Serato Scratch Live SL3 Quick Start Manual

SL3 QUICK START
Step 1: SL3
Connections
This Quick Start guide will get you the
basics. But please read the manual!
1. Connect your CD players or turntables
to the LEFT and RIGHT DECK INPUTS
on the SL3.
2. Set each DECK INPUT to the correct
input level using the dip switches. Set
the switches UP for Phono (turntables)
or DOWN for Line (CD players).
The AUX input is usually DOWN for
recording at Line level.
FROM TURNTABLE
OR CD PLAYER OUT TO
SL3 LEFT DECK INPUTS
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3. If you use turntables, connect their
ground wires to the ground posts on the
SL3. These ground wires are extremely
important for Scratch Live to track.
4. (Optional) To record your mix or from
your turntables into Scratch Live,
connect an additional output (such as
an AUX OUT) from your mixer to the
AUX INPUTS on the SL3.
5. Connect the DECK OUTPUTS of the
SL3 to Line inputs on your mixer. Note:
If Scratch Live audio is excessively loud
or distorted, the SL3 OUTPUTS have
been connected to phono level inputs
by mistake.
6. (Optional) Connect the SL3 AUX
OUTPUT to an additional Line input or
Aux input on your mixer to output the
sample player to its own mixer input.
7. Using the USB cable, connect your SL3
to a USB 2.0 port on your computer.
Connect it directly to your computer
and not through a hub or splitter.
USB TO COMPUTER
SL 3 SL 3
AUX IN AUX OUT
TO MIXER TO MIXER
AUX OUT AUX IN
AUX AUX PGM 1
OUT IN
PGM 1
4 6 4 6
1 2
4 6 2 8 2 8
SOURCE
2 8 0 10 0 10
GAIN GAIN
0 10
MIC LEVEL OL
OFF +6 L R L R
HIGH PAN PAN
-12 +12
IN IN
MIC HIGH
EQ EQ
OFF +6
OUT OUT
MID
-12 +12
MIC LOW
PGM 1 PGM 2
4 6
FlexFX
2 8 OFF +6
LOW
0 10
OUT OUT
AUX IN
DRY WET
Playing Regular Vinyl and CDs
NOTE: the SL3 must be powered by
USB or the supplied external power
supply for the DECK THRUs to work.
While Scratch Live is not running, and
the SL3 is powered by the external supply,
the deck thrus on the SL3 will always be
on, allowing you to play regular CDs and
vinyl with your CD players or turntables.
When the SL3 is powered by the
universal power supply, and then Scratch
Live is launched, the deck thrus are still
on. This allows a laptop to be connected
during a set (when using the deck thrus)
with no audio interruption.
If the SL3 is not powered by the
universal power supply when Scratch Live
is launched (USB connected), the deck
thrus will be off, but can be turned on in
Scratch Live.
To turn the thrus off and on in
Scratch Live, click on the THRU
button next to each Virtual Deck in
Scratch Live. This will change the state of
the channels to thru mode, sending audio
direct from the SL3 inputs to your mixer.
TURNTABLE
GROUNDS
FROM TURNTABLE
OR CD PLAYER OUT TO
SL3 RIGHT DECK INPUTS
POWER SUPPLY IS REQUIRED
FOR DECK THRUS TO WORK
WHEN NOT POWERED BY USB
SL 3
DECK OUTS
TO MIXER
PGM INPUTS
(LINE)
PGM 2
PGM 2
OUTPUT
LEVELS
3 4
4 6
SOURCE
2 8
0 10
MAIN
4 6
OFF +6 2 8
HIGH
0 10
AUX OUT
4 6
OFF +6 2 8
MID
0 10
PHONES
MASTER
OFF +6
CUE
LOW
PGM 1 PGM 2
CUE
SL3 SWITCHES:
PHONO UP
LINE DOWN
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