GEMINI PMX10

for VirtualDJ 2018+ Last Update : October 2018

SETUP

STEP 1 : CONNECTIONS

Connect your amplifier of a pair of amplified speakers to one of the XLR/RCA Master Outputs at the rear panel.
Connect the USB socket at the rear panel of the PMX10 to a USB port of your computer, suing standard USB cable
Optionally connect your CD Players/Turntables or any other analogue source to the CH1/CH2 Input sockets at the rear panel
Connect the PMX10 to an AC Plug and power on the unit, after all connections are made.

STEP 2 : DRIVERS & FIRMWARE

Drivers :
For Windows computers, download and install the Gemini ASIO drivers from https://geminisound.com/pages/downloads
No drivers is required to be installed for Mac OSX computers.

Firmware : Make sure your unit is updated to the latest firmware from https://geminisound.com/pages/downloads

STEP 3 : VirtualDJ Setup

Download and install VirtualDJ from http://www.virtualdj.com/download/index.html (in case you have not done already)

Once VirtualDJ is opened, a Connect Window will appear to enter your account credentials.

A Pro Infinity, a Plus Controller or a Pro Subscription License is required to fully use the Gemini PMX10. Without any of the above Licenses, the controller will operate for 10 minutes each time you restart VirtualDJ.
http://www.virtualdj.com/buy/index.html

The Gemini PMX10 is also operating with the bundled VirtualDJ 8 Limited Edition.

A detection window will appear when the unit is first connected with VirtualDJ, verifying proper connection.

Click on the "PMX10" button if your speakers are connected to the Master Output at the rear panel of the PMX10.
You can still make changes in the Audio setup from VirtualDJ Settings->AUDIO tab.

An additional Enter Code button will be available, if your Account does not offer a Pro or Plus License or you have skipped the Login process.
Click on this button and enter the Keycode (serial) of your VirtualDJ LE.

Make your selections and press OK.

The unit is now ready to operate.

TOP PANEL CONTROLS

CONTROL

ACTION

1 CROSSFADER

Blends Audio signal from Left and Right channels

2 VOLUME

Adjust the Output Volume of Left/Right Channel. The series of leds next to each Volume fader indicate the pre-fader output level of Left/Right Channel

3 MASTER VU METER

This series of leds indicate the output level of Left/Right stereo channels of the Master Output

4 CUE

Use these buttons to send the pre-fader audio signal of Left/Right channel to the Headphones channel for pre-listening

5 FILTER

Apply a High/Low Pass Filter to Left/Right channel. When in middle position, no Filter is applied.

6 EQUALIZER

Adjust the 3 Equalizer bands (High/Mid and Low) for the Left/Right channel.

7 GAIN

Adjust the pre-fader output level of the Left/Right channel.

8 MASTER VOLUME

Adjust the output volume of the Master Output (connection at the rear panel)

9 BOOTH VOLUME

Adjust the output volume of the Booth Output (connection at the rear panel)

10 MIC LEVEL

Adjust the output volume of the Microphone Input (connection at the rear panel)

11 CUE/PGM

Blends audio signal from Master Output (when in PGM) and channels that have the CUE enabled (when in CUE) and sends to the Headphones Output (connection at the front panel)

12 CUE LEVEL

Adjust the volume of the Headphones Output (connection at the front panel)

13 TRACK SEARCH

Scrolls though files or folders depending on the selected Browser window.
When focus is on Folders list, push to set focus to the Files/Tracks List.

While the SAMPLER button is pressed, use this encoder to scroll through the available Sampler Banks.
While the SAMPLER button is pressed, push the encoder to scroll through the available Sampler Trigger modes (on/off, hold, stutter and unmute)

Push the encoder for more than 3 seconds to load the PMX10 Settings Pads page. See Advanced Setup for further details

14 LOAD

Press to load the selected track from Browser to the Left/Right deck.
Hold this button for more than 2 seconds, to switch the input of the Left/Right mixer channel to the analogue source (connections at the rear panel) or back to MIDI (for VirtualDJ Deck control)

15 BACK

Use this button to set focus to the Folders list of Browser. If focus is on the Folders List, use this button to open/close sub-folders

16 FX ON - BOTTOM

Use this button to toggle between FX Select and FX Param modes.

