M-Audio Torq manual Deck Control

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Deck Control

AMPutate mode allows you to control one of Torq’s Decks with a single Control Vinyl or Control CD while the other Deck operates in Hybrid or CDJ mode. To enable AMPutate mode:

1.Open the Preferences and click on the External Control tab.

2.Ensure that External Control is enabled. If not, turn it on now by selecting “Yes” in its drop-down menu.

3.With External Control enabled, you’ll also be able to enable AMPutate mode by selecting “Yes” in its drop-down menu.

4.AMPutate will use the control source chosen for Control Input A on the Audio Preferences tab. Check your selection on this tab to make sure you have selected your desired control source.

5.Close the Preferences.

6.Load a track onto Deck A and click the Vinyl button (located right below the QuickCue buttons).

7.Deck A will now be under external control.

8.Start your turntable or CD player. Deck A will begin to play like normal.

9.Now, load a track onto Deck B and click its Vinyl button. You’ll notice that Deck A will automatically switch to Hybrid or CDJ control (whichever mode you used last) and will continue to play! At the same time, the external control source will now be controlling Deck B.

10.You can swap external control back and forth as you please and the music will remain playing on both Decks at all times..

So you can see that swapping external control is as simple as clicking the Vinyl button on the Deck you wish to control (you could assign MIDI notes or keys on your computer’s keyboard to the Vinyl buttons, too). If the external control source is stopped when you switch control to the other Deck, it will remain stopped. If the control source was playing when you switch control to the other Deck, it will remain playing.

Note: Because the AMPutate system allows you to swap control between two independent Decks, the Decks are forced into Relative mode to prevent any undesirable jumps in playback position when toggling control. Therefore, when using AMPutate mode, you will use the on-screen controls (Fast Forward, Rewind, Overview Waveform, QuickCues, etc.) to set the playback position of the song—needle drops will not work.