The further the control is turned clockwise, the more
LEVEL/DEPTH control the effect is stressed.
When turned all the way counterclockwise, only the original sound is output.
CRUSHER
Crusher adds distortion and lowers the bit rate resolution of the audio source. This effect can either sound glitchy or overdriven depending on what point your bit depth is set to.
PARAMETER control | Adjusts the degree of the effect. | |
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LEVEL/DEPTH control | The further the control is turned clockwise, the more | |
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TREMOLO
The Tremolo modulates the signal volume, lowering and increasing it rhythmically to the set time divisions, as if you were performing a series of cuts on the mixer’s crossfader. [TIME] determines the rate of the volume drop, while [FX MIX] modifies the modulation on the signal volume. The depth of the cut is determined by the wet/dry amount, with 100 % being a cut to silence.
PARAMETER control | Use these to set a cut time of 1/16 – 8/1 with respect | |
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LEVEL/DEPTH control | Sets the balance between the original sound and the | |
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BRAKER
The braker acts like a classic turntable styled “stop” braking func- tion, where the audio winds down to a complete stop before resuming playback once again. Depending on the length of [TIME] set this effect can sound like a quick fire stop button brake all the way through to the classic “turning the turntable off” technique, allowing the audio to slow down to a complete stop.
PARAMETER control | Sets a brake time of 1/16 to 8/1 with respect to one | |
beat of the BPM. | ||
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LEVEL/DEPTH control | Sets the frequency at which the brake sound is | |
applied. | ||
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REPEATER
This effect repeats audio chunks similar to a loop roll function. You can control the “chance” the playing audio stream will be repeated, the count at which the audio section will be repeated for, and the time of the audio division to be repeated.
PARAMETER control | Use these to set a repeat time of 1/16 – 8/1 with | |
respect to the time of one beat of the BPM. | ||
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LEVEL/DEPTH control | Sets the frequency at which the repeated sound is | |
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REVERSER
This effect reverses a section of the audio signal, mixing it with the original audio. You can control the length of the audio stream to be reversed, and the “Chance” of repeating audio.
PARAMETER control | Use these to set a reverse time of 1/16 – 8/1 with | |
respect to the time of one beat of the BPM. | ||
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LEVEL/DEPTH control | Sets the frequency at which the reversed sound is | |
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Changing the settings
ITCH’s environmental settings can be changed according to the usage conditions.
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1 On the computer screen, click [SETUP].
The ITCH setup menu opens.
2 Click the tab for the item you want to set.
The details of the setting items are displayed.
For details of the various tabs, see the individual explanations described later.
!The ITCH version information is displayed at the bottom left of the [SETUP] menu.
!If the computer is connected to the Internet, click [CHECK FOR UPDATES] to check whether more recent software is available.
[SETUP] menu setting items
Hardware
FIRMWARE
This unit’s firmware version can be checked here.
!When [Update Available] is displayed, a newer version of the firmware is available. Click [UPDATE FIRMWARE] to update the firmware. If [Up to Date] is displayed, there is no need to update the firmware.
GENERAL
The USB buffer size “USB BUFFER SIZE (LATENCY)” setting can be changed here.
ITCH divides the audio data into small packets for playback. This packet size can be adjusted here.
!If the buffer size is made small, the operation of the jog dial is trans- mitted accurately and the system’s transmission delay (latency) decreases, but dropouts in the audio data (interruptions in the sound), etc., may occur.
!If the buffer size is made large, dropouts in the audio data (interrup- tions in the sound), etc., tend to occur less, but the time lag due to the transmission delay (latency) of the audio data may increase.
PLATTER SPEED
The playing speed of the virtual deck can be set to 33 or 45 RPM.
Playback
GENERAL
!Playback keys use shift
This disables operations using the computer keyboard when the keyboard’s [Shift] key is not pressed or when Caps Lock is off.
!Lock playing Deck
This disables loading of new tracks on decks on which a track is playing.
This disables operations of the
[NEEDLE SEARCH (ALPHABET SEARCH)] pad when a track is playing.
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This reduces digital distortion generated when tracks are played at low or high speed. When enabled, however, the load of the CPU increases slightly.
!Use auto gain