Disco XT 3.5 User Manual
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1. Clear Deck o1 Clear Queue 0x2 Load to Queve x2 v Waveform XO8 1 Zoom Waveform O82 Equalizer gt Load Song Loads songs selected in library playlist or queunue list Clear Deck Clears the deck and stops playback in the deck Clear Quenue Clears deck quenue Load to Queue Adds selected songs from library or playlist to quenue Waveform Turns on or off the waveform display for the deck Zoom Waveform Sets waveform zoom value from 1x to 64x 1x showing most and 64x zoomed most Equalizer Save and load presets for the 10 band equalizer vix Help Minimize 3M Fullscreen CMF Auto View G v Manual View v Song Queue Pick a Color Black White Blue Brush Light Brushed Brushed Red Camo Desert Camo Space Camouflage Candy Dark Flower moontalk Poison Red SandStorm Storm Traditional Skin Editor Show Keyboard Shortcuts D v Show Album Art v Show Editor BPM Tap Counter Jingles http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html 21 9 2007 11 49 Page 23 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 You can Minimize the main window with Minimiz e To restore the window back to visible select Disco XT icon from the dock For most screens you can choose Disco XT to run fullcreen In case you need space for library and playlists you can hide the mixer and decks with Manual View Pick a Color lets you select color for interface displays and lists There are two b2. instead of smooth Changes take effect after restarting Disco XT Control Surfaces One thing that was missing in the early days of digital dj softwares was the hand control Mouse or trackpad is never as comfortable to use as a slider or knob There are many USB controllers available These devices are connected to USB port and send MIDI signals to software that support this Many of these devices are especially designed for dj use You can hook any control button or knob in Disco XT mixer or decks to slider Knob or button in your hardware control surface After setting up you can do your mixes using the control surface This part tells you how to setup your controller First step is to plug your control surface to your computer Disco XT must be launched after plugging the controller Make sure drivers are installed if required and that the controller is powered Launch Disco XT Select Control Surface under Edit menu See picture 2 5 2 5 File http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html 21 9 2007 11 49 Page 16 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 2 5 1 Control Surface Window Control Surface Action Ctrl Num Deck A Play Pause 15 Deck A Cue 85 Deck A Headphones On Off 86 Deck A Tempo On Off 87 Deck A Bend Up 88 Deck A Bend Down 89 Deck A Wave Display 90 Deck A Display Zoom In 118 Deck A Display Zoom Out 119 Deck A Forward Disabled Deck A Previous Track Disabled Deck A N
3. This helps there so you won t be cut out during a gig 5 Seeks first 10 seconds of song and skips silence in it Makes therefore smoother mixes with automix 6 Shows a confirmation dialog before removing songs from library This only has effect on library removing songs from playlists is always without confirmation 7 Shows confirmation dialog before deleting playlists This should be always enabled 8 iPods will not be loaded to Disco XT and are ignored If you don t need access to songs in your ipod in Disco XT then you can tick this Note that iPod must be enabled for disk use in order to use it in Disco XT 9 Disables automatic BPM detection When ticked BPM will not be searched when loading song to deck 10 When typing to filter field above library Disco XT will try to guess what you are typing It knows every song and artist you have in your library and will try to autocomplete what you are typing Turn this off if you don t like such feature 2 5 http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 15 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual Advanced 1 Sets memory allocation for the deck For optimal performance Disco XT loads songs to memory You can here define the size of memory reserved for each deck 2 Sets DSP buffer size You shouldn t normally need to change this In case you experience problems with playback increase this value Keep in mind that large values can make transitions and effect changes blocky
4. deck When you have multiple songs loaded you can switch between them with these buttons 14 Nudge fast forward buttons When deck is playing you can use these buttons to go back or forward in the song in large steps When paused these buttons Allow precise setting or trimming of song position 15 Cue button Moves song to saved cue point and sets player mode to cue mode In cue mode changes made with timeline trim nudge or waveform display are saved to the point To set cue point Press cue button so that red led above cue button lights use timeline or waveform display to find about a right position You can then trim the position to more accurate with trimmer See part 1 Make sure the cue led is lighted all the time 16 Play Pause button This button plays or pauses a song loaded to the deck Queue Below each deck is queue list It is not visible in Automix mode Queue lists can store songs that are to be used in the near future You can drag songs from library and playlist to these lists and when it s time drag them to deck for use You can remove song by selecting it in list and pressing backspace If you have no need for queue lists you can hide them under Window menu Mixer With the mixer you do the transitions volume correction voice overs and eqs In picture 1 3 below you will see Disco XT mixer and each part numbered 1 Filter Mode This button toggles between three filter modes Off LP and HP
5. Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 Disco XT User Manual 2007 Aleksi Strandberg http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 1 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 Thank you and congratulations for downloading Disco XT for Mac OS X Disco XT is advanced audio playback and digital disc jockey software We designed Disco XT to be as easy to use as possible but to take full advantage of all it s features reading this user manual is highly recommended Demo Demo version of Disco XT has limited session time You can only use it for 20 minutes at a time To obtain a full license please go to our order page http order kagi com CSL Our programs are download products You get to download as soon as we have received your order http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 2 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 Interface AAAAAAS Audio Players This section consists of two identical audio playback units similar to DJ CD player There are two players so you can make transitions from one song to another You rotate between left and right player In picture 1 2 you will see the decks and below we explain what each numbered parts are ao aH TI 13 O 10 t2 14 1 Display Deck display shows important information about the song These include meta information such as song title and artist Display shows time remaining and time elapsed at the same time you
6. Off Filter is disabled audio signal is unaffected LP Lowpass filter Filters out high frequencies from the signal Use cutoff knob 2 and resonance knob 3 to alter the filter HP Highpass filter Filters out low frequencies from the signal Use cutoff knob 2 and resonance knob 3 to alter the filter http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 5 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 2 Filter Cutoff Sets frequency where the filter cuts out It either cuts high or low frequencies depending on which filter you have selected 3 Filter Resonance Sets resonance of the filter 4 Gain Allows you to add additional gain to deck Used for amplifying quieter songs to match loudness of more loud songs 5 Brake Simulates a vinyl start stop Can be used to do vinyl stop style song changes When song is playing song will be stopped slowly For stopped songs song will be started slowly 6 10 Band Equalizer Allows to amplify or attenuate frequencies and their neighboring frequencies When equalizer slider is at middle it has no effect slide it downwards to attenuate signal or upwards to amplify You can save and open equalizer presets by clicking the small button with triangle below the 10 band equalizer The frequencies each slider alters are from 1 to 10 32 hz 64 hz 128 hz 256 hz 512 hz 1 Khz 2 Khz 4 Khz 8 Khz 16 Khz 7 3 Band Equalizer Three eq knobs with a wider range allows to quick
7. Text Size and font tell Disco XT how to display text in rows 5 Range Sometimes BPM detector has problem telling whether song is for example 120 BPM or 60 BPM If you know in what range your songs usually are itis good idea to type the gap here If BPM detector counts for example BPM of 160 which is greater than what we have in picture 2 1 BPM detector will gap it to be 80 BPM 6 Round to Nearest whole number Will always return BPM values as whole number For example 120 not 120 25 or 90 not 89 9 22 http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 13 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 Audio In the next tab shown in picture 2 2 you see audio configuration options Disco XT works with most audio devices These include USB soundcards firewire soundcards and USB headphones By providing additional device to your computer s line out you can listen in headphones without affecting mix output 1 Mic Input Device Sound device for microphone input used for adding voice overs to your mix 2 Master Output Sound device for main output in other words the whole mix 3 Headphone Output Select sound device to be used for headphone listening Make sure you have your device plugged in before you launch Disco XT 4 Tempo Control Range Sets how much you can alter the tempoof the song Default is 10 and this should usually be left alone larger amounts are usually audible to the listeners 2 3 et
