ION iCUE - Manual (Page 6)

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THE HARDWARE CONTROLS
DECK CONTROLS
1. PLAY / STUTTER –
Pressing PLAY starts
playback on the
corresponding deck. If
you press PLAY while
the song is already
playing, it will restart the
music from the last
position where you
pressed PLAY, creating
a “stutter” effect.
2. PAUSE – Pressing
PAUSE will pause the
music at the current
location.
3. CUE - Returns and
pauses the music at the
default Cue Point
(beginning of the track
by default). To set a
CUE Point, pause the
song, seek to the
desired position with the
jog wheel, and then
press CUE. Once
you’re on the Cue Point,
pressing and holding
down CUE allows for temporary play of this point.
The track will play for as long as the button is
held down and will return to the Cue Point once it
has been released.
4. JOG WHEEL - Each virtual deck features a JOG
WHEEL, which can be used for scratching, pitch
bending and changing playback and cue position
on the corresponding deck. The functionality of
the two jog wheels is determined by the
SCRATCH button.
5. SCRATCH – If the SCRATCH button is engaged,
both jog wheels can be used for scratching the
music on the decks, much like a conventional DJ
scratches a record. If the SCRATCH button is
disengaged and the decks are playing, both jog
wheels will act as a pitch bend, temporarily
speeding up or slowing down the music.
6. PITCH - Each virtual deck features a PITCH
SLIDER, which can be used to change the pitch
or tempo of the music playing on the
corresponding deck.
7. SYNC - When you press SYNC, CUE LE will
sync the tempo of the deck to the opposite
deck’s tempo. If you press SYNC while the song
is paused, only the pitch will be adjusted. If you
press SYNC while the song is playing, the beats
will be aligned too.
8. PFL – While pressed down, this button will send
the corresponding deck’s music to the
Headphone channel for cueing. Please note that
PFL will only work when Headphones is selected
under the Config -> Outputs tab.
MIXER CONTROLS
9. VOLUME – Each virtual deck features a
VOLUME fader which can be used to make
adjustments to the volume of the music playing
on the deck.
10. GAIN – Adjusts the gain of the audio signal
playing on the deck.
11. TREBLE – Adjusts the high (treble) frequencies
of the music playing on the deck.
12. MID – Adjusts the mid frequencies of the music
playing on the deck.
13. BASS – Adjusts the low (bass) frequencies of
the music playing on the deck.
14. MASTER – Adjusts the overall volume of the
mix.
15. CROSSFADER – You can use the
CROSSFADER to fade between the tracks
playing on the virtual decks. If the crossfader is
in the left-most position, you will only hear the
audio from Deck 1. If the crossfader is in the
middle position, you will be able to hear both the
audio from Deck 1 and the audio from Deck 2. If
the crossfader is in the right-most position, you
will only be able to hear the audio from Deck 2