User`s Manual 2.10 - Schaack Audio Technologies
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1. 3 2 10 Playing real non timecode vinyl records through Quad It is possible to use Quad to play real vinyl records or any other audio sources like CD Players The advantage of playing records through Quad is that they may be processed through the filters and equalizers Activate the THRU Player button to hear the CONTROE REWIND PLAY record playing on RELATIVE CLOCK SYNC the selected Input JE E Deck When using the THRU feature the Loop Sampler s BPM reference is the FX section s disolayed BPM value 3 2 11 Watch the Level Meters When the Level Meters become red the signal is foo hot It is important to watch the Level Meters while playing All Channels including the Main Channel have Level Meters As a rule of thumb any Level Meter s display should not become red if it does the OdB limit is surpassed and Quad s internal look ahead limiters will start working Although the look ahead limiters keep the sound audibly undistorted up to a certain extent they will not avoid distortions if the signal s level becomes far hotter than OcB Especially increasing the EQ Low Gain leads to very hot signals That said some techno deejays like the sound of look ahead limiting and deliberately push the signal to obtain a certain pumping effect in the mix GLEC User s Manual 24 36 3 3 Managing songs 3 3 1 Finding songs If you got thousands of songs searching them by hand takes too much time For fast work2. k From MIDI Yok Yak Deck 1 Input L U46DJ 1 2 R U46DJ 1 2 o F S o g fa o 2 E Rp fe Deck 2 Input NONE i i E Deck 3 Input NONE Soft Phono Preamp Load MIDI Control Settings Deck 4 Input NONE Save MIDI Control Settings 5 Specify Deck Inputs here Chan 1 Output NONE gt VINYL INPUT SIGNALS XY VIEW If problems occur check for each deck if the signal s Chan 2 Output NONE r XY View is correct watch the direction Sag 6 Specify Channel Outputs here Chan 4 Output NONE Deck 1 Deck 2 Deck 3 Deck 4 Phones Output NONE Main Output L U46DJ 1 2 R U46DJ 1 2 4 Specify Main Output here The Preferences window GLEC User s Manual 6 36 In the Preferences make sure to specify the following 1 Your audio device PC Only soundcards with ASIO drivers are allowed 2 Select the number of Channels you want to use simultaneously 3 Demo Mode Uncheck deactivate DEMO Mode if you bought Quad Timecode vinyl discs otherwise let it checked activated The Demo Mode can only be turned off after putting Quad lic into the same folder as Quad exe Windows or Quad app Mac 4 Main Output Choose your Main Output here this will in most cases be the first stereo line output of your soundcard 5 only important if you purchased Quad Timecode Vinyl discs Deck Input 1 to 4 Specify your soundcard s Line or Phono Inputs here The decks should be connected to t
3. GLEC User s Manual 32 36 If your MIDI Controller supports MIDI controller feedback such as endless rotary knob controllers and controllers with LEDs to indicate the state of buttons you should also specify the same controller as MIDI Output 3 7 2 MIDI Learn Assigning a specific MIDI controller to a certain knob button fader for instance the Cutoff knob or the Channel s Level is extremely easy First press the button on the bottom This button will start blinking to show that MIDI Learn mode is on Then click on any left to be controlled knob button fader and then turn your MIDI controller s knob Quad will learn from this action and from now on the chosen MIDI controller will control the chosen parameter in Quad Continue in the same fashion for other knobs The programmed MIDI Control Settings will be available every time you start Quad They may be saved or loaded in the Preferences see next chapter Selecting a knob in Quad2 for MIDI Learn while holding CTRL on your keyboard will tell Quad2 that the to be used MIDI message should reset this knob to its initial position This is extremely useful for controllers such as the Behringer BCR2000 that have knobs that act as a buttons when you press them You can use the press action to reset knobs especially X Filter s Cutoff to the initial position 3 7 3 MIDI Control Settings If you own more than one MIDI Controller you may load and save the actual MIDI Control Setti
4. Quad s FX section 1 FX button Click to activate FX click again to turn off FX You may also press X on your keyboard to activate deactivate FX 2 FX Type Selects the effect type you want to apply to the incoming signal If Plugins Only is selected no other FX than the VST plugins will be used see below 3 Mix Changes the relation of wet FX processed and dry unprocessed signal 4 Depth Changes the depth influence of the selected effect What effect parameter is influenced depends on the effect itself See 3 5 2 for details GLIE User s Manual 29 36 5 VST Plugins Windows only You can insert two VST plugins here Right click any of the 3 buttons under the plugin to select an automation destination for any of the 3 buttons This buttons can be controlled via MIDI and so you can effectively control automation parameters of the plugins The plugins will influence the signal together with the selected FX Type unless Plugins only is selected as FX Type 6 FX Channel Selects the Channel to apply FX to This may be one of the 4 Channels or the Main Channel 7 FX Speed Selects the modulation speed expressed in bars of the selected effect FX Soeed has no influence on the Reverb effect 8 BPM display Shows Clock or Tap BPM amount Shows Clock BPM if Clock is selected shows Tap BPM if Tap is selected 9 FX Clock Source If Clock is selected the FX section will obtain it
5. it is recommended to use Quad s Find feature to find a song using any search text Please note that the text input is case insensitive Find Next Quad s Find feature saves you precious mixing time To find a song e Click onto the Browser e Drag the column that contains the text to be found to the first position for instance if you search in the artists drag Artist column into first place Quad always searches in the column that comes first Press F on your keyboard or click into the search text box Enter any text fragment and press Enter or click FIND button If the previously entered text fragment was found it will be highlighted To search the next match press Enter again or click NEXT button Press L to load song The search is restricted to the current directory or case or to formulate it otherwise to the files currently listed If you want to search the whole database first click LY to show the files of the whole database then start searching The files will only be found if they have already been scanned That s why it makes sense to scan alll files after soecifying the Song Folder 3 3 2 Editing ID3 OGG tags To change one of the following tags only works for MP3 amp OGG at the moment Artist Song Album Label BPM Year Genre right click a cell in the Browser A window will appear prompting you to enter a new value 3 3 3 Alphabetically sorting songs in the Browser Songs are automatical
