M-AudioメーカーDigital DJ Systemの使用説明書/サービス説明書
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3 Ch apt er 1 English W E L CO M E C ongr atulation s on y our p urcha se of M-Aud io’ s Mix La b D J system ! M -Audio is an indu str y-lea der in profe ssio nal music pr oducts for c omputer-bas ed music ians and DJs.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 T O RQ L E O VE R VI E W T orq LE is a sof t ware ex tr apolati on a nd ex tensi on of tri ed-an d-true DJ too ls an d techn iques for your M ac OS X or Win dows X P c ompute r .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 Decks DJing begi ns wi th mus ic, so you will get to know T orq’s D ecks ver y well . A Deck is w hat T o rq LE uses to p lay back a s ingle dig ital musi c fi le and is anal ogous to t he tu rntab le or CD p layer used by DJs .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 6 PF L/ Head phone C ue DJs c ommon ly lis t en to a tr ack on their head phone s witho ut let ting th eir au dienc e hear it. Thi s a llows the m to match the tempo of the new so ng to th e cur rent o ne, a long with find ing th e cor rect sta rti ng po sition for the song .
7 Ch apt er 1 English 7 English Ch apt er 2 S Y S TE M R EQ U I R E M E NTS Win do ws : Minimum Sy stem R equire ment s OS : Win dows XP ( S P2 ) C PU : Penti um II I 93 3 MHz R AM : 256 MB US B: O ne.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 2 8 I N S T AL LA TIO N Connect X -Ses sion Pro firs t ! X -Se ssion Pro must be c onn ec t ed to your computer for T orq LE to la unch . T o ins tal l T orq LE on Windows XP : 1 .
9 Ch apt er 1 English 9 English Ch apt er 3 DECK S W hen DJi ng, ever y thing be gins with th e D ecks . The D ecks wil l play the musi c that you’ll mi x and ef fect us ing a ll the tools in T orq L E. T raditi onally, a DJ’s d ecks will b e tu rntab les or CD p layers .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 0 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 0 Ti me El aps ed Thi s is t he cur rent l ocatio n of the so ng, m arked by the yellow Cu rrent Posit ion M arker in t he Ove rv iew Wa vefor m Dis play. The Ti me Elap sed is expres sed in hour s /min utes /se cond s /fra mes ( 30 fps ).
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 11 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 11 Cu e The C ue but ton will est ablis h a prima ry C ue Point with in a song. A C ue Point is a refer ence po sition wi thin the tra ck that you ca n jum p to ins tantly, r ather than havi ng to se ek t hrough the tr ack to fi nd it.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 12 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 12 Dec k Mod e In o rder for T orq LE to fee l famil iar to all t ypes o f DJs, the D ecks c an be op erated in o ne of three di ffe rent mo des. < Vinyl Mode Vinyl M ode w ill make the D eck be have as if it wa s a turntab le.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 13 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 13 < Loop In/Out Lo oping an entir e s ong does n ’t have much ben efit for a DJ, so T orq all ows you to move the Lo op M arker s by usi ng the Loo p In and Lo op Out bu ttons : 1 .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 4 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 4 » QuickLoop Size Pr eference As m entione d above, the def ault loop l engths for th e four Quic kLo op but t on s are one bar, two bar s, four bar s, and ei ght ba rs.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 5 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 5 < Slider Range By d efault , t he range of th e Spee d Adjuster i s +/- 8 % . T hat mean s t hat if you move the slid er to either of i ts ex treme s, you’ll only get an 8 % c hange in the sp eed of the son g.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 6 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 6 » Manual T empo As me ntioned ab ov e, T orq LE can determi ne the te mpo of m ost dance mus ic. Som e mu sic, however , is too c ompl ex or not rep etitive e nough for T o rq to detect the temp o wit h pre cisi on.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 7 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 7 < MIDI Slider/Knob Control M ID I contro l of t he Ke y Adj ust is dif fere nt from other c ontrols i n T orq .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 8 < MIDI K eyboard Contr ol 1 . If you have an ad ditiona l MI DI co ntrolle r k eyb oard at tache d, make sure th at it has be en prop erly in stall ed and is confi gured t o wor k with T o rq LE .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 1 9 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 3 1 9 Of f set B ut t ons Som etimes when mixi ng two songs togethe r , you may fin d that the beats are aligne d with each other , yet the t wo songs are st ill out of ph ase.
