Copyright Copyright This documentation is protected by law. All rights, especially the right of duplication, circulation, and translation, are reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in the form of copies, microfilms or other processes, or transmitted into a language used for machines, especially data processing machines, without the express written consent of the publisher. All copyrights reserved. All other product names are trademarks of the corresponding manufacturers.
Table of Contents 3 Table of Contents Copyright 2 Support 5 Uninstalling the program 6 MAGIX Digital DJ 2 user interface Quick start 1,2 3… What's new in MAGIX Digital DJ 2? Features Upgrade MAGIX Digital DJ 2 System requirements Don’t lose the beat! Tooltips 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 Toolbar 14 Browser...
Table of Contents Settings Audio settings Audio (ASIO4ALL) PC Only Settings 46 46 48 52 Shortcuts 56 Index 59
Support Support Dear MAGIX customer, Our aim is to provide fast, convenient, solution-focused support at all times. To this end, we offer a wide range of services: Unlimited web support: As a registered MAGIX customer, you have unlimited access to web support offered via the convenient MAGIX service portal on http://support.magix.net, including an intelligent help assistant, high-quality FAQs, patches and user reports that are constantly updated.
Support Mail (Europe): MAGIX Development Support, P.O. Box 20 09 14, 01194 Dresden, Germany Mail (North America): MAGIX Customer Service, 1105 Terminal Way #302, Reno, NV 89502, USA Please make sure you have the following information at hand: Program version Configuration details (operating system, processor, memory, hard drive, etc.
MAGIX Digital DJ 2 user interface MAGIX Digital DJ 2 user interface Welcome to MAGIX Digital DJ 2, powered by Deckadance, the well-known reference product for DJ software by Image Line! MAGIX Digital DJ 2 was developed by DJs and for DJs. Real DJs were asked about their wishes and requirements for such a program, and the lead developer of MAGIX Digital DJ 2, L.S.D. (Luis Serrano), has significant experience as a DJ.
MAGIX Digital DJ 2 user interface located toward the top of the interface (as shown) while the Tool window switches run along the top of the window itself. Note: Pay attention to the tooltips! They will display a short description of the interface features as your mouse is placed over them. Quick start 1,2 3… We know: No one likes to read the manual. So here are 8 easy steps to DJ fame! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
MAGIX Digital DJ 2 user interface All other areas & panels are dynamic changing to reflect the mode or settings chosen. Note: The multicolored spectral display of wave forms can be switched on and off during playback by using the shortcut Ctrl + C. Low frequencies are displayed in red, highs in blue. The yellow and green graduated colors will help you to recognize the frequency height. Cue either deck by clicking and dragging on the wave displays.
MAGIX Digital DJ 2 user interface Record your own mix: With the extra Windows Software MAGIX Music Editor 3 you can do much more than just record your mix, you can edit it with songs or samples and compress audio files and master them. Native DJ-MIDI controller support: Just connect it up and off you go. Use defined presets on the device for a genuine DJ feeling. More loops in the Sampler Section.
MAGIX Digital DJ 2 user interface 11 Upgrade MAGIX Digital DJ 2 MAGIX Digital DJ 2 – powered by Deckadance, does more! You can upgrade MAGIX Digital DJ 2 to "bigger" versions: Deckadance House Edition or Club Edition. By upgrading to Deckadance House Edition, you will receive the following additional functions: User configured MIDI Mapping/Remapping.
MAGIX Digital DJ 2 user interface System requirements Operating system Windows XP/Vista/7 Mac OSX v10.4 (UB) Minimum hardware requirements PC: Intel Pentium III (or similar), Athlon XP with DirectSound or ASIO compatible sound card Mac: Intel Mac or G4 (1.25 GHz) with sound card with CoreAudio drivers, 512 MB RAM, 200 MB hard disk space. Graphics card with min.
MAGIX Digital DJ 2 user interface Tooltips MAGIX Digital DJ 2 offers realtime help functions: To see the Help panel, click on the HELP button just below the master cross-fader and hold your mouse cursor over anything that looks like a control, including some that don’t. The tooltips will explain the function of each control element in short. To activate or deactivate tooltips, click on Show tooltipsbelow in the Setup dialog (view page 52). There, you can set the correct language for Tooltips.
