User manual M-AUDIO X-SESSION QUICK STARTED V1

[. . . ] X-SESSION USB MIDI Control Surface with Cross-fader Quick Start Guide This guide is intended to help get you started quickly. In order to achieve optimal usage of your new X-Session, we recommend that you carefully study the enclosed product manual, either after completing the process described in this guide or before. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Evolution X-Session. English X-Session is a complete DJ solution containing the X-Session USB control surface, Ableton Live XS digital audio workstation and Arturia Storm XS virtual studio. The pack provides you with everything you need for digital DJing including hundreds of loops and grooves. The X-Session controller surface lets you mix, tweak, launch, cut and cross fade audio material during your session. [. . . ] Select the correct driver for X-Session control surface in the "Input Device" pull-down menu. The driver is most likely to appear as "USB Audio Device" or "Evolution EV-XS". In the "Audio configurations" part of the window, make sure the sound card you want to use is selected in the pull-down menu "Audio Out". In Storm XS select "Open" in the File menu or the `open' icon (Mac). Locate and open the Live set "Storm X-Session Setup" in the "Application Files" folder. On your X-Session control surface, press "Recall" and type "1" on the numerical keypad. This will select the correct preset for the Storm X-Session Demo song. Your First Session 1. Start by pressing "4" and "5" a couple of times on the X-Session control surface's numerical keypad. This will change the volume for the Equinox module's left and right channels so you can kill the track on the fly. Next press "9"a couple of times on the X-Session control surface's numerical keypad. Move the controllers "C6" and "C8" on the X-Session control surface. You may need to practice your technique before mastering it completely. The list below shows how each controller affects the Storm XS program in this particular song: Snapshot And Controller Mute 1. Whilst still playing a Scene, press SNAPSHOT on the X-Session control surface. This function sends out current settings of all rotary controllers and the crossfader on the X-Session control surface to Storm XS. This function mutes the outputs of all rotary controllers and the X-fade. Move some of X-Session's rotary controllers to different positions. Because the controller mute function is activated, this will not have any immediate effect on your mix. This should now dramatically alter your mix to the positions you just moved the X-Session controllers to. SNAPSHOT and CTRL MUTE are two functions that can be used to great effect to alter your mixes dramatically. You will need to play around with this for a little while to find out what settings have the best effect on your mix. These features really beat anything you can do with traditional DJing equipment. 10 · English Creating Your Own Setups Customizing your own setups with Arturia Storm XS is easy, even while you are performing. [. . . ] If you just have a sound chip, the software synth to select may be like "Microsoft SW synth". Click on the driver name of your choice. Rule of Thumb: If you have numerous output drivers enabled (highlighted in blue) and cannot hear any output, deselect all but one of them and try again. Repeat this process until you hear some sounds. Contact For additional help, technical support is available on our website at www. m-audio. com, where you can fill out our technical support form. Alternatively, you can email us at support@m-audio. com, or contact us by phone at: (626) 633-9055. [. . . ]