Torq with Xponent (M-Audio)

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Product Description Torq Xponent is the cutting-edge DJ performance system that brings professional controls to the world of computer-based digital Dj ing. Engineered by M-Audio s SynchroScience Design Group, the Torq Xponent package includes the fully integrated Torq DJ software. The Torq Xponent combines the features of a standard DJ mixer with the ease of a pair of DJ - CD players. You can mix, scratch and cue your digital files without ever touching your computer. Join electronic musician, recording artist and DJ Steve Nalepa as he shows you how to make the leap from traditional DJ'ing to the Torq Xponent system. Steve shows you the essentials of Torq that ll have you taking your music in new directions. Topics Include: - HA! QuickSTART Overview - Auto BPM Mapping - Built in FX - MIDI Mapping - VST Effects - Sampler Overview - Sync Feature - External Control - Line Input - Mixer Overview - Cueing, Mixing, Quick Scratching - Function Shortcuts About the Actor Steve Nalepa is an LA-based electronic musician and multimedia artist who combines deep dub bass, glitchy breaks, bio acoustic atmospheres and sine wave melodies to create his patented brand of ambient glitch dub. Known for his vast and eclectic array of artistic collaborations, Nalepa has produced spectacular audiovisual events and shared billing with some of the world s best electronic musicians. He is considered an key innovator in the west coast audiovisual scene and holds the appropriate title of Flavorpill s beat guru . Nalepa has performed at The Do Lab Stage at Coachella 2007, produced tracks with legends such as Bill Laswell and Pharoah Sanders, rocked it at Flavorpill's Friday's Off the 405 Series at the Getty Museum, and shared billing with Amon Tobin, Cut Chemist and DJ Spooky at Walt Disney Concert Hall and performed on The Do Lab Stage at Coachella 2007. Nalepa is one of the artists featured in Visionaire 53 SOUND which features 100 original sound pieces by David Byrne, U2, Danger Mouse, Dan The Automator, Yoko Ono and more. When he's not in the lab or rocking dance floors together with Tokyo-based MattB as Bass Science, Nalepa can be found teaching Ableton Live, ProTools and Reason to the students in his Principles of Music Technology classes at Chapman University Conservatory of Music. See all Editorial Reviews