: T e mp o -s yn ced de l ays and st robe s. Shi mme ri ng p ha ser s and ?[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 7 Master Module Whe n all is t weaked and mixed to per f ec t ion , the resul t a nt audio is sent to the Ma st er Outp ut . T orq fe ature s an au to mat ic out pu t limi te r th at will kee p your music from dis t or t ing a s well as a modul e for recordin g the n al mix t o a le as you play . Y ou ca n the n [...]

8 CHAP TE R 1 English 8 English CHAP TE R 3 8 English CHAP TE R 2 S YS TE M R E QU I R E M E NTS Wind o ws: Min im u m Syst e m Re qu ir em e nt s* OS : Win dow s XP (S P2) CP U : Pen ti um I I I 933 MHz R A M : 2 56 M B U S B: O ne av ai la bl e por t (for use by ap proved M -A ud io H ard w are D evi ce) Rec om m en d ed Sy st em S pe c i c at[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 9 T orq User Guide » Chapter 2 9 I N S T AL LA TI ON Note : T he f ollow ing dire ct ion s are for ins t a llin g t he T orq sof t w are o nt o your comp ut er . T o rq w ill not run , however , u nle ss an app ropr iat e M- Au dio hardw are device ( such as the Cone c ti v inter fac e) i s ins t al led and plug ge d [...]

10 CHAP TE R 1 English 10 English CHAP TE R 3 DECK S Whe n DJin g, ever y thin g b eg ins wit h th e D eck s. T he Dec k s will pl ay t he music t hat you’ll m ix and ef fe c t usi ng al l t he t oo ls i n T orq . T r adi ti ona lly, a DJ ’s d ec k s wil l be tur nt a ble s or CD player s. The refore , th e Dec k s i n T orq have bee n desi gne[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 11 T orq User Guide » Chapter 3 11 Over view Wavefo rm E ach Dec k i ncl ude s a n Over v iew W av efor m disp lay whic h s hows a min iat uri zed versi on of t he song ’ s w aveform in i t s ent ire t y . Thi s dis pl ay ser ve s sever al pur po ses: 1 . It al lows you to se e wh ere t he bre a k s and bu ild s are[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 12 T orq User Guide » Chapter 3 12 Qu ick Cue In addi ti on t o t he pr im ar y Cue Point de scr ibe d a bove, T orq a llows you t o se t up to ve Qu ick Cue Point s i n a son g th at are a ss ign ed t o t he Qu ick Cue bu t t ons b el ow the O ver v iew Wav efor m d is pl ay . The se b ut t on s c an the n b e u s[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 13 T orq User Guide » Chapter 3 13 < CDJ Mode CDJ m ode w ill m ake t he De ck be h ave as if it w a s a CD J pl ayer . In use : 1. Pres sin g P lay/P ause to pau se playb ac k w ill cau se the Dec k to s t op and begi n re pe at ing a sma ll s ec ti on of audio. The rep e ati ng sec tio n co rre spo nds to t he[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 14 T orq User Guide » Chapter 3 14 4. Wh en y ou’ re nis hed loopin g th is sect ion of t he song, you c an click the Loo p On /Of f but t on to turn it of f. Now , whe n pl ayb ack re ac hes t he L oop O ut M a rker , i t wi ll sim pl y pa ss i t and pro cee d pl aying t he re st of t he so ng. N o t e : If you [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 15 T orq User Guide » Chapter 3 15 » QuickLoop Behavior s Al ong wit h the obvi ous fun c tio ns st at ed above, t he Quic kL oop bu t to ns are cap ab le of a few ot her b eh avior s: Y ou c an c ha nge v ar ious loo p le ng t h s wh ile t he so ng is loo ping. F or in st ance , i f you have set a one - b e at loo p[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 16 T orq User Guide » Chapter 3 16 Mos t expe rie nce d DJs wil l sim pl y mat ch the tem pos of t wo song s b y ha nd using the Spee d Adjust slide r , which is a per fe ct l y acce pt ab le me t hod of m at chi ng song s (ind ee d, t hi s is t he w ay it ’ s bee n don e for de cad es). Since i t req uire s a lot o[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 17 T orq User Guide » Chapter 3 17 » T ap T empo On r are o cca sio ns , T orq wil l d et er min e an in corre ct t em po t hat h as n o d ire ct re lat io n t o t he ac tu al te m po ( not a f r ac tio n or mul ti ple). At tim es l ike thi s , you’ll wa nt t o use t he T a p T em po f eat ure t o de te rmi ne t he[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 18 T orq User Guide » Chapter 3 18 < MIDI Slider/Knob Control M I DI cont rol of th e Key Adju st i s di f f ere nt fro m ot he r con trol s in T orq. Y o u c an a ss ign a k nob o r sli der to the Key Adju st , or you ca n ass ign keys on your M ID I keybo ard — t he be havior o f the Key Adjus t is de pe nd [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 19 T orq User Guide » Chapter 3 19 < External Control W he n usi ng ex te rn al V inyl or C D cont rol , th e Key / T e mpo L ock b ut t on wi ll be h ave di f fe re nt ly . Wh en you pre ss thi s but t on , T orq will aut om at ica lly re - tu ne the mu sic you’ re playing bac k int o it s origi na l key . Y [...]

