Quick Start Guide

Contents

1 Connections 4

2 Installation 5
2.1 Windows 5
2.2 Mac OS X 8
2.3 Launching CROSS Discover DJ 8

2.4 License Key 8

3 Audio Configuration 9

4 Overview of the Graphical User Interface 10

4.1 Menu 10

4.2 Head-Up Display (HUD) 10

4.3 Players 11
4.4 Integrated Mixer 12
4.5 Dock 13
4.6 Browser 13
4.7 Preview Deck 13

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5 Importing Audio 14
5.1 Importing Folders 14
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6 Loading Tracks M 15

7 First Mix with CROSS

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8 Troubleshooting 17
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Welcome

Thank you for choosing CROSS Discover DJ. This DJ software was designed to
provide a simple and user-friendly environment, so you can focus on mixing

tracks and having fun.

Take a few minutes to run through this quick start guide and you’ll be on your
way to making great mixes on CROSS Discover DJ in no time at all!

We invite you be a part of the MixVibes community to share your experiences

with other DJs, find help and advice, and check for available updates. See you
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online on the forum or on the website !

Minimum System Requirements for PC

• Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7

• Pentium 4 / 2 GHz or equivalent

• 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)

• Hard drive space for music

Minimum System Requirements for MAC

• Mac OS X 10.4
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• Intel Core Duo / 1.83 GHz or higher

• 512 MB RAM (1 GB
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• Hard drive space for music

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Box Contents
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• CROSS Discover DJ installation disc

• The controller CM

• This quick start guide

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1 Connections

Follow the instructions below to use CROSS Discover DJ with the controller and
the integrated mixer.

1 Connect outputs 1/2 of your audio interface to your sound system (am-

plifier, powered speakers, or home stereo).

2 Connect your headphones to your audio interface’s headphone output.

Audio interfaces may vary, please refer to the owner’s manual included
with your audio interface for details on its headphone output.

3 Connect the audio interface to your computer (USB, Firewire or PCI).

4 Turn on your audio interface.

5 Connect the controller to your computer.

6 Turn on your controller.

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 2 Installation

2.1 Windows
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1 Insert CROSS Discover DJ installation disc into your computer’s CD-

ROM drive. The installation program will launch automatically. In case

it does not, open Windows Explorer, navigate to the CROSS Discover
DJ installation disc and double-click on the file «Install Cross - Discover
DJ.exe».

2 Choose your language and click OK.

Language Selection

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3 Read and accept the End-User License Agreement by clicking I Agree.

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4 Select the Components you want to install and click Next.

Components Selection

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Start Menu Folder Location

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7 Once the installation is complete you can click Finish. If the check box

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2.2 Mac OS X

1 Insert the CROSS Discover DJ installation disc into your computer’s CD-
ROM drive.

2 Double-click the CROSS Discover DJ icon on your desktop.

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3 Drag and drop CROSS Discover DJ into your Applications folder.

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Windows Go to [Start >CAll Programs > MixVibes > Cross - Discover DJ] and
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Mac MOS X Go to [Applications

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 3 Audio Configuration
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1 Go to [File > Preferences > Audio].

Audio Configuration Pane

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2 Select your audio interface from the pull down menu.
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3 Choose your desired sample rate and buffer size. The default settings
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are 44.1kHz sample rate and 512 samples of buffer.

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4 Select the inputs and outputs of the audio interface from the pull down

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Simple Stereo The sumJof the master and cue signals are routed to outputs
1/2 on your audio interface.

Dual Stereo The master

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and cue signals are folded down to mono. The mono
master is routed to output 1 and the mono cue is routed to output 2 on

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direct out is routed to outputs 3/4. For audio interfaces
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 4 Overview of the Graphical User

Interface
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Once CROSS Discover DJ is configured, you will see the following graphical
interface:

Menu
Head-Up
Display
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Integrated
Mixer

Dock
Browser

Preview Deck

User Interface

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4.1 Menu

The menu lets you accessCvarious commands in CROSS Discover DJ.

