Atomix Mp3 Manual I. AtomixMP3 Main User Interface 1. Active Waveform Display AtomixMP3 Visual Mix Display - May the rhythm be with you... - The Active Waveform Display - also famous as "the curves window" - is the core of all information’s displayed by AtomixMP3. It represents the rhythms of the two songs. Each peak of a curve represents a beat of one of the two songs.
In order to perform this "beat matching", you can use two techniques: Use the song controls to alter the selected song until it matches the current song. Use the "Magic Button" to perform all those operations in a single click. "Classic" DJ Mix technique - No Magic, only hard work - To perform the beat matching without using the Magic Button, here is the way you may want to follow: 1. Change the pitch to match the two rhythms.
. Then, just modify the gain of the selected song to match both songs output volume. For this operation, you will need headphones, or to cross fade smoothly from the current song to the next and adjust the gain step by step. volume shift This picture is only a representation: on AtomixMP3, for maximal ease of use, the height of the curve is relative to the overall song volume and not to the other song volume, so, by changing the gain, the height of the peak will not change.
The song controls of AtomixMP3 are the same as on a standard DJ CD Player, plus some more functionality. There are two desks, corresponding to two independent players. One on the left and one on the right. The left one is desk A and the right one is desk B. To load a song on one of the available desks, drag the song from the music browser and drop it on one of the desks.
The Magic button performs all steps of the FAME (Fast Automated Mix Engine) algorithm : BPM Synchronization sets the BPM of the song to the BPM of the other song, changing its pitch Phase Shift shifts the song so that its next beat matches the next beat of the other song Level Adjustment sets the song gain to the same gain as the other song Every step of FAME is customizable in the options panel.
Click again on the active loop button to exit the loop and continue the song. Song information’s - Position, Extended, Condensed - Song position: the position of each player in the song is represented in a disc for a higher precision. Click at any point on the disc to start playing at this point.
local : local value of the BPM (in BPM) Level : volume level of the song (in dB) Pitch: the exact value of the pitch (in %) 2. condensed information window (click once on the window): Displays only the time spent and the average BPM, but with a more readable font song information window : condensed 3.
click once, the pitch moves slowly from its current position to 0% Click a second time, or double click on it, the pitch is instantly reset. In automix mode, the pitch is slowly reset after each mix. You can disable this option in the options panel. Time Stretch: changes the speed of the song without changing its pitch. This is the default setting of the pitch slider. If you wish to switch to the regular pitch control, you can disable the time stretch in the options panel. 4.
The tri-band equalizer allows a smooth control on the output frequencies of the song, either to correct a badly recorded song or to mix more precisely. You can "turn" one of those buttons by clicking on them and, before releasing the mouse button, drag the mouse up or down. Like the other sliders and knobs of AtomixMP3: double click on the equalizer button resets it right click on any point of the slider performs an immediate cut High: the highest frequencies of the song.
Cross fader Level Buttons : Select (desk A or B) Automix now! Mixer Sliders - Cross fader, Level - Cross fader: mixes the audio output between desk A and desk B. When the slider is on the left, only the left desk (A) is mixed. When the slider is on the right, only the right desk (B) is mixed. In the center (reset) both desks (A and B) are mixed at their maximal level. To change this setting, go to the options page.
Mixer Buttons controls - Select, Automix now! - Select : (desk A or B) sets the rhythm curve color sets the song played in the headphone Automix now! : performs all mixing operations at once, that is : beat matching cross fading reset pitch Every step of the Automix is customizable in the options panel. II. AtomixMP3 Main Window 1. Music files Music Files Browser - .MP3, .WAV - This window allows you to find a song in your hard drive, by browsing your folders the "classic" way.
file browser This window is subdivided in three dynamic sub windows : on the right, the folder browser in the center, the music browser, which displays the available music files on the left, the playlist All side sub windows can be masked by clicking the unlock button and dragging the mouse outside of it. locked unlocked To show the sub window, simply put the mouse over the "playlist" or the "folders" area at each side of the main window.
folders browser : open closed The left part allows you to select a folder, and the right part shows the files in this folder. The file browser also includes distant files ( on your local network for instance ) Favourite Folder: If all your files are in sub-folders of a main directory, you can let this main directory be the root of the folder view, the favourite folder.
music browser The available formats are : .wav .mp3 You can edit the BPM value or insert a comment on a song by selecting a song and pressing ALT-F2 or CTRL-F2. song icons The red cross means that this song has already been played during the session. A question mark mans that this song has never been played in AtomixMP3, and therefore the BPM and volume are not known yet. 2. Playlist Playlist manager III. IV. V.
playlist manager : open VI. closed Exactly the same way you can load songs from the music window, you can drag and drop files from the playlist sub window to any of the desks. locked unlocked VII. VIII. The playlist sub window can be shown by dragging the mouse to the extreme right side of AtomixMP3 main window. If you wish to keep it open, simply press the lock button. You can resize any sub window by dragging its edge.
XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. open Open: loads a playlist into AtomixMP3. This playlist can be in standard .M3U or .PLS format. save Save: saves the playlist to standard .M3U or .PLS format. 3. Search AtomixMP3 search tool - Find and manage audio files - The search tool allows you to browse your audio files in a different manner as the folder browser. You can type any keyword in the text box to retrieve the corresponding file from either one of your local drives or a previously scanned CD.
Managing Local Drives Scan local drive Scan local drive: scans one or more of your local drives, floppy or CDs for audio files, and add them to your audio database. Search audio files on local drives Select the drive you want to scan, the files format you wish to add to your audio database (.MP3 or .WAV) and click OK to start scanning. Perform extended analysis scans each audio file rhythm structure, the same way AtomixMP3 analyses a song when it is played.
Add a CD to audio database Select the drive, choose a name for this CD and press scan to start scanning. Remove CD Remove CD: remove the content of a specific CD from your audio database. Remove a CD from audio database Select the CD you wish to remove and press delete to remove it. 4.
The Sample window allows you to launch small audio sounds during your sessions: the samples. Sample Launch sample: Click on the sample name to launch the sample. Right click on the sample name to play the sample and stop it by releasing the right mouse button. Open Open: loads a sample into AtomixMP3. This playlist can be in standard .MP3 or .WAV format. Sample gain Gain: set the output gain of the sample. 5.
AtomixMP3 supports effects. That means that you apply dynamic audio effects to the music played by AtomixMP3. You can download effects on the effects page of AtomixMP3 website. (Currently unavailable) The default effects are: flanger pan Flanger - Airplane tubes - launch on desk A flanger effect launch on desk B Flanging was originally achieved by mixing the outputs of two LP record turntables and changing their relative speeds by alternately touching the ``flange'' of each turntable to slow it down.
Recording Controls Start Recording Stop Recording Start Recording: starts writing the audio output to the selected file. Click a second time to abort recording. AtomixMP3 supports .WAV output format. Cut Cut: continues recording in a second file. Use this feature to burn a multi track mixed audio CD. Every written file is named as follows: 1. set the file name for example my_file.wav 2. start recording 3. AtomixMP3 writes my_file000.wav 4. click the cut button 5. AtomixMP3 writes my_file001.wav 6.
Recording Options Recording options Auto-Start: Starts recording when the button play of any desk is pressed. Auto-Cut: Cuts the recording when the cross fader reaches the middle of its track, allowing to automate the recording of multi-track mixed audio CDs. Filename: sets the output file name. Broadcasting You can broadcast on the internet using a third-party plug-in such as shout cast (http://www.shoutcast.com/). Just change the output file name to the .dll plug-in you wish to use. III.
The sound configuration window presents as follows: Configuration window On the right, choose the number and type of soundcard you have: One soundcard: (default setting) sets the overall output of AtomixMP3 to your default soundcard. Select on the right drop down menu among all soundcards installed on your system. 3D soundcard: sets the two audio outputs of AtomixMP3 on the front and rear output lines of your 3D soundcard. Select on the right drop down menu among all soundcards installed on your system.
AtomixMP3 supports skins. That means that you can completely change the user interface of AtomixMP3 to match your preferences. You can download skins on the skin page of AtomixMP3 website. (Currently Unavailable) Simply choose the skin you wish in the drop down menu, and click OK. Please note that AtomixMP3 may be slightly slowed down if the skin is very dense. So you may want to try several skins to fit both your current mood and your computer.
AtomixMP3 Shortcuts are defined more a maximal ease of use in any background. Just click on the corresponding key(s) to perform the assigned action.
set (number) CTRL-(number) goto (number) ALT-(number) goto and play (number) (number) Samples play sample (number) F(number) Loops Auto-Loop on 4 beat L Auto-Loop on 8 beat CTRL+L Auto-Loop on 2 beat SHIFT+L IV. Additional Information 1. Copyright AtomixMP3 Help - Second Edition - Atomix Productions http://www.virtualdj.com/contact/index.html AtomixMP3 Copyright Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Atomix Productions All Rights Reserved Number IDDN.FR.001.040012.01.R.C.2000.
Atomix Productions Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. License and Restrictions According to the EULA (End User License Agreement) signed by every user upon installation of AtomixMP3: You may not make or distribute copies of AtomixMP3, or electronically transfer AtomixMP3 from one computer to another or over a network. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce AtomixMP3 to a human-perceivable form.
Hardware: Pentium 633 MHz 128 Mo RAM Sound Card: 3D PCI soundcard with WDM drivers Graphics Card: 1024x768 32 Bit colours Software: Windows 98,Me,XP DirectX 8.
