Apple 17357 - Manuals

Manual-3 Front Panel Description 1 MIC LEVEL control: Adjusts the Level of the MIC Input. The OL (overload) indicator lights when the maximum mic level has been reached, 3 dB before clipping. If this lights up, either turn the MIC LEVEL down, or stop yelling. 2 Program INPUT selectors: Provide selec...

Manual-4 Rear Panel Description 1 Universal Voltage Input: via a miniature IEC 60320 C6 appliance inlet. This mates with an IEC 60320 C5 line cord (USA domestic). Do not lift the ground connection! 2 USB connection: Attach the included USB cable from here to the computer. The blue LED illuminates wh...

Manual-5 Getting started on Mac OS X Before you install the Scratch LIVE software, check for free software updates at scratchlive.net . The software version that came with your MP 4 is printed on the installation CD. The Scratch LIVE software is updated frequently, all updates are free, and availabl...

Manual-6 7. Click Finish once installation is complete. Scratch Live appears in the Start Menu under All Programs > Serato > Scratch Live . Windows XP treats each USB port individually. You might like to install Scratch LIVE on all of your USB ports, so you can connect the hardware to any port...

Manual-7 Playing your first track Before launching the Scratch LIVE software, close all other pro - grams on your Mac or PC. When you first run Scratch LIVE , your library contains only the pre-installed tracks. Load files into Scratch LIVE by pressing the import button. Navigate the hard drive of y...

Manual-8 Mixing with the MP 4 Scratch LIVE software has many features allowing you to smooth - ly mix two tracks together. From left to right, these are: Rewind – The rewind function speeds up the longer you press the button. Bend down – Create a temporary decrease in the playback speed. Use bend do...

Manual-9 The stripe is a solid color near the marker point The stripe grows a fifth by each rotation closer to the marker point Cue points You can set up to five visual cue points within each track. Use the + button to place a cue point. Click the arrow to the left of each cue point to jump to it. Y...

Manual-10 To remove a cue point, use the x button on the right side of the cue point panel. A cue point can occupy any of the 5 slots. You can drag and drop cue points to change their order in the list. If you wish to have the cue points sorted chronologically, check the sort cues chronologically op...

Manual-11 Tempo Matching display The Tempo Matching display area provides a helpful tool for beat matching. Scratch LIVE detects the beats within the track, and places a row of orange peaks (for the track on the left side) above a row of blue peaks (for the track on the right side) in the Tempo Matc...

Manual-12 Kick Drum Snare Drum Main Waveform display This view provides a close-up view of the track, including color- coding to show the frequency of the sound; red representing low- frequency bass sounds, green representing mid-frequency sounds and blue representing high-frequency treble sounds. Y...

Manual-13 Organizing your music Scratch LIVE software can support an unlimited number of songs – the only limitation is the size of the hard drive of your com- puter. A number of features are included to help you to keep your music organized and find songs quickly and easily. Grouping tracks into cr...

Manual-14 BPM, Artist and Album. To turn the song browser on or off, click the browse button. Searching Scratch LIVE includes a search function to help you find files quickly and easily. Enter text into the search box and Scratch LIVE will automatically find as you type. Tip: Use the keyboard shortc...

Manual-15 Status icons The leftmost column shows the status of each track. The image to the left shows 5 tracks with differing statuses. From top to bottom: • Scratch LIVE has detected some corruption in the MP3 file. If possible, re-encode the MP3. • The track has been imported from the iTunes™ lib...

Manual-16 Recording The MP 4 allows you to record from several sources, allowing you to convert vinyl and tape to digital, make samples, or record a performance. The recording will be saved to disk as 24-bit 48K Stereo AIFF files. Recordings are saved in ‘ My Documents\ My Music\ScratchLIVE\Recordin...

Manual-17 Keyboard shortcuts These actions can be accessed directly from the computer keyboard. Key Action ctrl - L Locate the current track. This will highlight the track you most recently loaded. Pressing ctrl - L again will alternate between the tracks recently loaded on both decks. ctrl - R Reve...

Manual-18 Additional setup This section covers general preferences and adjustments you can make to improve the performance of the Scratch LIVE software. From the top of the main screen, click on setup to get to this area. Audio cache (seconds) Use the slider to set the amount of audio that is loaded...

Manual-19 Song Library Set auto gain For songs with overviews built (by version 1.7.2 or later), check this if you want to use the calculated auto gain value while play - ing songs. There is also a target gain dropdown menu next to this option, that sets the target gain that you would like. This can...

Manual-20 Troubleshooting and FAQ The Scratch LIVE software does not recognize the MP 4 It takes five seconds for the software to detect the MP 4. The MP 4 can be unplugged at any time; you do not need to exit Scratch LIVE before disconnecting the MP 4. Use the supplied USB cable, longer lengths are...

Manual-22 Corrupt file descriptions and diagnoses Corrupt file: This MP3 contains invalid frames. This MP3 contains frames which do not conform strictly to the official MP3 specifica- tion. Scratch LIVE can not be certain that this file will play back 100% accurately. Corrupt file: This file contain...