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1. Deckadance getting started manual 140 074 140 074 Artist kuau 8 Albert mpo Mikka Leinonen Tllusien Eddie Sender Remix Title 7Skies Club Mix 134 066 200 Tilusien 000 134 066 Album TRACK SLAVE SYNC MIO TREB RELOOPER 1 RELOOPER Z RELOOPER 3 PEAKSCOPE ECSCOPE HE Deck dance DECK A VINYL CONTROL lt CROSSFADER CONTROL ms 4 Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Image Line Software The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement The software may be used or copied only in accordance of the terms of the agreement It is illegal to copy this software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the agreement No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the express written permission of Image Line Software Deckadance is a registered trademarks of Image Line Software Other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners Image Line Software is a division of Image Line BVBA Visit Image Line Software at http www image line com Visit the Deckadance website at http www deckadance com Deckadance GSM By Scott Fisher Copyright 2008 Image Line Software Deckadance Copyright 2006 2008 Image Line Software All rights res2. amp panels are dynamic changing to reflect the mode or settings chosen 10 124 996 043398 124 996 y 000 a 3 40 01 x 140 000 TRACK MAME YRS mz CUE en a kadi kdah CUE a1 4 a a LOOP Gm DOWNEEAT REN Q Q E 00WNBEAT LOOP Ga LEAP START START LEAP BASS MID TREB RELOOPER 1 RELOOPER 2 RELOOPER 3 PEAKSCOPE SPECSCOPE HELP ABOUT RELOOPER 1 RELOOPER 2 RELOOPER 3 BASS MID TREB a Master K Fader k m j Hi i Wia Bal kulhu A nd NYA ur Cue either deck by clicking and dragging on the wave displays The center of each display shows the playback position so you can cue decks visually if you don t have a separate monitor mix set up Beneath each wave display is a song length preview click on the lower preview to jump to any point in the track The silver Play button beneath each deck will start the track playing We will consider the transport functions in more detail later Don t lose the beat If you regularly DJ your ears will be copping to some pretty harsh treatment so there is nothing wussy about protecting your valuable hearing If you have experienced ringing in your ears after a gig then that is a sign you have pushed your ears too far Fortunately a you can buy earplugs specifically designed for DJs search Google for music earplugs These attenuate all frequencies evenly so they don t affect your ability to hear the mix as it sounds In fact you will fi
3. direction of the input signal and then modifies Deck A and or B to match To select your input signal s for Deck A and or B use the Setup option as discussed in the Settings amp options section pp 9 To enable external control select one of the external control icons The top icon is Absolute mode use this for control signals that contain time code information when you pick the needle up and move it to another part of the record Deckadance will stop and start again at the same absolute position The middle icon is Relative mode for signals that do not have time code information or when you only want to control speed and direction Note The Deck Play button will change appearance and lock you out to indicate external mode is active So scary The bottom icon is Internal control mode default www image line com 23 Function windows Deckadance Tips to obtaining an accurate lock The signal level from your turntable is important for achieving reliable control Use the Gain knob to set the oscilloscope display between 50 75 distance toward the outer edge of the screen A signal that is too loud will clip and degrade the tracking signal A signal which is too low can lead to phase ambiguity and so affect spin direction detection see the screenshot below right for an example of a correctly adjusted signal The Rumble knob is a high pass filter cut off and is useful to filter low frequency noise and vibration f
4. 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 4b 114b 4b lt lt none gt gt Select a soundcard from the audio device field This list shows all the Soundcard Audio interface devices active on your system labeled by the software drivers DirectSound Creative ASIO or Built in Input on a Mac for example PC users should use the www image line com 9 Setting up Deckadance ASIO4ALL universal ASIO soundcard driver included in the Deckadance installation Mac users should have no problems with the default Built in Input option that represents the native Core Audio drivers Select a sample rate 44100 Hz is the preferred default CD audio rate however some soundcards such as the Creative Audigy series are limited to 48000 Hz minimum Set the soundcard latency This is the duration of a working buffer so Deckadance can perform mixing amp processing operations without audible glitches Generally shorter latencies put more load on your CPU but are desirable for greater responsiveness when scratching etc Open the setup and adjust the soundcard latency Soundcard latency is expressed in milliseconds or samples 20 ms 882 samples 44 1 kHz is sufficiently short for most DJ work 10 ms or less 441 samples 44 1 kHz may be desirable if greater responsiveness is required Experimentation will help you to determine what is suitable for your needs Note that the shortest latency achievable without overlo
