Quick Start Guide
Contents 1 2 3 4 5 U46MK2 Description 4 1.1 Front Panel 4 1.2 Rear Panel 5 Connections 6 Installation 7 3.1 Windows 7 3.2 Mac OS X 9 3.3 Launching CROSS 9 3.4 License Key 9 Configuring CROSS 10 4.1 Audio Configuration 10 4.2 Time Code Calibration 11 4.3 MIDI Configuration 12 Overview of the Graphical User Interface 13 5.1 Menu 13 5.2 Head-Up Display (HUD) 13 5.3 Players 13 5.4 Integrated Mixer 14 5.5 Dock 15 vibe-watermark-brig 15 5.6 Browser 5.
Welcome Thank you for choosing CROSS PACK. CROSS PACK is a compact plug and play digital vinyl system that includes Mixvibes CROSS DJ software and the U46MK2 audio interface. This DJ software was designed to provide a simple and user-friendly environment, so you can focus on mixing tracks and having fun.
1 U46MK2 Description front_panel.pdf 13/05/2009 18:41:57 1.1 Front Panel 1 2 3 4 Front panel 1 Channel 1/2 input Input source (MIC/LINE/PHONO) selector: This is where you select input sources of channel 1/2. MIC input connector: Connect your Microphone to this Balanced 1/4” connector. +48V Phantom power switch: Supply +48V DC phantom power to input channels 1/2 simultaneously by pressing the button. Gain control for MIC input: Controls the input level of the microphone.
1 U46MK2 Description rear_panel.pdf 17/03/2009 17:27:51 1.2 Rear Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rear Panel 1 External Power supply connector: If you use a microphone that requires phantom power, especially with a laptop computer, it’s strongly recommended to use a DC +9V/500mA adapter (not included). 2 USB connector: Connects the USB cable to the computer. C M J 3 Mix output: You can monitor all input sources and output sources through the Mix output.
2 Connections Follow the instructions below to use CROSS and the U46MK2 with a pair of decks and an external mixer. 1 If you are using vinyl, plug the ground of your turntable to the ground lug on the U46MK2 or on your DJ mixer. 2 Connect the outputs of your decks (vinyl or CD) to the RCA inputs of your U46MK2 plugging the left deck into the inputs 1/2 and right deck into the inputs 3/4.
3 Installation 3.1 Windows install_language.pdf 26/02/2009 20:50:35 1 Insert CROSS installation disc into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The installation program will launch automatically. In case it does not, open Windows Explorer, navigate to the CROSS installation disc and double-click on the file «Install Cross .exe». 2 Choose your language and click OK. Language Selection install_licence.pdf C 26/02/2009 20:50:56 3 Read and accept the End-User License Agreement by clicking I Agree.
3 Installation install_install_location.pdf 26/02/2009 20:50:03 5 Choose the folder in which you want to install CROSS and click Next. Choose Install location C 6 Choose the Start Menu folder in which you want to create the CROSS shortcut. To start the installation, M install_start_menu_folder.pdf 26/02/2009 20:52:03 click Install. J CM MJ CJ CMJ N vibe-watermark-brig C Start Menu Folder Location M C 7 Once the installation is complete you can click Finish.
3 Installation 3.2 Mac OS X 1 Insert the CROSS installation disc into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. 2 Double-click the CROSS icon on your desktop. install_mac_application.pdf 22/04/2009 12:24:37 3 Drag and drop CROSS into your Applications folder. Installing CROSS 3.3 Launching CROSS Windows Go to [Start > All Programs > MixVibes > Cross ] and click on the CROSS icon. Mac OS X Go to [Applications > Cross ] and double-click on CROSS . C vibe-watermark-brig M 3.4 License Key J C serial_number.
4 Configuring CROSS 4.1 Audio Configuration config_audio.pdf 07/12/2009 17:41:30 1 Go to [File > Preferences > Audio]. Audio Configuration Pane C M J 2 Select MixVibes ASIO U46MK2 on PC or U46DJ on Mac from the pull down menu. vibe-watermark-brig 3 Choose your desired sample rate and buffer size. The default settings are 44.1kHz sample rate and 512 samples of buffer. CM 4 Select the outputs of the U46MK2 corresponding to the mixer channels.
