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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3

1) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS................................................................................................3

a) PC................................................................................................................................3

b) Mac ..............................................................................................................................3

2) VIRTUALDJ DJC MK4 OVERVIEW...................................................................................4

a) Browser area: folders area + files area........................................................................4

b) Deck A .........................................................................................................................5

c) Mixer ............................................................................................................................6

d) Deck B .........................................................................................................................8

e) Waveform area ............................................................................................................8

3) FIRST USE OF VIRTUALDJ DJC MK4..............................................................................9

a) Serial number ..............................................................................................................9

b) Browser area................................................................................................................9

i) Folders area...................................................................................................10

ii) File browser ...................................................................................................11

c) BPM (Beats Per Minute) rate of your music files.......................................................11

i) Analyze your music files’ BPM rates..............................................................12

ii) Run the BPM analysis in advance, not during a party!..................................12

iii) BPM rate display............................................................................................13

d) Information about the music tracks............................................................................13

i) Customizing the tag display...........................................................................13

ii) Sorting the music files....................................................................................14

iii) Searching.......................................................................................................14

4) PLAYING AN AUDIO FILE...............................................................................................15

a) Loading and playing an audio file ..............................................................................15

b) Supported audio formats ...........................................................................................17

i) File extensions ...............................................................................................17

ii) DRM protected files .......................................................................................17

iii) Video files ......................................................................................................17

c) Previewing a track .....................................................................................................17

i) Target.............................................................................................................17

ii) Equipment......................................................................................................18

iii) Steps..............................................................................................................18

d) Moving within a music track.......................................................................................18

e) Setting a Cue point ....................................................................................................19

Summary of content (39 pages)

