Cortex DMIX-600 Manuel D'utilisation page 32

COMPRESSION(Mp3)
Cortex chose to use the Mp3 format because it is the most widely
used format for digital music compression.
So when Mp3 Encoder is chosen set the SETTINGS menu to
CUSTOM because although the default setting is Higher Quality
(192 kbps) we recommend (320 Kbps) because its a generous
increase in sound quality without sacrificing file size.
Next to Stereo Bit Rate:
Choose (320 kbps) and
under it make sure that
the "Use Variable Bit
Rate Encoding (VBR)"
box IS NOT CHECKED!
VBR files are not as reli-
able as Constant Bit
Rate (CBR) files which is
the default.
The rest of the settings
can stay as the default with the exception of the last box (Filter
Frequencies Below 10Hz) should be unchecked because
although it may be fine to filter those frequencies for your laptop
that barely audible low end can go a long way in a big club sys-
tem.
Finally the Mp3
encoder settings box
should look like this.
Once that is done hit OK
twice and iTunes™ will
be ready to rip/convert
all your files to the prop-
er form of Wav and or
Mp3 used by your
DMIX-600.
AAC and DRM FILES
Most downloaded or ripped music is in the
appropriate Mp3 format,however you may have ripped CD's on to
your drive with the default settings in iTunes™ or another ripping
program which would have created files that may not be currently
supported. Or you may have purchased songs from iTunes and
those files may be copy protected and are also known as DRM
files, which must be sorted out of your iTunes because they can-
not be converted.
Here are a few easy steps to quickly identify,sort and/or convert
all other files including AAC and DRM files which are not currently
supported with your DMIX-600.
First you must identify the different type of files and to do that you
must sort them by file type also known as "KIND", if you do not
have a "KIND" column displayed in iTunes™ you can set
iTunes™ to display one by right clicking on the top of the NAME
column and adding "Kind" as one of the sort column's,
Using iTunes™ to optimize your sound files
then click on kind and the music will sort by its format, you can
then highlight the ones that are not mpeg (Mp3), but before you
convert anything you must highlight the files that say protected
and or DRM and copy them to a seperate folder as they are not
currently compatible and WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE
CONVERTED! after you have highlighted and copied those files
to a seperate folder you can delete them from iTunes™.
Then you can highlight all other files that are not WAV or Mp3
and from the "ADVANCED" pull down menu select the "Convert
Selection" to Mp3 and iTunes™ will go to work, this process may
take a while depending on how many songs you are converting.
Once the conversion is done you will see both files in the
iTunes™ window, the old files should still be highlighted, now
you may either hit DELETE if the old files are still highlighted, or
just sort by kind again and delete the old non-MP3 files.
Once completed your files are ready and you may either use
them off your hardrive or SYNC them back to your iPod™ or sim-
ply add them to your iPod™.
Remember to use the DBSE software to verify your database
The resulting files will work perfect with your DMIX-600.
Using the DMIX-600
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