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Страница 1: ...User Guide Performance Software English D E S I G N G R O U P...

Страница 2: ...set Buttons 24 Sync Button 25 Locked Sync 25 Momentary Sync 25 Master Tempo 25 Chapter 6 26 External Control 26 Enabling Vinyl CD Control 26 External Control Calibration 28 Control Type 28 Velocity an...

Страница 3: ...r 15 75 Preferences 75 Audio Tab 75 Audio Interface 76 Sample Rate 76 Buffer Size 76 Mixer Mode 77 Channel Assignments 78 MIDI Tab 79 Auto Detect M Audio Devices On Off 80 Scratch Sensitivity 80 Cross...

Страница 4: ...nsion of tried and true DJ tools and techniques for your Mac OS X or Windows XP computer Torq is not bound by the limits of hardware it embraces the technology of today s most advanced audio productio...

Страница 5: ...ons within the song Torq is equipped with two of these Decks one on each side of the screen Main Waveform Display One of the wonderful bene ts of computer technology is the ability to visualize audio...

Страница 6: ...eir audience hear it This allows them to match the tempo of the new song to the current one along with nding the correct starting position for the song Torq will allow you to monitor either Deck on he...

Страница 7: ...segment of sound and then play it back on command at varying speeds and volumes DJs use samplers to add additional sounds into their mix like crash cymbals boomy bass drums and vocal hits Torq has a 1...

Страница 8: ...ction the resultant audio is sent to the Master Output Torq features an automatic output limiter that will keep your music from distorting as well as a module for recording the nal mix to a le as you...

Страница 9: ...port for use by approved SynchroScience Hardware Device Hard drive 7200RPM or faster Desktop OS Mac OS X 10 4 7 CPU Dual G5 2 GHz RAM 1 GB USB One available port for use by approved SynchroScience Har...

Страница 10: ...der click Next 11 You will be asked where Torq should install the application shortcuts If you are not familiar with this leave the default Torq folder selected and choose Next 12 The installer will g...

Страница 11: ...rtist Name Like the Song Name above this eld will be empty if there is no entry in the Artist category of the le Time Elapsed This is the current location of the song marked by the yellow Current Posi...

Страница 12: ...he music the song will not return to the beginning it will stay in the same location as when you stopped it If you want to return to the beginning use the Seek controls described below Seek The Seek b...

Страница 13: ...itten in favor of the new one Playing QuickCues Once you ve set a couple QuickCue Points all you have to do is click on the desired QuickCue button and the Deck will immediately jump to this new locat...

Страница 14: ...g which is merely the act of repeating a section of a song The creative aspect of DJing suggests that a simple trick such as looping can be exploited in a variety of ways Indeed you can use looping to...

Страница 15: ...hese loops via the QuickLoop buttons Using QuickLoops The QuickLoop buttons allow you to instantly loop a section of a song by a preset length By default each of the four buttons represents a differen...

Страница 16: ...ay be that the slider is working backward since the speed of the song will increase as you move the slider down on screen However this is the proper behavior for pitch controls found on DJ turntables...

Страница 17: ...l be shown in the BPM display for the Deck which is located just to the left of the Speed Adjust slider The BPM shown here is a living value it will change when you alter the speed of the song with th...

Страница 18: ...display Key The Key Adjust is used to raise or lower the Key of a song without changing the tempo This is useful when attempting to match the melodies of songs in both Decks during a mix known as key...

Страница 19: ...The Key will move up one semitone 6 Now press both buttons simultaneously 7 The Key Adjust will return to 0 MIDI Keyboard Control 1 Right click CTRL click Mac on the Key Display It will turn red indi...

Страница 20: ...not taking advantage of Torq s ability to keep tracks aligned using Sync you can do it manually using the Nudge buttons If you hear a song become ahead or behind the other the Nudge buttons will allo...

Страница 21: ...s move behind it Information Shown on Display So what purpose do these Scrolling Waveforms serve other than looking really cool Answer They offer you a way to visualize the alignment and synchronizati...

