Allen & Heath User Guide for XONE:DX with Serato ITCH 1.6 43
MAIN SCREEN OVERVIEW
VIRTUAL DECK
The virtual deck shows the speed and position of a track. When a track is loaded to the virtual deck it
will change from black to white with a black stripe. As the track progresses, the virtual deck will rotate.
The circular progress bar around the edge is a visual representation of the position within the track, and
will begin flashing 20 seconds from the end of the track to warn you that the track is nearing its end.
TRACK DISPLAY
When a track is loaded, the track name, artist, length and pitched BPM are displayed in the track title bar.
If any of this information is not contained in the file it will not be displayed. Displayed below this are pitch,
playback, repeat and auto loop.
The time and remaining time are displayed in minutes and seconds.
The pitched BPM is the recalculated BPM value of the track relative to the position of the PITCH knob.
Pitch displays the pitch value relative to the position of the PITCH knob.
PLAYBACK allows you to select which playback mode you want. SINGLE means once the end of the
track is reached you will hear silence. CONT means when the end of the track is reached the next track
in the playlist will commence.
If REPEAT is on, when the end of the track is reached the track will return to the start and playback will
continue.
Auto Loop displays the current loop slot. For more on loops see page 24.
TAP TEMPO
If a track has no BPM information stored, the tap tempo box is displayed where the BPM is usually
displayed in the track title bar.
Pressing Alt + space bar activates the tempo tapper for the layer focused left virtual deck (press Alt +
space bar a second time to activate the tempo tapper for the layer focused right virtual deck). Changing
the layer focus will enable you to tap tempo for the other virtual decks.
To calculate, tap the space bar along with the beat. After you’ve tapped the first beat, you can switch to
double time tapping, halftime, start of each bar etc. The range is set by the first two taps, after that you
can switch to any steady rhythm you feel comfortable with – quarter notes, half note, whole notes. The
Esc key resets the BPM, the enter key saves the BPM to the track. You can also use the mouse if you
prefer by clicking in the tap tempo box and clicking the mouse button in time.
NOTE: You don’t need to be at Zero on the PITCH knob, ITCH does the maths for you.