Toolbar Toolbar At the top in the Toolbar you will find a range of settings: Audio - Opens the audio setup dialog (view page 46). Here you can set the outputs and sound card drivers. TAP - Tap tempo. Tap this button 4 to 8 times and the average tapping speed will be set in the BPM window. Tempo - Displayed in BPM (32 to 256). Double-click the number display to enter a specific BPM.
Browser... 15 Browser... Note: In version 2 of you can access the Song Manager, a music database with real-time search, playlists etc using the Playlist (view page 29) button. The file browser is only really required if you want to load a file, which is no longer in your music collection's folder (e.g. in your download folder). Display files on the computer The file browser displays a drive's complete folder structure.
Track Window and Transport Controls Track Window and Transport Controls The track window contains a waveform display, which shows a part of the track, together with beat and cue markers in high magnification. A lower 'Track Overview' window that displays the entire song (this can be clicked to jump to the specified location). Below these windows are several different controls for playback, cueing and mixing: Track Display Colors Ctrl+C will activate/deactivate the spectral analysis and display mode.
Track Window and Transport Controls 17 through to green are mid frequencies (often associated with vocals), while blue shades are high frequencies (cymbals, hats etc). With some practice, these colors will help you identify breaks, vocals, bass, drums and other common sounds in your tracks. Upper controls Artist, Title & Album - Displays track information (if stored in meta data). Tempo – The song's tempo.
Track Window and Transport Controls Cue-Marker The cue marker is used to skip to specific positions. Four cue markers can be set per song, these will be saved along with the analysis data from the song and will thus be available the next time you load the song. The control elements for cue markers function in different ways depending on they are used during playback or when the track is paused.
Track Window and Transport Controls 19 Note: A cue marker cannot be moved as such, instead you have to place it afresh. This only works when stopped, during playback it will skip to the saved position. Deck-Gain On the inside of the waveform display of the corresponding deck you will find the gain control for the individual track. There are two options here: Track Gain - The level of individual tracks can be corrected using the extra manual gain trim control. Click and drag vertically.
Track Window and Transport Controls between +/- 6% and +/-50%. More below on BPM, Speed and Pitch (view page 22). NOTE: Hold down the [CTRL] key while moving the pitch fader to get a finer resolution of 0.01%. EDIT - Opens a sub-window containing a number of tools to aid in resolving beat-sync & analysis issues: TAP - Tap the button in time with the song to set the tempo. 1/2 & 2/1 - Halves or Doubles the detected tempo (as selected).
Track Window and Transport Controls 21 QUANT - When Quantization is activated all jumps using manual cueing or by cue marker (view page 17) will be in time with the beat, i.e. seamless. If your song is going to end too soon just click on the middle of the track in the track overview and give yourself some precious extra time. SNAP - When snap is activated, the loop start and cue markers will always be placed on whole beats.
Track Window and Transport Controls Fine beat-phase - A bar will grow toward the leading deck. No bar = perfect phase. <- & -> - Auto-XFade start buttons. A & B - Transform deck A and B. Depending on the current state of the X-Fader the switches will Punch / LMB (left-click) a faded/muted track or Cut / RMB (right-click) a playing track. The transformation is immediate. X-Fade - Master cross-fader control. Beat-phase display Beat-phase - Above the main X-fader is a set of 4 LEDs.
Track Window and Transport Controls Each deck has several pitch options. By default the pitch of a deck is controlled by the Deck pitch slider (as shown above). Selecting the SYNC button (right-click/Ctrl+click, to lock it in) will cause the Deck pitch slider to become transparent and the pitch of the deck will now be controlled by the opposite decks pitch slider. By clicking on MASTER in the middle both decks (when sync is active) will be controlled by the master tempo.
Track Window and Transport Controls and at the 50% mix point drops the bass on both decks to compensate for the added energy of the two tracks. This will keep the perceived volume smooth and perhaps save a few speakers splattering all over your audience. The BASS X-FADE option can be found on the Global settings page (view page 52) in the settings dialog.
Tool window Tool window Peakscope The Peakscope shows Deck A peaks in the upper half and Deck B peaks in the lower half. This arrangement of peaks is perfect for visual beatmatching of the decks. Beat align decks Left-click in the top or bottom half of the scope (resisting the temptation to follow the moving peaks with your pointer if the tracks are playing) and move your mouse to the left or right so that the upper and lower peaks are aligned.
