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  • Page 1 CROSS DJ CROSS DJ for U-MIX CONTROL PRO CROSS DJ LE CROSS DJ LE for U-MIX CONTROL 2 USER MANUAL Fine DJ Solutions.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    BaSIc conceptS of DIgItal DJIng Internal mixer vs. external mixer audio Sources: audio files vs. external Sources controlling croSS DJ with the Keyboard and DJ controllers connect anD confIgure your HarDWare u-mIX control pro in Internal mixer mode u-mIX control pro in external mixer mode u-mIX control pro and external audio Sources 4.4 Configuring other Soundcards...
  • Page 3 Contents tHe croSS DJ uSer Interface the panels at a glance changing the Screen layout ImportIng anD mIXIng your muSIc Importing folders Importing tracks from itunes Importing collections from other DJ Software analysing imported files using the Beatgrid tools loading tracks into the players...
  • Page 4 /112 BacKup your Data /113 Default KeyBoarD SHortcutS /114 trouBleSHootIng anD faQ /117 Software related Questions /117 controller related Questions /119 lISt of mIDI meSSageS /122 u-mIX control pro – tecHnIcal SpecIfIcatIonS /127 Safety InStructIonS /129 InDeX /131 mIXVIBeS /133...

  • Page 5: Welcome

    CROSS DJ LE croSS DJ le is only available bundled with various controllers or other products from different manufacturers the feature sets of croSS DJ and croSS DJ le are almost identical. the main dif- ference between croSS DJ and croSS DJ le is that you can use croSS DJ with all DJ controllers and DJ soundcards available;...
  • Page 6 - uSB DJ mIDI controller with an internal audio interface • 1 uSB cable; 1 rca cable; 1 male rca to male mini jack (3.5mm) U-MIX CONTROL 2 Box Contents • croSS DJ le installation disc • u-mIX control 2 - uSB DJ mIDI controller • 1 uSB cable CROSS DJ LE Box Contents •...

  • Page 7: Software Installation

    If the version available on the mixVibes website is newer than the version on your cD-rom, we recommend installing the newer version instead of the one on the cD-rom.
  • Page 8 Software Installation read the license agreement and accept it by clicking I Agree. Select the components you wish to install and click Next. Depending on the controller/software package that you use this setup screen may show different components. make sure that the driver components for your con- troller stay selected.
  • Page 9 Software Installation Select the folder where croSS DJ shall be installed. click Next. Select the folder in your Start menu where the croSS DJ shortcut shall be created. click Install to start the installation.

  • Page 10: Installation On Mac Os

    CROSS DJ is activated, croSS DJ will launch automatically. 2.2 Installation on Mac OS X Insert the croSS DJ installation disc into the cD-rom drive of your mac. Double-click the croSS icon on your desktop. Drag and drop croSS DJ onto your “applications” folder.

  • Page 11: Launching Cross

    If you use croSS DJ le that was bundled with a controller then connect the con- troller to your computer before you launch croSS DJ le. If the controller is not connected croSS DJ le will not start. If you use croSS DJ it is not necessary to connect your controller before launching croSS DJ.

  • Page 12: Basic Concepts Of Digital Djing

    DJ offers. 3.1 Internal Mixer vs. External Mixer you can use croSS DJ with either an external mixer or by using the internal mixer that is integrated into the croSS DJ software. the main differences between these setups are •...
  • Page 13 B runs through the mixer/audio engine of croSS DJ but only to add the fX amount to the signal. then the audio of each player is sent via the uSB port to the connected audio interface: the audio signal of player a is sent to outputs 1 and 2, and the audio signal of player B is sent to outputs 3 and 4.
  • Page 14 (left part of the mixer panel) has been set to line In. In this setting the audio coming from the cDJ player is routed into the croSS DJ mixer and you can use the equalizer, the cue button and the fX from player a to modify the incoming cD audio.

  • Page 15: Controlling Cross Dj With The Keyboard And Dj Controllers /15

    Basic Concepts of Digital DJing the croSS DJ mixer sends the mix out signal and the cue signal to the two output ports of your audio interface. of course, you can use external audio sources in external mixer mode as well. In external mixing mode the incoming audio is passed through to the audio interface output, making a little detour through the croSS audio engine.
  • Page 16 DJ versions. How- ever, these mappings can only in croSS DJ be changed. In croSS DJ le you need to use the mappings as they are provided, as you cannot modify them.

  • Page 17: 4/ Connect And Configure Your Hardware /17

    DJ in internal or external mixer mode. also dependant is if you wish to use external audio sources like a turntable, a cDJ player or an mp3...
  • Page 18 File menu and click Preferences. click the Audio tab to open the audio settings panel. Here you can configure your audio settings. open the upper list box audio Device and select MixVibes ASIO U-MIX CON- TROL PRO. you can leave the settings for sample rate and buffer size at their default values.