6. set to Play Click it once to play click it once more to pause 3 2 3 Wave Display Cue Points Each of the 4 Channels contains a Wave Display The Wave Display shows two waveforms The Wave Tracker playing song waveform at time position and the Song Overview waveform of whole song The Wave Display also gives information such as pitch play position BPM song filename You can press on the time to switch between played time and remaining time GLIE User s Manual 18 36 Wave Display WAVE TRACKER Cue Point Track 1 mp3 Song filename song Lecar Q SONG OVERVIEW Play position time 2 45 106 7 BPM 0 0 Pitch D To a BPM The Wave Display shows the song s waveforms information and Cue Points The information shown by the Wave Display may vary e If the BPM of the song is unknown not present as ID3 frame in the MP3 or of illegal format Quad will show BPM which means that the BPM of the song is not known In this case SYNC feature will not be available and the Loop Sampler will obtain its BPM from the Tap tempo See 3 5 for more information e If you are scratching the record Scratch will be written in the middle e If there is no timecode signal No Signal will be written in the middle In Relative Mode you may change the play position reposition the Song Locator by clicking anywhere in the Song Overview In Absolute Mode this is not possible Cue Points may be se
7. THRU 1 2 3 4 THRU SLOW MID FAST Left Crossfader Crossfader Pan Right Crossfader Crossfader Curve source Channel source Channel slow mid fast Quad s Crossfader allows crossfading between 2 selected channels using 3 different curves To apply crossfading to 2 different channels do the following e Select left Crossfader source Channel 1 2 3 4 or THRU for no influence Select right Crossfader Channel 1 2 3 4 or THRU for no influence e Select Crossfader Curve slow mid fast slow and mid are good for mixing fast is especially suited for scratching but not so good for mixing e Use the Crossfader Pan in the middle to crossfade between the left and right Crossfader source Channels 3 7 MIDI 3 7 1 Selecting the MIDI Input in Quad s Preferences Today s market offers a broad range of MIDI controllers that can all be used to control Quad s knobs faders and buttons Before using one or more MIDI controllers you must select your active MIDI controller s as MIDI Input s in the Preferences window active midi inputs TO Ms TORS USB Audio Device USB Audio Device 2 Midi Output USB Audio Device gt Selecting the MIDI Input Output in the Preferences After selecting the MIDI Input s the MIDI Input Indicator on the bottom in the main window should light up when you turn knobs on your MIDI controller s The MIDI Input indicator should lighten up when you turn one of the MIDI controller s knobs
8. always use the same Timecode Vinyl disc for scratching so only this Timecode Vinyl disc will suffer It is also highly advised to use Relative Mode if more than one Channel are controlled by one same Input Deck see 3 2 7 for more information to avoid any unwanted jumps or skips when changing from one of these Channels to another et User s Manual 20 36 3 2 6 Setting the play position As previously seen in Absolute Mode the play position is given by the position of the needle on the timecode disc In Absolute Mode the needle s position on the Timecode Vinyl disc is the one and only play position reference for the song In Relative Mode you may modify the play position by e Pressing the button e Forward backward spinning of the Timecode Vinyl disc e Clicking into the Song Overview to reposition the Song Locator e Clicking one of the 4 Cue Points in the Song Overview 9 In Relative Mode click anywhere in the i Song Overview or click one of the Cue 2 12 106 7 BPM 0 0 Points to modifv the olav position 3 2 7 Controlling more than one Channel by one same Input Deck Quad allows controlling playing and scratching up to 4 Channels by one single input deck this makes it possible to mix up to 4 songs using only one turntable You may also control 2 Channels using Inout Deck 1 and two other Channels using Inout Deck 2 What Channel is controlled by what Inout Deck is Up to you see 3 2 1 but as soon as one
9. and High frequency ranges rapidly more or less the same as if you would turn any of the gain knobs fully counter clockwise 3 4 2 3 Useful tips for fast EQ operation using the mouse e Press CTRL while holding the left mouse button pressed and turning or not turning any of the EQ knobs to reset it at its middle position e Press Shift while turning any knob to adjust more accurately 3 4 3 Filters Cutoff Frequency SVF Highpass Mix SVF Bandpass Mix Resonance SVF Lowpass Mix Filter Type Apart from its equalizers Quad also offers two kinds of filters that allow even more radically influencing the frequency spectrum SVF State Variable Filter and X Filter Cross Filter Please note While manipulating turning the Freq Cutoff Frequency knob using the mouse you may set it back to its middle position by pressing CTRL on your keyboard while turning This is especially useful when using the X Filter since it allows you to deactivate the filtering really fast by while turning One more trick is to press Shift on your keyboard while turning the knob using the mouse This will enhance the turning accuracy as long as you hold the Shift key 3 4 3 1 SVF State Variable Filter The SVF Filter is a combination of lowpass bandpass and highpass filters Cutoff adjusts the cutoff frequency of the filter lowpass cutoff frequency bandpass cutoff frequency amp highpass cutoff frequency at the same time Q adjusts the res
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11. t wear off the timecode discs unnecessarily It is important to keep the Timecode Vinyl discs in good condition 2 3 2 Connection examples Quad may be used in many ways You may use it with or without a mixer and use Quad s internal filters equalizers and FX to alter the sound or you may just use it as a conventional scratch system replacement by just playing between 2 and 4 MP3s WAVs without processing them and route each of those to a different external mixer channel It is up to you what features of Quad you like to use and what features you may like to replace by external equipment The next 4 pages contain connection examples for different setups e The first setup is the simplest one It is especially suited for home studios e The second setup is a more advanced setup that may be used for home studios or playing in clubs e The third setup is most likely to be used in clubs It corresponds more or less to a Conventional scratch system replacement e The last setup contains 4 turntables connected via Phono preamps It is the most advanced way of using Quad GLEC User s Manual 8 36 2 3 2 1 Using Quad with 1 turntable no MIDI controller no mixer This is the most basic setup for using Quad well adapted for making mixes at home It is more than in any other setup especially recommended to prepare your MP3s so that they contain the BPM amount as BPM ID3 frames Otherwise it is not really fun to mix with one tu
12. the hard disk Quad will ask for the filename location to save the WAV file at Thereafter the REC button will become red to indicate that Quad is ready to record the mix The recording itself will begin as soon as the Main Output s signal level exceeds 400B peak To stop the recording process just press the RECORD button once more Please note Please make sure that there is enough disk space left to save the mix At a sampling rate of 44 1 kHz 1 GB of Disk Soace equals to approximately 100 Minutes of music when stored as 16 Bit Stereo WAV file Make sure you always have at least 4 5 GB of free hard disk soace on your computer when recording mixes GLEC User s Manual 34 36 4 Appendix 4 1 Keyboard Shortcuts Working with a mouse may be nice in most situations but while mixing it may be preferable to use keyboard shortcuts for fast control of the most important features Here s a list of QUad s keyboard shortcuts Tab Move between Find Box amp Browser windows Space Tap Tempo Load selected MP3 Quad will ask you for Channel to load onto F Enter Search Box Enter In Search Box Find Next X FX On Off Right Arrow In Browser directory structure Open Folder All Arrow Keys Navigate in Browser CTRL Arrow Up In Case or Current Playlist Move entry up CTRL Arrow Down In Case or Current Playlist Move entry down Page Up In Browser songs Fast up Page Down In Browser songs Fast down CTRL While turni
