Rane SL 1 Manual 2.44 (3M) - Manual (Page 23)

RANE SL1 FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL 2.4.4 23
Presets
MIDI presets are accessible in the MIDI
panel of the Setup screen. By default, the
current MIDI assignments in Scratch Live
are automatically remembered and loaded
next time you start the program. The
Preset panel allows you to save and recall
different MIDI setups. This is useful if you
are using several MIDI devices or want to
quickly switch MIDI setups without having
to reassign all your controls.
Native Controller Support
This Scratch Live version currently has
native support for the following 3rd-party
controllers:
• Denon DJ DN-HC1000S
• Denon DJ DN-HC4500
• Novation Dicer
• Vestax VFX-1
• Pioneer CDJ-350
• Pioneer CDJ-850
• Pioneer CDJ-2000
• Pioneer CDJ-900
• Pioneer CDJ-400
• Pioneer MEP-7000
These controllers are plug and play, and
can automatically control Scratch Live
with no MIDI assigment necessary. Visit
serato.com for detailed documentation on
how to use these controllers.
MIDI Devices
Any connected MIDI device will be listed
within the MIDI Device List in the MIDI
panel of the Setup screen. You are able
to enable or disable any of these devices
using the “Enable MIDI Device” checkbox.
Technical Information
Scratch Live MIDI Control only supports:
• Note On/Off
• Standard 7-bit CC (Control Change)
• 14-bit CC
• RPN/NRPN (14-bit).
Scratch Live can support an unlimited
number of tracks – the only limitation
is the size of the 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 Live supports several ways of
organizing and sorting your file library.
iTunes™ users will notice that Scratch
Live can incorporate your existing iTunes
library and playlists.
Scratch Live uses digital “crates” for
quick access to your favorite collections.
There is no limit to the number of crates
you can create, and any given track can
be placed in multiple crates. For example,
you could organize your files into the
following crates, where any one track
would be filed in more than one crate:
• Hip Hop
• UK Hip Hop
• French Hip Hop
• Inst Hip Hop
• Old Hip Hop
• Hip Hop LPs
To make a new
crate, click the Add New Crate button in
the bottom left corner of the main screen
( brown crate icon ). To rename a
crate, double click the crate name.
You can change the order of tracks
within a crate by sorting by the “#” column
and dragging them up or down.
Organizing
Your Music
TIP: Check the ‘Protect library’ option
in the Library tab of the Setup screen to
prevent changes to your crates. If you
do delete a crate by accident, you can
get it back from the recycle bin / trash.
Crate files have the extension .crate.
Subcrates
You can 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 crate
structure. 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 first crate.
Smart Crates
Smart crates update their contents by
using keywords which are matched
with selected tags of your music library
tracks. Smart crates can be updated
automatically or at your discretion.
To create a smart crate, click the Add
Smart Crate button in the bottom left
corner of the main screen
( blue
crate icon ). A popup window will open
which allows you to add the rules to fill
your smart crate. Press
Add Rule to add a
rule for the smart crate to match with. For
each rule you can choose a field to match
on from the drop down menu:
• Added (date)
• Album
• Artist
• BPM
• Comment
• Composer
• Filename
• Genre
• Grouping
• Key
• Label
• Remixer
• Song
• Whitelabel
• Year
You can then choose the following
inclusion / exclusion criteria:
• Contains
• Is
• Does not contain
• Is not