CUE POINTS
Use cue points in Scratch Live to mark and
trigger different parts of your tracks. The cue
point markers are saved with the file in the
track’s ID3 tag. This means they will be present
each time you load the track.
SETTING CUE POINTS
You can set up to five cue points for each track.
Click on the
+
button to place a cue point, or
use the keyboard shortcuts below. A cue point
will be set at the current playhead position of the
track and can occupy any of the 5 slots.
Use the keyboard shortcuts: ctrl-comma (for
left) and ctrl-period (for right) to place cue points
in chronological order. Alternatively, use ctrl-1
through 0 to set a specific cue point, i.e., to set a
cue point on the Left Deck in slot 2, press ctrl-2.
Notice the stripe on the Virtual Deck jumps to
the 12 o’clock position and changes color when
you set a cue point – you are at the cue point
when the stripe is one solid color and at the 12
o’clock position. As the track plays on beyond
the position of the cue point, the colored bar
shortens by a fifth for each rotation. Likewise, as
you approach the cue point, the color will grow
by a fifth each rotation. For example, the picture
below shows the track just before the end of the
5th rotation before the cue point.
TIP: zoom in on the waveform using the – and
+ keys and ‘scrub’ to the desired position for
greater accuracy when setting cue points.
ENABLE HOT CUES
To turn on hot cues, check
Enable Hot Cues
in
the Playback tab on the Setup screen. When Hot
Cues are enabled, you can set cue points simply
by pressing the number keys 1 through 0 (no ctrl
modifier required). Note that you can only add
cues this way if the cue point slots are empty.
SEE “ENABLE HOT CUES” ON PAGE 38.
TRIGGERING CUE POINTS
Click the
arrow to the left of each cue point
to jump to it (REL and INT modes only). You
can also jump to cue points using keyboard
shortcuts: 1 through 5 for the cue points on the
Left Deck, and 6 through 0 for the Right Deck
cue points.
EDITING CUE POINTS
To remove a cue point, use the
x
button on the
right side of the cue point panel. You can also
overwrite cue points by using 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 from
the drop down menu.
You can also drag and drop cue points to
change their order in the list. If you wish to have
the cue points sorted chronologically, check
Sort cues chronologically
in the Playback
tab on the Setup screen. If you load the same
track onto both Decks, you will be able to add or
modify cue points from either Deck.
When you jump to a cue point in INT mode
while paused, the track will play from the cue
point for as long as the key or mouse button
is pressed, after which the playhead returns to
the cue point. If this is done using the keyboard
while the track is playing in either INT or REL
mode, the cue point will be repeatedly triggered,
producing a stuttering effect.
LOOPING
You can save up to 9
loops per track. These
loops are saved in the
file, and will be present 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: left arrow
to move the in-point towards the start of the
track, right arrow 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.
You can also use the control vinyl (or CD) to
adjust the in- and out-point. Click the
in
button,
then move the control vinyl. Moving the vinyl will
adjust the in-point. Once you are happy with the
new in-point, click the
in
button again to save,
and release the control vinyl.
The control vinyl will go back to controlling
playback once the record is back up to normal
speed. Using the control vinyl to adjust loop
end points is optional — to turn this feature off,
disable
Adjust loops with vinyl
under the Vinyl
Control tab in the Setup screen.
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