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..
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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.
Time Remain
This field indicates how much time is left before the song ends. At the beginning of the song, the Time Remaining will be the same as the entire length of the song. When the Deck is playing, the Time Remaining will count down.
Note: The Overview and Scrolling Waveform displays will begin to flash red when there is less than 30 seconds remaining in the song. This is to notify you that you’d better get ready with another song to play!
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