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M-Audio has just released Torq Xponent which is a new integrated hardware/software DJ and production system. The Torq Xponent system brings traditional CD DJ-style control and mixing to the vastly expanding world of computer-based DJing.
 Torq Xponent is a hardware/software system that can be used as an advanced MIDI control surface for Torq DJ software, and a four-output USB audio interface.
The Xponent’s controls enables DJs to perform a variety of tasks from a single surface, eliminating the need to adjust most onscreen parameters with a touchpad or keyboard. The unit’s mixer section allows users to deliver a dynamic DJ performance with the same feel and response as a standard hardware mixer. As you can see from above, it is super stylish, taking the look and feel of some of the most popular DJ CD players, and Mixers.
The Torq DJ software works for both Mac and PC and was disigned to be fully compatible with Xponent. Every single Xponent control is mapped to its corresponding Torq function by default as soon as you take it out of the box.
Xponent includes two touch-sensitive scratch wheels for scratching, speeding up and slowing down the playback of digital files. For in-depth control over Torq, Xponent adds 64 assignable backlit buttons (including Play, Cue, Seek, Loop, Key and Sync controls), two volume sliders, eight assignable knobs for effect control and two 100mm pitch sliders. The built-in touchpad is a X/Y controller that gives users command over the mouse or the effects in Torq, so they never need to take their hands off the unit in the middle of a performance. Level and progress LED meters round out all the pro features that DJs expect.
Torq Xponent also has built in VST effect compatibility and easily assignable hardware controls make it easy to turn plug-ins into expressive live performance tools. Throw in a flanger or a phaser, crunch it out with Camel Audio's Camel Phat3 or add some spice with Camel Space... you get the idea.
Come back tomorrow for a detailed review of M-Audio's Torq, and look for the review of Xponent next week when mine arrives!
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