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Posted by miamitranceman on Mar-04-2008 21:59:

New Torq 1.5 In-Depth video

Everything you want to know about the huge upgrade.

http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do...e69b11de5e5196e

Posted by leph555 on Mar-04-2008 22:02:

seems tooo fucking complex

but for 300$ seems like a bargain for a bedroom dj

might pick this up soon, also any word on when this update is coming>?

Posted by miamitranceman on Mar-04-2008 22:31:

quote:
Originally posted by leph555
seems tooo fucking complex

but for 300$ seems like a bargain for a bedroom dj

might pick this up soon, also any word on when this update is coming>?

Supposedly by the end of the 1st quarter. (March 31st or earlier). It's a 50.00 dollar upgrade cost if you already own it, but honestly there's so much more in there now it's worth it.

Posted by leph555 on Mar-04-2008 22:47:

quote:
Originally posted by miamitranceman
Supposedly by the end of the 1st quarter. (March 31st or earlier). It's a 50.00 dollar upgrade cost if you already own it, but honestly there's so much more in there now it's worth it.

wow it really sucks that they are charging for an upgrade but im still deciding whether or not i need it, i mean i am tired of burning cd's but do i really need it?

Posted by miamitranceman on Mar-04-2008 23:43:

quote:
Originally posted by leph555
wow it really sucks that they are charging for an upgrade but im still deciding whether or not i need it, i mean i am tired of burning cd's but do i really need it?

The upgrade is free if you buy Torq after 1.5 is released. So just wait another month or so and you're set!

Posted by stan229 on Mar-04-2008 23:43:

i peronsally got torq just for the fact that i dont haev to burn cds which ia bsolutely hate as i burn one track/release per cd and i ran otu of room in my 320cd binder and its been perfect with my music off my external hdd.. since i playno CDJS i dont need to worry with skipping and dust and blabla

Posted by Sadface on Mar-05-2008 09:45:

Thats a good video, but he didn't address whether the instant doubles feature would keep the tempo it was initially set at or if it would instantly go to zero. That's the current problem with amputate mode and it seriously limits people who want to mix with torq and only one deck.

Also, I can see soooo many dj's get into trouble when using an external mixer and the preview mode, accidentally clicking the wrong pair of headphones and having the track they're thinking about queuing blasting out on the main speakers.

It is a pretty awesome upgrade though.

Posted by SteelWolf on Mar-05-2008 11:08:

On it liek a drunk dude on a fat chick!

Nice upgrade!

EDIT

The tempo anchors and new timestretching are fuckin cool! Can't wait to play with this!

Posted by miamitranceman on Mar-05-2008 15:17:

quote:
Originally posted by SteelWolf
On it liek a drunk dude on a fat chick!

Nice upgrade!

EDIT

The tempo anchors and new timestretching are fuckin cool! Can't wait to play with this!

Yeah, I cant wait to try it on some of my live music that drifts all over the place.

That timestretching does sound good doesn't it?

Posted by Shad0wmaster on Mar-05-2008 21:09:

quote:
Originally posted by SteelWolf
The tempo anchors and new timestretching are fuckin cool! Can't wait to play with this!

It's actually the same time stretching system used in Ableton Live...I can't wait!

Posted by Neo95gt on Mar-06-2008 01:47:

I can't believe people are bitching about the $50 pricetag, get a freggin job.

I've been in the market for a VDJ lately, I might have to pull the trigger on this one. So I get Torq for $200 and i get the $50 update for free?

Posted by stan229 on Mar-06-2008 01:58:

Yes

Posted by miamitranceman on Mar-06-2008 04:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Neo95gt
I can't believe people are bitching about the $50 pricetag, get a freggin job.

I've been in the market for a VDJ lately, I might have to pull the trigger on this one. So I get Torq for $200 and i get the $50 update for free?

Yep, just wait 'till it's released of course.

Posted by shuni on Mar-07-2008 01:35:

autogain ftw!

Posted by SteelWolf on Mar-07-2008 18:48:

^Audtogain is a big plus, no more overdriving tracks unintentionally. Its teh same timestretch as Abelton? NO wonder. Wow I can't wait!

Posted by Lover Boy on Mar-11-2008 14:27:

Does anyone know what the pitch resolution is when using Torq with the Xponent? Used a Behringer BCD3000 on Traktor and I got a resolution of 0.2%! Could do with 0.02% really for those monster mixes.

Posted by stan229 on Mar-11-2008 16:41:

.1%/8% i believe

Posted by skip on Mar-11-2008 16:48:

quote:
Originally posted by Lover Boy
Does anyone know what the pitch resolution is when using Torq with the Xponent? Used a Behringer BCD3000 on Traktor and I got a resolution of 0.2%! Could do with 0.02% really for those monster mixes.

i think the main problem with using a midi controller as a pitch fader for any program is that midi only has 128 different signals, so if you would like to get 0,02% accuracy, your pitch range should then be �1,28% which is not very much.

Posted by IntegraR0064 on Mar-11-2008 17:33:

quote:
Originally posted by skip
i think the main problem with using a midi controller as a pitch fader for any program is that midi only has 128 different signals, so if you would like to get 0,02% accuracy, your pitch range should then be �1,28% which is not very much.

This is true. It's such a minor problem though...I can't believe that no one has fixed this somehow yet.

What would be ideal is if you had two pitch faders. One with .2% resolution, then a "fine tuning" one that adjusts by .02% or .01%. And they add together.

So you would get it within 1% or so with the normal pitch fader, then use the fine tuning fader to get it perfectly locked.

Of course this would probably require that the program supported this, but that would be like, 5 seconds of programming to add the possibility...

Posted by IntegraR0064 on Mar-11-2008 17:37:

quote:
Originally posted by IntegraR0064
This is true. It's such a minor problem though...I can't believe that no one has fixed this somehow yet.

What would be ideal is if you had two pitch faders. One with .2% resolution, then a "fine tuning" one that adjusts by .02% or .01%. And they add together.

So you would get it within 1% or so with the normal pitch fader, then use the fine tuning fader to get it perfectly locked.

Of course this would probably require that the program supported this, but that would be like, 5 seconds of programming to add the possibility...

Now that I think about it, you could even probably do this with just one pitch fader - just have it output 2 separate midi messages. It would be slightly more complicated than just using two faders, but I'm sure it would be doable.

Posted by Lover Boy on Mar-13-2008 10:17:

This is the problem I found with Traktor, I got fed up of continually adjusting my mixes to keep them in time when using a Midi controller. Hopefully Torq will solve that problem, though I feel like a cheat asking the computer to do it for me.

Posted by Lover Boy on Mar-13-2008 11:08:

Does anyone have a final release date yet?

Posted by miamitranceman on Mar-13-2008 16:41:

The official word is end of 1st Q 2008 (March 31st or earlier).

Cross your fingers.

Posted by Sadface on Mar-14-2008 08:57:

I hope this comes out soon...