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OWNER’S MANUAL

23

SIXTY-EIGHT

MIDI Mapping

It is possible to MIDI-map most mixer controls on the Sixty-Eight and control the color of buttons in the 
software control strips. The following graphics show 

MIDI Out 

“Note ON/OFF” and “Control Change” 

assignments. 

OL

+6

+3

0

-3

-12

-6

-18

10

0

2

4

8

6

10

0

2

4

8

6

RIGHT

LEFT

+6

OFF

+6

OFF

+6

OFF

HIGH

LOW

10

0

2

4

8

6

+6

OFF

+6

OFF

+6

OFF

HIGH

LOW

10

0

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4

8

6

+6

OFF

+6

OFF

+6

OFF

HIGH

LOW

10

0

2

4

8

6

10

0

2

4

8

6

+6

OFF

+6

OFF

+6

OFF

RIGHT

LEFT

MAIN

CUE

MAX

MIN

HIGH

LOW

+6

OFF

+6

OFF

10

0

2

4

8

6

RIGHT

LEFT

+6

OFF

+6

OFF

10

0

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4

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6

10

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6

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B

A

HEADPHONES

BOOTH

SESSION OUT

SESSION IN

BALANCE

PAN

LEVEL

LEVEL / DEPTH

SPLIT CUE

MAIN LEVEL

A

B

CUE

LEVEL

MID

HIGH

LOW

LEVEL

HIGH

PAN

LOW

LEVEL

HIGH

PAN

LOW

FILTER

FLEXFX

CROSSFADER

BEAT 

CUE

EXT. INSERT

5 INSERT

FILTER

FLEXFX

 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

LOOPS

SELECT

SAVE

4

3

2

1

CUE POINTS

SIXTY-EIGHT

5

ROLL

AUTO

MANUAL

IN

LOOP

OUT

LOOP

DELETE

SCROLL

LOAD B

CONTROL POINT

BACK

FLEXFX ON

PH/CD

AUX

PGM 1 SOURCE

2

1

2

1

1 2

A

B

CUE

LEVEL

MID

HIGH

LOW

FILTER

FLEXFX

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

POST

PH/CD

AUX

PGM 4 SOURCE

4

3

4

3

3 4

A

B

PGM 4

PGM 3

PGM 2

PGM 1

56

76

70

95

1

64

88

40

81

75

87

69

105

99

89

0

0

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120

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4

5

12

11

10

13

9

8

43

45

28

29

19

18

23

22

21

20

30

100

116

117

118

119

93

88

82

94

34

31

91

15

14

41

42

Control Change

Note On / Off

16 44

17 25

52

50

63

57

79

78

73

74

75

76

61

51

18 55

19 58

20 2

MAIN OUT

SEND

PHONO

GROUNDS

MIC 1

MIC 2

INPUT SELECT: PHONO - LINE - S/PDIF

AUX INPUTS

SESSION

ANALOG INPUTS

MIC INPUTS

LEFT

2

1

100-240V       50/60 Hz 200 WATTS

LEFT

RIGHT

ACN

001 345 482

MADE IN U.S.A.  RANE CORP.

RIGHT

RETURN

FLEXFX LOOP

LEFT

RIGHT

USB A

USB B

BOOTH OUT

LEFT

RIGHT

R

L

4

3

R

L

OUT

IN

R

L

2

1

R

L

4

1

2

3

4

S/PDIF

3

P - L - S

P - L - S

OFF - +48

P - L - S

P - L - S

R

L

SIXTY-EIGHT

COMMERCIAL

AUDIO

EQUIPMENT

24TJ

R

MIC - LINE

U.S. PATENT 6,813,361

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES

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Control Change

Summary of Contents for SIXTY-EIGHT

Page 1: ...OWNER S MANUAL SIXTY EIGHT RANE SIXTY EIGHT MIXER MANUAL...

Page 2: ...er cord is the AC mains disconnect device and must remain readily operable To completely disconnect this apparatus from the AC mains disconnect the power supply cord plug from the AC receptacle 16 Thi...

Page 3: ...olument rester accessible Pour d connecter totalement l appareil du secteur d branchez le c ble d alimentation de la prise secteur 16 Cet appareil doit tre branch une prise terre avec protection 17 Qu...

Page 4: ...commercial benefit is strictly prohibited For avoidance of doubt the duplication or creation of Control vinyl for any use is strictly prohibited Please respect our copyright Windows is a registered t...

Page 5: ...y 11 PGM Inputs 1 4 11 Mic Inputs 11 Analog Outputs 12 Mixer Controls 12 Four Program Input Channels 12 Crossfader 13 Mics 13 Main Mix 13 Headphones 14 Control Strip Controls 14 Layer Shift 14 Control...

Page 6: ...on the CD ROM that comes with your mixer 1 Insert the Serato DJ Installer CD ROM that came with your unit or browse using Windows Explorer to the location where the Serato DJ download installer was sa...

Page 7: ...the Sixty Eight If your CD players have S PDIF outputs connect these to the S PDIF inputs on the Sixty Eight We recommend connecting decks left of the mixer to 1 and 2 and decks on the right to 3 and...

Page 8: ...ile the Secondary Deck layer is the other secondary Decks You decide which Decks are to be the Primary and Secondary Decks this can be configured in Serato DJ Click the SETUP button at the top of the...

Page 9: ...e situations you will not be able to improve the signal quality and you will have to play on regardless In this situation stick to rel mode The Scopes The scopes on the setup screen in Serato DJ displ...

