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Main Window

The main window of MixEmergency displays the channel and output preview views as well as several frequently used controls (described below). This window can be shown/hidden from the Window menu, or by using the keyboard shortcut ⌘1. You can toggle this window to float above all other windows by pushing the "pin" button on the top right of this window.

Right-clicking on the left or right Preview View will open a pop-up menu with options to:

  • Syphon (to load a Syphon input)
  • NDI (to load a NDI input)
  • Eject
  • Lock/Unlock

External Control

MixEmergency has the ability to act as a "plug-in" for Serato DJ. This allows Serato DJ to control aspects of MixEmergency such as play position, mix and current media.

  1. External Control Menu - The external control pop-up menu allows you to select either MixEmergency or Serato DJ/Scratch Live as the controller for MixEmergency.
  2. Connection Status Indicator - The connection status indicator appears to the right of this menu when not connected to MixEmergency. The indicator will be colored green when there are no connection problems, or red when there are. You can view a text message of this status in the indicator's tool-tip.

Panel Controls

The panel control buttons allow you to toggle a number of MixEmergency's windows. The MIDI button, above this section, toggles the MIDI mapping mode.

Full Screen Controls

  1. Toggle Output Window - When in windowed mode, this button toggles the visibility of the output window.
  2. Full-screen Output Destination - This pop-up menu is used to select the destination display to be used when in full-screen mode.
  3. Full-screen Toggle Button - Toggles between windowed and full-screen mode.

Multiple Window Preview Layout

The main window is split into four windows when using the Multiple Window Preview layout. Three of the windows contain the channel preview views, while the fourth contains the external, panel and full-screen controls.

Minimum Requirements - Mac (2012 model or later) - macOS 10.13 - Scratch Live 1.9.2, Serato DJ 1.6, or Serato DJ Pro