5. Also Wie Punch in 73 shown is the Deck B volume trim slider Track selection for the perfect X fade Advice mode ON You will find it a lot easier to pull of perfect X fades on tracks with long lead in lead outs That is the start and end of the tracks have a beat and no much else going on This means there wont be any discordant melodies or sounds interacting badly Many songs are available in a club mix or dance mix version for this very reason Seek them out Another handy tool is the Bass X fade switch on the Playlist panel This fades the bass along with the deck volume and at the 50 mix point drops the bass on both decks to compensate for the added energy of the two tracks This will keep the perceived volume smooth and perhaps save a few speakers being splattered all over your audience www image line com 15 Basic controls 8 mixing Deckadance BPM Speed and Pitch Deckadance has a number of options for changing the speed and pitch of a deck f Artist Mikka Leinonen Tempo 139 994 Title Discover Me COrisinal Mix Track 139 994 Album Illusion Key 000 13 E 200 A TRACK SLAVE SYNC u 1 Sync tofother deck Each deck has several pitch options By default the pitch of a deck is controlled by the Deck pitch slider as shown above Selecting the SYNC button right click Ctrl click to latch it on will cause the Deck pitch slider to become transparent and the pitch of the deck will now be control
6. Function windows 6 Deckadance Clear Pattern and Randomize need no explanation the Beat Align switch ensures that the Relooper syncs with the associated deck i e your start timing on the Relooper 1 to 3 switches is not critical Mix Mode delivers a 50 Relooper 50 original mix turn this off to hear only the Relooper audio when you hit a Relooper switch The Sampler Sampler LE The LE edition can load up to 8 built in samples and cannot record from the decks To unlock the sampling features described above upgrade to LE house or club edition PROGRAM 201 M M 505 Mode LIBRARY 881 Mellotron_B2 Zone Zone Name Size Rate Mute Root Semi Fine K Trk Ticks Sy Si L Key H Key L Vel H Vel Lk VC Direct Wave multisampler 1 CIGD GEE Scott FL A ght 2CFOxX am Pitch Tune wet be A J K Rate a TRIKE es e D E Ss X B e hase P n RINGMOD O oDECMATOR OVANTIZER O PHASER IIA When you need even more samples Image Line s optional Direct Wave Multisampler has you covered visit the Image Line site for more details Sampler Deckadance has 8 independent samplers that can be assigned to either Im AM Deck A B buttons see below The Load button opens a file browser so ul that you can load samples The Save button is useful when you want to save a sample recorded with the Rec Loop record loop button www image line com 21 Function windows Deckadance How to sample loops To sample songs the deck does not need to be pl
7. Remix Pendulum U Tec Pres David Nielsen Note Double clicking on a song in the Playlist or Browser will play a preview on the headphone monitor mix See page 9 for more information on setting up a headphone mix Basic controls 8 mixing Deckadance The Playlist provides a way of automatically loading songs from a pre configured list It also keeps a list of all songs manually loaded and played so after a successful gig you can save the set for later If you want to jump down the playlist without working through them drag a file from the Playlist and drop it onto the beat window of the required deck similar to loading from the Browser You can add files singularly to the Playlist Add Files or you can add the contents of an entire directory Add dir and or sub directories The Load Save Playlist features allows you to reconfigure playlists and call them up when you need them When you select the Automix auto play and X fade and DJ Style beat matched X fades Deckadance will do your job for you so you can concentrate on something else just don t tell anyone Tools for mixing tracks You don t need to be told that as a DJ your primary task is to keep the music flowing and the vibe alive That means you want to blend the transitions between tracks as smoothly as possible Deckadance has a number of tools to help you pull off the perfect transitions every time At the heart of all these tools discussed below i