Page 10: ...R POST PH CD AUX PGM 4 SOURCE 4 3 4 3 3 4 A B PGM 4 PGM 3 PGM 2 PGM 1 BPM 120 TIME 125MS BEAT 1 4 Mic 1 allows 48 volt switchable phantom power Mic 2 allows switchable Mic or Line level input Both Mic...

Page 11: ...XLR 3 pin plug a balanced 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 analo...

Page 12: ...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 HEA SES SE B LEVEL DEPTH SP MA A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW LEVEL HIGH PAN LOW LEVEL HI...

Page 13: ...VEL MID HIGH LOW LEVEL HIGH PAN LOW LEVEL HIGH PAN LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSFADER BEAT CUE EXT INSERT 5 INSERT FILTER FLEXFX BEAT TIME TAP MIC 2 MONO LOOPS SELECT SAVE 4 3 2 1 CUE POINTS 5 ROLL AUTO MAN...

Page 14: ...6 OFF 6 OFF 10 0 2 4 8 6 RIGHT LEFT 6 OFF 6 OFF 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 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...

Page 15: ...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 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 B A HEADPHONES BOOTH SESSION OUT SESSION IN BALA...

Page 16: ...n on sync and cue effects before you hear them in the Main Mix Only one internal effect is selected at a time Having six independent buttons it is possible to drum in different effects all with indepe...

Page 17: ...ff bypassed there is no change in what is heard in the Main Mix when a channel is assigned to the FlexFx Loop In this instance it is possible to add internal or External effects to the signal and Cue...

Page 18: ...ato DJ With no other channels assigned to the FlexFX press the FlexFX button in the channel playing a song with a tagged BPM in Serato DJ The Match Indicator will change to a flashing asterisk indicat...

Page 19: ...etely independent It is possible to run Serato DJ on one port while running third party software using ASIO or Core Audio on the other Mac or PC in any combination Record channels are assigned as foll...

Page 20: ...USB 3 Playback 5 6 USB 4 Playback 7 8 USB 5 Playback 9 10 PH CD 2 AUX 2 PGM 2 POST PH CD 3 AUX 3 PGM 3 POST USB Record to PH CD 4 AUX 4 PGM 4 POST USB Playback from USB 6 Record Main Mix Mic 1 Mic 2 P...

Page 21: ...ferences PGM 1 4 or MIDI icon in the upper left hand corner of the control panel The Preferences page controls the following functions Headphone Tone These Low and High tone controls affect the freque...

Page 22: ...knob that provides both High and Low Cut filtering Filter resonance controls how peaky the gain is at the filter cutoff frequency The Low setting provides the smoothest filter without adding gain The...

Page 23: ...D A LAYER SHIFT BACK LOOPS SELECT SAVE 4 3 2 1 CUE POINTS SIXTY EIGHT 5 ROLL AUTO MANUAL IN LOOP OUT LOOP DELETE SCROLL LOAD B CONTROL POINT BACK FLEXFX ON PH CD AUX PGM 1 SOURCE 2 1 2 1 1 2 A B CUE L...

Page 24: ...UE 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 LOOPS SELECT SAVE 4 3 2 1 CUE POINTS SIXTY EIGHT 5 ROLL AU...

Page 25: ...9 7 3 10 10 7 5 2 5 11 8 1 94 12 8 5 1 41 13 9 0 92 14 9 5 0 45 15 10 0 00 PGM 1 Filter Resonance 22 0 64 Low 65 127 High PGM 1 Record Select 23 1 Record PH CD 1 2 Record PGM 1 Post 3 Record Aux 1 PGM...

Page 26: ...2 Main Record Select 35 1 Record Main Mix 2 Record Mic 1 3 Record Mic 2 Phones Tone High 36 0 127 64 flat Phones Tone Low 37 0 127 64 flat Backlight 38 0 Off 1 On Control Change Output from the Device...

Page 27: ...ssfader A 2 Crossfader B 3 Post Crossfader PGM 4 Crossfader Select 123 1 Crossfader A 2 Crossfader B 3 Post Crossfader PGM 1 Input Select 112 1 PHONO 2 SPDIF 3 LINE PGM 2 Input Select 113 1 PHONO 2 SP...

Page 28: ...in the mix 4 Fade out the audio playing from the first computer to the audio playing from the second computer 5 When only audio from the second computer is left in the mix remove the first computer 6...

Page 29: ...nt USB Audio Six Stereo Record Five Stereo Playback 48 kHz 32 bit floating point FlexFX Return Stereo unbalanced TS tip sleeve phone jack FlexFX Send Stereo unbalanced TS phone jack Mic Inputs Balance...

Page 30: ...each side of the mixer and above the controls on the face of the mixer Two mounting bracket kits are available for the Sixty Eight Mixer Brackets install easily with three screws on each side These a...

Page 31: ...FX ON A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSFADER POST A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSFADER POST A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSFADER POST A B PGM 4 PGM 3 PGM 2 P...

Page 32: ...st take the carrier off of the rails by removing one of the endblocks Clean the rails using a lint free cloth and alcohol Use a cue tip and alcohol to clean the carrier bearings 3 With the fader clean...

Page 33: ...ir connectors 7 Unplug the connectors 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 fade...

Page 34: ...sued under the sole responsibility of Rane Corporation Type of Equipment Professional Audio Signal Processing Brand Rane Model Sixty Eight Immunity Results THD N 4 dBu 400 Hz BW 20 Hz 20 kHz Test Desc...

Page 35: ...THIS LIMITED WARRANTY SHALL BE THAT WHICH IS DESCRIBED TO THE ORIGINAL RETAIL PURCHASER BY THE AUTHORIZED RANE DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE Rane Corporation does not however warrant i...

Page 36: ...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 repair...

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