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  • Page 1 User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    2.3 External audio interface setup 2.4 External mixer and external audio interface setup Software installation Getting started 4.1 Configuring display settings 4.2 Launching MIXVIBES VFX 4.3 Software activation 4.4 Install Wizard 4.5 Choosing the skin 4.6 Configuring the audio 4.7 Importing media 4.8 Analyzing media...

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    Important safety instructions Read these Instructions. Keep these Instructions. Heed all Warnings. Follow all Instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with a damp cloth. Do not block any of the ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

  • Page 4: Welcome

    This is a comprehensive manual that goes over the MIXVIBES VFX CONTROL functions and features. Take the time to read this manual to take full advantage of the potential of MIXVIBES VFX CONTROL. It will guide you through the essential steps, following the usual DJ &...

  • Page 5: Connections

    Connect your headphones to the ’headphones’ output of your VFX CONTROL. Connect the supplied USB cable between the USB output of your VFX CONTROL and a free USB slot of your computer. Connect the supplied power adapter. Turn on your VFX CONTROL.

  • Page 6: External Mixer Setup

    If fader start is needed use the supplied fader start cables to connect the ’control start’ outputs with the corresponding fader start inputs of your mixer. Connect the supplied USB cable between the USB output of your VFX CONTROL and a free USB slot of your computer. Connect the supplied power adapter.

  • Page 7: External Audio Interface Setup

    Connect the audio interface to your computer (USB or Firewire). Turn on your audio interface. Connect the supplied USB cable between the USB output of your VFX CONTROL and a free USB slot of your computer. Connect the supplied power adapter.

  • Page 8: External Mixer And External Audio Interface Setup

    Connect the audio interface to your computer (USB or Firewire). Turn on your audio interface. Connect the supplied USB cable between the USB output of your VFX CONTROL and a free USB slot of your computer. Connect the supplied power adapter.

  • Page 9: Software Installation

    License key Select the folder you want to install MIXVIBES VFX 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 10: Getting Started

    Choose the screen resolution then click OK to confirm. Display settings 4.2 Launching MIXVIBES VFX To launch MIXVIBES VFX, go to [Start > All Programs > MixVibesVFX] and click on MixVibes VFX or double-click on the MIXVIBES VFX shortcut on your desktop. 4.3 Software activation vibe-watermark-bright.pdf...

  • Page 11: Choosing The Skin

    Choose ’VFX CONTROL 1’ and ’VFX CONTROL 2’ on the first line for stereo out 1 (this output is your system’s MASTER out) and choose ’VFX CONTROL 5’ and ’VFX CONTROL 6’ on the second line for stereo out 2 then click on the monitor button to set this output as your system’s MONITORING out.
  • Page 12 Choose ’VFX CONTROL 1’ and ’VFX CONTROL 2’ on the first line for stereo out 1 (this output is then linked to player 1) and choose ’VFX CONTROL 3’ and ’VFX CONTROL 4’ on the second line for stereo out 2 (this output is then linked to player 2).
  • Page 13 audio_3.pdf 09/02/2010 14:17:50 4 Getting started External audio interface setup 4.6.4 External mixer and external audio interface setup Check that all player outputs are correctly set on all players: player 1 to output 1 and player 2 to output 2. Open [Options/Preferences/Soundcard].

  • Page 14: Importing Media

    4.7.1 Media types MIXVIBES VFX is a real multimedia player. It can handle many sorts of familiar of media types : Audio files: reads all major audio formats out of the box (WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, CDA, AAC, M4A, FLAC).

  • Page 15: Controller Overview

    5.1 Top panel overview Top panel: mixer and playback controls 1. Power switch: turns VFX CONTROL on and off. Turn on VFX CONTROL before you turn on amplifiers. Turn off amplifiers before you turn off VFX CONTROL. To activate the MIDI and audio standby, press the button for 3 seconds: the power switch LED is then lighted on.
  • Page 16 top_panel2.pdf 09/11/2009 14:58:47 5 Controller overview Top panel: pitch and loop controls PITCH CONTROLS 15. Pitch slider: changes the speed of the currently playing media. 16. Pitch bend: hold these buttons down to temporarily alter the speed the playing media. When released, the media playback will return to the speed designated by the pitch slider.
  • Page 17 top_panel3.pdf 09/11/2009 15:01:48 5 Controller overview Top panel: memory and sampler controls MEMORY CONTROLS 25. Loop memory: memorizes several loops by media and returns to them. To memorize a loop, simply create a loop manually or automatically then press the appropriate memorized loop button. To return to the start of a memorized loop, press the appropriate memorized loop button again.
  • Page 18 top_panel4.pdf 09/11/2009 15:04:09 5 Controller overview Top panel: effect and navigation controls EFFECT CONTROLS 35. Effect on/off: enables/disables current effect. Shift function Effect mode: selects the effect mode: video, audio or both. If you turn the button 36. Selected effect: selects an effect. Shift function Effect X parameter: controls X parameter for the current effect.