8. club edition www image line com 19 Function windows 6 Deckadance The Relooper Relooper LE The Relooper in Deckadance LE is limited to three predefined included LE patterns To unlock the editing features upgrades to house or club edition are available on the Deckadance website Relooper The Relooper works in conjunction with the Relooper switches on the fay lt i Effects panel below the main transport controls for each deck The UJA Relooper is a real time sampler designed to remix and stutter tracks on the fly Each deck has its own Relooper that can hold 3 user programmable Relooper sequences Variation 1 to 3 as shown below To trigger the Relooper click on the relevant Relooper switch right click Ctrl click to latch in the ON position RELOOPER 1 RELOOPER 2 RELDOPER 3 SUERO er A ormalip Stutte XIZ a DJ CLEARPATTERN KB RANDOMIZE N BEAT ALUGN MIXED MODE The Relooper slices each bar into 4 beats and allows you to replay each beat over a rolling 4 bar window Each beat may be further sub divided into Y or Y beat stutters The dark sguares added for illustration reveal the straight playback seguence To change play mode right click Ctrl Click on a square Normal 2x Stutter 4x Stutter and Mute cycle with each subseguent click To move a sguare click on the destination cell Use the Variation tabs to program three separate Relooper banks
9. links to Deckadance target controls as described below Deckadance installs pre configured to work with a wide range of MIDI MIDILEARN MASTER DECKA Master Volume TA AA RI MIDI FORGET Crossfader Position tee Transport Cue Button LOAD SETUP Crossfader Reverse Suitch Scratch Pitchbend Joa lt rossfader LINEAR SUITE A Downbeat Set Button SAVE SETUP PLF Mix Slide Tempo Track Switch PLF Level Siia 1 FLF SPlit Swit REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE PLF Overdrive sires Microsamrler R Butten Microsamp ler P Generic Button i MIDI er Effect Rins M 4 gt Controller der Effect Track More Info On SETUP F n window ast ee MONITOR E za O VAN Loor Button Leap Button i A p pee Seer aa PART Relooper 1 Trisser Pad Data Atta N ae PEATA s ReloopFer Z Trigser Fad Petr Value Relsorer 3 Trisser Pad Customizing links to an external controller 1 Connect Make sure your controller has been detected by your PC Start Deckadance amp open the main Setup options see page 9 Select your controller in the active midi inputs section Close Setup Open the MIDI Function window shown above Select a Deckadance target parameter from the list click the list item Move the hardware control that you want to link and you are done NG OD To remove a link click on the list item and click Midi Forget For more help
10. location select the Cue Number click the CUE button Playback starts from the selected Cue No Loop Leap buttons will repeat a section of the track Click to activate right click Ctrl click to latch See the main help for more details www image line com 17 Effects panel Deckadance The effects panel The effects panel contains a collection of effects specifically designed for DJ work To the left is a 3 band Graphic EQ Clicking on the Bass Mid amp Treb buttons will cut that frequency momentarily left click or BASS MID TREB RELOOPER 1 RELOOPER 2 RELOOPER 3 permanently right click Ctrl click i Ti Right clicking the EQ sliders will reset Click to cut P CH Wi them to the default position Note If the Bass X fade setting on the Playlist JE ST panel is active the Bass slider will be Selected locked out of your control e Relooper To the right of the EQ labels are the Relooper switches the Relooper is explained in more detail on page 20 Left click to momentarily activate the Relooper right click Ctrl click to latch on DJ tuned effects Below the Relooper switches are the DJ tuned effects the selected effect icon click it will move to the right to indicate that it is selected The effects include from top to bottom Low pass filter Band pass filter Notch filter Comb filter Phaser Echo amp Bit reduction To the right of the effects switches is the X Y performance pad Click in the pad and
11. move you mouse around the wet dry is always on the vertical direction while horizontal is slaved to an effect parameter filter cutoff frequency in the case of the first 4 effects Don t forget you can link the X Y space to your MIDI controller see page 27 More effects If the included effects are not enough are they ever then you can load up to 8 VST effect and or instruments into the 8 VST plugin slots The Bj Juice Pack from Image line contains a demo collection of the most u popular effects from FL Studio why not give them a try For more on VST effects and instruments see page 25 Below are two great Image Line plugin effects recommended for Deckadance Pan VOL MAE LOV BAND HIGH WS WI vor VERA TAL LAT N gt Two optional effects from Image Line visit the Image Line site for more details Function windows Deckadance Function windows As shown below there are a number of switches that change the Function window mode This section will give a broad overview of what each is for each of these modes st Sophie Susar Day Seven Original Mix Album Day Seven Sense Of Connection tivation In My Menery Original Mix gt Function window REVERSE YA WIAR 7T Note Vinyl control is only available in Deckadance club edition If you would like to control Deckadance from a turntable or CDJ and you have LE or house edition then please visit the Image Line website and upgrade to Ip A We Deckadance
