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Buen manual de instrucciones

Las leyes obligan al vendedor a entregarle al comprador, junto con el producto, el manual de instrucciones M-Audio Digital DJ System. La falta del manual o facilitar información incorrecta al consumidor constituyen una base de reclamación por no estar de acuerdo el producto con el contrato. Según la ley, está permitido adjuntar un manual de otra forma que no sea en papel, lo cual últimamente es bastante común y los fabricantes nos facilitan un manual gráfico, su versión electrónica M-Audio Digital DJ System o vídeos de instrucciones para usuarios. La condición es que tenga una forma legible y entendible.

¿Qué es un manual de instrucciones?

El nombre proviene de la palabra latina “instructio”, es decir, ordenar. Por lo tanto, en un manual M-Audio Digital DJ System se puede encontrar la descripción de las etapas de actuación. El propósito de un manual es enseñar, facilitar el encendido o el uso de un dispositivo o la realización de acciones concretas. Un manual de instrucciones también es una fuente de información acerca de un objeto o un servicio, es una pista.

Desafortunadamente pocos usuarios destinan su tiempo a leer manuales M-Audio Digital DJ System, sin embargo, un buen manual nos permite, no solo conocer una cantidad de funcionalidades adicionales del dispositivo comprado, sino también evitar la mayoría de fallos.

Entonces, ¿qué debe contener el manual de instrucciones perfecto?

Sobre todo, un manual de instrucciones M-Audio Digital DJ System debe contener:
- información acerca de las especificaciones técnicas del dispositivo M-Audio Digital DJ System
- nombre de fabricante y año de fabricación del dispositivo M-Audio Digital DJ System
- condiciones de uso, configuración y mantenimiento del dispositivo M-Audio Digital DJ System
- marcas de seguridad y certificados que confirmen su concordancia con determinadas normativas

¿Por qué no leemos los manuales de instrucciones?

Normalmente es por la falta de tiempo y seguridad acerca de las funcionalidades determinadas de los dispositivos comprados. Desafortunadamente la conexión y el encendido de M-Audio Digital DJ System no es suficiente. El manual de instrucciones siempre contiene una serie de indicaciones acerca de determinadas funcionalidades, normas de seguridad, consejos de mantenimiento (incluso qué productos usar), fallos eventuales de M-Audio Digital DJ System y maneras de solucionar los problemas que puedan ocurrir durante su uso. Al final, en un manual se pueden encontrar los detalles de servicio técnico M-Audio en caso de que las soluciones propuestas no hayan funcionado. Actualmente gozan de éxito manuales de instrucciones en forma de animaciones interesantes o vídeo manuales que llegan al usuario mucho mejor que en forma de un folleto. Este tipo de manual ayuda a que el usuario vea el vídeo entero sin saltarse las especificaciones y las descripciones técnicas complicadas de M-Audio Digital DJ System, como se suele hacer teniendo una versión en papel.

¿Por qué vale la pena leer los manuales de instrucciones?

Sobre todo es en ellos donde encontraremos las respuestas acerca de la construcción, las posibilidades del dispositivo M-Audio Digital DJ System, el uso de determinados accesorios y una serie de informaciones que permiten aprovechar completamente sus funciones y comodidades.

Tras una compra exitosa de un equipo o un dispositivo, vale la pena dedicar un momento para familiarizarse con cada parte del manual M-Audio Digital DJ System. Actualmente se preparan y traducen con dedicación, para que no solo sean comprensibles para los usuarios, sino que también cumplan su función básica de información y ayuda.

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    User Gu ide[...]

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    Cha pter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 WE LC OME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 TOR Q LE OV ER VIE W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 De cks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    T able of Contents Cha pter 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 PR EF ER EN CE S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 Au dio Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 Au dio I nter fa ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    3 Ch apt er 1 English W E L CO M E C ongr atulation s on y our p urcha se of M-Aud io’ s Mix La b D J system ! M -Audio is an indu str y-lea der in profe ssio nal music pr oducts for c omputer-bas ed music ians and DJs. What you hol d in you r hands is a pie ce of th at her itage —a pie ce of th e ver y pro ducts use d daily by profe ssio nals [...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 T O RQ L E O VE R VI E W T orq LE is a sof t ware ex tr apolati on a nd ex tensi on of tri ed-an d-true DJ too ls an d techn iques for your M ac OS X or Win dows X P c ompute r . T orq is not bo und by the li mits of h ardwar e—it e mbrac es the tec hnolo gy o f tod a y’s mos t advan ced audio pro ductio n[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 Decks DJing begi ns wi th mus ic, so you will get to know T orq’s D ecks ver y well . A Deck is w hat T o rq LE uses to p lay back a s ingle dig ital musi c fi le and is anal ogous to t he tu rntab le or CD p layer used by DJs . The De ck allows you to play a trac k, ch ange its sp eed and i ts key , as wel[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 6 PF L/ Head phone C ue DJs c ommon ly lis t en to a tr ack on their head phone s witho ut let ting th eir au dienc e hear it. Thi s a llows the m to match the tempo of the new so ng to th e cur rent o ne, a long with find ing th e cor rect sta rti ng po sition for the song . T orq L E will al low you to monito[...]