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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3 VIRTUALDJ DJC MK4 OVERVIEW ...................................................................................4 a) b) c) d) e) a) b) c) d) 4) Serial number ..............................................................................................................9 Browser area..............................................................
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 i) ii) iii) iv) 5) BEAT MATCHING MUSIC FILES.................................................................................... 20 a) b) c) d) 6) Sync button on DJ Console Mk4 (= Beatmatch) ....................................................... 22 Pitch fader ................................................................................................................. 23 i) Pitch fader ................................................................................................
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 INTRODUCTION a)          b) PC Desktop/laptop PC with 1.5GHz processor or higher 1GB RAM Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP®, Vista® or 7™ USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 powered USB port (or USB hub) Hercules DJ Console Mk4 Headphones or amplified stereo speakers CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive 1024x600 video resolution or higher, 16-bit Microphone, Internet connection + 100MB free hard disk space Mac  Desktop/laptop Mac with Intel 1.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4    CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive 16-bit, 1024x768 video resolution Microphone, Internet connection + 100MB free hard disk space 2) VIRTUALDJ DJC MK4 OVERVIEW The VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 interface can be split into 5 areas:  Waveform  Deck A  Mixer  Deck B  Browser area: folders + files areas a) Browser area: folders area + files area In this area, you can browse through your computer or network drive to select the audio files you will load onto a deck and mix with.
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ENGLISH VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 FRANÇAIS Deck A ESPAÑOL ITALIANO NEDERLANDS This is the virtual deck on the left. You can:  load music files on this deck,  move within the track,  play the music file loaded on this deck,  add a bookmark to a position (called a Cue point),  change the pitch (the playback speed),  view the BPM, pitch variation, elapsed and remaining time.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 c) Pitch bend adjustment buttons: Pitch bend left = slower, and = faster Pitch bend right Time counter: elapsed time / remaining time Wave form overview (vertical bar = cue point) BPM counter (129.21 = 129.
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06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 7/39 – User Manual ITALIANO 02 03 04 05 PFL = Preview Deck A.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 d) Deck B This is the virtual deck on the right. You can:  load music files on this deck,  move within the track,  play the music file loaded on this deck,  add a bookmark to a position (called a Cue point),  change the pitch (the playback speed),  view the BPM, pitch variation, elapsed and remaining time. e) Waveform area This area shows 2 waveforms: the waveform for deck A (left deck) in blue, the waveform for deck B (right deck) in red.
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a) Serial number The first time you run VirtualDJ DJC Mk4, you are asked to enter a serial number. This serial number is found on the paper envelope of your installation CD. This serial number belongs to you: you cannot change it, and you must not share it with any other user of VirtualDJ DJC Mk4; otherwise, you won't be able to register on the VirtualDJ website, which will not let you access VirtualDJ service updates, plug-ins, or upgrades.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 i) Folders area On the left of the browser area, you can see the list of the folders and disk units on your computer: the active folder is highlighted. You know you are in the folders area because the folder button in the centre of the DJ Console Mk4 is backlit. .
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c) BPM (Beats Per Minute) rate of your music files The BPM rate is the number of beats per minute in the music, which reflects how fast the music is: a BPM rate below 85 is slow, a BPM rate over 130 is fast.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 i) Analyze your music files’ BPM rates The first time you display your list of music files in a DJ software application, the Beats Per Minute rate is not calculated: we strongly recommend that you analyze all of the music files you intend to mix with in advance, so that you can then read the BPM (Beats Per Minute) rate in the browsing area, to load only music tracks matching the BPM rate you need.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 another beat). If your file is not properly analyzed, you can correct it by manually entering the BPM rate. Information about the music tracks The text information inserted in each music file is called a “tag”: audio files are generally tagged automatically when you import an audio CD via iTunes or Windows Media Player, or when you buy MP3 files, and the tag includes the song name, artist name, composer name, album name, music genre and the date on which the music was recorded.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 You can display the following tags: Title, Artist, Album, Genre, Bpm, Key, Length, Bitrate, Year, Comment. ii) Sorting the music files You can sort your music files by each tag’s data (by song name, artist name, BPM, music genre...) by clicking the headline of the relevant tag.
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a) Loading and playing an audio file ESPAÑOL When you have selected an audio file in your music browser, you can load it: on the left deck of VirtualDJ by pressing the Load A button on your DJ Console Mk4; or on the right deck of VirtualDJ by pressing the Load B button on your DJ Console Mk4.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Once an audio file is loaded on a deck, you can: Play it: press the DJ Console Mk4’s Play button on the corresponding deck, Move within the audio file: turn the jog wheel on the corresponding deck, Move faster within the audio file: press the fast forward or rewind buttons on the corresponding deck.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 b) Supported audio formats i) Target Before playing a music file for the audience, you can preview it to: select a music file: check that it fits with the ambiance and beat of the party, add a cue point to the music file: the cue point is the bookmark you place in the music file to set where you want the audience to start hearing it. At a party where people are dancing, you need to set a cue point where people can hear the beat.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 ii) Equipment To preview a music file, you must connect your headphones to the DJ Console MK4 headphone output, on the front of the device.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 DEUTSCH i) Placing a Cue point Once the music file is loaded on a deck, preview it for yourself only (on your headphones) up to the point you choose as bookmark: you can reach this point by playing the music file, by pushing the fast forward button or by turning the jog wheel. Then press the Cue button at the spot you want to place a cue point.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 ii) Changing the position of the Cue point Each time you press the Cue button, VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 updates the Cue point’s position. iii) Going to the Cue point If the Cue point for an audio file has been defined and saved, you can go to this Cue point by pressing the Play button, and then pressing the Cue button while the track is playing.
