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

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

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

Страница 2: ...ow 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 pla...

Страница 3: ...Serato Trademarked in the U S and other countries This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group and uses libpng code copyright 2000 2002 Glenn Randers Pehrson The Scratch Live Control Tone the audio pressed on Scratch Live Control vinyl and Control CDs is copyright 2004 2013 Serato The Control Vinyl and Control CDs are licensed for personal use only The creation of perso...

Страница 4: ...icator 26 Display Modes 26 Library Views 26 Scratch Live Modes 27 Absolute Mode 27 Relative Mode 27 Internal Mode 28 Temporary Cue 28 More Controls 28 Cue Points 29 Setting Cue Points 29 Enable Hot Cues 29 Triggering Cue Points 29 Editing Cue Points 29 Customizing Cue Points 29 Looping 29 Auto Looping 30 The A Slot 30 Loop Roll 30 Loop Roll with MIDI 30 SP 6 Sample Player 31 Loading the SP 6 31 Pl...

Страница 5: ...Deck Indicator 44 Button Backlight 44 Select Primary Decks 44 LCD Contrast 44 Recording Bit Depth 44 Playback 44 Track End Warning 44 Playback Keys Use Shift 44 Lock Playing Deck 44 Sort Cues Chronologically 44 Enable Hot Cues 44 Use Auto Gain 45 Hi Fi Resampler 45 Play From Start 45 Instant Doubles 45 Play From First Cue Point 45 Braking 45 Audio Output 45 Vinyl Control 45 Adjust Loops with Vinyl...

Страница 6: ...l accept an XLR 3 pin plug a balanced TRS tip ring sleeve plug or an unbalanced TS tip sleeve plug Mic 1 has a switchable phantom power option and Mic 2 has a switchable line level option Analog Outputs All analog outputs come from the same Main Mix signal Main Booth and Session outputs each have their own Level control The Main output is on balanced XLR jacks with pin 2 hot per AES standards The ...

Страница 7: ...X CROSSFADER POST PH CD AUX PGM 2 SOURCE 2 1 2 1 1 2 A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSFADER POST PH CD AUX PGM 3 SOURCE 4 3 4 3 3 4 A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSFADER POST PH CD AUX PGM 4 SOURCE 4 3 4 3 3 4 A B PGM 4 PGM 3 PGM 2 PGM 1 HELLOOO Crossfader Assign each PGM channel to the A side B side or Post Crossfader with the Crossfader switches No noise no bleed magne...

Страница 8: ...10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 B A HEADPHONES BOOTH SESSION OUT SESSION IN BALANCE PAN LEVEL LEVEL DEPTH SPLIT CUE MAIN LEVEL A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW LEVEL HIGH PAN LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSFADER BEAT CUE 5 INSERT XFX MI...

Страница 9: ...f the Virtual Decks the control strips are in command of Pressing this button toggles between the assigned Primary and Secondary Deck Layers as chosen in Scratch Live See Primary Secondary Deck Layers on page 22 The SHIFT button allows you to switch between the five groups on the Sixty Eight Group 1 is the default and allows use of the standard preset functionality of the Sixty Eight The other fou...

Страница 10: ...ultiple signals assigned to it Those combined signals can have internal effects external analog effects and external USB effects applied in any combination It is possible to cue and control the level of this auxiliary mix in the Main Mix This architecture is very flexible and not at all like simply inserting an effect in a signal FLEXFX PGM 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 5 FLEXFX PGM 2 FLEXFX PGM 3 FLEXFX PGM 4 FL...

Страница 11: ...ypass Six built in effects Filter Flanger Phaser Hold Echo Robot Reverb General Behavior The effect time is saved for each effect Changing BPM for one effect changes the BPM for all effects Tapping the BPM requires at least two taps Changing the Beat multiplier results in an immediate change in the effect time Changing the effect time adjusts the multiplier for other effects so that the new multip...

Страница 12: ...r Echo Adjusts the decay of the echo Max results in no decay with faster decay the more the knob is turned CCW Minimum results in no echo Adjusts the effect time The effect time is the length of the recorded sample used for echoing Holding the Tap Button while twisting the knob adjusts the BPM Depressing the knob clears out the current sample used for echoing Value range 1ms 4000ms Adjusts the bea...

