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Manufacturer: FLSTUDIO Platform: Win Only available for Windows

Deckadance can map to any generic MIDI device using the 'auto-learning' midi function, and it natively supports Vestax VCI-100, Behringer BCD2000 & 3000, M-Audio XSession, Allen&Heath Xone:3D, Hercules DJ Console MP3 & MKII, Kontrol-DJ & EKS XP10.  
 
Deckadance can be controlled using a mouse or MIDI controller as well as most (if not all) of the existing timecoded vinyl & CD systems, via the 'autolearning' function. Deckadance has been tested with timecode vinyls & CDs from msPinky, Stanton FinalScratch, MixVibes, Serato Scratch Live, Virtual DJ, PCDJ Reflex & Torq.  
 
The 8 integrated Deckadance sampler banks can record 1, 2, 4 or 8 beat loops straight from one of the decks. You can then trigger them on-the-fly or play them back in perfect sync with the beat of your mix.  
 
Sampler  
 
Record parts of your track and play them back as loops or one-shot samples, using one of the 8 inbuilt sampler slots.  
- LOAD WAV - Loads wave files from disk.  
- SAVE WAV - Saves the current sample to disk as a WAV file.  
- Volume (Vertical Fader) - Controls the output level of the sampler slot.  
- Play button - Left-click for momentary playback, right-click for continuous playback.  
- REC. LOOP - Records the current output from Deckadance.  
- BEAT SYNC - Select to play samples on-cue and in time with the current track (if a beat is detected).  
- A / B - Assigns the sampler to deck A or B.  
- (Headphones) - Sends the output to the headphone mix bus.  
- Effects (Horizontal Fader) - Left: Low Pass filter. Right: High Pass filter.  
 
Deckadance provides live loop and leap capabilities not found in any other DJ application. The loop and leap functions allow to loop any 1, 2, 4 or 8 beat patterns and either loop and continue or 'leap' to the song position had looping not occurred.  
 
The integrated ReLooper will also allow you to trigger your own loops on any deck, beat perfect, every time...  
 
Relooper Editors  
 
The re-looper works by slicing and re-arranging the sample currently in the playback buffer for the associated deck. The region to be re-looped is defined by the beat markers bounding the playback marker (center of the Beat Window). Re-looper patterns can be used on any track and on the bar that is currently playing. Note: Reloopers are randomized on Deckadance startup, if you want other 'random' patterns, just hit the 'randomize' button.  
 
Mute and Re-trigger - Right-click on the pattern blocks to cycle through Mute and 1, 1/2, 1/4th note re-trigger options. Useful for 'stutter' effects.  
 
To activate pattern 1 to 3 - Left-click the 'Re-looper 1, 2 or 3' buttons in the Effects panel for momentary effects. Right-click to engage permanently. Left or right-click to disengage the re-loop.  
 
- PATTERNS 1, 2 & 3 - Click to edit the pattern. There are three patterns per deck.  
- CLEAR PATTERN - Clears the pattern and creates a straight playback pattern.  
- RANDOMIZE - Creates a random relooper pattern.  
- BEAT ALIGN - Aligns beats.  
- MIXED MODE - The pattern will play back as a 50:50 mix of the relooper and original track output.  
- SWAP - Swaps the patterns between the Decks.  
 
Master Relooper Effects  
 
The Master Effects don't work when Deckadance is used in multiple output mode, ie: Deck A in one stereo out and Deck B in another. The Master Effects will only work on a Master Output.  
 
- WHA-WHA FILTER - Wah wha effect. House/Daft punk style wah wah doubled (parallel) bandpass filter effect with lo-fi decimation.  
- PANORAMIC LFO - Left/Right LFO modulated autopanner with some 3d effect phasing effects.  
- RING-MODULATOR - Amplitude driven ring modulator (Argu says it's 'cool!').  
- TRACK-CODER - Lo-Fi distortion effect combining low order vocoder (16 bands), pitch tracking with sawtooth synthesis and foldback distortion mixed with original signal.  
 
Deckadance can load any VST compliant softsynth or effect to give you unlimited creative potential. Included with Deckadance is the DirectWave Player (VSTi), a loop-player that gives you total control over the sub-parts of the mix. Deckadance doesn't skimp on the VST effects either with the fully functioning JuicePack effects collection thrown in to sweeten the mix.  
 
VST Host  
 
Deckadance VST slots accept both Instrument and Effect plugins. VST (Virtual Studio Technology) plug-ins such as The Juice Pack that are a great addition to the inbuilt effects in Deckadance. 3rd Party VST plug-ins: The internet is bursting with 3rd party plug-ins, a great place to start looking is KVR. However be careful not to go on-stage before thoroughly testing any VST you use inside Deckadance.  
 
- LOAD VST - Opens a browse window so that you can locate and load a VST plugin.  
- E (Expand) - Opens the VST interface.  
- X - Deletes the VST.  
- LOAD MIDI - Load a MIDI file to control the VST.  
- < > (arrows) - Step forward/backward through MIDI files in the load directory.  
- Vertical Fader - Plugin volume.  
- Play button - Playback MIDI file.  
- A / B - Assign the VST to deck A or B.  
- (Headphones) - Send the output to the headphone mix bus.  
- MIDI IN THRU - Activate the slot to receive MIDI/Controller input.  
 
Deckadance can be used as a standalone program or as a VSTi plug-in inside your favorite VST host such as FL Studio, Live, Sonar, Cubase, etc. Imagine the possibilities. If it can host VSTs, you can host Deckadance!  
 