20 CHAP TE R 1 English 20 English CHAP TE R 4 W A VE FO R M D IS PLA Y One of t he mo st prom ine nt fe at ures of t he T orq use r int er face i s the S crol ling Wav efor m Dis pl ay , whic h t a kes u p a d ece nt amo unt of re al es t at e ab ove the Mi xer a nd E f fe c t R ack s . Unl ike t he s ma lle r O ver view Wav efor ms found in e ac h[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 21 T orq User Guide » Chapter 4 21 Zoom At ti me s, you may nd your se lf w a nti ng t o “zoo m in” to the Sc rollin g Wa vefor m Dis pl ay to m atc h be at s mo re prec ise ly or to “zoom out” in order to see more of each tra ck . Use th e ma gni f y ing gla ss icons direc tl y above the dis pl ay to do t [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 22 T orq User Guide » Chapter 4 22 Playback Manipulations T he W aveform Dis pl ay allows you to manip ul ate th e song playb ack in a va rie t y of ways using your mouse . The met hod of control dif fer s de pe ndi ng on t he con tro l t yp e you have sele c ted fo r th e Dec k ( Vinyl /CDJ /H ybr id ). Viny l Mo de [...]

23 CHAP TE R 1 English 23 English CHAP TE R 5 S YN C H R O N I Z A TI O N At most o f tod ay’s d ance c lub s and event s , t he DJ wil l mix t he song s to get he r usi ng a te chn iqu e cal led b e at- m atc hing. T he goa l is to f ad e the vol ume s be t wee n t wo song s wh ile keep ing the m per fec t ly in be at wit h one anot he r . If do[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 24 T orq User Guide » Chapter 5 24 Whe n a mis- a lign me nt occu rs ( as seen above ), you’ll see th at th e grid doe s not line up w it h the begin ning s of t he be at s ( tr a nsi en ts) in the w aveform . In t he ex amp le , t he Ph ase Gr id is to o ear ly, le avin g a g a p bet ween th e grid li nes an d the [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 25 T orq User Guide » Chapter 5 25 Sync But ton The Sy nc but ton i s a n aut om at ic me t hod of s ync hroni zing t he b eat and B PM o f on e De ck to a not he r . W he n you e ng a ge Sy nc o n a Deck (the Sync icon is on), it will cha nge th at De ck ’s te mpo t o matc h the ot he r Dec k . Fur t he rm ore , wh[...]

