User Manual
Quark SC. User Manual CONTENTS 1. CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1. Top panel .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2. Front panel ..........................................................................
Quark SC. User Manual Intended to alert the user to the presence of important operation and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying this appliance. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within the equilateral triangle is intended to alert the use to the presence of un-insulated “dangerous voltage” within the unit. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE ANY COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL ONLY.
Quark SC. User Manual 21. For AC line powered units - Before returning repaired unit to user, use an ohm-meter to measure from both AC plug blades to all exposed metallic parts. The resistance should be more than 100,000 ohms. This product shall not be treated as household waste. Instead it shall be handed over to the applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment.
Quark SC. User Manual 1. CONTRO OLS AND CO ONNECTION NS 1.1. Top pan nel 5. 8 potentiometters/buttons inddependent of deck status to o co ontrol effects an nd/or samples. All can control two functions.. MIDI notes are sent through ddifferent MIDI channels upon n election; FX or SP. S LEDs statuss are refreshed by firmware. se 6. Multimode kno obs and encodeer with 3 modes s for each deck.. Ea ach control will be able to sennd 3 different MIDI M notes upon n mo ode selection.
Quark SC. User Manual 1.3. Rear panel 3. Inputs Qu uark SC has tw wo non-balanceed stereo inputs s. Connect anyy pla ayback device to the input RCA A connectors. Us se LN/PH selector to set the vooltage level to LINE L or PHONO O respectively. Turn ntables will reqquire PHONO setting s and anyy ne level playback device will reqquire LINE settin ng. lin If you use a turn ntable do connnect ground line e to Quark SC C grround terminals. ply 1.
Quark SC. User Manual 2. SOFTWA ARE INSTAL LATION AND D SETUP n start using Akkiyama Quark SC, S it is necesssary Before you can to install Akiya ama ASIO drivers to optimize th he performance e of the sound card d of Quark SC. Also you will need a DJ Softw ware. We will exp plain how to insstall onfigure Virtual DJ LE, Virtual DJ Virtual DJ LE and how to co PRO and Trakktor PRO 2. 2.1. Akiyama a ASIO Drivers uter USB port tthe After connecting Quark SC to your compu be recognised as a an audio dev vice.
Quark SC. User Manual Set “ASIO Bu uffer Size”. The ere is not an optimal o buffer ssize since this para ameter will depe end upon many y factors. As a rrule of thumb lowe er the “ASIO Buffer Size” un ntil you can he ear noises and disstortion when pllaying audio. When W this happe ens, raise a little th he “ASIO Buffe er Size” until no o unwanted sou und appears at the audio. To exit press p “OK”.
Quark SC. User Manual elect “Agree” an nd continue withh installation wiz zard. Se gram a window will require you u to The first time yyou run the prog fill up the serial number that is supplied witth your Quark SC OK. (find it at the label of the supplied CD). Fill it and press O Virtual DJ LE ffor Quark SC wiill open: Fo ollowing will app pear a window sshowing the typ pe of installation n to choose.
Quark SC. User Manual Fo ollowing Virtual DJ LE for Quarkk SC will open: Meanwhile Virttual DJ LE is in process of install you will see tthe following windo ow. 2.2. Virtual DJ Configuration 2.2 nce Virtual DJ is launched sselect CONFIG to access the e On window below. When install is complete and a successful you will see e a message as se een below. elect 4.1 CARD QUARK SC at “Sound card” and a QUARK SC C Se on n the right.
Quark SC. User Manual me. - Click at (clickk here) to registter your software for the first tim At following up pdates you will directly d be directed to last pointt. - Next you will see the wind dow below, fill it with your se erial number typed at your CD.
Quark SC. User Manual If you y use Akiyam ma ASIO driverss the window will be as below: Your Mac dete ects Quark SC as a an external device d with 4 IN Ns/4 OUTs. We ccan use both INs/OUTs upon the desi red configuration. Select “Config//Sound Setup” and configure as follows: -Inputs LINE E-INs. -Outputs HEADPHONE ES Masterr: Chan 1&2 2 / Headphones: C Chan 3&4. -Sound card 4-IN/4-OUT CARD C QUARK K SC.
Quark SC. User Manual o load these files (MIDI mapss) at your TRA AKTOR 2 go to o To Prreferentes/Controller Manager aand press Impo ort. t Input Routin ng window will be With Akiyama ASIO drivers the like below: 2.3.2. Controller Configuratiion As s you press Imp port a window w with a Browser will w appear then n yo ou can select the e tsi file at the foolder where you u have the MIDII MA APS. box you will find an Overlay purrpose designed for At Quark SC b TRAKTOR 2 w with Quark SC.
