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dding Music

SDJ requires at least 10 songs to operate. If you already have sound files
on your hard drive, click Add Items in Setup to run MediaMerge

Browse to drives or folders with music and touch Start. If you don't, see
Ripping Audio CD's, and Downloading Sound Files, and get some.

Introducing MediaMerge

MediaMerge (MM)

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Страница 2: ...Chapter I Introduction Welcome Portability Reliability Boutique Sound Simplicity Meets High Technology Self DJTM Hardware Software The Sound Less Is More Your Audience 2...

Страница 3: ...s Audiophile Quality Sound ANT Automatic Normalization Technology Automatic Equalization by Genre Intel High Definition HD Audio No Computer Noise Freedom From Hum Portability Durability Quick Setup L...

Страница 4: ...Down Sequence 1 Speakers OFF 2 Computer OFF 3 Rack Power Off Adding Music Introducing MediaMerge Your Media Library Ripping Audio CD s MP3 File Size versus Quality Downloading Sound Files Keeping Your...

Страница 5: ...ring Self DJ Getting Started Passwords When To Use The Self DJ Password default is TJ When To Use The Setup Password default is SETUP Choose Operating Mode Automatic Manual Requests Pre Flight Check G...

Страница 6: ...g Searching Using Self DJ Controls Self DJ Controls Playlist Maintenance Using Manual Controls Manual Controls Fading Out Songs Manually Tagging Songs as Holiday and Explicit Removing Media File Items...

Страница 7: ...s Screen Operating Mode Jukebox Karaoke Send Requests Show Holiday Music Explicit Music Playlist Button Album Art Show Volume Limiter Media Library Rip Cd s Add Items Compress Get Art Reset Passwords...

Страница 8: ...Folder Requests Folder Media Library Use This Skin Start Sound Finish Sound Custom Name Phone Web Site Banner 1 Banner 2 Ad 1 Ad 2 X10 House Device Type ANT ANT TM ON Input Lock ANT Walk Through Debug...

Страница 9: ...r Files Folders How Do I Name My Files What Are File Tags How Do I Edit File Tags Where Should I Copy My Media Files Using MediaMerge Ripping Files Adding Songs You Already Have Adding Ripped Songs Ad...

Страница 10: ...ps people be happy SDJ makes it easy for people to enjoy their music again and be happy It lets everyone be the DJ You will find SDJ very intuitive and easy to use SDJ gives people what they want to b...

Страница 11: ...are so energy efficient they generate much less heat and don t need CPU or case fans 1 000 000 hour MTBF Mean Time Between Failure hard drives specially designed for mobile media applications also co...

Страница 12: ...rs with a single touch You ll rock the house with ease With SDJ anyone can do it Simplicity Meets High Technology SDJ is elegant in its simplicity Imagine the ease of use of a classic jukebox with no...

Страница 13: ...et SDJ has many high technology features never before available with any software so your music sounds better than you ve ever heard it This manual will acquaint you with all the great features in an...

Страница 14: ...out jacks 1 high speed eSATA data port and an X10 wireless transceiver Use one line out to preview songs on headphones while guests listen to speakers and a different mix on the other Use the eSATA po...

Страница 15: ...DJ Ultimate Edition is available only to Self DJ Affiliates It has all the features of the Professional Editon but can be configured without manual controls for fully automatic operation for unattende...

Страница 16: ...ry technologies for breathtaking sound Less Is More For mobile music applications less is more This is true in every way The more compact your gear is the faster you can set up and tear down The less...

Страница 17: ...his way everyone gets involved When everyone is the DJ performances typically feature a much wider variety of music than most solo DJ performances People tend to stick around to hear their song and th...

Страница 18: ...bile music applications With dual redundant computers no fans special hard drives and a waterproof touch screen SDJ has you covered Enjoy the most reliable multimedia system in the world with utmost c...

Страница 19: ...Last Longer SDJ hard drives are designed for media applications requiring perfect audio and video low heat low power and long term reliability They are cool quiet and very reliable with a 1 000 000 h...

Страница 20: ...erboards and processors from one manufacturer Especially when that manufacturer is Intel All Intel systems are the ultimate choice for performance reliability and compatibility Audiophile Quality Soun...

Страница 21: ...music itself Skip the wait ANT reacts like a DJ or sound engineer does during a performance Rather than just setting each song to the normalized volume level once when a song starts ANT monitors your...

Страница 22: ...tically loads the EQ curve for that song s genre Boy is that sweet If you want to do some tweaking run SDJ in Manual Mode Choosing Manual Mode in Setup In manual mode full control is just a touch away...

