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Technical specifications
2-deck controller
    * Mix 2 tracks with 1 controller

Mobile
    * Light & smaller than a laptop
    * USB-bus powered: no extra power supply needed
    * Includes a protective cover for transport
No mouse required
    * 4 buttons to browse through lists
    * 2 buttons to load tracks
Tailored for DJing
    * 2 jog wheels to navigate within tracks, speed playback up/down, or apply effects
    * 1 cross fader + 2 volume faders
    * 3 level equalization per deck
What’s new?
    * Compared to DJ Control MP3:
    * New shape: slimmer, wider
    * Larger, more precise jog wheels
    * 4 navigation buttons
    * More space between the cross fader and the jog wheels
    * Solid buttons for worry-free transportation
    * Most buttons are backlit
DJ mix software
VIRTUAL DJ 3 DJC Edition included
    * For PC (XP/Vista)
    * For Mac OS® 10.4 & 10.5

Box contents
     * 1 DJ controller + cover
    * 1 installation CD (PC/Mac)
    * 1 USB cable + manual

Technology

BPM = tempo
    Beats Per Minute: this represents the rhythm, the number of audible beats in a piece of music per minute. The greater the number of BPM, the faster the tempo of the music is for dancers. A slow song is often between 70 and 90 BPM, while dance songs average around 120 BPM, and Trance songs can approach 160 BPM. The tempo is the number of BPM.

Equalization / EQ

    Equalization is the adjustment of sound split up into frequency bands, often in the form of bass, medium and treble frequencies. Equalization consists of increasing or decreasing the volume of a frequency range: for example, increasing bass (frequencies from 20Hz to 150Hz) by 12dB and decreasing treble and mediums by -12dB. Equalization helps to make music more danceable: as bass frequencies provide the main rhythm, increasing the bass can make dancing easier. Equalization can also help to mix 2 pieces of music: by cutting the bass from track A to mix it with track B (where the mediums and treble have been cut), a hybrid of the rhythm of track B is superimposed over the melody of track A. A piece’s tonality is affected by the equalization adjustment.

Synchronization

    Synchronizing two pieces consists of setting them at the same rhythm (giving them the same number of beats per minute) and adjusting the beats to line up at the same time (by slowing down or stopping the second piece to restart it at the precise moment when the device plays the beat of the first piece).