12. you do connect a mic keep the chatter to a minimum people are there to dance Headphone monitor mix It is useful to monitor Decks A or B while cueing tracks and to preview tracks in the Browser or Playlist double click the track without sound being passed to the Main Outputs of Deckadance Where you see headphone symbols on the main interface it means that an output can be sent to the Monitor mix To set up this feature you need either multiple audio devices or a soundcard with more than one output If your soundcard has surround sound capability for example you can use the rear channels to feed your headphone mix and select those in Monitor Left and Right settings in the Audio amp MIDI Setup panel In another low ren approach many USB headsets used with Skype etc have a built in mic and are also headphones These will appear as a USB audio device and will allow you to use the PA feature from the mic and to monitor your cueing all hands free but is it cool who cares Most controllers use USB connections so what are MIDI cables USB CONTROLLERS DJICONtroller A USB to MIDI cable adapter allows you to connect synthesizers and other MIDI devices to a PC Note that the adapter is a USB device and may need drivers to work with your system Start Deckadance AFTER the adapter has been detected by the OS www image line com Basic controls 8 mixing Deckadance Loading a song There are three way
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14. RACK SLAVE SYNC im TRACK SLAVE SYNC P un 1 2 a a CUE 3 4 DOWNBEAT Q G u DOWNBEAT Loop Ga START START em BASS MID TREB RELOOPER 1 RELOOPER Z RELOOPER 3 PEAKSCOPE SPECSCOPE RELOOPER 1 RELOOPER Z RELODPER 3 BASS MID TREB gt 19 vivigiviv 8 8 D Deckadance MONITOR CONTROL DECK B VINYL CONTROL PEL ASTER a Reve 4 ms 4 4 z Se Foy a gt PP ceneranons B BIT MICROSAMPLER gt ceneranons e gt Deckadance can be loaded into any VST compatible host such as Live Shown above or FL Studio Image Line s popular music production software On installation Deckadance will provide the options to install a VST version of the program or stand alone version only Make sure the VST option is selected if you wish to use Deckadance as a VST instrument If not re install Deckadance and allow the VST version to be installed Function windows Deckadance Setting an external controller club controllers so that the hardware controls are mapped to the correct LIES Deckadance targets To see if your MIDI controller is pre mapped select the SETUP Function window and browse the REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE selector shown inset below by clicking on the arrows flanking the GENERAL MIDI icon If your device is not in the list return the setting to GENERAL MIDI If your device is not shown or you want to re configure your controller select the MIDI Function Window below and manually create
15. aa a a a ak OA 20 The Sample saa IL lu 21 How to sampleI00psi sasana aaa Rennen innen 22 vinyl Externat Control so zlou aaa aga A aa 23 VST PIUJINS u Kn a Pa akan Ka a NE DEN a ds 25 How to load a VST amp MIDI file oocccccccnccccnncnnnonnnonnnnnnnonnnonononnnonnnnnnnonnnoninoninoos 25 Setting an external controller cinco inte ee VRBA 27 Customizing links to an external controller aaaaanane nan ana nn 27 SSE oore KORSIN DCOU an ga ro r ng a nin acest Ega 26 How to upgrade Deckadande 2 u nn ee al eea tinea see 30 Deckadance Key Features Native MIDI controller support amp user configurable MIDI re mapping Automatic beat detection and beat mixing Built in Effects Equalizer Filters Bit reduction Phaser Flanger etc Relooper beat slicing performance sampler Load Deckadance as a VST instrument in any VST compatible host Hosts up to 8 VST effects or instruments Sample songs and trigger loops in time with the beat Vinyl amp CDJ support with learn mode for total compatibility Disk recording uSampler phones mix crossfade curvature and more Introduction Deckadance Welcome to Deckadance Image Line software s premier DJ application With the help of the Getting Started Manual GSM vou will be working Deckadance like a pro in no time The GSM covers the basic setup and operational features of the program Don t forget to check the main manual that ships
