NUMARK MIXTRACK PLATINUM

for VirtualDJ 8.2 Last Update : August 2016

SETUP

Step 1. Connections

Connect the Mixtrack Platinum with your computer using the provided USB cable.
Connect your speakers to the rear Master Output using proper RCA cables and your Headphones to the front socket.

Step 2. Drivers

No drivers is necessary to be installed. Your Operating system will install the necessary drivers once the unit is connected to a USB port.

Step 3. VirtualDJ

Install VirtualDJ 8 from http://www.virtualdj.com/download/index.html (in case you have not done already)

Start VirtualDJ and login with your Account credentials.

A Pro Infinity, Pro Subscription or Plus Mixtrack Platinum Controller License is required. http://www.virtualdj.com/buy/index.html

Detection Window
A detection window will appear when the unit is first connected with VirtualDJ.

Click on the "Use Soundcard" button so that VirtualDJ will apply the pre-defined audio configuration (speakers need to be connected to the Master Output of the unit)

Click to OK

The Mixtrack Platinum is now ready to operate with VirtualDJ

LAYOUT

S SHIFT. Hold this button down to access secondary functions of the Numark Platinum

The functionality of each button, knob and slider per section (as shown in the image above) will be explained in detail in the following chapters

A. Mixer & Browser Controls
B. Deck Controls
C. Effects
D. Performance Pads
E. Front & Rear Panels

MIXER & BROWSER CONTROLS

KEY

ACTION

SHIFT (SECONDARY) ACTION

S SHIFT

Press this button down to access secondary actions as described in the SHIFT ACTION column

1 CROSSFADER

Blends audio signal from the decks assigned as left and right sides of the crossfader.
Assign buttons are available in the 4 Decks Layout of the VirtualDJ skin

2 VOLUME

Adjust the Volume of the Left and Right assigned Decks

Starts playback of Left or Right assigned Decks when the fader is moved from the minimum (low) position to a different one and stops to Cue position when moved from any position to the minimum (Fader Start/Stop)

3 VU METERS

The LED array indicates the pre-fader Level Output of the Left and Right assigned Decks

4 PFL

Send the pre-fader audio signal of the Left and Right assigned Decks to the Headphones channel (for pre-listening)

5 BASS

Adjust the Low (Bass) Equalizer Band of the Left and Right assigned Decks

6 MID

Adjust the Mid (Middle) Equalizer Band of the Left and Right assigned Decks

7 TREBLE

Adjust the High (Treble) Equalizer Band of the Left and Right assigned Decks

8 GAIN

Adjust the pre-fader Volume (Gain) of the Left and Right assigned Decks

9 FILTER

Applies a High/Low Pass Filter to the Left and Right assigned Decks. Filter is not applied if the knob is at the middle (12 o'clock) position

10 LOAD

Loads the selected track from the Browser to the Left/Right assigned Deck

Unloads the same Left/Right assigned Deck

11 BROWSE

Scrolls through Folders or Tracks
Push to toggle focus between Folders and Songs List

Set focus to Folders list. If focus is in Folders list, expand collapse sub-folders

12 MASTER GAIN

Adjust the Level of the Master Output

13 CUE MIX

Send audio signal from the Master Output to the Headphones channel when in maximum (right) position.
Send audio signal from the Decks that have their PFL enabled to the Headphones channel when in minimum (left) position.
Blends the above audio signals when in all other positions.

14 CUE GAIN

Adjust the Level of the Headphones Output Channel

DECK CONTROLS

KEY

ACTION

SHIFT (SECONDARY) ACTION

S SHIFT

Press this button down to access secondary actions as described in the SHIFT ACTION column

15 PLAY

Play/pause deck

Plays deck when paused. Jumps to Cue point and continues to play from there when deck is playing (play-stutter)

16 CUE

Sets a temporary Cue point when deck is paused and preview track while pressed.
Jumps and stops to the Cue point when deck is playing

Jumps and stops at the beginning of the track

17 SYNC

Matches track's tempo and pahse with the ones of the Master Deck.

Manually sets deck as Master Deck. All other decks will sync to the Master Deck.
Hold down for more than 1 second to return Master Deck selection to Auto-mode (VirtualDJ will be auto-selecting the Master Deck depending on which deck is playing out to the Master Output

18 DECK SELECT

Assign a VirtualDJ deck to the Left/Right side of the Platinum.
The left-side button toggles control between Decks 1 and 3. When the left-side button is lit, the left side of the Platinum will control VirtualDJ deck 3 and deck 1 if unlit
The right-side button toggles control between Decks 2 and 4. When the right-side button is lit, the right side of the Platinum will control VirtualDJ deck 4 and deck 2 if unlit

19 WHEEL

Toggles between Scratch (Vinyl) and Bend (CD) modes for the Jogwheel

Toggles between Elapsed and Remain Time (applies on both the skin and the LCD display

20 PADS

The 8 Performance Pads offer different functionality depending on the selected mode. See Pads

21 PAD MODE

Selects a mode for the performance Pads. See Pads

22 JOG

Touch-sensitive jogwheel for scratch, bend, loop adjust.
In Scratch mode (WHEEL button lit), use the top side of the jogwheel to scratch and the outer side to bend (temporary slow-down/speed-up).

