The Learning Companion — every feature, explained
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Unit 1 The Cue Grid 10
1.1 Load and fire — drag audio to a slot, click to play — instantly, 8×4 grid 1.2 Cue tile anatomy — per-cue volume, pause/stop, drag-to-swap, the lime drain 1.3 Keyboard control — 4 rows map to 32 slots; key fire, Shift stop, Alt pause 1.4 The caret menu (▼) — Edit File, Category, Play/Retrigger, Unbind MIDI, Delete 1.5 Pages — add/delete/rename, page-color cascade, mini squares, name-size 1.6 Del mode — clear filled cues, playing-cue confirm 1.7 DUPE mode — click to pick, Shift-range, drag-a-box, Ctrl+C/V, across pages 1.8 SOLO vs MIX — one-at-a-time vs stack, for the cue pages (not DIVA/DUET) 1.9 The C system (cue up) — arm cues, fire all armed, play/pause/stop-all 1.10 The cues mirror — side-panel grid, MIRROR vs EXTEND, FREE vs SYNC
Unit 2 The Edit Modal 10
2.1 Opening it + the header — open, rename, cue coloring, OK/Cancel, the hot DELETE 2.2 Trim & fades — trim grips, fade wedges, type exact times, M↔L/R 2.3 Getting around the waveform — play-head, minimap pan/zoom, +/− keys, scrub 2.4 Transport: green vs yellow — green = performance, yellow = audition 2.5 The Yellow Box — click-drag select, loop, gain-on-selection, APPLY 2.6 EDIT mode + Make Permanent — destructive cut/paste/gain, the bake dialog 2.7 FX: 31-band EQ — engage/bypass A/B, FLAT, the live RTA 2.8 FX: Parametric EQ + HPF — draggable nodes, Q strip, HPF 12/24/48 2.9 FX: Reverb — Room→Hall→Plate→Cath, five sliders 2.10 Editing LIVE — right-click a playing item, live VOL fader, protected transport
Unit 3 The Playlist 10
3.1 Playlist basics — two columns, drop files, click to play, NEXT/TRACKS/TOTAL 3.2 Transport & scrubbing — back/restart/play/pause/stop/near-end/next, scrub 3.3 The four modes — STEP → LOOP → NO LOOP → PLAY 1 3.4 Crossfade — CF on/off, 0.1–5.0s, how each mode sounds 3.5 Selecting tracks — Shift/Ctrl-click, drag a box, what a selection is for, copy-paste 3.6 Deleting tracks — the Delete key, Del mode, a playing track asks first 3.7 Multiple playlists — switcher, mini-tabs, .sp2kpl save/open, side mirror 3.8 Editing a track — the gold Edit Modal, playlist-side view 3.9 Web Player: setup — Add Web Player, Spotify preset, nickname/app/icon · needs Windows 11 or macOS 3.10 Web Player: driving it — re-scan, picker, transport, track + progress, WEB master volume
Unit 4 Announcements 4
4.1 Slots & sets — drop/fire, auto-duck, reorder, sets, Del mode 4.2 The duck — depth per zone, PRE/POST-roll, FADE, ATA 4.3 Routing & firing — OUT pills ST/A1/A2, VOL 0–200%, record-to-slot 4.4 The purple Edit Modal — Unit 2 plus PRE/POST + duck row, FX always-on
Unit 7 Show Files 6
7.1 Save & Save As — write the show, name a new one, filename = show name 7.2 Loading a show — drag .sp2k, overwrite confirm, Open/New, double-click 7.3 Default show, autosave, autorun — auto-load, autosave-on-exit, autorun · what you set up last is what you keep 7.4 What travels with the file — in the file vs stays local, and why 7.5 File Integrity — OK/missing, browse to relink, dismiss 7.6 The sibling files — .sp2kpl (playlist), .sp2kres (resources), .sp2kcm (memories)
Unit 10 Remote Control 7
10.1 Launchpad: plug and play — top 8×4 = page 1, bottom 8×4 = page 2, the LED language 10.2 MIDI learn — two ways, one-pad-one-binding, delete mode 10.3 The MIDI Setup modal — devices, bindings, test LEDs, restore defaults 10.4 MIDI beyond cues — tracks, transport, step, ann, stop-all, pages, web, master 10.5 Stream Deck — the plugin file, six key types, self-drawing keys 10.6 Web Remote: connect — enable, security key, QR — open on a tablet, phone, another computer, or an extra window on this one 10.7 Web Remote: operating — your buttons/rows, extension or mirror
Unit 11 System & Account 6
11.1 Version Selection — Ver 1 core, Device Routing (Ver 2), CMem, Spotify API, Save & Restart 11.2 Language — the flag pill, EN ↔ Español 11.3 Account: trial to active — 7-day trial, activate, 2 activations, buy/renew 11.4 Updates & support — Update SP2K, About, Email support 11.5 Reset — the red Reset, keep-checklist, factory-fresh 11.6 Know your codes — license key vs trial code vs discount code: three codes, three homes
Unit 12 CMem — Cue Memories 7
12.0 The CMem switch — an independent feature; off means the surface is removed, your data survives 12.1 Turning it on + the idea — enable in Version Selection; memories = saved C buildouts 12.2 Store, arm, fire — STORE a snapshot, number chip arms, name fires now 12.3 The caret detail — per-cue PRE delays, live mute, individual drains 12.4 Pages & .sp2kcm files — up to 10 pages, 1–20 slots, colors, save/open a page 12.5 CMem on the Launchpad — learn a pad to a memory, bindable STOP 12.6 The CM side tab — CMem beside the show: slots, page row, transport, D and M
Unit 13 Spotify 8
13.0 The Spotify switch, and what you need — an independent feature; Premium required, your own playlists, your own credentials 13.1 What the Spotify window is — a remote control for the Spotify app, not a player 13.2 Setup: your account and Client ID — developer dashboard, Create app, Redirect URI, Web API, Connect 13.3 The Spot tab: choosing what loads — Playlist A and B, Playlists / Albums / Liked, search, new / rename / remove 13.4 Working the playlists — play from a song, drag to add, copy/paste, reorder, remove; your own lists only 13.5 The transport — play/pause/stop/skip, repeat, scrub, device picker, LIVE PLAYLIST 13.6 Spotify MIDI — the whole transport binds to pads; tracks deliberately do not 13.7 Summary and remember — SP2K directs, Spotify performs — and it obeys DIVA/DUET like everything else
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