The Deckadance Playlist allows to you arrange the perfect set before the gig complete with cue points, loops and beat-markers. However, if you want to make last minute changes on the fly, no problem that’s possible too. Complete with the 'DJ-Style Automix' function (using Bass crossfades) so you can take a much needed bathroom break and the boss will never know!  
 
Playlist  
 
The fastest method to add files to the Playlist is to drag songs from the Browser. The Playlist will play back from top to bottom.  
 
- AUTOMIX - When you have to go to the loo, select this option to play and crossfade automatically through the Playlist.  
- 15 to 90 switches - Automatic crossfade time.  
- BASS X-FADE - Crossfades the bass along with the track volume. Useful for mixing difficult parts with conflicting drums.  
- SHUFFLE MODE - Randomizes the playback order.  
- ADD FILES - Opens the directory search dialog to add more music files to the Playlist.  
- ADD DIR - Adds directories to the favourite list.  
- LOAD PLAYLIST - Loads a saved Playlist.  
- SAVE PLAYLIST - Saves the current Playlist.  
- DJ-STYLE - Mixes songs with beat-matching.  
 
Deckadance comes with a black and white skin by default. You can change them in the setup panel.  
 
Deckadance Feature list  
- 64-bit DSP, high quality processing.  
- 2 decks capable of loading MP3 (Id3v1&v2), WAV and OGG audio tracks  
- aufTAKT tempo analysis. for perfect syncronisation  
- 12 outputs (6 x Stereo): master mix, monitor, deck a, deck b, sampler, vsti.  
- Seamless Looping / Cueing.  
- Unique Loop and Leap feature.  
- Unique Reverse and Leap feature.  
- Flexible monitoring options : pre-fader listener level, phone split (L/R).  
- Switch/vumeters for all elements.  
- Flexible crossfader modes (linear or curved w/curve adjustment, reverse).  
- Seamless "beat jump" functions.  
- -36dB to +12dB low/mid/high eq range control. Band kill of -48dB.  
- Auto-Sync buttons.  
- Auto-Slave to main tempo/host tempo button.  
- Auto Beat-Sync playback start.  
- Precise pitch control.  
- Crossfader embedded VU meter, auto-transition & deck punch-in control.  
- 3 Band EQ with 3 Band killer buttons.  
- Deck accurate pitchbend slow/fast control.  
- Deck downbeat shift control.  
- Tempo tracking switches (for tracks with variable tempo).  
- Internal torque simulation with realistic mouse scratch/hold.  
 
Effects:  
- lowpass  
- highpass  
- bandpass  
- bandreject filter  
- 8 Tap 3D Phaser  
- Variable 3D Echo/Flanger effect  
- XY control pads  
 
- Playlist with virtually unlimited number of entries.  
- Automatic Playlist mix :  
- common track crossfade  
- DJ style mode! (it will beatmatch playlist transitions).  
- SHUFFLE mode  
- Automatic Playlist recursive directory search.  
- Full drag&drop from external OLE applications  
- Embedded right song browser with favourites search function  
- Bass crossfader.  
- Middle interface display: Direct help, Peakscope and Spectroscope.  
- Lot of samples and midi grooves provided.  
- +500 royalty free loops downloadable  
- 8-slot sampler samples from the decks and has with loop, beat sync,  
- Fully editable "relooper" [reslice / rearrange loop in realtime].  
- wave & OGG loading and pitchbend support  
- Works as standalone or VSTi plugin inside hosts like FL Studio, Live, ... Hosts VSTi softsynths & FX  
- 8-slot VSTi host with midi database. Full timecoded Vynil & CD support for all brands  
- 6 inputs (3 x Stereo deck a input tracking, deck b input tracking, mic.  
 
- Full low-latency vinyl tracking system with autolearn mode. Tested with  
- Final Scratch  
- Serato Scratch Live  
- MixVibes  
- MS PINKY  
- ... (all others supported via a vinyl control record speed "learning" mode)  
 
- Vst host midi-in thru. (to control hosted vst's from external controller).  
- On-the-fly disk recorder.  
- Pitch control and tempo variation feedback calculated from vinyl tracking relative speed, making bpm-matching a breeze with turntable (or slave Deckadance to external controllers).  
 
Midi Support:  
- Generic MIDI control support.  
- MIDI Learn with easy to configure function <-> midi control assignment.  
- Native remote DJ Controller support for :  
- Behringer BCD2000 & 3000  
- Hercules DJ Console.  
- Hercules DJ Console Mk2.  
- Eks XP10 Controller (native HID/USB com. for full device resolution)  
- Vestax VCI-100  
- Kontrol DJ  
- ... more devices to be supported later.  
 
- Full monitor routing swithes for decks, samplers and vsti host.  
- VST And Standalone Win32 Versions. OSX AU versions planned.  
 
If your system meets the minimum system requirements, your free system resources (memory, CPU etc) may still impose limits on the performance of Deckadance. To determine if Deckadance is suited to your PC please download the demo and test it on your system prior to purchase.  
 
Deckadance runs multiple threads (audio, graphics, beat analysis, file searching, native USB controller IO, preview monitoring etc) so large performance gains may be expected on multi-core systems.

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System Requirements for DECKADANCE DJ

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Processor: Intel Pentium III or equivalent processor, Athlon XP or Intel Mac with Bootcamp (running Windows XP or Vista).   OS: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista   Memory: 512MB ram   Hard Disk Space: 200MB free space.   GFX: A decent graphic card will make the Deckadance experience a lot more enjoyable.   Monitor: Minimum horizontal resolution of 1024 pixels.   Sound card: Windows-compatible soundcard with ASIO drivers or capable of working with the included generic ASIO4ALL drivers.