User manual VESTAX DGE-X2

[. . . ] Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped. 13. Equipment may be located above or below this apparatus, but some equipment (like large power amplifiers) may cause an unacceptable amount of hum or may generate too much heat and degrade the performance of this apparatus. ping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. [. . . ] You can fast search through a song by pressing SHIFT and winding the platter, this will skip through the song at high speed. VISUAL AID: TRACk OVERVIEW This view provides a complete overview of the waveform of the track and includes a marker to show the current position within the track. The waveform is colored according to the spectrum of the sound; red representing low frequency bass sounds, green representing mid frequency sounds and blue representing high frequency treble sounds. You can jump to different positions within the track by clicking on the Track Overview display. Grey lines behind the overview show the length of the track; a thin grey line every minute, and a thick grey line every 5 minutes. The overview will be filled when you load the track onto a Virtual Deck. NOTE: You can easily match the tempo of one deck to the other by pressing the AUTO TEMPO button. See Auto Tempo for more information. VISUAL AID: TEMPO MATCHING TEMPORARY CUE The temp cue function allows you to set a temporary cue point in a track that is not saved into the file. This is useful for finding a point in a song and then being able to easily start again from this point as you get your mix right. While paused you can use the platter to fine tune the playhead placement to ensure your cue point is set exactly on a downbeat. If no temp cue is set, pressing the CUE button while playback is paused will create one at the current playhead location. Once the temp cue is set, holding the CUE button whilst paused will play from the temp cue point. If you press the PLAY/PAUSE button whilst you are holding down the CUE button, playback will continue when you let both buttons go. This technique will by no means guarantee perfect mixes, but may help to speed up the process of beat matching. BEAT SYNC BEAT SYNC is an advanced feature that will automatically align the transients (usually the drums) in the two playing tracks. If you have dropped your next track in but it's not quite in time, by pressing SHIFT + AUTO TEMPO you can perform an automatic beat sync. When the current track is playing on the left side press SHIFT + the right hand AUTO TEMPO button. This will snap the right track's beats to be in time with the left hand side. BEAT SYNC works by snapping the two closest transients together, this means the timing of the two tracks has to be close before BEAT SYNC will work. 14 Vestax DGE-X2 / Serato ITCH Manual 1. 0 ADVANCED FEATURES MIC AND AUx MIxING The DGE-X2 features a Microphone and an Auxiliary line input. The volume and equalization of these two inputs is controlled in software and each can be either assigned to the main mix or either side of the crossfader. The knobs can be controlled with the mouse and the drop down box allows you to choose where you'd like each source to be sent. There are also physical gain controls next to both the MIC and the AUX inputs on the hardware. These knobs control the gain before the signal is sent up to ITCH for mixing. There is an emergency thru switch located next to the AUXinput. ThissendstheMICandAUXdirectlytothe master volume knob and completely disconnects the computer from the signal path. If you are using mains power, this allows you to use an MP3 or CD player as a sound source whilst switching laptops. [. . . ] If this option is off, the track overview information is filled in as the track plays. Use this function if you have edited or modified file tags in other software. TIP: Rescanning the tags is a handy way to identify any files that can't be found, for example, if the files have been re-named or moved. These tracks are shown red in the library pane, with a question mark icon in the status column. [. . . ]