Страница 13: ...M 3 Source selector PGM 4 Source selector USB 4 Playback Virtual Deck Four PGM 3 Source selector PGM 4 Source selector USB 5 Playback is the RETURN on the USB Insert in the FlexFx Loop See USB Sources Analog Inputs on page 24 See Two Computer Connection on page 42 See Core Audio and ASIO Drivers on page 14 FLEXFX RETURN FLEXFX SEND MAIN MIX MIC 1 MIC 2 USB 1 USB 2 USB 3 USB 4 PH CD 1 AUX 1 PGM 1 P...

Страница 14: ... Preferences page controls the following functions Headphone Tone These Low and High tone controls affect the frequency response of the headphone output so that it may be matched to the headphones in use USB 6 Record The three radio buttons select Main Mix Mic 1 or Mic 2 as the record source for USB stereo record pair 6 11 12 Button Backlight The two radio buttons allow the user to turn the button...

Страница 15: ... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 B A HEADPHONES BOOTH SESSION OUT SESSION IN BALANCE PAN LEVEL LEVEL DEPTH SPLIT CUE MAIN LEVEL A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW LEVEL HIGH PAN LOW LEVEL HIGH PAN LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSFADER BEAT CUE EXT INSERT 5 INSERT FILTER FLEXFX BEAT TIME TAP MIC 2 MONO LOOPS SELECT SAVE 4 3 2 1 CUE POINT...

Страница 16: ...E MIC 1 PHASER FLEXFX FLEXFX FLANGER ROBOT ECHO REVERB POST SCROLL LOAD A LAYER SHIFT BACK LOOPS SELECT SAVE 4 3 2 1 CUE POINTS SIXTY EIGHT 5 ROLL AUTO MANUAL IN LOOP OUT LOOP DELETE SCROLL LOAD B CONTROL POINT BACK FLEXFX ON PH CD AUX PGM 1 SOURCE 2 1 2 1 1 2 A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSFADER POST PH CD AUX PGM 2 SOURCE 2 1 2 1 1 2 A B CUE LEVEL MID HIGH LOW FILTER FLEXFX CROSSF...

Страница 17: ...4 Low 65 127 High PGM 4 Record Select 32 1 Record PH CD 2 2 Record PGM 2 Post 3 Record Aux 2 Main Record Select 35 1 Record Main Mix 2 Record Mic 1 3 Record Mic 2 Phones Tone High 36 0 127 64 flat Phones Tone Low 37 0 127 64 flat Backlight 38 0 Off 1 On Control Change Output from the Device All knobs and sliders are 0 127 This table lists special control changes Brief Description Control Number Va...

Страница 18: ...software application The Sixty Eight converts the control signal 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 outp...

Страница 19: ...or 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 2 and then reinstall the earlier version Windows Users before...

Страница 20: ...ise Threshold 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 enviro...

Страница 21: ...et audio files see Whitelabel net on page 22 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 Y...

Страница 22: ...y 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 v...

Страница 23: ...ntrol 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 set the sensitivity in the Setup screen TIP You can also use Vinyl Scroll in the Prepare window See the options for Vinyl Control on page 45 Set Auto BPM If this option is checked while analyzing files Scrat...

Страница 24: ...ks for the track on the left side above a row of blue peaks for the track on the right side in the Tempo Matching display area When the two tracks are matched to the same tempo the peaks will line up The tempo display is aligned with the beginning of the bar so the peaks keep their relative position as the track plays This display does not show the relative timing of the beats only the tempos of t...

Страница 25: ... 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...

Страница 26: ...Virtual Deck information displayed In Library Mode only the track information Virtual Deck mode track overview display and meter are displayed TIP Use the space bar to toggle between Library Mode and your current display mode Classic Vertical Mode Two Decks are displayed on the left and right sides of the screen with vertical waveforms in the middle Classic Horizontal Mode Two Decks are displayed ...

Страница 27: ...mode to ABS mode by lifting the needle and placing it in the lead in of the control record Emergency Internal mode will activate after 1 second Use the keyboard shortcut F1 left deck or F6 right deck to switch to ABS mode NOTE Be careful when scratching near the end of the record not to accidentally go past this point and into internal mode or the track will no longer respond to record movement Re...

