M2L Docs
This documentation is applicable to both versions of Mega Mixable Live (M2L) which are as follows:
- Mega Mixable Live (M2L)
- Mega Mixable Live Deluxe (M2LD)
Irrespective of your device and operating system, all versions of M2L will behave similarly on all platforms with only a few minor differences which will be highlighted in this documentation. Differences between the two versions will also be highlighted seeing as M2LD will have features and characteristics that will not be available in M2L.
This documentation will also provide a detailed user guide as to all the functions available in all versions of M2L while you're on board the decks.
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| Mega Mixable Live - Basic Controls |
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| Mega Mixable Live: Deluxe - Basic Controls |
Section 1 - Heads Up Display (HUD)
Applicable Versions: M2L, M2LD
Operating Systems: iOS, Android, Fire OS
The purpose of the HUD in M2L is to provide information to the end user, as well as give them a means to input text data into the deck.
In the HUD section, we have:
1. Name: This is a field that will allow the end user to input any alpha numeric text data that can serve as their name or alias.
2. Beam Notes symbol: The current looped track that is actively playing will be displayed beside this symbol.
3. Clock: This section displays the current date and time according to the clock on your device.
4. Theme: This section displays the current/active theme.
5. System: This section will display your operating systems name.
6. Talk: This is a field that will allow the end user to input text to be used for the Text-To-Speech function (TTS). By touching this box, you will invoke the keyboard for text entry.
7. Track states: This is information displayed in the form of icons that informs the end user of the current state of the looped track they have selected. These icons include the Play, Forward, Rewind, Pause, and the Stop icons.
8. LED Indicators: When a looped track is playing/active, there will be a green LED to denote this. Once a track has been stopped, the LED will go off (white/grey colour). M2LD users will have an extra indicator for screen recording which will turn red once screen and microphone recording is active.
9. Repeat Icon: The repeat icon is always active as all tracks in M2L are looped by default.
10. Language: Below the LED indicators is a 3 letter acronym to denote what language is currently active on the deck.
11. Avatar: This will display a squared image that the end user has selected from their device. Avatars can either be in JPEG or PNG formats.
Section 2 - Percussion Instrumental Pre-sets
Applicable Versions: M2L, M2LD
Operating Systems: iOS, Android, Fire OS
This section of the deck contains 28 different percussion instrumental pre-sets that invoke a corresponding sound once pressed.
You can also press up to 10 buttons at a time to play 10 corresponding sounds simultaneously.
With each button press, the button state will change from 'IDLE' to 'PRESSED', which is denoted by the corresponding button lighting up as well as a percussion sound being played simultaneously. Once the end user takes their finger off the button, it will revert back to an 'IDLE' state.
Please note: Holding down a button will not result in the corresponding percussion sound being looped.
This section also contains a means for the end user to 'SPEAK' the text that they have entered into the text field in the HUD section.
The percussion instrumental pre-sets that are featured in M2L (all versions) are as follows:
