User manual NATIVE INSTRUMENTS TORQ

[. . . ] Product features, specifications, system requirements and availability are subject to change without notice. Avid, M-Audio, Torq and SynchroScience are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. 3 WELCOME C CHAPTER ongratulations on your purchase of a SynchroScience Torq-based DJ system, one of the finest DJ tools available today. Each SynchroScience hardware product works with Torq in a unique fashion, and those methods are outlined in each of their user manuals. [. . . ] Note: You can also include the subfolders by holding the Alt key while dragging the folder into the Database. < Searching Specific Database Folders Clicking on the Database heading will display every song contained in the Database in the File List to the right of the Browser window. If you would like to confine your search to only a particular folder within the Database: 1. The list will expand to show all of the folders contained in the Database. The File List will be updated to only show the songs contained in that specific folder. < Removing Folders from Database There are two ways to remove folders from the Database. You can either search through the folders currently listed within the Database and remove them, or you can locate the original folders on your hard drives to remove them. The folder will then be removed from the Database while the original audio files will still remain on your hard drives. If the folder contains sub-folders that are part of the Database, they will remain in the Database. Click "Remove from Database Recursively" to remove this folder, along with all of its sub-folders, from the Database. Torq User Guide File List » Chapter 1 9 46 The window to the right of the Browser pane is called the File List. If you have selected a source in the Browser that contains music (such as the Database or an individual folder), the songs contained therein will be listed here. The File List not only shows you the name of the song, but also shows the artist name, album name, track number, genre, and other fields contained within the song's ID3 tag. These additional categories can help you find song with greater efficiency. Note: While ID3 tags will support storage of the information listed above, it is common to find music files with some (if not all) of the ID3 fields blank. Even if the music file does not contain information for all categories, you are still able to fill in the missing info by hand in order to aid in searching through your files. Editing Fields Torq will extract the relevant song information from the file's ID3 tag in order to populate the fields of the File List as described above. You are free to edit the information shown in the File List simply by double-clicking a field and typing in new data. It is important to note that Torq does not update the song's ID3 tag with your edits. Instead, your edited fields are stored in a special file with the same name as the song, but with the extension ". tqd" at the end. By saving your edits to the TQD file, Torq can save your changes much faster (changing an ID3 tag requires re-writing the entire audio file, something that could affect system performance during live use). Additionally, the audio file could become corrupted during the re-write process. So, Torq leaves your precious music files untouched by saving data to the TQD file. [. . . ] When this preference is set to "Beat, " your loops will be established in lengths of musical beats. Search iPod with Database When this preference is set to Yes, any connected iPods will have their music libraries incorporated into the Database for instant searching. If this option is off, you will have to specifically select the iPod Library in the Browser to view its contents. Search iTunes Library with Database If you happen to have a copy of Apple iTunes installed on your computer, selecting "Yes" for this option will integrate its Music Library into Torq's Database. [. . . ]