Страница 28: ...re is a temporary cue point that can be used like the cue button on many DJ CD players Press ctrl I to set this temporary cue point on the Left Deck and ctrl K to set it on the Right Deck This temp cue point is shown in the main waveform as a white marker This cue point is not saved with the track and by default is set to the beginning of the track Press I to jump to this temporary cue point on th...

Страница 29: ...oint click on the colored square and choose a new color from the drop down menu To name your cue point double click on the time field You can now edit and name this cue point to whatever you like You can also drag and drop cue points to change their order in the list If you wish to have the cue points sorted by time check Sort cues chronologically in the Playback tab on the Setup screen If you loa...

Страница 30: ...s display 1 2 4 8 16 beat loops alt 1 triggers a 1 beat loop and alt 5 triggers a 16 beat loop Loop Roll Loop roll performs a standard auto loop but when the loop is turned off the playback position is returned to the position where it would be if it had not entered the loop much like censor The other difference between loop roll and standard auto loop is the roll button is momentary The loop is e...

Страница 31: ...slot 6 to trigger each sample respectively SP 6 Instant Doubles You can instant double from the Virtual Decks down to the SP 6 from the SP 6 up to the Virtual Decks and also between the sample slots themselves This means the position track gain and speed will match when you drag a track to from one location into another This allows you to beat match tracks with your turntables CD players on the Vi...

Страница 32: ...ain volume of the loaded sample The gain adjustment will also be written to the track s ID3 tag meaning that it will be the same everytime you load it SP 6 Output Selector Use the master output selector button to choose where you wish to have the SP 6 output to 1 to PGM 1 or 2 source select on 1 2 to PGM 1 or 2 source select on 2 3 to PGM 3 or 4 source select on 3 4 to PGM 3 or 4 source select on ...

Страница 33: ...FX unit applies to by clicking the Deck buttons Each Deck can only pass through one FX unit at a time Show Parameters Press the Show Parameters button to expose the individual parameters for each effect You can then control the individual parameters by adjusting their respective knobs In Ultra Knob Mode use this to select which effects are loaded and controlled by the Ultra Knob In Ultra and Super...

Страница 34: ... Live and press return on your computer keyboard While in MIDI assign mode controls which have MIDI inputs assigned show a green box indicator around them NOTE Once in MIDI assign mode Scratch Live controls will no longer respond directly to the mouse If you need to change a control using the mouse disable MIDI assign mode MIDI Platters The Scratch Live Virtual Decks are not user assignable to MID...

Страница 35: ... onto the name of another crate it will make the crate you are dragging a sub crate of the first crate Smart Crates Smart crates update their contents by using keywords which are matched with selected tags of your music library tracks Smart crates can be updated automatically or at your discretion To create a smart crate click the Add Smart Crate button in the bottom left corner of the main screen...

Страница 36: ... of the search box The drop down menu shows which fields are currently being used 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 cl...

Страница 37: ... 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 realtime on your serato com p...

Страница 38: ... 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 47 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 this...

Страница 39: ...s 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 s...

Страница 40: ... Eight If possible turn down the level at your audio source before it reaches the Sixty Eight TIPS The keyboard shortcut ctrl n turns recording on and off Load a recording without saving it using the shortcut keys shift left arrow to the Left Deck or shift right arrow to the Right Deck NOTE Recording files are automatically split when the recording exceeds 3 hours 16 bit or 1 hour 50 minutes 24 bi...

Страница 41: ...l by clicking the dropdown menu in the LiveFeed filename A lower gain setting makes the gate more sensitive The amount of time available to record is determined by your audio cache setting The track overview display shows the amount of usable audio you have to play with from the recording Click anywhere in the track overview display to jump to your desired position in the recording See Audio Cache...

Страница 42: ... the mix 4 Fade out the audio playing from the first computer to the audio playing from the second computer 5 When only audio from the second computer is left in the mix remove the first computer 6 Assign USB sources for the remaining Virtual Decks on the second computer and continue DJing TURNTABLE OUT TURNTABLE OUT CD S PDIF OR LINE OUT CD S PDIF OR LINE OUT USB USB OL 6 3 0 3 12 6 18 10 0 2 4 8...

Страница 43: ...o 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 ...