1. Bell - Plays a bell sound once on button touch.
2. Cymbal - Plays a Cymbal sound once on button touch.
3. Hi-Hat - Plays a Hi-Hat sound once on button touch.
4. Snare 1 - Plays a Snare 1 sound once on button touch.
5. TomTom - Plays a TomTom sound once on button touch.
6. Bass - Plays a Bass sound once on button touch.
7. E.Bass (Electronic Bass) - Plays a E.Bass sound once on button touch.
8. Snare 2 - Plays a Snare 2 sound once on button touch.
9. Gong 1 - Plays a Gong 1 sound once on button touch.
10. Gong 2 - Plays a Gong 2 sound once on button touch.
11. Tbourine (Tambourine) - Plays a Tambourine sound once on button touch.
12. Clap - Plays a Clap sound once on button touch.
13. Clave 1 - Plays a Clave 1 sound once on button touch.
14. Clave 2 - Plays a Clave 2 sound once on button touch.
15. Castanet - Plays a Castanet sound once on button touch.
16. Timpani - Plays a Timpani sound once on button touch.
17. W.Block (Wooden Block) - Plays a Wooden Block sound once on button touch.
18. Pandeiro - Plays a Pandeiro sound once on button touch.
19. Shaker 1 - Plays a Shaker 1 sound once on button touch.
20. Shaker 2 - Plays a Shaker 2 sound once on button touch.
21. Do 1 - Plays the piano 'Do 1' sound once on button touch.
22. Re - Plays the piano 'Re' sound once on button touch.
23. Mi - Plays the piano 'Mi' sound once on button touch.
24. Fa - Plays the piano 'Fa' sound once on button touch.
25. So - Plays the piano 'So' sound once on button touch.
26. La - Plays the piano 'La' sound once on button touch.
27. Ti - Plays the piano 'Ti' sound once on button touch.
28. Do 2 - Plays the piano 'Do 2' sound once on button touch.
Regarding the Text-To-Speech (TTS) function, the control buttons are as follows:
1. Talk: This will instantly voice out any text that you have entered into the 'TALK' field in the HUD.
2. Break: This will instantly stop voicing out any text that is being spoken.
Section 3 - Deck Controls
Applicable Versions: M2L, M2LD
Operating Systems: iOS, Android, Fire OS
Deck controls as the name implies will give the end user a means to control various aspects of any live musical session. The controls are as follows:
1. Theme: Pressing this button will cycle through the various themes in an ascending order. Once the end user has reached the last theme on the list, pressing the theme button will revert back to the first theme on the list. Please see the product pages for M2L and M2LD for a list of all the themes included in the app.
2. Clear: The clear button will instantly delete all text entries from the NAME and TALK text fields as well as delete the current avatar image (M2LD). The ‘CLEAR’ function on M2L will delete the current avatar only.
3. Avatar: Pressing this button will invoke the image choose which will enable the end user to select any image file from their gallery.
4. Menu: Pressing this button will invoke the user menu which will give the end user the option to visit the official documentation, report a bug, visit the official blog for the company, visit the company's social media profiles, Review the app, go back to the M2L deck, and shut down the app.
5. <<RWD: This button can initiate music playback of the last track on the track list. It can also be used to go back to the previous track during music playback.
6. FWD>>: This button can initiate music playback of the first track on the track list. It can also be used to go to the next track during music playback
7. Lang: Pressing this button will cycle through the 13 different languages included in the app and automatically change all button text, as well as text labels on the decks to the corresponding language. English is the default language. For a list of languages included in M2L please see the product pages for further information.
8. Reset: Pressing this button will revert all text labels and button text to the English language.
9. RESUME>: Pressing this button will continue playback after a pause operation. Playback is continued from the current position of the track.
10. [PAUSE]: Pressing this button will instantly pause the track at its current position.
11. PLAY>: Pressing this button will play a track from the starting point of the track (0:00). Please note that this button only functions on currently playing tracks.
12. [STOP]: Pressing this button will instantly stop a track and set the track time to (0:00).
13. BGM (-): This reduces the deck track volume from its current position. Lowest volume is (0).
14. BGM (+): This increases the deck track volume from its current position. Highest volume is (100).
15. SFX (-): This reduces the deck percussion instrument volume from its current position. Lowest volume is (0).
16. SFX (+): This increases the deck percussion instrument volume from its current position. Lowest volume is (50).
17. ?: Pressing this button will randomly play any of the 28 percussion instrumental pre-sets, main 'scratch' sound, 2 hidden scratch sounds and any other sound the deck can produce.
Section 4 - Indicators
Applicable Versions: M2L, M2LD
Operating Systems: iOS, Android, Fire OS
Indicators provide the end user with a means to visualize important pieces of information (e.g. progress). M2L has the following indicators:
1. SFX: Provides the end user with the SFX volume level. (Percussion Instruments).
2. Track Time: Provides the end user with the current track time.
3. BGM: Provides the end user with the BGM/Track volume level. (looped tracks).
Section 5 - REC
Applicable Versions: M2L, M2LD
Operating Systems: iOS, Android OS, Fire OS
Pressing the [REC] button will allow the end user to:
1. Capture their screen and microphone simultaneously (iOS, Android).
2. Capture their screen alone (iOS).
All captures are saved to the following locations in .mp4 format:
- iOS: Saved to the camera roll.
- Android: Saved to the root folder of your devices storage.
- FireOS: Saved to the root folder of your devices storage.
If you press the [ REC ] button, and there is a slight pause before the red light on the HUD goes on ? Then it means that the recording has successfully been initiated. Pressing this button again, the recording will stop and the red light bulb on the HUD will revert back to grey (OFF).
If you press the [ REC ] button, and there is no short pause before the red light bulb comes on ? Then it means that the recording feature has not been successfully initiated. You will also notice that when you press the [ REC ] button again, the red light will refuse to go off. This is a sign that the recording failed.
Where are my recordings ?
M2LD will save the .mp4 screen recording to the root of your internal storage. However, there have been reports that some end users have not been able to locate their screen recordings after they've captured their sessions. The following captioned images give a step by step tutorial on how to successfully capture and locate your screen recordings.
Note: M2LD is only compatible with Android 8.0+ touchscreen devices.
