
Manual-
Playing your first track
Now that you have calibrated Scratch
LIVE
, you are ready to play your first track. We will return to the
setup
screen later to set
general system preferences.
To import your own tracks, drag files and folders directly from Windows Explorer (PC version) or Finder (Mac version) into the
Scratch
LIVE
library.
You can also load files into Scratch
LIVE
by pressing the
import
button. Navigate the hard drive of your computer to locate your
audio files. Click on these files (or folders containing files) and drag them onto the
✽
All
…
icon.
Scratch
LIVE
supports importing M3U playlists.
Loading tracks
Click on the
✽
All…
icon to show all the tracks in your library.
To load a track on to one of the decks, drag the track from the
track list on to either deck. You can drag the same track on to
both decks to load it onto both turntables.
Tip: Use the keyboard shortcut
shift
to load the highlight-
ed track on to the left deck, and
shift
to load the highlighted
track on to the right deck.
To start playing a track, simply put the needle on the record
and start the turntable. The track will start playing from the
position dictated by the placement of the needle on the record
– if you place the needle at the beginning of the record, the track
will start playing from the beginning. You can skip through
the track by picking up the needle and placing it further into
the record, just as with regular records (This is known as needle
dropping).
Supported file types
Scratch
LIVE
supports fixed and variable bit rate .MP3, Ogg
Vorbis, .AIFF, and .WAV file types. iTunes™ library and iTunes
playlists can be automatically imported in the
setup
screen by
clicking
read iTunes library
. You can also play audio direct
from CD. See
Rescan 1D3 tags
on page Manual-28.
Using tool tips
Click on the
?
icon to enable tool tips. Tool tips provide a handy
way to learn the various features of Scratch
LIVE
. Move the
mouse over a section of the screen to bring up a context-sensi-
tive tool tip. Holding the mouse over the
?
button with tool tips
turned on will show you a list of all keyboard shortcuts.
Tool tips are available in several languages. Scratch
LIVE
will
display the tool tips in the language that your computer is set to.
If your language is not available, the tool tips will be displayed in
English.