Rane TTM 57SL Manual for Serato Scratch Live 2.44 - Manual (Page 16)

RANE TTM 57SL MIXER FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL 2.4.4 16
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 Live detects the beats within the
track, 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 Tempo Matching display.
When the two tracks are matched to the
same tempo, the peaks will line up. Note
that the tempo display is aligned with the
beginning of the bar, so the peaks keep
their relative position as the track plays.
This display does not show the relative
timing of the beats, only the track tempos.
The peaks still line up when the tracks are
at the same tempo, but are out of sync.
Track Overview Display
This view provides a complete
overview of the track waveform,
including a marker to show the
current position within the track.
This view is useful for finding
transitions within the track. The
waveform is colored according
to the sound: red representing
low frequency bass sounds,
green representing mid frequency
sounds and blue representing high
frequency treble sounds.
You can jump to different
positions within the track by clicking on
the Track Overview display (disabled
in ABS mode). Grey lines behind the
overview show the length of the track: a
thin grey line every minute, and a thick
grey line every 5 minutes. The overview
will be filled when you load the track onto
a Virtual Deck. On slower computers, you
should disable
Autofill overviews in the
Setup screen – with this setting disabled,
the overview will be filled as you play the
track.
See “Preparing Your Files” on
page 14 and “Autofill Overviews” on
page 36.
Main Waveform Display
This view provides a close-
up 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 holding the ctrl key and
clicking on the waveform.
Click on the waveform to
‘scrub’ or make fine adjustments to your
position within the track. This applies
to INT mode only, and may be useful if
you wish to set cue points in your tracks
without your turntables or CD players
connected. The Main Waveform is
zoomed around the current position in the
track.
See “Cue Points” on page 21
and “Scratch Live Modes” on page
19.
TIP: Use the + and – keys to zoom
in and out. TIP: The waveform can be
either vertical or horizontal. See “Display
Modes” on page 18.
Kick Drum
In this example, the red part
of the wave represents a kick
drum, while the purple part
represents a snare drum.
Snare Drum
Beat Matching Display
This view shows the position of
beats within the track. When beat
matching, this helps align the
downbeats of the two tracks. The
markers are matched when the
two tracks are beat matched.
Example: The following is a
demonstration of using the visual
aids to help beat match. In this
example, the track that is playing
is on the Left Deck, and the track
to be mixed in is on the Right
Deck.
Virtual Deck
Virtual Deck shows everything about the
speed and position of a track. As the vinyl
rotates, so does the line on the label. The
circular progress bar around the edge
is a visual representation of the position
within the song, and can be set to flash
to warn you that the track is nearing its
end. The time and remaining time are
displayed in minutes and seconds. The
pitched BPM (BPM with pitch adjustment
multiplier added) is shown on the left of
the Virtual Deck, and the turntable speed
as a percentage pitch shift is shown on
the right of the Virtual Deck. If the track
has no BPM information, pitched BPM will
not be shown.
If you are
playing regular
vinyl, notice that
the Virtual Deck
behaves strangely
as Scratch
Live attempts
to decode the
incoming signal. This will not cause any
problems, but you may find it distracting.
You can unload the currently loaded track
using the eject button next to each Virtual
Deck.
TIP: Use the keyboard shortcut shift-
alt-arrow to unload a track from the
Virtual Deck.
Main Screen
Overview