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Copyright ©2000 Visiosonic Ltd. All rights reserved. The PCDJ Producer logo is a trademark of Visiosonic Ltd. Visiosonic is a trademark of Visiosonic Ltd., with registration pending. All sounds are royalty free for production of music and soundtracks only. All copying, lending, duplicating, reselling or trading of this product is strictly prohibited.
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PCDJ Producer Manual

> HOW TO INSTALL PCDJ Producer?
> QUICKSTART
> EFFECTS
> HOW DO THE EFFECTS WORK?
> THE LOOPER
> SKINS
> CONFIG
> HOTKEYS


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How to install PCDJ Producer for the first time1. Place the PCDJ Producer CD in your CD-ROM unit.
2. An autostart window should appear on your desktop, if it does, procedd to step 5.
3. Open the PCDJ Producer CD by double clicking on your CD-ROM unit in "My Computer"
4. Double click on the application "ProducerStart.exe"
5. Click on the button next to "INSTALL"
6. Follow the instructions in the setup application.

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QUICKSTART

Step 1. Navigating with the file manager
You are able to browse your hard-drive or CD with help of PCDJ Producers file manager to your left. Open a directory by double-clicking on it. To go back, double-click on the yellow directory at the top of the file manager. Search for a directory with suitable samples. For example "samples" on the PCDJ Producer-CD, or in the installation directory (if you have chosen to install samples, which means that PCDJ Producer can read them faster).

Step 2. To add samples
Listen to a sample by pressing the play indicator on the left side of the sample, using the left mouse button. When you have found a suitable sample, grab it by pressing and holding the mouse button down. Then drag and drop it on the track.

Step 3. Basic editing on the track By dragging the green mark in the top-right corner of the sample box, you are able to vary the length of the loop (the number of times it is repeated) forwards in the song. If you instead drag the green mark on the left side of the sample box, you will vary the length backwards in the song. You can also drag red mark in the lower right corner of the sample box, to vary the speed at which the loop shall be played, and thus also the length of the box.

Step 4. How to listen to what you have accomplished.
(In order to be able to use quick keys it is recommended you keep the Num Lock on).
Begin playing by pressing the play button (Enter on your keyboard), and stop playing with the stop button ("0" on the numeric part). Which part of the song that is playing, is shown by the play indicator (line). You may choose to repeat a certain part of your song by pressing the loop button, and the part of your song between the green and the red markings will be repeated. To move green marking (loop start), press the left mouse button on the timeline, and to move the red marking (loop end), press the right mouse button. You can move the play indicator to determine which part of the song PCDJ Producer shall play. In order to reach the green marking - press "1" on the numeric part of the keyboard, and to reach the red marking, press "2". To reach the beginning of the song, press stop three (3) times ("0" on the numeric part).

Step 5. Effects on your sample You can click with the right mouse button on a sample on the track to open the effect menu where you can select an effect, modulate the variables of the effect or place nodes in the effect window at the lower part of PCDJ Producer. Read more about this in the effect section of this documentation.

Step 6. Effects on a whole track
Each track has an extended button on the left , and by pressing it, you will mark a whole track. By doing so, you may select the effect menu at the lower part of PCDJ Producer and place the effects on the tracks in the same way as with samples.

Step 7. The Looper
The Looper, in whitch you are able to create your own loops, is opened by pressing the Loop button. Drag a sample from the file manager or from your sound library, and drop it in one of the loopers sample slots. By using the beats buttons on the right side of the sample slot, you are able to place beats on your sampling. When pressing a sample slot or a beats button it will be marked, and you can place effects on it, in the same way as on the track. If you have created a loop that you are satisfied with, you are able to fix it by pressing the "Make Loop" button, and it will appear at the bottom of your sound library, and you may use it as a sample.

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EFFECTS
Effects and their functions.
When you have marked a box or a track, and chosen an effect, you activate the effect by pressing the on/off button. You are then able to turn or press the effect knobs to adjust the settings.