  • Page 19: Rear Panel Overview

    12/11/2009 14:17:23 5.2 Rear panel overview Rear panel 1. USB connection: used to connect VFX CONTROL to your PC or LAPTOP to control MIXVIBES VFX. 2. Player2 output: used to connect VFX CONTROL with your mixer. Standalone setup: not used.

  • Page 20: Software User Interface

    Selected item(s) > Remove file(s) from disk : deletes the media file from the MediaBase and Hard Drive. Options Preferences : opens the MixVibes VFX preferences window. Find more details in the Preferences chapter of this manual. Security : activates a security lock that prevents you from loading tracks on an active player, right clicking and saving ID3 tags.
  • Page 21 Clock: displays the time of your system clock. You can also use a timer indicating its duration. The icon will flash at the end of the countdown. Minimize: reduces the MIXVIBES VFX window in the taskbar. Maximize/restore: switches to a full screen view or restores the MIXVIBES VFX window to its original size. Quit: quits MIXVIBES VFX. 21 /...

  • Page 22: Players

    6 Software user interface player1.pdf 09/11/2010 11:36:05 6.2 Players 3 4 5 Player display screen Media information : displays the artist and title if the media is tagged correctly. It flashes at the end of the media. You can set the end of the media alarm in [Options/Preferences/Mix]. Time elapsed/remaining : displays the elapsed and remaining time.
  • Page 23 6 Software user interface playback from the Current Cue Point. Release it to skip back to the Current Cue Point and pause playback. You can hold down Cue and Play/Pause simultaneously to start playback from the Current Cue Point. Release both buttons to allow playback to continue.
  • Page 24 6 Software user interface Pitch bend: temporarily alters the speed of the playing media. When released, the media playback will return to the speed designated by the pitch slider. Pitch slider: changes the speed of the currently playing media. Pitch range: sets the range of the Pitch slider. Click on it to change it between 6%, 10%, 16% and 100%. This allows greater sensitivity of the slider by reducing its range.
  • Page 25 6 Software user interface Effect mode: shows the effect mode (audio, video or audio+video). Effect dry/wet : adjusts the effect volume. Current selected effect: shows the current selected effect. Current selected preset: shows the current selected preset. Effect parameters: allows you to control over the current effect parameters. The adjustment will depend on the effect selected.

  • Page 26: Integrated Mixer

    6 Software user interface 6.3 Integrated Mixer mixer2.pdf 09/11/2010 15:25:22 Mixer 6.3.1 Main video output view This view displays the main monitor output window. You can open it by double-clicking this display. If one monitor is used, a pop up window asks for confirmation. If two monitors are used, the video window is placed on the second. To switch from full screen to window display, you need to double-click again on the mixer view.
  • Page 27 Pad: moves the image position in the main output window. Image box: select an image. Click on the ’...’ icon to choose an image. MIXVIBES VFX supports PNG format with transparency (recommended) but also BMP, GIF, JPEG formats. Image parameters: speed: adjusts the scrolling speed.

  • Page 28: The Crossfader Rack

    6.4 The Crossfader rack If you are using a DJ mixer connected to a multiple output audio interface, you will not need to use the MIXVIBES VFX crossfader. You can use your mixer’s crossfader for direct control. Note: The crossfader of your mixer does not work to control VFX (except if it is used in MIDI and mapped in VFX).

  • Page 29: The Mix Rack

    6 Software user interface 6.5.2 External mixer setup / External mixer and external audio interface setup With two stereo outputs, this rack controls the output volume of players A and B. mix1.pdf 09/11/2010 15:09:01 Player A output: the main volume rack is a tool used to master your player A audio signal. To avoid saturation, check the audio signal view.

  • Page 30: The Video Titler Rack

    Image on/off: shows/hides the image in the main output window. Image box: select an image. Click on the ’...’ icon to choose an image. MIXVIBES VFX supports PNG format with transparency (recommended) but also BMP, GIF, JPEG formats. Pad: moves the image position in the main output window.

  • Page 31: Audio Sampler

    6 Software user interface 6.9 Audio Sampler 6.9.1 Sampler control 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12131415 Sampler Output: sets the output the sample will be played through (either 1 or 2) depending on the number of audio outputs. Equalization: sets the equalization for the current active pad (Treble, Middle and Bass).

  • Page 32: The Preview Rack

    6 Software user interface 6.10 The Preview rack preview.pdf 09/11/2010 15:21:45 The preview rack enables you to quickly preview and select media in the headphones without loading them into a player. The Preview Play/Pause: when in Play mode the preview rack will play the media currently selected in the MediaBase. Preview volume: adjusts the volume of the headphones.

