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Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
© 2000-2002 Glenn Randers-Pehrson. The Scratch LIVE Control Tone, the audio pressed on Scratch LIVE These items are included with the MP4 in the box: 10. Protect the power cord and plug from being walked on or Control Vinyl and Control CDs, is copyright ©2004-2008 Serato pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the Audio Research. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Important Safety Instructions maIn Screen overvIeW Introduction Virtual Deck contentS Copyright Notices Visual Aids Warning Tempo Matching Display Minimum System Requirements Track Overview Display Main Waveform Display Beat Matching Display Check List Master Gain Tap Tempo mp 4 overvIeW Key Lock Repeat Inputs Censor... - Page 5 orGanIzInG your muSIc display Maximum Screen Updates Grouping Tracks into Crates Audio Cache Subcrates Horizontal Waveforms Sorting Your Files Using the Song Browser uSb dropout Indicator Searching Prepare Window troubLeShootInG and frequentLy Review Window aSked queStIonS Editing ID3 Tags Display Album Art Status icons corrupt fILe deScrIptIonS and More info on corrupt files...
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Page 6: Mp 4 Overview
IN 2 IN 1 PHONO PHONO The MP 4 combines Rane mixer technology and Serato Scratch LIVE software. The result is a mixer with the flexibility of playing digital music directly from your computer while still supporting traditional analog inputs. This two-bus mixer... -
Page 7: Front Panel Description
front paneL deScrIptIon PROGRAM A PROGRAM B HOUSE PHONES LINE LINE MP 4 –12 MIXER –24 –12 –12 –12 –12 MIC LEVEL INPUT HIGH A LEVEL B LEVEL HIGH INPUT LEVEL LEVEL POWER feature deScrIptIon Mic Level Control Adjusts the Level of the MIC Input. The OL (overload) indicator lights when the maximum mic level has been reached, 3 dB before clipping. -
Page 8: Rear Panel Description
EQUIPMENT 24TJ PHONO BALANCED OUTPUTS: TIP = (+), RING = (–), SLEEVE = SIGNAL GROUND BALANCED INPUT 50/60 Hz 7 WATTS MADE IN U.S.A. GROUND RANE CORP. ACN 001 345 482 MIC TO USB RECORD LEVEL FOR CONTINUED LINE LINE... -
Page 9: Scratch Live: Getting Started
On the input tab, you will see four MP 4 devices are free. To install the software, double-click listed. on the installer icon from the CD-ROM, or the Scratch LIve: installer you just downloaded from scratchlive. GettInG Started They are, in order: net. -
Page 10: Windows Vista
WIndoWS vISta thIrd-party SoftWare When you plug in your hardware: The MP 4 can be used with third party software, as well as the Scratch LIVE software that comes 1. A Found New Hardware wizard will pop up. with it. When you install Scratch LIVE, an ASIO 2. -
Page 11: Importing And Playing Music
2. Once you have located your music, drag pLayInG muSIc the folder or files you want to import onto the Click on the all… icon to show all the tracks ImportInG and purple “All...” icon. This is located to the left of in your library. -
Page 12: Preparing Your Files
Set auto-bpm If this option is checked, building overviews will preparInG your maIn Screen fILeS overvIeW If this option is checked while building overviews, Scratch LIVE will calculate the estimated tempos of your files. If Scratch LIVE is confident that the auto-BPM estimate for a file is accurate, it will be written to an ID3 tag* in the file. -
Page 13: Visual Aids
beat matchInG dISpLay auto fill overviews in the setup screen – with this tIp: use the keyboard shortcut shift-alt-arrow setting disabled, the overview will be filled as to unload a track from the virtual deck. This view shows the position of beats you play the track. -
Page 14: Tap Tempo
tap tempo repeat the left deck, and k for the right deck. The fader start point is not saved with the file, and by For tracks with no BPM information, Use the repeat function to repeat the default this point is set to the start of the track. there tempo button... -
Page 15: Mixing With The Mp
pItch SLIderS Left deck function right deck play / pause reverse Scratch LIVE has two pitch sliders mIxInG WIth the play / pause forward – a large slider for coarse pitch mp 4 pitch down adjustment, and a small pitch slider pitch up for fine adjustments. -