26 CHAP TE R 1 English 26 English CHAP TE R 6 E XTE R NAL CONTR OL One of T orq’ s g re ate st fe atu res is t he abil it y t o use ex ter n al source s to cont rol th e playb ack of your son g le s . In par tic ul ar , you c an use t he T orq C ont rol Vi nyl or T orq C ont rol C Ds to provide t he f ami lia r t act il e sens at ion of DJi ng[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 27 T orq User Guide » Chapter 6 27 3. Ope n T orq’s Prefere nce s and se le ct t he A udio t ab. 4. Ma ke sure your audi o int er face i s sel ec te d in t he “ Audio I nt er face s” drop -d own me nu . 5. Clic k th e Cont rol I np ut A drop -d own me nu a nd cho ose “inp ut 1 - - inpu t 2” . 6. Clic k th e [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 28 T orq User Guide » Chapter 6 28 8 . The r s t opt ion e n abl es E xte rn al Co nt rol. C lick t he d rop - d own me nu an d sele c t “ Y es” . 9 . T he nex t ste p require s you to sele c t the t ype of cont rol sign als you’ll be using for each Dec k . If you’ll be usi ng the T o rq Cont rol V inyl re [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 29 T orq User Guide » Chapter 6 29 < Erratic Playback P osition I f T orq see ms to b e ju mpi ng a round to r a ndo m lo c atio ns in t he so ng d ur ing playb ack , t ake a look at th e Posi tio n dis pl ay . This n umb er shoul d be r apidl y growi ng l arg er a s t he co nt rol sourc e pl ays. If t hi s num [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 30 T orq User Guide » Chapter 6 30 Standard Mode Whe n you e na ble E xte rn al C ont rol , T orq wi ll be i n St a nd ard mo de . In this mode , o ne cont rol so urce is a ss ign ed t o e ach D ec k . Y ou w ill need t wo source s ( 2 t urn t ab les , 2 C D pl ayers , or on e of eac h) in order to contro l t he t wo [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 31 T orq User Guide » Chapter 6 31 Dec k C ont ro l AM Pu t at e mode allow s you t o control one o f T orq ’ s De ck s with a sin gle Control Vinyl or Co nt rol CD whi le th e othe r Dec k ope r ate s in H ybr id or C DJ mo de . T o en abl e AM P ut at e mod e: 1 . Op en t he Pre fe ren ces a nd cli ck on t he E xt[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 32 T orq User Guide » Chapter 6 32 BPM M atc hi ng So how do es o ne go ab out d oing a D J set w it h onl y one t urn t ab le? I t is a li t t le di f fe ren t t ha n doi ng it in S t an da rd mode , pri mar il y du e t o t he f ac t t h at you mu st use T orq’ s on -sc ree n S pe ed s lide r s to mat ch te mp os a[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 33 T orq User Guide » Chapter 6 33 < MIDI Prefs T he se cond t a b of t he Pre fere nce s con t ain s th e M ID I op tio ns . At t he bo t to m of t his t ab is a lis t of a ll t he avai la ble MI D I i npu t d evice s on your co mpu te r . E ach devi ce h a s a “ Y es /N o” op tio n t o en ab le or d is abl[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 34 T orq User Guide » Chapter 6 34 » Changing MIDI Assignment If you assig n a M I DI knob , for exam ple , to the Low EQ in the Mi xer , y ou ca n assign it to the Mid EQ by simp ly rig ht- clic ki ng (CTRL-c lick on Mac) t he Mid EQ k n ob and moving the M ID I Knob . Do ing so w ill cle ar t he as sign me nt to t [...]

35 CHAP TE R 1 English 35 English CHAP TE R 7 S AM PL E R Whe n talk i ng abo ut music , a sam pl er is not a plate of hors d’ oeu vre s. A s am ple r is a device th at w ill d igi t al ly re cord a so und t h at you c an th en re p lay at v ar iou s pi tc hes . I f you’re into any ki nd of el ec t ronic d anc e music or h ip - ho p, you’ve u[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 36 T orq User Guide » Chapter 7 36 Sampler Controls This s ec ti on provid es an over view of t he con trol s wi t hin t he S a mpl er . Rec or d S ampl e But to n Sa mp le s ca n be c ate gori zed in to t wo grou ps: o ne - sho t sa mpl es a nd loo ps . One -sh ot s amp le s are soun ds t hat p lay on ce whe n you tr[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 37 T orq User Guide » Chapter 7 37 T rig ger S amp le Bu t ton Pres sin g th is bu t t on c ause s t he a sso cia ted s a mpl e to p lay . One -sh ot and l oop ed s am ple s ex hib it s ligh t ly di f f ere nt beh aviors: < T riggering One-Shot Samples 1 . Cl ick t he T ri g ge r but ton . The b ut t on ico n wi[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 38 T orq User Guide » Chapter 7 38 Samp le Na me Win dow The S am pl e N ame w ind ow ser ve s mult ip le pu rp oses . 1 . It wi ll di sp lay th e na me of t he s am ple  le lo ade d int o t he slo t . 2 . The b ack ground of t hi s wi ndow wi ll ll f rom le f t t o rig ht a s t he sa mp le pl ays , like a progr[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 39 T orq User Guide » Chapter 7 39 Quic kSc ratch Whi le ri ng o f f sa mpl es us ing th e T r ig ge r but tons c an be a lo t of fu n, it do es n’ t al w ays provide t he level of co ntro l t h at you may w a nt f or t he sam ple . T orq ’ s Qui ck S cr at ch f e ature allows you to contro l t he s a mpl e u s[...]