  • Page 19: U-Mix Control Pro In External Mixer Mode /19

    Connect and Configure your Hardware open the list box Output 2. on Windows select U-Mix Control Pro 3/U-Mix Control Pro 4 and on oS X select output 3/4, if these outputs are not already selected. this output receives the cue/monitor signal. the routing image in the lower part of the dialog shows the how the audio is routed from the croSS mixer to your audio interface.
  • Page 20 File menu and click Preferences. click the Audio tab to open the audio settings panel. Here you can configure your audio settings. open the upper list box audio Device and select MixVibes ASIO U-MIX CON- TROL PRO. you can leave the settings for sample rate and buffer size at their default values.

  • Page 21: U-Mix Control Pro And External Audio Sources /21

    4.3 U-MIX CONTROL PRO and External Audio Sources It is very easy to integrate external audio sources into your croSS DJ setup. an internal audio source can be a turntable, a cD player, an mp3 player or any other device that provides a line level audio signal. you need an audio interface that has at least one input;...
  • Page 22 Routing External Audio into the CROSS DJ Mixer once your external audio source is connected to your audio interface you need to tell croSS DJ, which input port of your audio interface shall be assigned as left Input and as right Input.
  • Page 23 Connect and Configure your Hardware open the list box Left Input and select the input ports of your audio inter- face to which the external device is connected. If you use u-mIX control pro select U-Mix Control Pro 1/U-Mix Control Pro 2 on Windows or select input 1/input 2 on oS X.
  • Page 24 Setting the Player Source to Line In the last step that needs to be done is to set the Input mode of the croSS DJ player to line In, if you wish the external audio source to be heard through the player/ mixer.

  • Page 25: Configuring Other Soundcards /25

    DJ. In general you can use any soundcard with croSS DJ. However, using a soundcard that has at least two stereo outputs gives the best results and a better experience.
  • Page 26 Connect and Configure your Hardware Windows If you are running croSS DJ on Windows, the dropdown list shows all audio drivers installed on your computer, even when the audio interface is not currently connected. the dropdown list on Windows contains two sections. one section is la- belled DirectSound and the other second one, aSIo.
  • Page 27 OS X If you are running croSS DJ on oS X only the currently available and connected audio interface is shown. all drivers you see in the list are core audio drivers.
  • Page 28 DJ (like jumping to a locator) is audible. generally speaking a latency time around 10 milliseconds is considered an adequate and decent value. TIP If you hear clicks and pops in the audio output of croSS DJ or if the audio output is interrupted then in most cases the solution is to increase the latency time.
  • Page 29 (in our case croSS DJ) to the audio interface (to be more precise: to its digital-to-analogue converter, which transforms the audio data into...

  • Page 30: Using The Midi Presets For Dj Controllers /30

    DJ, and the result of this action is audible because of the small size of the buffers. However, the problem here is that croSS DJ needs to share the processor time with other applications and the operating system.
  • Page 31 Connect and Configure your Hardware If you use croSS DJ with u-mIX control pro or u-mIX control 2 make sure that the controller is connected before you launch the application. During start-up croSS DJ will detect the controller and its mIDI preset is activated automatically.

  • Page 32: Defining Your Own Presets And Controls /32

    If there is no mIDI preset available for the controller you wish to use, you can create your own, or you can import a mIDI preset that another croSS DJ DJ has shared on the mixVibes forum.
  • Page 33 Connect and Configure your Hardware croSS DJ show the Controller Info dialog. enter a name for the mIDI preset, like “my cDJ 400 preset”. change the version number and the author name in the two text boxes in the lower part of the dialog.
  • Page 34 Add Controller Mapping at the bottom of the Con- troller list. croSS DJ opens the Controller Info dialog. enter a name for the mIDI preset, like “trigger finger”, change the version number and the author name in the two text boxes in the lower part of the dialog.
  • Page 35 DJ that can be controlled with a mIDI controller. all available controls are grouped by the function categories that are shown in list Mappings of the Preferences/MIDI dialog.
  • Page 36 DJ. you can click this button to change the assignment between the control and the button/knob/fader on your controller. at the very right you can see buttons with a minus sign and a plus sign.
  • Page 37 Available Presets. for an event that was trig- gered by a button and that is mapped to a croSS DJ control with on/off states, croSS DJ provides two different presets. you can select one of the...
  • Page 38 DJ control to a particular value and where a fader or a knob is moved, the mIDI control mapping windows offers the presets Direct Fader/Knob and Inc.-Dec Normal Fader/Knob.
  • Page 39 Connect and Configure your Hardware for controls like amount that set a value, not only faders and knobs but buttons can be used if you wish to set the value stepwise. make sure that the mIDI control mapping dialog for the amount control is still open and press a button on your controller.
  • Page 40 Importing a Mapping If you have found a mIDI preset for your controller on the mixVibes forum or if you received one from another croSS DJ user, perform the following steps to import the mapping.