Effects About The About menu displays your version and MAGIX Digital DJ 2 build-number information. Effects MAGIX Digital DJ 2 comes with several high quality built-in effects which may be particularly useful when mixing dissimilar tracks. For example, removing the bass from a pair of tracks will cut the drums, which can be beneficial if the tracks have very different beats. As always, experimentation and practice are required.
Effects Note: when in Bass X-Fade mode, the Bass EQ slider is disabled. Frequency CUT mode - Left-click on the BASS/MID/TREB buttons to momentarily cut that frequency band, right-click locks the cut state on. RELOOPER 1, 2 & 3 - These switches activate the Relooper (view page 43) function. Left-click the Relooper buttons for momentary effects. Right-click (or Alt+Click) to lockthe mode on. Left or right-click to disengage the re-loop.
Function Window Function Window The large lower panel in MAGIX Digital DJ 2 displays a variety of functions in response to the 'Function Switches' as indicated on the screenshot above. For more information on each function, click on the links below: PLAYLIST (view page 29) – Opens the Song Manager. This is the central database view for finding songs in your collection, it is also used to manage playlists that organize songs for future playback and/or to log played tracks.
Function Window Song Manager The Song manager is the management and navigation center for MAGIX Digital DJ 2. Here you can find songs from your music collection and create playlists. Preparation You need to load your music into the Song manager's database so that it can find your music. To do so right click on the Library in the top left and select Import Music Folders.
Function Window iTunes Library The iTunes library. If you have iTunes installed and your library does not show here, manually set the path to the iTunes library file (iTunes Music Library.xml) from the Setup > File Management > iTunes library (view page 54). Automix- There is a special playlist available for the Automix function (view List page 32). Playlists can save any number of playlists in its database.
Function Window 31 You can choose from three different heights for Song Manager. In case there's not enough space the Song Manager window separates from the rest of the program and can then be sized freely. Mit der Suchfunktion kann dann die Liste noch weiter eingeschränkt werden. This is particularly useful in the library view, if the list of your entire music collection is displayed. the search can be realtime i.e. the list begins filtering from the first letter you type.
Function Window In order to get recommendations, select a title in the playlist and click on mufin Recommendation. The Recommendation List with similar titles wi´ll be displayed afterwards in the Song manager. The list is ordered according to similarity in %, starting from the most similar at the top. Prerequisite for good recommendations is a comprehensive analysis of your music collection.
Function Window 33 Create a new Smart Playlist, by clicking on Create Smart Playlist. With Edit Smart Playlist in the context menu you can open a dialog in which you can set the playlist settings. A smart playlist is understood as a playlist which makes the database multiples requests. The option Match all of the following rules determines whether songs should match all the search queries or just one of them. A database field is selected from the list (e.g.
Function Window Sampler You can add sound effects and additional loops to your DJ performance using the sampler. Load samples into one of the 8 integrated sampler slots and play them back as beat-synchronized loops or individual samples. Hint: You can load included samples into the MAGIX Digital DJ 2 sampler. In order to be able to edit relooper patterns, you must upgrade your version to Deckadance Home or Club Edition. Controls LOAD WAV - Loads wave files from disk.
Function Window VST Host Note: The functions record, sampler record, VST plugin/host, vinyl/external control and adjustment for personal MIDI controllers are not included in MAGIX Digital DJ 2. To activate these functions, you must upgrade your version to Deckadance Home or Club Edition. MAGIX Digital DJ 2 VST slots accept both Instrument and Effect plug-ins. VST (Virtual Studio Technology) plug-ins such are a great addition to the inbuilt effects.
Function Window MIDI IN THRU - Activate the slot to receive MIDI/Controller input. If you PC is connected to a MIDI keyboard, you can play live to your DJ set using the VST instrument. Note about 3rd Party VST plug-ins: The Internet is bursting with 3rd party plug-ins, a great place to start looking is KVR.
Function Window 37 controller moved when this button is activated will link to the item selected from the target list to the right. TIP: Double click the function in the list to activate 'learn mode' in a single step. MIDI Forget Select a MAGIX Digital DJ 2 target command in the list to the left, click MIDI FORGET to forget the target link. Load setup Saves a controller setup. Save setup A / B - Select the Deck that the MIDI functions relate to.