Quark SC. User Manual 3. FUNCTIO ONS AND CO ONTROLS 3.1. Virtual D DJ SAMPLERS 1. EFECTOS/S The controls iincluded in thiss region can be used to conttrol EFFECTS (FX X) as well ass SAMPLERS (SP). It can be switched betw ween these two o modes by pressing the butt tton above FX/SP L LED: 2. SHIFT Th he Shift Button provides a secoond MIDI layer for f the selected d de eck.
Quark SC. User Manual -Hot cues can be deleted by pressing the cue button while holding the button labelled with a bin. -Press SHIFT + HOT CUE 1 to activate/deactivate Smart Hot Cue. -A yellow lit button means that there is a hot cue saved. 7. TEMPO -Use the Pitch Fader to control the deck's tempo. -Use the Pitch Bend buttons for pitch bending. -Tempo Range can be selected by pressing SHIFT + pitch bend (-). -Reset the tempo by pressing SHIFT + pitch bend (+).
Quark SC. User Manual 3.2. Traktor PRO 2 SG GL: Adjusts the Parameter 3 off the selected efffect. GR RP: Adjusts the level of the effeect 3. - FX F BUTTON 2: SG GL: function upo on selected effeect ON/OFF. GR RP: effect 3 ON N/OFF. Sh hift (GRP): Sele ects the next efffect on the list. 1. FX MODE. P modes. There is SINGLE and GROUP GLE (SLG) we modify different parameters o of a In mode SING given effect.
Quark SC. User Manual ds the loop from m the tracks list to t slot 1-4. LIST LOAD: Load hift: Loads the loop from the LLOOP RECORDER section to o Sh slo ot 1-4. - BUTTON B 5: SE ELECT SLOT: All A slots from onne deck are sele ected at once. DE ECK LOAD: No function. LIST LOAD: No fu unction. B 6: - BUTTON SE ELECT SLOT: While W the buttoon is pressed all Samples of a giv ven deck will ac ctivate. DE ECK LOAD: No function. LIST LOAD: No fu unction. A Turning T the conntrol we set the Slot volume..
Quark SC. User Manual - Press/Hold P VIDE EO MODE buttoon. - Turn T ON the Controller while VIIDEO MODE bu utton is pressed d - Depress D the button when it lightts up. - Open O update pro ogram by doublle clicking the file Us sbUpgDataApp_ _v1.04.jar you hhave at your CD supplied with h Qu uark SC or download it from Akkiyama web. - A window as below will pop up:: - LOW: turn tto control the low l frequencies s and mutes/K KILL them when pre essed, LED will light when mute e is on.
Quark SC. User Manual Press Start: When firmware update u is finish all LEDs of Qua ark SC will lightt -W up p. -R Reboot the controller before using it with h the updated d firmware. 5. APENDIX X umbers correspond to each otther and how to t change from m nu he exadecimal to decimal. d In thiss case MIDI CODE C is 9 and d FU UNCTION CODE is the note off the control. - “Control “ Change e” (CC): the conntrol will be a potentiometer p orr en ncoder and will have a label like Cc53.
Quark SC. User Manual Inversely to translate an DEC base number into a Hex base we have to: - find the number at the table. Its column is the first hex digit, the second hex digit is it row. E.g. Play control MIDI address is 34. Find the DEC equivalence at the Hexa-Dec table: Column 3 / Row 4 it is decimal number 52. Some softwares require not only know the decimal value but also the corresponding note (for control change the decimal number is enough).
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Quark SC. User Manual QUARK SC MIDI MAP I/O FUNCTION MIDI CODE CHANNEL+ MIDI CODE FUNCTION CODE ACTION LEVEL LED 1 O LEVEL LED 0B BX 3DH/7DH(SHIFT ON) 00H~7F* * X=CHANNEL,(0-3) * LED RINGS CODE:(CC COMMAND) 00~11 => 0 => ALL LED OFF 12~23 => 12 => 1 LED ON 24~35 => 24 => 2 LEDS ON 36~49 => 36 => 3 LEDS ON ..... 108~119 => 120 => 9 LEDS ON 120~127 => 120 => ALL LEDS ON 5.2. Technical specifications General section Product …...…………….......................................… Power Supply…………....
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