  • Page 33: Media Management C

    If you use Apple iTunes®, Windows® Media Player or Serato® to sort your media files you can load your library straight into MIXVIBES VFX. Click on ’Import library’ in the File menu. All the referenced media are then loaded into the MediaBase as well.
  • Page 34 The Field criteria list orients the MIXVIBES VFX search tool towards a unique tag parameter (Title, Author, etc.). In default position, the criteria is neutral (All). The search is directed towards all the tag parameters. To access the full MediaBase, don’t...
  • Page 35 7.1.2 History The History window lists all the media you have played with MIXVIBES VFX. You can choose to show the medias played during a specific date or during a period by clicking the Calendar button in the control bar. You can also add a media to a playlist or a MediaBase by right clicking on this media.

  • Page 36: Explorer Window

    7 Media management 7.1.5.3 Control bar Import: imports a M3U, TXT format playlist. Export: exports a playlist in M3U, TXT format. Play: starts the auto-playlist playback. Stop: stops the auto-playlist playback (but not the media playback). Previous: skips to the previous media in the playlist. control_bar2.pdf 22/10/2010 14:19:16 Next: skips to the next media in the playlist.

  • Page 37: Edit Media Information

    For example the Artist filter lets you sort your MediaBase by author. Click on the cross next to Author to access the list of authors available in your MIXVIBES VFX MediaBase. Click on the desired author to reduce your MediaBase to the relevant media.

  • Page 38: Preferences

    Load Time: lets you choose how fast the media should be loaded to RAM. ’Normal’ is strongly recommended. Load in memory only tracks that are less than: defines the maximum length (in minutes) of a media file MIXVIBES VFX can load in the RAM memory (only for audio file). Note that video files and their audio part are always in memory.

  • Page 39: Mix

    Audio Auto Cue : activates/deactivates the audio Auto Cue. Search time range : sets the time interval from the beginning of the track in which MIXVIBES VFX will set a Cue point. Sound detection level : sets the minimum sound level (dB) for the Cue point. Note: MIXVIBES VFX will set the cue at the mix_options.pdf 20/10/2010 17:25:46...

  • Page 40: Eq/Gain Cm

    Depending on your hardware, a latency time that is set too low can affect media playback. If you experience sound cuts, progressively increase latency until the problem is solved. If you feel an important delay between your actions within MIXVIBES VFX and their effect on the sound, reduce it.

  • Page 41: Projection

    8.9 Keyboard Here you can view the short cut keys that are configured within MIXVIBES VFX. The operation of the software is primarely mouse orientated, but you can also mix using your computer’s keyboard. In the keyboard options, you’ll find several keyboard...

  • Page 42: Midi

    Validate by clicking on OK. MIDI LEARNING This MIXVIBES VFX feature allows you to map your midi controller in a just a few seconds by placing your mouse over a player button and pressing the wished key of your midi controller.

  • Page 43: Vinyl/Cd Input Cy

    Relative time: needle drop support. Needle drop is proportional to the vinyl time. If you want to go to the middle of the song, place the needle to the middle of the vinyl record. In this mode, MIXVIBES VFX will not update the position of the song if there are needle small moves.
  • Page 44 If when you stop the vinyl, MIXVIBES VFX continues to play, then you need to increase the noise Level: for ex. -35dB (default is -40dB).

  • Page 45: Troubleshooting

    If you are very serious about your DJing, the first thing to do is partition your hard drive and dedicate a clean install only to MixVibes. Make sure you never use Internet. This will avoid all potential worms and backdoors that can considerably slow down your computer.

  • Page 46: Frequently Asked Questions Cmy

    10 Frequently Asked Questions How do I update my software? To download the latest version of your MixVibes software, you will need to be registered on the MixVibes Forum. To register: Go to our forum. Click on ’Register’ on the ’Board Index’ sidebar.
  • Page 47 10 Frequently Asked Questions How does the power button work? To activate the MIDI and audio standby, press the button for 3 seconds: the power switch LED is then lighted on. To activate the MIDI standby, perform a short click: the LEDs of the effect section are then lighted on. All elements of the top panel (buttons, jog wheels, knobs, sliders) are disabled while the audio interface is still turned on.

  • Page 48: Technical Specifications

    11 Technical specifications vibe-watermark-bright.pdf Technical specifications 48 /...
  • Page 49 Index Analysis, 20, Artwork, 22, 34, Audio Clone, Audio Configuration, 11, Auto-configuration, 10, 21, Camcorders, Control of players 1/2 or 3/4, Crossfader video transitions, 15, 27, Cue/Monitor Mix, Effect, 18, 24, Firmware, Flash animation, 27, Image, 27, Keyboard, Keystone correction, Learning, 21, Locations, 17, 25, Loop, 16,...
  • Page 50 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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