Function Window Note: The Vinyl/external control is not available in MAGIX Digital DJ 2, so all input settings have no noticeable effect. To activate these functions, you must upgrade your version to Deckadance Home or Club Edition. In MAGIX Digital DJ 2 you'll also find additional mixer settings (see below). Controls Pitch control and tempo variation are achieved by tracking the pitch and phase of a signal from a record or CD.
Function Window 39 MAGIX Digital DJ 2 will behave as if the music was coming from a CD in the CDJ itself. - Vinyl - Select ms PINKY gen 1,2,3,4 or CD, Torq or Reflex PCDJ. If you have any other brand of timecoded vinyl, set mspinky generation to "4" and use the LEARN TIMECODE function as described below. Supported formats - Fully tested and supported formats include: Final Scratch, MixVibes, ms PINKY (Gen 1 to 4), Serato Scratch Live and Torq timecodes.
Function Window Setting the input control signal Use the Gain knob to set the amplitude so that a circle is formed about 50-75% of the maximum diameter that will fit in the window. Use the Rumble knob to clean up scatter or noise in the signal – compare the screenshot above to the one below to note the cleaner-looking circle below.
Function Window Setting Control Deck A/B inputs Audio INPUTS are used to receive the control signals from external Vinyl or CDJ decks. INPUTS are selected and set in the Audio Settings (view page 46) page. Additional settings Between the Vinyl / Extended Controls for Decks A and B are several additional settings: MONITOR CONTROL Monitor Mix Fader - An independent monitor fader that blends between Main and PFL on the phones. Monitor Level - Use to adjust the global monitoring level.
Function Window PHONE SPLIT - L/R monitoring. When selected, you will hear PFL in your left headphone and Master in the right one, assuming that your monitor setup is routed to your headphones and you have them on the correct way around. Perhaps we assume too much?! OVERDRIVE - Colors the monitor signal and boots levels to make it easier to distinguish from the PA.
Function Window To create a Deckadance CONTROL CD: Click the START button. The' Deckadance_Control_CD.wav' file will be generated. Press CANCEL at any time to create a shorter file. The file will be saved in the Deckadance installation directory in a folder titled control_cd. To specify an alternative location click in the directory field and browse to the desired save location.
Function Window Mute and Re-trigger - Right-click on the pattern blocks to cycle through Mute and 1, 1/2, 1/4th note re-trigger options. Useful for 'stutter' effects. To activate pattern 1 to 3 - Left-click the 'Relooper 1, 2 or 3' buttons in the Effects panel (view page 26) for momentary effects. Right-click to engage permanently. Left or right-click to disengage the re-loop. PATTERNS 1, 2 & 3 - Click to edit the pattern. There are three patterns per deck.
Function Window You can use the Record function to record your DJ performance as a live WAV file; including all effects and fades. Recording starts immediately if you click on the Record button in the middle. The timeline informs you of the relative length of the current playlist. MANUAL and AUTO indicate whether AUTOMIX (see Playlist (view page 29)) is active or not. Everything exiting the main output will be recorded. A limiter prevents overmodulation. This limiter cannot be adjusted further.
Settings Settings To open the Setup Function Window, click on the [SETUP] button located in the Function switch area at the upper middleof the main interface. NOTE: Audio Settings (view page 46) are accessed from the Tool Bar. Audio settings Audio settings page may be opened via the Audio button in the menu bar. In order to get the best out of MAGIX Digital DJ 2, you may need to take some time to familiarize yourself with the Audio and General, File & MIDI Settings (view page 52)on another page.
Settings AUDIO INTERFACE - Selects your soundcard/audio & driver. PC users: We recommend using an ASIO driver, Deckadance installer includes the ASIO4ALL. SAMPLE RATE - Select the play-back frequency of your audio interface. 44100 Hz (44.1 kHz) is most common although some interfacces use 48000 Hz (48 kHz). AUDIO LATENCY - This is a working buffer (breathing space) used by Deckadance to avoid CPU overload.
Settings OUTPUTS - Select audio output configuration for internal or external audio mixing. Your ability to use the options below will depend on the number of outputs your audio interface has: Internal mixing - In this configuration you can select 2 stereo audio outputs. 1. Headphones (Monitor) and 2. Main outputs (Speakers/Mixing desk). - External mixing - In this configuration you have the option to configure 4 stereo audio outputs. 1. Headphones (Monitor) and 2. & 3.