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    7 Ch apt er 1 English 7 English Ch apt er 2 S Y S TE M R EQ U I R E M E NTS Win do ws : Minimum Sy stem R equire ment s OS : Win dows XP ( S P2 ) C PU : Penti um II I 93 3 MHz R AM : 256 MB US B: O ne avail abl e por t ( for use w ith X - Ses sion P ro ) Re comme nded Sys tem S pec ific ation s OS : Win dows XP ( S P2 ) C PU : Penti um IV 2 G Hz ([...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 2 8 I N S T AL LA TIO N Connect X -Ses sion Pro firs t ! X -Se ssion Pro must be c onn ec t ed to your computer for T orq LE to la unch . T o ins tal l T orq LE on Windows XP : 1 . Ins er t the T o rq Mix La b CD -RO M into your com puter . The co mputer sho uld automati cal[...]

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    9 Ch apt er 1 English 9 English Ch apt er 3 DECK S W hen DJi ng, ever y thing be gins with th e D ecks . The D ecks wil l play the musi c that you’ll mi x and ef fect us ing a ll the tools in T orq L E. T raditi onally, a DJ’s d ecks will b e tu rntab les or CD p layers . T herefo re, the Dec ks in T or q hav e be en desi gned to emul ate both [...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 0 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 0 Ti me El aps ed Thi s is t he cur rent l ocatio n of the so ng, m arked by the yellow Cu rrent Posit ion M arker in t he Ove rv iew Wa vefor m Dis play. The Ti me Elap sed is expres sed in hour s /min utes /se cond s /fra mes ( 30 fps ). When the Curr ent Posit ion Ma[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 11 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 11 Cu e The C ue but ton will est ablis h a prima ry C ue Point with in a song. A C ue Point is a refer ence po sition wi thin the tra ck that you ca n jum p to ins tantly, r ather than havi ng to se ek t hrough the tr ack to fi nd it. T ypic ally, a DJ will se t the C ue[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 12 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 12 Dec k Mod e In o rder for T orq LE to fee l famil iar to all t ypes o f DJs, the D ecks c an be op erated in o ne of three di ffe rent mo des. < Vinyl Mode Vinyl M ode w ill make the D eck be have as if it wa s a turntab le. Th is mean s: 1 . Pr essi ng Play / Paus e[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 13 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 13 < Loop In/Out Lo oping an entir e s ong does n ’t have much ben efit for a DJ, so T orq all ows you to move the Lo op M arker s by usi ng the Loo p In and Lo op Out bu ttons : 1 . Lo ad a song into a D eck and p ress P lay . Th e song wil l begin to pl a y. 2. Wh [...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 4 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 4 » QuickLoop Size Pr eference As m entione d above, the def ault loop l engths for th e four Quic kLo op but t on s are one bar, two bar s, four bar s, and ei ght ba rs. T he Q uick Loop Si ze prefe renc e all ows you to ch ange the Qui ckL oop but tons to beat va lue[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 5 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 5 < Slider Range By d efault , t he range of th e Spee d Adjuster i s +/- 8 % . T hat mean s t hat if you move the slid er to either of i ts ex treme s, you’ll only get an 8 % c hange in the sp eed of the son g. T o the lef t of the Spe ed Adjus ter is a display sh[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 6 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 6 » Manual T empo As me ntioned ab ov e, T orq LE can determi ne the te mpo of m ost dance mus ic. Som e mu sic, however , is too c ompl ex or not rep etitive e nough for T o rq to detect the temp o wit h pre cisi on. F or tunately, you c an hel p T orq to determi ne t[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 7 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 7 < MIDI Slider/Knob Control M ID I contro l of t he Ke y Adj ust is dif fere nt from other c ontrols i n T orq . Y ou can as sign a k nob or sli der to the Key Adjust , or you can assi gn ke ys on y our MI DI keyboa rd—the beh avior of the Key Adjus t is depe nden[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 8 < MIDI K eyboard Contr ol 1 . If you have an ad ditiona l MI DI co ntrolle r k eyb oard at tache d, make sure th at it has be en prop erly in stall ed and is confi gured t o wor k with T o rq LE . Ple ase se e chapter 6 for more info rmatio n about config uring y[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 9 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 9 Of f set B ut t ons Som etimes when mixi ng two songs togethe r , you may fin d that the beats are aligne d with each other , yet the t wo songs are st ill out of ph ase. T his is mo st obvious w hen one s ong is of fset by on e beat, c ausin g the snar e drums of th[...]