13. until the BPM indicator is stable does not change anymore in the Wave Display of the last played track before loading a new track This should take approximately 10 seconds So as a rule of thumb always wait 10 seconds after touching the Vinyl or Pitch on your turntable before loading a new track onto the next Channel when using SYNC This is because Quad uses the average speed of the last played track as tempo reference and this takes approx 10 seconds 3 2 9 Virtual Zero Lock Range Keeping the turntable pitch at exactly 0 is strictly soeaking impossible with any existing turntable the real pitch may be 0 001 0 001 but never be exactly 0 This pitch tolerance is not acceptable when it comes to using GLEC User s Manual 22 36 Quad s SYNC feature since the tempo matching as seen previously can only be truly accurate if the pitch stays at exactly 0 Please note If you use the SYNC tempo matching feature in Quad make sure to set the Virtual Zero Lock Range to 1 or more Therefore Quad offers the possibility to decide in what pitch range the pitch is considered as exactly 0 this range is called Virtual Zero Lock Range The Virtual Zero Lock Range may be adjusted from 0 to 2 Main Channel VIRTUAL Z LOCK RANGE The Virtual Zero Lock Range knob is located in the Main Channel If for instance the Virtual Zero Lock Range is set to 2 Quad will consider any pitch on the tu
14. Input Deck is assigned to more than one Channel the button will play the role of a selector Since one Input Deck can only control apply its Vinyl Tracking to one Channel at once you will have to specify what Channel the Inout Deck should control This is done using the CONTROL button When the CONTROL button is pressed on a Channel whose Input Deck is shared among more Channels the CONTROL button will become highlighted on that Channel and the Input Deck will from now on control the song on the selected Channel All other Channels using the same Input Deck will from this moment on continue playing their songs at the average speed see next chapter they were playing at before the CONTROL button was clicked on the new Channel Please note It is advised to use Relative Mode for Channels that share one Input Deck In Absolute Mode the MP3 play position will always jump to the position of the needle on the Timecode Vinyl disc when a Channel s CONTROL button is activated This may lead to unwanted jumps in time when the control is switched from one Channel back to the previously controlled Channel GLEC User s Manual 21 36 3 2 8 Perfect tempo matching using SYNC This is one of Quad s most powerful features Using the SYNC feature perfect tempo matching called syncing of up to 4 tracks becomes effortless as never before Perfect syncing becomes possible only for MP3 amp OGG as soon as The MP3 OGG contains the exact B
15. Inputs Signal XY View Check these if somehow you don t seem to get any control signal from the deck The most important thing is to check the direction of the XY View The figure should always be more vertical than horizontal If it is not then you most likely exchanged left and right If the figure represents a line then one channel is not attached or something is wrong with the cable on one channel If the signal is GLIE User s Manual 11 36 jumping around very much you have many shockwaves coming to the deck or the ground cable is perhaps not well attached to the mixer or soundcard 3 2 Playing and scratching songs 3 2 1 Selecting the Input Deck Player gt CONTRO REWIND PLAY Select Input Deck 1 to 4 here RELATIVE CLOCK SYNC THRU 1 2 3 You need to specify for each Channel by what deck turntable it is controlled i e its song should be scratched this is its Input Deck To what soundcard input the Input Deck corresponds is defined in the Preferences You may use one and the same Input Deck for more than one Channel In this case the Control button will play a role too Please see 3 2 7 for more information on controlling more than one Channel with one Input Deck 3 2 2 Playing pausing a song Player CONTRO REWIND PLAY gt _ Press this button to play pause the song RELATIVE CLOCK SYNC THRU i 2 3 4 Quad will only allow playing scratching the song if the Play Pause button is
16. PM beats per minute amount in the as tag see Please note in 1 Introduction for more information The BPM do not vary during the entire songs this is true for most dance tracks To sync one track to another 1 Load and play a first MP3 OGG that contains the BPM amount as tag on one Channel Make sure the BPM Sync Clock is NOW highlighted on this Channel Quad does this for you by always activating on the Channel you loaded the last track onto The Channel having the BPM Sync Clock activated provides the BPM for the next to be synced song You may vary the pitch and thus the BPM of this song before continuing to point 2 but before you load a track onto the next Channel wait that the BPM indicator in the Wave Display has become stable Otherwise the SYNC will not work when using 2 or more decks 2 On the next Channel make sure the button is activated before loading the new MP3 OGG on this Channel this MP3 OGG must also contain the exact BPM amount as tag 3 Set the pitch to 0 on your turntable if SYNC is on when the pitch is set to O the new song will be perfectly tempo matched to the Channel where the BPM Sync Clock was highlighted before loading 4 While the turntable is playing beat match the 2 playing songs without touching the pitch of the turntable 5 You can mix one or 2 more songs following the same rules as stated in 2 and 3 Please note When using 2 or more turntables with SYNC always wait
17. akers Turntable 1 a USB FireWire soundcard with at least 2 Inputs USB FireWire MIDI Controller PC Mac 1 Connect the USB FireWire soundcard to your computer In Quad s Preferences choose this soundcard 2 Connect turntable 1 to the soundcard s Input 1 2 Make sure to connect left to left and right to right In Quad s Preferences choose Input 1 2 as Deck Input 1 When connecting a turntable with Phono Output most turntables to a Line Input you need to turn on Soft Phono Preamp right to the selected Input Do not forget to connect the turntable s Phono Ground to the soundcard s Phono Ground 3 Connect turntable 2 to the soundcard s Phono Input 3 4 In Quad s Preferences choose Phono Input 3 4 as Deck Input 2 Same remarks as above 4 Connect soundcard s Line Out 1 2 to the mixer s channel 1 Line In In Quad s Preferences choose Line Out 1 2 as Channel 1 Output 5 Connect soundcard s Line Out 3 4 to the mixer s channel 1 Line In In Quad s Preferences choose Line Out 3 4 as Channel 2 Output 6 Connect the MIDI Controller to the computer In Quad s Preferences choose the MIDI Controller as MIDI Inout and MIDI Output 7 Connect the headphones to the mixer s headphones output 8 Connect the mixer s Main Out to the sound system GLIC User s Manual 11 36 2 3 2 4 Using Quad with 4 turntables and a mixer This is the most sophisticated way of using Quad in most cas
