OWNER’S MANUAL
9
SL3
Rane USB Drivers
Rane ASIO and Core Audio drivers allow the SL3 to act as a 6-in 6-out external USB sound card for use
with multiple third-party software applications that support Core Audio or ASIO. These drivers are multi-
client, meaning they allow multiple applications on a computer to share the device at the same time. The
ASIO and Core Audio drivers are included in the Serato DJ installer.
After Serato DJ is installed, you will be prompted to "Install Driver" in the Online Panel if you connect a
new compatible device that has not already had its driver installed.
ASIO (Windows)
The SL3 uses a low-latency, multi-client, ASIO device driver to interface with software applications
on Windows operating systems. Multi-client ASIO allows different audio software applications to
simultaneously stream audio to and from the SL3. If the same playback channel is selected in more than
one application, the driver mixes the audio from different applications before streaming it to the device.
The driver Control Panel may be launched from the Windows Control Panel. Select
Start > Control
Panel > Rane SL3
.
Core Audio (Macintosh)
The SL3 uses a low-latency, Core Audio device driver to interface with software applications on
Macintosh operating systems. Core Audio allows different audio software applications to simultaneously
stream audio to and from the SL3.
To launch the SL3 driver Control Panel, open the System Preferences window. Locate the SL3 in the
“Other” section and click the SL3 icon.
Control Panel
The Driver Control Panel supports:
•
Analog Input Source:
for Aux, Left Deck and
Right Deck, the Input as selected on the SL3 is
indicated. The mode cannot be changed from
the control panel.
•
Phono Sensitivity:
control appears as shown
in the panel above if Phono input is selected on
the mixer. Clicking on the down-arrow displays
a list of 16 sensitivity settings between 2.5 mV and 10 mV in 0.5 mV steps. Choose the setting that
most closely matches the level of a CD input or to the setting that provides the highest output without
clipping.
•
Output Source:
can be set for independently for each of the three stereo outputs. Click the USB icon
for USB playback and the Analog button for analog THRU. Analog allows playback of regular vinyl and
CDs.
•
Buffer Size
increases or decreases the USB driver buffer size. The SL3 drivers run very reliably at
latencies below 8 milliseconds. However, computer performance and available resources (number of
apps running) may adversely affect streaming audio. If pops and clicks are heard in USB audio, try
increasing the buffer size. In ASIO, total round-trip latency = buffer size + device latency. In Core Audio,
total round-trip latency = buffer size + software application l device latency. SL3 latency is 1.6
ms at 48 kHz and 1.8 ms at 44.1 kHz.
• If the SL3 firmware on your computer is newer than installed in your SL3, the Update Device Firmware
panel is enabled. Pressing the
Update Firmware
button updates the SL3 firmware to the newer version
installed with your driver.
