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

RANE SIXTY-TWO MIXER FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL 2.4.4

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Page 1: ...TWO COMPUTERS TWO USB PORTS TWO DECKS AND A RANGE OF EFFECTS RANE SIXTY TWO MIXER FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE OPERATOR S MANUAL 2 4 4 ...

Page 2: ...low this apparatus but some equipment like large power amplifiers may cause an unacceptable amount of hum or may generate too much heat and degrade the performance of this apparatus WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture Apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids such as vases shall be pl...

Page 3: ... and the included Scratch Live software Keep this manual in a safe place If you ever lose it a new copy may be downloaded at dj rane com To keep up with the latest tips and to check for Scratch Live software updates visit the Official Scratch Live Forum at serato com Copyright Notices 2013 Rane Corporation All rights reserved Scratch Live and the Scratch Live logo are trademarks of Serato Trademar...

Page 4: ...Vinyl Scroll 21 Main Screen Overview 21 Virtual Deck 21 Visual Aids 22 Tempo Matching Display 22 Track Overview Display 22 Main Waveform Display 22 Beat Matching Display 22 Master Gain 22 33 45 Speeds 22 Tracking Indicator 23 Tap Tempo 23 Eject 23 Key Lock 23 Repeat 23 Censor 23 Autoplay 23 Track Gain 23 USB Dropout Indicator 23 Display Modes 24 Library Views 24 Scratch Live Modes 24 Absolute Mode...

Page 5: ...ware General 42 USB Buffer Size Latency 42 Updating Firmware 42 Control Source 42 MIDI Assign of Mixer Controls 42 Input Select Status 42 Recording Bit Depth 42 Hardware Effects 42 Filter 42 Flanger 42 Echo 42 Channel Filters 42 Playback 43 Track End Warning 43 Playback Keys Use Shift 43 Lock Playing Deck 43 Sort Cues Chronologically 43 Enable Hot Cues 43 Use Auto Gain 43 Hi Fi Resampler 43 Play F...

Page 6: ...l for the Right Virtual Deck or for recording on USB stereo pair 7 8 Set any unused inputs to CD Connect your turntable ground wires to the ground posts provided on the rear panel when using PH inputs One stereo Session Input is available on a pair of RCA input jacks This input may be used for connecting two mixers together or as a general purpose auxiliary input to the mixer The Mic Input will ac...

Page 7: ...s running The Sixty Two has two USB ports allowing simultaneous connection of two computers Each port is completely independent It is possible to run Scratch Live using proprietary drivers on one computer while running third party software using ASIO or Core Audio on the other Mac or PC in any combination USB Playback Stereo Pair Scratch Live Description Mixer Use 1 1 2 Left Virtual Deck Output Se...

Page 8: ...ols adjust the frequency response from off to 6 dB Unity gain no boost or cut is at 12 o clock Filter The FILTER sweeps from Low Pass to High Pass Set to 12 o clock for a flat frequency response Moving the filter toward the LOW position progressively reduces high frequencies Moving the filter toward the HIGH position progressively reduces low frequencies The Resonance or Q of the Filter can be adj...

Page 9: ...on at the top of the right hand control strip turns GREEN to coincide with the silk screen color for USB A When B is selected the SP 6 Assign button turns ORANGE to coincide with the color for USB B The MIDI controls are only sent to the selected port allowing completely independent Library Browsing Cue Loop and Sample control for each USB port MIDI controls not dedicated to a channel strip such a...

Page 10: ... There are five Cue buttons dedicated to the Left Virtual Deck and five dedicated to the Right Virtual Deck numbered above each button In SAMPLES mode the CUES SAMPLES button is RED the four Bank buttons A B C and D are ORANGE and the six Sample buttons are GREEN Sample buttons are assigned to USB A or USB B using the SP 6 ASSIGN button at the top of each control strip See Control Strip Controls o...