  • Page 41: Using The Keyboard /41

    (ÿ) key. Defining your own Shortcuts If you wish to access a croSS DJ feature for which a shortcut is not included in the default mapping, you can define the shortcut yourself. This example shows how to define a shortcut for the Kill Bass feature in the mixer.
  • Page 42 Connect and Configure your Hardware as we wish to add two new keyboard shortcuts to an existing mapping the easiest way is to duplicate an existing mapping and make the desired changes there. click the Duplicate Controller Mapping button in the lower part of the Controller list.
  • Page 43 Connect and Configure your Hardware make sure that the duplicated mapping is selected in the list Controller. click the Plus button before the category Mixer to expand this node. you now see all mappable commands and the shortcuts that are already de- fined for some of the commands.
  • Page 44 Connect and Configure your Hardware • Toggler Button a toggler button toggles the status of the mapped command between on and off. • Holder Button a holder button activates the mapped command only for as long as the key is held. •...

  • Page 45: Configuring The Cross Remote Apps

    Configuring the croSS remote apps With the croSS remote apps you can control croSS remotely from your ipad, your ipod touch, or from your iphone. the remote apps simulate an external Wi-fi external DJ controller. all mixing is done in the croSS software running on your mac or on your pc.

  • Page 46: 5.1 Setting Up The Ad Hoc Network On Windows Xp

    Configuring the CROSS Remote Apps 5.1 Setting up the Ad Hoc Network on Windows XP perform the following steps to configure an Ad Hoc network on Windows XP open Control Panel and open the Network Connections applet. Deactivate all internet connections. you can use u-mIX remote while your internet connections are active. However, for performance reasons we rec- ommend deactivating your internet connections.
  • Page 47 Configuring the CROSS Remote Apps data encryption mode and enter a password of 5 or 13 characters into the Network Key field. Finally click OK. the new network should appear in the networks list, as shown in the fol- lowing image. click on Advanced to open the Advanced dialog box. make sure that op- tion Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only is selected and click Close.
  • Page 48 Configuring the CROSS Remote Apps right-click the icon Wireless Connection icon in the notification area of the Windows task bar. Select View Available Wireless Networks in the context menu. If the network you just created is not connected yet, select it in the networks list and click Connect. Windows will show the following dialog box informing you that the network is activated and that it is waiting for devices to connect.

  • Page 49: Setting Up The Ad Hoc Network On Windows 7 /49

    Configuring the CROSS Remote Apps now continue as explained on page 54 to connect your remote app to croSS DJ. 5.2 Setting up the Ad Hoc Network on Windows 7 perform the following steps to configure an ad hoc network on Windows 7: right-click the icon Wireless Connections in the notification area of the task bar.
  • Page 50 Configuring the CROSS Remote Apps In the Setup a new connection or network dialog click on Set up a wireless ad hoc (computer-to-computer) network. enter a network name, select WEP in list Security type and enter a pass- word of either 5 or 13 characters into the Security key field. Click Next.
  • Page 51 Configuring the CROSS Remote Apps Windows will show the dialog you see in the following image. click on Close to return to the Network and Sharing Center. the Network and Sharing Center will look like shown in the following fig- ure. the new network is created and is waiting for devices to connect: open the Settings app on your ipad, go to Wi-Fi, turn Wi-fi on if it is cur- rently off.
  • Page 52 It takes a while (most often between 2 and 5 minutes) until the network and Sharing center is updated and will show the connected status: close the network and Sharing center. now continue as explained on page 54 to connect your remote app to croSS DJ.

  • Page 53: Setting Up The Ad Hoc Network On Mac Os

    Configuring the CROSS Remote Apps 5.3 Setting up the Ad Hoc Network on Mac OS X perform the following steps to configure an ad hoc network on Mac OS X. click the AirPort icon in the menu bar and then click on Create Network. enter a name for the new network. Select 40-bit WEP in list Security, enter a password into the Password and Verify fields and click OK.

  • Page 54: 5.4 Connecting The Remote App To Cross Dj

    Wi -fi on if it is currently off. Select the network you have just created from the list of networks. enter the password you selected while creating the ad Hoc network and tap Join. go to croSS DJ. open the File menu and click Preferences. click Remote to open the Remote tab.
  • Page 55 (not the network names) that are connected to the ad Hoc network and that are running croSS DJ with Use Remote Apps activated on the Preferences/ Remote tab.
  • Page 56 Accept to accept the connection. your remote app will connect to croSS DJ and the app should be ready to TIP If the connection lags for more than 30 seconds, uncheck the Use Re- mote Apps checkbox in cross and re-check it to reinitialize the connection.