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19. e FX section For Audio Thru playing real vinyl records the BPM is assumed to be equal to the Tap Tempo After starting the loop you may still modify the Loop Length using the Loop Length Selector or using the Loop Length Adjust knob to shorten the Loop Length Please note When selecting a new Loop Length using the Loop Length Selector while already looping the new Loop Length will only be used from the start of the next beat on 3 4 2 Equalizers Equalizer Parametric Mid band l l l J Low Bass Gain High Treble Gain LOW MID FRO HIGH KILL KILL KILL Kill Switches 3 4 2 1 Low Mid and High equalization Equalizers are part of all normal DJ Mixer They allow boosting or attenuating low bass mid and high treble frequencies Quad offers 3 band equalization with a parametric frequency adjustable mid band and Kill switches The Low Mid and High EQ knobs allow respectively adjusting bass mids and treble The Freq knob near the Mid knob allows adjusting the Mid frequency from 100 Hz to 10 kHz The operating frequencies of Low and High are fixed Please note that increasing the Low Gain considerably increases the signal s output level and may lead to activation of the look ahead limiters if the signal s output level exceeds OdB see 3 2 11 for more information GLEC User s Manual 21 36 3 4 2 2 Kill Switches The Low Mid High Kill Switches allow to rapidly kill fully attenuate Low Mid
20. e click it The song will then start playing in the Preview Player You may stop pause the song again by pressing the I button in the Preview Player To continue playing press that button again You may press Kl or Bl for fast rewind or fast forward You may also jump around in the song by clicking anywhere in the Preview Player s box showing the title and the play position 2 1 Read the reference You have now reached the end of the Quick Start guide We hope you enjoyed it You should have been able to successfully play scratch a song by now We suggest you to fiddle around a little bit with the EQs filters Loop Samplers and FX to get accustomed to Quad s interface After that you should read chapter 3 Reference carefully to fully understand all features of Quad 3 1 Preferences Before using Quad it is important to configure your system in the Preferences window Quad s Preferences window contains all options that are not selectable while playing Preferences oO AUDIO CARD CONFIGURATION MISCELLANEOUS 7 DEMO MODE audio device ASIO 2 0 ESI U46D sample rate 44100 Hz a gt gt audio buffer size 288 samples 14 1 ms Total I O Latency 9 Reset Channel EQ amp Filter on load show this device s control panel FIT TTONTMITOT TOR oe rn before loading new song on same Channel active midi inputs Vv USB Audio Device Q USB Audio Device 2 a Colo
21. e night worx chromo_songz dan 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 1 asa dave martin mix FX SPEED discohouse re I force recordings 133 8 BPM e TAP rd s mp3 Hon b QuadToUnning at a screen resolution of EARN 1280x800 with default Quad walloaper 1 One of Quad s up to 4 Channels the other Channel is surrounded by white dashed lines A Channel is capable of playing a MP3 WAV equalizing filtering and even cueing looping In the uppermost part you see the Wave Display viewing the actual song s playing waveform Wave Tracker and also its whole waveform as overview Song Overview You may zoom in and out in the Wave Tracker by pressing left or right mouse buttons while the cursor is over it The amount of Channels to be used is selected in Quad s Preferences 2 Crossfader It is used to mix crossfade between two selectable Channels GLIE User s Manual 13 36 3 Browser Browse your tracks and organize them in Cases The left part of the Browser shows the folders amp cases as tree structure The right part of the Browser shows the tracks with their information tags amp quality 4 Main Channel Especially useful if you have no external mixer and use your PC as a mixer All 4 channels are mixed together and routed to the Main Channel It contains the same EQ and filtering features as the 4 other Channels 5 Quad s FX section Used for applying FX Contains BPM display 6 Preview Player Allows prelistening of t
22. eWire soundcard to your computer In Quad s Preferences choose this soundcard 2 Connect turntable 1 to the soundcard s Input 1 2 Make sure to connect left to left and right to right In Quad s Preferences choose Input 1 2 as Deck Input 1 When connecting a turntable with Phono Output most turntables to a Line Input you need to turn on Soft Phono Preamp right to the selected Input Do not forget to connect the turntable s Phono Ground to the soundcard s Phono Ground 3 Connect turntable 2 to the soundcard s Input 3 4 In Quad s Preferences choose Phono Input 3 4 as Deck Input 2 Same remarks as above 4 Connect soundcard s Line Out 1 2 to the sound system e g your monitor speakers your HiFi amplifier or an external mixer In QUuad s Preferences choose Line Out 1 2 as Main Output 5 Connect the MIDI Controller to the computer In Quad s Preferences choose the MIDI Controller as MIDI Inout and MIDI Output 6 Connect soundcard s Line Out 3 4 or any suitable to your headphones In Quad s Preferences choose Line Out 3 4 or any suitable as Phones Out GLIC User s Manual 10 36 2 3 2 3 Using Quad with 2 turntables a mixer and a MIDI controller This is probably the best way to use Quad in the club The DJ brings his laptop his soundcard and his MIDI controller connects the soundcard to the club s mixer and connects the club s turntables to his soundcard to sound system e g monitor spe
23. ee OS mp Version 2 10 This software the accompanying Timecode Vinyl discs and this manual 2006 2008 Schaack Audio Technologies http www schaack audio com ASIO is a trademark and software of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH VST Plug In Technology by Steinberg Mixmeister BPM Analyzer is a product of http www mixmeister com This software uses ID3Lib slightly modified 3 8 3 source code http id3lib sourceforge net licensed under the GNU Library General Public License LGPL V2 See Quad2 s About Box and file ID3LIB 3 8 3 modded Distribution OS X and Windows zip for more information Uses Silk Icons by Mark James http www famfamfam com lab icons silk licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2 5 license All other mentioned products are trademarks of their resoective owners Thanks to in chronological order Mike Bintz Philippe Schirrer Dr Dub Steve Bidinger Louis Botella Matt Crosby Max Jacoby Ed Holmes Jo Kayser Philippe Ackermann Denis Illenseer Claude Kass Andy Dope GLEC User s Manual 2 36 Table of contents k aligere ley ela essien erer rer err preter es arte eene corre orbe Serr her peter etr etre sree trent E EE ER 4 2 0 Gr Ke eereee ree pret ores meters mere cere etree eee or errr act ore rete Peeered E rt ne eer verter herent 4 2 System regure ISIS seiri aE E acces E E asad dees 5 2 1 1 Minimal system rEQUIFEMENTS cccesccescesceceeseeseeececseese