Page 11: ...can have multiple signals assigned to it Signals assigned to the bus may then have internal effects external analog effects and external USB effects applied in any combination The order of processing in the FlexFX Bus is shown in the graphic below 1 FlexFX buttons for PGM 1 PGM 2 MIC and AUX assign signals to the FlexFX Bus BRIGHT BLUE or the Main Mix DIM BLUE This allows assigning multiple inputs...

Page 12: ...icates that the product of the displayed BPM and Beat Multiplier does not result in the displayed effect Time For this example 2000 ms is below 2097 ms In this case moving the BEAT joystick left or down snaps to 120 4 1 and changes the time to 2000 ms A flashing Beat Multiplier indicates that the Time required to match the current BPM Beat product is out of range For an echo example if a BPM of 60...

Page 13: ...recirculation varies with the echo options selected see last column Setting the control to minimum or 0 results in a Dry signal with the minimum recirculation setting Setting the control to maximum or 10 results a Wet signal with maximum recirculation Adjusts the length of the recorded sample used by the echo Holding down the TAP button and turning the TIME encoder adjusts the BPM Pressing the Ech...

Page 14: ...s 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...

Page 15: ...rs in the control panel set the low cut filter cut off frequency Echo Default Effects settings are Low Pass Filter with high frequency sync Flanger with positive feedback Echo with no feedback filter Echo filter frequencies default to 82 Hz The Analog Insert panel has two options 4 dBu 10 dBV We recommend the 4 dBu setting unless you insert a low voltage device in which you should use the 10 dBV s...

Page 16: ...gnal coming from each deck into digital audio to be sent via USB to the Scratch Live software which decodes that signal into a stream of information based on what the DJ is doing with the control disc A virtual deck replicates the movements of the control disc Audio files loaded onto the Virtual Decks are then played back through the outputs of the Sixty Two with any manipulation of the control di...

Page 17: ...example Scratch Live 2 0 0 When you install the new version the old application will not be overwritten and you can choose which version you want to run by going into the folder 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 version Windows Users before ...

Page 18: ...ld 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 control signal in other words if it s below the threshold it is considered noise and ignored This setting is necessary because a stylus is very sensitive and will inevitably pick up noise from the environment as we...

Page 19: ...udio files see Whitelabel net on page 20 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 all the tracks in your library Use the keyboard shortcut Shift Left Arrow to load the highlighted track on to the Left Deck and Shift Right Arrow to load the highlighted track on to the Right Deck TIP You c...

Page 20: ...rdware is connected Without Scratch Live hardware connected or when playing these files through other mp3 software and devices they will play as low quality 32 kbps mono audio Whitelabel audio files are promotional releases from records labels available to Scratch Live DJs for free from Whitelabel net Set Auto BPM If this option is checked while analyzing files Scratch Live will calculate the esti...

Page 21: ...crate or playlist Once you have found the track you wish to play put the needle back at the beginning of the record and it will load automatically This feature is available to CD users Go to track 2 on the control 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...

Page 22: ...d spectrum view by holding the ctrl key and clicking on the waveform Click on the waveform to scrub or make fine adjustments to your position within the track This applies to INT Mode only and may be useful if you wish to set cue points in your tracks without your turntables or CD players connected The Main Waveform is zoomed around the current position in the track See Cue Points on page 26 and S...

Page 23: ...e turned into a continuous track using the Repeat function The loops must be less than 10 seconds long and cut at the start and end of a bar Censor Use the censor button to mask parts of a song or use as a special effect When you press the censor button the track starts playing backwards from that point When you release the censor button the track plays forward from the point you would have been h...

Page 24: ... shown or hidden by pressing the Show Deck Controls Button on any Deck You can choose between four different library views which allow for visual browsing using text and album art Select your Library View by using the buttons in the bottom left area of the main screen The available Library Views are Simple List Displays the track information in a text list Album Art List Adds an album art column t...

Page 25: ...wind The rewind function speeds up the longer you press the button Fast forward The fast forward function speeds up the longer you hold the button Next track Jump to the next track in the list TIP Use the keyboard shortcut F2 left deck or F7 right deck to switch to REL mode Internal Mode INT mode allows playing tracks without external vinyl or CD control INT mode has a start stop function and a vi...

