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Manual-10

To remove a cue point, use the 

x

 button on the right side of 

the cue point panel.

A cue point can occupy any of the 5 slots. You can drag and 

drop cue points to change their order in the list. If you wish to 

have the cue points sorted chronologically, check the 

sort cues 

chronologically

 option in the 

setup

 screen. If you load the 

same track on to both decks, you will be able to add or modify 

cue points from either deck.

When you press a jump to cue point button while you are 

not playing, it plays forward for as long as you hold down the cue 

point button, and jumps back to the cue point when you release 

the mouse button.

Tip: use the keyboard shortcuts 

ctrl-comma

 (for left) and 

ctrl-

dot

 (for right) to place cue points.

Looping

You can save up to 9 loops per track; these 

loops are saved in the file, and will be pres

-

ent when you reload the track. To make a 

loop, set the in-point by clicking the 

in

 button, and the out-point 

by clicking the 

out

 button. To turn the loop on or off, click the 

loop

 button. If you want the playhead to jump to the start of the 

loop when you enable the loop, hold the control key and press 

the 

loop

 button.

To adjust the in-point of the loop, click the 

in

 button. You 

can use the arrow keys: 

 

to move the in-point towards the 

start of the track, 

 to move the in-point towards the end of the 

track. Hold down the shift key while pressing the arrow key to 

make coarse adjustments. Click the 

in

 button again to save the 

in-point. The same applies to adjusting the out-point.

There are 9 available loop slots per track. If a loop is set in 

a given slot, the background (behind the loop number) will be 

green. Press the 

x

 button to clear the loop. If you click on the 

number of a occupied loop slot, a red border will appear. This 

indicates the loop is locked, and you will not be able to adjust the 

end points or delete the loop until you unlock it, by clicking on 

the number again.

Autoplay

Click the 

auto

 button to enable autoplay. 

With this setting turned on, when one track finishes playing, the 

next track starts automatically. Load from a crate to play through 

the songs in that crate, or from your library to play through your 

library. Use the next 



| and previous |



 buttons to jump to 

the next track or go to the previous track in the list. 

Play from 

start

 must be checked in the 

setup

 screen.

Repeat

Use the repeat function to repeat the song.

Tip: Short “loop” samples can be turned into a continuous 

track using repeat function. The loops need to be less than 10 
seconds long, and cut at the start and end of a bar.

Tap Tempo 

For tracks with no BPM information, there is a tap tempo button 

displayed where the BPM usually is, in the song info area.

Pressing 

alt-space bar

 activates the tempo tapper (press 

alt-

space bar

 a second time to activate the tempo tapper on the right 

Virtual Deck). Tap the space bar along with the beat. 

After you’ve tapped the first beat, you can switch to double 

time tapping, half time, start of each bar etc. The range is set by 

the first two taps, after that you can switch to any steady rhythm 

you feel comfortable with – quarter notes, half note, whole notes. 

Esc

 resets the BPM, 

Enter

 saves the BPM to the track. You can use 

the mouse if you prefer.

Your CD player or turntable’s pitch slider doesn’t need to 

be at zero, we do the math for you. You can also use the tempo 

tapper when no song is loaded, for finding the BPM of regular 

records, for example.

Summary of Contents for 17357 SCRATCHLIVE MP 4

Page 1: ...E USB LINE USB INPUT INPUT PGM CUE A B MP 4 MIXER A PROGRAM A PROGRAM B CUE PHONES MIC B PAN HOUSE LEVEL POWER 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 0 24 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 0 24 12 12 17357 SCRATCHLIVE MP 4 OPERATORS MANUAL 1 7 4 ...

Page 2: ...ug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or third prong is provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect the power cord and plug from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where it exits from the apparatus 11 Only use attachment...

Page 3: ...display 12 Beat Matching display 12 Gain adjustment 12 Master gain 12 Tap Tempo 12 Organizing your music 13 Grouping tracks into crates 13 Sorting your files 13 Using the song browser 14 Searching 14 Prepare window 15 Review window 15 Editing ID3 tags 15 Status icons 15 Display album art 15 Playing tracks direct from audio CD 16 Previewing tracks 16 Recording 16 Keyboard shortcuts 17 Additional se...

Page 4: ...sed as a generic sound card with other software applications for best performance and support we highly recommend using Scratch LIVE Performance using other applications may vary and compatibility is not guaranteed The computer sees the MP 4 as three USB audio devices two stereo play and one stereo record ASIO for PC and CoreAudio for Mac drivers are included The digital audio format is 24 bit 3 b...

Page 5: ...rd When it s all the way right only PROGRAM B is heard When it s in the middle both PROGRAM A and B are mixed together equally This is an Active Crossfader which uses a VCA to deliver an extended life with reduced travel noise but to insure trouble free operation see Fader Cleaning on page Manual 4 7 HOUSE LEVEL control Adjusts the Output Level of the Main mix to the HOUSE Outputs 8 CUE switches S...

Page 6: ...tch out Each of these may be assigned to PROGRAM A or B using the front panel INPUT selectors The PHONO GROUND screw connects those extra wires coming out of the turntables 7 MIC Input jack Accepts either a balanced TRS or unbalanced TS microphone plug controlled by the front panel MIC LEVEL control MADE IN U S A RANE CORP RIGHT LEFT RIGHT RIGHT LEFT LEFT LEVEL R L PHONO LINE PHONO GROUND MIC TO U...

Page 7: ... with it On the Mac you can use the MP 4 with any audio application though technical support is limited to Scratch LIVE Getting started on Windows Windows XP 1 Disconnect any unneccessary USB devices from your PC 2 Connect the MP 4 to your computer with the supplied USB cable 3 The Found New Hardware bubbles appear MP 4 USB Composite Device MP 4 USB1 Out USB Audio Device MP 4 USB2 Out USB Audio De...