16. ading the CPU and stuttering will depend on your soundcard drivers and computer speed Set a hardware controller The active midi inputs window displays all the controllers connected and detected by your Operating System If nothing shows here close Deckadance and do the following Install any drivers required for your controller see the user manual Connect the controller to your PC and wait for it to be detected Start Deckadance and press the Setup button to open the Audio settings Your controller should appear in under active midi inputs OF ee Oy NG gt For more detail see page 27 Input audio turntables 8 CDJ The Input channel mappings assigns audio inputs from your soundcard audio interface to Deckadance functions If you have Turntables with analog audio connections then connect them to the appropriate audio inputs on your audio interface and select those inputs in the Input A Deck A and Input B Deck B section USB FireWire device audio sources can also be selected here Deckadance can then use these sources as tracking signals to control the Deckadance decks Setting up Deckadance Microphone inputs Think twice before connecting a microphone do you really want to subject the dance floor to the sound of your voice Why not get some pre recorded vocal samples Areeee youuuu readyyyy etc and trigger them from the sampler nicely beat synced You are not listening are you OK if
17. anual you can assume that the feature is common to all editions For more detail visit the Deckadance website http www deckadance com features html Setting up Deckadance Options amp Settings Deckadance should work straight out of the box however to get the best out of the program you may need to open the Audio amp MIDI settings page click on the Setup button on the Menu bar and make some customizations to the settings Audio Settings audio device Creative ASIO sample rate 44100 Hz audio buffer size 440 samples 10 0 ms ASI 0 setti NYS show this device s control panel active midi inputs Select controller here Midi Output SB X Fi Synth A C8EO Input channel mappings Output channel mappings Input A Left Input A Right Input B Left Input B Right Line 52 Mic Deck A Master Left want Line 7 Mai Master Right Monitor Left Monitor Right n outputs Front L r Line Ia 2 Mig 23 ne Deck B Line i Par LR 41 e Headphones Mic Left Mic Right Auxiliary 2 L Auxiliary 2 R oo api I Mic Left Mic Right Deck A Left Deck A Right Deck B Left Deck B Right Sampler Left lt lt none gt gt lt lt none gt gt lt lt none gt gt lt lt none gt gt lt lt none gt gt lt lt none gt gt lt lt none gt gt Sampler Right VST Host Left VST Host Right lt lt none gt gt lt lt none gt gt 4 gt
18. aying With the deck stopped cue your track to the start of the region you want to record then follow the steps under the sampler picture below Note The effects panel has been removed to save space Deck A Loo LEAP LOAD SAVE LOAD SAVE LOAD SAVE LOAD SAVE 1 4 1 beat 1 2 2 beats 1 1 bar 2 1 2 bars or 4ibeats 1 Select the sample length with the Loop Leap controls up to 8 bars can be set 2 Click the REC LOOP button to capture a loop of the desired length 3 Click the BEAT SYNC button so your loop will stay in time with the deck BPM 4 Play the loop right click Ctrl click to latch the sampler in play mode Function windows Deckadance Note The tutorial image shown opposite shows the REC amp SYNC buttons on two different samplers to reduce clutter Use the Sync button on the deck you play from Vinyl External Control DECK A VINYL CONTROL pe os u O 0 000 ipod od External control O A i 00 00 00 Ba SE LEAD IN Internalicontrol e m une 9 Ir a9 Timecode source eine The Vinyl External control window contains settings for Deck A left shown above and Deck B right not shown and a couple of hitch hiker club parameters between the decks that are not discussed here see the in line help Deckadance can pass control of the playback speed and direction if the signal encodes direction information to an external control signal Deckadance monitors the pitch speed and phase
19. erved Table of Contents 6 Deckadance The Deckadance interface oooooosooooo no cece cee cg I aa Da na WA a E Ka a ng a kan A anaa 5 QUICK Start 123 aaa a A teh en tee tes nee 6 Don lose the beat sika saa ONA todo io 7 Inlineshelp 2 en E AAA e ER aaa 8 Deckadance version exclusive features aaaaaeenen anana n nn nen 8 OPUONS amp SENGGAKAN Ng AN S a 9 Select a sample Tat i sasana aga a an wa bak a nn 10 Set the soundcard lalenpy A 10 Set a hardware controller asane sanane nenen eaaa eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeseeeeeeees 10 Input audio turntables amp CD 10 Microphone inputs sais ra A l 11 Headphorned monitor etz sa a aa 11 LSAdNJ Song san erfreuen einerseits 12 A A ern Pa aaa a pa NN 12 TNE BOW iii Ag idea AYAN AN a K NA 12 The Playlist oscila 12 TOOLS ato AAn o e 13 Peakscope diS lA radica Tat rola 13 Beatphase displasia LAD 14 Beat phase fine ei destra Dan N aa adan 14 AULO IMIX satis bev la al 14 Auto fade 8 PUNCh DM oooccccccnnccnnncnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnniinnins 15 Track selection for the perfect X fade ooooooocconccincccccccocncocnnnnnnnnncnnnennnonnnononenininnninininos 15 BPM Speed and Plica ni 16 Cueing tracks amp beat analysis a ar ee un 17 Theeffects paneli sit n v ii ah 18 Function WINDOWS nassen ss an I Ends aa a pang a Da a aaa 19 th REIOODSP ares aN a D Catan ach e d