Page 26: ...useful if you wish to set cue points in your tracks and don t have your turntables or CD players connected NOTE If you play a track in INT mode and then switch to ABS or REL mode the pitch adjustment will be dictated by the turntable so there will be a jump in pitch unless they are already perfectly matched TIP If you are in ABS or REL mode and you get a build up of dust on the needle that is brea...

Page 27: ... 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 ...

Page 28: ...assign button in Scratch Live press the control alt keys click on an auto loop value then click on the button slider you want it mapped to on your MIDI controller 2 You can assign the singular loop roll button to MIDI then assign a MIDI knob or slider on your controller to the autoloop select knob visible in the MIDI assign panel area when in MIDI assign mode to change the values on the fly TIP Wh...

Page 29: ...f Mode When play is pressed the audio plays through until the end of the track Pressing play again stops the audio Repeat Mode Each slot has a repeat button When activated this will repeat the loaded audio file from beginning to end or will turn on the loop selected in the Play From field TIP Short loop samples can be turned into a continuous track using the repeat function Ensure there is a clean...

Page 30: ...ettings you last used allowing you to prepare banks for easy recall at a later stage Sample Bank A will load as the default SP 6 Mute Buttons Use the mute buttons to mute the audio output for each of the SP 6 s sample slots Click the mute button to silence the audio output click the mute button again to turn the audio back on You can also ctrl click on the mute buttons to mute the outputs momentar...

Page 31: ...ing the Link Button allowing one master control of some parameters and individual control of others Macro Edit Mode Macro Edit Mode is an advanced option that allows you to create macro mappings for each effect and to save any effects edits made in Ultra or Super Knob Mode Open Macro Edit Mode by clicking the Macro Edit Button while Show Parameters is open Once opened more controls appear which al...

Page 32: ...ith platters on them all send different data so user mapping is not possible To control the platter use a natively supported controller Assign MIDI to Other Controls Controls which are not normally visible are available for assignment in MIDI assign mode by clicking on the Show MIDI Panel button This will open up a panel allowing MIDI assignment for controls including library navigation as well as...

Page 33: ...and control strip Those associated with PGM 2 and the right hand control strip Mixer controls not associated with PGM 1 PGM 2 or either control strip There are two USB ports on the mixer USB A and USB B Users can assign each of these three groups to USB A or USB B as follows The Source selector for PGM 1 determines which USB port will be used for PGM 1 controls and the associated left hand control...

Page 34: ... the bottom left corner of the main screen blue crate icon A popup window will open which allows you to add the rules to fill your smart crate Press Add Rule to add a rule for the smart crate to match with For each rule you can choose a field to match on from the drop down menu Added date Album Artist BPM Comment Composer Filename Genre Grouping Key Label Remixer Song Whitelabel Year You can then ...

Page 35: ...sed 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 also take you out of any crate or playlist that you might be in and into your main library so you can find any track in your collection If you then click on a crate or playlist the search query will be cleared Prepare Window The...

Page 36: ...ou have the option to edit the playlist and track 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 may wish to avoid using this function Live Playlists Serato Playlists has the Live Playlists option to allow you to display what you are playing online in...

Page 37: ...y selected in the library Album art can also be shown next to the the track information display on each Virtual Deck Click on the Display tab in the Setup screen to find this option See Show Album Art On Deck on page 45 Adding Album Art You can add album art to a file by dragging and dropping a jpeg or png file onto the track in any of the album art views or onto the Album Art window If you do thi...

Page 38: ...es it from your library and any crates that the track may be in Deleting a track inside a crate removes it from that crate but the file will remain in your All playlist Deleting a track from a subcrate will remove it from the subcrate and the main crate but not the All playlist Crates that are deleted are sent to the recycle bin trash NOTE To delete any files from your library and your hard drive ...

Page 39: ... 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 shows the elapsed recording time 5 Click the flashing record icon again to stop the recording 6 To save the recording type in a name for the recording and click the save icon 7 The recording is automatically pl...

