1. Place the Hip Hop Record Producer CD in your CD-ROM unit.
2. An autostart window should appear on your desktop, if it does, proceed to step 5
3. Open the Hip Hop Record Producer CD by double clicking on your CD-ROM unit in "My Computer"
4. Double click on the application "ProducerStart.exe"
5. Click on the button next to "INSTALL"
6. Follow the instructions in the setup application.

Step1. Navigating with the file manager
You are able to browse your hard-drive or CD with help of Hip Hop Record Producer's file manager to your left. Open a directory by double-clicking on it. To go back, double-click on the yellow directory at the top of the file manager. Search for a directory with suitable samples. For example "samples" on the Hip Hop Record Producer-CD, or in the installation directory (if you have chosen to install samples, which means that Hip Hop Record Producer can read them faster).

Step 2. To add samples
Listen to a sample by pressing the play indicator on the left side of the sample, using the left mouse button. When you have found a suitable sample, grab it by pressing and holding the mouse button down. Then drag and drop it on the track.

Step 3. Basic editing on the track
By dragging the green mark in the top-right corner of the sample box, you are able to vary the length of the loop (the number of times it is repeated) forwards in the song. If you instead drag the green mark on the left side of the sample box, you will vary the length backwards in the song. You can also drag red mark in the lower right corner of the sample box, to vary the speed at which the loop shall be played, and thus also the length of the box.

Step 4. How to listen to what you have accomplished.
(In order to be able to use quick keys it is recommended you keep the Num Lock on). Begin to play by pressing the play button (Enter on your keyboard), and stop playing with the stop button ("0" on the numeric part). Which part of the song that is playing, is shown by the play indicator (line). You may choose to repeat a certain part of your song by pressing the loop button, and the part of your song between the green and the red markings will be repeated. To move green marking (loop start), press the left mouse button on the timeline, and to move the red marking (loop end), press the right mouse button. You can move the play indicator to determine which part of the song Hip Hop Record Producer shall play. In order to reach the green marking - press "1" on the numeric part of the keyboard, and to reach the red marking, press "2". To reach the beginning of the song, press stop three (3) times ("0" on the numeric part).

Step 5. Effects on your sample
You can click with the right mouse button on a sample on the track to open the effect menu where you can select an effect, modulate the variables of the effect or place nodes in the effect window at the lower part of Hip Hop Record Producer. Read more about this in the effect section of this documentation.

Step 6. Effects on a whole track
Each track has an extended button on the left, and by pressing it, you will mark a whole track. By doing so, you may select the effect menu at the lower part of Hip Hop Record Producer and place the effects on the tracks in the same way as with samples.

Step 7. The Looper
The Looper, in which you are able to create your own loops, is opened by pressing the Loop button. Drag a sample from the file manager or from your sound library, and drop it in one of the loopers sample slots. By using the beats buttons on the right side of the sample slot, you are able to place beats on your sampling. When pressing a sample slot or a beats button it will be marked, and you can place effects on it, in the same way as on the track. If you have created a loop that you are satisfied with, you are able to fix it by pressing the "Make Loop" button, and it will appear at the bottom of your sound library, and you may use it as a sample.

Effects and their functions.
When you have marked a box or a track, and chosen an effect, you activate the effect by pressing the on/off button. You are then able to turn or press the effect knobs to adjust the settings.

Nodes
The value of each knob can be adjusted over time, with help of nodes and lines that are shown in the graph of the effect. A node is a knobs value at a certain time point. You are also able to add nodes by pressing the specific effects "add" button, to the right of the graph, and then clicking in the graph, where you like to place the node. Nodes are added to the last used knob, or the knob belonging to the latest marked node. The value a knob has, is shown in the number window. You are also able to delete nodes by marking one or several nodes, by pressing the "del" button to the right of the "add" button.

You may also save knob settings with the help of nodes. Just press the small "play" button above the graph, to the right, and a timeline will move over the graph. If you then turn one or several knobs these settings will be saved.

All effects that are placed on the sample are found in the "effect chain". The "effect chain" is used to adjust the order in which the effects are placed, in case you have more than one effect on a specific sample. You are also able to double click on an effect in "effect chain"to change the settings quickly. It is also possible to copy "effect chain", which means that you copy the settings for all effects in the list. You may then paste them in another box and or track.

HOW DO THE EFFECTS WORK?

The Looper is opened by pressing the Looper button. Drag a sample from the file manager or from your sound library, and drop it in one of the loopers sample slots. Then you can place beats with your sample, with the help of the beat buttons to the right of the sample slot. When you press a sample slot or a beat button it will be marked, and you are able to place effects on, or pitch it, just like on the track. If you manage to create a loop that you are satisfied with, you can fix it by pressing the "Make Loop" button, and the loop will appear at the bottom of your sound library, and you may use it as a sample.
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SKINS

Change skin
Press Open and browse for the skin folder and make your selection, then press Open. Or press Config, Hip Hop Record Producer Skin and make your selection, press Open and then Save. NOTE: If you choose to change the skin in the Config the selected skin will now be your default skin the next time you start PCDJ Producer.

Quick skin lesson with Photoshop
The Hip Hop Record Producer software allows you to create your own interface/skin. With the image editing software, which is able to handle *.png format, for example Photoshop, you are able to create your own skins. You should save with alpha channel, to obtain smooth cross-fading between objects and background.

1. Open the *.png file you want to change in Photoshop.
2. Go to the Select menu and choose Load Selection. In the Channel options select Alpha 1 and press OK.
3. Now copy and paste (Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V) the selected area. Now you have got a new layer named Layer 1.
4. Mark the Background layer and select all (ctrl-A).
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5. Change the Background color to black and the press Delete.
6. Now make your changes on Layer 1, but remember no button or knob can be larger then it already is, so stay inside the already given boundaries.
7. To save with Alpha, select Layer 1, go to Select in the menu and choose Load Selection, and in the Channel options chose Layer 1 Transperacy and press OK.
8. Go to Select in the menu, choose Save Selection and in Channel choose Alpha 1 and Replace Channel and press OK.
9. Go to File in the menu and choose Save a Copy, type a filename, and choose a location for the file and select the *.png format, the Exclude Alpha Channels should NOT be marked, then press save, then OK in the PNG Options and now you have a new skin for your PCDJ Producer.