Manual-15
Status icons
The leftmost column shows the status of each track. The image to
the left shows 5 tracks with differing statuses.
From top to bottom:
• Scratch
LIVE
has detected some corruption in the
MP3 file. If possible, re-encode the MP3.
• The track has been imported from the iTunes™
library.
• The track has been imported from the iTunes library,
and Scratch
LIVE
has detected some corruption in the
MP3 file.
Solution:
If possible, re-encode the MP3.
• The track cannot be found. Most likely the file has
been renamed or moved.
• Scratch
LIVE
is trying to import a track from the
iTunes library, but cannot find the file.
• Tracks that are read-only have a locked icon.
Display album art
MP3 files can contain album art information. To display this
album art, click the
show album art
button. There are many
third-party applications available for adding album art to MP3s.
We recommend Apple’s iTunes™.
drag tracks from the main track list into the prepare window, or
simply drag tracks onto the
prepare
button. These tracks will be
removed from the prepare window once they have been played.
All tracks in the prepare window will be discarded when you exit
Scratch
LIVE
.
Tip: Use the keyboard shortcut
ctrl-p
to add tracks to the
prepare window.
Tip: Select the contents of the prepare window and drag
them onto the new crate button (
+
) to save the selection.
Review window
The review window shows the tracks you have recently played
in the order in which they were played. Tracks you have played
recently are colored green – press the
clear
button to reset the list
of recently played tracks.
Tip: Select the contents of the review window and drag
them onto the new crate button (
+
) to save a history of the
tracks you played.
Editing ID3 tags
Much of the information associated with each file can be edited
from within Scratch
LIVE
. Double click on the attribute within
the main library to edit the attribute. Filename, length, size, bit
rate and sampling cannot be edited. This information is saved
in the file itself. Note that the
protect library
option in
setup
must be unchecked to allow edits.
See
Preparing your files
on page Manual-7 for details on
prebuilding overviews and the auto bpm feature.
Tip: Use the keyboard shortcut “
ctrl-e
” to edit text. Hold
down the
ctrl
key and move with the arrow keys to change to a
different field while staying in edit mode. When you have more
than one file selected, editing tags changes all the files in your
selection.
Tip: The second column in the library is the label color for
that file. Click it to bring up a color palette, and customize the
virtual deck for that file.
