Rane Sixty Eight Operator's Manual

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sockets on the mixer and R (usually red) with thered sockets. This is important to give ScratchLive the correct direction of playback. If yoursongs play backwards, you probably have theleft and right channels swapped from your deck.2. Input Level SelectionSet each input to the correct input level usingthe P - L - S switches. P = Phono, L = Line (forCD players) and S = S/PDIF. Unused inputs arebest set to L.3. USB AudioSelect Scratch Live as the audio source for achannel by turning a PGM SOURCE knob to aUSB input. Any of the four analog inputsmay be used for Scratch Live vinyl emulationcontrol. Control input sources are selected inScratch Live software.4. Connect the Sixty-Eight to your computerUsing the provided USB cable, connect eitherUSB A or USB B to an available USB 2.0 porton your computer. The Sixty-Eight automaticallyswitches its control point if only one of the USBports is connected.Make sure you connect it directly to yourcomputer and not through a hub or splitter.TURNTABLE SETUP1. Set the tone arms to the specificrecommendations of the cartridge used, sothat the needle never leaves the record, butnot heavy enough that it heats up significantly.Both produce poor tracking.2. Grounding is extremely important when usingScratch Live. Make sure you have goodconnections from the ground wires of yourturntables to a grounding post on the Sixty-Eight. If you do not ground your turntablesproperly, the control signal will be noisy andthe tracking of the record position will beerratic.CD PLAyER SETUPDisable all built-in effects on the CD player,including keylock/master tempo.INSTALLING SCRATCH LIVECheck for the latest download version of ScratchLive software at serato.com. If it is newer thanthe version on your CD-ROM, we recommendinstalling it instead.MAC1. Insert the Software Installation CD-ROM anddouble-click the installer icon.orLaunch the installer you just downloaded fromserato.com.2. Follow the on-screen instructions. Once theinstallation is complete, Scratch Live will appearin your applications list. You may like to dragthe Scratch Live icon to your dock for quicklaunching.3. Plug either USB port from your Sixty-Eight toa computer USB port. No extra hardware ordriver installation is required.WINDOWSIt is important that Windows users install theSixty-Eight drivers as well as the Scratch Livesoftware. The easiest way to do this is to allowthe Scratch Live installer to do all the work.1. Connect your Sixty-Eight before you insertyour installation CD. When you first connectit, Windows will attempt to install the driversvia the hardware wizard. Cancel and close thehardware wizard.2. Insert the Software Installation CD-ROM.Make sure your Sixty-Eight is connectedfirst. If a window doesn’t open automatically,browse to the CD drive. Run setup.exe.orLaunch the installer you just downloaded fromserato.com.3. Follow the on-screen instructions. Once theinstallation is complete, Scratch Live appearsin the Start Menu under All Programs > Serato> Scratch Live.SCRATCH LIVE:GETTING STARTEDCONNECTING yOURHARDWARESySTEM OVERVIEWThe Scratch Live control records and CDsare pressed with an audible tone specificallydeveloped for controlling the Scratch Livesoftware application.The Sixty-Eight converts the control signalcoming from each deck into digital audio, to besent via USB to the Scratch Live software, whichdecodes that signal into a stream of informationbased on what the DJ is doing with the controldisc. A virtual ‘deck’ replicates the movementsof the control disc. Audio files loaded onto theVirtual Decks are then played back through theoutputs of the Sixty-Eight, with any manipulationof the control discs reproduced on the audio,effectively emulating vinyl control of the filesloaded in software.CONNECTING THE SIXTy-EIGHTFollow these steps to set up the Sixty-Eight forScratch Live, using up to four turntables or CDplayers to control the software playback:1. InputsConnect your CD players or turntables to theANALOG INPUTS on the Sixty-Eight. If your CDplayers have S/PDIF outputs, connect theseto the S/PDIF inputs on the Sixty-Eight. Werecommend connecting decks left of the mixerto 1 and 2, and decks on the right to 3 and 4.Match the L channel from each of your decks(usually white) with the white (uppermost) RCARANE SIXTY-EIGHT FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL 2.2 13