Operator`s manual
RANE SL3 FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR’S MANUAL 2.5.0
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Corrupt File Descriptions 
and Diagnoses
Corrupt file: This MP3 contains invalid 
frames.
This MP3 contains frames which do not conform strictly to the ofcial MP3 specication. 
Scratch Live can not be certain that this le will play back 100% accurately.
Corrupt file: This file contains corrupt 
frames that may result in audible glitches.
This le contains two or more contiguous corrupt frames. Since corrupt frames are 
replaced with silence, this could result in what might sound like an audio glitch.
Corrupt file: This file has been split. You 
should check the beginning for audio 
glitches.
The rst MPEG audio frame in this le refers to audio that should be present before it 
but is not. This is usually the result of incorrect MP3 editing. Since a corrupt frame is 
replaced with silence and most songs start with silence, the resulting silence might not be 
noticeable. All the same, listen to the beginning of the song, just to be sure.
Corrupt file: This file structure is incorrect.
This le has caused the QuickTime metadata manager to fail.
Corrupt file: This MP3 contains frames 
with corrupt data.
Decoding of an MPEG audio frame failed. This means that the frame contained invalid 
data. As usual with corrupt frames, this frame will be played as silence.
Corrupt file: This MP3 lost syncronization 
between the frame index and the frames.
Scratch Live is reading an old overview of an MP3 that has been edited in a thrid party 
editing program. Rebuilding the overviews for the affected les usually corrects this error.
Corrupt file: This MP3 is completely invalid 
and is not playable.
Self explanatory. Possible causes are disk bad sectors, le system corruption, wrong le 
types, wrong le extensions, etc.
Corrupt file: This file contains invalid audio 
data.
Scratch Live encountered invalid data while looking for audio in this le. This message 
alerts you to the fact that the le you're trying to play contains corrupt data. This may, or 
may not, affect playback.
Corrupt file: This MP3 contains no valid 
frames.
No audio could be found in this le, which means it is completely unplayable as far as 
Scratch Live is concerned. Please make sure this really is an audio le.
Unsupported file: This MP3 contains mul-
tiple layers.
While scanning this le, Scratch Live found frames belonging to multiple MPEG layers. 
Scratch Live does not support MP3s containing frames from multiple layers – some 
frames may output as silence.
Unsupported file: This file is more than 
2GB in size.
Self explanatory. At the moment, Scratch Live does not support les that are 2 GB in size 
(or larger).
Unsupported file: This file has data blocks 
greater than 2 GB in size.
This le contains chunks of data that are larger than 2 GB. Scratch Live does not support 
les that are more than 2 GB in size.
Corrupt file: This WAV contains no valid 
chunks.
This WAV le contains no recognizable WAV data. It is quite possible that this might not 
be a WAV le.
Unsupported file: This file's data is not in 
PCM format.
WAV les can contain data in several formats. Scratch Live only supports WAV les that 
contain data in the PCM format.
Unsupported file: This file has a sampling 
rate greater than 96 kHz.
Scratch Live does not support sampling rates greater than 96 kHz. If you see this 
message, the simplest approach is to re-sample the audio at 96 kHz and re-save the le.
Unsupported file: This file uses more than 
24 bits per sample.
Scratch Live supports a maximum of 24 bits per sample of audio data.
Corrupt file: This WAV is incomplete.
Scratch Live expected more data in the le, but found none. This could be because the 
le was incorrectly truncated or because the data in the le is corrupt, causing Scratch 
Live to incorrectly estimate the amount of data present in the le.
Corrupt file: This file contains corrupt 
blocks.
This le contains blocks of data that report their size to be zero. This message was 
inserted to identify les that might cause lockups on previous versions of Scratch Live.
Corrupt file: This song contains no audio 
data.
Scratch Live could not nd any audio in this le. Please check to make sure this le 
contains audio in a format that Scratch Live supports.
Corrupt file: This song contains invalid 
samples.
This le contains samples of audio that are too small to represent accurately and will 
therefore be truncated to zero. This should not result in any audible audio artifacts, but 
could cause audio dropouts on earlier versions of Scratch Live.










