Guide 08

Plan a deck with a song

Load a track into the built-in player to plan a deck or work up a short social-media sequence.

Why use it

Play, scrub and repeat without setting up external audio software just to experiment.

The Preview music player loaded with tokyo-nyc.mp3 and its Particles visualiser settings open.
Preview · built-in music player and visualiser

Do this

  1. 01In the Library, show Audio and select the track you want. Open Preview and choose + to load it into the selected deck.
  2. 02Use the player to play, pause, scrub or repeat the track while you try clips and stacks.
  3. 03Choose the visualiser gear for Scope, Bars, Particles or Synth Wave. Adjust Intensity, Detail and Grid to match the mood.
  4. 04Choose Clock > Song when you want the track timeline to drive Quantise.
  5. 05Play from any point and refine the deck or rehearse a short sequence.