OWNER’S MANUAL
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Rane Drivers
The Serato DJ installer includes Core Audio (Mac) and ASIO (PC) drivers that allow your Rane Sixty-One
to use other popular DJ and DAW audio applications. Once installed, you will have the option to select the
Sixty-One’s inputs and outputs in the audio settings of these programs.
ASIO (Windows)
The Sixty-One comes with a low-latency ASIO device driver on the installation CD to interface with
Serato DJ and other 3rd-party software applications on Windows operating systems. Multi-client ASIO
allows different audio software applications to simultaneously stream audio to and from the Sixty-One.
If the same playback channel is selected in more than one application, the driver mixes the audio from
the applications before streaming it to the device. The driver Control Panel may be launched from the
Windows Control Panel. Select Start > Control Panel > Rane Sixty-One. It can also be launched from
within Serato DJ in the Audio tab of the Setup screen.
Core Audio (Macintosh)
The Sixty-One uses a low-latency Core Audio device driver on the installation CD to interface with Serato
DJ and other 3rd-party software applications on Macintosh operating systems. Core Audio allows audio
software applications to simultaneously stream audio to and from the Sixty-One. To launch the Sixty-One
driver Control Panel, open the System Preferences window. Locate the Sixty-One in the “Other” section
and click the Sixty-One icon.
NOTE:
Settings are saved in the mixer. The control panel for Windows or Macintosh is updated with the
mixer’s settings. Therefore, when you connect to a different Sixty-One Mixer, it's saved settings override
your previous Control Panel settings.
The control Panel consists of three pages: Preferences, Program (Deck) Inputs 1-2, and MIDI. The current
page title is in the center. To move between the pages, click the
icon in the upper left-hand corner of
the control panel.
Preferences page controls:
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USB-6 (11-12) Record source
: Two radio
buttons select the Main Mix or Mic.
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Analog Insert
: +4 dBu or -10 dBV. We
recommend the +4 dBu setting unless you insert
a low-voltage device, in which you should use
the -10 dBV setting.
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Buffer Size
: The Buffer Size control allows the
USB driver buffer to be increased or decreased.
The Sixty-One drivers are designed to run at
latencies as low 8 milliseconds. However, computer performance and available resources (number of
applications running) may adversely affect the computer’s ability to stream audio reliably. If pops and
clicks are heard in the USB audio, try increasing the buffer size to eliminate them. With ASIO, total
round-trip latency is equal to Buffer Size plus device latency. With Core Audio, total round-trip latency is
equal to Buffer Size plus software application buffer latency, plus device latency. Device latency is 2.26
ms.
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Update Device Firmware
: This panel indicates the firmware version currently installed in the Sixty-One.
If the Sixty-One firmware installed on your computer is newer than the firmware in your Sixty-One, the
Update Device Firmware panel is enabled. Pressing the Update Firmware button updates the Sixty-One
firmware to the newer version.