  • Page 57: 6/ The Cross Dj User Interface /57

    DJ user Interface the user interface of croSS DJ is composed of several panels, where each panel has its own functionality. the feature set of some panels, like the mixer, is based on the functionality known from classic analogue DJing. other features, like the Beat matcher in the Head-up Display or the match and Sync functionality, are tools unique to digital DJing.
  • Page 58 Head-Up Display the Head-up Display in the upper part of the croSS DJ windows is the control centre for the external inputs and it contains the Beat matcher, which serves as a visual guide for getting your tracks beat synchronised.
  • Page 59 The CROSS DJ User Interface Player A and B the largest area of the croSS DJ user interface is occupied by the two players. Waveform with Beatgrid Pitch and Tempo Playback Info Transport Full Track Display the player on the left is called player a (yellow); the player on the right is player B (red).
  • Page 60 The CROSS DJ User Interface Mixer there are two different views for the mixer panel: one for internal mixer mode and another one for external mixer mode. The Mixer panel in internal mixer mode has all the controls that you would find on a classic DJ mixer: • the Volume section with three knobs where you can control the mas- ter out volume, the Headphone volume and the ratio between the monitor and the mix signal that is sent to the Headphones.
  • Page 61 The CROSS DJ User Interface • a 3 band equalizer for each player to control the cut/boost of the three fre- quency ranges and a Kill button for each range to complete cut it. the mixer sections of the u-mIX control pro and u-mIX control 2 controllers con- tain dedicated encoders for the three frequency ranges of the equalizer.

  • Page 62: Changing The Screen Layout /62

    In mix View the players and the mixer are visible and the browser occupies the remaining space. the Full Screen command does exactly what is says: it maximises the croSS DJ window so that it occupies the complete screen.

  • Page 63: 7/ Importing And Mixing Your Music /63

    Before you can play and mix your audio files with CROSS DJ, the files should be imported into the track collection. this chapter explains the basic steps that need to be done and will then show you how to mix two tracks with croSS DJ. 7.1 Importing Folders perform the following steps to import an entire music folder or disc: open the File menu and click Import Directory.

  • Page 64: Importing Collections From Other Dj Software /64

    (ctrl-click on mac) the selection and choose Add to Collec- tion from the context/action menu. 7.3 Importing Collections from other DJ Software croSS DJ makes it easy to import collections and tracks from traktor, rekordbox, and from Virtual DJ. During the import not only the audio files are imported, but also any playlists that you have created in the supported third party applications.

  • Page 65: Analysing Imported Files /65

    Yes if you wish CROSS DJ to read the tags from the file; these tags will replace the tags already in the croSS DJ collection. • click No, if you do not wish croSS DJ to keep the tags that are already in the croSS collection. • activate the check box Do not ask me again if you wish that all imported tracks shall be handled in the same way as your current selection (yes/no).
  • Page 66 Importing and Mixing your Music Select one of the following options depending on what croSS is to analyze: • Analyze all use this option to analyze tracks that are added newly to the collection. During the analysis croSS will do a gain analysis to check, whether the signal strength needs to be raised or lowered when the track is played.

  • Page 67: Using The Beatgrid Tools /67

    Before we take a close look at the beatgrid tools of croSS DJ, we should start by defining some important terms and have a look at the visual representation of the beatgrid as it is shown on the HuD and on the waveform of the players.
  • Page 68 When the Beatgrid toolbar is visible, croSS DJ changes the display of the grid- lines on the player as well. as you can see in the following image, each beat is now represented by a vertical gridline with the same height of the waveform.
  • Page 69 When this down- beat is sitting at the right position (exactly on the transient) it makes it easier to use the automatic sync features of croSS DJ. It is a good practice to zoom into the waveform before you move the first downbeat/the grid.

  • Page 70: Loading Tracks Into The Players /70

    Importing and Mixing your Music Using User Beatgrids Sometimes tracks do not use a strict 4/4 signature throughout the whole track. let’s assume you have a track with a beat length that cannot divided by 4 without a remainder, or another track with a tempo change where one part of the track has a different Bpm than the other.
  • Page 71 (Æ) to load the track into player B. NOTE By default croSS DJ/croSS DJ le loads the track completely into the memory of your computer for quick access, which puts some load on the CPU. The amount of memory that may be used by CROSS DJ can be config-...