Страница 22: ...song you will see them here The QuickCue markers have numbers above them corresponding to the assigned QuickCue button and the standard Cue Point appears as an orange line Phase Grid Torq superimpose...

Страница 23: ...lding on the mouse button drag the mouse left The playback tempo will be momentarily increased making the waveform scroll a little faster to the left 3 Now hold and drag the mouse to the right Playbac...

Страница 24: ...sic it refers to where the beats are located in a song such as the downbeat of a measure When beat matching songs you ll normally want the downbeats of both songs aligned with each other When aligned...

Страница 25: ...your mouse movements 3 Once you have aligned the thicker downbeat marker of the grid to the downbeat of the music release the mouse button Note You can turn on Caps Lock instead of holding Shift if y...

Страница 26: ...r will Torq continue to match tempos if you change them So if you just need to synchronize for a moment and wish for the music to run freely afterward click the Sync button once to turn it on then cli...

Страница 27: ...io signals and will use the encoded information to control the playback of the Decks Enabling Vinyl CD Control 1 Connect the outputs of your first turntable or CD player to inputs 1 2 input A of the C...

Страница 28: ...and select the Audio tab 4 Click the Control Input A drop down menu and choose input 1 input 2 5 Click the Control Input B drop down menu and choose input 3 input 4 6 Now click the External Control ta...

Страница 29: ...ce to look in order to diagnose the problem Control Type If the external control system is enabled but doesn t seem to be working rst check the Control Type settings for each Deck before you tear out...

Страница 30: ...dle of your turntable on the Control Vinyl but leave the turntable stopped 3 Lower the Power Threshold to 40 and look at the Velocity value for the deck 4 If the Velocity is showing random values even...

Страница 31: ...ill follow You can even scratch like normal The added bene t is that should the needle skip a groove while you re scratching you won t lose the sound you were using You can continue to scratch the sam...

Страница 32: ...urce is stopped when you switch control to the other Deck it will remain stopped If the control source was playing when you switch control to the other Deck it will remain playing Note Because the AMP...

Страница 33: ...arily disable external control for the Deck while letting the song on the Deck continue to play You will be able to take the needle off the record and place it back at the beginning without Torq stopp...

Страница 34: ...any of the buttons knobs or sliders seen on screen for you to memorize Instead you get to assign the most important controls for you to whatever MIDI controls make the most sense to you Creating a MI...

Страница 35: ...the selected control The same method for changing and clearing MIDI assignments described above also works for keyboard assignments Assigning Buttons to Knobs or Sliders If you so desire you can assig...

Страница 36: ...various controls in the Sampler along with techniques for capturing perfect loops Signal Source Before you can record a sample you must choose an audio source for the sample When using Torq this is as...

Страница 37: ...ples 1 To record a loop instead of a one shot press and hold SHIFT while clicking on the Record button Instead of beginning recording immediately recording will wait for the downbeat determined via th...

Страница 38: ...immediately when clicked Loop Sample Button The Loop option can be checked or unchecked to enable or disable sample looping When active the sample will loop automatically when it reaches its end The l...

Страница 39: ...able grayed out if the sample slot is empty Unload Sample Choosing this option will remove the current sample from the sampler Load Sample Bank This option will allow you to load a bank of 16 samples...

Страница 40: ...Torq s Decks also have a pair of QuickScratch buttons When you press one of them the associated sample assigned using the QuickScratch buttons in the Sampler will be immediately loaded into the Deck Y...

Страница 41: ...at you can recall instantaneously Torq enables you to make a virtually unlimited list of Snapshots all with unique control parameters and sort them in the Snapshot list this list becomes an arsenal of...

Страница 42: ...nly the EQ knobs on the left side of the mixer will be updated when the Snapshot is triggered Any other settings the current key of the song any effects in the Effect Racks etc will remain unchanged I...

Страница 43: ...that you created using multiple Strobe effects Polyphonic Snapshots On top of all this you can trigger multiple Snapshots at a time You can for example trigger one Snapshot that cuts the bass and boos...