8. adphone listening If you have headphone listening for deck enabled button 7 or when you are previewing song in library 16 Recording Allows to record mixes to disk By default recording will only start after each deck starts playing You will then see Hold on this display click this rec button again to force start recording When Disco XT is recording your mix you will see time increasing in this display You can press this button at any time to stop recording 17 Effects Echo knob sets the dry wet balance of echoing effect At left echo effect is disabled and has no effect on song At right echo effect is at max Rev knob sets dry wet balance of reverb effect At the left itis disabled at right reverb is at max Size Knob sets size of both reverb and echo For echo effect this sets the length of echo if the song has BPM you can right click this knob to select musical length for the echo For reverb this sets the room size for reverb Source With source you select what you see in library You can browse library view and edit playlists view iTunes playlists and add and edit dynamic playlists iTunes playlists have lock icon because these type of playlists are only editable in iTunes If you wish to make changes to these playlists Go to iTunes and when you are done editing select Refresh Library in Disco XT F Library ia File Browser A Playlist iTunes Playlist http www discosw net discoxt usermanual
9. can adjust time to display milliseconds as well see part 4 below Display also shows playback tempo change set with tempo slider 6 Display can be toggled to two modes http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 3 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 Waveform mode or normal mode You toggle between these modes with Wave button 9 In waveform mode you will see visual representation of the song this helps to locate certain sections of song and helps to notice sudden end of song Waveform mode allows you to scroll back and forward in song by pressing the display and dragging left or right Current position of song is just before the display area When part of the waveform moves away from the display area that means it has played In normal mode At the middle of the display is timeline which allows you to skip to any part of the song by simply clicking in that position 2 Tempo Adjust On Off Sets tempo changes on or off If blue light above this button is not lighted then tempo slider 6 will have no effect 3 Tempo Bend Used for beatmixing transition two songs while keeping their pace or tempo in sync Often one player is little late or too early than another you will hear this as the beats ar not in sync The idea is to temporarily speed up or slow down one deck so it catches the other deck Hold one of these buttons down until you are satisfied with what you hear 4 Time button Shows time elap
10. created a well working default keyboard setup However you can set whatever shortcuts you want To edit and view keyboard shortcuts select Keyboard Shortcuts under Edit menu See image 2 6 2 6 http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html 21 9 2007 11 49 Page 17 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual Copy Paste Clear Select All Control Surfaces Keyboard Shortcuts 2 6 1 Keyboard Shortcuts Keyboard Shortcuts Action Deck A Play Pause Deck A Cue Deck A Headphones On Off Deck A Tempo On Off Deck A Bend Down Deck A Volume Up Deck A Volume Down Deck A Wave Display Deck A Display Zoom In Deck A Display Zoom Out Deck A Backward Disabled Deck A Forward Disabled Deck A Previous Track Disabled Deck A Next Track Disabled Deck B Play Pause Deck B Cue Deck B Headphones On Off C Defauts C Cerar 0 You can click Defaults button to restore factory settings Click Clear All to disable keyboard shortcuts until you define them again Select action from the list A new window opens waiting for your input Press the key on your keyboard you wish to assign to this function Do this for each item you wish to define Once done Click Done Fade Editor Disco XT allows you to assign different fades for each song in the list There is also one default fade which is assigned to songs you haven t yet set fades for You can edit these fades by selecting Fade
11. diting Jingle Sets My Jingle Set _ ES My Jingle Set EEE Shortcut Jingle Name HP Woosh Mid mp3 Ose Attack mp3 fo HP Woosh Hi mp3 Reversed Beat Bend mp3 scratchi mp3 HP Woosh Himp3 HP Woosh Mid mp3 Osc Anack mo3 Reversed Beat Bend mp3 Test seachiimps GD Test Editing jingle sets is pretty straightforward You simply create new or edit existing jingle set Select audio files for each Jingle and optionally type a keyboard shorcut key Menus am Edit DeckA Oeck8 New Playlist New Playlist From Selection New Dynamic Playlist Delete Playlist Close Add Song to Library Add Folder to Library Find Song Refresh From iTunes Refresh iPod Edit Jingles Stop All Jingles Import Playlist Export Playlist Clear Library Remove Selected Items Reset All Play Counts Join Genres Calculate BPM For Selected Calculate BPM For Visible Play Log Empty Log New Playlist CRN XN sw oF THR o S L Creates a new empty playlist and adds it to browser http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html 21 9 2007 11 49 Page 21 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual New Playlist From Selection Only available when you have selected one or more items from the playlist or library Creates a new playlist and adds selected items to it New Dynamic Playlist Creates new dynamic playlists and adds it to browser See part Dynamic Playlists Delete Playlist Dele