24. es you will not need to use 4 decks to control Quad to sound system Turntable 1 Headphones USB FireWire MIDI Controller PC Laptop 1 Connect the USB FireWire soundcard to your computer In Quad s Preferences choose this soundcard 2 Connect turntable 1 to a Phono preamp that you route into the soundcard s Line Input 1 2 Make sure to connect left to left and right to right In Quad s Preferences choose Line Input 1 2 as Deck Input 1 3 Connect turntable 2 to a Phono preamp that you route into the soundcard s Line Input 3 4 Make sure to connect left to left and right to right Connect the turntable s Phono Ground to the preamp s Phono Ground In Quad s Preferences choose Line Input 3 4 as Deck Input 2 4 Connect turntable 3 to a Phono preamp that you route into the soundcard s Line Input 5 6 Make sure to connect left to left and right to right Connect the turntable s Phono Ground to the preamp s Phono Ground In Quad s Preferences choose Line Input 5 6 as Deck Input 3 5 Connect turntable 4 to a Phono preamp that you route into the soundcard s Line Input 7 8 Make sure to connect left to left and right to right Connect the turntable s Phono Ground to the preamp s Phono Ground In Quad s Preferences choose Line Input 7 8 as Deck Input 4 6 Connect soundcard s Line Out 1 2 to the mixer s channel 1 Line In In Quad s Preferences choose Line Out 1 2 as Channel 1 Output 7 Connect
25. esesseceeeeaeeaecaeceeceeseseaeeseseeaeseeeeeeaeees 5 2 1 2 Rec mmended syste Mi s2cssis acs stes ides et esdedin a E E E E RRAS ESERE ERES 5 2 2 Installing Quad and running it for the first time oe eee eee eeceeeesceeeceseeseeceeseeseeeceeaeseeeseseeneeeseeaees 6 2 3 Connecting the turntables to the SOUNACOLI ee cescesessseeseeseeseeeeceseeseeeceeseeaeeeeecaeseeeesaeeneeeaeeaees 8 2 3 HOWTO CONNEC arenen a E A ab nnnuahad tami ide 8 2 3 2 GCOMMECTION SXAMIDISS xs s2 so Mi ecsit tas set satis Snips ics Gtad gute eee Manteca eae ee ated 8 2 4 How Quad is organized All features at A glance oo ceeeccescesceeceeseeseeeceeseeeeeeseeaeeeeeeeeseeeresens 13 2 5 BrOWSEr PIGYING CASON Goerres nr eaer ras s rra raar E AAEE AiE REIESE read eee 14 26 Previewing Cl SON gense a a E ceed EEEE E EEEE R OAE 14 2 7 REAG ING TETSIEM CS sss cces osesee eo a EEEE E E a a eae adel 15 S REISN Sekar Sead a Oeste sss 2c tag eciceh E ie skes 15 Sill PIGLET EM CSS oe ars seta Se Ta estes ates sche sos aca Sense agg eae aes Sees cas eden ates R a hatter taste 15 3 1 1 A di Card COMGUPAMION caccsseesscateseccectenesdencasddeadessedslessedsiesaeicaaeteakdssdastestacs sdeasaeieseaseeantoesess 16 31 2 Gener SS TM MOS sia casietcades dase a E EE nadernet de este ees 16 3 2 Playing ANA scratching SONGS ceseeseeeeeeseeseeseeseceecececsecsecesecaecaesesessececeaeeseceaeeaeeaeeaeeaeeeeeeaeeatensees 18 3 2 1 Selecting TNE INPUT DECK ss saccades cczeesc tes aae aaaea
26. hese inputs see 2 3 2 for more information 6 You may also already specify individual Channel Outputs for each one of Quad s Channels if you own an external mixer If you do not own any Quad Timecode Vinyl discs please skip to chapter 2 4 now GLEC User s Manual 1 36 2 3 Connecting the turntables to the soundcard 2 3 1 How to connect e f your USB Firewire soundcard is not connected connect it and wait a few seconds before launching Quad e Connect each turntable s stereo Phono Out to a corresponding stereo In of the soundcard Make sure that the left Phono Out of the turntable is connected to the left In of the soundcard and that the right Phono Out of the turntable is connected to the right In of the soundcard Also connect each turntable s Phono Ground to the soundcard s Ground When connecting Phono Out to Line Input you ll have to turn on the Soft Phono Preamp for that turntable in the Preferences e Make sure there is no dust or dirt on the needles Dust dirt on the needles may distort the timecode signal so much that it may not be decodable anymore Also avoid scrapes or scratches on the discs e If you own a mixer and do the channel mixing on the mixer specify NONE as Main Output and NONE as Phones Output Also specify which channel goes to what output using Chan Output 1 to 4 Please note Make sure the weight anti skating and height of your turntable arm are well adjusted to the cartridge so you won
27. ht you can turn off Soft Phono Preamp Do this if you connect a regular turntable with Phono Outputs to a soundcard that has Line Inputs 4 Channel Outputs Select your Channel Outputs here It is possible to route more than 1 Channel to the same soundcard output but if the sum of the signals exceeds 0 dB Quad s internal look ahead limiters will activate to prevent audible distortions 5 Phones Output selects the headphones stereo output 6 Main Output selects the Main Channel s stereo output Please note Please check twice if you do not use the same stereo output for individual Channels Phones Output or Main Output unwillingly If you do not need Phones Output or Main Output e g if you use an external mixer like in a traditional DJ setup simply set Phones Output or Main Output to NONE 3 1 2 General Settings 7 Channel Selector Specify the amount of Channels you want to use in Quad Each Channel can play one MP3 So if you want to play 4 MP3s simultaneously you must select 4 For a traditional 2 deck setup with 2 decks and one mixer select 2 8 Demo Mode uncheck this option if you bought Quad Timecode Vinyls and want to use Quad as a full version and no longer as a demo version 9 Reset Filters and EQs on Channel after loading If checked the filters and equalizers are reset to a state where the signal is unprocessed when played 10 Warn before loading new Song if already playing If checked Q
28. ia your soundcard e Playing amp scratching tunes GLEC User s Manual 4 36 2 1 System requirements 2 1 1 Minimal system requirements For running Quad all of the following system requirements must be met PC Pentium IV 1GHz PC with 512 MB RAM and at least 1 GB of free disk space Windows XP or Vista ASIO compatible soundcard with at least 1 stereo Line or Phono Input and 2 stereo Line Outputs 1 turntable Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 or better to read this manual Macbook or G5 or better OS X 10 4 10 or later soundcard with at least 1 stereo Line or Phono Input and 2 stereo Line Outputs 1 turntable 2 1 2 Recommended system The recommended system for running Quad looks as follows PC 1 7 GHz PC with 512 MB RAM and 4GB of free hard disk space the disk space is needed for saving the mixes see Recording your mix Windows XP or Vista ASIO compatible soundcard with 2 stereo Line or Phono Inputs and 2 stereo Line Outputs 2 ore more turntables A BPM Analyzer Tool such as Mixmeister BPM Analyzer Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 or better to read this manual MacBook Pro OS X 10 4 11 or better soundcard with 2 stereo Line or Phono Inputs and 2 stereo Line Outputs 2 or more turntables GLEC User s Manual 5 36 2 2 Installing Quad and running it for the first time Execute QuadSetup exe PC or Quad mpkg Mac and follow the instructions The Quad Setup will guide you through the installation
29. ly alphabetically sorted following the displayed columns For example if the first column is Label the second column is Album and the third column is Song then the songs are listed by alphabetically sorting Album then Label and then Song Try out to see how it works by GLEC User s Manual 25 36 moving some columns Just click on one column hold it clicked and move it to another position See below how to sort Cases 3 3 4 Cases amp Current Playlist A Case is a collection of user selected tracks just like a DJ case where some favorite vinyl discs are put into e To create a new Case right click and select Add Case then enter the new Case s name and press ENTER e To add some tunes to the Case just drag n drop them into the previously created Case e Torename a case right click the previously created case and select Rename Case from the Pop Up Menu e To delete a Case right click the previously created Case and select Delete Case from the Pop Up Menu e To copy the contents of a Case to the clipboard for use in other applications right click the Case and select Copy to Clipboard You can afterwards paste the contents as text in Notepad Word or any other text application This is especially useful for the Current Playlist which contains the tunes you played since the last start of Quad e To sort a Case move the columns in the order you want to sort then double click any column on its