Страница 44: ...in a later performance and Torq will even document all of the songs you play in a set for later review the Session Playlist This section will show you how to navigate your hard drive s using the Torq...

Страница 45: ...folders that contain music you d like to spin Adding Folders to Database To add a music folder to the Database 1 Use the browser to search for a folder 2 Right click on the folder you want to add 3 C...

Страница 46: ...se 2 Click on one of the folders The File List will be updated to only show the songs contained in that speci c folder Removing Folders from Database There are two ways to remove folders from the Data...

Страница 47: ...elds are stored in a special le with the same name as the song but with the extension tqd at the end This is the Torq Data le By saving your edits to the TQD le Torq can save your changes much faster...

Страница 48: ...s or in the case of song length and BPM calculated as part of Torq s le analysis An ID3 tag is a standard format for storing additional information within a music le You can sort the contents of the F...

Страница 49: ...the songs with love in their titles are shown Ignore Field Torq offers another method for re ning your searches by means of the Ignore eld Here you ll enter terms that you want Torq to omit from the s...

Страница 50: ...er will be appended to the name to differentiate it from the other s i e Empty Playlist 1 Rename Playlist 1 Right click CTRL click on Mac on your desired Playlist and choose Rename Playlist from the p...

Страница 51: ...s used in this Playlist What would you like to do You will then have a choice of clicking one of the following buttons Ignore Clicking this button will allow the Playlist to load however all missing s...

Страница 52: ...e if you ve played a song already or if you need to reference a list of what you played at a previous gig An empty Session Playlist is created each time you launch Torq It is named Session Playlist YY...

Страница 53: ...matically be re ected in Torq Library The iTunes Library is the entire collection of music and videos currently managed by iTunes You can browse and search the iTunes Library by clicking the plus sign...

Страница 54: ...the contents of the iPod can be searched using the Library or Playlist headings You can also include the contents of the iPod in the Database by doing the following Note If you are connecting an iPod...

Страница 55: ...ee the new drive in the Browser list To do this press F5 on your computer s keyboard or click the Browser heading at the top of the window Audio CDs Torq can also play music from audio CDs inserted in...

Страница 56: ...a Deck enters the Mixer it enters a channel A channel is a section within a mixer that processes a single audio signal Since Torq has two Decks the Mixer has two channels one for each Deck While the...

Страница 57: ...same volume you can use the Mid EQ to turn down the louder song until it more closely matches the quieter song DJs also like to mix things up during their sets by adding their own manipulations to the...

Страница 58: ...to the left you will only hear the channel for the left Deck Similarly if you move the Crossfader all the way to the right you will only hear the right Deck The Crossfader was invented to offer DJs an...

Страница 59: ...you want to use for Crossfader Curve control Torq will read the incoming MIDI messages and immediately assign it to the Crossfader Curve 5 Exit the Preferences Crossfader Assign Another part in the ev...

Страница 60: ...interface determines the behavior of the Cue Source knob which you hear in the headphones When the Split button is off the Cue Source knob will blend between the PFL audio signal which only you can he...

Страница 61: ...nce Torq is a digital audio system it has a limited amount of headroom dynamic range Whenever your mix exceeds the headroom clipping distortion normally occurs To prevent this undesired sound Torq fea...

Страница 62: ...the Filename button Note The sample rate of the recorded le will match the sample rate currently selected in the Audio tab of the Preferences Setting the Record Level The Master Volume slider will co...

Страница 63: ...e from a list 1 Click on an empty Effect Slot A pop up list of available effects will appear 2 Click on one of the effect names from the list to load it into the slot When loaded an icon will appear i...

Страница 64: ...rules so do experiment with the opposite routing and check out the results When using VST effects it will be up to you to set the Routing to the proper mode Traditionally Reverbs and Delays are used a...

Страница 65: ...k to its input again causing echoes of the echoes also known as Feedback DJs typically use Delays to ll up space during a break in a song the last couple of beats before the break can be echoed or to...

Страница 66: ...tempo that is read as 122 BPM the delay time will be set to 120 BPM quarter note delay If you tap a tempo that is read as 158 BPM the delay tempo will be rounded up to 160 which is a dotted eighth Re...