40 CHAP TE R 1 English 40 English CHAP TE R 8 S NAPSH O TS By now , you’ve surely no tice d t hat T orq h as m any fe atu res de sig ned t o m ake DJin g ea sie r . Aut om ati c tem po - det ec t ion and be at - mat ch ing all ow you, the DJ , t o spe nd your ti me doin g oth er t hin gs r at he r th an m anu all y keep ing t wo tr ac k s in sy n[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 41 T orq User Guide » Chapter 8 41 Mask ing a Snapshot E ach Sn ap sho t you cre at e cont ain s the sett in gs of al mos t ever y compon en t in T orq . A S n aps hot will reme mb er they K ey se t ti ng of a Deck , the EQ set t ing s in the Mixer (includ ing the st at e of th e EQ Kil ls), the ch anne l gai ns and v[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 42 T orq User Guide » Chapter 8 42 Momentar y vs . L atching Behavior By def aul t , a S na ps hot wil l only be ac t ive as long a s you ho ld th e assi gne d key . As soo n as you re le a se the key , t he S na psh ot is de ac ti vat ed and all previous set t ing s are r es to red . This is excell en t for sim ply ?[...]

43 CHAP TE R 1 English 43 English CHAP TE R 9 B R OWS E R/ DA T ABA S E A DJ ’ s mos t im por t ant a sse t , beyond t he ge a r he use s , is his co lle ct ion of mu sic . Wi t hou t a weal t h of top - not ch tr ack s in his arsen al , a DJ is not equi ppe d to domin at e a da nce oor . Anyone wh o ha s bee n DJ ing for even a sh or t w hil [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 44 T orq User Guide » Chapter 9 44 N avigat io n in t he B rowser fol lows a few si mp le ru le s: 1 . T o view any so ngs con t ain ed i n a fold er , clic k o n t he fold er ’ s n ame . If t he fold er cont a ins mu sic  le s , t hose l es wil l b e dis pl ayed in the File List to the righ t of the Browse r [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 45 T orq User Guide » Chapter 9 45 < Adding Folders from Y our OS I f you’ d pre fe r , you c an add fo lde rs to th e D at a ba se by dr a g g ing the m from your op er at ing sy st em int o the T orq Browse r . Y ou c an do t hi s usi ng e it her E xpl orer for W ind ows or Find er fo r M ac . 1. Find your d[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 46 T orq User Guide » Chapter 9 46 File List The wind ow t o t he rig ht of t he B rowser pan e i s c al led th e F ile Lis t . I f you have sel ec t ed a sourc e i n t he Browse r t h at cont ai ns musi c (such as t he Dat a ba se or a n ind iv idu al fo lde r), the son gs co nt ai ned t he rei n wi ll be l is ted h [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 47 T orq User Guide » Chapter 9 47 Load ing So ng s into th e Dec k s T o load a son g from t he Fil e Lis t in to on e of T orq’ s Dec k s , you have a couple o pt ion s. < Click and Drag 1 . Click a nd hol d on t he de sire d song in t he F ile L ist . It w ill b ecom e hig hlig ht ed . 2 . W hil e cont inu [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 48 T orq User Guide » Chapter 9 48 < Search Categories A s you can see , t he above se arch worked — it fo und so ng s t ha t con t aine d t he word “love ” in any ca tego r y . H owever , thi s may not be quit e what you were look ing for . Y o u may have ac tu all y want ed le s wit h “lov e” in t[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 49 T orq User Guide » Chapter 9 49 Playli st s Whi le many D Js will per form “ of f -t he - cuf f ” w it ho ut any previo us rehe ar s al o r fore t hou ght , o th er DJs will “pre- p rogr am” the ir set s , ei t her due t o t he comp lex it y of t he se t o r si mpl y a s a met hod for re me mbe ri ng v it a[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 50 T orq User Guide » Chapter 9 50 < Adding Songs to a Playlist Onc e you have creat ed an d sel ec te d a Pl aylis t , you’ll beg in add ing l es t o it u sin g th e follow ing pro ced ure: 1. Using t he B rowser or D at a ba se , lo cat e t he song you’ d l ike to add t o t he Pl aylis t . 2 . Ri ght - [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 51 T orq User Guide » Chapter 9 51 < Saving a Pla ylist T orq can a lso e xp or t your P l aylis t s int o st a nd ard .m3u p layl is ts f or use w it hin o th er prog r am s: 1. Sele c t th e Pl aylis t you wis h to s ave. 2 . Ri ght - cl ick (CTR L-cl ick o n M ac ) th e Pl aylis t and se le c t “ S ave Play[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 52 T orq User Guide » Chapter 9 52 < Deleting Session Playlists Y ou can del et e the Sess ion Playli st s using the sam e me th od for dele t ing st and ard Playli st s . If y ou delet e the curren t Se ssi on Pl ayli st , a new one w ill b e cre ate d th at w ill t r ack a ll song s pl ayed from t hat p oin t [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 53 T orq User Guide » Chapter 9 53 < Searching iT unes with the Database T orq c a n al so aut om at ic all y add t he cont en t s of t he iT un es L ib r ar y to t he Dat aba se . Th at w ay , whe n you c lic k t he Dat a ba se he ad ing i n th e B rowser , you’ll g et t he  le s from a ll fold er s a ssi [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 54 T orq User Guide » Chapter 9 54 Drive s T orq can al so se arch a ny hard dr ives con nec t ed to your com pu te r , wh et he r th ey are inte rn al h ard dr ives or e xt er na l one s. Ever y drive a vai la ble to the syst e m wil l be liste d in the Browse r by nam e. Click the plus sign in front of the drives to[...]

