Operation Manual

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Above the players, a window posts curves corresponding to the two rates/rhythms of the music. These
curves are represented in a waveform, allowing you to see your music. The peaks in the curve
represent beats. In order to synchronize the music, these peaks should occur at the same time. The
present is represented by the feature in the middle of the screen. All on the left was already played,
while what is on the right represents the next seconds of the track.
You can zoom in or zoom out the display using the slider on the left, or the three preset buttons (1, 2, 3)
on the right side of the rhythm window.
Below the curves there are small squares, named CBG (Computed Beat Grid), which represent the
position of measures. The large squares represent the beginning of a measure 4:4 time. The CBG is
particularly useful, for example, when mixing a track at the time of an intro where the beat is not yet
present.
In the picture above, you can see that the beats are completely synchronized – it is easy to see that the
peaks (beats) of the music are lined up. However, some music does not have the very obvious single
beat peaks that most house and techno music has. This is when the CBG is very useful. If you look at
the following graphics, it is not exactly clear where the beats should sync up by just observing the
waveform visually. However, with the help of the CBG, it becomes much easier to synchronize the two
tracks:
NOT BEAT MATCHED – CBG NOT ALIGNED
BEAT MATCHED – CBG NOT ALIGNED
BEAT MATCHED – CBG ALIGNED
RHYTHM WINDOW