20 Ch apt er 1 English 20 English Ch apt er 4 W A VE FO R M DI S PLA Y O ne of the most pr omine nt featu res of the T or q LE user inter fac e is the Scrol ling W aveform D ispl ay , w hich t akes up a de cent a mount of re al est ate a bove th e Mi xer and Ef fect R acks.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 21 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 4 21 Loo p Poi nt s The Lo op Poi nts of th e son g ( set wi th the Lo op In / Out but tons o r the Qu ickC ue bu ttons ) w ill be sh own on the W aveform . The lo oped ar ea of the mus ic will a ppea r in a lighter s hade co mpare d to the rest of th e wa vefor m.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 22 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 4 22 Hyb ri d Mode With Hy brid mod e active, the waveform wil l r espo nd exactly like the C DJ m ode whil e th e D eck cont rols ( Pl ay/ Pa use, Cu e, etc. ) beh a ve like Vi nyl Mod e.
23 Ch apt er 1 English 23 English Ch apt er 5 S YNC H R ON I Z A TIO N A t mo st of today’s da nce c lubs and eve nts, t he DJ w ill mi x the song s togeth er usi ng a tech nique c alle d b eat -m atching. The go al is to f ade the vo lumes b etwee n t w o s ongs w hile kee ping th em per fe ctly in beat w ith one another.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 24 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 5 24 Whe n a mis-a lignme nt occu rs ( as s een ab ov e ), you’ll se e t hat the gr id doe s n ot l ine up wi th the be ginnin gs of the b eats ( trans ients ) i n the waveform .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 25 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 5 25 Sync B ut to n The Sync button is an autom atic metho d of synch ronizin g the be at and BP M of one Dec k to another. When you engag e Sync on a D eck ( the Sync ic on is on ), it w ill c hange that Dec k’s temp o to match the othe r Dec k.
26 Ch apt er 1 English 26 English Ch apt er 6 E XTE R NA L CO NTRO L One of T orq’s gre at es t featur es i s the ab ilit y to u se ex terna l so urces to cont rol th e playb ack of your s ong fil es.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 27 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 6 27 MI DI Lear n Ever y music ian appro aches the ir cr aft fro m a slight ly dif fer ent directi on.
28 Ch apt er 1 English 28 English Ch apt er 7 B ROWS E R/ D A T ABA S E A DJ’s mo st i mpor tant ass et, beyond th e gea r he uses , is his colle ction of mus ic. With out a wealt h of top -notch tr acks i n his ar senal , a DJ is not e quipp ed to domi nate a danc e fl oor .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 29 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 29 Navig ation in th e Browser fo llows a few simp le rule s: 1 . T o view any songs cont ained in a fold er , click on the fol der’s name .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 0 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 0 < Adding Multiple Folders Y o u may find that one folder will contai n many fold ers that you’ d like to add t o the Data base . A great exampl e of this is whe n your mu sic is automatic ally sor ted by a p rogra m like Ap ple i T une s.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 1 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 1 Fil e List The wind ow to the right of the Browser pane is c alled the File List . If you have sel ected a sourc e in the Brows er that cont ains musi c (s uch as th e Datab ase or a n indivi dual fol der), th e songs c ontai ned ther ein will b e listed he re.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 32 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 32 Loa din g Son gs i nto t he D ecks T o l oad a song f rom the F ile Lis t into one of T orq’ s De cks, you h av e a co uple opti ons. < Click and Drag 1 . C lick an d hold on th e desir ed song i n the File L ist.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 33 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 33 Sea rc hin g th e Lis t The si mples t metho d for sea rchin g is to ty pe a key w or d ( or key words ) into the Sea rch fi eld above the D ataba se / Brows er: 1 . Cl ick the Dat abas e headi ng in the Br owser pan e t o se lect it .