55 CHAP TE R 1 English 55 English CHAP TE R 10 M IX E R Ste p one whe n DJi ng i s con tro llin g t he mus ic . T hat ’s what T orq’ s De ck s are f or . S te p t wo is bl en ding , o r mi xin g, the mus ic to get he r . A s you’ d e xp ec t , T orq h as a s ec ti on for th at , too. Wh ile exi st ing in sof t w are , T o rq’ s M ixer sound[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 56 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 0 56 EQ / Ki ll s Ne xt i n t he si gn al c hai n is th e Eq ua lize r , or EQ for shor t . W hi le t he G a in k no b (above ) inc rea se s or d ecre a se s t he level of the en tire audi o s ign al in the ch an nel , an EQ incre a ses or decre a ses t he level of on ly a s pe ci c [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 57 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 0 57 Chan nel Volume Fade r s Be sid es going t o t he P FL , t he audio l e aving t he EQ al so goe s t o t he Ch an ne l V olume fad er . T his is t he pr im ar y volume cont rol for the c han ne l ( th oug h it is subord in ate to t he cross f ader) whic h work s just li ke a volum e[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 58 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 0 58 W he n T orq is lau nch ed for the r st tim e , the Cross fad er Cur ve will be set to a hap py medium be t wee n the se t wo ex tre me s. Y ou c a n, o f cour se , ch ang e th is cur ve using e it he r of t he fol lowin g: » Adjusting with the Mouse 1 . Hold d own t he S H IF [...]

59 CHAP TE R 1 English 59 English CHAP TE R 11 PFL/ H E ADPH O N E CU E Y ou’ve und ou bt edl y seen the arche t y pic al im age of a D J: sta ndi ng beh ind a set of t ur nt a ble s and a mixer . .. wi th a pa ir of he adp hone s o n. If eve r yone is d anc ing to t he musi c t hey he a r on t he s pe aker s , w hat is t he DJ li st en ing t o o[...]

60 CHAP TE R 1 English 60 English CHAP TE R 12 MA STE R O UTPUT The Ma st er Out pu t i s t he las t s te p in T orq’ s aud io s ign al ow be fore t he musi c goe s o ut to your audie nce . It conta ins a Mas te r Lev el slide r , a Ma s ter Level mete r , a Ma s te r Limit er , as well a s an Aud io Recorde r . Al l o f t he se con trol s are[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 61 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 2 61 Master Rec order The Ma ste r module also includ es a Recorder whic h allow s you to record and save your mix as an audi o le as y ou per form it . Y o u ca n th en t a ke your recorde d mix a nd bur n it o nt o a CD or d is tr ib ute i t a s a podc a st , for e xam pl e. The pr[...]

