RANE MP 4
FOR
SERATO SCRATCH LIVE
•
OPERATOR’S MANUAL
1.9.2
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ImpORtInG and
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ImpORtInG yOuR muSIc
The easiest way to load music into your library is
by using the files button:
1.
Click on the files button to open the files
panel. The left side of this window displays
various locations on your computer hard drive
(and external drives if you have one). Click on
these locations to navigate your computer and
find your music. By default, your music will
usually be found in either “Music” (Mac) or “My
Music” (Windows).
2.
Once you have located your music, drag
the folder or files you want to import onto the
purple “All...” icon. This is located to the left of
your screen at the top of the crates and playlist
window. If you wish to import all of your music,
just drag your whole music folder onto this icon.
tIp: you can also import by dragging files
and folders directly from Windows explorer
(pc version) or Finder (mac version) into the
Scratch Live library.
SuppORted FILe typeS
Scratch Live supports fixed and variable bit
rate .MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, .AIFF, .WAV and
Whitelabel (wl.mp3) file types. M3U playlists are
also supported.
nOte: itunes music Store dRm files cannot
be played back by Scratch Live. itunes plus
files are dRm-free.
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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 can also load tracks to decks using
the mouse. click and drag a track from the
track list area on to either deck.
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When a track is loaded, the track name, artist
and length are displayed in the track title bar,
and the Virtual Deck shows a solid black line.
If the track has BPM or track information
written in the tag this will also be displayed.
See
“anaLyzInG FILeS” On paGe 12.
WhIteLaBeL.net
The Serato Whitelabel Delivery Network is a
unique system that allows record labels to
digitally deliver promotional releases directly to
DJs.
To download Whitelabel audio files and to sign
up to receive updates on the latest promotional
releases, visit
www.whitelabel.net
.
WhIteLaBeL audIO FILeS
Whitelabel.net audio files are a unique format
(file extension wl.mp3) developed by Serato.
They are specially prepared for use in Scratch
Live; pre-analyzed, tagged with song and artist
info, BPM and album art where possible.
Whitelabel audio files play as high quality 320
kbps stereo audio in Scratch Live when Rane
Scratch Live hardware 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.
