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Online music stores offer several versions of the same music, called Original, Radio Edit, Instrumental, Extended, ...
What does each version mean? - Original, or Original Mix, or Original Edit: the track released originally by the artist, - Radio, Radio Edit or Radio Mix: a shortened version of the track, 3 to 4 minutes long: the part removed may be the intro and outro - Extended, Extended Mix: a longer version of the track, often 6 o 8 minutes long, for example with a loop of the instrumental track after the second chorus, - Club mix, club edit: an extended mix with a DJ friendly intro and outro = the intro/outro have a stable rhythm one can dance on, - Dub mix: a remix of a track using a limited portion of the vocal part (for example a few words) playing over a more complete instrumental track - Instrumental mix: audio track with only the instruments, no singing voice: a great format for karaoke and for DJing - Acapella: audio track with only the singing voice(s), no instrument: a great format for DJing
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By Hercules STAFF3
Tags: Technical tips |
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When performing outside, if you find difficult to read your computer display in daylight, you can invert colours on the screen.
In Mac OS
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Accessibility.
- Go to the Display section, select "Invert colors".
In Windows (for example in Windows 10)
- Press on the keys Windows and + to call Windows Magnifier.
- You can Zoom in/Zoom Out in Windows magnifier with Windows + and Windows - keys.
- If you see no Magnifier menu, click on the Magnifier icon
in Windows task bar to call the menu.
- In Magnifier menu, select Views > Full Screen.

- Press on 3 keys (Control Alt i) to invert the colours (and press again on Control Alt i to restore normal colours).
You have inverted your computer display, for example Djuced 40 looks like that:
 instead of looking as usual like this:

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By Hercules STAFF3
Tags: Technical tips, tutorial |
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When the DJ software audio setup menu lets you select 1 audio device while you wish to use 2 sound cards simultaneously, the solution in Mac OS is aggregating devices. The aggregate device is 1 virtual sound card aggregating 2 (or more) sound cards.
Here is an example to play - the mix on the Mac built-in sound card - the preview on the headphones output of the DJ controller Universal DJ - in Djuced 40 3.1.0, in Mac OS 10.10 (Yosemite).
1) Connect your DJ Controller to the Mac computer.
2) Set your 2 sound cards at the same sampling rate - In Mac OS top bar, go to Go > Utilities - Run Audio MIDI Setup - If you don't come directly to the Audio Devices menu, go to Window > Show Audio Devices - Select your DJ Controller, check its audio format, for example 44100 Hz with Hercules Universal DJ 
- Select Built-in Output, make sure the audio format is the same as in your DJ controller, 44100Hz (=44.1kHz)

3) Create an aggregate device - at the left bottom corner of the Audio Devices window, you have a + sign: click on it, and select "Create Aggregate Device"
 - You can let it called "Aggregate Device" or give to this device the name you want, for example " Aggregate - Computer & Universal" - In the list of audio devices included in the Aggregate device, check in the Use column the 2 audio devices "Built-in Output" and Hercules Universal DJ
 Leave Audio MIDI Setup.
4) Run Djuced 40 - Go to the Settings: click on the gear wheel on the right top corner
 - you reach the audio settings menu in Audio Device, select the name of your aggregate device in Master field, select Output 1&2 in the headphones field, select Output 5&6

Click on OK. In Djuced 40, you now play - the mix on your computer built-in sound card, - the preview in the headphones output of your Universal DJ.
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By Hercules STAFF3
Tags: Technical tips, Audio, Mac |
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DJing with time-code vinyl requires - a DJ software capable of time-code DJing as VirtualDJ Pro, Cross, and 2 time-code vinyl discs supported by the DJ software - 2 DJ turntables, - an DJ controller whose audio interface has 2 stereo inputs supporting phono level if the DJ turntables have a phono output level, for example a Hercules DJ Console Rmx2, 4-Mx, Rmx, Mk4 or Mk2.
Then you have 2 possible installations: - Either you use no analogue mixer: you then use the Hercules DJ Console mixer controls - Or you use an analogue mixer: you then use the mixer instead of the central controls of Hercules DJ Console.
A) With no analogue mixer - Connect the outputs of the turntables to Hercules DJConsole Rmx2 : - the turntable located on left on inputs 1-2 - the turntable located on right on inputs 3-4 - set the inputs on phono level if your turntables output is in phono level, - activates your inputs in your DJConsole Rmx2 control panel, - Connect the headphones on DJConsole Rmx2 headphones output plug, on front panel or on top panel, - Connect your speakers on DJ Console Rmx2 outputs 1-2 (dual XLR or dual RCA) - Play your time-code vinyl discs on your 2 turntables - Run your DJ software, and calibrate your inputs in time code vinyl mode - your turntable on left side now controls the left virtual deck, your turntable on the right side now controls the right-side virtual deck. The connections are as follows 
B) With an analogue mixer - Connect the outputs of the turntables to Hercules DJConsole Rmx2 : - the turntable located on left on inputs 1-2 - the turntable located on right on inputs 3-4 - set the inputs on phono level if your turntables output is in phono level, - activates your inputs in your DJConsole Rmx2 control panel, - Connect the output 1-2 of your DJConsole Rmx2 to the input 1-2 of the analogue mixer, - Connect the output 3-4 of your DJConsole Rmx2 to the input 3-4 on the analogue mixer, - Connect the headphones on the mixer headphones output plug, - Connect your speakers on the mixer master outputs - Play your time-code vinyl discs on your 2 turntables - Run your DJ software, and calibrate your inputs in time code vinyl mode - your turntable on left side now controls the left virtual deck, your turntable on the right side now controls the right-side virtual deck. The connections are as follows

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By Hercules STAFF3
Tags: Technical tips, DJConsole Rmx2 |
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