30. ng knobs sliders reset to initial position Shift While turning knobs sliders increase precision 4 2 Mouse Button Functions Left mouse button Normal Windows like function CTRL Enter MIDI Learn Mode Left mouse button Shift On knobs amp sliders manipulate knobs faders more accurately Double click ln Browser On song load song onto Preview Player Cases amp Current Playlist column headers Sort as columns GLEC User s Manual 35 36 4 3 Quad Timecode Vinyl Discs Quad comes with 4 Timecode Vinyl discs The A Side is 33 rom and contains 16 minutes of timecode the B Side is 45 rom and contains 11 minutes of timecode each minute of timecode is represented by a mark on the disc 33 rom is better for scratching whereas 45 rom is better for mixing it is easier to mix at 45 rom than at 33 rem When your tune is playing and the needle comes to the end of the disc don t panic Quad will continue playing the tune as long as the needle stays on the disc in the endless track However further pitch variations or scratching are not recognized if the needle is in the endless track Although Quad is more or less insensitive to scratches scrapes on the Vinyls you should handle your Vinyls with care Try to keep them as dust free as possible and do not expose them to the sun or heat GLEC User s Manual 36 36
31. ngs to use more than one MIDI Controller MIDI Control Settings may be saved and loaded in the Preferences window using the Save MIDI Control Settings and Load MIDI Control Settings buttons MIDI CONTROL SETTINGS Clear MIDI Control Settings Load MIDI Control Settings Save MIDI Control Settings Managing MIDI contro Settings in Quad s Preferences GLEC User s Manual 33 36 The Clear MIDI Control Settings button allows resetting the whole MIDI Control Settings effectively erasing Quad s entire MIDI Learn memory but of course not the MIDI Control Settings you saved on the disk You may record Quad s Main Output or any input from the soundcard as WAV file 16Bit or 32Bit Stereo playing sampling rate while mixing To start recording press the REC button The following window will appear Choose Record Source and Quality x Source Internal Main Output gt Quality 16Bit Stereo limited to 6h 40min lt OK Cancel Quad will ask you for the record source and the quality of the to be saved WAV file The record source is where the signal comes from If you mix internally choose Internal Main Output otherwise choose any of your soundcard inputs where the Main Output or Booth Monitor output of your mixer is connected to In most situations it is advised to use 16Bit quality because your mix then can be longer 6h 40min instead of 3h 20min for 32Bit and will take Up only half the space on
32. o The Depth knob modifies the echo time if set to middle position the echo time will be equal to the selected FX speed the left half will shorten the echo time whereas the right half will increase the echo time 3 5 2 4 Delay The Delay effect repeats the incoming signal rhythmically one time The Depth knob modifies the delay time if set to middle position the delay time will be equal to the selected FX speed the left half will shorten the delay time whereas the right half will increase the delay time 3 5 2 5 LFO Filter The LFO Filter lowpass filters the incoming signal by varying the cutoff rhythmically The Depth knob controls the filtering depth 3 5 2 6 Tremolo The Tremolo varies the level of the incoming signal rhythmically The Depth knob controls the speed of the level variation if set to middle position the speed will be equal to the selected FX speed the left half will shorten the speed whereas the right half will increase the speed 3 5 2 7 Pan The Pan effect moves the audio signal from left to right and right to left in a rhythmic fashion The Depth knob controls the speed of this movement if set to middle position the soeed will be equal to the selected FX speed the left half will shorten the soeed whereas the right half will increase the speed 3 5 2 8 Reverb The Reverb effect sounds like a more or less big room The Depth knob influences the size of this virtual room GLEC User s Manual 31 36 1 2 3 4
33. ode In Absolute Mode Quad behaves like the Timecode Vinyl disc would be a real vinyl record Lifting off the turntable s arm and placing the needle to a new position changes the play position in the song Absolute Mode is especially suited for normal mixing of tunes Exceptionally short time needle lift offs mostly due to physical shocks dust on the discs or damaged discs are not considered as wanted needle lift offs and Quad will continue playing at the actual song position Press this button to MA switch between CONTROL REWIND PLAY Absolute Mode and Relative Mode RELATIVE CLOCK SYNC THRU In Relative Mode lifting the needle and repositioning it anywhere on the vinyl does not change the play position Quad continues to play exactly at the position where you last lifted the needle off the record thus you cannot jump in the tune by moving the needle across the disc you can merely play rewind fast forward or scratch the tune using the turntable To nevertheless jump to a different play position you may either press the Bia button to jump to the track s beginning or click onto the Song Overview in the Channel to reposition the Song Locator see 3 2 6 for more information Relative Mode is especially suited for scratching since you won t have to use the same position on the vinyl again and again to scratch the same passage in a given tune If you often scratch it is strongly advised to use Relative Mode and to
34. of Quad Make sure there are at least 50MB of free hard disk space Please note Avoid running virus scanners and other startup applications or regular applications while running Quad They may interfere with the system for a short time and create clicks or pops during the mix The best way to avoid any problems at all is to create a new User Account and to run Quad without any other applications in this User Account Also make sure to turn off disconnect extra devices such as Wireless Adapters while mixing Windows Users Set Power Options Power Schemes to Always On this is good for any audio software not only Quad After installation start Quad In Quad s Browser right click Mac CTRL left mouse button and specify the folder where your MP3 s are located It s a good idea to let Quad scan all the files before proceeding This way they will all be stored in the database Click on Preferences button on the bottom The following window will show Up 1 Specify your soundcard here 2 Select number of Channels AUDIO CARD CONFIGURATION audio device ASIO 2 0 ESI U46D 4 Channels oa o o sample rate 44100 Hz audio buffer size 128 samples 6 8 ms Total I O Latency o show this device s control panel active midi inputs From MIDI Y 3 Uncheck deactivate DEMO Mode if you purchased Quad Timecode Vinyl discs k
