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- Page 1 SIXTY-EIGHT TWO COMPUTERS, TWO USB PORTS, FOUR DECKS AND A RANGE OF EFFECTS RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL •...
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Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
COPyRIGHT NOTICES type plug has two blades and a third grounding higher, or Windows 7. We recommend © 2010 Rane Corporation. All rights reserved. Scratch prong. The wide blade or third prong is provided for Windows 7 over Vista. Live and the Scratch Live logo are trademarks of your safety. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
More Controls Supported File Types CUE POINTS Playing Music Track Display Setting Cue Points Primary & Secondary Deck Layers Enable Hot Cues Triggering Cue Points WHITELABEL.NET Editing Cue Points Customizing Cue Points RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... - Page 5 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITy Play From Start History Instant Doubles Serato Playlists SERVICE AND WARRANTy Play From First Cue Point Uploading Serato Playlists Braking (Internal Mode) Live Playlists Audio Output Editing ID3 tags RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL...
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Page 6: Sixty-Eight Mixer Overview
XLR jacks with pin 2 “hot” per AES standards. The Booth output is on balanced ¼" TRS (tip-ring-sleeve) jacks, though The Sixty Eight is a four channel mixer with dual Leave the power unplugged until everything else unbalanced TS (tip-sleeve) plugs may be used. -
Page 7: Mixer Controls
FAST SLOW FAST Hz toward 20 kHz as the knob is turned signal level meter with peak-hold. clockwise. UE POINTS PGM 1 PGM 2 PGM 3 PGM 4 HEADPHONES CUE POINTS RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL SIXTY-EIGHT... -
Page 8: Mics
PGM 3 PGM 1 PGM 1 PGM 4 PGM 2 PGM 2 HEADPHONES PGM 3 PGM 3 CUE POINTS PGM 4 PGM 4 HEADPHONES HEADPHONES CUE POINTS CUE P RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL SIXTY-EIGHT SIXTY-EIGHT SIXTY-EI... -
Page 9: Control Strip Controls
PGM 2 PGM 3 PGM 4 HEADPHONES CUE POINTS CUE POINTS PGM 1 PGM 2 PGM 3 PGM 4 HEADPHONES CUE POIN IN SCRATCH LIVE SEE “LOOPING” ON PAGE 24 RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL SIXTY-EIGHT SIXTY-EIGH... -
Page 10: Cue Points
SEND SEND ECHO ROBOT REVERB RETURN RETURN PGM 4 FLEXFX EXT. INSERT 5 INSERT BEAT BEAT FLEXFX ON MIC 1 FLEXFX RETURN TIME LEVEL / DEPTH Playback RIGHT LEFT MIC 2 FLEXFX RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 11: Internal Audio Effects
If no effect is selected, the information for the last effect is displayed. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 12: Effects Parameter Table
USB-2 Record is assigned to one of these: • PH / CD 2 SEE “TWO COMPUTER CONNECTION” ON PAGE 36. Pre-source selector ∙ ∙ Supports Serato Vinyl Control • AUX 2 • PGM 2 post fader RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 13: Scratch Live: Getting Started
1 and 2, and decks on the right to 3 and 4. Disable all built-in effects on the CD player, > Scratch Live. Match the L channel from each of your decks including keylock/master tempo. (usually white) with the white (uppermost) RCA RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 14: Installing Scratch Live
You can also do this if you have already installed the latest version — just rename the executable (eg. to Scratch Live 2.1.1.exe), and then reinstall the earlier version. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 15: Calibrating Scratch Live
Check your percentage in the lower right corner. RCA connections and needles. FOR MORe CALIBRATION TROUBLESHOOTING HELP “SCOPE READING AND FIXES” ON PAGE 44. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 16: Importing And Playing Music
Virtual Deck shows a solid black line. If the track has BPM or key information written in the tag this will also be displayed. See “Set AUTO-BPM.” RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 17: Primary & Secondary Deck Layers
TIP: you can drag and drop individual folders, Stack Mode to display all four decks on crates or files onto the Analyze Files button kbps stereo audio in Scratch Live when Rane screen. SEE “DISPLAy MODES” ON PAGE 21 Scratch Live hardware is connected. Without to force the building of overviews at any time. -
Page 18: Playback Control
(outlined below) to expand and hide the CONTROL” ON PAGE 39 offline player controls. For information on rescanning, moving, copying, deleting and backing up your files, SEE “FILE MANAGEMENT” ON PAGE 33 RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 19: Main Screen Overview
The peaks will still line up when the SEE “CUE POINTS” ON PAGE 24 AND “SCRATCH tracks are playing at the same tempo, but are LIVE MODES” ON PAGE 22. out of sync. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 20: Beat Matching Display
Playback tab of the controlled using the master gain control. Setup screen for autoplay to work correctly. This adjusts the volume of all tracks played. “PLAy FROM START” ON PAGE 39 RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 21: Reverse Input Control
Album Art Size slider in the same area. Show Deck Controls Button on any Deck. 4-Deck Stack Mode: Four Decks are stacked on top of each other in a horizontal fashion, as in 2-Deck Stack Mode. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 22: Scratch Live Modes
F7 (right deck) to switch to REL mode. end of the record not to accidentally go past this point and into internal mode, or the track will no longer respond to record movement! RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 23: Internal Mode
Bend up - Create a temporary increase in the playback speed. Use bend up if the two tracks are in time, but this track is slightly behind the other track. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 24: Cue Points
If this is done using the keyboard Control tab in the Setup screen. while the track is playing in either INT or REL mode, the cue point will be repeatedly triggered, producing a stuttering effect. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 25: Auto-Looping
+ alt + 2 will activate a 1/8 beat loop roll to be set. SEE “SET AUTO BPM” ON PAGE 18. and so on. Use the and buttons to toggle through the range of possible lengths visible onscreen. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 26: Sp-6 Sample Player
• Level meter: Displays the volume level for the another sample slot to begin instant doubling. sample slot. This enables you to set up the sample player with the appropriate controls that suit your workflow. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 27: Sp-6 Pitch Controls