20. l window DMX window F11 Sampler window Midi window F12 Relooper window Setup window Left arrow Crossfade left Send s playlist song to Load browser s left deck song in left deck Right Load selected song in Load browser s arrow C rosstade righi right deck song in right deck Playlist preview Up arrow Move up playlist Move up browser NGANG load SH Move down playlist Move down browser EN RIOVIOW arrow monitor load Disk recorder www image line com 29 Image Line software Deckadance Thanks again for choosing Image Line software Just a reminder to check out the Deckadance online community where you will find more tips tricks and tutorial videos Please visit www deckadance com How to upgrade Deckadance By upgrading to Deckadance club or Deckadance house edition you will unlock extra features as noted in this manual visit www deckadance com features html to see a feature comparison of the Deckadance family If you decide to upgrade the procedure will be as follows 1 Visit the Image Line store http shop image line com to purchase an upgrade 2 You will be sent a login to your personal page on the Image Line website 3 Download the registration code for the upgraded edition from your web page 4 Run the regcode on your computer and Deckadance will be upgraded don t lose the beat Photo Courtesy US Library of Congress Prints amp Photographs Div FSA OWI Collection LC DI
21. led by the opposite decks pitch slider SLAVE similarly disables the Deck pitch slider but now the Master tempo will control the pitch of the deck click on the Master tempo control and slide your mouse left right to change the value click on the sides for fine tempo control SYNC and SLAVE are mutually exclusive functions TAP tap tempo allows you to tap a tempo using your mouse and the BPM will be set to match Use the Pitch lock function to change playback speed and pitch independently Speed is altered by any of the above pitch is now controlled by the Key Tuning control Click on the 000 display and drag your mouse up down to change pitch Basic controls amp mixing Deckadance Cueing tracks amp beat analysis Artist Kate Ryan Tempo 135 102 008398 Titl Je T adore Track 455 Album Alive 4 00 ka 2 59 01 om 2 DOWNBEAT vyr 3 START Hui 1 Play Position indicators Click on the Preview window to jump to that point in the song Click and drag on the Play window to scratch cue the stopped track 2 Downbeat indicator 1 beat in the bar Use only if the auto detection was incorrect Click on the a stopped deck play window cue the track to the desired position and click the DOWNBEAT button 3 Start indicator Position the Play Position indicator at the desired point and click the START button Prevents the song scrolling back past the Start marker 4 Cue Markers Cue the stopped deck to the desired
22. nd its easier to hear while wearing a pair of these Take advice from the 10 000 s of deaf musicians and DJs who have gone before you and protect your most valuable asset don t lose the beat www image line com 7 Introduction Deckadance Inline help READY PEAKSCOPE SPECSCOPE HELP Middle Panel 4 Peakscope Shows Peakscore here useful for beatmatchins manually Spectroscore Shows spectral band Peak Meters here Help Shows this help About Shows version number Click to se www deckadance com Inline help Deckadance has a couple of great inline help features the Hint window always visible and the Help panel To see the Help panel click on the HELP button just below the master cross fader and hover your mouse over anything that looks like a control including some that don t By keeping an eye the Hint window and the Inline help panel you will pick up the Deckadance basics in no time Note that controls often have different functions for a left or right click Crtl click so give anything that can be left clicked a right click too and see what happens but not in the middle of a live set Deckadance version exclusive features Deckadance comes in three editions in ascending order of functionality they are LE LE house 8 club Keep an eye out for this icon left The right side club indicates the editions in which the feature is available If there is no house icon on a section of this m
23. ngs as they are created Anything is possible The VST is inserted in the signal path between the output of the Deck and the program outputs This allows you to add your own sounds or effect those passing through the VST slot LOAD VSTI Ex LOAD VSTI Ex LOAD VSTI Ex Toxic Biohazard FL Studio USTi LOAD MDI LOAD MDI LOAD MDI trance synth Cm tranee bass Cm 3 LOOP a BEAT SYNC Q MIDI IN THRU MIDI IN THRU MIDI IN THRU How to load a VST amp MIDI file 1 Assign the VST slot to a deck with the A B switches Click the Load VST button and select a VST plugins Click the E button to see the plugin interface and select a preset sound Click the Load MIDI button and load one of the Deckadance MIDI files Select Loop and Beat Sync loops MIDI amp syncs playback to the beat DO e 0 S MIDI In Thru allows you to play the VST plugin from a controller see page 27 Note VSTs like Direct Wave can host unlimited numbers of samples so that you can trigger percussion amp loops live from a pad controller For help setting up a MIDI controller see the next section www image line com 25 Function windows Deckadance Deckadance as a VST instrument A Live File Edit Insert View Options Help rar 120 00 i 4 14 o oe REE COOMELe ESC Blake Rear Lollievox 126 996 Step It UP Dance With Me Blake Reary s S 126 996 000 viviviviviviv RERAN SAE VIVIVIVIVIVIVIV a T
