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hI,

as the title says,
can someone tell me what the limiter in settings is for ? is it a volume cut off ?

also what does "auto pitch matching do when set to smart as opposed to enabled/disabled ?

and one more, in settings on volume faders whats "quadratic and linear" ?

Thanks.
 
Posted Sun 16 Dec 12 @ 4:11 pm
so nobody knows then ?
 
The limiter restricts the volume so if you turn it up too loud it doesn't distort the sound. It does make the sound 'pump' a bit in volume but it's better than distored sound. The trick is to turn it on then make sure you don't turn the music up too loud.
 
thanks for reply mate, the "pumping" effect is excactly whats happening thought it was my speakers ! never used to do it though, i think ive turned it on by mistake. do you have any idea idea about the other questions please.
thanks
 
Here's Stephane's comments on the faders from the 7.2 release thread:

While before the volume fader had a linear curve (meaning you would hear the song even with the volume fader almost at the bottom), they now by default have a quadratic curve (meaning you start to hear the song when the fader is almost at the middle).
The quadratic curve is more in line with the industry standard, but if you got used to work with VirtualDJ's old linear curve, be aware of the change. We recommend practicing a little before going live with the new version.
If you want to get the old behavior back, just use the VDJScript "levelfader_curve 0" or edit the registry "faderCurve" to 0.

I guess the pitch matching "smart" option will only auto match when your tracks are within the pitch range you set in config (eg. 6%,8% etc.) but I may be wrong (and usually am!)

This range can be custom set in the registry tool when you register a Pro licence.

Keith
 
Is there anyway to set the limiter to kick on when the volume is at 12 o'clock. The volume headroom doesn't help at the point. I am using a NS7. Some of the house systems I have played through are all powered speakers mounted up really high. I would turn it down but I play at these places once a week. I don't want to be the guy the manager says "The other DJ's don't have to do this." The volume at the 12 oclock level is soooo touchy and if you look at it wrong the volume just jumps up way too loud. That's where I wish the limiter would kick in. Maybe if the volume wasn't so linear this could help.


thanks,
David
 
Please see http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/Limiter.html

The limiter can't be used to reduce the overall sound output level (Headroom will do this, but only by a small amount.) You will need to either use master volume or gain/volume on an external analogue DJ mixer, if you are hooking up to one. This will probably be the case if you are working in a club/bar.

If not, then adding a mixer with hardware mixing capabilities is strongly recommended so that you have a backup that you can fall back on if you have any problems with your computer (MIDI controllers with no hardware mixing capabilities or mains powered emergency 'thru' feature (For a backup source such as an iPod) will cease to function if your computer freezes or crashes and you need to restart it.)
 
This is a bit of a guess, but if the master volume is a midi knob then it could be "un-mapped" from the controller then you won't knock it during performance.

If the master volume isn't a midi knob then you could just set the "master volume" knob in virtual dj to a half or quarter and make the whole output less loud.
 
I don't have a problem with my VD7 I just follow for what advised here. But for some reason my VDJ 8 volume is pumping so what I did I you don't turn the gain up too high and it should be fine. If I need louder, turn up the volume on your Main Mixer instead of using the gain controls within my controller VDJ. Then I used iPod for my back up. It works on me every time =)
 
I'm not sure of the relevance to this thread, or the reason for bumping one from 2012, but thanks!
 


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