Страница 23: ...Sure we ve come a long way since then but until now we ve lacked that smooth sound of old CD s got rid of pops and scratches Computers got rid of lugging CD s and skipping Laptops are even more porta...

Страница 24: ...ens plug the amplified speakers into the power strip on the back of the SDJ rack case and the hum will disappear If you need to run extension cords make sure they are 12 gauge or larger If you are run...

Страница 25: ...Portability Durability Quick Setup If you plan on doing a lot of events especially if you are an SDJ Affiliate owner doing multiple unattended SDJ s at once then portability 25...

Страница 26: ...with room behind the table for guests to use the touch screen while facing the audience With no stands there are only three components to transport two speakers and the SDJ rack case itself They can...

Страница 27: ...es in the rear The slant top fits the LCD monitor perfectly The two front spaces house the two SDJ computers The power strip has a master on off switch and is mounted to the rear set of rack rails The...

Страница 28: ...R are used for all connections Connect Input 1 on the powered speakers to the adapter using 5 microphone cables for tabletop setups Use 20 cables with speaker stands Connect microphones to Input 2 on...

Страница 29: ...50 from http www x10 com Use the wireless remote or control devices from the SDJ touch screen A USB version is in the works Volume Limiter The built in volume limiter in Setup limits the actual gain...

Страница 30: ...other applications running at the same time You can also force all output to either Display 1 or Display 2 Connecting the second video output to a venue s existing display monitors is a nice option Y...

Страница 31: ...th automatic or manual cross fades between songs with dual VU meters visible during cross fades Great sounding 7 band equalizer with automatic EQ presets by genre The proper EQ settings for the song s...

Страница 32: ...and messaging One touch headphone monitoring of any song in your media library connected to your second audio output at the same time you are playing a different song on your main speakers Customizab...

Страница 33: ...ffiliate customers typically deliver and set up Self DJ systems leave the site and return later to pick them up after the events They do not need to be there unless they want to be That is how with th...

Страница 34: ...lation Setup Connecting Your System 1 Y adapter mini plug to SDJ computer GREEN jack 2 XLR cables between Y adapter and LEFT RIGHT speakers MIC LINE 1 3 XLR cables from microphones to LEFT RIGHT speak...

Страница 35: ...power cord from rack case to nearest outlet 5 Connect speaker power cords to nearest outlets or to power strip in rack case Use a 12 gauge extension cord or larger if needed TIP If a hum is detected t...

Страница 36: ...st be OFF Rack Power ON 1 ON touch screen will flash Computer ON SDJ starts playing Speakers ON switch is on back of speakers WHEN SDJ IS PLAYING Slowly turn LEVEL 1 up to 50 you should hear music Slo...

Страница 37: ...ny powered speakers Traditional sound system setups using separate mixer amplifier and speakers are handled in a similar way Note Pro audio systems like this use channel numbers 1 2 etc instead of lef...

Страница 38: ...ure microphones are NOT positioned in front of the speakers to avoid feedback Turn the on off switch to ON Speak closely and directly into the microphone Say Check Check or whatever while fine tuning...

Страница 39: ...reen to the maximum position If it is too loud STOP Fine tune the MIC LINE 1 settings and repeat until desired maximum volume level is achieved Return the volume slider to an acceptable starting level...

Страница 40: ...Sequence The power down sequence is the reverse of the power up sequence Following these steps in order to prevent damage to equipment Speakers OFF Computer OFF Rack Power OFF UNPLUG POWER CORDS FROM...

Страница 41: ...already have sound files on your hard drive click Add Items in Setup to run MediaMergeTM Browse to drives or folders with music and touch Start If you don t see Ripping Audio CD s and Downloading Soun...

Страница 42: ...s are renamed to the industry standard Artist Title typ where typ is MP3 etc using the tag information This even works with the iPod and other media players that name tracks in their own strange ways...

Страница 43: ...ilable for enhanced music reproduction Ripping Audio CD s While more work than downloading ripping your own sound files from audio CD s ensures the highest quality sound and accurate tag information T...

Страница 44: ...rip sound files with perfect tags While you can use any ripper and rip your CD s with reckless abandon it is much better to check and correct CD tag information before creating your digital sound fil...

Страница 45: ...and smaller file sizes As sound files are ripped they are stored in C My Music Ripped Normally ripped tracks are stored in folders by artist and then by album However with compilation CD s like above...

