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  • Page 1 User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents DJ Headphones Description Installation 2.1 Software installation 2.2 USB sound interface installation Getting started 3.1 Audio Configuration 3.2 MIDI Configuration 3.3 Importing Audio & Loading Tracks Player and Mixer 4.1 Player 4.2 Mixer control Racks 5.1 Crossfader 5.2 Main Volume / Record vibe-watermark-brig vibe-watermark-brig 5.3 Mix...
  • Page 3 Welcome Thank you for choosing MIXVIBES U-MIX DJ SET. This is a comprehensive manual that goes over the functionalities of MIXVIBES. Take the time to read this manual to take full advantage of the potential of MIXVIBES U-MIX DJ SET.

  • Page 4: Dj Headphones Description

    1 DJ Headphones Description Important Safety Instructions Do not use the headphones while driving, cycling, or operating any motorized vehicle. This may create a traffic hazard and may be illegal in some areas. It can also be dangerous to play your music with headphones at high volumes while walking or engaged in other activities.
  • Page 5 1 DJ Headphones Description Care and Maintenance The following suggestions will help you protect your headphones: Keep the device dry. Precipitation, humidity, and all types of liquids or moisture can contain minerals that will corrode electronic circuits. If your device does get wet, allow it to dry completely.

  • Page 6: Installation

    2 Installation 2.1 Software installation Place the MIXVIBES HOME CD in your CD-Rom and autorun should start. If the installation does not start automatically double click on the « install_home.exe » file in the root of your CD-ROM. install1.pdf install1.pdf...
  • Page 7 2 Installation Select the folder you want to install MIXVIBES HOME 7 into. You can keep the default folder, or choose a new one by typing directly into the box or clicking on ‘Browse..’. Press Install to begin installation. Be patient, the installation install4.pdf...

  • Page 8: Usb Sound Interface Installation

    29/07/2009 11:25:05 11:25:05 First, make sure you are in possession of the MIXVIBES USB sound interface and that you have an available USB port on your computer. USB sound interface This sound card adds an extra output to your system allowing you to preview your mix usb2.pdf...
  • Page 9 Windows® confirms the installation of your pe- ripheral; you can now use the MIXVIBES USB sound interface. To run MIXVIBES HOME 7 go to the START menu then All Programs/MixVibesHome7 and select MixVibes HOME, or use the shortcut on the desktop.

  • Page 10: Getting Started

    3 Getting started 3.1 Audio Configuration carteson.pdf carteson.pdf 02/04/2009 02/04/2009 18:22:24 18:22:24 Go to [Preferences/Options/Soundcard] . Audio Configuration Set the output number on “2”. Choose your internal soundcard as the ‘Master’ output, and the USB audio interface as the ‘Preview’ output. Connect your speakers to your internal soundcard installed on your computer and connect your headphones to your USB sound interface.

  • Page 11: Importing Audio & Loading Tracks

    3 Getting started Select your MIDI input device from the pull down menu. Select your MIDI device mapping by clicking on it. Validate by clicking on OK. 3.3 Importing Audio & Loading Tracks Next we suggest that you scan your computer to find your music. You can do this in two ways: Right-click while the cursor is over the MediaBase window, from the menu select Scan .

  • Page 12: Player And Mixer

    4 Player and Mixer player1.pdf player1.pdf 02/04/2009 02/04/2009 11:37:22 11:37:22 4.1 Player 4.1.1 Player display screen vibe-watermark-brig vibe-watermark-brig Player display screen End of track alarm : You can set it in [Preferences/Options/Mix]. Media Information : This will display the Artist and Title if the media is tagged correctly.
  • Page 13 4 Player and Mixer to temporarily change the pitch of the media. Note: this will automatically revert back to the default pitch when you let go of the jog wheel. Active player Search Bar : This displays a waveform of the whole media. You can go to any point on the media by simply clicking on the waveform.
  • Page 14 4 Player and Mixer Effect Volume : adjust the effect volume. Displays the current selected effect. Use your left-hand mouse button on this option to view the drop down list of effects. Effect parameters: This allows you control over the current effect. The adjust- ment will depend on the effect selected.
  • Page 15 4 Player and Mixer Locations buttons: These buttons allow the user to create and use up to 5 location points in the track. To store a location point, simply move to the position in the track that you want to mark and left-click whilst over the relevant location number.

  • Page 16: Mixer Control

    4 Player and Mixer 4.2 Mixer control vibe-watermark-brig vibe-watermark-brig Mixer control Equalization/Gain: A 3-band equalizer and 3 frequency kill buttons are avail- able to modify the equalization of your media file. Treble, medium and bass can be adjusted with these buttons. You can use gain to normalize your tracks. A double click on the frequency potentiometers will set them back to there original value.

  • Page 17: Racks

    5 Racks 5.1 Crossfader If you are using a DJ mixer connected to a multiple output audio interface, you will not need to use the MIXVIBES crossfader. You can use your mixer’s crossfader for direct crossfader1.pdf crossfader1.pdf 02/04/2009 02/04/2009 15:00:33 15:00:33 control.

  • Page 18: Main Volume / Record

    5 Racks 5.2 Main Volume / Record The screenshot above shows how the Main volume/Record rack looks with two soundcards (i.e. two sets of controls). If you only have one soundcard installed then you will only see one set of controls. With one soundcard, this rack only controls the master volume; with volume1.pdf volume1.pdf 02/04/2009...