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    20 Ch apt er 1 English 20 English Ch apt er 4 W A VE FO R M DI S PLA Y O ne of the most pr omine nt featu res of the T or q LE user inter fac e is the Scrol ling W aveform D ispl ay , w hich t akes up a de cent a mount of re al est ate a bove th e Mi xer and Ef fect R acks. U nlike the sm aller O ver view W aveform s found in eac h Deck , the Scrol[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 21 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 4 21 Loo p Poi nt s The Lo op Poi nts of th e son g ( set wi th the Lo op In / Out but tons o r the Qu ickC ue bu ttons ) w ill be sh own on the W aveform . The lo oped ar ea of the mus ic will a ppea r in a lighter s hade co mpare d to the rest of th e wa vefor m. Cu e Poin[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 22 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 4 22 Hyb ri d Mode With Hy brid mod e active, the waveform wil l r espo nd exactly like the C DJ m ode whil e th e D eck cont rols ( Pl ay/ Pa use, Cu e, etc. ) beh a ve like Vi nyl Mod e. 1 . Cl ick and h old on the wavefor m. The mu sic wil l continu e to play 2. Wh ile ho[...]

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    23 Ch apt er 1 English 23 English Ch apt er 5 S YNC H R ON I Z A TIO N A t mo st of today’s da nce c lubs and eve nts, t he DJ w ill mi x the song s togeth er usi ng a tech nique c alle d b eat -m atching. The go al is to f ade the vo lumes b etwee n t w o s ongs w hile kee ping th em per fe ctly in beat w ith one another. If d one pro perl y , t[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 24 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 5 24 Whe n a mis-a lignme nt occu rs ( as s een ab ov e ), you’ll se e t hat the gr id doe s n ot l ine up wi th the be ginnin gs of the b eats ( trans ients ) i n the waveform . In the exa mple , the Ph ase Gri d is too ear ly , l eaving a g ap b etwee n the gri d lin es [...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 25 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 5 25 Sync B ut to n The Sync button is an autom atic metho d of synch ronizin g the be at and BP M of one Dec k to another. When you engag e Sync on a D eck ( the Sync ic on is on ), it w ill c hange that Dec k’s temp o to match the othe r Dec k. Fur ther more, wh en you p[...]

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    26 Ch apt er 1 English 26 English Ch apt er 6 E XTE R NA L CO NTRO L One of T orq’s gre at es t featur es i s the ab ilit y to u se ex terna l so urces to cont rol th e playb ack of your s ong fil es. I n par ticu lar , you c an use ex tern al M ID I hardwa re ( such a s the X -S essi on Pro DJ c ontroll er) to contro l variou s features w ithin[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 27 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 6 27 MI DI Lear n Ever y music ian appro aches the ir cr aft fro m a slight ly dif fer ent directi on. DJing is no dif ferent . Th at is why T orq LE is bas icall y a bl ank s late whe n run fo r the fi rst time —there a re no p re-set co ntrol a ssign ments fo r any of t[...]

