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You can then choose the following inclusion /
exclusion criteria:
• Contains
• Is
• Does not contain
• Is not
Check the Match all of the following Rules
option so that tracks must match all the set rules
to be added to the crate. If this option is not
checked, any track which matches any of the
rules will be added to the crate.
Check the Live update option to have the
smart crate update when any tags are edited in
your music library. With this option unchecked,
the crate contents will be updated only when
you click the refresh crate icon, which is not
visible
when
Live update is
checked.
Click Save to save your crate or Cancel to
exit without saving.
Click the Edit button (next to the Add Smart
Crate button) to edit the rules of an existing
Smart Crate.
SORTING yOUR FILES
The track information display area can be
customized to display the columns listed below:
• Added
• Album
• Artist
• Bitrate
• BPM
• Comment
• Composer
• Filename
• Genre
• Grouping
• Key
• Label
• Length
• Location
• Remixer
• Sampling
• Size
• Track
• Video Track
• Year
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The column button is located at the top of the
library pane in the right hand corner. Click on
the column button to select which columns you
want to display. To sort your library by a column,
click the column header so it highlights. For
example, clicking on the album column header
will sort your library alphabetically by album title.
To move a column, drag the header to the left
or right. To resize a column, click on the column
boundary and drag it to the left or right.
USING THE SONG BROWSER
The song browser allows you to filter your song
list by Genre, BPM, Artist and Album. To turn the
song browser on or off, click the Browse button.
SEARCHING
Scratch Live includes a
search function to help
you find files quickly and
easily. Enter text into the
search box and Scratch
Live
will
automatically
find as you type. To select
which fields the search
function will look through,
click on the left hand
side 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 click on a crate or playlist, the
search query will be cleared.
PREPARE WINDOW
The Prepare window is a holding area for tracks,
much like preparing a set by lifting records part
way out of your record bag. You can drag tracks
(or whole crates) from the main track list into the
Prepare window, or simply drag them onto the
Prepare button. These tracks will be removed
from the Prepare window once they have been
played. All tracks in the Prepare window will be
discarded when you exit Scratch Live.
TIP: Use the keyboard shortcut ctrl-p to add
tracks to the Prepare window.
TIP: Select the contents of the Prepare
window and drag them onto the new crate
button (+) to save your selection as a crate.
HISTORy
The History button opens a
complete log of all the tracks you
have played and allows exporting Scratch Live
session information as a data file.
Each session is catalogued by date and time.
Using the drop down arrow, you can navigate to
and view detailed information of any previous
sessions. There are columns for the period (i.e.,
date of session), name of track and artist name.
In addition, these other categories listed below
will give you more detailed information about
your sessions:
Start Time: When viewing a song row, the start
time of the song is displayed. When viewing
a session row, the start time of the session is
displayed with the date (in real time value).
End Time: When viewing a song row, the end
time of the song is displayed. When viewing
a session row, the end time of the session is
displayed with the date (in real time value).
Playtime: When viewing a song row, the total
played time of the song is displayed (i.e.,
00:03:00). When viewing a session row, the total
elapsed time of the session is displayed with
date (i.e., 10/09/08 01:38:16).
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