ALCATECH BPM STUDIO 4 PRO User Manual page 86

BPM Studio will be delivered without any MP3
Files. Our systems are designed for you to copy
your Audio CDs to your computers hard drive,
and save them as MP3 Files. Thus you can be
assured that there will be no loss in quality, and
playability of the titles. But also the most MP3
titles from other systems, as well as MP2, and
WAVE files can be played with BPM Studio. Step-
by-step instructions on how to copy CDs, and
creating a File Archive can be found in the First
Steps chapter of this manual. You can also utilize
other encoders from other vendors, be aware
though, that quality differs between different
encoders.
Lately, titles are offered for purchase in the MP3
file format already, these can usually used be with
BPM Studio without problems.
BPM Studio offers two independent Players for
playing MP3 files, which provide all functions of
a professional double-CD-player for DJs.
A requirement to use BPM Studio that there are
already MP3 files saved on a PC. These will be
read in, and displayed in the play lists, at the
first program start after the installation. The
players will automatically play the play list in
descending order.
1.) At any given time titles can be added to the
Play List by clicking the
lower corner of the Play List The title selected
in the File Archive will be added to the play
list. If no title is selected, a Explorer window
will open showing the directory of your hard
drive(s). Select here the MP3 files to be
inserted, and confirm with OK. The selected
MP3 files will now be inserted into the play
list.
Legal reminder:
BPM Studio may only be used to copy/encode
titles if you are the author, or if the author, or a
person owning the copyrights has authorized you
to do so. Otherwise you take the risk that you
make yourself liable to prosecution, res. to be held
liable by the copyright owner. Please pay attention
to laws and regulations regarding the use of MP3
files. You can inform yourself about these either
with the regional office of the GEMA, or on the
Internet at www.gema.de. If you use BPM Studio
outside of Germany, please refer to the according
institutions representing ar tist, and record
company rights.
2.) Load a given title out of a Play List or the
File Archive into one of the two players by
Drag&Drop. To do so, move the mouse
pointer over the title, press the left mouse
button, and hold it down. The mouse pointer
will change into two little musical notes. Now
move the mouse pointer over one of the two
players, and let go of the button. The title
will be loaded into the player, and the red
LED display over the [CUE] button will come
on. A click on the [PLAY] button starts the
playback. Alternatively you can start the title
button at left
via the remote control unit also. The buttons
[PLAY] [CUE] on the computer screen are
identical with the buttons [4] and [5] on the
unit.
In the following chapter read how you can mix
MP3 files with single beat accuracy, and use the
players professionally. In the Player chapter of
this manual you can find detailed descriptions of
all player functions.
First Steps