Atomix Productions Virtual Dj Professional Edition 7 0 Users Guide VirtualDJ User
Virtual DJ Professional Edition - 7.0 - User's Guide VirtualDJ_7_Pro_en Free User Guide for Virtual DJ Software, Manual
2015-07-27
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- VirtualDJ offers a few different platforms of choice to fit a DJ’s needs. Let us take a look at each platform and what each provides in functionality.
- HOME (FREE)
- BROADCASTER
- Take your mixing to the next level and bigger audience with BROADCASTER, where you can stream your mix straight to your friends or even a bigger audience using a web radio server connection. BROADCASTER can help get your DJing skills and talent known.
- PRO BASIC
- An excellent starting platform where the DJ needs to use sound configuration that requires more flexibility to connect to an external mixer, but does not require capabilities like timecode setups, controllers, or full video output. PRO BASIC is most ...
- PRO FULL
- The flagship product – full featured capabilities to accommodate almost any DJ’s needs or desires. Featuring Timecode (Digital Vinyl System) setup, external controller device (HID/MIDI/Firewire/Serial) setup, Full Screen Video output, broadcasting, a...
- Which every your choice of platform, VirtualDJ offers a wide range of features that brings more creativity to your mixes, providing features that will improve your skills, and take your DJ experience to a whole new level.
- The Browser zone is divided into panels.
- Panel 1: File System / Folder Structure Panel
- Volumes – shows the File System navigation option to access all hard drives connected
- Desktop – shows the File System navigation option from the Desktop level
- Panel 2: File / Search Results
- Retrieving Tag Data
- TAGS
- ARTIST/TITLE
- COMMENTS
- COVERS
- Displaying VirtualDJ data field columns
- Key Visual Indicators displayed in the Browser
- The database management system comes with additional tools found on the Config -> Browser tab.
- What can be searched?
- When “Key” is selected as a searchable field, both the Key and Key (Number) fields are searched.
- If both options are selected, then results display shows the separation line between folder results and drive results.
- With the ‘Adjust BPM Values’ dialog you are provided several options to make the adjustments.
- EDIT BPM tab
- EDIT GRID tab
- Playlist Controls
- Access the Playlist management menu
- Playlist Setup
- In the Config -> Options tab there is an option for “AutoLoad Playlists”.
- Playlist & Automix Management
- Automix Types – 5 modes
- Automix Length
- Repeat
- Clear – clears the entire playlist of all tracks
- Deck Waveform Display – Mix Point Markers
- Sequential Order Play Display
- Add, Move or Remove Track
- Mix now and “Jump and MIX NOW”
- Keyboard Shortcut Actions for use with Playlists
- AutoSave Unplayed
- On the left panel’s border are three (3) folder options
- Create a Filter Folder
- Click on the blue FilterFolder icon and a Filter creation dialog is displayed.
- Give the NEW filter folder a name. For example - Top 100 Played
- Keywords – “top”, “[inverted]”
- Filter Folder Examples
- KeyLock
- VirtualDJ features an internal mixer section as part of the Mixer panel.
- It can be used just like a regular DJ mixer.
- Key Adjust
- Adjust the key of the playing track without adjusting its pitch/tempo.
- These vertical faders allow you to adjust the audio signal of the desired channel.
- NOT BEAT MATCHED – CBG NOT ALIGNED
- BEAT MATCHED – CBG NOT ALIGNED
- BEAT MATCHED – CBG ALIGNED
- Sound card – Select the sound card in this pull-down list.
- Ultra-latency ASIO (not shown) – There is two ASIO engines available for VirtualDJ to provide better latency support. Checked is the original ASIO engine that is optimized for very low latency (renamed ultra-latency) and is still considered the defau...
- Scrolling – Allows reversing the direction of the scrolling rhythm window.
- Disc – Allows selecting the spinning rate of the virtual turntables (default: 33 1/3 turns).
- AutoLoad Playlists – See page 15 – “Playlist Setup”
- AutoSave Unplayed – See page 19 – “AutoSave Unplayed”
- Soundcard
- NOTE: this option has no effect on ASIO or Low-Latency modes
- Scratch – Allows for adjustment to how VirtualDJ reacts to scratch motions
- Optimize for:
- Master Tempo
- VirtualDJ allows you to choose between several different interface designs called “skins”.
- Language
- Visit the VirtualDJ.com home page for more information on these great features!
- Determining Appropriate Selection for a unique codec
- Activate – Turn the video engine on or off.
- Video crossfader automatic – move the crossfader automatically to the opposite deck when the track begins to play
- Activate on load – If a video file is loaded on either deck the video engine is automatically activated. If wanting to play just the audio track of a video, uncheck this feature so the video engine will not be activated.
- Hide logo – Checking this option will hide the application logo from the video mix window.
- Decode while hidden – Provided with a strong performance computer, VirtualDJ can decode video content even when it is hidden. This will prevent some jolts that may occur when video content is brought into the mix with the crossfader.
- Decode in multi-thread – Decode the video streams using all available CPUs/GPUs (faster, but on some computers it can sometimes fail to load the video)
- Keep ratio (crop) – Keep the videos in 16/9 or 4/3 no matter what the screen resolution is, by cropping the videos on the sides
- Keep ratio (full) – Keep the videos in 16/9 or 4/3 no matter what the screen resolution is, by adding black bars on the sides
- Playing Samples
- To play a sample you can simply click on the “Play” button associated with the sample cell.
- Recording Samples
- VirtualDJ can easily record samples which are then instantly ready to play.
- NOTE: By default, recorded samples are not saved for use in subsequent sessions. To save the sample, use the “Sample Options” menu and select the “Save…” option.
- Sample Options
- Video Interface
- Video Effects
- Similarly to audio effects, video effects are used to transform the video on either deck. Use the “Video Effects” in the “Effects” panel and activate the desired effect on the specific deck. Or, select and activate the video effect from the control ...
- Optimization
- VirtualDJ is compatible with MP3+G, WAV+G, WMA+G, OGG+G, and .ZIP files.
- Karaoke Rotation Plug-in – PC version ONLY
- Plug-in Configuration
- Rotation List Manager
- To access the recording settings click on the “Config” button at the top center of the interface.
- By default, VirtualDJ uses the internal Master output of VirtualDJ’s internal mixer capabilities to record or broadcast. To use an alternative line input – please see the Audio Setup guide for directions on how to use the Record Loopback option in Ad...
- Record Audio
- Record From –
- ( ,,, ) to navigate and select the encoder’s location
- Once the choices are set, click “OK” and then “Start Recording” when ready. Press “Stop Recording” when finished with the session.
- Burn CD
- VirtualDJ can record the session in a CD image format for quick burning of a session to CD.
- Click on “Config” to access the configuration settings for CD recording.
- Record From –
- Broadcasting to the Internet (“Broadcast”) with BROADCASTER, PRO BASIC, or PRO FULL platforms
- Click on “Config” to access the configuration settings for recording a file.
- Record From –
- Server –
- Max number of clients – this is the maximum listeners that the webcast may have.
- NOTE:
- Record Movie
- Click on “Config” to access the configuration settings for video recording.
- Record From –
- VirtualDJ Copyright:
- Copyright 1997-2010 Atomix Productions
- Trademarks:
- The VirtualDJ Logo is a registered trademark of Atomix Productions
- License and restrictions:
- You MAY NOT modify or create derivate works from VirtualDJ.