  • Page 72: Your First Mix /72

    If you want croSS DJ to take care of the tempo adjustment click the match button on player B. If you use u-mIX control pro/ u-mIX control 2, hold the SHIft but-...
  • Page 73 NOTE If you change the gain level of a track, croSS DJ stores the new value in the collection file. If you load the track again, the changed gain setting is automatically applied.

  • Page 74: A Closer Look At The Beat Matcher /74

    Importing and Mixing your Music 7.8 A closer Look at the Beat Matcher let’s have a closer look at the Beat matcher so we can understand what informa- tion it provides and how it can assist you in achieving the synchronisation of two tracks.
  • Page 75 Importing and Mixing your Music However, the peaks view gives us no information whether the downbeat of the track in player a and the downbeat of the track in player B are audible at the same time. this information can be made visible by enabling the beatgrids for the Beat matcher.
  • Page 76 Importing and Mixing your Music cle is drawn. the yellow meter shows the playback position of player a and the red meter shows the playback position of player B. as long as the playback position of both tracks are not in sync related the one bar, you see the two overlapping circles as shown in the following figure: once both players are playing the same beat of a bar, then the bar sync meter draws one orange circle. This is shown in the following figure:...

  • Page 77: Customising The Players /77

    Importing and Mixing your Music With the introduction of the beatgrid it is now possible to select between three dif- ferent synchronisations. The selected sync mode defines what will happen when you press/click the Sync button. In order for this to work the tracks in both players do need a beatgrid. You can configure the sync mode of CROSS by opening the Preferences/General tab and select the desired mode in list Sync Mode: •...

  • Page 78: Moving In A Track /78

    Importing and Mixing your Music media. to activate Vinyl mode you can use the Vinyl button available on both con- trollers as well, or use the (V) key, to toggle the Vinyl mode of the active player. more player related settings can be found on the General tab and on the Display tab of the Preferences dialog.

  • Page 79: Using The Preview Player /79

    Seek through Track the Volume knob allows you to change the volume level of the preview deck. If you use croSS DJ in internal mixer mode, the audio of the preview player is sent to the Cue/Monitor output you configured. In external mixer mode you would need a mixer with three channels and an audio interface with three stereo outputs, as the audio of the preview player is sent to the cue output, which is routed to the outputs configured as Output 3 (Preferences/Audio dialog).

  • Page 80: 8/ Organizing Your Music With The Browser /80

    Browser the lower part of the croSS DJ window contains the browser. you can use the browser to organize your music, to search for tracks and to create and use play- lists. You can use the following audio file formats with CROSS DJ/CROSS DJ LE: mp3, aIff, WaV, ogg, flac, m4a and aac.
  • Page 81 Organizing your Music with the Browser • Files opens a list with all local and remote drives and folders of your com- puter. • iTunes opens the itunes library on your computer including all playlists that you have created in itunes. •...

  • Page 82: The Browser Panel /82

    (ascending/descending). • Selecting columns right-/ctrl-click on the name of one of the columns. croSS DJ opens a list with all available columns. click the name of the column you wish to show/hide. • Changing the order of the columns click one of the column headers and drag it to another position to change the order of the columns.
  • Page 83 Organizing your Music with the Browser Icon Quality MP3, WAV, AIFF etc. perfect Bitrate >= 256 kbps Bitrate >= 320 kbps great Bitrate >= 192 kbps Bitrate >= 256 kbps good Bitrate >= 160 kbps Bitrate >= 192 kbps average Bitrate >= 96 kbps Bitrate >= 128 kbps poor...

  • Page 84: Searching For Tracks /84

    Browser is entering the search criteria direct into the Search field, that sits at the right side of the title bar. entering search words triggers a dynamic search in your collection, i.e. croSS DJ displays all tracks found that match the search criteria entered so far.

  • Page 85: Using Playlists And Playlist Folders /85

    • click on All to have croSS DJ search in all available properties. • click on Default to restore the default property selection that is shown in the previous image.
  • Page 86 If you are currently in listview and see some tracks that should be at the beginning of a new playlist, proceed as follows: Select the track or tracks in listview. right-click the selection and choose Add to new Playlist. croSS DJ opens the following window: enter a name for the playlist and click OK.

  • Page 87: Using Smartlists /87

    Select Export to Playlists to put the playlist directly below the croSS DJ Playlists node. Select Export to Playlists Folder and select the folder to where the itunes playlist shall be exported.
  • Page 88 Let’s have a look at the inside of one of the pre-defined smartlists. This will help you to define your own smartlists. right-/ctrl-click on the smartlist 115–135 BPM. click Edit in the contextmenu. croSS DJ opens the panel with the smartlist editor.
  • Page 89 Auto Refresh if croSS DJ is to update the search results while you are defining the search criteria. If Auto Refresh is deactivated, the search results will not update until the next time the smartlist is opened.
  • Page 90 Organizing your Music with the Browser all other rows contain the criteria that shall be used for this smartlist. In this example the Bpm of the track shall be used, and the Bpm must be in the range from 115 to 135. open the listbox where currently BPM is se- lected to get an idea of the information fields that can be used.