12. ere Recording A WW Add R jed Mixe 5 F show Recorded M This tab allows to change behaviour of recording functionality 1 Choose folder where to save recorded mixes Must be on your startup disk 2 Select file format either MPEG4 AAC or Audio IFF MPEG4 takes about 50 MB for a hour where Audio IFF takes about 600 MB The size difference is huge select one which suits your needs best http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 14 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 3 Will not start recording until playback starts For example you you want to record a mix You press Rec button so it says Hold you press Automix button to start playback the recording will start as soon as either deck starts playing 4 Adds mixes to your iTunes library after recording 5 Reveals your recorded mix file in Finder 2 4 Misc 1 e GW Ask Before Ren 2 TWA Aske 3 M Bic 4 9 5 Ma 10M Au in next tab titled Misc Picture 2 4 are behaviour choices 1 Sometimes you accidentally load song to a deck which is playing To avoid this issue especially on live events you can turn this on When this is on Disco XT will not load new song until playback has been stoppd 2 Clears the main playlist of Disco XT at launch 3 Syncs echo effect to BPM value so it sounds musically correct 4 Shows confirmation dialog before quitting Sometimes you accidentally press Command Q when trying to access other short cuts
13. ext Track Disabled Deck B Play Pause Disabled Deck B Cue Disabled Deck B Headphones On Off Disabled Deck 8 Tempo On Off 1S Deck 8 Bend Up 86 Deck 8 Bend Down 8s You will see a list of each controllable action in Disco XT Control surface setup in Disco XT works as MIDI learn That is it maps action in Disco XT to control you move in your controller Select action from the list so that a new small window opens waiting for your action You will now need to press button move control or play note on your controller The window should automatically close and controller number should appear to the list in picture 2 6 Do the same for each action in the list you want to control Optional toggle column in list allows you to choose a toggle mode for that action In toggle mode the midi message needs to be greater than 0 for the action to work Use this for bend and backward forward buttons and for others if necessary Once you have everything set up click Done Troubleshooting If Disco XT is unable to learn from your controller make sure that you have installed required drivers and that you have restarted you computer after installation Make sure the device is getting enough power from the USB port Don t add the controller to keyboard USB port or similar and if it has been added to USB Hub make sure the Hub has separate power source Keyboard Shortcuts Most actions in Disco XT can be controlled with keyboard We have
14. ish with this button 9 Waveform Mode Toggle display mode between normal and waveform display See part 1 for more information about these modes 10 Waveform Zoom Only has effect when display is in waveform mode You will see a number with letter x in display that changes when pressing this button Use it to zoom in or out to have a closer look at the song or to have a larger view Zoom goes from 1x to 64x where 64x is largest zoom value available http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 4 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 11 Eject Button You might remember this icon from CD players in CD players it is used to eject the disc and add other disc for use In Disco XT we don t use CDs it is used for that second purpose loading another music file to deck By clicking you will see a menu where you can select song s from your playlists or library to be loaded to the deck 12 Save Point If you are unfamiliar with the term Cue point let me describe Often when deejay is making transitions he or she will need to find appropriate starting time for a song Usually there is silence or intro in a song which is usually not needed in DJ mix With cue point the deejay can store this start time By pressing this button you save current playback position of the song as cue point You can then go to that position again by pressing the Cue button See part 13 13 Track buttons You can load more than one song to a