62 CHAP TE R 1 English 62 English CHAP TE R 13 E FFE C TS Ef fec t s a re d evice s th at alt er an audio sign al . Th ese alt er at ion s c an r ange from su bt le t o ext re me and ca n be a gre at source of cre ati ve fun wit hi n T orq. E ach D ec k c an be proce sse d indi vid ua lly w it h m ult ip le ef fec t s , and t hat is t he pu rpo se [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 63 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 3 63 Mi x Kno b The fu nc t ion ali t y of t he M ix k no b dif fer s de pe ndi ng on t he s t atu s of t he ne igh bor ing Rou ti ng bu t to n: » W hen th e Rout ing B u t t on i s set to I nse r t — t he M ix kn ob w ill adju st t he wet / dr y m ix of th e ef fec t . Whe n t he Mi[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 64 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 3 64 Load ing Ef fec t R ac ks Obvi ous ly, if you c an save t he set t ing s of an E f fec t Rack , you can rec all them , too. Th at is acco mpl ish ed wit h the Lo ad b ut t on at th e top o f th e Ra ck . 1 . Clic k th e Lo ad Rac k bu t to n. A s t and a rd dia log b ox will a ppe [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 65 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 3 65 < T weak Knob I n t he c ase of th e D el ay ef fec t , t he T weak k nob wi ll cont rol th e Fe ed ba ck a mou nt . A s de scri be d e ar lie r , f ee db ack is w he n t he ou t put of th e D el ay ef fec t i s se nt b ack to t he i npu t a g ain . T he resu lt is a re pe at[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 66 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 3 66 < T weak Knob T his k nob cont rol s t he Reverb t im e. Wh en ful ly coun te rclo ck w ise , th e Reverb wi ll b e e xt re mel y s hor t , sim il ar t o the sou nd hea rd i n a s mal l shower st al l. A s you tur n thi s kno b cloc k w ise , th e Rever b will be come lon ger[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 67 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 3 67 Phaser A P ha ser is a somew hat mell ower ver sio n o f t he Fla nger . Like t he Fla nge r , a Ph ase r wor k s o n t he prin cip le of mi xin g t wo ide nt ic al audi o sources t oge th er . H owever , u nli ke a Fl an ger , t he t imin g dif fere nce be t wee n th e t wo audio [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 68 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 3 68 < T weak Knob This k n ob wi ll adj us t th e Cut of f Fre que nc ies o f th e l ter s . » Whe n th e T weak b ut t on i s of f , th e kn ob w ill be h ave as follows : 1 . Plac ing t he k no b at 1 2 o’ clock w ill re sul t in t he aud io p as sing t hrou gh t he D ua [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 69 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 3 69 Strobe Jus t a bou t anyone who h as bee n t o a d an ce cl ub i n t he l a st 2 0 ye ar s ha s e xp er ien ced a stro be l igh t . Those a re t he su per- bri ght ligh t s t hat a sh re all y qu ick ly. They have t he e f fe c t of m ak i ng ever yone look like t hey ’ re in [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 70 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 3 70 Br ake As men ti one d ab ove, turn t ab le s do n’ t re spo nd i ns t an tl y t o chan ges in s pe ed or dire c tio n. Whe n you pres s S top on a tur nt a ble , it t a kes a mome nt for t he tur nt a bl e to slow down and re ac h a co mp let e st op. Th is is due t he weig ht a[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 71 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 3 71 VST Eff ec ts The 1 0 buil t- in ef f ec t s p rovided wit h T orq cov er a wid e r an ge o f ef fec t s t ypic al ly u sed by DJ s — many D Js will never ne ed more th an the se b uil t- in ef fe c t s. Ot he r s , however , w ill wa nt t o e xp lore the poss ibi lit ie s of add[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 72 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 3 72 As si gni ng Co ntr ol s It ’ s f un t o t we ak ef fec t s us ing k no bs and b ut t on s —VS T ef fec t s are no e xcep tio n. H owever , b ef ore you s t ar t mes sin g wit h the T we ak kn ob a nd bu t t on , you’ll ne ed to a ssi gn a f un ct ion to t he m. Unli ke T orq[...]

73 CHAP TE R 1 English 73 English CHAP TE R 14 REWI RE Now t hat you’ve m a st ered all t he te chn iqu es a nd t ri ck s in T orq, whe re do you go from here? Remi xin g and produ c tio n. A f ter a ll , T orq of fer s you so m any t oo ls fo r re mix ing a nd sound desig n th at you can cross over t he bound ar y o f simp ly playing songs and e[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 74 T orq User Guide » Chapter 14 74 Audio Routing Whe n usi ng t wo p rogr am s t oge t her vi a Re Wire , t he aud io gen er at ed by T orq wil l b e f ed to aud io c h anne l s i n L ive (or w hat ever Hos t a ppl ic atio n you c hoo se to use). W it h t his sys te m i n pl ace , you ca n fu r t he r proc es s t he [...]