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 4 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 4 < Ignore Field T orq of fer s a nother m ethod for refi ning you r s earc hes by me ans of th e I gnore fi eld. H ere, you’ll e nter terms that you want T orq to omit fro m th e searc h result s.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 5 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 5 < Creating New Playlists T o s tar t, you mu st create a new P laylist a s follows : 1 . R ight-clic k (C TR L - click o n Mac ) on the Pl aylists he ading in th e Browser an d choos e “New Pl aylist ” from the po p-up me nu.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 6 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 6 < Reor dering Songs in a Playlist The o rder in w hich your s ongs ar e displ a yed in t he Playli st can b e chang ed. 1 . C lick an d drag the so ng up or down i n the list .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 37 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 37 < Loading a Playlist T orq L E ca n imp or t Pl aylists created by othe r prog rams if th ey confo rm to the . m3u fi le form at. T o loa d one of thes e Playli sts : 1 .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 8 iT u nes iT unes is a free me dia player a vail able from App le for both Mac and Windows co mputer s (w w w .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 9 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 7 3 9 iPo ds T o rq LE als o allows dire ct acc ess to the contents of any con nected iPod (exc luding the iPod Shuf fl e ). Whe n an iPod is con nected , it will be l isted in the B rowser wi ndow .
4 0 Ch apt er 1 English 4 0 English Ch apt er 8 M IX E R S tep one when DJing i s contro lling th e music . That ’ s w hat T or q’ s De cks are fo r . Step t wo is b lendi ng, or mi xing, th e mu sic togethe r . A s you’d exp ect, T orq LE has a sec tion f or that, too.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 41 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 8 41 EQ / K ill s Nex t in the signa l ch ain is the Equali z er, or EQ for shor t.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 42 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 8 42 Ch an nel V ol ume Fa der s Be sides g oing to the PF L, the au dio leavi ng the EQ al so goes to the Ch annel Volume fade r .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 43 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 8 43 Wh en T orq LE is laun ched for the firs t ti me, the Cros sfade r C ur ve wi ll b e s et to a happy mediu m b etwee n th ese t w o ex trem es. Y ou can , of cour se, cha nge this c ur ve using ei ther of the fol lowing : » Adjusting with the Mouse 1 .
4 4 Ch apt er 1 English 4 4 English Ch apt er 9 PFL/ H EAD PHO N E C U E Y ou’ve undo ubtedly se en the ar chet ypic al imag e of a DJ : stand ing beh ind a set of turntab les and a mixe r .
4 5 Ch apt er 1 English 4 5 English Ch apt er 1 0 MA S TE R O UTPUT T he Ma ster O utput is the las t step in T orq’ s audio si gnal flow before the mus ic goe s out to your audi ence . It cont ains a Maste r Level slid er , a Ma ster Level meter , a Ma ster Limi t er, as well as an Au dio Reco rder.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 6 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 0 4 6 Fi len ame T o s et the file name for you r recor ding : 1 . Cl ick the Fi lena me but t on ( whic h looks l ike “ ...” when no na me is set ). A di alog box w ill ope n.
4 7 Ch apt er 1 English 4 7 English Ch apt er 1 1 E FFE C TS E f fects ar e d evices th at a lter an audi o sig nal. The se alter ations can ra nge from subtle to ex treme and c an be a great s ource of cre ative fun wit hin T o rq.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 11 4 8 Bu il t- In E ffec ts The fo llowing i s an expla nation of th e three bui lt -i n effe cts in T orq LE : Ph aser A Ph aser is a s omewhat m ellower ver sion of the F lang er .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 4 9 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 11 4 9 < T weak Knob Thi s knob w ill adju st the Cutof f Fre quenc ies of the fi lters .
