User Manual

RANE SL4 FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL 2.4.2
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and INT modes. Play from start must be
checked in the Playback tab of the Setup
screen for autoplay to work correctly. See
“Play From Start” on page 33.
Track Gain
Use the track gain knob to balance
the volume of the tracks in your
library. Any adjustment made to the
gain of a track is saved with the le,
and will be reapplied to the entire
track when it is loaded again. The
level meter shows the level sent to
the hardware interface after both
individual track gain and master
gain adjustment. Ctrl-click the knob to
reset it to 12 o’clock.
NOTE: For automatic gain setting of
your tracks, see “Use Auto Gain” on
page 33.
USB Dropout Indicator
The USB dropout
indicator on the main
screen is a useful trouble
shooting tool if you
have problems with audio dropouts. Such
dropouts are caused by an interruption
in passing the audio to the Scratch Live
hardware interface. If such an interruption
(or dropout) occurs, a red light will appear
briey, just to the left of the Scratch Live
logo at the top of the screen. The light will
be red for one second, and then orange
for four seconds.
If you experience USB drop outs:
• Increase the USB Buffer Size. See “USB
Buffer Size (Latency)” on page 32.
• Try closing other applications that are
running at the same time as Scratch
Live.
• Try turning off background tasks, for
example, wireless networking.
• If your CPU load is very high, try
decreasing the Maximum Screen
Updates setting in the Display tab of the
Setup screen. See “Maximum Screen
Updates” on page 35.
Display
Modes
Library
Views
Scratch Live gives you the option of
four different display modes to suit your
performance style. The Display Mode
buttons are located in the top left of the
Main Screen. The display modes are:
Library Mode: Maximizes your
library space by minimizing the
Virtual Deck information displayed. In
Library Mode only the track information,
Virtual Deck, mode, track overview display
and meter are displayed. Use the space
bar to toggle between Library Mode and
your current display mode.
Classic Vertical Mode: The two
Primary Decks are displayed on
the left and right sides of the screen with
vertical waveforms in the middle.
Classic Horizontal Mode: The two
Primary Decks are displayed on
the left and right sides of the screen with
horizontal waveforms in the middle.
2-Deck Stack Mode: The Primary
Decks are stacked on top of each
other in a horizontal fashion. Stack Mode
aligns the waveforms on top of each
other, while maximizing waveform space.
The controls for all Decks can be shown
or hidden by pressing the Show Deck
Controls Button  on any Deck.
4-Deck Stack Mode: Like 2-Deck
Stack Mode, showing all four decks.
See “Select Primary Decks” on page
32.
You can choose between four different
library views which allow for visual
browsing using text and album art. Select
your Library View by using the buttons in
the bottom left area of the main screen.
The available Library Views are:
Simple List: Displays the track
information in a text list.
Album Art List: Adds an album art
column to the Simple List mode.
Album Art Grid 1: Displays the
album art as a grid with the track
information text to the right.
Album Art Grid 2: Displays the
album art as a grid with the track
information text below.
NOTE: Your files must have album
art added for it to be displayed. See
“Adding Album Art” on page 27.
TIP: For all views you can adjust the
font size by using the Font Size slider in
the Library tab on the Setup screen. For
all Album Art views you can adjust the
album art size using the Album Art Size
slider in the same area.