17 FX ON -TOP

Use this button to enable/disable the selected Effect on Left/Right Deck

18 EFFECT 1

Adjust the 1st Parameter of the selected Effect on Left/Right Deck

19 EFFECT 2

When the FX Select mode is enabled (default mode - FX ON BOTTOM is off) use this knob to adjust the 2nd Parameter of the selected Effect on Left/Right Deck.
When the FX Param mode is enabled (FX ON BOTTOM is on) use this knob to select the Effect for the Left/Right Deck

20 LOOP SIZE

Halve (anti-clockwise) /Double (clockwise) the size of the Loop

21 LOOP ON

Enable/disable an auto-loop of the selected size in beats

22 CUES

Sets the 8 colored Pads to Hotcues mode.

23 SAMPLES

Sets the 8 colored Pads to Sampler mode.

24 PADS

In Hotcues mode : Use the pads to assign Hotcues 1 to 8 or jump to their stored positions if not assigned. Hold CUES button down and then press a Pad to delete its stored Hotcue.
In Sampler mode : Use the pads to trigger samples 1 to 8 from the selected Sampler Bank. Depending on the selected Trigger mode, you may find useful to stop a playing sample, by holding down the SAMPLES button and pressing the related pad.

FRONT & REAR PANELS

Gemini PMX10 - Rear panel

CONTROL

ACTION

25 POWER

Connect PMX10 to an AC socket and power on when all other connections are done

26 MASTER XLR

Balanced Master Output. Connect your amplifier (or a pair of amplified speakers) to this output using standard XLR cables. The level of this output is controlled by the MASTER VOL knob at the top panel

27 MASTER RCA

Alternative unbalanced Master Output. Connect your amplifier (or a pair of amplified speakers) to this output using standard RCA cables. The level of this output is controlled by the MASTER knob at the top panel

28 BOOTH

Secondary unbalanced Output. Connect your amplifier (or a pair of amplified speakers) to this output using standard RCA cables. The level of this output is controlled by the BOOTH knob at the top panel

29 REC

Recording unbalanced Output. Connect a Recording device to this output to record your mix

30 USB

Connect this socket to a USB port of your computer using standard USB cable to allow your computer software to receive and send data to the PMX10

31 PH/LN

Set these switchers to PH position if you have connected devices to the CH1/CH2 inputs respectively, without pre-amp such as Turntables. Set to LN position in other cases.

32 CH1/CH2 Inputs

Connect your analogue sources/devices to these sockets. The audio signal of these sources will be routed to the Master Output in the following cases.
- VirtualDJ (or other supported application) is not running (stand-alone)
- VirtualDJ is running, the PMX is set to Hardware (Mixer) mode and the LOAD DECK button is long-pressed (will blink)
- VirtualDJ is running with Timecode inputs set in Audio Setup (signal of the Timecode sources) will be muted from output and will be routed to VirtualDJ for DVS control.

33 MIC IN

Connect a Microphone to this input, using XLR or 1/4" cable/adapter. The level of the Microphone audio signal is controlled from the MIC LEVEL knob at the top panel. Note that this input is not part of the USB Audio interface, thus the Microphone of the PMX10 cannot be included in the VirtualDJ Audio setup, nor can be controlled or recorded.

Gemini PMX10 - Front panel

34 CH1/CH2 FADER CURVE CONTROL

Select the curve /slop of Left/Right Channel Volume faders. The LOOSE position offers a linear curve to the Volume faders, while the SHARP position offers a "cut/scratch" curve where audio level is off when fader is completely closed (or very near to the minimum position)

35 XFADER CURVE CONTROL

Use this knob to select the curve /slop for the Crossfader. The more the knob is set at the left edge, the more smooth (linear) the curve will be and the more the knob is at the right edge , the more "cut" the curve will be (for scratching)

36 CH1/CH2 FADER REVERSE

When set to ON, the volume faders for Left/Right channels, will be reversed, offering zero output when at maximum position and highest output when at minimum.

37 XFADER REVERSE

When set to ON, the crossfader will be reversed, offering output from Left Channel when at maximum/right position and output from Right Channel when at minimum/left position

ADVANCED SETUP

MIDI MAPPING

The unit should be visible in the CONTROLLERS tab of Config and the “factory default” available/selected from the Mappings drop-down list. The factory default Mapping offers the functions described in this Manual, however those can be adjusted to your needs via VDJ Script actions.

