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Key
The Key Adjust is used to raise or lower the key (pitch) of a song withou t changing the tempo. This is useful when
attempting to match the melodie s of songs in both Decks during a mix, known as key- matching. You can adjust the key of
a song with the Key Adjust buttons or by drag ging the up or down on the Key Display.
< Fine Tuning
1. Click and hold t he mouse cursor over the Key Display number.
2. Drag the mouse up or down. The number w ill adjust in increments of one cent.
✓ Note: To reset the key transposition to 0, hold down the Shif t key on your computer keyboard and click on either
of the Key Adjust buttons’ Key Displays. If yo u have adjusted the key in finer increments, the key wi ll be reset to 0,
however the fraction will remain. For exam ple, if the key is 4.23, resetting will make it 0. 23.
< Key/Speed Lock
The Decks in Torq have the special ability to change the playback spe ed of the song without changing the pitch
of the song (this is known as time-compre ssion and time-expansion). This means you don’t have to worr y about
music changing pitch as you beat-matc h. However, if you would like to disable this feature and essentially loc k the
Key and Speed of the music together, turn on the Key/Tempo Lock butto n. With this on, the music will behave
like a regular vinyl record (slowing down the music will make the mu sic drop in pitch).
< MIDI Slider/Knob Control
MIDI control of the Key Adjust is different from other cont rols in Torq. You can assign a knob or slider to the
Key Adjust, or you can assign keys on your MIDI keyboard —the behavior of the Key Adjust is dependen t on
your control method.
1. Make sure that your MIDI keyboard or control surface ha s been properly installed and is configured t o
work with Torq. Please see chapter 6 for more information ab out configuring your external MIDI hardw are
to control Torq.
2. Right-click (CTRL-click, Mac) on the Key Display; it will turn red indicating that i t’s waiting for an
assignment.
3. Move a MIDI knob or slider on your MIDI controller. This will automatically assign the kn ob or slider to the
Key Adjust.
4. The Key will be adjus table in one-semitone steps.
5. MIDI CC value 64 equals + 0 semitones. This generally means whe n the knob or slider of your MIDI
controller is at center position, the Key will be at 0 .
< MIDI Button Control
1. Make sure that your MIDI keyboard or control surf ace has been properly installed and is config ured
to work with Torq. Please see chapter 6 for more informatio n about configuring your external MIDI
hardware to control Torq.
2. Right-click (CTRL-click, Mac) on the [+] Key Adjust button. It will turn red indicating that it ’s waiting for an
assignment.
3. Press a but ton on your MIDI controller to assign it to th e [+] Key Adjust button.
4. Right-click (CTRL-click, Mac) on the [-] Key Adjust button. It will turn red indicating t hat it’s waiting for an
assignment.
5. Press a but ton on your MIDI controller to assign it to the [-] Key Adjust but ton.
6. Now that your but tons are assigned, press the button as signed to [+]. The Key will move up one semitone.
7. Now press both buttons simu ltaneously.
8. The Key Adjust will retur n to 0.