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EXTERNAL CONTROL
One of Torq’s greatest features is the ability to use extern al sources to control the
playback of your song files. In particul ar, you can use the Torq Control Vinyl or Torq
Control CDs to provide the familiar tac tile sensation of DJing with tradition al turntables
and/or CD decks. Torq also allows you to use external MIDI h ardware to control nearly
any feature within the application.
The Control Vinyl and Control CD system works by u sing vinyl records and compact
discs imprinted with special contro l signals. You’ll play these control signals on your
turntables and/or CD players and feed that s ignal into any professional audio interf ace
that has four inputs (with phono preamp lifiers on each input if you are using turntab les)
such as the M-Audio Conectiv. Torq will listen to those au dio signals and will use the
encoded information to control the playbac k of the Decks.

Enabling Vinyl/CD Control

1. Connect the outputs of your first turn table or CD player to inputs 1/2 of your
audio interface. If the inter face has a “Line/Phono” input selec tor switch, be
sure to set it to “Phono” if using turntabl es, or “Line” if using CD players (or
turntables with built-in pre amps).
Turntable
or CD Player
INPUT BGROUND INPUT A
OUTPUT BOUTPUT A
Line Phono
Line Phono
2. Connect the outputs of your second turnt able or CD player to inputs 3/4 of
your audio interface. Again, you’ll ne ed to set its input selector switch as
described above.

Using Torq with only one turntable or CD player:

The connection diagram on this pa ge assumes you have a traditional

DJ setup two CD players or turntables . However, Torq has a

special “AMPutate Mode” that allows you to cont rol both decks

using only one turntable or CD player. This mode is descri bed

later in this chapter.