RANE SL1 FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL 2.5.0
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Mixing
With One
Turntable Or
CD Player
This single turntable technique allows you
to mix as if you had two turntables, using
just one. If one of your turntables is not
performing properly, or if you only have
one available, you will be able to continue
to mix the way you are used to.
The following is a step-by-step
description of how to perform a mix using
only your right turntable or CDJ with the
instant doubles feature.
Menu Settings
Go to the setup menu, click on the
playback tab. Make sure “instant doubles”
is checked, and “lock playing deck” is
unchecked.
1.
Load a track onto the right deck in
Scratch Live and play as usual.
2.
Put the left hand deck into
int
mode.
3.
Load the same song you have playing
on the right deck onto the left deck. The
track on the left will start playing from
the same point and at the same pitch as
the right deck
4.
You can now quickly slide the cross
fader over to the left deck.
5.
Your right deck is now free to load up a
new song ready to mix in.
6.
Repeat!
Tip: Instant Doubles works with either
Deck.
See “Lock Playing Deck” on page 30.
See “Instant Doubles” on page 31.
LiveFeed
LiveFeed allows you to stream the mic
input to a Virtual Deck. You can then
instantly play the recording back just like
a normal audio file - you can scratch it,
speed it up, slow it down, set loops and
set cue points.
There are two recording options,
Normal and Gated. The Normal option
means recording will begin as soon as
the normal Livefeed track is loaded to the
Virtual Deck. The Gated option means that
after a Gated Livefeed track is loaded,
recording only begins once the set gate
level is exceeded (thus avoiding silence).
You can set the gate level by clicking the
dropdown menu in the LiveFeed filename.
A lower gain setting makes the gate more
sensitive.
The amount of time available to record
is determined by your audio cache setting.
The track overview display shows the
amount of usable audio you have to play
with from the recording. Click anywhere
in the track overview display to jump to
your desired position in the recording.
See
First locate the LiveFeed files in your
library. Type “livefeed” into the search box
and you will see:
LiveFeed - Rane SL1 Mic In
LiveFeed - Rane SL1 Mic In (Gated).
Load the desired LiveFeed file to either
Deck. The waveforms will start to build
in the track overview and main waveform
display as the input is recorded, you
can now use the recording as normal.
Performing a needle drop on the record
brings the playhead back to the “now”
position in the audio stream.
Record Gain Knob
Adjust the record level using this Gain
knob. The meter tells you the level of your
audio. Ideally the meter should sit just
below the red, meaning your signal is as
loud as it can be without clipping.
NOTE: If you turn the Record Gain
knob down and the red clip led is still
illuminated, this means the signal is
clipping on the input of the SL1. Turn
down the level at your audio source
before it reaches the SL1 if possible.
TIPS.
• The keyboard shortcut ctrl-n turns
recording on and off.
• Load a recording without saving it using
the short cut keys shift left arrow to
Deck 1 or shift right arrow to Deck 2.
NOTE: Recordings over 3 hours are
automatically split into individual files.
Sampling from Vinyl
You can use the SL1 interface to sample
from vinyl or any other sound source.
Click the
icon next to the Input Source
to select inputs 1 or 2.
TIP: Remember that ctrl-n turns
recording on and off, and you can load
a recording without saving it using shift
+ left arrow or shift + right arrow. Drop
the needle into a loud part of the track,
record a few seconds, and then shift +
left arrow or shift + right arrow to load
it to the Virtual Deck. This way you can
double check your levels and adjust
with the Gain control.