Страница 46: ...available in Windows You can also connect a regular mouse and keyboard If you plan to rip CD s using your SDJ system you will also need to attach an external CD drive We typically rip CD s on regular...

Страница 47: ...t 256Kbps File Sizes Using VBR 1 minute sound file takes 1 25 MB at Medium setting 1 32 MB at Standard setting 1 4 MB at Extreme setting Default 2 3 MB at Insane setting File Sizes using WAV uncompres...

Страница 48: ...inute setting 10 000 x 4 x 1 4 1000 56 GB A 500 GB hard drive will hold approximately 70 000 items assuming 100 GB is needed for Windows SDJ and free space You can use these formulas to determine how...

Страница 49: ...other legal music for as little as 10 per song is available in the SDJ business operations manual available provided only to SDJ affiliates For information on becoming an affiliate and owning your own...

Страница 50: ...ed is 3 Gb sec compared to 480 Mbps with USB Note External SATA drives must be plugged in and powered up before starting the SDJ computer to be recognized in Windows Keep a master copy of all your med...

Страница 51: ...ownload and run setupSelf DJ exe Just follow the prompts Installing Self DJ It is strongly recommended that you Accept default folders SDJ installs to C Self DJ Installing Concrete Tools Concrete Tool...

Страница 52: ...media files by file type for editing and playback outside of SDJ Running Self DJ For The First Time Once installed you will be prompted to activate SDJ to avoid the evaluation period time out You wil...

Страница 53: ...SDJ rack case is even easier since you can attach them when the computer is already running Another alternative for expert users is to install VNC server on the SDJ computer and VNC viewer on a networ...

Страница 54: ...n Setup mode so you can add music to the media library and make other changes Once you ve got the music you wish to play loaded into SDJ and you are satisfied with other settings check the Skip Setup...

Страница 55: ...m where your main media library and ini files are kept Tmp scratch files Folders used by SDJ and Concrete Tools are C My Album Art C My Karaoke C My Music C My Music Ripped C My Playlists C Self DJ Us...

Страница 56: ...Chapter IV Configuring Self DJ Getting Started Setup screen You ll need your Setup password to configure SDJ The default password is SETUP 56...

Страница 57: ...DJ password is for those in charge at an unattended event to do basic control functions like adjusting the volume rejecting a song or reordering the playlist To enter passwords in SDJ touch the button...

Страница 58: ...is not available That space is used for the SDJ manual controls You can get the same effect by touching the large button at the top of the screen It works the same way You can also touch this button...

Страница 59: ...to change Self DJ skins colors advertisements and which controls are visible to the Self DJ The default password is SETUP Set the operating mode Automatic Manual or Requests change passwords and make...

Страница 60: ...with karaoke Manual mode 3 Jukebox only sending requests to Concrete DJ Requests mode Karaoke is available with SDJ Professional and higher editions Automatic Unattended operation In this mode the Se...

Страница 61: ...at wants to be the DJ Requests Remote control operation If you have Concrete DJ http www concreteDJ com a more advanced mixing program you can use SDJ as a simple jukebox front end to send pop up requ...

Страница 62: ...Self DJ ing 1 You need at least 10 songs in your jukebox see Adding Music 2 You ll want automatic program start up Check Skip This Screen in Setup Paste SDJ short cut in Windows Startup folder see St...

Страница 63: ...tended until a password is entered If left alone SDJ serves up a random mix The music never stops Getting Started The media library list is on the left The playlist is right SDJ will start playing aut...

Страница 64: ...dd songs in karaoke mode However once there are songs on the list karaoke playback will continue automatically until they are all done If you do not put choose any more karaoke selections after a brie...

Страница 65: ...ind songs by letter To search by artist the list must be sorted by artist To search for songs by title the list must be sorted by title To search for songs by year just click the year button and the l...

Страница 66: ...lf DJ Controls Self DJ mode with volume and control buttons visible During normal operations users just search for songs and get them on the playlist They play in order like a regular jukebox At some...

Страница 67: ...he Reject button to fade out the current song or to reject all songs in the list Use the Pause Resume button to pause the current song or resume playing from the current position Use the Log Off butto...

Страница 68: ...st or Drop Here To Delete Remove unwanted items with drag and drop Reorder the playlist using drag and drop Just drag songs you don t want to play to Drop Here To Delete and let go The drop zone appea...

Страница 69: ...ead of it Using Manual Controls Wouldn t it be cool if you could use your cool new SDJ system for everything After all once you ve ditched your mouse and keyboard and get used to the touch screen it i...

