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DECKSWhen DJing, everything begins w ith 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 pl ayers. Therefore,
the Decks in Torq have been designed to emulate
both turntables and CD players, a s well as offering a
special hybrid mode only possible with sof tware.
Displays
Each Deck has various information al displays
throughout the interface. The se are mostly for
relaying information to you, such as which song i s
playing, how long it’s been playing, and how much
time is remaining.
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, th e name of
the actual file will be shown instead.
Artist Name
Below the Song Name is the Artis t Name. Like
the Song Name, above, this field will be e mpty
if there is no entry in the Arti st category of
the file.
Time Elapsed
This is the current location of the song, ma rked by the yellow Now Line in the
Overview Waveform Display. The Time Elapsed is expresse d in hours/minutes/
seconds/frames (30 fps). When the Current Posit ion Marker is at the beginning of
the song, the Time Elapsed will be 0: 0:0.0.
Instant Doubles
Using the mouse, you can click and d rag the song name from one Deck to the
other. Doing this will copy the son g to the other Deck and will matc h playback
locations and speed, thus al lowing you to juggle the two song s. This function can
also be triggered using the co mputer keyboard or an external MI DI controller.
Please see Chapter 15 “MIDI Tab” for information on makin g these assignments.