Page 40: ...sing the SP 6 Assign button assigns SP 6 controls to the indicated port It also assigns other mixer MIDI See Control Strip Controls on page 9 NOTE Settings are saved in the mixer Software is updated with the mixer s settings Therefore the mixer may replace control source and effect settings in Scratch Live or software control panels with current mixer settings DJ Handover Swapping between two DJs ...

Page 41: ...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 Toggle the Flashing Deck indicator between the Primary and Secondary Decks esc Clear search string if searching or exit Scratch Live SAMPLE PLAYER slot 1 slot 2 slot 3 slot 4 slot 5 slot 6 Load to sample slot ctrl alt Z ctrl alt X ctrl alt C ctrl alt V ctrl alt...

Page 42: ...t Status The input level currently set on the Sixty Two is displayed for each input To change the input level setting use the switches on the Sixty Two Choose PH for Phono and CD for Line level When Phono is selected the Phono Sensitivity setting is also displayed Click the down arrow to display a list of 16 sensitivity settings between 2 5 mV and 10 mV in 0 5 mV steps The default is 5 mV Set the ...

Page 43: ...more Once you ve made this adjustment load the same track onto the Virtual Deck again You ll notice that the volume knob has automatically adjusted itself Keep making adjustments on the same track until it s just below the clipping point Once this is set you won t need to adjust the target gain level ever again Because the track you used had an average volume level most of the other tracks in your...

Page 44: ...ur iTunes library and playlists in Scratch Live You can collapse your iTunes playlists by clicking on the blue folder icon Uncheck this option to remove iTunes playlists and iTunes songs from your Scratch Live library To add your iTunes music to your Scratch Live library permanently drag and drop tracks from the iTunes playlists onto the All icon on the far left hand side of the Scratch Live scree...

Page 45: ... 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 load faster A large audio cache will give you a bigger view of the waveform when the main waveform view is zoomed out The default is 15 seconds Show Album Art On Deck Check this option to show the album art for your song next to the...

Page 46: ... 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 longer files After the first load it should load instantly See Preparing Your Files on page 20 I have a particular MP3 that won t play plays badly takes a long time to load crashes the program The file may be d...

Page 47: ...n 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 frames from multiple layers some frames may output as silence Unsupported file This file is more than 2 GB in size Self explanatory At the moment Scratch Live does not support files that are 2 GB in size ...

Page 48: ...N Bass is reaching the stylus Try to isolate the turntable from the speakers CD PLAYER INTO PHONO INPUT The Sixty Two is set to receive a phono level input Switch to the correct setting on the mixer PHONO INTO LINE INPUT The Sixty Two is set to receive line level input Switch to the correct setting on the mixer DUSTY NEEDLE Dust is preventing the stylus from tracking the groove correctly Clean you...

Page 49: ...ble 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 with a noisy loose connection TONEARM IS SLIGHTLY TOO LIGHT Susceptible to dust and vibration Adjust the tonearm Signals are summing to mono The left and right signals have been combined into one somewhere in your si...

Page 50: ...cord Four 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 Input Balanced TRS XLR combination jack Tone Controls 2 band High and Low Mic Line level switch Choose Line to connect wireless receiver Line Outputs Frequency Response 20 Hz to 20 kHz 0 25 dB Line in to Line out THD N 0 01 re 0 dBFS 20 to ...

Page 51: ...N BACK LOAD SCROLL LOOPS BARS SELECT DELETE LEVEL PAN SPLIT CUE MANUAL AUTO IN LOOP OUT ROLL LOOP SAVE LOW MID HIGH LEVEL MAIN SESSION OUT SESSION IN BOOTH LOW DEPTH MID HIGH PH CD PH CD SOURCE PAN 1 2 FILTER FLEXFX SOURCE PAN 3 4 FILTER FLANGER Fb BPM 120 4 1 2000 ms 10 5 26 7 cm 65 1 6 cm PROJECTION FOR POSTS 7 1 8 cm PROJECTION FOR KNOBS MIXER 14 2 36 cm BRIDGE 14 08 35 8 cm EARS 75 1 9 cm 12 3...

