Rane TTM 57SL User Manual
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- Page 1 TTM 57SL MIXER Version 1.6 MAC WIN 15645...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
1. Read these instructions. Please read through these operating instructions so you will 2. Keep these instructions. know how to get the most from your TTM 57SL and the in- 3. Heed all warnings. cluded Scratch software. Keep this manual in a safe place. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Calibrating Scratch ........13 LIVE The mixer hardware control panel ....30 Audio output ..........13 Controlling Scratch from the TTM 57SL ... 30 LIVE Signal threshold ..........13 Groups ............31 Scope view............13 Customizing the control assignments .... 31 Playing your first track ........14 Library &... -
Page 4: Ttm 57Sl Mixer Overview
, creating a whole new range of LIVE External sound card interface possibilities for your performance. The TTM 57SL was specifically Use the TTM 57SL as a high quality USB audio interface for your designed to work with Scratch and the available features are LIVE favorite Mac or PC software —... -
Page 5: Ttm 57Sl: The Hardware
TTM 57SL: The Hardware The best way to understand the TTM 57SL is to learn the basic mixer without a computer or digital effects first. Only after you are familiar with the ins and outs of all this mixer can do on its Set the unused inputs to LINE. -
Page 6: Program Controls
Program Controls PGM 1 PGM 2 INPUT Choose one of four INPUT sources for each Program. PGM 1 selects: • Analog-1 (A1) • Analog-2 (A2) INPUT INPUT GAIN GAIN • Digital-l (D1) • Digital-2. (D2) HIGH HIGH PGM 2 selects: •... -
Page 7: Faders
STEREO HOUSE, left and right OL are shown for the On = Stereo House Metering STEREO mix. Off = Dual Mono Cue Metering HOUSE SLOW FAST SLOW FAST SLOW FAST CHANNEL SWAP FADER 1 CONTOUR REVERSE CROSSFADE CONTOUR REVERSE FADER 2 CONTOUR REVERSE TTM 57SL PERFORMANCE MIXER Manual-... -
Page 8: Aux In
AUX IN OUTPUT LEVELS This level adjusts the level of the Auxiliary Input signal. This is a full-range control providing Off to +6 dB gain adjustment. MIC LEVEL and EQ (XLR) The MIC ON switch engages the Mic. The green indicator is lit when the MIC is engaged. -
Page 9: Flexfx Loop
FlexFX Loop USB Streaming Audio FlexFX This stereo loop connects an external effects pro- There are up to eight channels of stream- cessor. The signals coming from the PGM 1 fader, ing audio over the USB port. Two stereo the PGM 2 fader, or both may be routed to the channels from the computer and two stereo FlexFX loop. -
Page 10: Serato And Effects Control Panel
Scratch controls are described on page Manual- LIVE INSERT Internal Digital Effects There are two Effects Processors available in the TTM 57SL. PGM 1 PGM 2 AUX B MAIN Digital Effects hang out in the mixer instead of the software so... -
Page 11: Basic Effects Controls
Basic Effects Controls Footswitch The selected effect is edited with the remaining soft controls. The The last soft control is the optional footswitch. A footswitch al- function of some controls depends on the selected Effect. Spe- lows hands-free control of: cific control funtions are outlined in the operational details for •... -
Page 12: Control Assignments For Echo Effect
Control Assignments for Echo Effect over a range of 10% to 94% in 256 steps. There transforming with the control return- Delay Time is calibrated in BPM. is no second function for P2 in the Echo Effect. ing to the set Wet/Dry ratio when the There are two ways to set the BPM The BPM Multiplier is selected using J1. -
Page 13: Install The Software
1. Insert the Software Installation CD-ROM. If Setup doesn’t There are two drivers to install. The first is the standard Win- dows driver that allows you to use your TTM 57SL as a sound start automatically, browse to the CD drive and run card. -
Page 14: Setting Up Your Turntables
LIVE Troubleshooting: The TTM 57SL mixer is not recognized It takes five seconds for Scratch to detect the TTM 57SL. The mixer can be unplugged at any LIVE time; you do not need to exit Scratch before disconnecting the hardware. Use the supplied USB LIVE cable —... -
Page 15: Calibrating Scratch Live
Calibrating Scratch LIVE The TTM 57SL interprets the signal on record and communicates with the software. The signal needs to be clear for Scratch LIVE perform well. This section describes how to calibrate Scratch to optimize reading the control signal from your turntables or CD LIVE players. -
Page 16: Playing Your First Track