The device used for the tutorial is a Samsung Galaxy 8 SM-G950F running on Android 9.0, however the same procedures will apply to any other compatible android touchscreen device. Please click on an image to enlarge:
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| After you've downloaded the M2LD app from your desired app store, locate the app on your phone and perform a 'long press' on it to bring up a context menu. This will show an option known as 'App Info'. Press this option. |
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| This will take you to the information page for the M2LD application. |
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| Scroll down the information page until you see a section titled 'permissions'. You will also notice that it says no permissions allowed. Press this section. |
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| You are then brought to a page where you will notice that the 'MICROPHONE' and 'STORAGE' options are toggled off. Toggle them on. |
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| Once you've toggled them on, press the back button to go back to the information page. |
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| On the information page, you will now notice that both permissions are now showing under the permission section. This means that you can now launch the M2LD app. |
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| Once in the M2LD app, you can initiate a capture by pressing the REC button to the top left of the deck. There will be a moments pause, and the red light will turn on. When you're done, press the REC button again and the red light will turn grey. Press MENU and then SHUT DOWN to close the application. |
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| Now go to any FILE MANAGER application on your phone and navigate to the internal memory. |
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| Scroll down the list and you will see a file titled M2LDREC.mp4. Touch this file to play it, or you can decide to rename it, or even share it to social media. |
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| Playing the file will allow you to listen to the screen recordings and sounds that you captured earlier on. |
IMPORTANT: If you do not enable these permissions, the screen recording will not work.
Section 6 - Vinyl (Scratch)
Applicable Versions: M2L, M2LD
Operating Systems: iOS, Android, Fire OS
Touching the spinning Vinyl disk will instantly play the sound effect of a vinyl disk being scratched.
Other Considerations
Deck Menu
Applicable Versions: M2L, M2LD
Operating Systems: iOS, Android, Fire OS
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| Mega Mixable Live - Deck Menu |
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| Mega Mixable Live Deluxe - Deck Menu |
M2L (all versions) include an easily accessible deck menu that will allow end users to:
1.DOCS: Visit the full documentation web page instantly by invoking the default browser on their devices.
2.SUPPORT: Visit the support page on the M2L blog to report bugs.
3.BLOG: Visit the main blog for M2L for the latest news and updates.
4.SOCIAL: Visit the social media pages for M2L.
5.REVIEW: This button will take you to the downloads page, where you can click on the link for the app store you wish to leave a review.
6.BACK: Go back to the deck.
7.SHUT DOWN: Instantly exit the app and shut down the application.
8: GET DELUXE: Pressing this button will take you to the corresponding 'DELUXE' page of your app store where you can purchase Mega Mixable Live: Deluxe. This only applies to Mega Mixable Live users.
Track List
Applicable Versions: M2L, M2LD
Operating Systems: iOS, Android, Fire OS
The following is the official track list for M2L and M2LD:
1. Track 1 - Beat 5
2. Track 2 - Alter
3. Track 3 - Catched
4. Track 4 - Dead Eye
5. Track 5 - Graffiti
6. Track 6 - Half Blood
7. Track 7 - Hopper
8. Track 8 - Machine
9. Track 9 - Two Heads
10. Track 10 - Wanted
11. Track 11 - ab Minor 110bpm
12. Track 12 - Bassfunk DM4
13. Track 13 - bminor 120bpm
14. Track 14 - cminor funk 100bpm
15. Track 15 - dminor 104bpm
16. Track 16 - eminor 90bpm
17. Track 17 - fminor
18. Track 18 - fminor 100bpm
19. Track 19 - FunkBass CM8
20. Track 20 - FunkBass GM3
21. Track 21 - gminor 102bpm
22. Track 22 - gminor funk 94bpm
23. Track 23 - FunkBass
24. Track 24 - Phat Bass
25. Track 25 - Rock Bassline FM
26. Track 26 - Rock Bassline
27. Track 27 - Synth BassFunk DM2
28. Track 28 - Synth DM5
29. Track 29 - Loop 1
30. Track 30 - Bass 1
31. Track 31 - Deep Grunge
32. Track 32 - Synth Chords
33. Track 33 - Bass Loop
34. Track 34 - Bass Loving
35. Track 35 - Guitar Delay
36. Track 36 - Loud Bass 01
37. Track 37 - S Early Eighties
38. Track 38 - Dark Piano
39. Track 39 - Dark Orchestral
40. Track 40 - Investigation Piano
41. Track 41 - Bass01
42. Track 42 - Pretty Pluck Sound
43. Track 43 - Jump! Oh Hi Mark
44. Track 44 - Sint Bass
45. Track 45 - 80
46. Track 46 - Broken Beat
47. Track 47 - Resignation
48. Track 48 - Loop
49. Track 49 - GL Electro Bass
50. Track 50 - Bass1"
51. Track 51 - Soul Driver
52. Track 52 - Loop 1
53. Track 53 - Bass Drum
54. Track 54 - Deep Sub Bass
55. Track 55 - Funkyjam B200
Please note: This documentation is a work in progress and will receive regular updates to correspond with new features being added to M2L.