  • Page 91: Viewing And Editing Track Meta Information /91

    Collection button in the dock. right-/ctrl-click the Smartlists node and select Create New Smartlist if you wish to create a new smartlist. croSS DJ creates a new smartlist with the name “untitled Smartlist”. the name is selected and you can edit it.

  • Page 92: Locating Missing Tracks /92

    Organizing your Music with the Browser the information about the selected track is grouped in categories. click one of the category names to see detailed information about this category. please note that like in Listview, not all fields can be edited. you can use the Info panel to add a cover image to a track. click the ellipsis button, select the image file, and click Open.

  • Page 93: Using More Than One Collection /93

    File menu and click on Create Collection, or press the shortcut (Ctrl]+[N) (Windows) or (cmd]+[N) (mac). The Save new collection to di- alog is opened. enter the name of the new collection. click Save. the new collection is created. croSS DJ will open the new collection auto- matically.

  • Page 94: Optimizing The Collection Database /94

    NOTE On launch, CROSS DJ will automatically open the collection file that was last used. 8.10 Optimizing the Collection Database croSS DJ stores all tracks and all playlists of your collection are stored in a data- base file. When you make bigger changes to your collection, for example deleting multiple files, the database file can become fragmented. If the database file is fragmented it takes a bit longer to access your collection.

  • Page 95: 9/ Advanced Features /95

    advanced features 9.1 Using the Pitch Controls each croSS player has its own pitch fader that works in a similar way as the pitch faders you know from a turntable or cDJ player. the main difference of the croSS pitch faders is that they offer three different pitch modes: Speed, tempo and Hy- brid.
  • Page 96 Advanced Features In the range from –33% to +33% the fader behaves like tempo mode. Below -66% and above +66% the fader behaves like Speed mode. In the range from –66% to -33% and between +33% to +66% the pitch is gradu- ally increased or decreased to smooth the pitch transitions.
  • Page 97 Advanced Features as soon as the buttons are released the previous tempo is restored. this corre- sponds to nudging a spinning record on a turntable and to the two pitch bend but- tons found on cDJs. on a technical level pitch bending is used to move the phase of a player.

  • Page 98: Snapping Loops, Locators And Cue Points /98

    Snap Length indicator next to the Snap button. croSS DJ stores the status of the Snap button when you exit croSS DJ and res- tores it on the next launch.
  • Page 99 Advanced Features TURN: Select Loop Length PRESS: Activate/deactivate Loop croSS sets the loop start point at the current position of the playback marker, if Snap is disabled, or snaps it to the currently selected snap length, if Snap is enabled. then the loop is activated. the button with the selected loop length is highlighted.

  • Page 100: Using Cue Points /100

    Moving the Loop Sometimes you will find that the loop is not exactly where you want it. The Smart Seek feature of croSS DJ makes it easy to move an activated loop: First you need to define the Jump length by performing one of the following actions: •...
  • Page 101 Advanced Features Cue/Stop Cue/Play you can use the cue/Stop and cue/play button to start the playback at the position of the cue point and to set the cue point position. Setting the Cue Point use the Snap button and the Snap Length selector on the player to enable/disable the Snap feature.