35. onance sometimes also called emphasis of the filter The higher the resonance the sharper the filtered sound The SVF is especially powerful when its 5 parameters Cutoff Resonance Low Band High are controlled via a MIDI Controller Adjusting the SVF s knobs using the mouse is somewhat time consuming and unpractical GLEC User s Manual 28 36 3 4 3 2 X Filter The X Filter allows a seamless transition from lowpass to highpass using one single cutoff knob The first left half adjustment range of the knob controls a lowpass whereas the second right half controls a highpass The transition from lowpass to highpass is flawless If the cutoff knob is set to the very middle the X Filter lets all frequencies pass i e behaves like it is not activated The X Filter is esoecially well suited for mouse only setups with no MIDI Controller since you may alter its main characteristics by just turning the Cutoff 3 4 3 3 Useful tips for fast filter operation using the mouse e When using the X Filter and manipulating the cutoff knob press CTRL while turning to come back to the middle e Press Shift while turning any knob to adjust more accurately 3 5 FX Effects for the mix 3 5 2 How to use FX FX Plugins Only Flanger Phaser Echo Delay LFO Filter Tremolo DEPTH MIX Add Plugin Add Plugin PLUGIN PLUGIN 1 2 3 4 MAIN FX CHANNEL 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 1 4 1 FX SPEED CLOCK 60 0 BPM Te TAP
36. racks on a selected soundcard output 2 5 Browser Playing a song If you did not already specify a folder where your MP3s are located please right click Mac CTRL left mouse button and specify the folder where your songs are located ry crus Ei Beatport downloads Chill Out Electro_Techno Minimal Progressive Tech House Tech Trance late night works Track 11 mp3 e night works 10 mp3 edi E chromogene j chromogene late night worx chromo_songz Ei dan dave martin mix disco house full force recordings E gerd s mp3 E Hip Hop illmeasures Files 11 261 Quad s Browser Drag a song onto the Wave Display to load it Select a song in the Browser by clicking on it and dragging it to any of the 4 Channels Wave Displays You may also navigate through the songs using the arrow keys of your keyboard and pressing L to load the song a window will show up asking you to press 1 2 3 or 4 to select the Channel to load the song onto The TAB key is used to move between the 2 sections of the Browser and the Search Box Already played or more exactly loaded songs are shown in red colour songs that have been put into a case and not already loaded are shown in yellow beige colour 2 6 Previewing a song Quad s Preview Player Cua User s Manual 14 36 Sometimes it is useful to preview pre listen a song on the Phones Output without needing to load it on a Channel first To preview a song doubl
37. rietary vinyl tracking algorithm with highly accurate scratch movement response e Ultra precise BPM matching called syncing lets you play 4 tracks simultaneously BPM must be present as tag in MP3 OGG e Alightweight timecode discs included ideal for scratching e Up to 4 turntables may be connected e Up to 4 tracks may play simultaneously and may be controlled using 1 or up to 4 turntables e Internal look ahead limiters which avoid output distortions e High quality filters and equalizers with kill switches 5 Loop Samplers one for each Channel and one on the Main Channel Full MIDI Control with any commercial MIDI Controller Integrated BPM synchronized FX Flanger Chorus Delay Customizable interface VST Plugins integration Windows only Please note To fully exploit Quad s features all of your MP3s OGGs should contain BPM tags If the MP3s OGGs BPM value is not stored as tag within the MP3 OGG Quad will not be able to automatically sync tempo match this MP3 OGG to another MP3 OGG Nor WAVs nor AIFFs are syncable A very good free tool for MP3 BPM detection and inserting the BPM as ID3 frames is Mixmeister BPM Analyzer Free download at hittp www mixmeister com download_freestuff html 2 Quick start First time users Please read this chapter carefully It contains primary instructions needed for e Installing the Quad software e Connecting turntables to the computer v
38. rntable to sound system e g monitor speakers Turntable USB FireWire soundcard with at least 1 Stereo Input Headphones PC Mac 1 Connect the USB FireWire soundcard to your computer In Quad s Preferences choose this soundcard 2 Connect the turntable to the soundcard s Input 1 2 Make sure to connect left to left and right to right In Quad s Preferences choose Input 1 2 as Deck Input 1 When connecting a turntable with Phono Output most turntables to a Line Input you need to turn on Soft Phono Preamp right to the selected Input Do not forget to connect the turntable s Phono Ground to the soundcard s Phono Ground 3 Connect soundcard s Line Out 1 2 to the sound system e g your monitor speakers your HiFi amplifier or an external mixer In Quad s Preferences choose Line Out 1 2 as Main Output 4 Connect soundcard s Line Out 3 4 or any suitable to your headphones In Quad s Preferences choose Line Out 3 4 or any suitable as Phones Out GLIC User s Manual 9 36 2 3 2 2 Using Quad with 2 turntables and a MIDI controller no mixer In this example we add one more turntable to the setup We also add a MIDI Controller to give better control possibilities Turntable 1 to sound system e g monitor gt speakers USB FireWire soundcard with at least 2 Inputs D SEs Ps D 0 say Headphones USB FireWire MIDI Controller PC Mac 1 Connect the USB Fir
39. rntable between 2 and 2 as 0 Above 2 pitch on the turntable the resulting pitch in Quad will progressively exceed 0 Below 2 on the turntable the resulting pitch will progressively go down below 0 As you may have noticed incrementing the Virtual Zero Lock Range diminishes the turntable s effective pitch range That s why it is recommended to use a Virtual Zero Lock Range of 1 The setting of 2 is in most cases not useful A Virtual Zero Lock Range setting of 0 means no altering whatsoever of the input pitch Resulting Pitch in Quad 10 Virtual Zero Lock Range 0 Virtual Zero Lock Range 2 Turntable Pitch 10 Virtual Zero Lock Range at 0 blue line and at 2 orange dashed line GLIE User s Manual 23 36 The Virtual Zero Lock Range feature has one more advantage If you own an old turntable with some resting point at pitch 0 you may have noticed that in this case it is really difficult to adjust the pitch around 0 If you use a Virtual Zero Lock Range of 1 this resting point will not prevent proper mixing anymore as the pitch will only leave 0 from 1 1 on Please note Virtual Zero Lock Range is not applied when scratching as this would slightly alter the scratch feeling QUad automatically recognizes when the DJ is scratching and turns off Virtual Zero Lock Range internally as long as the DJ keeps scratching
40. s BPM from the Channel having the BPM Sync Clock activated thus Clock should always be selected if your MP3s OGGs contain ID3 BPM frames If Tap is selected you will have to tap the tempo using the left CTRL key on your keyboard Tapping the tempo is done by accurately hitting the Space key on each beat normally kick drum that is 4 times per bar Please note The Loop Samplers always use the BPM indicated by the FX section as tempo reference for cueing It is important to tap the tempo really accurately if you want to use the Loop Samplers with Clock Source set to Tap 3 5 2 FX Types Quad offers the following mostly BPM synchronized FX Chorus Flanger Delay LFO Filter Phaser Reverb the only one not being BPM synchronized Pan Tremolo 3 5 2 1 Flanger The Flanger effect is obtained by mixing the original signal with a slightly delayed version of the original signal while the delay time is slowly changed back and forward The Depth knob controls the depth of the Flanger effect GLEC User s Manual 30 36 3 5 2 2 Phaser The Phaser sounds slightly similar to the Flanger effect although it is based on phase distortion obtained by running the original signal through filters and mixing this signal back with the original signal The Depth knob controls the depth of the Phaser effect 3 5 2 3 Echo The Echo effect repeats the incoming signal rhythmically several times like a fading ech