Playing your first track Now that you have calibrated Scratch , you are ready to play your first track. We will return to the screen later to set setup LIVE general system preferences. To import your own tracks, drag files and folders directly from Windows Explorer (PC version) or Finder (Mac version) into the Scratch library. -
Page 17: Playing Tracks
Playing tracks When a track is loaded, the track name, artist and length are displayed in the track title bar, and the Virtual Deck shows a solid black line. The track will start playing as soon as it detects the signal from the control vinyl (or CD). The control record The control record has two sides. -
Page 18: Visual Aids
Visual aids When the track is playing several waveforms are displayed. Each shows a different aspect of the track being played. Tempo Matching display The Tempo Matching display area provides a helpful tool for beat matching. Scratch detects the beats within the track, LIVE and places a row of orange peaks (for the track on the left side) above a row of blue peaks (for the track on the right side) in the... -
Page 19: Main Waveform Display
Main Waveform display This view provides a close-up view of the track, including color- coding to show the frequency of the sound; red representing low- frequency bass sounds, green representing mid-frequency sounds and blue representing high-frequency treble sounds. You can also switch to a three-band spectrum view by hold- ing the key and clicking on the waveform. -
Page 20: Tracking Indicator
Master gain The master output of Scratch can be controlled using the master gain control. LIVE This adjusts the output volume of all tracks played. Note: for best results, set the master gain to the 12 o’clock position, and adjust the volume of individual tracks using the track gain adjustment. -
Page 21: Scratch Live Modes
Scratch modes LIVE Scratch has three different modes of operation. You can LIVE switch between these modes by clicking the mode buttons near the Virtual Deck. Absolute mode mode is the default mode, and most closely resembles the properties of normal vinyl. The beginning of the track is mapped to the start of the record, and by picking up the tone arm and moving the needle to another part of the record (needle dropping) you can move to a different position within... -
Page 22: Internal Mode
Internal mode mode allows you to play tracks without external vinyl (or CD player) control. mode has a start / stop function and virtual pitch slider. Holding down the shift key moves the pitch slider slowly. Holding the ctrl key and clicking on the pitch slider resets it to 33 rpm or 45 rpm, depending on which you are closest to at the time. -
Page 23: Cue Points
Looping You can save up to 9 loops per track; these loops are saved in the file, and will be present when you reload the track. To make a loop, set the in-point by clicking button, and the out-point by click- ing the button. -
Page 24: Organizing Your Music
Organizing your music Scratch can support an unlimited number of tracks – the only limitation is the size of the LIVE hard drive of your computer. A number of features are included to help you to keep your music organized and find songs quickly and easily. Grouping tracks into crates Scratch supports several ways of organizing and sorting your file library. -
Page 25: Using The Song Browser
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 button. browse Searching Scratch includes a search function to help you find files quickly and easily. Enter text into the search box and Scratch will LIVE LIVE... -
Page 26: Prepare Window
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 from the main track list into the prepare window, or simply drag tracks onto the prepare button. These tracks will be removed from the prepare window once they have been played. -
Page 27: Recording
, eject the track if there is one loaded, and the Virtual Deck’s meters will show the signal coming into input Recording directly with the TTM 57SL soft controls is pos- sible using the Record Group and an optional footswitch. See page Mauanl-31. -
Page 28: Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts These actions can be accessed directly from the computer keyboard. Action ctrl - L Locate the current track. This will highlight the track you most recently loaded. Pressing ctrl - L again will alternate between the tracks recently loaded on both decks. ctrl - R Reveal - the highlighted song is opened in a file browser. -
Page 29: Additional Setup
Additional setup This section covers general preferences and adjustments you can Playback make to improve the performance of Scratch . From the LIVE main screen, tick to get to this area. setup Instant doubles This allows you to quickly match the playhead position of two USB audio buffer size tracks. -
Page 30: Vinyl Control