Страница 70: ...the DJ especially if that person is a professional DJ Manual mode is also a great way for the SDJ system owner to enjoy the system at home while maintaining your media library While the music is playi...

Страница 71: ...ut without any prompts Push the Tag Keyboard button to tag any song as explicit holiday or to remove bad sound files from your library or hard drive Special tag buttons appear where the keyboard butto...

Страница 72: ...s which are only available with the other Self DJ buttons Push the Pause Resume button to pause and resume a song exactly the same way the Self DJ Pause button does Push the EQ Monitor button to show...

Страница 73: ...e rich software you may want to use a mouse and keyboard Fading Out Songs Manually Make a smooth escape When you need to escape from the song that is playing you can smoothly cross fade to the next wi...

Страница 74: ...ive too This is handy if you stumble upon a sound file you don t want or one that doesn t work right Just follow the prompts after touching Remove The song cannot be removed if it is playing Using The...

Страница 75: ...o give you more control you can manually lock the signal whenever you want for the current song Just touch the LOCK button Once locked the input signal will stay locked no matter how loud or quiet it...

Страница 76: ...imum distortion Making Requests Remotely Requests mode integrates SDJ with our more advanced Concrete DJTM CDJ mixing software SDJ makes it easy for the audience to be able to submit requests electron...

Страница 77: ...systems This is because there is only one mouse pointer makes it harder to use both CDJ and SDJ at the same time on one computer With SDJ there are two computers in your rack case One for SDJ one for...

Страница 78: ...DJ for read write That way you can browse to Requests on the CDJ system from Setup on all the SDJ machines Once the link is established every time a user selects a song on SDJ a file with their reques...

Страница 79: ...ill enter Setup automatically Setup is where you change how SDJ works Go ahead Customize it your way SDJ comes with some cool color presets and skins If you are renting SDJ systems this is also where...

Страница 80: ...at way they start playing music whenever the SDJ computer is started This is done in Windows by copying a short cut to Self DJ exe and pasting it in the Programs Startup folder One way to do this is t...

Страница 81: ...n you first start using SDJ after a timed notification of the Self DJ and Setup passwords With SDJ you need a password to make configuration changes This password is called the Setup password The defa...

Страница 82: ...Main Options The main Setup screen is organized by function using tabs Main Setup screen 82...

Страница 83: ...You can get back into setup anytime by entering the password Operating Mode SDJ operates in two different modes 1 Jukebox Karaoke lets you play all popular audio file formats and Karaoke This is the d...

Страница 84: ...ete DJ automatically scans its Requests folder for requests from SDJ and lists them automatically Show Holiday Music Show hide seasonal or other music Tag files in Manual Mode Explicit Music Show hide...

Страница 85: ...base of all the music in SDJ It has places for additional information e g If the file is considered explicit or holiday music that is not contained in file tags Rip CD s runs Ripper to create high qua...

Страница 86: ...fferent folders so you can have media files with different content for different purposes Passwords The default Self DJ password is TJ to make the volume control and other buttons visible The default...

Страница 87: ...at least sort of by unchecking Show Full Screen This forces SDJ into a fixed 1024 x 768 window you can move where you want This lets you run other programs at the same time You can also minimize SDJ t...

Страница 88: ...responds to users touching the letters on the SDJ virtual keyboard The default of 1 second allows up to 3 letters if you are quick about it A search delay of 0 will result in an instantaneous search...

Страница 89: ...Files Folders This setup screen allows you to choose different media libraries skins and change other file folder related settings Files Folders setup screen 89...

Страница 90: ...or on a networked PC Any number of SDJ systems can be used to send pop up requests to Concrete DJ Media Library Defines the location of the current media library You can use more than one by copying t...

Страница 91: ...se any graphic including your album art files Start Sound Check this box to start your events off with a special sound file It might be a vocal drop advertising your service It might be a sound clip W...

Страница 92: ...Custom These options define the custom text and graphics used to advertise your service Be sure your screen is set higher than 1024 x 768 to view it all Custom setup screen 92...

Страница 93: ...event Web Site The URL for your web site like http www self DJ com goes here It too is displayed at various times during an event Banner 1 This shows up at the top of the screen when using a second di...

Страница 94: ...art for the song touched and at other times The ideal file size is 223 x 223 pixels Enter the files URL in the box or click the button to the right of the box to browse to it on your hard drive Ad 2 A...

Страница 95: ...X10 X10 is a cool wireless technology that enables you to control devices using existing electrical wiring very simply and at a very low cost X10 setup screen 95...