Nodes
The value of each knob can be adjusted over time, with help of nodes and lines which are shown in the graph of the effect. A node is a knobs value at a certain time point. You are also able to add nodes by pressing the specific effects "add" button, to the right of the graph, and then clicking in the graph, where you like to place the node. Nodes are added to the last used knob, or the knob belonging to the latest marked node. The value a knob have, is shown in the number window. You are also able to delete nodes by marking one or several nodes, by pressing the "del" button to the right of the "add" button.

You may also save knob settings with the help of nodes. Just press the small "play" button above the graph, to the right, and a timeline will move over the graph. If you then turn one or several knobs these settings will be saved.

All effects that are placed on the sample, are found in the "effect chain". The "effect chain" is used to adjust the order in which the effects are placed, in case you have more than one effect on a specific sample. You are also able to double click on an effect in "effect chain", to change the settings quickly. It is also possible to copy "effect chain", which means that you copy the settings for all effects in the list. You may then paste them in another box and or track.

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HOW DO THE EFFECTS WORK?

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THE LOOPER
The is looper where you can make your own loops, is opened by pressing the Looper button. Drag a sample from the file manager or from your sound library, and drop it in one of the loopers sample slots. Then you can place beats with your sample, with the help of the beat buttons to the right of the sample slot. When you press a sample slot or a beat button it will be marked, and you are able to place effects on, or pitch it, just like on the track. If you manage to create a loop that you are satisfied with, you can fix it by pressing the "Make Loop" button, and the loop will appear at the bottom of your
sound library, and you may use it as a sample.

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SKINS

Change skin Press Open and browse for the skin folder and make your selection, then press Open. Or press Config, PCDJ Producer Skin and make your selection, press Open and then Save. NOTE If you choose to change the skin in the Config the selected skin will now be your default skin the next time you start PCDJ Producer.

Quick skin lesson with Photoshop
The PCDJ Producer software allows you to create your own interface/skin. With the image editing software, which is able to handle *.png format, for example Photoshop, you are able to create your own skins. You should save with alpha channel, to obtain smooth crossfading between objects and background.

1. Open the *.png file you want to change in Photoshop.
2. Go to the Select menu and choose Load Selection. In the Channel options select Alpha 1 and press OK.
3. Now copy and paste (Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V) the selected area. Now you have got a new layer named Layer 1.
4. Mark the Background layer and select all (ctrl-A).
5. Change the Background color to black and the press Delete.
6. Now make your changes on Layer 1, but remember no button or knob can be larger then it allready is, 0. so stay inside the already given boundaries.
7. To save with Alpha, select Layer 1, go to Select in the menu and choose Load Selection, and 0. in the Channel options chose Layer 1 Transperacy and press OK.
8. Go to Select in the menu, choose Save Selection and in Channel choose Alpha 1 and Replace 0. Channel and press OK.
9. Go to File in the menu and choose Save a Copy, type a filename, and choose a location for the file 0. and select the *.png format, the Exclude Alpha Channels should NOT be marked, then press save, 0. then OK in the PNG Options and now you have a new skin for your PCDJ Producer.

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CONFIG

The config window contains settings for PCDJ Producer, i.e. the driver settings for your sound card, default skin, setting for faster navigation and mixbuffer size. The mixbuffer setting should be set at 50 millisec when using Windows 2000, and higher when using Windows 9x, Me or NT. (This will affect how fast PCDJ Producer sends audio data to your operating system, i.e. how quickly your changes can be heard, the lower set it is, the faster your changes can be heard.) If the "fast navigation" setting is on, PCDJ Producer skips drawing advanced graphics while moveing the track. The "play follow" setting makes your view of the track follow where you're playing. There is also an option to arrange your plug-ins and hide/show them in your plugin list, the "PCDJ Producer plugins" button.

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HOTKEYS

0 - Stop
1 - Beginning of Loop
2 - End of Loop
0-0 - Beginning of song
Enter - Play
Del - Delete
Page up - Pitch up
Page down - Pitch down
Space - Zoom/Move
Ctrl- C - Copy
Ctrl- V - Paste
Ctrl- N - New Song
Ctrl- D - Mark off
Ctrl- A - Mark all
Ctrl- Q - End
Ctrl- O - Open
Ctrl- S - Save