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 4 Overview of the Graphical User Interface

2 Input level meters.

3 Deck Selectors.

4 The Beat Matcher display gives a visual representation of the synchro-

nization between the players.

5 Zoom.

6 Clock.

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4.3 Players

The Players control the various playback functions of an audio file.

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1 Displays the Title, Artist and Duration of the audio file.

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4 Overview of the Graphical User Interface

8 Pitch range selector. Set the range of the pitch fader up to +/- 100%.

9 Set locators for seamless cue points.

10 Full track display. Gives an overview of the waveform for the entire audio

file. Clicking on the waveform to will jump to that point in the track.

11 Sync to the nearest down-beat of the other deck and match the speed or
tempo of the other deck.

12 Reverse the playback direction.

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2 Gain.

3 Player output meters.

4 Pre Fader Listen.

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4.5 Dock

The dock is the central component of CROSS Discover DJ’ media management
system. It hosts multiple tabs which can be un-docked to view two or more lists
at the same time. To un-dock a tab, click on the arrow to the right of the tab icon.

4.6 Browser

The browser displays the track information in list view and enables you to scroll
through your collection and load tracks into the players.

4.7 Preview Deck

The preview deck enables you to quickly preview and select tracks in the head-
phones without loading them into a player. When in Play mode the preview deck
will play the track currently selected in the browser.

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 5 Importing Audio

5.1 Importing Folders

To import an entire folder of music:

1 Go to [File > Import > Directory]

2 Choose a folder
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3 CROSS Discover DJ will import all the audio tracks into the Collection.

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If you use Apple’s iTunes® software to manage your track collection, you can
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To import tracks from iTunes®:

1 While viewing your collection, un-dock the iTunes® tab.

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6 Loading Tracks

After importing your audio tracks you can load them into the players. There are
three ways of loading tracks:

With the controller

Use the ’Browse’ button to scroll through your collection. Load the highlighted

track into one of the players by using the ’Load A’ or ’Load B’ buttons.

With the mouse

• Drag and drop a track from the collection to one of the players.

• Right-click (CTRL+click on Mac) and select Load in Player A, B or

Active.

With the keyboard

Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through your collection. Load the
highlighted track into one of the players by using the Load shortcut (Configure
your shortcuts in [File > Preferences > Keyboard > Media Rack]).

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 7 First Mix with CROSS Discover DJ

1 Load tracks into both players and the waveforms will appear.

2 Start playback of the audio in the players.

3 You should now hear the music in your speakers: You can start mixing.

4 To go from one track to another, move the crossfader from left to right, or
use the channels faders on your external mixer (or the CROSS Discover
DJ mixer if you are not in External Mixer routing mode).

5 To pre-listen to tracks, use the cue section of your external mixer (or the

CROSS Discover DJ mixer if you are not in External Mixer routing mode).

6 The two audio tracks are most likely not at the same tempo. You need
to match the tempo of both tracks, and synchronize one player with the
other by:

• adjusting the pitch via the pitch buttons. Use the Beat Matcher in

the Head-Up Display as visual indicator.

• using the Sync buttons to automatically perform those two tasks.

Pressing the Sync button will adjust the playback position to
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The audio tracks are not playing back

• Make sure you selected the correct audio interface in the audio prefer-
ences window.

• Make sure you activated the correct outputs of your audio interface in

the audio preferences window.

• Make sure you selected the correct Routing Mode in the audio prefer-
ences window.

There is no sound from speakers

• Check for activity on the output meter of the internal mixer. If there is
no response from the meter, check all the controls of the mixer: faders,
gain, kills, etc.

• If you are in external mixer mode, check your connections from your
audio interface to your mixer and from your mixer to your sound system.
Make sure you have the proper inputs selected on your mixer.
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Contact

• For all technical or sales information, please contact your local reseller
or MixVibes directly:

MixVibes

4, rue de la Sablière

92230 Gennevilliers

FRANCE

www.mixvibes.com

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• Sales Information:

• by email to sales@mixvibes.com

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