Страница 96: ...trical wiring like a network X10 modules are available on line at some retail stores or under other manufacturer s labels like Radio Shack House Defines the network using a letter A Z Device Defines t...

Страница 97: ...The CM17A transceiver is sold in a kit at http www X10 com for 49 called the Firecracker The Firecracker comes with a receiver appliance module lamp module and a remote control Note There is also a C...

Страница 98: ...AntTM ANTTM Automatic Normalization Technology is exciting new technology It is unique to SDJ It is kind of like Smart Sound only smarter ANTM setup screen 98...

Страница 99: ...normalization and Smart Sound type devices ANTTM makes music noticeably clearer and more detailed It also makes your sound much more dynamic and lively by bringing up quiet passages to feature vocals...

Страница 100: ...well defined sound ANTTM ON You can disable ANTTM by unchecking this box default is ON Change how ANTTM responds to changing input levels by choosing either Weighted or Continuous algorithms Input Lo...

Страница 101: ...hearing only extremely loud or quiet passages will cause ANT to make an adjustment You can change the values in setup to affect how ANT works or disable it entirely in Setup You can fine tune it while...

Страница 102: ...logs them to a file for analysis by our engineers Debug also starts a real time CPU core temperature and load monitor The normal operating temperature range is from 55o to 85o C The maximum temperatur...

Страница 103: ...by file association when double clicking files Concrete Tools ConcreteTools exe is the Concrete Tools main menu program The program folder for all tools is C Concrete Tools Concrete Tools gives you f...

Страница 104: ...with SDJ and Concrete DJ Professional Edition or higher The Professional Edition also lets you move or copy merge multiple media file collections into one This is very handy when managing multiple co...

Страница 105: ...ecorder Handy utility which can automatically skip silence and create separate sound files Very handy when recording a stream of music such as when playing an entire playlist on line from a source suc...

Страница 106: ...nection Ripped files are stored in folders by artist and album title in C My Music Ripped Ripper includes tag editing and automatic correction options such as being able to separate Title and Artist w...

Страница 107: ...s that wish to create their own sound loops edit their own recordings or just be creative Editor resamples any sound file making it easy to export in a different format with or without changes e g WAV...

Страница 108: ...Concrete Video ConcreteVideo exe is the single or dual display video player This is a simple video player that makes it very easy to play a video full screen on single or dual display monitors 108...

Страница 109: ...ndows Media Player You can also drag and drop entire folders on Minii to play everything in a folder While very small and compact Minii is actually quite powerful Right click Minii for menus and to ch...

Страница 110: ...t identify your music any other way Since you will be dealing with many files name your media files in a standard way otherwise you will wind up unable to find songs when you want them and have many...

Страница 111: ...bum name track genre and other information Since tags are used by all media players it is very important that they are correct If you have many files to edit the best choice is to use a commercial fil...

Страница 112: ...below My Music Using album folders is optional but avoiding them now can make it easier to find songs later unless your collection includes many complete albums Using MediaMerge Concrete MediaMerge he...

Страница 113: ...When run from within Setup the MediaMerge utility included with SDJ will start up add the sound files to your jukebox and restart Self DJ automatically for you when finished You can also run MediaMerg...

Страница 114: ...lly enter artist title etc for you You can also change options in the Ripper to store individual tracks in a folder named using the album title on the CD Adding New Music Since you will be adding new...

Страница 115: ...s sounds complicated one of SDJ s best features is its simplicity We ve worked hard to make this so easy so you can enjoy your music again and let your computer do the work for you If you are an exper...

Страница 116: ...wireless lights and devices Switch back and forth between Karaoke and Jukebox modes Drag and drop items to change the order they will play in or on the Drop Here To Delete area to remove the item from...

Страница 117: ...ry about you can focus on your audience not on your computer Nobody except you will know how easy it really is One note though you will still need to enter the password to Log Off This is done to avoi...

Страница 118: ...s at 60 85o C A dual core SDJ system runs at around 65o C on a cool day up to 80o F On an extremely hot day you may want to remove the rear cover Normally with the back panel of the slant top rack cas...

Страница 119: ...two 20 amp outlets plug the SDJ rack case in the top outlet use a Y outlet splitter in the other and plug both speakers into the splitter For bigger setups we use a portable service box connected to a...

Страница 120: ...find out about Concrete DJ and other products and services please visit http www Self DJ com http www Concrete DJ com Or contact us at our Corporate office in Wisconsin during normal business hours 8...

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