  • Page 102: Using Locators (Hot Cues) /102

    – sometimes called hot cue – by pressing a button on the cDJ player. croSS DJ allows you to store cue points as well; stored cue points are called loca- tors. Below the two players you can see the locator section that informs you of the number and the position of the locators in the currently loaded track.
  • Page 103 4, 5, or 6. 9.5 Effects each of the croSS DJ players has its own dedicated fX section, where you can select the effect, switch it on and set all effect parameters with one knob. also the u-mIX control pro/u-mIX control have two fX sections with one push...
  • Page 104 Advanced Features FX On/Off Dry/Wet, FX Parameters Select Effect Select Effect Push: FX On/Off Turn: Dry/Wet Effect Parameters to use an effect perform the following steps: Select the effect by opening the Effect dropdown list and click the name of the effect.
  • Page 105 Advanced Features • The cut-off frequency of the filter starts at 14 kHz and goes down to approxi- mately 300 Hz the more you turn the amount knob clockwise. • The filter resonance starts at 70% and goes down to 0% the more you turn the amount knob clockwise. the resonance values are equally distributed over the amount range. Hi-Pass Hi-Pass is a High-Pass filter (= Low-Cut filter), which dampens low frequencies, i.e. the middle and the high frequencies can pass through the filter. the parameters for Hi-pass that are set with the amount knob are: •...
  • Page 106 Advanced Features Feedback Loop Delay Effect Wet Signal Dry/Wet Dry Signal the echo effect has a nice trail: keep the amount knob open and pause the player to hear it. Delay the Delay effect is the second delay effect in the croSS fX suite; one of the main differences between Echo and Delay is that Delay uses a fixed delay time of 1/2 beat;...
  • Page 107 Advanced Features • the frequency sweep can be set between 434 Hz and 2020 Hz; the possible frequency values are also distributed over the knobs positions X-Phaser the X-phaser effect is a variation of the phaser effect. unlike the phaser effect, X-Phaser uses a fixed feedback value and the rate of the LFO used for the effect is beat-synced to the current playing track.
  • Page 108 Advanced Features • the feedback value starts at about 50% and increases to about 80%, if you turn the amount knob clockwise. With a higher feedback value the sound of the Jet becomes more metallic. • the Jet effect uses a low frequency oscillator that creates a sinus waveform to modulate/modify the audio signal.
  • Page 109 Advanced Features • The filter resonance starts at 20% and can be increased to 25%. • the down-sampling rate starts at 16 kHz (knob in the outermost left position) and it goes down to 722 Hz, the more you turn the amount knob clockwise. • The bit resolution changes from 32 bit down 11 bit on the first half position of the amount knob. from the middle position up to the outermost right position of the amount knob the bit depth changes from 11 down 10 bit.
  • Page 110 100. 9.6 Recording croSS DJ has an integrated recorder that you can use to record your mixes if you use internal mixer mode. croSS DJ also allows you to record the audio from each player. If you have an external mixer and wish to record your mixes you can con- nect the record out or Booth output to an external recorder.
  • Page 111 Advanced Features Hover your mouse over the textbox Naming pattern to see the placeholders that you can use in the pattern. open the list Audio Format and select one of the four formats that croSS provides. If you select ogg (ogg Vorbis format) you will see a slider where you can set the quality: a higher number delivers better audio quality for the price of a larger file size.

  • Page 112: Using Autoplay /112

    9.7 Using Autoplay croSS DJ can automatic play the tracks you selected and moved into the auto- play panel. you can move tracks to autoplay by selecting them in listview and drag and drop them onto the Autoplay button in the dock. you can also right-/ ctrl-click on one track or on several selected tracks and choose Add to Autoplay in the context menu.

  • Page 113: Backup Your Data

    In case of a hard drive failure a backup will help you to get your croSS DJ setup back to a running state very quickly. To create a backup of the data files of CROSS DJ make sure to include the two following folders: •...

  • Page 114: A/ Default Keyboard Shortcuts

    Default Keyboard Shortcuts Collection and Track Management Function Windows Mac OS X Import file (Ctrl)+(I) (cmd)+(I) new collection (Ctrl)+(N) (cmd)+(N) open collection (Ctrl)+(O) (cmd)+(O) Save collection (Ctrl)+(S) (cmd)+(S) Save collection as (ª)+(Ctrl)+(S) (ª)+(cmd)+(S) Switching Layouts Function Windows Mac OS X full Screen (F11) (ª)+(cmd)+(F)
  • Page 115 Default Keyboard Shortcuts Function Windows Mac OS X Smart Seek forward (Alt)+(Æ) (Alt)+(Æ) Vinyl mode Player: Cue Points, Looping Funktion Windows Mac OS X Set In point Set In point loop on/off auto loop, select length (J), (K) (J), (K) auto loop, trigger Player: Tempo, Pitching and Synchronisation Funktion...
  • Page 116 Default Keyboard Shortcuts Player: Cue Points and Locators Function Windows/Mac OS X cue/play (¢) Set cue (ª)+(C) Set/Delete locator 1 (1)/(ª)+(1) Set/Delete locator 2 (2)/(ª)+(2) Set/Delete locator 3 (3)/(ª)+(3) Set/Delete locator 4 (4)/(ª)+(4) Set/Delete locator 5 (5)/(ª)+(5) Set/Delete locator 6 (6)/(ª)+(6) Mixer Function...

  • Page 117: B/ Troubleshooting And Faq

    troubleshooting and faQ B.1 Software related Questions The audio tracks are not playing back • make sure you have selected the correct audio interface in the audio prefer- ences window. • make sure you activated the correct audio inputs and outputs of your audio interface in the audio preferences window.
  • Page 118 • If you are very serious about DJing, the first thing to do is partition your hard drive and dedicate a clean install only to mixVibes. make sure not to use the internet if you have booted your system from the dedicated croSS DJ partition. this will avoid all potential worms and backdoors that can considerably slow down your application.