4 Configuring CROSS 4.2 Time Code Calibration config_vinyl.pdf 07/12/2009 17:42:00 1 Go to [File > Preferences > Vinyl/CD]. Time Code Calibration Pane C M 2 Check Left/Right Control Deck to enable the external control. vibe-watermark-brig 3 Select the Control Media that you will be using: MV vinyl, MV CD or 7” MV vinyl. J 4 Start playback of the control records making sure that the pitch is set to zero on your decks and the CM playback direction is forward.
4 Configuring CROSS 4.3 MIDI Configuration config_midi.pdf 26/02/2009 20:46:59 1 Go to [File > Preferences > MIDI]. MIDI Configuration Pane C 2 Select your MIDI input device from the pull down menu. M 3 Select your MIDI device mapping by clicking on its picture.
5 Overview of the Graphical User Interface overview.pdf 08/12/2009 16:42:34 Once CROSS is configured, you will see the following graphical interface: Menu Head-Up Display Player Integrated Mixer Dock Browser Preview Deck User Interface C M 5.1 Menu The menu lets you access various commands in CROSS. J CM 5.2 Head-Up Display (HUD) MJ CJ hud.
lecteur.pdf 26/02/2009 18:23:11 5 Overview of the Graphical User Interface 1 2 3 play_cue.pdf 26/02/2009 18:43:41 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 Player 1 Displays the Title, Artist and Duration of the audio file. C 2 Mode selector for the pitch fader. Selects between Speed, Tempo, or Hybrid modes. M 3 Pitch fader. J 4 Full track display. Gives an overview of the waveform for the entire audio file. Clicking on the waveform CM MJ CJ CMJ N to will jump to that point in the track.
mixer.pdf 07/12/2009 5 Overview of the Graphical User Interface 18:12:56 1 6 2 4 9 10 11 5 7 3 8 Integrated Mixer 1 Record Master. C 2 Input Mselectors (Player or Line In). 3 PlayerJ output meters. 4 Gain. CM MJ 5 Master output meter. CJ 6 Pre Fader Listen. CMJ 7 EQ. N 8 Crossfader. vibe-watermark-brig 9 Master Level. 10 Cue Level. 11 Players Level. 5.5 Dock C M The dock is the central component of CROSS’ media management system.
6 Control Modes 6.1 External Control Modes 6.1.1 Absolute Mode In this mode, the playback position of the control record/disc corresponds precisely with the playback position of the audio file in the player. Use the Absolute mode when you want to use your turntable’s tonearm (or the seek function on your CD) to skip thru the track. If you are using CD decks, you can use their cueing and looping capabilities as well. 6.1.
7 Importing Audio 7.1 Importing Folders To import an entire folder of music: 1 Go to [File > Import > Directory] 2 Chooseimport_media.pdf a folder or disc containing your music20:48:47 and click Choose. 26/02/2009 3 CROSS will import all the audio tracks into the Collection. Locating a Folder You can also import files by going to [File > Import > Media] or playlists by going to [File > Import > Playlist]. vibe-watermark-brig C 7.
8 Loading Tracks After importing your audio tracks you can load them into the players. There are three ways of loading tracks: With the mouse • • Drag and drop a track from the collection to one of the players. Right-click (CTRL+click on Mac) and select Load in Player A, B or Active. With the keyboard Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through your collection.
9 First Mix with CROSS 1 Load tracks into both players and the waveforms will appear. 2 Begin playback of the control records to start playback of the audio in the players. 3 You should now hear the music in your speakers: You can start mixing. 4 To go from one track to another, move the crossfader from left to right, or use the channels faders on your external mixer (or the CROSS mixer if you are not in External Mixer routing mode).
10 Troubleshooting The audio tracks are not playing back • • Make sure you selected the correct audio interface in the audio preferences window. Make sure you activated the correct audio inputs and outputs of your audio interface in the audio preferences window. • • Make sure you selected the correct Routing Mode in the audio preferences window. Make sure that your control records/discs have been properly calibrated in the vinyl/CD preferences window.
Contact • For all technical or sales information, please contact your local reseller or MixVibes directly: MixVibes 4, rue de la Sablière 92230 Gennevilliers FRANCE www.mixvibes.com • Technical support: • • 1 online on our forum Sales Information: • by email to sales@mixvibes.com vibe-watermark-brig C M J Copyright 2009 MixVibes. All rights reserved. CM The contents of this guide may change without prior notice.
