Mackie DJ Mixer Owner's Manual page 27

CD
L
R
LINE/PHONO
L
R
FIREWIRE INPUTS
TURNTABLE WITH
PHONO-LEVEL
OUTPUT
FROM COMPUTER
Figure 1: Direct FireWire output to your computer from a turntable
play through the same channel. This would be the way
to play a timecode record for example. While on the
subject, I feel a paragraph or two coming on...
Timecode Vinyl/CD
Timecode vinyl is a conventional vinyl record that
plays timecode information, as do timecode CDs.
As mentioned above, the phono output from your
turntable is converted to line-level by the phono stage,
is converted to a digital stream by the FireWire interface
and sent to your computer.
If you are playing a timecode CD on a CD deck, then
connect it to the line/phono inputs [3] and set the line/
phono switch [4] to line. (If it was connected to the CD
inputs [2], then the computer will not receive the direct
signals, but only those after the source selector, level
and EQ.)
CD
L
R
LINE/PHONO
L
R
FIREWIRE INPUTS
CD DECK WITH
LINE-LEVEL
OUTPUT
FROM COMPUTER
Figure 2: Direct FireWire output from CD deck
Software provided by your timecode people takes the
digital stream and creates a virtual turntable on your
desktop. You can add any audio track to the virtual
turntable, and affect its output by scratching your physi-
cal turntable or CD deck to your heart's content. The
timing of your audio track is replaced by the timecode of
your turntable. If the physical turntable slows down or
reverses, so does your audio track. Now you have control
over any audio source you care to play.
OUT TO COMPUTER
FW OUT 1, 2
(LINE/PHONO)
LINE
PHONO
PHONO
PREAMP
PHONO
PREAMP
1
2
FW OUT 1, 2
(LINE/PHONO)
LINE
PHONO
PHONO
PREAMP
PHONO
PREAMP
SOURCE
1
SWITCH
2
FW OUT 5, 6
(POST EQ)
PGM1
LEVEL
LO MID HI
3-BAND EQ
SOURCE
SWITCH
PGM1
METER
You do not want the timecode audio to actually play
in your system. In figure 1 (top left), out it goes to the
computer without a care in the world. With the source
selector set to FireWire, you can now bring in the af-
fected audio from your virtual turntable, and play it
through the same program channel and onto the main
mix bus (see dotted lines in figure 1).
Some of the DJ software companies producing time-
code software, include Traktor, PCDJ and MixVibes.
Timecode tracks are carefully laid down by talented
timecode musicians. They like nothing better than to
get together for impromptu all-night
timecode jam sessions, and tell
stories of the good old days before
33 1/3.
Much-respected in this field are
"The Woodinville Mountain
Timecode Boys."
OUT TO COMPUTER
FW OUT 5, 6
(POST EQ)
FireWire stream from computer
The following table shows the outputs from your com-
puter to the d.2 Pro's FireWire interface:
PGM1
LEVEL
BAL
From
LO MID HI
Computer output 1
3-BAND EQ
Computer output 2
PGM1
METER
Computer output 3
Computer output 4
Computer output 5
Computer output 6
Each 2-channel stream from the computer enters the
mixer through the FireWire connector and is converted
to analog. Select FireWire as a program choice using the
desired channel's source switch [26] in the same way
you select a line/phono level or CD player input.
TRANSFORM
SWITCH
MOMENTARY
MUTE
PGM1 FADER
CURVE LOGIC
LATCHING
CONTOUR REVERSE
FX ASSIGN
VCA
BAL
NC
NO
CROSSFADER
CURVE LOGIC
CROSSFADER
REVERSE
CONTOUR
TRANSFORM
SWITCH
MOMENTARY
MUTE
PGM1 FADER
CURVE LOGIC
LATCHING
CONTOUR REVERSE
FX ASSIGN
VCA
NC
To
NO
Input to PGM 1 L
Input to PGM 1 R
CROSSFADER
CURVE LOGIC
Input to PGM 2 L
CROSSFADER
CONTOUR REVERSE
Input to PGM 2 R
Input to FX L
Input to FX R
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