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ESPAÑOL ITALIANO NEDERLANDS Hercules DJ Console Mk4 has 4 controls for beat matching: 1. Pitch fader, 2. Pitch Bend buttons (Pitch Bend -/+), 3. Sync button, 4. Jog wheels.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 VirtualDJ DJC Mk4’s display includes 5 controls per deck to control the pitch: 1. The pitch fader, 2. and Pitch bend right buttons below the The Pitch bend left pitch fader, which gradually change the pitch, and return to the previous pitch setting once you stop pressing the buttons, 3. The Pitch reset button to the right of the pitch fader, which gradually restores the default pitch value (to a 0.
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b) Pitch fader i) Pitch fader The pitch fader slows down / speeds up playback of the music file. On DJ Console Mk4, you manipulate the pitch fader function using the Pitch knobs (these knobs have no limits in their rotation). Slow down playback = turn the Pitch knob to the right Speed up playback = turn the Pitch knob to the left 23/39 – User Manual NEDERLANDS ITALIANO Tip: if you have set a pitch scale of 33%, for example, and you want to synchronize 2 tracks with a BPM difference exceeding 33% (e.g.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 In VirtualDJ’s display, the pitch fader is represented by a vertical slider on the right side of each deck.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Pitch button on your DJ Console Mk4 in the same direction, as the level can go no further. If the lock is gray, Master Tempo is OFF.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 rate when moving the fader to the top, and 112BPM when moving the fader to the bottom). The pitch scale can be changed by clicking on the pitch percentage figure displayed above the pitch fader in the VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 software: you can set a pitch scale of 6%, 8%, 10%, 12%, 20%, 25%, 33%, 50% or 100%.
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ESPAÑOL if the squares of both music tracks don't overlap, the music tracks are not synchronized.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 c) Pitch Bend buttons (“Pitch Bend –” and “Pitch Bend +”) The Pitch Bend –/+ buttons slow down/speed up playback of the music track loaded on a deck. The difference between these functions and the pitch faders is that the pitch bend action is temporary: when you release the button, the music track’s playback gradually returns to its previous speed. Pitch bend is therefore an “elastic setting”.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 ENGLISH Jog Wheels ESPAÑOL ITALIANO NEDERLANDS DEUTSCH While music is playing on a deck, the jog wheel on the deck has 2 possible modes: Fine Tuning mode (when the Scratch button on DJ Console Mk4 is off): you can slow down or speed up the music playback temporarily by turning the jog wheels, as you would do by pressing the Pitch Bend – or Pitch Bend + buttons.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 6) LOOPS AND EFFECTS The DJ’s task is not only to play music tracks with no gaps between them, but also to tweak existing music tracks to enhance their energy to stimulate the dancers. The functions included in VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 Edition are: Loops (1-beat, 2-beat, 4-beat, 8-beat) Effects (Flanger, Beatgrid, Flippin Double, Overloop) [Please note that in Mac OS, Overloop is not available].
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iv) In VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 In VirtualDJ DJC Mk4, you see the loop status on each deck: NEDERLANDS When you enter into a loop (using buttons 1, 2, 3 or 4), you remain in this loop until you decide to exit it. You can exit the loop in 2 different ways: pressing the loop button once closes the loop, pressing another loop button once changes the length of the loop.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 b) Effects When the Shift button is lit up on your controller, you are in Fx mode, with buttons 5, 6, 7, 8. The effects mapped on the buttons are:  Button 5 = Flanger  Button 6 = Beatgrid  Button 7 = Flippin Double  Button 8 = Overloop (only in Windows; in Mac OS, button 8 repeats the last effect) To change the preset of any of these 4 effects, click the Effects button in VirtualDJ.
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To set the flanger, press the flanger button; to stop it, press the button again. ESPAÑOL Changing the flanger You can change the flanger preset in the Effects menu by selecting: the delay of the flanger, the frequency of the flanger ITALIANO i) Flanger The flanger consists of adding a cycle of stretching and compression on some frequencies of an audio track while keeping the other frequencies unchanged, so that you keep the tempo and the tone of the music but change its sound.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 ii) Beatgrid The beatgrid is a beat repeater: it samples 4 beats of the current music track and plays this 4-beat pattern over the music, during 4 beats, which adds intermediary beats on the music: If you keep the beatgrid button pressed down, the 4-beat pattern is added continuously as a loop over the music track. th If you release the beatgrid button, the 4-beat pattern stops at the 4 beat, while the music track playback goes on.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 7) SCRATCH, SAMPLER ESPAÑOL ITALIANO i) Scratch mode You can enter into scratch mode by pressing the scratch button, located over the Up button on your controller: the button lights up, and you can use the jog wheels to scratch. DEUTSCH Scratch Scratching is the action of stopping a vinyl record playing on a turntable with your hand, and playing a portion of the music backwards and forwards with your hand.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 ii) Action Once you are in scratch mode, if you turn the jog wheel counterclockwise, you play the music track backward, and if you turn the jog wheel clockwise, you play the music forward, at the speed of the jog wheel’s rotation. iii) Jog wheel accuracy Scratching requires the best accuracy for the jog wheel, so in the DJ Console Mk4 control panel, you should select the standard jog wheel accuracy instead of one of the reduced accuracy modes.
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NEDERLANDS You can record a sample of the music currently playing by selecting the bank where you want to store the sample and pressing the Rec button:  If you are in a loop, the sample Rec button remains black, and VirtualDJ records a sample of the length of the loop,  if you are not in loop mode, the sample Rec button becomes red, and VirtualDJ keeps on recording the sample as long as you don't click the Rec button again.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 You set the sample in loop mode (so that VirtualDJ plays the sample nonstop as long as you don't click the sample Play button again) by clicking the button with a circular arrow on top of the volume slider. A sample in non-loop mode has no left and right arrows over the volume slider. When you click on the Play area, its color changes and you see the playback bar fill gradually.
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VirtualDJ DJC Mk4 End-user software license Agreement Please carefully read the License contract displayed when installing the VirtualDJ software. Afterwards, you can view the text file installed on your computer at any time. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RECOMMENDATION At the end of its working life, this product should not be disposed of with standard household waste, but rather dropped off at a collection point for the disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) for recycling.