Allen&Heath Xone DX - Manual (Page 28)

Allen & Heath User Guide for XONE:DX with Serato ITCH 1.7 28
BEATGRID / SYNC / AUTO TEMPO
transients at that time but does not aim to keep the tracks' tempos matched. If you have dropped your
next track in but it’s not quite in time, by pressing SYNC you can perform an automatic beat sync.
Pressing the SYNC button will snap the current/slave track’s beat with the master track’s beat
(see ‘Master Clock/Slave’ below). SYNC works by snapping the two closest transients to-
gether. It is best when the tracks' tempos are as close to each other as possible. You may also
want to press auto-tempo to match the tempos (see Auto Tempo below).
SYNC USING BEATGRID
If your track has a Beatgrid then syncing a track will permanently snap to the other track’s beatgrid mark-
ers. Press SYNC to sync tracks together. Using Beatgrid Sync this way, will continually snap the beatgrid
of both tracks together, keeping the tracks synced together permanently, even if you alter one of the
track’s pitch dial or the track itself alters tempo.
NOTE: The slave track will attempt to snap to the master track’s BAR position, not just the closest
transient
.
AUTO TEMPO
To simplify getting your tracks in time, ITCH features auto tempo.
Pressing SHIFT + SYNC (AUTO TEMPO) for a deck will automatically match its tempo to that
of the other track’s BPM value. Auto tempo requires a BPM value to be set for each track to
work.
NOTE: Using auto-tempo is not as precise as using a beatgrid with SYNC. With auto-tempo you may
find a BPM ‘average’ slowly drifts out, or your tracks don’t sync to the start of bars.
MASTER CLOCK / SLAVE
When using the SYNC function ITCH uses a Master Clock, which is a
master tempo that all decks are synced to. The Master Clock will show in
the middle of the virtual deck area, and will indicate which decks are
currently synced to the displayed tempo value.
The Master Clock will take its tempo from the first deck on which the SYNC function is engaged. All sub-
sequent decks which use the SYNC function will have their tempo synced to that of the Master Clock. If
the pitch of any synced deck is adjusted, the Master Clock and all other synced decks will also be adjusted
to match.
The Master Clock will be cleared if all decks which are synced then have the
SYNC function disengaged.