MASTER button for the track loaded to each sample slot. The waveform, corresponding slot. play head position, cue points and selected loops will all be visible. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 28: Dj-Fx Plugin
FX unit at a time. NOTE: The DJ-FX plugin is not visible if your Knob by pressing the Link button. Rane hardware is not connected. SHOW PARAMETERS Now when you adjust the Ultra or Super Knob... -
Page 29: Midi Control
These controllers are plug and play, and can automatically control Scratch Live with no MIDI assigment necessary. Visit serato.com detailed documentation on how to use these controllers. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 30: Technical Information
• Remixer crate, double click the crate name. • Song You can change the order of tracks within a • Whitelabel crate by sorting by the “#” column and dragging • Year them up or down. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 31: Using The Song Browser
If you then click on a crate or playlist, the 00:03:00). When viewing a session row, the total • Size search query will be cleared. elapsed time of the session is displayed with • Track date (i.e., 10/09/08 01:38:16). • Video Track • Year RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 32: Serato Playlists
SEE “SERATO PLAyLISTS.” which may result in USB dropouts. If so, you may wish to avoid using this function. Delete: To delete a history session, highlight the session, then press ctrl + del. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 33: Editing Id3 Tags
Relocate Lost Files button from the Files pane. This is useful if you know the location of your files, as it only scans the drag and drop location, with faster relocation. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 34: Deleting Crates And Tracks
Your Scratch 8. To start a new recording without saving, Live library will now contain entries for both the simply click the record button again. originals and copies. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 35: Record Gain Knob
You can use the Sixty-Eight to sample from vinyl or any other sound source. Click the triangle next to the record button to select the pre-fader signal your source is connected to. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 36: Two Computer Connection
Sixty-Eight’s control Strips. • Computer A = orange. 6. Assign USB sources for the remaining Virtual • Computer B = green. Decks on the second computer and continue DJing. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 37: Keyboard Shortcuts
Next loop. alt - ; alt - space bar Activate the tempo tapper. alt - space bar (x2) ctrl - I (REL and INT modes) ctrl - k Set temporary cue point. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 38: Additional Setup
Hardware screen. The firmware upgrade takes cue point slots are empty. SEE “CUE POINTS” ON size). SEE ”RECORDING” ON PAGE 34. approximately 10 seconds, during which time PAGE 24. the Sixty-Eight will not be usable. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 39: Use Auto Gain
ABS mode. CPU load slightly. This option is off by default, Accidental skipping of the needle does not the old resampler is used when switched off. reposition the playhead. (REL mode only) RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 40: Drop To Cue Points
TIP: Analyze your files before you play to Plus files are DRM-free. pre-build all your overviews. • iTunes is available for Mac and PC. To get SEE “PREPARING yOUR FILES” ON PAGE 17. more information, visit www.apple.com. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 41: Import Aac Files
Use the check boxes to enable and disable the song next to the track information display on Serato Playlists plugin and the Live Playlists each Virtual Deck. feature. These are disabled by default. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 42: Troubleshooting And Faq
You may also THE AUDIO PLAyBACk IS DROPPING OUT / CLICkING / POPPING order these in the online store at www.rane.com I HAVE PINk FILES WHICH DON’T PLAy Scratch Live is not getting a clear signal from the if you are in the USA. -
Page 43: 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 SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... -
Page 44: Scope Reading And Fixes
DAMAGED NEEDLE - Try re-seating, cleaning or Very susceptible to interference. amounts of noise, barely tracking. Connect your replacing your stylus. Attach the turntable’s ground wire to the Sixty-Eight. turntables directly to the Sixty-Eight. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL... - Page 45 RIGHT CHANNEL IS INTERFERENCE - Right signal dust and vibration. Adjust the tonearm. right signals have been combined into one somewhere has been lost with a noisy loose connection and left in your signal chain. channel crosstalk. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL...
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Page 46: Mixing With One Turntable Or Cd Player
Ask your dealer for Rane accessory model “68 EARS.” If you live in the U.S.A, you 1. Load a track onto the Right Deck in Scratch may buy these ears in the Rane Factory Store at Live and play as usual. www.rane.com. - Page 47 PGM 2 PGM 3 PGM 4 HEADPHONES CUE POINTS 1.6” (4 cm) RACK HOLE SIXTY-EIGHT HEIGHT FROM BOTTOM EARS .6" (1.5 cm) MAX PROJECTION .75” WITHOUT HEADPHONE PLUGS (1.9 cm) 11.8" (30 cm) RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL...
- Page 48 425-355-6000 or email us E. Shake excess fluid from the fader assembly. Light lubrication is possible with the fader face at info@rane.com. plate on. A couple of drops or a short spray will F. Wipe off excess fluid.
- Page 49 & 2 on the left connector, faders 3 & 4 on the right connector, and the blue crossfader wires in the center. • Test all the faders before installing the fader panel face plate and fader knobs. RANE SIXTY-EIGHT SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL...
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Page 51: Declaration Of Conformity
2002/95/EC EN55103-1:1996 EN55103-2:1996 MANUFACTURER: ENVIRONMENT E2 Rane Corporation SERIAL NUMBERS 700000-900000 10802 47th Avenue West CE MARK FIRST AFFIXED IN: 2010 Mukilteo WA 98275-5000 USA This equipment has been tested and found to be in compliance with all applicable standards and regulations applying to the EU’s Low Voltage (LV) directive 2006/95/EC. - Page 52 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 53 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.
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