15. k button it would go back to Rock by pressing again it would go back to view before Rock From there pressing forward would go to Rock pressing again would go to Rock and Johnny Cash This allows quick and painless navigation through often thousands of songs in the catalog 2 Group button Finding songs from your whole music library containing often thousands of songs can be painful To help you with this we created grouping of songs For example if you have grouping by artist enabled you would see each artist as single row in the library view All songs by Johnny Cash would be shown as Johnny Cash 20 songs for example By double clicking this row you would be taken to all those 20 songs With the group button you can either disable grouping by selecting Show Songs or you can select to group to artists albums or genres http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 8 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 3 Library Preview If you are looking for a song to include in your playlist you might want to preview it to hear if it is suitable and is what you want By simply double clicking item in library view you can play a previw of it Controls to that song preview are here You can also press space bar to pause or play the song 4 Filter Field Each song in your library contain information about the song creator and the song itself like artist title track number album and others You ca
16. lected or edited here If you wish to set fade type to different than default select the item in the list and click on the fade column You can edit fade types more on that later http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 11 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 Configuration and Settings In this chapter we explain the configurations to make Disco XT act the way you want Preferences You access this window by selecting Preferences under Disco XT menu http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 12 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 2 1 Library TA synet es M ee oz ual ihe obs 1 Sync to iTunes Music Library Whether you want to work with or without iTunes If you tick this box your iTunes library and playlists are available in Disco XT To keep it updated Disco XT will also sync to iTunes library at launch or when you select Refresh Library under File menu 2 Use this iTunes Music library file This displays and lets you select the path of the XML file iTunes creates If you have your iTunes library somewhere else than your music folder then you will need to select it here 3 Load iTunes Playlists Only has effect when iTunes Sync is enabled You can untick this box to not have iTunes playlist in Disco XT 4 Libray View Options Row height is the height in pixels of single row in library Type 1 to use default which is usually correct one
17. ly amplifty or attenuate high middle and low frequencies 8 Volume Adjusts volume of deck Notice how RMS value changes in mixer display when changing volume 9 Headphone Listening Turns on headphone listening for the deck You need to configure your additional sound device for this to work properly After setting up headphones you can use this button to listen to song in headphones When you are making transition you have crossfader on the other deck With headphones turned on you can safely prepare upcoming song for the mix 10 Microphone Input Microphone Volume Adjusts loudness of microphone playthrough Mic must be turned on with Button 4 Talkover button Drops playback loudness down so you can add voice over while having music in the background Press again to release to normal loudness Mic Button Turns on microphone playthrough When led is lighted microphone input will be directed to main output 11 Automix Automix button In automix mode the DJ do not have to transition or play songs You simply setup or maintain a playlist for feeding the mixer In automix mode mixer does the following e Applies automatic volume correction Each song is played at same level e Finds end points for songs Often songs have empty space in the end with automatic end point detection you get gap free playback e Transitions songs smoothly with your own settings See Library section To turn off Automix and to go to manual mode pre
18. manual html Page 7 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 5 Dynamic Playlist Libary Lets you view every song in your library File Browser Integrated file browser Allows you to browse your volumes to locate music files for use in Disco XT Playlist View and edit playlists Use the plus and minus button below the browser to add or remove playlists iTunes playlist A playlist made with Tunes and imported to Disco XT Dynamic Playlist Playlist used for automatic mixing Dynamic playlist editor allows you to set rules for selecting songs Disco XT will then automatically refresh these playlists with new songs from the library Library Library section covers your whole iTunes library Playlists and entire song library Disco XT features advanced features for handling these It automatically organizes invidual songs to groups Disco XT features web browser style back and forward button which can be used to go to any previous library view Next we describe each part of the library as in picture 1 4 1 Back and Forward buttons Consider each action to the library view as a page For example if you type Rock to filter field the library shows all songs or groups with meta data containing the word Rock This is a page next if you select a group within this Rock view for example Johnny Cash which then shows all songs with word Rock and artist Johnny Cash that would be next page If you would then press bac