24. of setting up your controller you should consult your user manual for the device in question www image line com 27 Keyboard shortcuts Deckadance gt D gt A 0 A 0 D gt Q Play Pause Transport start synced A W Cue Stop Rewind S E Pitch down Low Eq cut D R Pitch up Mid Eq cut F T Pitch down Seek back High Eq cut G Y Pitch up Seek forward Fx select next H U Downbeat Set song start position J Transform punch in Transform cut K O Loop Jump 1 beat backward L P Leap Jump 1 beat forward Loop Leap size Jump 1 bar backward Loop Leap size Jump 1 bar forward Z Sampler slot 1 play Sampler slot 1 rec B X Sampler slot 2 play Sampler slot 2 rec N C Sampler slot 3 play Sampler slot 3 rec M V Sampler slot 4 play Sampler slot 4 rec i Monitor PFL VST enable 1 Jump to Cue point 1 Set cue point 1 5 2 Jump to Cue point 2 Set cue point 2 6 3 Jump to Cue point 3 Set cue point 3 7 4 Jump to Cue point 4 Set cue point 4 8 9 Relooper 1 trigger Relooper beat align 0 Relooper 2 trigger Relooper mixed mode F1 DVS absolute mode F5 F2 DVS relative mode F6 F3 DVS internal mode F7 F4 Sync F8 Esc Preview monitor close Backspace Playlist delete selected Keyboard shortcuts Deckadance Action Ctrl Action Shift Action F9 Playlist window Vst host window F10 Vinyl Ext Ctr
25. rom either airborne sounds or vibrations through the turntable further improving the quality of the tracking signal Reading the oscilloscope The Oscilloscope is a useful tool for diagnosing problems with your input control signal You should aim for a signal that looks like the one shown lower right Use the Gain and Rumble knobs to tune the oscilloscope You may need to make some adjustments on your source if the range of these knobs is not enough 00 00 00 00 00 00 032 dB 00 00 00 0 000 0 0 000 Channel missing Excellent Control signals can come from almost any source vinyl records CD etc Deckadance is not fussy If your control source is not one of the presets shown in the Timecode source control click on the arrows either side to step forwards backwards you can use the Learn Timecode function to calibrate Deckadance to the default speed of your timecoded vinyl or CD To obtain the most accurate calibration 1 Seta healthy tracking signal on the input 50 75 amplitude see above 2 Setthe pitch on your turntable or CDJ to normal speed 3 Press LEARN TIMECODE for about three seconds 4 Release LEARN TIMECODE and you re done Function windows Deckadance VST Plugins Deckadance is a powerful VST host with 8 independent VST slots that fay ce can contain either VST instruments or effects Deckadance can even host IEJ FL Stduio Image Line s complete Digital Audio Workstation so that you can mix so
26. s Beat detection Deckadance scans the file using advanced beat detection algorithms to identify the tempo and first beat in every bar down beat Once a pair of tracks have been processed you can right click Ctrl click the play button of the stopped deck and it will start in sync with the beat of the playing deck Peakscope display The Peakscope is great tool for manually aligning the beat between a pair of tracks Deck A is the top trace and Deck B in the bottom The display shows the upper and lower halves of a rolling peak display for the two decks Along the middle of the display the beat analysis beatmarks arrowed show as small white squares PEAKSCOPE SPECSCOPE LP ABOUT Aligned Not aligned kA g g Fe ut 4 y i y 4 www image line com 13 Basic controls 8 mixing Deckadance To align the beats make sure both decks are playing click on the deck that is not audible otherwise it s going to get embarrassing and slide your mouse left right so that the beat marks are aligned Note that all this will be happening while the peak displays scroll by you don t need to follow the movement with your mouse Beat phase display Above the main X fader is a set of 4 LEDs The LEDs blink on to show beat currently playing in each deck Deck A upper Deck B lower The down beat is indicated below 1 LED as noted It is important to pay attention that the decks are in step playing the same beat of each bar