Page 52: ...assemble Plug in the connector before re installing the fader Note the connector only will fit one way Test all the faders before installing the fader panel face plate and fader knobs Fader Cleaning 1 For a light cleaning move the carrier to one side and wipe rails with a lint free cloth Move the carrier to the other side and repeat 2 If a heavier cleaning is required to remove oily lubricants or ...

Page 53: ...Encoder Push Not Applicable Mixer Control 4 0x04 FlexFX Cue Not Permitted Mixer Control 5 0x05 FX Tap Not Permitted Mixer Control 7 0x07 Beat Joystick Push Not Applicable Mixer Control 8 0x08 Reverb Not Permitted Mixer Control 9 0x09 Robot Not Permitted Mixer Control 10 0x0A Phaser Not Permitted Mixer Control 11 0x0B Flanger Not Permitted Mixer Control 12 0x0C Filter Not Permitted Mixer Control 13...

Page 54: ... MIDI Control 77 0x4D USB Aux Cue Not Permitted Mixer Control 78 0x4E RH Cue 1 PRI Green SEC Yellow DAW MIDI Control 79 0x4F RH Delete PRI Red SEC Orange DAW MIDI Control 90 0x5A Cues Samples Not Permitted Mixer Control 91 0x5B Ext Insert Not Permitted Mixer Control 98 0x62 Sample 1 PRI Green SEC Yellow DAW MIDI Control 99 0x63 Sample 2 PRI Green SEC Yellow DAW MIDI Control 100 0x64 Sample 3 PRI G...

Page 55: ...ry Offset 21 0x15 Analog 1 Phono Sensitivity Value Hex Sensitivity mV dB 0 0x00 2 5 16 04 1 0x01 3 14 46 2 0x02 3 5 12 12 3 0x03 4 11 96 4 0x04 4 5 10 94 5 0x05 5 Default 10 02 6 0x06 5 5 9 19 7 0x07 6 8 44 8 0x08 6 5 7 74 9 0x09 7 7 10 10 0x0A 7 5 6 5 11 0x0B 8 5 94 12 0x0C 8 5 5 41 13 0x0D 9 4 92 14 0x0E 9 5 4 45 15 0x0F 10 4 00 22 0x16 PGM 1 Filter Resonance 0 127 0x00 0x7F Low to High Resonanc...

Page 56: ...x7F 89 0x59 PGM 1 Level 0 127 0x00 0x7F 90 0x5A PGM 2 Level 0 127 0x00 0x7F 93 0x5D Main Level 0 127 0x00 0x7F 94 0x5E Mic High 0 127 0x00 0x7F 98 0x62 Crossfader Contour 0 127 0x00 0x7F 99 0x63 Phones Level 0 127 0x00 0x7F 100 0x64 Mic Level 0 127 0x00 0x7F 101 0x65 PGM 1 High 0 127 0x00 0x7F 102 0x66 PGM 2 High 0 127 0x00 0x7F 105 0x69 Headphone Cue Main Pan 0 127 0x00 0x7F 106 0x6A Crossfader R...

Page 57: ...declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of Rane Corporation Type of Equipment Professional Audio Signal Processing BRAND Rane Model Sixty Two Immunity Results THD N 4 dBu 400 Hz BW 20 Hz 20 kHz Test Description Measurement Conditions RF Electromagnetic Fields Immunity 80 MHz 1000 MHz 1 kHz AM 80 depth 3V m 72 dB 1400 MHz 2700 MHz 1 kHz AM 80 depth 3V m 72 dB Conducted RF ...

Page 58: ...HICH 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 its products against any and all defects 1 arising out of materials or workmanship not provided or furnished by Rane or 2 resulting from abnormal use of the product or use in violation of instructions or 3 in products repaired or serviced...

Page 59: ...roduct was purchased 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 facility to avoid possible needless shipment in case the problem can be solved over the phone UNAUTHORIZED SERVICE PERFORMED ON ANY RANE PRODUCT WILL VOID ITS EXISTING FACTORY WARR...

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