User manual HERCULES DJ CONSOLE MK2

[. . . ] INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. 1. First installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. 2. Connecting and disconnecting the DJ Console Mk2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. 3. Power consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4. [. . . ] Whenever you press this keyboard shortcut, you return to dynamic switching mode for monitoring. Whenever you move the headphone output selector, you return to mechanical switching mode. 6. 6. Speeding up or slowing down a piece Now you are listening to one of the tracks on your headphones. The main reason for doing this is to synchronize the tempo, which consists of matching the speed of the piece you are listening to with the speed of the piece playing over the speakers. In this way you can mix the two pieces together smoothly when switching from one deck to another. There are two ways to regulate the speed of a piece: by adjusting the pitch, and the master tempo. On vinyl decks, the pitch allows one to adjust the rotation speed of the turntable. This adjustment therefore changes the speed of a piece by modifying its overall tonality (for example, a piece that has been sped up significantly will sound much more high-pitched, or sharper). The master tempo allows you to modify the number of beats per minute (BPM) in a piece, without modifying its tonality. You can therefore use one of the DJ Console Mk2's Pitch knobs to modify the pitch of a piece. You can also use the Master tempo buttons to automatically synchronize BPM in VirtualDJ (Beatmatch mode). Please note that when Beatmatch mode is enabled on a deck, the pitch knob is disabled. When a piece is being played on a deck, the BPM is displayed just above the piece's timeline, to the right (the percentage next to the BPM indicates how much faster or slower the current BPM is in relation to the piece's normal BPM): - Press the Master tempo button for the piece you are listening to on your headphones. This piece's BPM is automatically adjusted to match that of the piece being played in the room. - Make a transition from one piece to the other (please see section 6. 9. - If you decide to switch off beat-matching on this deck, press the Master tempo button again. The BEATMATCH button goes dim, indicating that beat-matching is now switched off. 14/26 ­ User Manual 6. 7. Creating loops and cue points Finished synchronizing the tempos of your pieces?Great ­ but depending on the pieces you are using, you may wish to start up playback at a specific point and not simply at the beginning. A cue point allows you to locate the start of an interesting rhythmic section and launch playback of a piece at that section. VirtualDJ allows you to set up to 3 cue points per piece using your DJ Console Mk2. To set a cue point when previewing a piece on your headphones: ENGLISH - When you get to the rhythmic section you are looking for, press Play/Pause. A marker is inserted in the piece's time code. If you wish to set cue points 2 and 3: - Press Play/Pause when you get to other rhythmic sections. [. . . ] Software (hereafter named the "Software") is copyrighted by Guillemot Corporation S. A. The term "Software" refers to all documentation and related material, including drivers, executable programs, libraries and data files. The licensee also agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the present Agreement concerning copyright and all other proprietary rights for any third party Software, documentation and related material included in the Software package. reserves the right to terminate this license in the event of failure to comply with any of the terms or conditions laid out in the present Agreement. [. . . ]