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    28 Ch apt er 1 English 28 English Ch apt er 7 B ROWS E R/ D A T ABA S E A DJ’s mo st i mpor tant ass et, beyond th e gea r he uses , is his colle ction of mus ic. With out a wealt h of top -notch tr acks i n his ar senal , a DJ is not e quipp ed to domi nate a danc e fl oor . A nyone w ho ha s be en DJ ing fo r even a s hor t w hile will have am[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 29 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 29 Navig ation in th e Browser fo llows a few simp le rule s: 1 . T o view any songs cont ained in a fold er , click on the fol der’s name . I f the fol der cont ains musi c fil es, tho se files wi ll be disp layed i n the Fi le L ist t o the right of t he B rowser pan[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 0 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 0 < Adding Multiple Folders Y o u may find that one folder will contai n many fold ers that you’ d like to add t o the Data base . A great exampl e of this is whe n your mu sic is automatic ally sor ted by a p rogra m like Ap ple i T une s. T ypic ally, ther e wil[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 1 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 1 Fil e List The wind ow to the right of the Browser pane is c alled the File List . If you have sel ected a sourc e in the Brows er that cont ains musi c (s uch as th e Datab ase or a n indivi dual fol der), th e songs c ontai ned ther ein will b e listed he re. Th e F[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 32 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 32 Loa din g Son gs i nto t he D ecks T o l oad a song f rom the F ile Lis t into one of T orq’ s De cks, you h av e a co uple opti ons. < Click and Drag 1 . C lick an d hold on th e desir ed song i n the File L ist. I t will b ecom e highlig hted. 2. Whi le conti nui[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 33 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 33 Sea rc hin g th e Lis t The si mples t metho d for sea rchin g is to ty pe a key w or d ( or key words ) into the Sea rch fi eld above the D ataba se / Brows er: 1 . Cl ick the Dat abas e headi ng in the Br owser pan e t o se lect it . 2. C lick in the Sea rch fie ld [...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 4 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 4 < Ignore Field T orq of fer s a nother m ethod for refi ning you r s earc hes by me ans of th e I gnore fi eld. H ere, you’ll e nter terms that you want T orq to omit fro m th e searc h result s. The I gnore c omman d w ill only be a pplie d t o the cu rrentl y[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 5 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 5 < Creating New Playlists T o s tar t, you mu st create a new P laylist a s follows : 1 . R ight-clic k (C TR L - click o n Mac ) on the Pl aylists he ading in th e Browser an d choos e “New Pl aylist ” from the po p-up me nu. 2. A new P laylist tit led “E mpt[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 6 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 6 < Reor dering Songs in a Playlist The o rder in w hich your s ongs ar e displ a yed in t he Playli st can b e chang ed. 1 . C lick an d drag the so ng up or down i n the list . 2. I f you drag the song on top of anoth er ex isting song , re lea sing the mouse but t[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 37 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 37 < Loading a Playlist T orq L E ca n imp or t Pl aylists created by othe r prog rams if th ey confo rm to the . m3u fi le form at. T o loa d one of thes e Playli sts : 1 . Ri ght -c lick ( CT RL - click o n Mac ) the Pl aylist ’ s he ading in th e Browser p ane. 2.[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 8 iT u nes iT unes is a free me dia player a vail able from App le for both Mac and Windows co mputer s (w w w .itun es.c om ). I t provide s an excelle nt way to downloa d, org anize, and rip music as well as inter facing with A pple’s famou s por tab le medi a playe[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 9 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 9 iPo ds T o rq LE als o allows dire ct acc ess to the contents of any con nected iPod (exc luding the iPod Shuf fl e ). Whe n an iPod is con nected , it will be l isted in the B rowser wi ndow . Like the iT unes Libr ar y ab ove, the conte nts of the iPod can be sea r[...]

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    4 0 Ch apt er 1 English 4 0 English Ch apt er 8 M IX E R S tep one when DJing i s contro lling th e music . That ’ s w hat T or q’ s De cks are fo r . Step t wo is b lendi ng, or mi xing, th e mu sic togethe r . A s you’d exp ect, T orq LE has a sec tion f or that, too. Whil e exist ing in soft ware , T or q’ s Mi xer sou nds and behaves ju[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 41 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 8 41 EQ / K ill s Nex t in the signa l ch ain is the Equali z er, or EQ for shor t. Whil e the G ain knob ( above ) incre ases or dec reas es the level of the enti re a udio sig nal in the c hannel , a n EQ inc reas es or dec reas es the level of o nly a s peci fic fre quen[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 42 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 8 42 Ch an nel V ol ume Fa der s Be sides g oing to the PF L, the au dio leavi ng the EQ al so goes to the Ch annel Volume fade r . This is the p rimar y volu me cont rol for the cha nnel ( though i t is subor dinate to the cros sfade r) which wor ks just li k e a volum e fa[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 43 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 8 43 Wh en T orq LE is laun ched for the firs t ti me, the Cros sfade r C ur ve wi ll b e s et to a happy mediu m b etwee n th ese t w o ex trem es. Y ou can , of cour se, cha nge this c ur ve using ei ther of the fol lowing : » Adjusting with the Mouse 1 . Ho ld down the [...]