Страница 44: ...oard and control strip focus Button Backlight Backlights the buttons on the Sixty Eight for easy visibility Select Primary Decks Select a combination of which two Decks to set as the Primary Decks LCD Contrast This control adjusts the contrast of the LCD display in the FlexFX section on the Sixty Eight Recording Bit Depth Choose to record in either 16 Bit CD quality smaller file size or 24 Bit hig...

Страница 45: ...ubles This option allows you to quickly match the playhead position of two tracks With this option enabled when you load the same file on one Virtual Deck that is already loaded on the other Virtual Deck the playhead will jump to the position of the track that was loaded first with the keylock state and looping settings copied This setting overrides the Play from start and Play from first cue poin...

Страница 46: ... the file information of tracks in your iTunes library will not appear in iTunes until after you play the track Scratch Live cannot play files that have been protected by Digital Rights Management systems such as those previously sold through the Apple iTunes Music Store iTunes Plus files are DRM free iTunes is available for Mac and PC To get more information visit apple com Protect Library Unchec...

Страница 47: ...r 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 track information display on each Virtual Deck Plugins Enable SP 6 Sample Player This check box enables and disables the SP 6 sample player plugin The SP 6 is enabled by default Enable DJ FX This check box enables and di...

Страница 48: ...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 22 I have a particular MP3 that won t play plays badly takes a long time to load crashes the program The file may be damaged and may...

Страница 49: ... 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 o...

Страница 50: ...ss is reaching the stylus Try to isolate the turntable from the speakers CD PLAYER INTO PHONO INPUT The Sixty Eight is set to receive a phono level input Switch to the correct setting on the mixer PHONO INTO LINE INPUT The Sixty Eight 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...

Страница 51: ...ive is unable to track 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 Left and right signals have been combined into one somewhere in your signal...

Страница 52: ...Processing 48 kHz 32 bit floating point USB Audio Six Stereo Record Five 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 Inputs Balanced TRS XLR combination jack Tone Controls 2 band High and Low Mic 1 48V Phantom Power on off switch Mic 2 Mic Line level switch Line Outputs Frequency Response 20 H...

Страница 53: ...CUE MAX MIN HIGH LOW 6 OFF 6 OFF 10 0 2 4 8 6 RIGHT LEFT 6 OFF 6 OFF 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 B B A A HEADPHONES BOOTH SESSION OUT SESSION IN BALANCE PAN LEVEL LEVEL DEPTH SPLIT CUE MAIN LE...

Страница 54: ...ne of the endblocks Clean the rails using a lint free cloth and alcohol Use a cue tip and alcohol to clean the carrier bearings 3 With the fader clean dry and assembled add a couple of drops of Teflon Multi use Lubricant to each rail of the fader 4 Move the carrier back and forth to distribute lubricant 5 Do not disturb the position of the small sensors at each end of the fader If you accidentally...

Страница 55: ...ectors of the three white and blue wires 8 Slide out the fader assembly completely 9 The channel faders are mounted in pairs Remove the four screws for each pair of faders 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 0 The magnetic crossfader may be removed by the two screws at each end of the crossfader Reverse this procedure to re assemble Plug in all three cables before installing screws Confirm cables are not crossed w...

Страница 56: ...2 Record A3 Record A4 HP FILTER HP FILTER Record PGM 1 Record PGM 2 Record PGM 4 Record Main Mix Return Send METER A D PGM 1 PGM 2 PGM 3 PGM 4 FlexFx Loop MICS SC 2 Record SC 3 Record SC 1 Record SC 4 Record SC 5 Record SC 2 INPUT SC 3 INPUT SC 1 INPUT SC 4 INPUT SC 5 RETURN Record PGM 1 Record A1 SC 1 Input USB A PLUS USB B SC 3 Input SC 4 Input FlexFx Return Send Return SOURCE SELECT 1 of 6 SOUR...

Страница 57: ...Corporation Type of Equipment Professional Audio Signal Processing Brand Rane Model Sixty Eight 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 75 dB 80 MHz 87 4 MHz 70 dB 87 4 MHz 92 8 MHz 75 dB 92 8 MHz 126 MHz 60 dB 126 MHz 132 MHz 75 dB 132 MHz 1000 MHz Conducted RF Disturbance...

Страница 58: ...ICH 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 ...

Страница 59: ...oduct 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 WARRA...

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