27. s to load music into Deckadance from the Deck load Browser and Playlist as described below The Deck To the right of the Play button is the a load icon for the associated TS 8 deck When you click this button a normal file browser will open associated with your Operating System The selected track will MEN LESKU load immediately into the deck that opened the browser The Browser You can also load a song by dragging a file from the Browser and dropping it onto the Track Window Maximize the Deckadance to show the Browser Deckadance will start beat detection automatically when loading a song you can start the song playing before the beat detection process is completed Press the play button in the Transport Controls associated with the deck for the loaded track To specify your own search directory click on the directory showing at the top of the Browser This will open the standard file browser so that you can locate a new directory To save the new directory to the Favorites list click on the down arrow in the top left corner and select Add current folder The directory will show as an option next time you click on the down arrow The Playlist 30 45 NE M Add Files Remove Files Load Playlist Atomi 60 75 30 Add Dir Clear Playlist Save Playlist Index Artist i Album Origi Illusion i n Original Mix 1 lan Van Dahl Castles in the Sk Master Tape Remix 1 133 396 2 John O Callaghan Kearne Pendulum Alex Karakasis
28. ted toward the top of the interface as shown while the Tool window switches run along the top of the window itself www image line com 5 Introduction 6 Deckadance Quick start 1 2 3 Artist Blake Rears Tempo 124 996 o Artist Lellievox Tempo 126 996 0 00 00 Title Ster It Ur Track 124 996 200 Dance With Me Blake Reary s S Track 126 996 Key 000 a u Key 000 a 417988 DOWNBEAT START EE We know nobody likes to read the manual so here are 8 easy steps to DJ stardom 1 Load the 2 demo tracks Deck A Step It Up amp Deck B Dance with me Notice Deck A is 124 996 BPM amp Deck B is 126 996 BPM Click the SYNC button on Deck B the tempo adjusts to match Deck A Slide the crossfader X fader left to hear only Deck A Press Play and start Deck A Wait until the two beat indicators are in step Deck A top Deck B bottom y DARRAR QN Press Play and start Deck B You won t hear B because the X fader is fully left 8 Freely slide the X fader and hear both songs perfectly beat mapped It s that easy with Deckadance but there is still lot of power hidden away behind the interface so we encourage you to read the manual so that you get the most out of the program and take your DJing to the next level So begins Deckadance 101 Introduction 6 Deckadance At the heart of Deckadance are Decks A and B as shown below The areas outlined are constant and don t change with settings all other areas
29. they aren t in this example Mixing tracks that are out of step often ends in tears The nudge buttons allow you to skip forward backward a beat top or bar bottom use these buttons to get the decks in phase Middle Panel Middle Panel VST Fine phase MG O Beat phase fine Below the phase LEDs is a bar display shown above Fine phase that grows in the direction of the leading deck A left B right When the bar disappears or is small in the middle the decks are perfectly aligned Auto mix Toilet breaks and other emergencies are not a problem with the Auto mix function See the Playlist panel You can set the tracks to be played X fade time etc and take a break Basic controls amp mixing Deckadance Auto fade amp Punch in Auto X fade is very useful to free your hands during a routine X fade leaving you to concentrate on more important matters your hair for instance The auto X fade buttons are the bent arrow switches either side of the X fade slider left shown Click to start an auto X fade Note The X fade speed is controlled by the time settings to the right of the Auto mix button on the Playlist panel select between 15 to 90 seconds Below the auto X fade buttons are the Deck A and B punch in switches There are two options Left click to momentarily pass a mix of the selected deck to the outputs Right click Ctrl click to Ba momentarily mute the selected deck
30. with Deckadance for all the nitty gritty details of each knob and control The Deckadance interface 3 Angel Falls Con Archer Remi mp3 MATO gt Trilogy Azure Coostmp3 Bekeve in memp3 8500 mp3 Castles in the Sky mp3 Chine Frase Remix mp3 Doy Seven Original Mad mp3 Discover He Deep And Shallow Ren mp Fiash U mo 3 HO Ready Original Mx mp3 Musion Eddie Sender Renin np3 Musica Original Mad no Outside Original Hox mp3 203 Original Mu mo Browser my Mysterious Timesnp3 Northern Sun Original Mel np pr a 00 98 ma om Hothing But Young O coe gt o r O ze Original Mad mp3 k J Pendukan flex Karakasis Remo mp3 Quiet of Mind Aly amp Filo Remi ng3 oj 4 y Ran Dance mp3 te Sorcie Secret Lovemp3 s pr Sense Of Connection Original Mod mo y e m Skyines Original Had mp3 Sold State Original ev Suntght np3 Sunset Rose Brocing Remix 203 The Boys Of Summer mp3 Tides Original Mad mp3 Turn It Around mp3 Malocdl_Iran Wa Lagi e 15 30 45 Bass X Fade Add Files Remove Files Load Playlist a 60 75 EBON Shuffle Mode Add Dit Gear Playlist Save Playtist x Artist tle Album icehouseindustries ta icehouseindustries Ste Spyro oka Montez ees HEVIA Sadi iginal Min Terry Bones deodnov The Tool window and Function windows will change their display depending on the switches associated with them The function window switches are loca
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