5 0 Ch apt er 1 English 5 0 English Ch apt er 1 2 PR E FE R E N CE S Thi s se ction pr ovides a co mpreh ensi v e revi ew of the P refere nces for T orq LE . Op en the P referen ces by cli ckin g the Prefe renc es ico n. Audio T ab Thi s tab ho uses o ptions r elating to th e audio i nter face us ed with T orq L E.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 1 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 5 1 Sa mpl e Ra te Be low the Audi o Inter fac e sel ectio n you wi ll se e sa mple r ate adju stment . In crea sing th is val ue wil l imp rov e soun d qua lity ( dep ending on your so urce materi al ) but wi ll al so p lace heavi er de mand s on your co mputer .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 52 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 52 MI DI T a b Thi s tab featur es all opt ions pe rt aining to Auto -Setup a nd MI DI c ontrol.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 53 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 53 Cr oss fa der C ur v e C ont r ol Thi s prefe renc e allows you to as sign a M ID I c ontroll er to th e Cr ossfa der C ur ve par ameter. Y ou can the n cont rol the Cro ssfa der Cur ve wi th a knob o r slide r on your M ID I control ler .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 4 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 5 4 Mi scell aneou s T a b Thi s tab co ntains m iscel laneo us option s that af fect the be havior of c er tain fe atures of T orq LE . T orq E ng in e Thi s setti ng is us ed to switch th e T orq Audio En gine bet ween N orma l and Ec onomy mod es.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 5 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 5 5 Sc haf fe l Mod e Sch affe l is G erm an for “s huf fle,” wh ich ha s be come a po pular for m of d ance mus ic b ased o n a tri plet rhy thm as opp osed to a str aight 4 /4 rhy thm.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 6 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 2 5 6 Sy nc Mod e Thi s option de t er mines th e “ forcefu lness” of th e synchro nizati on used i n T orq L E. » Bar — when se lected , T orq wil l align a sync ed Deck t o the temp o and downbe at of the other De ck.
5 7 Ch apt er 1 English 5 7 English Ch apt er 1 3 ABOUT X - S ESS I ON PR O X -Se ssi on P ro i s a ha rdware c ontrol sur fac e th at ha s b een des igned to gi ve you com plete han ds-on c ontrol over T orq LE .
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 5 8 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 5 8 Co nt rol s and Co nnec tors T op Pa nel Note : W ith the exce ption of the Cr ossfader (1 ) and the Power Indic ator LED (6 ), X-Session Pro features i dentica l sets of knob s, butto ns, and sliders on the lef t and right side of its top pane l.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 59 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 3 59 Rea r Pan el 7 . U SB Por t – The US B p or t provide s p ower and car ries M ID I sign als to and from X -S ess ion Pro. C onne ct this j ack to an availab le US B por t on your co mputer .
6 0 Ch apt er 1 English 6 0 English Ch apt er 1 4 APPE N D IX Pre set K ey A ss ign ment s Whi le T orq LE i s ba sic ally a “b lank sl ate ” as fa r a s keybo ard as signm ents are c oncer ned, t.
T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 1 6 1 T orq MixLab User Guide » Chapter 14 6 1 W AR RANT Y War ran ty T er ms M -Audio warr ants prod ucts to be free fro m defects in m at er ials and wor kma nship, und er norm al use and pr o vi ded that the pro duct is owned by the or igina l, register ed user .
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M-Audio Digital DJ Systemをまだ購入していないなら、この製品の基本情報を理解する良い機会です。まずは上にある説明書の最初のページをご覧ください。そこにはM-Audio Digital DJ Systemの技術情報の概要が記載されているはずです。デバイスがあなたのニーズを満たすかどうかは、ここで確認しましょう。M-Audio Digital DJ Systemの取扱説明書の次のページをよく読むことにより、製品の全機能やその取り扱いに関する情報を知ることができます。M-Audio Digital DJ Systemで得られた情報は、きっとあなたの購入の決断を手助けしてくれることでしょう。
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ですが、ユーザガイドが果たす重要な役割の一つは、M-Audio Digital DJ Systemに関する問題の解決を支援することです。そこにはほとんどの場合、トラブルシューティング、すなわちM-Audio Digital DJ Systemデバイスで最もよく起こりうる故障・不良とそれらの対処法についてのアドバイスを見つけることができるはずです。たとえ問題を解決できなかった場合でも、説明書にはカスタマー・サービスセンター又は最寄りのサービスセンターへの問い合わせ先等、次の対処法についての指示があるはずです。
