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BroWSer/ DaTaBaSeA DJ’s most important as set, beyond the gear he uses, is his collec tion of music. Without
a wealth of top-notch tracks in his arsenal, a DJ is not equipped to dominate a dance oor.
Anyone who has been DJing for even a short while w ill have amassed a decent collec tion
of songs, and nding those song s quickly is the job of Torq’s Browser and Database.
The B rowser is very si milar to the n avigation method s employed by your computer’s
operating system. The Browser will allow you to explore the contents of all your hard drives
(internal and external), connected MP3 players (such as iPods), and audio CDs. You can
then add music folders to the Torq Database in order to se arch for songs using keywords
or sorting techniques, which makes nding your music much easier than thumbing through
CD wallets or cr ates of vinyl. Torq also supports the b uilding of playlists which will a llow
you to preselect a series of songs to use in a later performance— and Torq will even
document all of the songs you play in a se t for later review (the Session Playlist).
This sectio n will show you how to navigate your hard drive(s) using the Torq Browser,
and how to add folders containing music les to the Database. It will also exp lain how to
search for particular songs, how to organize songs by categories for easier view ing, and
how to manage playlists.
Browser Pane
The Browser pane is locat ed on the bottom left of the Torq inter face. It allows you to
navigate drives, folders , and playlists through an easy-to- use le structure.
The Browser contains t wo standard h eadings, Databa se and Playlist s, which are shown
at the top of the Browser pane . The Browser will also co ntain a listing of each drive
connected to your s ystem—those drives wi ll be listed by their names (for example, “C:”
or “Macintosh HD”). Finally, all connec ted media players will have an entry along with any
inserted CDs.