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RANE SIXTY-EIGHT

FOR

SERATO SCRATCH LIVE

•

OPERATOR’S MANUAL

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2.2

SIXTY-EIGHT

TWO COMPUTERS, TWO USB PORTS, FOUR DECKS AND A RANGE OF EFFECTS

Summary of Contents for Sixty Eight

Page 1: ...RANE SIXTY EIGHT FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE OPERATOR S MANUAL 2 2 SIXTY EIGHT TWO COMPUTERS TWO USB PORTS FOUR DECKS AND A RANGE OF EFFECTS...

Page 2: ...RANE SIXTY EIGHT FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE OPERATOR S MANUAL 2 2 2...

Page 3: ...ain readily operable 16 This apparatus shall be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection 17 When permanently connected an all pole mains switch with a contact separatio...

Page 4: ...17 How to Analyze Files 17 About Corrupt Files 17 Playback Control 18 The Control Record 18 The Control CD 18 Vinyl Scroll 18 Set Auto BPM 18 The Offline Player 18 Main Screen Overview 19 Virtual Deck...

Page 5: ...Connection 36 DJ Handover 36 Keyboard Shortcuts 37 Additional Setup 38 Hardware 38 USB Buffer Size Latency 38 Updating Firmware 38 Input Select Status 38 Headphone Tone 38 Flashing Deck Indicator 38...

Page 6: ...ed TRS tip ring sleeve plug or an unbalanced TS tip sleeve plug Mic 1 has a switchable phantom power option and Mic 2 has a switchable line level option Analog Outputs All analog outputs come from the...

Page 7: ...EXFX CROSSFADER POST PH CD AUX PGM 2 SOURCE 2 1 2 1 1 2 A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSFADER POST PH CD AUX PGM 3 SOURCE 4 3 4 3 3 4 A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSFADER...

Page 8: ...4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3...

Page 9: ...ich of the Virtual Decks the control strips are in command of Pressing this button toggles between the assigned Primary and Secondary Deck Layers as chosen in Scratch Live See Primary Secondary Deck L...

Page 10: ...rnal analog effects and external USB effects applied in any combination It is possible to cue and control the level of this auxiliary mix in the Main Mix This architecture is very flexible and not at...

Page 11: ...p bypass Six built in effects Filter Flanger Phaser Hold Echo Robot Reverb General Behavior The effect time is saved for each effect Changing BPM for one effect changes the BPM for all effects Tapping...

Page 12: ...selector USB 3 Playback Virtual Deck Three PGM 3 Source selector PGM 4 Source selector USB 4 Playback Virtual Deck Four PGM 3 Source selector PGM 4 Source selector USB 5 Playback is the RETURN on the...

Page 13: ...ive icon to your dock for quick launching 3 Plug either USB port from your Sixty Eight to a computer USB port No extra hardware or driver installation is required Windows It is important that Windows...

Page 14: ...r and double clicking on the application You can also do this if you have already installed the latest version just rename the application eg to Scratch Live 2 1 1 and then reinstall the earlier versi...

Page 15: ...e Threshold A threshold is a lower limit below which a process will not occur In the case of Scratch Live the noise threshold is the limit below which the input signal will not be interpreted as contr...

Page 16: ...net audio files see Whitelabel net on page 17 NOTE Older iTunes Music Store DRM files cannot be played back by Scratch Live iTunes Plus files are DRM free Playing Music Click on the All icon to show a...

Page 17: ...ixty Eight disconnected On the left side of the main screen click the Analyze Files button to automatically build overviews for all the tracks in your library TIP You can drag and drop individual fold...

Page 18: ...trol CD to access Vinyl Scroll Find the track you want to load and go back to track 1 The track you selected will be loaded and ready to play You can reverse the direction of Vinyl Scroll and set the...

Page 19: ...peaks for the track on the left side above a row of blue peaks for the track on the right side in the Tempo Matching display area When the two tracks are matched to the same tempo the peaks will line...

Page 20: ...rmation 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 t...

Page 21: ...tion displayed In Library Mode only the track information Virtual Deck mode track overview display and meter are displayed TIP Use the space bar to toggle between Library Mode and your current display...

Page 22: ...al mode to ABS mode by lifting the needle and placing it in the lead in of the control record Emergency Internal mode will activate after 1 second Use the keyboard shortcut F1 left deck or F6 right de...

Page 23: ...There is a temporary cue point that can be used like the cue button on many DJ CD players Press ctrl I to set this temporary cue point on the Left Deck and ctrl K to set it on the Right Deck This tem...

Page 24: ...ing the shortcut keys ctrl 1 through 0 Customizing Cue Points The colors of cue points can be changed at any time To change the color of a cue point click on the colored square and choose a new color...

Page 25: ...ttons as laid out on screen ie if the onscreen buttons display 1 2 4 8 16 bar loops alt 1 triggers 1 bar loop and alt 5 triggers a 16 bar loop Loop Roll Loop roll performs a standard auto loop but whe...

