Operator`s manual
RANE SL3 FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL 2.5.0
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SP-6 Pitch Controls
There are 
individual 
Pitch Slider, 
Bend, Nudge, and Keylock controls 
for each sample slot. The BPM is also 
displayed next to the pitch slider. If no 
BPM is present in the tracks ID3 tag, 
the pitch of the track is displayed as a 
percentage.
  Click and drag the pitch slider to make 
regular pitch adjustments. Hold the shift 
key and move the pitch slider to make ne 
pitch adjustments.
  Click on the + and – buttons to nudge 
the track into time. (temporary pitch 
adjustment)
Hold the ctrl key and click the + and 
– buttons to make ultra-ne pitch 
adjustments to nudge the track, adjusting 
the pitch permanently.
SP-6 ‘Play From’ Selector
Use the 
“Play From” 
selector to choose where the track will 
play from. You can choose to play a 
track from the start of the le, any one of 
the cue points, or any one of the loop in 
points.
  When this is set to play from start, or 
play from a cue point, the track will play 
right through until stopped. When a loop is 
selected, the track will play until the loop 
out point, unless you have “track repeat” 
on, in which case the track will loop using 
the in and out points of the selected loop.
  The number of options will be 
dependent on the number of cue points 
and loops already set in your track. i.e 
if the track loaded has no cue points 
and loops set, then only “start” will be 
available as a “Play From” option.
TIP: To set or adjust cue and loop 
information for a track, load it to a 
Virtual Deck, make your adjustments, 
then load it back into the sample slot.
SP-6 Track Overviews
Displays an 
overview of the 
track loaded to each sample slot. The 
waveform, play head position, cue points 
and selected loops will all be visible.
SP-6 Slot Volumes
Each sample 
slot has a 
separate 
volume slider and gain control.
Volume Sliders - Use the volume slider to 
mix and make temporary adjustments to 
the volume of the sample you are playing. 
You can use these sliders like you use the 
line faders or up faders on your DJ mixer, 
fading from full volume right through to 
completely silent.
Gain Knobs - In addition to the volume 
slider there is an additional gain knob for 
each slot. These allow you to ne tune 
the maximum gain volume of the loaded 
sample. The gain adjustment will also be 
written to the track’s ID3 tag, meaning that 
it will be the same everytime you load it.
SP-6 Output Selector
Use the master output 
selector button to 
choose where you wish 
to send the SP-6 output.
L  outputs through the left channel
M outputs through both channels (mix)
A outputs through the aux channel (1 & 2)
R outputs through the right channel
If you have the output set to Aux and click 
on the SP-6 THRU button, the sample 
player will automatically switch to use 
the Main mix output. This prevents a 
feedback loop from occurring.
There is also a master sample 
player Gain knob to adjust the 
overall SP-6 volume.
Individual Output Selectors
By default 
each sample 
slot will be set to Master, mirroring the 
SP-6 master output setting. You can 
however, use the individual output 
selector buttons to override the master 
output setting.
  To send an individual slot to a different 
output from the master, deselect the 
master option by clicking on the master 
button for the corresponding slot.
  This will unlink the sample slot from the 
master sample player output selection, 
allowing you to choose the L, M, A, 
R output for each slot. These output 
routings will be saved when you close 
down Scratch Live, so the next time 
you launch Scratch Live, your preferred 
settings will remain the same.
SP-6 Sample Banks
The SP-6 has four separate 
sample banks, labeled A, B, 
C and D. To switch between 
the different banks click on the A, B, C 
or D buttons. Each bank will save the 
individual sample and sample slot settings 
you last used, allowing you to prepare 
banks for easy recall at a later stage. 
Sample Bank A will load as the default.
SP-6 Mute Buttons
Use the mute buttons to mute the 
audio output for each of the SP-6’s 
sample slots. Click the mute button to 
silence the audio output, click the mute 
button again to turn the audio back on.
  You can also ctrl-click on the mute 
buttons to mute the outputs momentarily, 
meaning that the audio will only be muted 
for as long as you hold your mouse click.
TIP: You can MIDI assign these buttons, 
allowing you to create a virtual kill 
switch for the sample slot. To MIDI 
assign momentary mute, hold ctrl and 
click on the mute button before tapping 
your MIDI controller.
SP-6 MIDI
All features of the SP-6 are MIDI 
assignable. The SP-6 window must be 
opened rst before enabling MIDI assign 
mode. See “MIDI Control” on page 
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