User Manual

Table Of Contents

Features

Top Panel

1. High Torque Direct Drive Platter: A

5.0 kgf-cm motor turns this aluminum

platter with speed position dots.

Note: The platter itself should not be

held in position for sustained periods

while powered to rotate.

2. Vinyl with Slipmat: This full-size 12"

(30.5 cm) vinyl controls the audio

playhead in the software when

attached to the spindle using the

spindle lock adapter. Place the

included slipmat under the vinyl, or

replace with your preferred choice.

Note: The vinyl can be user replaced

and customized by attaching the

spindle lock adapter to your own

modified vinyl. Three holes (6 mm)

must be added, and the included vinyl

should be used as a reference.

3. Spindle Lock Adapter: This secures the vinyl to the platter using the included spindle

screw. It also determines the feel of how smoothly your vinyl responds. For a tighter feel,

press down on the vinyl while tightening the spindle screw. For a looser feel with more

spinback, lift up the vinyl slightly while tightening the spindle screw.

4. Motor On/Off & Strobe Light: Turn this dial at the top of the strobe light to turn the platter

motor on or off. The unit will remain powered on, allowing for wind down effects.

The strobe light illuminates the edge of the platter, which indicates whether or not the

phase of the platter’s rotation is constant. As the platter rotates, look at the dots on its

edge under the light’s strobing. If the phase is constant, the dots will appear to be still. If

the rotation is out of phase, the dots will appear to move or “drift.”

5. Start/Stop: Press this button to start and stop the platter. The LED around this button will

be dim when power is on and no track is playing, bright when a track is playing, and

flashing red when the track is near its end.

6. 33 & 45 RPM: Press one of these buttons to set the rotation speed (RPM) of the platter.

The lit button indicates the current selection.

7. Pitch Range: Press one of these buttons to adjust the range of the Pitch Fader to ±8%,

±16%, and ±50%.

8. Pitch Fader: Move this fader to adjust the speed (pitch) of the track. You can adjust its

total range with the Pitch Range buttons.

9. Takeover LEDs: When you select another Deck with the Deck Select buttons, the

position of the Twelve’s Pitch Fader may not match the Pitch setting for that Deck in the

software. Slowly move the Pitch Fader in the direction indicated by the Takeover LED

arrow until it turns off. At this point, the Pitch Fader matches the Pitch setting in the

software and can control it again.