RANE SERATO SCRATCH LIVE - $539
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RANE/SERATO SCRATCH LIVE

The Scratch LIVE USB interface (SL1) connects one or two standard vinyl or CD turntables to your computer. This extremely rugged, portable, high quality, buspowered USB interface features two switchable phono or line inputs, a microphone input, two line outputs, and pass thru outputs for the phono/line and mic. The included 12″ vinyl records each have a Serato exclusive and unique control signal which allows Scratch LIVE to track the motion of the record, simulating the same movement with digital audio. Due to Serato’s proprietary control scheme, the result is a feel and sound indistinguishable from playing vinyl. As a producer and DJ, the track you finished today can be played on a real turntable tonight. You’ll never have to cut a dubplate again!

Software Features:

• Runs natively on Windows XP and Mac OS X
• Supported File formats: Fixed and Variable Bit Rate MP3, AIFF, WAV, CD Audio and direct from microphone input
• Full iTunes integration (Windows and Mac)
• Play and scratch tracks direct from CD and CD-ROM.
• External Mode: faithfully reproduce movement of vinyl control records, including stops, starts, scratching, needle dropping, rubbing, backspins, powerdowns and other turntablist techniques.
• Relative Mode: disable needle dropping to ignore record skips, but still allow scratching.
• Internal Mode: play songs without vinyl control, enabled automatically when end of vinyl groove is reached.
• Browse music collection by Artist, Album or Genre, with optional album art display.
• Vinyl Select allows direct loading of tracks without touching the computer.
• Digital ‘crates’ for quick access to your favorite collections.
• Record from Mic Input and immediately scratch as if it was on vinyl.
• Instant full text search of ID3 tags, matches partial search terms; Edit ID3 tags with full Unicode support.
• Full track overview showing current play point.
• Variable zoom waveforms centered around current needle position.
• Waveform coloring to distinguish different musical features.

Hardware Interface Features:

• USB 1.1 (Full Speed) interface and bus-powered for fast, simple set up.
• Phono level inputs for direct connection of 2 turntables to your computer / no phono preamp required.
• Line level inputs: No extra hardware required for CD decks and line-level turntables.
• Input-thrus: Switch instantly back to regular vinyl.
• Microphone input with adjustable gain; Microphone thru output.
• Analog circuitry fully isolated from noisy USB Bus.
• Optional external power pack for permanent installations, or switching computers during a live show.

Vinyl Features:

• Side A: 10 minutes plus Vinyl Select area. Side B: 15 minutes.
• Vinyl Select allows you to play a whole set without touching the computer.
• Visible time markers on vinyl.
• Continuous control signal on vinyl allows smooth accurate scratching.
• Innovative positioning system for fast and accurate needle dropping.
• Two 15 minute control CDs included.

NEW Scratch LIVE version 1.7.x

This is a new cutting edge version of Scratch LIVE that introduces many new features including Key Lock, subcrates, automatic BPM detection, auto gain, support for the Numark iCDX and much more.

New Features:

Key Lock

The Key Lock on/off button replaces the label color button, at the top left corner of the Virtual Deck. (see below for info on how to change label color). When Key Lock is on, the key or pitch of the song stays locked at what it would be if the track was playing at normal speed, regardless of the platter speed of the turntable or CD player. Key Lock has scratch detection, so that it automatically turns off when scratching for a natural scratching sound. F5 and F10 will turn keylock on and off for the left and right decks respectively.

Keylock is also assignable on the TTM 57SL

Subcrates

You can now drag and drop crates into other crates to make subcrates. If you drag a crate to the very left of the crate panel, it will stay in the top level of the subcrate structure, just like in version 1.6. If you drag the crate a little to the right, onto the name of another crate, it will make the crate you are dragging a sub crate of the other crate. Try dragging a crate onto other crates, the display will tell you where it is going to go. Remember that how far to the left or right makes a difference.

There is a new option in the setup screen, called “include subcrate tracks”. If you have this option turned on, any crate will also display the contents of all its subcrates.

We also now have support for iTunes folders.

Auto Gain and Auto BPM detection

Auto gain and auto BPM detection both work in similar ways. Both are part of the overview builder process. If the auto bpm box is ticked, when the overview builder makes the overview, it will also calculate the BPM and write it into the BPM tag. If the auto gain box is ticked, the track gain setting which is stored per file will be changed.

If the overview is already built, the gain and auto BPM features are not used. Remember that you can force the rebuilding of overviews, and thus apply the auto gain and/or auto BPM by dragging tracks onto the build overviews button. We will not set the BPM value for a given track unless it is confident that the value is correct. If, after attempting to set the AutoBPM for a given track, no BPM value is entered, please enter the value manually using Tap Tempo.

Looping snaps to beats

When setting loops on the fly, the loop endpoints will snap slightly to the nearest beat, so you can create nice tight loops. Remember that you can still adjust the endpoints as you see fit with the arrow keys or with the control vinyl.

Improved CD player mode

We’ve made several changes to the way Scratch LIVE works with CD players. You will notice that responsiveness has improved all round – hot cues and looping on your CD player will be much tighter. Pressing play after pressing cue should also be significantly more responsive.

Editing multiple tags

If you select multiple tracks, and edit a tag, that edit will be applied to all the selected tracks.

Changing label color

Changing the label color is now done in the main library. Click on the label color - the 2nd column in the library - and the popup window window will appear.

A much better way of DJing with one turntable!

When using Instant Doubles with internal mode, the pitch will get transferred to the second deck as well as the playhead position. This makes it easier to DJ using a single deck. ( Start playing your song on the left deck with the turntable, then instant double over to the right deck, then fade to the right deck. The left deck is now ready for a new track.)

Support for the Numark iCDX as a USB controller

You can control Scratch LIVE version 1.7 with the Numark iCDX. The iCDX works as a USB controller, so that no audio connection is required between the iCDX and the hardware interface (SL 1, MP 4 or TTM 57SL). This also frees up an input pair on the Scratch LIVE hardware which could be used to record your set using the record panel.

To use the iCDX as a USB controller:

• Power on the iCDX, and connect it to your laptop via USB.
• Press the “SRC” button at the top right of the iCDX, and select USB-HID, then press down on the “parameters” knob to confirm.
• If Scratch LIVE is running, use the “parameters” knob on the iCDX to select which Virtual Deck in Scratch LIVE should be controlled by the iCDX, press down on the “parameters” knob to confirm.
• Put the corresponding Virtual Deck into internal mode.
The controls on the iCDX now control playback of the Virtual Deck in Scratch LIVE.

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