User manual VESTAX VCI-300

[. . . ] All trademarks are the property of their respective owners 2 Vestax VCI-300 / Serato ITCH Manual 1. 0 IMPORTANT SAFTEY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over. 11. [. . . ] This allows you to cue a track in from pause mode and then continue playback once you know the mix is right. The CUE button can also be pressed whilst the track is playing at any point to return to this point and put the deck in pause. To change the location of the temp cue put the deck in pause with the playhead at a different location and press the CUE button again. The Tempo Matching display area provides a helpful tool for beat matching. ITCH detects the beats within the track and places a row of orange peaks (for the track on the left side) above a row of blue peaks (for the track on the right side) in the Tempo Matching display area. When the two tracks are matched to the same tempo, the peaks will line up. This display does not show the relative timing of the beats, only the tempos of the tracks. The peaks will still line up when the tracks are playing at the same tempo, but are out of sync. DROPPING IT IN The platter on the VCI-300 is touch sensitive and when ITCH starts is in NUDGE mode. In NUDGE mode, moving the platter backwards or forwards will temporarily bend the speed of the track faster or slower. This is for when you have two tracks mixed together but they are not quite in time. By "nudging" the platter back and forth you can ensure that the timing is aligned. When pressing the SCRATCH button, SCRATCH mode engages and the button lights to show this. In SCRATCH mode, touching and holding the platter will stop playback just like with a record. Moving the platter will scratch backwards and forwards through the track as if you were using vinyl. You can also NUDGE whilst in SCRATCH mode by turning the platter without touching the black top. You do this by using the clear plastic edges, this is a bit like using the rails on a turntable to get tracks in time. The temp cue point is also useful to repeatedly start from a preset point in the track. This allows you to easily drop in a few times until you get it right. Vestax VCI-300 / Serato ITCH Manual 1. 0 13 VISUAL AID: BEAT MATCHING DISPLAY This view shows the position of beats within the track. When beat matching, this view helps align the downbeats of the two tracks. ExAMPLE: The following is a demonstration of how to use the visual aids to help beat match. In this example, the track that is playing is on the left deck and the track to be mixed in is on the right deck. Adjust the pitch of the right deck until the blue peaks sit under the orange peaks in the Tempo Matching display. Remember that a kick or bass drum will be red in color, and a snare drum will be green or blue. [. . . ] RELOCATE LOST FILES If you've moved some files which are already in your library, they will show up as not found and be displayed in red. Drag and drop a folder from Finder (Mac) or Explorer (Windows) onto the relocate lost files button to search it, and any sub-folders, for files currently marked as not found in your library. Doing this will update the database with their new location. TRACk END WARNING Enables warning flash of the virtual deck for the last 20 seconds of the track. PLAYBACk kEYS USE SHIFT With this option on, all cue point, loop, and general playback keys on the computer keyboard require shift or caps lock to function. [. . . ]