Preparing & Reviewing Tracks - Numark NS6 Reference Manual

Tip: To edit text, press "Control" and "E" on your keyboard. You can also hold down "Control" and move with the keyboard's arrow
keys to change to a different field while staying in Edit Mode. When you have more than one file selected, editing tags changes all the
files in your selection.
Tip: The second column in the Library is the label color for that file. Click it to bring up a color palette to customize the Virtual Deck
for that file.
Album Art
MP3 files can contain album art. To display this album art, click the Album Art button on the upper-left hand corner of the software
window. We recommend using iTunes to add album art to MP3s, though there are many other third party applications available.
PREPARING & REVIEWING TRACKS
Prepare
Click the Prepare button in the upper-left hand corner of the software
window to access the Prepare Panel – an area for holding tracks, much
like preparing a set by lifting records partially out of your record bag.
You can also access this panel by pressing the PREPARE button on the
NS6. You can drag tracks (or whole Crates) from the Main Library into
the Prepare Panel, or drag them onto the Prepare button. You can also
press the LOAD PREPARE button on the NS6 when the selector is on
the track or Crate you want to add. Once a track from this list has
played, it will be removed from the Prepare Panel. All tracks in the
Prepare Panel will be discarded when you close the software.
History
The History button opens a complete log of all the tracks you have played and allows you to export your ITCH session information as a
data file. Each session is catalogued by date and time. Using the drop-down arrow, you can navigate to and view detailed information
of any previous sessions. There are columns for the period (i.e., date of session), name of track, and artist name. In addition, the
categories listed below will give you more detailed information about your sessions:
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Start time: When viewing a song row, the start time of the song is displayed. When viewing a session row, the start time of the
session is displayed with the date (in real-time value).
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End time: When viewing a song row, the end time of the song is displayed. When viewing a session row, the end time of the
session is displayed with the date (in real-time value).
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Playtime: When viewing a song row, the total played time of the song is displayed (i.e., 00:03:00). When viewing a session row,
the total elapsed time of the session is displayed with date (i.e., 10/09/08 01:38:16).
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Deck: The virtual Deck that the song was played on will be displayed under the deck column. In the song row, either left or right is
displayed. The offline player will be listed as offline.
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Notes: Use this field to list particular information about your songs and each session (i.e., note how you transitioned from one track
to another).
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Start Session / End Session: To start or end a session, click the corresponding button.
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Insert track: If you wish to add information for tracks not played in ITCH into your session (e.g., if you played one of your favorite
vinyl or CDs), select the song after which you want to insert it and click the "Insert Track" button. Double-click the inserted track
fields and edit your information accordingly. When exporting an m3u playlist (see "Export" below), inserted tracks will not be
present.
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