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- Page 1 GETTING STARTED WITH DJCONTROL COMPACT AND DJUCED 18° ™...
- Page 2 INSTALLATION Connect the DJControl Compact to your computer Install the DJUCED™ 18° software Launch the DJUCED™ 18° software More information (forums, tutorials, videos...) at www.HERCULESDJMIXROOM.com 1/17...
- Page 3 1 - CONNECTING SPEAKERS AND HEADPHONES 1.1 Connection to your computer's stereo sound card. 1.2 Connection to an external multichannel sound card. On most mass market soundcards, pre-amplification is carried out on outputs 1-2. Therefore, you should direct the "headphones" sound to outputs 1-2 and your mix to outputs 3-4.
- Page 4 2 - LOADING YOUR MUSIC IN DJUCED™ 18° Use the following buttons to navigate through the folders. : browse through the list of folders or in the files : toggle between folders and tracks : expand/collapse a folder's navigation tree, load a track 2.1 Browse to the location where your music files are stored on your computer.
- Page 5 DJUCED™ 18° automatically analyzes the BPM (beats per minute) of the selected track and places a Cue point on the first beat of the track. DJUCED™ 18° lets you play the most popular audio file formats (mp3, wav, wma, aif...) if the codec is installed on your computer.
- Page 6 3.5 To ensure a transition at the same 3 - MIXING TRACKS tempo, synchronize the BPM (beats per Mixing tracks means to link up songs, minute) of the track that is still to be played. one after another, without any gaps or SYNC To do this, press the button on deck...
- Page 7 4 - LOOPS (LOOP) A loop is a part of a track whose beginning and end you define, and which is played repeatedly. 4.1 Accessing the Loop mode Press the MODE button + pad 1. 4.2 Creating a loop which length is predefined To make a loop consisting of 1 beat, press pad 1.
- Page 8 5 - EFFECTS (FX) An effect (Fx) is a filter (or a combination of filters) which modifies the sound: echo, reverb... 5.1 Accessing the Effects (FX) mode MODE Press the button + pad 2. 5.2 Applying an effect on a track that is loaded and playing To activate effect 1, press pad 1.
- Page 9 6 - SAMPLES (SAMPLE) A sample is a short sound which can be played on its own or in conjunction with other samples, either over the music or in place of the music, and can be played either as a loop, or just one time (this is known as a “jingle”).
- Page 10 6.3 Modifying the default samples list In DJUCED™ 18°, click on the desired sample using the files' navigation tree and drag it into the sampler to replace the existing sample. 9/17...
- Page 11 7 - CUE POINTS (CUE) A Cue point is a marker that you can place in a music track. It lets you start playback of the track from that point. 7.1 Accessing the Cue mode MODE Click on the button + pad 4. 7.2 Placing a Cue point You can insert up to 4 Cue points.
- Page 12 7.4 Deleting a Cue point SHIFT + the corresponding pad to delete the Cue point. Press 11/17...
- Page 13 8 - SETTING A TRACK'S SPEED (PITCH) SHIFT To speed up or slow down a track's speed, press the button all the while turning the jog wheel on the deck playing the track. SHIFT To reset the track's speed and therefore return to its original speed, press buttons SYNC.
- Page 14 9 - SCRATCHING ON A TRACK A scratch creates an audio effect from a track by turning the jog wheel. 9.1 Press the SCRATCH SCRATCH button to toggle on/off the mode on the jog wheel. 13/17...
- Page 15 9.4. And turn it left and right until you hear 9.2 Start playing a track loaded on deck A, for the end of the scratch sound, then return to example.. the starting point. 9.3 The moment you want to scratch over the track, place your hand on deck A's jog wheel.
- Page 16 10 -AUTOMIX After having previously created a playlist (see section 12. CREATING A PLAYLIST), you can SHIFT + AUTOMIX. launch an automatic mix by pressing the buttons 15/17...
- Page 17 11 –RECORDING YOUR MIX To record a mix, press the button to start recording and then again press to stop recording. 16/17...
- Page 18 12 –CREATING A PLAYLIST DJUCED™ 18°, click on the button to create a playlist. Enter a name for the playlist, then click OK. The new playlist appears in the Playlists folder. Select tracks as described in section 2 LOADING YOUR MUSIC IN DJUCED™ 18°. Or, using the mouse, drag the selected files into the created list (here, "My Playlist").