19. me correction Each song is played at same level e Finds end points for songs Often songs have empty space in the end with automatic end point detection you get gap free playback e Transitions songs smoothly with your own settings See Library section To turn of Automix and to go to manual mode press this button Automix Skip Only has effect when Automix is On Sends immediate transition message to the mixer Mixer will immediately transition and move to next song 1 5 Fade Artist Castle in the blue sky Beg Galaxy Looking In On Sch ding gil Zero Ohms Air Ram Matt Coldrick Liquid Universe Bay Entheogenic Majestic Feeling Baw Solar Fields Ode to an Era K Alpha Wave Mov tee aem tae Ol mmm Flea e lelela 4 We Are One Bay Entheogenic Infinity and Beyond Ram Healer Brow Purple Wisdom Ra Matt Coldrick The Locard Principles E EACLE Disidentification Ra Galaxy Heart Green Contentmei Ag Matt Coldrick a ee PE In picture 1 5 you see a playlist filled with some songs You can alter what song info you see by selecting View Options under Edit menu http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 10 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 By default playlist will show Fade column This picture shows how the song will fade to next one in the list You can click on that area to set fade type for selected songs You can create your own fade types described later In picture 1 6 is shown the s
20. n type words here and Disco XT will search for songs which contain these words For example typing Disco here would find all songs with genre Disco but also would find album titled Disco is Dead You can type multiple words by separating them with spaces for example Bass Drum would find songs with genre Drum amp Bass You can also type negative words for example filter Trance Psy would find all songs with word Trance in them but would ignore songs with genre Psytrance By default Filter tries to autocomplete what you are writing For example after typing Astral it would try to complete to Astral Projection If you don t like this feature it can be turned off in Preferences see next Chapter 6 Library Columns Tells what information Disco XT will show for songs You can rearrange the order of this columns by simply dragging one of them left or right You can change what information is shown by selecting View Options under Edit menu You can click on any column to sort the Library view by that field 7 Library View This box shows songs in your library or selected playlists This is where you edit your playlists You can drag song s to any playlist in browser or to decks or main playlist If you have two button mouse you can right click song in this list and you will be given a list of commands You can also control click with single button mouse If the item in this list is a folder You ve selected file br
21. ong editor It is used to set start and end times for songs in playlist You open song to editor by double clicking it in the list seen in picture 1 5 1 Playback controls Play or pause song and go backward or forward or by quickly pressing to load previous or next song to editor 2 Timeline use to quickly jump to any part of the song 3 Start time Informational as well as editable value You can write start time in format MM SS MS 4 Save time Saves current playback position As visible in timeline to start time 5 Trimmer When you have set start position and wish to make it more precise for example to set start time to certain drum beat you can use this area to scroll left or right to set the start time with 1 100s accuracy 6 Test time Starts playing song from start time set with controls 1 5 7 End Time Informational as well as editable value You can write end time in format MM SS MS 8 Save time Saves current playback position as visible in timeline to end time 9 Trimmer When you have set end position and wish to make it more precise for example to set end time just before certain drum beat you can use this area to scroll left or right to set the end time with 1 100s accuracy 10 Test time Starts playing song two seconds before end time and stops at end time 11 Fade View Displays fade type for this song Fade type tells how song will be faded to next song in the list Fade type is not se
22. owser in browser or if the item is a group you can double click the item to show it s content 8 Library buttons Remove Button Removes selected songs from the library Should only be used when iTunes library is not used because next time Disco XT refresh from iTunes the songs will be back Find Song button Opens a song quick find window You can search for artist track or genre You can also limit to certain tempo range 9 Library Statistics This is purely informational field It shows number of items currently visible and the total length of songs Playlist When you turn Automix on you will need to have song in this playlist In automix mode Disco XT automatically loads songs to decks from this list After song has played it will be removed from this list You can easily add complete iTunes playlists here or invidual or multiple songs You can add songs and groups from library view by selecting song in library and pressing return key or by simply dragging to this list Next we explain each function in depth m Move Down re Shuffle Order wae Move Up mand Dynamic Playlist m Move to Top Atomix Automix On Off m Add Content ps Automix Skip Move Down Moves the currently selected item down in the list http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 9 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 Move Up Moves the currently selected item up in the list Move to Top Moves the currently selected item to