In Bend mode (WHEEL button unlit), use the jogwheel to bend (temporary slow-down/speed-up)

In Loop In/Out Adjust modes (LOOPIN/LOOPOUT Pads blink - see Pads), use the jogwheel to fine-adjust the Loop In (Start) / Loop Out (End) points of a manual loop.

Fast search (seek) through track's time

23 LCD

Displays Track's info. See LCD below

24 PITCH

Adjust Deck's tempo (BPM)

25 PITCH BEND

Temporary slow-down/speed-up deck's tempo. Tempo will return to the value designated by the Pitch fader, once the butons are released

PitchBend (-) : Enable/disable Key-Lock (Master Tempo). When enabled, the key of the track will retain its value when the Pitch/Tempo is changed.
PitchBend (+) : Selects the next available -/+ % range for the Pitch fader

LCD JOG Display

DISPLAY

DESCRIPTION

D1 BPM

Displays the current BPM value of the track

D2 TIME

Displays the Remain (with a minus mark) or the Elapsed Time of the track. Time mode is selected with SHIFT+WHEEL

D3 SLIP

Will be displayed when the Slip mode is enabled on the deck

D4 KEY LOCK

Will be displayed when the Key-Lock (Master Tempo) is enabled on the deck

D5 PITCH ARROW

The down arrow will be displayed when Pitch has a positive value (track's speed higher than original)
The up arrow will be displayed when Pitch has a negative value (track's speed lower than original)
None of the arrows will be displayed when Pitch is at the zero/middle position (track's speed equal to original)

The arrows will blink if the actual position of the Pitch fader and the software Pitch values don't match and will indicate the direction the hardware Pitch faders needs to be moved to, in order to catch the software value.
This may happen if the SYNC button is used.

D6 DECK#

Displays the Deck assigned on the Left/Right side of the Platinum

D7 RED RING

Indicates the current track's position of the software jogwheel - shows rotation

D8 WHITE RING

Indicates the track's position in time, starting with an empty circle and ending to a full circle when track reaches its end. The white circle will start blink when track reaches 30 seconds before end

EFFECTS

KEY

ACTION

SHIFT (SECONDARY) ACTION

S SHIFT

Press this button down to access secondary actions as described in the SHIFT ACTION column

26 FX1

Single FX mode : Triggers the selected Effect
Multi FX mode : Triggers the selected Effect of FX Slot 1

Single FX mode :
Multi FX mode : Selects the next available Effect for the FX Slot 1

27 FX2

Single FX mode : When enabled, the FX Strip will adjust the 2nd Parameter of the selected Effect
Multi FX mode : Triggers the selected Effect of FX Slot 2

Single FX mode : Turns the Effect button 1 on/off of the selected Effect
Multi FX mode : Selects the next available Effect for the FX Slot 2

28 FX3

Single FX mode : When enabled, the FX Strip will adjust the 3rd Parameter * of the selected Effect
Multi FX mode : Triggers the selected Effect of FX Slot 3

Single FX mode : Turns the Effect Button 2 on/off of the selected Effect
Multi FX mode : Selects the next available Effect for the FX Slot 3

29 FX STRIP

Single FX mode : Adjust the 1st Parameter of the selected Effect.
When the FX2 button is enabled, the FX Strip will also adjust the 2nd Parameter of the selected Effect.
When the FX3 button is enabled, the FX Strip will also adjust the 3rd Parameter * of the selected Effect
Multi FX mode : Adjusts the 1st Parameter of the selected Effects in all FX Slots simultaneously

Single FX mode : Adjusts the 4th Parameter * of the selected Effect.
When the FX2 button is enabled, the FX Strip will also adjust the 5th Parameter * of the selected Effect.
When the FX3 button is enabled, the FX Strip will also adjust the 6th Parameter * of the selected Effect
Multi FX mode : Adjusts the 2nd Parameter of the selected Effects in all FX Slots simultaneously.

30 TAP

Tap button on tempo to manually calculate track's tempo (if incorrectly calculated by the software)

Toggle between Multi and Single FX modes

31 BEATS

Move the Beat-Grid of the track backwards/forward by 10% of the beat

Jumps track 1 beat backwards/forward per click

*Note : The Single FX mode in the default skin of VirtualDJ displays onlly the first 2 Parameters of the selected Effect. In order to see all the available Parameters of the selected Effect, use the + button to dock/undock the FX GUI in the Browser.

PADS

The 4 top performance pads P1 to P4 offer different functionality depending on the selected mode. Hold down the PAD MODE button (21) and then press one of the Pads P1 to P3 to set the Pads to Manual Loop, Auto Loop or Sampler mode.
Each time a Pad mode is selected for the top Pads, a special page will be selected and displayed in the Pads section of the default VirtualDJ GUI.
The lower Pads P5 to P8 offer Hot Cues 1-4 control regardless the selected mode.