  • Page 119: Controller Related Questions /119

    B.2 Controller related Questions The U-MIX CONTROL controller has no effect on CROSS DJ/ CROSS DJ LE If the power leD is off: • check that the poWer switch on the rear of the controller is not set to off or to the ac position.
  • Page 120 Troubleshooting and FAQ press and hold the buttons SHIFT and BASS_B on the controller. Switch the controller on while pressing the buttons SHIFT and BASS_B. The firmware version (X.Y.) is encoded into the LEDs. The LEDs for player A show the major version number (X), the leDs for player B the minor version number (y).
  • Page 121 Troubleshooting and FAQ Can I use U-MIX CONTROL PRO or U-MIX CONTROL 2 with other DJ software than CROSS DJ/CROSS DJ LE? yes, both u-mIX control controllers are standard mIDI controllers that send mIDI commands. u-mIX control pro and u-mIX control 2 can be used with...

  • Page 122: List Of Midi Messages

    list of mIDI messages the controls in the two player sections, in the mixer section and in the general section of u-mIX control pro/ u-mIX control 2 send their messages on the following mIDI channels: • player a: mIDI channel 1 •...
  • Page 123 List of MIDI Messages Control Name Message Type Key/Note/Value MIDI Channel locator 6 (Select = on) note on/off 0x1a a=1, B=2 loop (push) note on/off a=1, B=2 loop (turn) control change a=1, B=2 fX Select (push) note on/off a=1, B=2 fX Select (turn) control change a=1, B=2...
  • Page 124 List of MIDI Messages Condition Message Key/Note, Value MIDI Channel Type CC Number outer wheel is control 0x17 Forward: a=1, B=2 touched and change 0x41 – 0x7f turned Rewind: 0x3f–0x00 outer wheel is no control 0x17 0x40 a=1, B=2 longer turned change Mixer Section (Controller to Computer) Control Name...
  • Page 125 List of MIDI Messages Relative Encoders Several of the knobs act as relative encoders, i.e. their value field will indicate a relative change. 0 means that no change occurred, values 01 to 63 describe a posi- tive change and values 127 down to 64 describe a negative change. Value Description 0x00 no change occurred. control is stationary. 0x01 the controller incremented its value by 1 since the last report 0x02...
  • Page 126 Value LED Status 0x3c (=60 decimal) leD blinks every 0,6s 0x50 (=80 decimal) leD blinks every 0,8s 0x64 (=100 decimal) leD blinks every second...

  • Page 127: U-Mix Control Pro - Technical Specifications

    u-mIX control pro – technical Specifications General Information • Dimensions: 375mm (W) X 202.6mm (D) X 64 mm (H) • Weight: 1.86kg • power Source Dc: 6V, 1.5a • ambient temperature 23 +/- 2 degc • relative Humidity 65% +/- 5% •...
  • Page 128 U-MIX CONTROL PRO – Technical Specifications Recording And Playback • Line 1 KHz, 6dBV Input output1/2/3/4: 5dBV (2V) +/-2dB tHD+n: less than 0.05% (W/20KHz lpf, a-WeIgHteD) • Phono 1 KHz, -41dBV Input output1/2/3/4: 0dBV (1V) +/-2dB tHD+n: less than 0.05% (W/20KHz lpf, a-WeIgHteD) Maximum Input (1 KHz, Master Output, THD=1%, EQ Flat, Maximum Gain) •...

  • Page 129: Safety Instructions

    Safety Instructions these safety instructions apply if you are using the controller u-mIX control pro or u-mIX control 2. • read these Instructions. • Keep these Instructions. • Heed all Warnings. • follow all Instructions. • Do not use this apparatus near water. •...
  • Page 130 Safety Instructions WARNING To reduce the risk of the fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. the apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus. CAUTION to reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove any cover.
  • Page 131 Index amount knob, effects 104 Define Downbeat 69 aSIo protocol 30 Delay, effect 106 audio cache 71 Dual Stereo, routing mode 29 Audio Interface, selecting and config- uring 25 audio latency, explained 29 echo, effect 105 automatically start recording, setting effect amount knob 104 autoplay 111 enabling 104 repeat 112 selecting 104...
  • Page 132 Index Head-up Display recording beat matcher 74 configuration 110 Sync-meters 58 mix 111 Hi-pass, effect 105 naming pattern 110 History node 80 roll, effect 110 Hot cues. siehe locator; see locator routing mode Hybrid, pitch mode 95 Dual Stereo 29 external mixer 29 Simple Stereo 29 Importing Split mono 29...
  • Page 133 Except as specifically permitted herein, no portion of the information on this guide may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of mixVibes. trademarks and trade names displayed on this guide are the property of their respective owners.

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