23. s under Edit menu See picture 2 8 2 8 http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html 21 9 2007 11 49 Page 18 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 File Ca Deck A DeckB Automi Cut mx Select A XA Control Surfaces Keyboard Shortcuts Fade editing window will open as in picture 2 8 2 9 q QuickFade coit 21 aa 4 5 Mo 7 t Done 4 8 1 List of all fades you have made or that are included as defaults Select item from this list to edit it 2 Fade In How many milliseconds 1000 1 second the coming song will fade in 3 Fade out How many milliseconds currently playing song will fade out 4 Crossplay How many milliseconds songs will both play at the same time You can set this to negative value to add gap between the songs 5 Default Assigns this fade type as default for all songs Only one default can be assigned at a time 6 Curve Sets curvature of the fades 7 Fade Preview Visual representation of how fade will happen 8 Add or remove fades Automix Settings http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 19 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual As descriped in the previous part fade types are not edited under Automix Settings To open automix settings select Automix Settings under Automix menu see Picture 3 0 3 0 Deck B TCE Automix Settings Skip To Next Song 3 From Main List v From Playlist Automix settings
24. sed with ms Very usefull when trimming the start position 5 Mode Button Toggles between two play modes Single or Multi In Single mode after song has finished playing player will stop playing until you load a new song and hit play In most mixing situations this should be in Single Mode In Multi mode player works like a traditional CD player after playing the song it loads next song and starts playing Next song is either from player memory You can load more than one song by selecting multiple items or from Queue 6 Tempo Control Used to slow down or speed up song Usually used for matching beats of two songs Disco XT uses advanced method for changing tempo of song without altering it s pitch 7 Set Loop Sets loop points for loaded song First press sets loop start time After first press you should see a loop icon half visible in the display Second press sets loop end time After second press the loop is active To remove the loop points and return to normal playback press this button again so that loop icon disappears from the display 8 Modify Loop When player is in loop mode as set with button 7 you can use this button to access functions to modify the loop You can halve the length or double the length of the loop and shift it backward or forward When player is not in loop mode and BPM value for this deck is visible in mixer you can set loop points automatically with this button Just select how long loop you w
25. ss this button so that the blue led is not lighted Automix Skip button Only has effect when Automix is On Sends immediate transition message to the mixer Mixer will immediately transition and move to next song 12 Mixer Display Mixer display show relevant information about loaded songs http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 6 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual 21 9 2007 11 49 End field shows end time of song In manual mode this can be used as purely informational in automix mode this indicates how many seconds until next transition starts RMS field shows RMS average of song Disco XT calculates this automatically for songs In manual mode you can use these as reference for volume control In automix mode Disco XT tries to set each song to same RMS to keep volume at the same You may press the arrow to sync gains of both decks BPM displays tempo of song For each song loaded Disco XT tries to find BPM value Tempo field doesn t actually display current state of tempo slider that is shown in player Disco XT shows here how much to speed or or slow down this song to match to BPM of other deck You may press the arrow to auotmatically set the tempo 13 Crossfader Used to make transitions between the two decks Slide it to each side to mute the other At middle both songs play at full volume 14 Master Slider Controls loudness of both decks and microphone 15 Headphone Volume Adjusts loudness of he