Page 8: ...o install the Scratch LIVE driver Windows Troubleshooting If you have a USB PCI card your computer may have allocated bandwith to other devices including your mouse preventing Scratch LIVE from recognising the MP 4 Unplug unneccesary devices and install Scratch LIVE again You may need to tempo rarily move your mouse to the built in USB port After installa tion reconnect USB units as needed If othe...

Page 9: ...verviews If you run Scratch LIVE with the hardware interface discon nected you will notice a button labeled build overviews on the main screen Click this to automatically build the overviews for all the tracks in your library The track name and location are shown in the bar immediately below the button Below this are three more bars The first bar shows track reading progress the second bar shows o...

Page 10: ...r hold the shift key and drag the pitch slider to move it slowly Drag the center of the small pitch slider to make fine pitch adjustments or click on either side of the small slider to pitch bend Play pause forward Bend up Fast forward Track gain Repeat Fine Pitch adjust Pitch adjust Auto play Fader start Key lock Bend down Rewind Play pause reverse Loop Controls Playback speed Censor Loop Selecto...

Page 11: ...ered from the Crossfader using the fader start feature To start playback using the Crossfader pause the track at the desired position and press the fader start button Now each time you move the Crossfader from its end position the track will start playing from that point Moving the Cross fader from the right end point will start the left deck when fader start is turned on and moving the crossfader...

Page 12: ...behind the loop number will be green Press the x button to clear the loop If you click on the number of a occupied loop slot a red border will appear This indicates the loop is locked and you will not be able to adjust the end points or delete the loop until you unlock it by clicking on the number again Autoplay Click the auto button to enable autoplay With this setting turned on when one track fi...

Page 13: ... sync Visual aids When the track is playing several waveforms are displayed Each shows a different aspect of the track being played Track Overview display This view provides a complete overview of the waveform of the track and includes a marker to show the current position within the track This view is useful for finding transitions within the track The waveform is colored according to the spectru...

Page 14: ...mpo Matching display 2 Adjust the pitch of the right deck until the blue peaks sit under the orange peaks in the Tempo Matching display Once they are aligned the two tracks have the same tempo 3 Next align the markers in the Beat Matching display Watch the color of the items passing by in the Main Waveform dis play Remember that a kick or bass drum will be red in color and a snare drum will be gre...

Page 15: ... the setup screen applies to removing editing and renaming crates Check this option to prevent changes to your crates If you do delete a crate by ac cident you can get it back from the recycle bin trash Crate files have the extension crate Subcrates You can drag and drop crates into other crates to make subcrates If you drag a crate to the very left of the crate panel it will stay in the top level...

Page 16: ...te or playlist that you might be in and into your main library so you can find any track in your collection If you then click on a crate or playlist the search query will be cleared To select which fields the search function will look through click on the left hand side of the search box The drop down menu shows which fields are currently being used Press esc or the x button on the right of the se...

Page 17: ...l p to add tracks to the prepare window Tip Select the contents of the prepare window and drag them onto the new crate button to save the selection Review window The review window shows the tracks you have recently played in the order in which they were played Tracks you have played recently are colored green press the clear button to reset the list of recently played tracks Tip Select the content...

Page 18: ...gram B respectively The mic function will ignore all other inputs saving only the microphone input Press the red record button to start and stop recording Enter a name for the recording in the text field to the right of the elapsed time Press the save button b to save the recording to disk Tip Use keyboard shortcut ctrl n to start a new recording Playing tracks direct from audio CD You can play tr...

Page 19: ... track from library remove track from crate delete crate does not delete the file ctrl shift del and ctrl shift backspace Delete the file from your library and send to the recycle bin Note to iTunes users files in your iTunes library cannot be deleted this way ctrl shift Toggle the input reverse switch esc Clear search string if searching or exit Scratch LIVE Note Playback cue and speed controls u...

Page 20: ...ate and looping settings copied This setting overrides the play from start and play from first cue point options Play from first cue point Enable this option to start all tracks from the first cue point This setting overrides the play from start option Play from start Enable this to start all tracks from the beginning If this setting is not enabled freshly loaded tracks will continue to play from ...

Page 21: ...his setting to automatically generate the track overview as soon as a track is loaded If this setting is not enabled the track overview will be generated as the track plays Automatically generating the track overview uses more of the computer s CPU power and should be disabled on slower computers Center on selected song With this option on scrolling up and down in your library holds the selected t...

Page 22: ...ion visit www support microsoft com I want to backup my library and crates or move them to another machine so where are they stored Your database and crates are stored in the folder Home Mu sic ScratchLIVE on a Mac and My Documents My Music Scratch LIVE on a PC Crates have the file extension slc If your library contains tracks that are stored on a drive other than your boot drive a hidden folder c...

Page 23: ... dB EQ 12 dB 12 A LOW HI EQ LOW HI 12 dB EQ 12 dB 12 B MAIN RIGHT MST REC LEFT MST REC RIGHT LEFT RIGHT MIC LEVEL 24 0 12 24 0 12 USB 2L USB 1L RIAA PHONO LINE IN 1 RIAA PHONO LINE IN 2 USB 2R USB 1R SELECT AR SELECT BR SELECT AL SELECT BL A LEVEL A LEFT MIC B LEVEL B LEFT A LEVEL A RIGHT B LEVEL B RIGHT MIC TO USB RECORD ...

Page 24: ... frames belonging to multiple MPEG layers Scratch LIVE does not support MP3s that contain frames from multiple layers some frames may be output as silence Unsupported file This file is more than 2GB in size Self explanatory At the moment Scratch LIVE does not support files that are 2GB in size or larger Unsupported file This file has data blocks greater than 2GB in size This file contains chunks o...

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