PRIMARy & SECONDARy DECk
LAyERS
When using the Sixty-Eight with more than two
Virtual Decks, layers are used to determine
which Decks respond to keyboard shortcuts
and the Control Strips on the Sixty-Eight. The
Primary Deck layer is the main Left and Right
Decks that you will use, while the Secondary
Deck layer is the other secondary Decks. You
decide which Decks are to be the Primary and
Secondary Decks, this can be configured on the
Setup screen.
SEE “SELECT PRIMARy DECkS”
ON PAGE 38
.
To switch focus between the Primary and
Secondary Deck layers, use the
Layer
button on
the Sixty-Eight or the ~ (tilde) keyboard shortcut.
TIP: Turn on the Flashing Deck Indicator
option in the Setup screen to display a
flashing crimson border around the Decks
in the currently selected layer.
SEE “FLASHING
DECk INDICATOR” ON PAGE 38
.
NOTE: When in Classic Vertical, Classic
Horizontal or Library Mode the layer can still
be changed from the Primary Decks to the
Secondary Decks, however the Secondary
Decks won’t be displayed on screen. Use
Stack Mode to display all four decks on
screen.
SEE “DISPLAy MODES” ON PAGE 21
.
PREPARING yOUR
FILES
Before you play your music in Scratch Live, It is
important to first analyze your files.
The analyze files function processes the
songs in your library to detect file corruption,
saves the waveform overview to an ID3 tag*, and
calculates auto-gain and BPM values.
HOW TO ANALyzE FILES
To analyze files run Scratch Live with the Sixty-
Eight disconnected. On the left side of the
main screen, click the
Analyze Files
button to
automatically build overviews for all the tracks
in your library.
TIP: you can drag and drop individual folders,
crates or files onto the Analyze Files button
to force the building of overviews at any time.
ABOUT CORRUPT FILES
If Scratch Live detects a corrupt file it
will tag it with a corrupt file icon:
It is very important that you delete
ANY corrupt files from your library as they can
cause Scratch Live to crash regardless if you
play the file or not.
SEE “STATUS ICONS” ON
PAGE 33 AND “CORRUPT FILE DESCRIPTIONS AND
DIAGNOSES” ON PAGE 43.
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 sign
up to receive updates on the latest promotional
releases, visit
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.
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