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- Page 1 RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL...
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Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
SyStem RequIRementS For the continued safety of yourself and others © 2009 Rane Corporation. All rights reserved. • A DJ mixer with at least 2 channels. • At least one turntable or CD player. we recommend that you read the following safety Scratch Live and the Scratch Live logo and installation instructions. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
LOOPinG PLAYBACk COnTROL Auto Looping The Control Record The A - Slot The Control CD Loop Roll Vinyl Scroll Loop Roll with MIDI SAMPLe PLAYeR Play Behavior Play Modes Volume MIDI RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... - Page 5 Show All File Types Include Subcrate Tracks LiveFeeD Autofill Overviews Using LiveFeed Import AAC Files Display keYBOARD SHORTCUTS Maximum Screen Updates Audio Cache (seconds) Horizontal Waveforms Show Album Art On Deck RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL...
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Page 6: Scratch Live: Getting Started
Make sure you connect it directly to your cOnnectIng yOuR computer and not through a hub or splitter. Connect your CD players or turntables to the haRdWaRe DECK INPUTS on the Rane SL 3. TURnTABLe SeTUP SyStem OveRvIeW *Optional Step: Connect an additional output tone... -
Page 7: Installing Scratch Live
Make sure your SL 3 is connected first. If a as above. window doesn’t open automatically, browse to the CD drive. Run setup.exe. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 8: Playing Regular Vinyl And Cds
P6 type barrel plug. Any substitute Start both turntables or CD players. You will must meet these specifications. see green rings appear in the scope view, as -(5.5mm) +(2.5mm) shown above. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 9: Important Safety Instructions 3 Calibration Troubleshooting
For example, make sure bass bins aren’t directly under the turntables. FOR MORe CALiBRATiOn TROUBLeSHOOTinG HeLP See “ScOpe ReadIng AnD FiXeS” On PAGe 32. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 10: Mac 3 Preparing Your Files
See “StatuS IcOnS” On PAGe 22 AnD “CORRUPT FiLe DeSCRiPTiOnS AnD The offline player is a useful tool for preparing DiAGnOSeS” On PAGe 31. crates, auditioning tracks, and setting cue and loop points. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 11: File Management
This is useful if you know the vinyl scroll. location of your files, as it only scans the drag and drop location, with faster relocation. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 12: Main Screen Overview
Each shows a different aspect of the deck, and the track to be mixed in is track being played. on the right deck. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 13: Thru Buttons
This essentially lets you the Virtual Deck. continue mixing, but just using one turntable. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 14: Track Gain
F7 (right deck) to switch to rel mode. out of record. You can switch from Emergency Internal mode to rel mode by lifting the needle and placing it in the lead-in of the control record. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 15: Internal Mode
45 RPM recording playing at 33 RPM, 1x or normal speed, 45/33 or the speed of a 33 RPM recording playing at 45 RPM, or 2x (double speed). RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 16: Cue Points
The control vinyl will go back to controlling playback once the record is back up to normal speed. Using the control vinyl to adjust loop end points is optional — to turn this feature RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 17: Auto Looping
+ alt + 1 will activate a 1/4 bar loop roll, control + alt + 2 will activate a 1/8 bar loop roll and so on. Use the < and > buttons to toggle through the range of possible lengths visible on screen. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 18: Sample Player
Sample Player window must be opened first immediately. This mode most closely resembles before enabling MIDI assign mode. See “mIdI the function of the “note off” mode found on COnTROL” On PAGe 19. many popular samplers. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 19: Midi Control
To assign this to MIDI assigning controls below. control, enter MIDI assign mode, ctrl-click on the slider, and then assign one of the pads to it. When you press the pad, pitch goes to 0. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 20: Organizing Your Music
To resize a column, click on the column TiP: Use the keyboard shortcut ctrl-p to add setup screen to prevent changes to your boundary and drag it to the left or right. tracks to the prepare window. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 21: History