41. soundcard s Line Out 3 4 to the mixer s channel 2 Line In In Quad s Preferences choose Line Out 3 4 as Channel 2 Output et User s Manual 12 36 8 Connect soundcard s Line Out 5 6 to the mixer s channel 3 Line In In Quad s Preferences choose Line Out 5 6 as Channel 3 Output 9 Connect soundcard s Line Out 7 8 to the mixer s channel 4 Line In In Quad s Preferences choose Line Out 7 8 as Channel 4 Output 10 Connect the MIDI Controller to the computer In Quad s Preferences choose the MIDI Controller as MIDI Inout and MIDI Output 11 Connect the headphones to the mixer s headphones output 12 Connect the mixer s Main Out to the sound system 2 4 How Quad is organized All features ata glance Quad has most of its features assembled on one user configurable screen We invested a great amount of time in making the features as accessible as possible Please take a look at the following picture to familiarize with the main concepts of Quad Schaack Audio Technologies QUAD V2 0 _ J a n Track 3 mp3 Track 5 mp3 VIRTUAL Z LOCK RANGE o 135 0 BPM 133 8 BPM MAIN PHONES CUE MAIN Channel Loop Sampler Channel V v GAIN 7 c 3 4 1 2 GAIN Phones Ci Player Player i Dy IND play Equalizer I Low MID Gt HRU MEERE Low KIL IL KILL 4_THRU atport downloads Chill Out Electro_Techno Minimal Progressive E Tech House L Tech Trance cdi E chromogene Shrommogene lat
42. t using one of the buttons in the Wave Display The Cue Point will be set to the position of the Song Locator time when you hit the button You will see a bubble with a number 9 appear in the Song Overview This is your Cue Point Click on it to jump back to the position where you set it Please note that jumping to the Cue Point is only possible in Relative Mode since in Absolute Mode the Song Locator is always locked to the position of the needle on the record 3 2 4 Pre listening a Channel using headphones To pre listen monitor or cue a Channel s song being played press the Phones Output as selected in the Preferences mixed together with the Main Output following the ratio set by the CUE MAIN knob in the Main Channel The Channel s volume fader does not influence the level of the signal on the Phones Output but the Channel s GAIN does You may alter the overall Phones Output Level using the Phones fader in the Main Channel It should be noted that it is not possible to pre listen the FX because in the overall routing the FX are applied behind the Channel s volume fader but the prelistening is done before the volume fader GLIE User s Manual 19 36 Main Channel Adjust the gt lt 1 Phones Output level e tee Adjust the ratio using the RANGE between cued Phones signal and Main Volume fader Output using the MAIN PHONES CUE MAIN CUE MAIN knob 3 2 5 Absolute Mode vs Relative M
43. top on the column header You can move entries up in the Cases using CTRL Arrow up Arrow down You can delete entries with DEL key or Backspace key The Current Playlist snows the tracks you have played since the last start of Quad You can apply the same operations to it as you can apply to Cases except not adding tunes by drag n drop 3 4 Cueing Equalizing Filtering 3 4 1 Loop Sampler Cue 1 Loop Start Stop Loop Sampler CUE1 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 Loop Length Adjust Cue 2 Loop Start Stop eA EENAN Loop Length Selector The Loop Sampler allows looping cueing in the song To start a loop first select the Loop Length using the Loop Length Selector This will set the Loop Length to the specified Bar Length for instance 2 1 2 Bars 3 4 0 75 Bars To start the Loop press the Cue 1 Button or Cue 2 Button at the desired moment while the song is playing GLEC User s Manual 26 36 In Cue 1 mode releasing the Cue 1 button will stop the loop and the song will continue playing at the next logical half bar position Cue 2 mode behaves differently when pressing the Cue 2 button the song continues playing in the background while you hear the loop As soon as you release the Cue 2 button you will hear the song again Please note To obtain really accurate loops for MP3s and OGGs the song s tempo must be stored in the tune as tag If the BPM tag is not present the BPM will be obtained from the Tap Tempo se
44. uad will warn you if you try to load a new Song on a Channel already playing another Song GLEC User s Manual 16 36 11 Colour Selector If you want to modify Quad s appearance to your taste 12 13 14 you can change colours here Almost all user interface colours are modifyable Colour Selector x Application Background lt Copy Paste FF000000 red 00 po green 00 p blue 00 S a alpha FF oaa Reset To Default Colour Scheme Load Scheme Save Scheme To do so first select What colour you want to change in the Combo Box on the top and then modify the colour Aloha should generally be let to maximum It adjusts to what extend your colour is mixed with the colour of the pixels under it Reset to Default Colour Scheme button will reset all colours to the initial values Load Scheme amp Save Scheme let you load and save your colour schemes respectively Audio Plugins Manager Windows only If you want to use VST plugins as effects in Quad you must first tell Quad where these plugins are located To do so open the Audio Plugins Manager press the button Options and select Scan for new or updated VST plugins Then press and select your VST plugins folder MIDI Control Settings If you use more than one MIDI Controller you can load and save your MIDI Control Settings here You can also clear the last used MIDI settings using the Clear button Vinyl
45. ur Selector Midi Output USB Audio Device lt Audio Plugins Manager Deck 1 Input L U46DJ 1 2 R U46DJ 1 2 12 Soft Phono Preamp ome CONTROL SETTINGS Deck 2 Input NONE 3 Soft Phono Preamp Clear MIDI Control Settings Deck 3 Input NONE 3 Soft Phono Preamp Load MIDI Control Settings Deck 4 Input NONE gt Soft Phono Preamp Save MIDI Control Settings VINYL INPUT SIGNALS XY VIEW Chan 1 Output NONE If problems occur check for each deck if the signal s Chan 2 Output NONE D XY View is correct watch the direction Chan 3 Output NONE Chan 4 Output NONE gt o ORE Deck 1 Deck 2 Deck 3 Deck 4 oes Output NONE A o Main Output L U46DJ 1 2 R U46DJ 1 2 2 GOOD BAD GLEC User s Manual 15 36 3 1 1 Audio Card Configuration This is the section where you define all AUdio MIDI Inputs amp Outputs Please make sure that these are well adjusted to avoid any problems As a rule of thumb unused outputs should always be set to NONE 1 Audio Device Select your ASIO CoreAudio Driver here You may also specify Buffer Size shorter better scratch response and sample rate best settings for sample rate 44100 Hz You may press the Test Tone button to hear a test tone on the soundcard outputs 2 MIDI Select your MIDI Input Devices and your MIDI Output Device for MIDI Controller feedback 3 Deck Inputs Select your Deck Inputs here Each deck is connected to one stereo input On the rig
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