Virtual Dj Guie

Version 6
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INTERFACES – ZONES
BROWSER
FILE SYSTEM / FOLDER STRUCTURE
FILE / SEARCH RESULTS
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AUDIO AND VIDEO TAG SUPPORT 7
DATABASE MANAGEMENT 10
GLOBAL SEARCH 10
SEARCHING 11
NETSEARCH 12
TRACK OPTIONS 13
BPM ANALYSIS AND KEY DETECTION 13
COMPUTER BEAT GRID (CBG) AND MANUAL BPM CORRECTION 13
PLAYLIST AND AUTOMIX 15
EDITING AUTOMIX MIX POINTS 18
SIDELIST 19
FILE SYSTEM/ FOLDER STRUCTURE ORGANIZATION
FAVORITE FOLDERS
VIRTUAL FOLDERS
FILTER FOLDERS
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DECK CONTROLS 23
INTERNAL MIXER CONTROLS 26
TOOLBAR CONTROLS 27
RHYTHM WINDOW 28
CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
SOUND SETUP
OPTIONS
PERFORMANCES
MAPPERS
SKINS
MULTI-INSTANCE
INTERNET
CODECS
VIDEO
INFO
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SAMPLER 46
EFFECTS (AUDIO) 48
VIDEO(FEATURES,TRANSITIONS, EFFECTS) 49
KARAOKE and ROTATION LIST MANAGER 51
RECORDING AND BROADCASTING 53
TIMECODE 59
LEGAL INFORMATION (End User License Agreement EULA) 62
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Before beginning to use VirtualDJ, familiarize yourself with the controls and “zones” of the software.
Upon opening the application, an interface menu is displayed. Interfaces called “skins” feature differentconfigurations, layouts and functionality of the software. Let’s begin by selecting “Internal mixer
interface” to become familiar with the most important features of the software. To change to a different
skin while the software is running, click on the “Config” menu and select the “Skins” tab.
1. BROWSER I SAMPLER / EFFECTS I RECORD
Browse your music folders, Create, edit and save yourplaylists
Adjust effects video, and audio, Record and save mixes
2. DECK 1 CONTROLS
Drag and drop music from the browser to this virtual deck.
Track title, beats per minute display, counters, Transport Control
3. DECK 2 CONTROLS
Drag and drop music from the browser to this virtual deck.
Track title, beats per minute display, counters, Transport Control
4. CENTER PANEL
Multiple panels can provideaccess to Crossfader, Gain, Volume PFL Controls,
Video controls, Video preview windows, Effect controls, Timecode Scratch Interface
5. RHYTHM WINDOW
This window tracks the waveform of each song loaded or playing on a deck. This area also
features a Computer Beat Grid (CBG) used for visual mixing and beat-matching.
INTERFACE - ZONES
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The Browser Zone is the area where to navigate andorganize files stored on a local, external, or
network hard disk. The browser contains the compatible file types (i.e. whose extensions are
associated with the decoders in VirtualDJ) to access the compatible extensions list. Click the “Config”
menu then choose the “Codecs” tab. See the “Codecs” section of the manual for further details.
The Browser zone is divided into panels.
1. File System /Folder Structure
2. File / Search Results
3. Automix Playlist
4. Sidelist
File System / Folder Structure Panel (1)
VirtualDJ provides several organizational groupings of the track collection and a few third-party
interfaces by default. Also provided is the ability to create additional navigation aids. To better
understand the managed groups and interfaces click the “Config” button and view the“Browser” tab.
The “Browser” tab allows the selection of the various groupings that can be viewed. Each item
‘checked’ will have an associate entry on the File System / Folder Structure panel (1).
Volumes – shows the File System navigation option from the My Computer structure
Desktop – shows the File System navigation option from the Desktop structure
NetSearch – NetSearch provides access tosearching the Internet to try to find the song you're
looking for. You can then instantly stream the song or video directly off the Internet.
** To learn more about this feature and additional features that compliment the
NetSearch capabilities, visit our website at www.virtualdj.com.
BROWSER
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Genres – provides a generated tree of Genre types based on the imported ID3 tag Genre field. By...