B has been notes - Use this field to list particular information changed or ejected. about your songs and each session (i.e., note how you transitioned from one track to another). RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 22: Display Album Art
Solution: If possible, re-encode the MP3. • The track cannot be found. Most likely the file has been renamed or moved. • Tracks that are read-only have a locked icon. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 23: Recording
3 to 7 under RECORDING. left deck or shift right arrow to the right deck. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 24: Livefeed
LiveFeed - Rane SL 3 Record Source once the input source exceeds the set gate level LiveFeed - Rane SL 3 Record Source (Gated). (thus avoiding periods of silence). You can set Load the desired LiveFeed file to any deck. To the gate level by clicking the dropdown menu in begin recording, start the virtual deck playing. -
Page 25: Keyboard Shortcuts
- ; Next loop. alt - space bar Activate the tempo tapper. alt - space bar (x2) ctrl - i Set temporary cue point. (rel and int modes) ctrl - k RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 26: Additional Setup
The firmware upgrade takes approximately 10 version 1.7.2 or later for auto gain to work. chronological order, turn this option on. seconds, during which time the SL 3 will not be usable. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 27: Hi-Fi Resampler
You can also select mono output. This setting is mode. Accidental skipping of the needle does saved when you exit Scratch Live. not reposition the playhead. (rel mode only) RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 28: Library
Turn this option off if you do not wish to import AAC files into your library. Changing this option will cause your iTunes library to be reloaded if you have the ‘read iTunes library’ option turned RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 29: Mixing With One Turntable Or Cd Player
4. You can now quickly slide the cross fader over to the left deck. 5. Your right deck is now free to load up a new song ready to mix in. 6. Repeat! See “inSTAnT DOUBLeS” On PAGe 27. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 30: Troubleshooting And Frequently Asked Questions
You can order replacement control See “keY LOCk” On PAGe 13. records from your local distributor. You may also order these in the online store at www.rane.com i WAnT TO BACkUP MY LiBRARY AnD if you are in the USA. -
Page 31: Corrupt File Descriptions And Diagnoses
This file contains samples of audio that are too small to represent accurately and will therefore samples. be truncated to zero. This should not result in any audible audio artifacts, but could cause audio dropouts on earlier versions of Scratch Live. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 32: Scope Reading And Fixes
DAMAGeD neeDLe - Try re-seating, cleaning or UneARTHeD - Very susceptible to interference. amounts of noise, barely tracking. Connect your replacing your stylus. Attach the turntable’s ground wire. turntables directly to the hardware. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... - Page 33 TOneARM iS SLiGHTLY TOO LiGHT - Susceptible to right signals have been combined into one somewhere has been lost with a noisy loose connection and left dust and vibration. Adjust the tonearm. in your signal chain. channel crosstalk. RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL...
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Page 34: Sl 3 Specifications
0.009% at 1 kHz at 2 Vrms All Inputs Phono or Line Level Switchable Line Input Unbalanced RCA …...Gain Unity …...Maximum Input / Output 3 Vrms Phono Input Unbalanced RCA ……Sensitivity Adjustable 2.5 mV to 10 mV RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 35: Declaration Of Conformity
I, the undersigned, hereby declare that the equipment specified above conforms to the Directive(s) and Standard(s) shown above. Roy G. Gill Compliance engineer (Signature) (Full Name) (Position) Mukilteo WA USA July 10, 2008 (Place) (Date) RANE SL 3 SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 36: Factory Authorized Service
Corporation does not, however, warrant its products against any and all defects: 1) arising out of materials or workmanship not provided or furnished by Rane, or 2) resulting from abnormal use of the product or use in violation of instructions, or 3) in products repaired or serviced by other than authorized Rane repair facilities, or 4) in products with removed or defaced serial numbers, or 5) in components or parts or products expressly warranted by another manufacturer. -
Page 37: Warranty Procedure
WARRANTY SERVICE MUST BE PERFORMED ONLY BY AN AUTHORIZED RANE SERVICE FACILITY LOCATED IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE UNIT WAS PURCHASED, OR (if product was purchased in the U.S.) AT THE RANE FACTORY IN THE U.S.. If the product is being sent to Rane for repair, please call the factory for a Return Authorization number. - Page 38 RAne SL 3 FOR SeRATO SCRATCH Live • OPeRATOR’S MAnUAL 1.9...
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