Operator`s manual

Manual-6

Playing your first track

Now that you have calibrated Scratch LIVE, you are ready to play your ﬁrst track. We will return to the

setup

screen later to set

general system preferences.

When you ﬁrst run Scratch

LIVE, your library contains only the pre-installed tracks. To import your own tracks, drag ﬁles and

folders directly from Windows Explorer (PC version) or Finder (Mac version) into the Scratch LIVE library.

You can also load ﬁles into Scratch

LIVE by pressing the

import

button. Navigate the hard drive of your computer to locate

your audio ﬁles. Click on these ﬁles (or folders containing ﬁles) and drag them onto the ✽

All…

icon.

Loading tracks

Click on the

✽

All…

icon to show all the tracks in your library. To load a track on to one of the decks, drag the track from the

track list on to either deck. You can drag the same track on to both decks to load it onto both turntables.

Tip: Use the keyboard shortcut

shift  to load the highlighted track on to the left deck, and shift  to load the highlighted track on

to the right deck.

To start playing a track, simply put the needle on the record and start the turntable. e track will start playing from the posi

tion dictated by the placement of the needle on the record – if you place the needle at the beginning of the record, the track will start

playing from the beginning. You can skip through the track by picking up the needle and placing it further into the record, just as

with regular records (is is known as needle dropping).

Supported file types

Scratch

LIVE supports ﬁxed and variable bit rate .MP3, .AIFF, and .WAV ﬁle types. iTunes™ library and iTunes playlists can be

automatically imported in the

setup

screen by clicking

read iTunes library

. You can also play audio direct from CD. See

Rescan 1D3 tags

on page Manual-18.

Using tool tips

Click on the

icon to enable tool tips. Tool tips provide a handy way to learn the various features of Scratch LIVE. Move the

mouse over a section of the screen to bring up a context-sensitive tool tip.