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Loading Songs into the Decks
To load a song from the File List into one of Torq’s Decks, you have a couple options.
< Click and Drag
1. Click and hold on the desired song in the File List . It will become highlighted.
2. While continuing to hold the mouse butt on, drag the song up into either of Torq’s Decks.
3. Once the song is over your desired Deck, release the mouse but ton and the track will be loaded into
the Deck.
Note: You can also drag the song onto the Scrol ling Waveforms. Dragging the track onto the top wav eform will load it
into Deck A at the left . Dropping the track on the lower waveform will lo ad it into Deck B at the right.
< Function Keys
1. Click on the desired song in the File List. I t will become highlighted.
2. Press F1 to load the song onto Deck A or press F2 to load the song on to Deck B.
Note: This technique can be extremely helpful when using the Full Br owser View (F6) which hides the Decks from view.
Also, if using a Mac laptop computer, you may need to hold the Fn key while pressing the function keys in order for these
features to work.
Sorting the List
There are eight categories d isplayed across the top of the File List win dow: Artist, Song, Album , Track # (Track Number),
BPM (Beats Per Minute), Genre, Leng th, and Comment. Th ese categories are taken from the ID3 tags of your music les
or, in the case of song length and B PM, calculated as part of Torq’s le analysis. An I D3 tag is a standard format for storing
additional information wi thin a music le.
You can sort the conte nts of the File List by c licking on any one of the c ategories at the top of th e window. For example,
if you click the “Album” category, the File Lis t will be sorted alp habetically (A to Z) by Album name. If you click “Album”
again, the order will be reversed (Z to A). You could also click on the BPM column to sort all your songs by their BPM. This
can be very useful when loo king for songs of a similar BPM.
Click the Reset button to re turn to the default sort order.
Searching the List
The simplest method for searc hing is to type a keyword (or keywords) into the Search eld above the D atabase/Browser:
1. Click the Database head ing in the Browser pane to select it.
2. Click in the Search  eld and type in your search te rm(s). Terms can include an artis t’s name, a song title,
BPM, etc.
3. As soon as you start typing, Torq will begin searching the Database for the letters you have t yped. There is no need
to hit the Enter key on your keyboard.
4. When you stop typing, you’ll have a lis t of all les that contain the search term in one of i ts elds.
For example, if you type t he word “love” into the search eld, Torq could return the following results:
Artist* Song Album
Deee-Lite Power of Love World Clique
Jennifer Love Hewit t Can’t Stand in the Way of Love Let’s Go Bang
Love and Rockets Angels and Devils Express
Madonna I’d Rather Be Your Lover Bedtime Storie s
Sade Flow Lover’s Rock