TIP: Use the + and – keys to zoom in and out.
TIP: Waveform can be either vertical or horizontal.
SEE “DISPLAy MODES” ON PAGE 21.
kick Drum
In this example, the red part of the
wave represents a kick drum, while
the purple part represents a snare
drum.
Snare Drum
BEAT MATCHING DISPLAy
This view shows the position of beats
within the track. When beat matching,
this view helps align the downbeats
of the two tracks. The markers are
matched up when the two tracks are
beat matched.
Example:
The following is a
demonstration of using the visual aids
to help beat match. In this example,
the track that is playing is on the left
deck, and the track to be mixed in is
on the right deck.
1.
Start the track playing on the Right Deck.
After a few seconds, blue peaks appear in the
Tempo Matching display.
2.
Adjust the pitch of the right turntable until
the blue peaks sit under the orange peaks in
the Tempo Matching display. Once they are
aligned, the two tracks have the same tempo.
3.
Next align the markers in the Beat Matching
display. Watch the color of the items passing
by in the Main Waveform display. Remember
that a kick or bass drum will be red in color,
and a snare drum will be green or blue. This
technique will by no means guarantee perfect
mixes, but may help to speed up the process
of beat matching.
MASTER GAIN
The master output of Scratch Live can be
controlled using the master gain control.
This adjusts the volume of all tracks played.
NOTE: For best results, set the master gain
to the 12 o’clock position, and adjust the
volume of individual tracks using the track
gain adjustment.
33 / 45 SPEEDS
Set this to match the speed of your
turntable for normal playback.
TRACkING INDICATOR
The tracking indicators
on the main screen show the quality of the signal
coming from the control record or CD. The length
of the bar indicates the speed of the record or
CD. The color indicates the amount of position
information Scratch Live is receiving. When
you are playing the record at normal speed, the
tracking indicator should be grey. If it is mostly
red there is a problem reading the control signal.
Make sure your needles are clean, and check the
calibration in the setup screen.
NOTE: It is normal for the tracking indicator
to be red when cueing or scratching.
TAP TEMPO
For tracks with no BPM information,
there is a tap tempo button displayed
where the BPM usually is, in the song info area.
Pressing alt-space bar activates the tempo
tapper (press alt-space bar a second time to
activate the tempo tapper on the Right Virtual
Deck). Tap the space bar along with the beat.
After you’ve tapped the first beat, you can switch
to double time tapping, half time, start of each
bar etc. The range is set by the first two taps,
after that you can switch to any steady rhythm
you feel comfortable with – quarter notes, half
note, whole notes. Esc resets the BPM, Enter
saves the BPM to the track. You can use the
mouse if you prefer. Your CD player or turntable’s
pitch slider doesn’t need to be at zero, we do the
math for you. You can also use the tempo tapper
when no song is loaded, for finding the BPM of
regular records, for example.
kEy LOCk
When Key Lock is on, the key or pitch of
the song stays locked at what it would
be if the track was playing at normal speed,
regardless of the platter speed of the turntable
or CD player. Key Lock has scratch detection, so
that it automatically turns off when scratching for
a natural scratching sound. Turn Key Lock on or
off by clicking the button to the top right of the
Virtual Deck.
TIP: F5 and F10 will turn key Lock on and off
for the Left and Right Decks respectively.
REPEAT
Use the Repeat function to repeat the
song across the entire length of the
control record.
TIP: Short “loop” samples can be 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, had you not
pressed the censor button. Censor is available
only in REL and INT Modes.
EJECT
This ejects the track playing or loaded
from it’s Virtual Deck.
AUTOPLAy
Click the
Auto
button to enable
autoplay. With this setting turned on,
when one track finishes playing, the next track
starts automatically. Load from a crate to play
through the songs in that crate, or from your
library to play through your library. Autoplay
works in both REL and INT modes.
Play from
start
must be checked in the Playback tab of the
Setup screen for autoplay to work correctly.
See
“PLAy FROM START” ON PAGE 39
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