  • Page 19: Gain

    mix1.pdf mix1.pdf 03/04/2009 03/04/2009 17:32:35 17:32:35 5 Racks Zoom : Zooms in and out. Beat : Displays the beats. When two media files are in sync, the beat are simultaneous. Bar : Displays the bars. Sync : Chooses between three different synchronization modes: Norm : automatic synchronization based on the sound power.

  • Page 20: Sampler

    Compressor Parameters: Activation threshold, attack and release time. Limiter On/Off. Limiter Parameters: Activation threshold. 5.5 Sampler The MIXVIBES integrated sampler allows you to personalize your mix. This device allows you to seamlessly sample audio. You can then manipulate your sample: equalization, sampleur1.pdf sampleur1.pdf...
  • Page 21 5 Racks This window displays information about the active sample: Pitch value, BPM, Artist name and song, time and total time. Equalization: You can set the equalization for the current active pad (Treble, Middle and Bass). Speed/Master Tempo slider: This control interacts with the pitch mode selec- tor.
  • Page 22 files from the Explorer windows onto the sampler pads. Sampler session can be saved as and opened selecting [File/Sampler session] and then ‘Save as. . . ’ or ‘Open’. There are several sampler sessions available allowing you to load samples supplied with MIXVIBES HOME 7. vibe-watermark-brig vibe-watermark-brig...

  • Page 23: The Media

    MediaBase. To do so, right click on the desired folder in the Browser. Then choose Scan to add all the files to the MediaBase. If you load a media file straight from the browser to a MIXVIBES Player it will automatically be entered into your MediaBase. Manage the MediaBase As previously mentioned, you can manage multiple MediaBases.
  • Page 24 If you use Apple’s iTunes® to sort your media files you can load your library straight into MIXVIBES. Click on Import iTunes library in the File menu. All the referenced media is then loaded into the MediaBase as well. The iTunes® playlist appear as groups in the selection window.
  • Page 25 6 The Media Add Music: Adds the current track to the MediaBase. Scan: See the information regarding Adding Music within the Getting Started Section of this manual. Edit info. . . : Allows you to edit the ID3 tags of the selected file. There are 9 tabs available to edit or view information.

  • Page 26: Playlist

    Note: The MIXVIBES playlists are compatible with most of the mp3 player software on the market. They are importable and exportable in « .m3u » and « .txt » format. Media can be added to the Playlist by dragging and dropping them from the MediaBase or Explorer windows or by right-clicking within the MediaBase window and selecting Add to playlist.

  • Page 27: Explorer

    6 The Media 6.3 Explorer exporateur1.pdf exporateur1.pdf 07/04/2009 07/04/2009 18:49:59 18:49:59 Explorer The Explorer window allows you to explore your computer directory to find media. Media from the Explorer window can be dragged and dropped directly onto the Player, Playlist, MediaBase or Sampler. You can scan a folder by right-clicking within the Explorer window and selecting Scan.

  • Page 28: Selection Cm

    6 The Media 6.4 Selection selection.pdf selection.pdf 06/04/2009 06/04/2009 15:47:25 15:47:25 Selection The selection window will allow you to filter the MediaBase by a number of different categories. If your tracks have ID3 tags, they will automatically appear in the relevant categories. vibe-watermark-brig vibe-watermark-brig The Groups category is for user-defined groups.

  • Page 29: Settings/Options

    Autoload last opened file: automatically load the last played media and MediaBase that will be loaded when starting MIXVIBES. History: stores the history of files played during a MIXVIBES session. Click on Show File to access the history. TAGs: choose the tag format you wish to save, choose ID3v1 for version 1 tag, ID3v2 for version 2 tag.

  • Page 30: Mix

    Search time range : time interval from the beginning of the track in which MIXVIBES will set a Cue point. Sound detection level : Minimum sound level (dB) level for the Cue point. Note: MIXVIBES will set the cue at the first point within the time interval that attains the sound 30 /...

  • Page 31: Soundcard Cj

    7.3 Soundcard This menu allows you to define the audio peripherals you want to use in MIXVIBES as well as the latency of each peripheral. If you are using 2 sound cards (the integrated soundcard of your computer and the MIXVIBES USB sound interface provided), you can specify which soundcard you want to allocate for master (Output ‘1’, main sound output)

  • Page 32: Skin

    7 Settings/Options Note: Depending on your audio devices quality a too low latency can interfere with the audio playback fluidity. If you experience skips in the audio playback set your latency to carteson.pdf carteson.pdf 02/04/2009 02/04/2009 18:22:24 18:22:24 a higher value until the problem is solved. Soundcard 7.4 Skin This option will allow you to select the default skin for the HOME 7 product.
  • Page 33 file before mapping your keyboard. Keyboard Learning This new MIXVIBES feature allows you to map your keyboard in a just a few seconds just by placing your mouse over a player button and pressing the wished keyboard key. First, create a new Keyboard file by pressing New in the keyboard option menu, name it, press ‘return’...

  • Page 34: Midi

    Validate by clicking on OK. Midi Learning This new MIXVIBES feature allows you to map your midi controller in a just a few seconds just by placing your mouse over a player button and pressing the wished key of your midi controller.
  • Page 35 7 Settings/Options Press the desired controller key for the chosen action (e.g. CUE). Your key is now mapped. In order to map further buttons, move your mouse to the next button and press the next desired controller key. Once you’re finished, deactivate the learning button from the commands bar. Check out in the midi options >...
  • Page 36 The contents of this manual may change without prior notice. Best efforts have been put forth to insure the accuracy of the contents of this manual. MIXVIBES is not liable for any errors, typographical or other, contained herein. Except as specifically permitted herein, no portion of the information on this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of MIXVIBES.

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