You may purchase umn. You can sort by the status column to group all these tracks “second edition” vinyl from the Rane together. website if you are in the USA. Out- side of the USA, call your distributor. -
Page 31: Show All File Types
Show all file types Enable this option to show all files when importing tracks into Scratch . If this option is not selected, only files that Scratch LIVE can play will be displayed. LIVE Build overviews If you run Scratch with the hardware interface discon- LIVE nected, you will notice a button labeled... -
Page 32: The Mixer Hardware Control Panel
You can control many of the features of Scratch directly LIVE from your TTM 57SL mixer. The hardware panel shows you what functions in the software are connected to the physical controls on the mixer, and allows you to customize the control assignments. -
Page 33: Groups
Groups Customizing the control assignments You can customize almost all of the software control assign- Functions are organized in a series of groups. Each group con- ments. To change what a button, parameter knob or joystick tains a bank of software controls. The first two groups are cus- does to Scratch , right-click on the control label. -
Page 34: Library & Playback Groups
(Group B2) library (custom group 2) In this second custom group, many of the functions can be applied to either of the Virtual Decks. To select which of the Virtual Decks a given effect is applied to, press the mixer’s DECK button. The LED next to the button indicates which of the Virtual Decks the software function applies. -
Page 35: Cueing, Looping & Recording Groups
(Group B4) cueing & looping To access this group, press the GROUP button on the mixer, then press B4. This group gives you access to all the cue points and looping functions. To select which of the Virtual Decks a given effect is applied to, press the mixer’s DECK button. The LED next to the button indicates which of the Virtual Decks the software function applies. -
Page 36: Effects Group: Delay & Lp Filter
Echo The TTM 57SL has two built in effects processors. Unlike other groups, when you are in the effects group, the DECK button on the mixer switches between these two effects processors. DECK 1 activates the Echo controls, and DECK 2 activates the LFO Filter controls. -
Page 37: Hardware Panel Setup
Select this option to keep the kills on Control source until you press the button again. Any of the four inputs on the TTM 57SL can be set to control Scratch . Use these two knobs to choose the inputs that are... -
Page 38: Advanced Techniques
Advanced Techniques Scratch contains features that allow some advanced techniques. These techniques will require practice to perfect, but will allow LIVE you to perform feats not possible with normal DJ equipment. Mixing with only one turntable The single turntable technique allows you to mix as if you had two turntables, using just one. If one of your turntables is not perform- ing properly, or if you only have one available, you will be able to continue to mix the way you are used to. -
Page 39: Troubleshooting And Faq
— check all your cables, and the connection between your cartridges and the tone arm. You can order replacement control records from your local distributor. You may also order these in the online store at www.rane.com if you are in the USA. -
Page 40: Scope Reading And Fixes
CD Player into Phono Input Phono into Line Input Dusty Needle TTM 57SL is set to receive phono level TTM 57SL is set to receive line level Dust is preventing the stylus from track- input. Set to the correct value on the input. - Page 41 Your record is very badly worn and the Left signal has been lost with a noisy Right signal has been lost with a noisy TTM 57SL is unable to track correctly. loose connection. loose connection. Swap sides or get new vinyl ASAP.
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Page 42: Ttm 57Sl Specifications
TTM 57SL Specifications Parameter Specification Conditions & Comments Analog Inputs: Stereo, Unbalanced RCA jacks: ..Phono or line level input ..Phono Response: RIAA ± dB, Gain: 0 dB at kHz ..Max input mV ..Input Impedance: .k Ω, 00 pF ..Line Gain: ± dB kHz... -
Page 43: Appendix
Appendix FlexFX OUTPUT MIX OUTPUT DSP processing block diagram AUX BUS INPUT DIGITAL RECORD 1 LEFT RIGHT DIGITAL RECORD 2 LEFT RIGHT INPUTS INPUTS Manual-... -
Page 44: Analog Diagram
DigiTech FS300 or GNXFC. Here is a basic diagram of a 3-switch foot switch: RING SLEEVE ©Rane Corporation 00 th Ave. W., Mukilteo WA -0 USA TEL --000 FAX -- WEB www.rane.com Manual- All features & specifications subject to change without notice. 05-06 DOC 109871...
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