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    4 4 Ch apt er 1 English 4 4 English Ch apt er 9 PFL/ H EAD PHO N E C U E Y ou’ve undo ubtedly se en the ar chet ypic al imag e of a DJ : stand ing beh ind a set of turntab les and a mixe r ...with a pai r of headp hones on. If ever yone i s da ncing to the musi c they hear on the sp eakers , what is the DJ listen ing to on the head phone s? He’[...]

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    4 5 Ch apt er 1 English 4 5 English Ch apt er 1 0 MA S TE R O UTPUT T he Ma ster O utput is the las t step in T orq’ s audio si gnal flow before the mus ic goe s out to your audi ence . It cont ains a Maste r Level slid er , a Ma ster Level meter , a Ma ster Limi t er, as well as an Au dio Reco rder. Al l of these co ntrols are lo cated bel ow t[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 6 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 0 4 6 Fi len ame T o s et the file name for you r recor ding : 1 . Cl ick the Fi lena me but t on ( whic h looks l ike “ ...” when no na me is set ). A di alog box w ill ope n. 2. Se lect the de stinati on fold er for your rec ordin g, the n give it a na me an d pre [...]

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    4 7 Ch apt er 1 English 4 7 English Ch apt er 1 1 E FFE C TS E f fects ar e d evices th at a lter an audi o sig nal. The se alter ations can ra nge from subtle to ex treme and c an be a great s ource of cre ative fun wit hin T o rq. Ea ch D eck ca n be pr oces sed indi vidua lly with mul tiple ef fect s, and that is the pu rpose of the Ef fect R ac[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 11 4 8 Bu il t- In E ffec ts The fo llowing i s an expla nation of th e three bui lt -i n effe cts in T orq LE : Ph aser A Ph aser is a s omewhat m ellower ver sion of the F lang er . Like th e Flan ger , a P hase r works o n the pr incip le of mi xing t w o i dentic al au [...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 9 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 11 4 9 < T weak Knob Thi s knob w ill adju st the Cutof f Fre quenc ies of the fi lters . » Whe n the T wea k but t on i s off, th e knob w ill behave a s follows : 1 . Pl acing th e knob at 1 2 o ’clock w ill resu lt in the aud io pas sing thr ough the D ual- Filter[...]

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    5 0 Ch apt er 1 English 5 0 English Ch apt er 1 2 PR E FE R E N CE S Thi s se ction pr ovides a co mpreh ensi v e revi ew of the P refere nces for T orq LE . Op en the P referen ces by cli ckin g the Prefe renc es ico n. Audio T ab Thi s tab ho uses o ptions r elating to th e audio i nter face us ed with T orq L E. Y o u’ ll s elect the i nt er f[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 1 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 5 1 Sa mpl e Ra te Be low the Audi o Inter fac e sel ectio n you wi ll se e sa mple r ate adju stment . In crea sing th is val ue wil l imp rov e soun d qua lity ( dep ending on your so urce materi al ) but wi ll al so p lace heavi er de mand s on your co mputer . It is[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 52 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 52 MI DI T a b Thi s tab featur es all opt ions pe rt aining to Auto -Setup a nd MI DI c ontrol. Au to -De te ct M -A ud io Devic es ( [ On ] /O ff ) Whe n thi s optio n is ena bled , T orq LE will automati call y set the Audi o and M ID I inter fa ce options to those of[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 53 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 53 Cr oss fa der C ur v e C ont r ol Thi s prefe renc e allows you to as sign a M ID I c ontroll er to th e Cr ossfa der C ur ve par ameter. Y ou can the n cont rol the Cro ssfa der Cur ve wi th a knob o r slide r on your M ID I control ler . 1 . Pre ss the bu tton la be[...]

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    T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 4 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 5 4 Mi scell aneou s T a b Thi s tab co ntains m iscel laneo us option s that af fect the be havior of c er tain fe atures of T orq LE . T orq E ng in e Thi s setti ng is us ed to switch th e T orq Audio En gine bet ween N orma l and Ec onomy mod es. T his opti on shou [...]

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