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DECKS

When DJing, everything begins with the Decks.

The Decks will play the music that you’ll mix and

effect using all the tools in Torq. Traditionally, a DJ’s

decks will be turntables or CD players. Therefore,

the Decks in Torq have been designed to emulate

both turntables and CD players, as well as offering a

special hybrid mode only possible with software.

Displays

Each Deck has various informational displays

throughout the interface. These are mostly for

relaying information to you, such as which song is

playing, how long it’s been playing, and how much

time is remaining.

Song Name

At the top of the Deck is the name of the

current song. The name is taken from the song

category (seen in the File List). If there is no

song name listed in the File List, the name of

the actual ﬁle will be shown instead.

Artist Name

Below the Song Name is the Artist Name. Like

the Song Name, above, this ﬁeld will be empty

if there is no entry in the Artist category of

the ﬁle.

Time Elapsed

This is the current location of the song, marked by the yellow Now Line in the

Overview Waveform Display. The Time Elapsed is expressed in hours/minutes/

seconds/frames (30 fps). When the Current Position Marker is at the beginning of

the song, the Time Elapsed will be 0:0:0.0.

Instant Doubles

Using the mouse, you can click and drag the song name from one Deck to the

other. Doing this will copy the song to the other Deck and will match playback

locations and speed, thus allowing you to juggle the two songs. This function can

also be triggered using the computer keyboard or an external MIDI controller.

Please see Chapter 15 “MIDI Tab” for information on making these assignments.