Control Window

The Control window contains the Transition, Effect and Transport controls of MixEmergency. This window can be shown/hidden from the Window menu, the Control window button on the Main window, or by using the keyboard shortcut apple-3.

Transition View

The Transition view lets you control the output mix of your media sources.

  1. Crossfader - Controls the mix between the current media sources.
  2. Link Crossfader - Links the Crossfader of your mixer to the Crossfader control.
  3. Link Cuefader - Links the Cuefader of your mixer to the Crossfader control.
  4. Link Upfader - Links the Upfaders of your mixer to the Crossfader control.
  5. Transition Select - Selects the transition to use when mixing the media sources. A more detailed explanation of the transitions is available in the Transitions section of the manual.
  6. Transition Parameter - Allows customisation of some transitions.
  7. Autofade - Automatically moves the Crossfader to the opposite media source from the one displayed.
  8. Upfader Control - Controls the brightness of the media source.
  9. Upfader Link - Links the Upfader of your mixer to the Upfader Control.

Transport View

The Transport view is on the first tab to either side of the Transition view.

  1. Transport Controls - Allow you to restart, rewind, play backward, play forward or fast forward the media. These are disabled when controlled externally. When controlled by an external application, these buttons change to a Link with Audio button that can be used to link audio in the external control application with video or Quartz Compositions playing in MixEmergency.
  2. Media Progress - The current play position of the media (not displayed for Quartz Compositions). The progress bar will be coloured red if the file is not recommended for video scratching.
  3. Eject - Ejects the media from the deck.
  4. Capture Image - Captures an image from the current Channel Preview view to be used in the Media Bank.

Effect View

The Effect view, on the second tab to either side of the Transition view, allows you to apply effects to the media sources. These are applied before the transition effect.

  1. Effect select - Selects the effect to apply.
  2. Effect mix - Controls the mix between the original source and the effect.
  3. Effect Parameter 1 Control Select - Selects the control for Effect Parameter 1.
  4. Effect Parameter 1 Knob - Sets the first effect parameter when the parameter is controlled in Internal mode.
  5. Effect Parameter 2 Controls - These control the second effect parameter (not available for all effects).