Страница 67: ...e anged version by turning this knob fully clockwise in order to emphasize the effect Note The effect will still work in Send mode but it will be less pronounced Tweak Knob and Button The function of...

Страница 68: ...es above 1kHz are reduced or removed While there are other parameters that also affect the behavior of a lter Cutoff Frequency is the parameter that you ll be controlling in Torq Enable button This bu...

Страница 69: ...e Tweak Knob When set to Overdrive mode the Tweak knob will increase the volume of the signal being fed into the distortion When the knob is fully counterclockwise the input signal is not boosted and...

Страница 70: ...rotation of the turntable This has a couple of inherent problems First the turntable can t change direction immediately it must slow down to a stop then speed back up in the opposite direction This ca...

Страница 71: ...o resume normal playback Repeat This effect can be used to create the granular hyper repeats heard in lots of today s dance music All you have to do is trigger the effect and play with the loop length...

Страница 72: ...the Torq interface 3 To close the window click the close icon in the window s title bar or click the Wrench icon in the Effect Rack 4 To open the same VST interface again click the Wrench icon again...

Страница 73: ...times For that reason Torq has been designed with VST Crash Guard which is a system that will allow Torq to stay running even if an error should occur in the VST plug in causing it to crash If this oc...

Страница 74: ...oduction and performance and is therefore the perfect complement to Torq To begin a ReWire session 1 Launch the ReWire Host application This could be Ableton Live Pro Tools M Powered or any other appl...

Страница 75: ...g in Torq you can even play instruments in real time for spontaneous results When Torq is used with a regular audio interface you have the option of assigning various output channels of Torq to output...

Страница 76: ...ltiple output audio interface The extra outputs allow you to make use of song cueing i e pre listening to a song on headphones before you mix it Preferences 75 Audio Tab 75 Audio Interface 76 Sample R...

Страница 77: ...io is non stop a 5 minute song will play for 5 minutes without interruption So how can the computer keep audio playing while it s jumping around to do other tasks The answer is buffering An audio buff...

Страница 78: ...e at these settings keep in mind that the system performance can be compromised as you increase the CPU load This is most notable when using CPU intensive VST effects Loading one of these effects may...

Страница 79: ...the output you will connect to the speakers Cue Output click to access the drop down menu and select the stereo output pair for cueing or pre listening to the output of a Deck This is the output for t...

Страница 80: ...lick to access the drop down menu and select the stereo input pair for use as the Line Input for Channel A of the Mixer Line Input B click to access the drop down menu and select the stereo input pair...

Страница 81: ...controller to the Crossfader Curve parameter You can then control the Crossfader Curve with a knob or slider on your MIDI controller 1 Press the button labeled Learn to activate it 2 Turn a knob on y...

Страница 82: ...nal vinyl or CD control for the Decks The Deck Play Pause buttons will also change to Absolute Relative buttons when this option is enabled see External Control section earlier in this manual AMPutate...

Страница 83: ...in this manual for the proper calibration procedure Velocity this display allows you to see the in uence of the external control input When working properly playing back the Control Vinyl or CD at it...

Страница 84: ...ior of certain features of Torq Torq Engine This setting is used to switch the Torq Audio Engine between Normal and Economy modes This option should be left on Normal unless you have a slow computer S...

Страница 85: ...opy of Apple iTunes installed on your computer selecting Yes for this option will integrate its Music Library into Torq s Database Any songs currently a part of your iTunes Library will be instantly a...

Страница 86: ...and beat of the other Deck or Master Tempo with no regard to the downbeats in the Phase Grids Any attempts to realign the synced Deck will result in Torq forcing the track back into alignment with the...

Страница 87: ...4 on Deck A F7 Max Waveform view Shift 5 Set QuickCue 5 on Deck A F8 Hide Sampler Shift 6 Set QuickCue 1 on Deck B Tab Toggle Browser and Snapshot views Shift 7 Set QuickCue 2 on Deck B 1 QuickCue 1...

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