KEY

ACTION

21 + P1

Set Pads 1 to 4 to Manual Loop mode

21 + P3

Set Pads 1 to 4 to Auto Loop mode

21 + P2

Set Pads 1 to 4 to Sampler mode

HOTCUES

KEY

ACTION

SHIFT (SECONDARY) ACTION

P5 CUE 1

Assigns or jumps (if assigned) to Hot Cue 1

Deletes Hot Cue 1

P6 CUE 2

Assigns or jumps (if assigned) to Hot Cue 2

Deletes Hot Cue 2

P7 CUE 3

Assigns or jumps (if assigned) to Hot Cue 3

Deletes Hot Cue 3

P8 CUE 4

Assigns or jumps (if assigned) to Hot Cue 4

Deletes Hot Cue 4

MANUAL LOOP MODE

Platinum Manual Loop mode

PL MANUAL Pads page

PL MANUAL Pads page when SHIFT is pressed

KEY

ACTION

SHIFT (SECONDARY) ACTION

P1 PAD 1

Sets a Loop In (Start) point for a Manual Loop.
When loop is enabled, sets the Jogwheel to Loop In Adjust mode

Moves Loop backwards by 1 beat

P2 PAD 2

Sets a Loop Out (End) point for a Manual Loop.
When loop is enabled, sets the Jogwheel to Loop Out Adjust mode

Moves Loop forward by 1 beat

P3 PAD 3

Enable/disable a Loop of the selected size in beats. Exits Loop when enabled

Enables and jumps to the last triggered loop (reloop)

P4 PAD 4

Halves the size of the loop

Doubles the size of the loop

AUTO LOOP MODE

Platinum Auto Loop mode

PL AUTO Pads page

PL AUTO Pads page when SHIFT is pressed

KEY

ACTION

SHIFT (SECONDARY) ACTION

P1 PAD 1

Triggers a Loop of 1/32 to 1 beat depending on the selected Loop bank/page*

Triggers a Loop of 1/2 to 16 beats depending on the selected bank/page*

P2 PAD 2

Triggers a Loop of 1/16 to 2 beats depending on the selected Loop bank/page*

Triggers a Loop of 1 to 32 beats depending on the selected bank/page *

P3 PAD 3

Triggers a Loop of 1/8 to 4 beats depending on the selected Loop bank/page *

Triggers a Loop of 2 to 64 beats depending on the selected bank/page *

P4 PAD 4

Triggers a Loop of 1/4 to 8 beats depending on the selected Loop bank/page *

Triggers a Loop of 4 to 128 beats depending on the selected bank/page *

* Note: The Loop Bank/page is selected from the arrow buttons on the Pads section of the skin (visible when mouse is over). A 2nd Parameter is also available on the skin, to select the trigger mode for the Auto Loops (On/off, Hold or Loop Roll)

SAMPLER MODE

Platinum Sampler mode

PL SAMPLER Pads page

PL SAMPLER Pads page when SHIFT is pressed

KEY

ACTION

SHIFT (SECONDARY) ACTION

P1 PAD 1

Triggers Sample 1 from the selected Sampler Bank *

Triggers Sample 5 from the selected Sampler Bank*

P2 PAD 2

Triggers Sample 2 from the selected Sampler Bank *

Triggers Sample 6 from the selected Sampler Bank *

P3 PAD 3

Triggers Sample 3 from the selected Sampler Bank *

Triggers Sample 7 from the selected Sampler Bank *

P4 PAD 4

Triggers Sample 4 from the selected Sampler Bank *

Triggers Sample 8 from the selected Sampler Bank *

* Note: The Sampler Bank is selected from the arrow buttons on the Pads section of the skin (visible when mouse is over). A 2nd Parameter is also available on the skin, to select the trigger mode for the Samples (On/off, Hold, Stutter or Unmute)

FRONT & REAR PANELS

KEY

DESCRIPTION

32 HEADPHONES SOCKET

Connect your Headphones using a 1/4" or/and a 1/8" cable or adapter. The Volume of the Headphones channel is controlled from the top panel of the unit

33 MIC GAIN

Adjust the Level of the Microphone input *

34 MIC SOCKET

Connect a Microphone * using a 1/4" cable or adapter

35 MASTER OUTPUT

Connect your amplified speakers using proper RCA cables. The Level of this Output is controlled from the top panel of the unit

36 USB

Connect the Mixtrack Platinum with a USB port of your computer, using the provided USB cable

* Note : The Microphone Input is directly routed to the Master Output of the Mixtrack Platinum. The input is not available in the USB Audio Interface, therefore it cannot be included in the Audio Setup nor can be recorded directly. However, recording your mix along with the Microphone Input is possible via Record LoopBack

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Hardware Integration Department 2016 - ATOMIX PRODUCTIONS

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