26. tes currently selected playlist Only available for playlists created with Disco XT Add Folder to Library Asks you to select a folder Disco XT scans the folder for music files and adds them to your Disco XT library Add Song to Library Asks to open a music file and adds it to Disco XT library Find Song Shows the song find window Stop All Jingles Stops playback of jingle audio files Edit Jingle Sets Allows you to edit the jingle files and keyboard shorcuts for them See part Jingle Sets Clear Library Removes every song in the library Import Playlist Export Playlist Allows you to export currently open playlist to a file and to import previously exported playlist to library Remove Selected Items Removes selected items from the library Check for missing files Performs scan for verifying that all songs in library are available Reset All Playcounts Sets playcount of each song to 0 Clear Play Log Clears the play history that is available with Play Log under File menu Play Log Shows your play history and playing date stamps Calculate BPM for Selected Finds tempo information for selected songs by looking at song data Note Finding BPM for many songs can take several minutes Calculate BPM for Visible Same but calculates for all visible items http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html 21 9 2007 11 49 Page 22 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual page DeckB Mix Wind Load Song 1
27. top of the list When automix is on you can only move to near top since first song cannot be changed because it is already playing Add Content Quickly add content to the playlist For example if you have made playlists in iTunes you can add them here Be sure to add the playlists in desired order because once they are added they are no longer playlists but invidual songs You can also add playlist made with Disco XT or you can select songs from your library Shuffle Order Randomizes order of the whole list This is a one time function and not a turn on shuffle like in iTunes Dynamic Playlist If you know what kind of music you want to play but don t really care to select invidual songs then dynamic playlists are for you Dynamic playlist as the name suggests alter automatically For example you could want to play Rock music you would create dynamic playlist with Rock genre you would select that playlist here and simply start automix Disco XT would then automatically fill up new songs as played ones go off the list If you don t wish to use dynamic playlist then select Master here If you don t see any dynamic playlist in the list you can select Create Dynamic Playlists More info on creating dynamic playlists later Automix On Off In automix mode the DJ do not have to transition or play songs You simply setup or maintain a playlist for feeding the mixer In automix mode mixer does the following e Applies automatic volu
28. uilt in skins and number of included custom skins You can select Skin Editor to edit the current skin am not covering skin editing in this manual but it is relatively easy to customize and create your own skins Show Keyboard Shortcuts displays current keyboard shorcuts for your reference Show Album Art ticked will enable Disco X T to show album art for selected song if available Show Editor displays editor below your main playlist for setting end and start times and fade types Show Queue hides or shows the song queue Note that in Automix mode Queue is always hidden Hide Library allows you to hide the entire library and playlist part of the main window This is useful if you want to use iTunes for song lookup and then simply drag the songs to Disco XT BPM Tap counter Disco XT has built in automatic bpm counter but you can use this small manual counter if you need to Jingles window allows you to play short sound clips http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html Page 24 of 24
29. window only has two options Automix Settings l Clear Decks When Starting Automix RMS Level e 9 GE Cone GD You can choose to clear decks when starting Automix This will ensure that the mix starts from song in your playlist and not from songs that are left in decks RMS Level tells how loud you want the automixer to mix 1 dB being loudest and 36 dB most quiet Dynamic Playlist Editor Dynamic playlists allow Disco XT to automatically select songs for you you only need to make a few choicse with the dynamic playlist In picture below you see dynamic playlist editing window Wa Va Yea A SA w a z 4 s VA SA zF A F WA gt AA 1 f a S 3 5 Wa a v v v z wv M x W a F 6 v v v v v s v v lt v v F v s v v v v a v s 7 z mae A s v v v v v x wv TE v v http www discosw net discoxt usermanual manual html 21 9 2007 11 49 Page 20 of 24 Disco XT 3 5 User Manual ONODARWN Restrictions These separation rules make sure that same artist genre or song doesn t play again too close to last time Choose genres you want to hear song from Choose artists you want to hear songs from Choose albums you want to hear songs from Allows you to limit songs to a certain time period Limits songs to your ratings Limits songs to a certain tempo range Only allow songs with certain duration You tell here how many songs should be in between E
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