75 CHAP TE R 1 English 75 English CHAP TE R 15 PR E FE R E N C E S This se ct ion provid es a compre he nsi ve rev iew of t he Pre fere nce s for T o rq. Op en t he Pref ere nce s by clic k ing t he Pre fe renc es ico n. N O T E : An ad di tio na l t ab appe a rs o n t he r igh t sid e of t he Prefe renc es wind ow whe n cer t ain M - Aud io produc[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 76 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 5 76 Audi o Inte r fa ce This p refe ren ce all ows you to se le ct a n aud io int er fac e for T orq. 1 . Clic k th e Audi o Int er fa ce box . 2 . A m enu w ill b e di spl ayed, l is tin g all au dio in te r f ace s cur ren tl y conn ec t ed to you r comp ut er . 3. Se le ct t he au d[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 77 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 5 77 The solu tio n is to set the buf f er size as low as it ca n go wi th out indu cin g any audio proble ms . This is just like playin g a ga me of lim bo: 1 . Load so me mu sic in to a D ec k and p lay it . 2 . Whi le t he mu sic is p l aying , op en t he Au dio Pre fe ren ces . 3. I[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 78 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 5 78 Auto - De tec t M -Aud io D evic e s ( [ On ]/ Of f ) Whe n th is opt io n is ena ble d , T o rq w ill au to mat ic all y set th e Audio and M I DI int er fac e opt ions t o tho se of a ny know n M - Aud io con trol ler a nd in te r f ace t ha t is conn ec t ed t o your sys te m . [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 79 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 5 79 MI DI D evi ce s This lis t sh ows all MI D I dev ices cur rent l y reco gniz ed by T orq . E ach devi ce is l ist ed by na me a nd is f ollowed by a box wh ich sele c t s th e devi ce as b ein g On or O f f. If you wis h to use a d evice as a co nt rolle r for T o rq, clic k t he [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 80 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 5 80 Cont ro l Ca li brat ion The set ting s wi t hin t his pre fere nce are use d to con gu re e ac h i npu t pai r o f T orq for use wi t h e xt er n al cont rol record s or CD s. F or viny l cont rol , you ca n use t he T orq Co nt rol Vinyl re cords o r some ver si ons o f th e M[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 81 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 5 81 Cus tom VST Pl ug- in D ir ec to r y This pref ere nce a llows you to sel ec t a n al te rn ate fold er o f VS T p lug -i ns fo r T orq t o use . This wi ll al low you t o sp ec if y onl y spe ci c pl ug- i ns t o use by copyi ng onl y t he one s you ne ed in to a u niqu e fold [...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 82 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 5 82 Sc haf fel M ode Sc ha f fe l is Ger ma n for “ shu f  e ,” whic h has be come a popu la r form of dan ce music ba se d on a tr ipl et rhy t hm as op pose d to a st r aig ht 4/4 rhy t hm . Whe n t his mo de is ac ti vat ed , any of t he ef fec t s ( or par a me te rs t hat q[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 83 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 5 83 Samp le Cou nter Pres sin g th is bu t t on wi ll rese t t he au tom at ic num be ri ng of new ly re corded s a mpl es b ack t o “ 0 0 0.” Sy nc Mo de This o pt ion d et er min es t he “ force fu lne ss” of t he s ync hron iz atio n use d in T orq. » Bar — w he n sel ec [...]

84 CHAP TE R 1 English 84 English CHAP TE R 10 84 English CHAP TE R 16 APPE N D IX Preset Key Assignments Whi le T orq is basic al ly a “bl an k sl ate” as far as keyboard assig nme nt s are concer ned , there are a few keys th at are pre se t to v ar iou s fun ct ion s in t he T orq in te r f ace: Globa l Key Command s F 1— Lo ad sel ec t ed[...]

T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 85 T orq User Guide » Chapter 1 6 85 W arr ant y W arranty T erms M - Aud io war r ant s produ c t s t o b e free from d ef ec t s in m ate ri al s a nd work ma ns hip, und er nor mal use and provide d t h at t he produ ct i s owne d by the or igi na l, re gi st ered u ser . V isi t w w w .m - aud io.com /w arr ant y [...]