Read further details at
http://www.virtualdj.com/manuals/virtualdj8/settings/controllers.html
http://www.virtualdj.com/wiki/VDJ8script.html

AUDIO Setup

Default Audio setup

The unit has a pre-defined Audio setup and a special button in the AUDIO tab of Config to provide that.
If the pre-defined audio setup is selected, speakers and Headphones need to be connected to the unit at the rear and front side panels respectively.

MIXER MODES

The Gemini PMX10 can operate in 2 modes, the MIXER (Hardware) mode and the MIDI (Software) mode.

HARDWARE MIXER MODE

This mode is the default and auto-selected on every power-cycle. In this mode, the audio mixing (Volume, Equalizer, Filter and Crossfader) is performed by the PMX10. All the previously mentioned mixer elements, will still send Midi signal, thus the corresponding elements on the GUI of VirtualDJ will follow the movements and positions of the hardware ones. However, the GUI elements will not control the mixing (fake mixer mode).

SOFTWARE MIDI MODE

In this mode, the audio mixing (Volume, Equalizer, Filter etc) is performed by VirtualDJ and a different sound card (other than the builtin of the PMX10) can be used as well. The USB Audio interface of the PMX10 does not offer Timecode/DVS Inputs in Midi mode.

How to switch between the 2 modes
Open VirtualDJ Settings ->OPTIONS tab->CONTROLLERS subcategory and select the Gemini PMX Mixer Mode from the MixerMode setting.
Select Software for MIDI Mixer Mode, or Hardware (or DVS) for Hardware Mixer mode
Select the DVS (Hardware) Mixer mode if you plan to use Timecode (DVS).

Each time a mode selection is performed, VirtualDJ will ask you to apply the necessary Audio setup for the selected mode.

Audio Setup for MIXER (Hardware) mode

Audio Setup for MIDI(Software) mode

Notes
The special GEMINI PMX10 button in the Audio Setup tab of VirtualDJ Settings is always offering the audio configuration of the default - Hardware/Mixer mode.

TIMECODE (DVS) CONTROL

The Gemini PMX10 is offering a built-in USB audio device with 2 stereo inputs, suitable for Timecode (DVS) controls.

Connect your Timecode devices (Turntables with Timecode vinyl) or CD Player (with Timecode CD) to the rear panel Input CH1/CH2 sockets.
Depending on the type of your Timecode source, set the LN/PH switches accordingly.
Go to VirtualDJ Settings->AUDIO tab and click on the TIMECODE SIGNAL button to auto-generate the following audio setup.
Click to APPLY and close the Settings window
Start playing your Timecode sources
Make sure your Timecode signal is strong and the Timecode buttons on the VirtualDJ GUI are enabled.

Note: Timecode control requires one of the following licenses..

Pro Infinity
Timecode Plus license
Limited Edition keycode (serial) of Gemini PMX10 (comes with a special Timecode additional license - which requires online login for the extra license to be validated, at least once).

RECORDING

When mixing with VirtualDJ, your mix can be recorded in the following cases.

The PMX10 is set to Software/MIDI mode. In this case (with Master & Headphones as Audio setup), all you need to do is to use the REC button in the MASTER Mixer panel of VirtualDJ GUI to record your mix. However, the Microphone input of the PMX10 will not be recorded
The PMX10 is set to Hardware(MIXER) mode. In this case, you will need to route the Master Output from either the BOOTH or REC Output to an Input of another USB Audio Interface and add a record line in your Audio setup.
In the following example, we have connected the REC Output with the Input of a USB Audio Interface using standard 2xRCA to 1/8" stereo jack, and we have added a record line using the input of that sound card

Hardware mode - Audio setup with external Recording Input

Note that in case of recording externally (using the REC OUT routed to a different sound card), all inputs (from CH1/CH2 sources) and the Microphone of the PMX10 will be also recorded along with your mix

For further software settings please refer to the User Guide of VirtualDJ 8. http://www.virtualdj.com/manuals/virtualdj8/index.html

For further Technical features and specifications, visit
Gemini PMX10
Product's Page

Hardware Integration Department 2018 - ATOMIX PRODUCTIONS

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