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SERATO SCRATCH LIVE •
OPERATOR’S MANUAL
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The column button
is located at the top of the
library pane in the right hand corner. Click on
the column button to select which columns you
want to display. To sort your library by a column,
click the column header so it highlights. For
example, clicking on the album column header
will sort your library alphabetically by album title.
To move a column, drag the header to the left
or right. To resize a column, click on the column
boundary and drag it to the left or right.
USING THE SONG BROWSER
The song browser allows you to filter your song
list by Genre, BPM, Artist and Album. To turn the
song browser on or off, click the browse button.
SearchIng
Scratch Live includes a
search function to help
you find files quickly and
easily. Enter text into the
search box and Scratch
Live will automatically
find as you type. 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 search box to clear the search.
TIP: Use the keyboard shortcut ‘ctrl-f’ to jump
to the search box. This keyboard shortcut will
also take you out of any crate 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.
prepare WIndoW
The prepare window is a holding area for tracks,
much like preparing a set by lifting records part
way out of your record bag. You can drag tracks
(or whole crates) from the main track list into the
prepare window, or simply drag them onto the
prepare button. These tracks will be removed
from the prepare window once they have been
played. All tracks in the prepare window will be
discarded when you exit Scratch Live.
TIP: Use the keyboard shortcut ctrl-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 your selection as a crate.
hIStory
The history button opens a
complete log of all the tracks you
have played and allows exporting Scratch Live
session information as a data file.
Each session is catalogued by date and time.
Using the drop down arrow, you can navigate to
and view detailed information of any previous
sessions. There are columns for the period (i.e.,
date of session), name of track and artist name.
In addition, these other categories listed below
will give you more detailed information about
your sessions:
Start Time
- When viewing a song row, the start
time of the song is displayed. When viewing
a session row, the start time of the session is
displayed with the date (in real time value).
End Time
- When viewing a song row, the end
time of the song is displayed. When viewing
a session row, the end time of the session is
displayed with the date (in real time value).
Playtime
- When viewing a song row, the
total played time of the song is displayed (i.e.,
00:03:00). When viewing a session row, the total
elapsed time of the session is displayed with
date (i.e., 10/09/08 01:38:16).
Deck
- The virtual deck the song was played on
will be displayed under the deck column. In the
song row, either left or right is displayed. The
offline player will be listed as offline.
Notes
- Use this field to list particular information
about your songs and each session (i.e., note
how you transitioned from one track to another).
Start Session / End Session
- To start or end a
session, click the corresponding button.
Insert Track
- If you wish to add information
for tracks not played in Scratch Live into your
session (e.g., if you played one of your favorite
vinyl or CD), select the song you want to
insert after and click the Insert Track button.
Double click the inserted track fields and edit
your information accordingly. (Note that when
exporting an m3u playlist [see exporting below]
“inserted tracks” will not be present.)
Export
- You can export each session as a data
file using the export button. Select a session,
then choose your preferred file format, and click
export. There are three possible export formats:
• text
- to create a simple text file with your
session information contained within.
• csv
- to create a file for use in spreadsheet
software.
• m3u
- to create a playlist file, which can be
imported into media players. Note that an m3u
does not contain audio itself, it only points to
the location of your audio files. (Inserted tracks
within sessions will not be included in an m3u
playlist.)
TIP: To make a new Scratch Live crate
containing your session information, select a
session and drag it to the + plus crate button.
(This will automatically name the crate with
the session date).