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tIp: use the keyboard shortcut ctrl-p to add
tracks to the prepare window.
tIp: Select the contents of the prepare
window, drag them onto the new crate button
(+) to save the selection.
revIeW WIndoW
The review window shows the tracks you have
recently played in the order in which they were
played. Tracks you have played recently are
colored green – press the clear button to reset
the list of recently played tracks.
tIp: Select the contents of the review window
and drag them onto the new crate button (+)
to save a history of the tracks you played.
edItInG Id3 taGS
Much of the information associated with each file
can be edited from within Scratch LIVE. Double
click on the attribute within the main library to
edit the attribute. Filename, length, size, bit rate
and sampling cannot be edited. This information
is saved in the file itself. Note that the protect
library option in setup must be unchecked
to allow edits. See preparing your files on
page manual-15 for details on prebuilding
overviews and auto-bpm.
tIp: use the keyboard shortcut "ctrl-e" to
edit text. hold down the ctrl key and move
with the arrow keys to change to a different
field while staying in edit mode. When you
have more than one file selected, editing tags
changes all the files in your selection.
tIp: the second column in the library is the
label color for that file. click it to bring up a
color palette, and customize the virtual deck
for that file.
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dISpLay aLbum art
MP3 files can contain album art information. To
display this album art, click the show album art
button. There are many third party applications
available for adding album art to MP3s. We
recommend Apple's iTunes™.
StatuS IconS
The leftmost column shows the status of each
track. The image to the left shows five tracks
with differing statuses.
• Scratch LIVE has detected some
corruption in the MP3 file. If possible,
re-encode the MP3.
• The track has been imported from the
iTunes™ library.
• The track has been imported from
the iTunes library, and Scratch LIVE
has detected some corruption in the MP3 file.
Solution: If possible, re-encode the MP3.
• The track cannot be found. Most likely
the file has been renamed or moved.
• Scratch LIVE is trying to import a track
from the iTunes library, but cannot find
the file.
• Tracks that are read-only have a
locked icon.
more Info on corrupt fILeS
If you have a corrupt file in your library, hover
your mouse over the status icon for information
on what type of corruption was found. Detailed
explanations of these messages can be found
on page 34.
auto-backup
Scratch LIVE stores your library database and
crates information in a Scratch LIVE folder on
your hard disk. This folder is created on a drive
when files from that drive are added to Scratch
LIVE. There is one on your system drive and
there will be one on every external drive that you
use with Scratch LIVE.
Auto backup creates a copy of the Scratch
LIVE folder on your system drive once a week on
startup. If an external drive containing a Scratch
LIVE folder is detected it will be backed up if the
last backup on that drive is older than a week or
if no backup exists.
A copy of each Scratch LIVE folder called
ScratchLIVE backup is created next to the folder
it is backing up. Auto-Backup will only keep ONE
level backup at a time, each time autobackup
runs it overwrites the previous backup.
deLetInG crateS and trackS from
Scratch LIve
To delete tracks from your Scratch LIVE library,
select the track and use the keyboard shortcut
ctrl-delete. (Make sure you have the protect
library option unchecked in the setup menu.)
•Deleting a track when you are in the All...playlist
removes 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 harddrive (sending them to the recycle
bin) use the shortcut ctrl-shift-delete.
If you are using iTunes playlists, your files cannot
be deleted this way. You will need to delete them
from within iTunes.
MP 4 - OPERATOR'S MANUAL
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