Settings Using the ASIO4ALL Advanced Settings This section explains how to use the ASIO4ALL settings. 1. 2. 1. 2. Open the Press the Audio settings (view page 46) and select 'ASIO4ALL v2' from the AUDIO INTERFACE list. Click the [Control Panel] button on Audio settings to open the ASIO4ALL driver settings (as shown below).
Settings 3. Advanced settings - Make sure you are in Advanced mode as shown below. Click the Spanner (lower-right) to change between 'Simple' and 'Advanced' modes. 1. Active devices - Only active devices (and their active Inputs/Outputs) can be used by Deckadance, i.e show in the INPUT / OUTPUT ROUTING options. This is the step that is required to use a USB microphone with your sound card.
Settings 51 on your sound card settings and you are not hearing anything you can give this option a try. When you are done, close the ASIO4ALL options with the [X] window control in the top-right corner. 6. Troubleshooting 1. Make sure you are using the latest version of ASIO4ALL, install it and try again. The latest ASIO4ALL driver will be available at www.asio4all.com. Don't be afraid to try the latest Beta (if there is one). Unavailable - If any of the inputs/outputs of the devices in the 'WDM 2.
Settings - 6. 7. Hardware buffer switch - Try On/Off. Beyond Logic – similar to "Unavailable". If the control panel of your card provides the option to lock the sample rate deselect it, a known cause of 'Beyond Logic' errors. Also try closing and re-opening the control panel, unplugging/re-inserting USB audio devices and/or reinstalling the Windows (WDM) driver for the sound card. Check the ASIO4ALL Manual in the installation directory ..:\Program Files\ASIO4ALL v2\ASIO4ALL v2 Instruction Manual.
Settings Global settings Global settings Disable master tempo/pitch engine - Can decrease CPU load for slower computers struggling to run MAGIX Digital DJ 2 without audio glitches (don't forget to increase latency & use an ASIO driver). Lock playing deck - Stops tracks loading on the playing deck. Perhaps we should rename this 'Stupidity filter' :) Spectral waveform (CTRL+C) Waveform display in spectral colors -more than just pretty colors! Engages the spectral display for the decks.
Settings File Management (Files) This section sets the default locations for Audio Files - Sets the location of your music tracks. Sample FilesSets the location of your sample files. iTunes Library - MAGIX Digital DJ 2 should automatically import your iTunes library at startup (making it available through the Song Manager (view page 29)).
Settings Registration / About Shows the MAGIX Digital DJ 2 Version information and your Registration code if MAGIX Digital DJ 2 is registered. Click the REGISTER button to opens a dialog box where you can select and open a registration file (...to register or upgrade the current version). About displays the complete Copyright information.
Shortcuts Shortcuts Note: The functions record, sampler record, VST plugin/host, vinyl/external control and adjustment for personal MIDI controllers are not included in MAGIX Digital DJ 2. To activate these functions, you must upgrade your version to Deckadance Home or Club Edition.
Shortcuts K O P L S X C V B N M , .
Shortcuts Sampler slot #1 rec slot #2 Sampler slot #2 F2 rec slot #3 Sampler slot #3 F3 rec slot #4 Sampler slot #4 F4 rec slot #5 Sampler slot #5 F5 rec slot #6 Sampler slot #6 F6 rec slot #7 Sampler slot #7 F7 rec slot #8 Sampler slot #8 F9 rec Vinyl / Ext Ctrl.
Index 59 Index A About .......................................................................................................... 24 Additional settings........................................................................................ 39 Audio (ASIO4ALL) PC Only........................................................................... 45 Audio settings..................................................... 13, 15, 20, 39, 43, 45, 48, 50 Automix ........................................................
Index G Global settings ..................................................................... 12, 22, 23, 31, 49 L Lower Controls..................................................................... 16, 17, 18, 21, 33 M MAGIX Digital DJ 2 user interface ................................................................... 7 Master Relooper Effects ............................................................................... 42 MIDI settings ...............................................................
Index 61 Song Manager ................................................................14, 26, 27, 43, 50, 51 Spectroscope .............................................................................................. 24 Support ......................................................................................................... 5 System requirements ................................................................................... 11 T Tool window .....................................................