Page 26: ...n slot 6 to trigger each sample respectively SP 6 Instant Doubles You can instant double from the Virtual Decks down to the SP 6 from the SP 6 up to the Virtual Decks and also between the sample slot...

Page 27: ...olume of the loaded sample The gain adjustment will also be written to the track s ID3 tag meaning that it will be the same everytime you load it SP 6 Output Selector Use the master output selector bu...

Page 28: ...ttons Each Deck can only pass through one FX unit at a time Show Parameters Press the Show Parameters button to expose the individual parameters for each effect You can then control the individual par...

Page 29: ...to the mouse If you need to change a control using the mouse disable MIDI assign mode MIDI Platters The Scratch Live Virtual Decks are not user assignable to MIDI control MIDI devices with platters on...

Page 30: ...t 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 pane...

Page 31: ...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...

Page 32: ...ck information NOTE We recommend that you turn off any wireless networking devices when using Scratch Live If you export your playlist online whilst playing you may experience USB dropouts If so you m...

Page 33: ...he track has been imported from the iTunes library The track has been imported from the iTunes library and Scratch Live has detected some corruption in the MP3 file Solution If possible re encode the...

Page 34: ...ntrols 2 Choose the Input Source by clicking on the downward arrow icon to get the drop menu 3 Click the red record icon to start recording 4 The record icon flashes while recording and the display sh...

Page 35: ...t right arrow to the Right Deck NOTE Recording files are automatically split when the recording exceeds 3 hours 16 bit or 1 hour 50 minutes 24 bit See Recording Bit Depth on page 38 Sampling From Viny...

Page 36: ...channel for you to take over See USB Sources Analog Inputs on page 19 2b USING TWO CONTROL SOURCES Unassign the USB Source for the non playing Virtual Deck on Computer A Then have Computer B assign th...

Page 37: ...te 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 strin...

Page 38: ...ect value Headphone Tone These controls adjust the Low and High tone controls to the headphone outputs Flashing Deck Indicator Displays a flashing white border around the Virtual Decks which currently...

Page 39: ...Doubles This option allows you to quickly match the playhead position of two tracks With this option enabled when you load the same file on one Virtual Deck that is already loaded on the other Virtua...

Page 40: ...o the file information of tracks in your iTunes library will not appear in iTunes until after you play the track Scratch Live cannot play files that have been protected by Digital Rights Management sy...

Page 41: ...orms the Library and the SETUP screen Audio Cache Use this slider to set the amount of audio that is loaded into memory A small audio cache will place less load on your computer and the tracks will lo...

Page 42: ...e USA The first time I play a new track it takes a while to load Scratch Live has to read the entire file and create a file index overview the first time it is loaded This may take a few seconds for l...

Page 43: ...an audio file Unsupported file This MP3 contains mul tiple layers While scanning this file Scratch Live found frames belonging to multiple MPEG layers Scratch Live does not support MP3s containing fr...

Page 44: ...rom the speakers CD PLAYER INTO PHONO INPUT The Sixty Eight is set to receive a phono level input Switch to the correct Line setting on the Sixty Eight PHONO INTO LINE INPUT The Sixty Eight is set to...

Page 45: ...h Live is unable to track correctly Swap sides or get new vinyl ASAP LEFT CHANNEL IS NOISE Left signal has been lost with a noisy loose connection RIGHT CHANNEL IS NOISE Right signal has been lost wit...

Page 46: ...le 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...

Page 47: ...XFX BEAT TIME TAP MIC 2 MONO LOOPS SELECT SAVE 4 3 2 1 CUE POINTS 5 ROLL AUTO MANUAL IN LOOP OUT LOOP DELETE MIC 1 PHASER FLEXFX FLEXFX FLANGER ROBOT ECHO REVERB POST SCROLL LOAD A LAYER SHIFT BACK LO...

Page 48: ...back and forth to distribute lubricant E Do not bend the torsion spring Do not disturb the position of the small sensors at each end of the Fader If you accidentally do make sure the parts are standin...

Page 49: ...onnectors of the three white and blue wires 8 Slide out the fader assembly completely 9 The channel faders are mounted in pairs Remove the four screws for each pair of faders 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 0 The...

Page 50: ...d A2 Record A3 Record A4 HP FILTER HP FILTER Record PGM 1 Record PGM 2 Record PGM 4 Record Main Mix Return Send METER A D PGM 1 PGM 2 PGM 3 PGM 4 FlexFx Loop MICS SC 2 Record SC 3 Record SC 1 Record S...

Page 51: ...sional Audio Signal Processing BRAND Rane Model Sixty Eight Immunity Results THD N 4 dBu 400 Hz BW 20 Hz 20 kHz Test Description Measurement Conditions RF Electromagnetic Fields Immunity 80 MHz 1000 M...

Page 52: ...ED TO THE ORIGINAL RETAIL PURCHASER BY THE AUTHORIZED RANE DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE Rane Corporation does not however warrant its products against any and all defects 1 arising ou...

Page 53: ...hased in the U S AT THE RANE FACTORY IN THE U S If the product is being sent to Rane for repair please call the factory for a Return Authorization number We recommend advance notice be given to the re...

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