VirtualDJ 8 - User’s Guide 1 Table of Contents A. BASIC FEATURES ............................................................................................................... 4 Top Section ............................................................................................................................ 6 Application Controls & Info ................................................................................................. 6 Waveform Display .............................................................................................................. 7 Deck Controls ....................................................................................................................... 10 Track Info Display ............................................................................................................. 10 Basic Deck Controls ......................................................................................................... 12 Advanced Deck Controls .................................................................................................. 15 HotCues ........................................................................................................................ 16 Effects ........................................................................................................................... 17 Loops............................................................................................................................. 19 Custom Buttons ............................................................................................................ 21 Mixing Controls ..................................................................................................................... 22 Audio Mixer ....................................................................................................................... 22 Video Mixer ....................................................................................................................... 25 Scratch mixer .................................................................................................................... 28 Master panel ..................................................................................................................... 30 Browser ................................................................................................................................ 33 Folders List ....................................................................................................................... 33 Songs List ......................................................................................................................... 34 Side Toolbar ..................................................................................................................... 37 Sideview............................................................................................................................ 38 Sidelist ........................................................................................................................... 38 Sampler ......................................................................................................................... 39 Automix ......................................................................................................................... 42 Karaoke ......................................................................................................................... 44 Clone ............................................................................................................................. 45 File Info ............................................................................................................................. 45 B. DATABASE ........................................................................................................................ 47 Search Database.................................................................................................................. 47 Analyse Tracks ..................................................................................................................... 48 VirtualDJ 8 - User’s Guide 2 Playlists ................................................................................................................................ 49 m3u Playlists ..................................................................................................................... 49 iTunes Playlists ................................................................................................................. 51 Crates ............................................................................................................................... 51 History .................................................................................................................................. 52 Virtual Folders ...................................................................................................................... 52 Filter Folders ........................................................................................................................ 53 Favorite Folders ................................................................................................................... 55 Content Unlimited ................................................................................................................. 55 Cloudlists .............................................................................................................................. 58 Live Feedback ...................................................................................................................... 59 C. ADVANCED FEATURES ................................................................................................... 60 Sandbox ............................................................................................................................... 60 POI Editor ............................................................................................................................. 61 BPM Editor ........................................................................................................................... 63 Tag Editor ............................................................................................................................. 65 Track Cleaner ....................................................................................................................... 68 Video Editor .......................................................................................................................... 69 Sampler Editor ...................................................................................................................... 72 Automix Editor ...................................................................................................................... 76 D. SETTINGS........................................................................................................................... 78 Audio Setup .......................................................................................................................... 78 Graphical User Interface ...................................................................................................... 80 Controllers ............................................................................................................................ 81 Options ................................................................................................................................. 83 Licenses ............................................................................................................................... 84 Broadcast ............................................................................................................................. 85 Record .................................................................................................................................. 87 Remote ................................................................................................................................. 88 E. Audio Setup Guide ............................................................................................................ 90 F. Settings descriptions ...................................................................................................... 105 Legal Information ................................................................................................................. 116 End User License Agreement ............................................................................................. 117 VirtualDJ 8 - User’s Guide 3 A. BASIC FEATURES Before beginning to use VirtualDJ, it is important to familiarize yourself with the controls and the available sections of the default GUI (Graphical User Interface) or Skin. 2 DECKS Default 2 Decks Skin view 4 DECKS Default 4 Decks Skin view VirtualDJ 8 - User’s Guide 4 6 DECKS Default 6 Decks skin view TABLET Default Tablet Mode Skin view VirtualDJ 8 - User’s Guide 5 Top Section Application Controls & Info Top section - Left side Top section - Right side Application Controls & Logo On the left side the logo of VirtualDJ is displayed. On the right side a Close button to shut- down the application, along with minimize and maximize buttons are offered. The layout of these buttons is reversed on Mac OS computers. The maximize buttons offer 3 states: Fully maximized: Application covers the whole screen