Page 16: Cue Points
cue poIntS Each cue point can have a different color. To change the color of a cue point, click on the colored square and choose a new color from the drop down menu. To remove a cue point, use the x button on the right side of the cue point panel. -
Page 17: Looping
click on the locked loop symbol, a red border the a - SLot will appear. This indicates the loop is locked, and A special loop slot ‘A’ exits for auto-looping. The LoopInG you will not be able to adjust the end points or act of using the auto-loop buttons sets a loop delete the loop until you unlock it, by clicking on in the ‘A’... -
Page 18: Midi Control
aSSIGnInG controLS preSetS To enable MIDI assign mode, click the mIdI controL MIDI button or press ctrl+M. Hovering the mouse pointer over a control will bring up the MIDI assignment box, showing the current assignment status. To assign a MIDI control, click on the control in Scratch LIVE, then move the MIDI control. -
Page 19: Organizing Your Music
tIp: the protect library option in the setup uSInG the SonG broWSer screen applies to removing, editing and orGanIzInG your renaming crates. check this option to prevent muSIc changes to your crates. If you do delete a crate by accident, you can get it back from the recycle bin / trash. -
Page 20: Review Window
tIp: use the keyboard shortcut ctrl-p to add dISpLay aLbum art auto-backup tracks to the prepare window. Scratch LIVE stores your library database and crates information in a Scratch LIVE folder on tIp: Select the contents of the prepare your hard disk. This folder is created on a drive window, drag them onto the new crate button when files from that drive are added to Scratch (+) to save the selection. -
Page 21: Recording
tIpS. • The keyboard shortcut ctrl-n turns recording recordInG on and off • You can load a recording without saving it using the short cut keys shift left arrow to deck 1 or shift right arrow to deck 2. • If the Virtual Deck is set to int mode and is unloaded, the input record level is sent to the virtual deck’s higher resolution stereo meters. -
Page 22: Keyboard Shortcuts
actIon ctrl - L Locate the current track. This will highlight the track you most recently loaded. keyboard Pressing ctrl - L again will alternate between the tracks recently loaded on both decks. ShortcutS ctrl - R Reveal - the highlighted song is opened in a file browser. ctrl - F Find - moves the cursor to the search box. -
Page 23: Additional Setup
Sort cueS chronoLoGIcaLLy tIp: Slightly too quiet is always better than too loud. If your Led meter is in the red, it is The five cue points can be placed in any order, addItIonaL Setup likely that it is clipping. not only does clipping and can be dragged up and down if you wish not sound very nice, it can damage your to reorder them. -
Page 24: Read Itunes™ Library
read ItuneS™ LIbrary 3. When this process is complete, your Scratch auto fILL overvIeWS LIVE library will be updated with the new location Existing iTunes users will recognize many Enable this setting to automatically generate the of your files. features from iTunes. Scratch LIVE can read track overview as soon as a track is loaded. -
Page 25: Usb Dropout Indicator
uSb dropout drive, and a separate database will be made in this folder. If it is a removable drive, the tracks IndIcator troubLeShootInG will only appear in your library when the drive is The USB dropout indicator and frequentLy connected. on the main screen is a useful trouble shooting aSked queStIonS tool if you have problems with audio dropouts. -
Page 26: Corrupt File Descriptions And Diagnoses
corrupt fILe deScrIptIonS and dIaGnoSeS Corrupt file: This MP3 contains invalid frames. This MP3 contains frames which do not conform strictly to the official MP3 specification. Scratch LIVE can not be certain that this file will play back 100% accurately. Corrupt file: This file contains corrupt frames that This file contains two or more contiguous corrupt frames. -
Page 27: Fader Cleaning
cLeanInG InStructIonS a. fader assembly replacement (part #11646) fader cLeanInG 1. Unplug the MP 4. 2. Remove the bottom cover. 3. Remove the fader screws from the front panel. 4. Draw fader assembly out through the bottom. 5. Remove ribbon cable from old fader. 6.