Stanton SCS.1m - Manuals

2 1.2 Overview Designed in an intuitive DJ mixer, the SCS.1m features four channel strips with faders, assignable encoder section, EQ controls, high-precision metering, a responsive crossfader, a straightforward Cue/Monitoring section, a unique footswitch input, and much more… The SCS.1m and the SCS...

3 2. Connecting the SCS.1m 2.1 Connecting to Your Computer Step 1 : Locate the included power cable and adapter (12V) and connect it to the SCS.1m and to your power source. (Figure 2.1) Note If you own both the SCS.1m and the SCS.1d, the power adapters look very similar. Looking at the output voltag...

5 2.3 Connecting to the SCS.1d All of the SCS.1 controllers have two FireWire ports on them, so devices can be chained together if needed. So when connecting a single SCS.1d to the SCS.1m, you would go from the unused FireWire port on the SCS.1m (Figure 2.5), (the other port is connected to your com...

6 3. SCS.1m Description In this chapter, we will briefly describe the Top, Front, and Back SCS.1m panels. It’s important to understand that the SCS.1m is a traditional DJ mixer “analogy” in a control surface. This means that while the SCS.1m looks like a DJ mixer, at its core, it is really a control...

10 3.1.5 Browser Section This area of the SCS.1m would typically be mapped to browser-type functionality, whether that is scrolling through your library in Traktor, or selecting scenes in Ableton Live. (Figure 3.6) The three buttons at the top of the section can be used to select and activate banks ...

11 3.2 Front Panel In this panel, you will be able to connect your headphones. Stanton has included a headphone extender cable as the headphone jack is recessed into the panel to prevent accidentally damaging the headphone jack. Stanton has designed the headphone output to be extremely powerful and ...

12 3.3 Rear Panel In 2.2 “Connecting to audio components,” we gave you an iconic representation of what could be connected to the SCS.1m. Here, we will briefly describe the Rear panel. (Figure 3.8) Figure 3.8 1. Power Switch: Turns the SCS.1m ON or OFF. 2. DC IN: Input connection for the included po...

13 4. SCS.1m Software Installation To fully maximize SCS.1m capabilities and take advantage of its great features, some software needs to be installed with it. In fact, the SCS.1m Software Installation process differs greatly between Mac and PC computers. - On a Mac, the SCS.1m is Core Audio complia...

15 3. To install the software for the first time, choose the Standard option. To update your previously installed version, choose Custom . In this example, let’s choose Standard . (Figure 4.3) Figure 4.3 4. Read the License Agreement, select the “I accept the agreement” option, and then click Next ....

16 5. The installation of the ASIO driver will begin. Make sure that your SCS.1 controller(s) are properly connected but do not turn them ON yet. When you are ready, click Next . (Figure 4.5) Figure 4.5 6. In this step, you are able to choose where to install the driver. However, if you do not reall...

17 7. Turn your SCS.1 controllers ON and click OK . (Figure 4.7) Figure 4.7 8. Wait for a few seconds, normal operation will resume shortly. (Figure 4.8) Figure 4.8

18 9. Click Next to continue. (Figure 4.9) Figure 4.9 10. Click Finish . (Figure 4.10) Figure 4.10

19 11. Read information regarding this build of the installer then click Next . (Figure 4.11) Figure 4.11 12. Click Finish . (Figure 4.12) Figure 4.12 That’s it. You have installed the SCS.1m driver and DaRouter.

21 4.2 Mac OS X Before you install DaRouter, please follow these easy steps: 1. Connect SCS.1 controllers to the computer's FireWire port but have them powered OFF. Turn ON your SCS.1m controller. Open the Audio MIDI Setup applet to make sure it is recognized. The Audio MIDI Setup applet is located ...

23 3. Once the installer has started, click Continue . (Figure 4.18) Figure 4.18 4. Read the license agreement and click Continue . In the next dialog, click Agree . (Figure 4.19) Figure 4.19

24 5. Next, you can set the default path of the program. Click Install unless you want to install DaRouter to a specific destination. (Figure 4.20) Figure 4.20 6. DaRouter will be installed. Once done, click Close . (Figure 4.21) Figure 4.21

28 For example, if you click the SCS.1m Options button the SCS.1m Audio Control Panel will open so you will be able to Start and Stop the streaming process, access the Deferred Procedure Calls (DPC) Latency Checker (for more information please read the Appendix), and select the Sampling Rate, FireWi...

29 Now, if you click the SCS.1d Options button the SCS.1d Control Panel will open, so you will be able to change the Scratch Engage, the Scratch Release, and Pitch Bend Sensitivity values. (Figure 5.5) Scratch Engage Sensitivity – The SCS.1d uses an algorithm to detect scratching to accommodate MIDI...

30 5.3 Using DaRouter When using DaRouter, there are two basic types of presets that you may utilize; generic and application specific. The generic preset allows you to configure the application to SCS.1m through conventional MIDI Learn. However, the application specific presets are designed to work...

34 Figure A.1 The green Bar Graph shows the current latency value over time. Each bar represents the maximum DPC latency occurred within one second. Every second, bars are scrolled from right to left and a new bar is added at the right-hand side, (representing the most recent value). DPC Latency Che...

35 For example, a typical problem is shown in the next figure. Red bars indicate excessive DPC latency. (Figure A.2) Figure A.2 So let’s open Device Manager to find out the driver that causes the excessive DPC latencies. On your desktop, right click My Computer icon and click Properties . In the Sys...

37 To disable a device, right-click on it (e.g. on the Ethernet adapter) and choose Disable . The disabled device will be marked with a red cross. (Figure A.4) Figure A.4 Now, check the DPC Latency Checker to see if the excessive latency values (red bars) disappeared. If yes, we have found the probl...

38 Windows 1394a Bandwidth Limiting Issue (Windows XP-Vista) First, let’s explain a little about what the SidSpeed Fix is. Basically, SidSpeed is a value in your windows registry that regulates the speed of your FireWire bus. It can have a value from 0-3 (0=S100 speed, 1=S200 speed, 2=S400 speed, an...

39 This will open your Registry Editor , which will look like this…(Figure A.7) Figure A.7 Now, before we go any further, we need to give you a warning and back some things up. The registry is a dangerous place to be playing around. Using this tool makes it very easy to completely ruin your installa...

41 Then expand the SYSTEM branch. (Figure A.11) Figure A.11 Then expand CurrentControlSet . (Figure A.12) Figure A.12

43 Then expand the PCI branch. (Figure A.14) Figure A.14 Now we need to find the specific key for your FireWire controller. As you can see, all the devices are named in a way that does not seem to make a whole lot of sense. It is not as hard as it may look.

44 Leave the Regedit window open and go back to Start > Run. Type in devmgmt.msc and then press OK . (Figure A.15) Figure A.15 This will open your Device Manager . Look for your FireWire controller (commonly called IEEE 1394). One example is highlighted in Figure A.16. Figure A.16 Right click on ...

45 Now click on the Details tab. (Figure A.17) Figure A.17 See this string of text? This is what we are going to look for in the PCI branch we have open in Regedit. Going back to Regedit, we can see that I got a little lucky and have it as the first key. (Figure A.18) Figure A.18

46 If you expand out the device subkey, you’ll find another subkey called Device Parameters . Click it to select it and look in the right pane. (Figure A.19) Figure A.19 In the example above, the SidSpeed key actually exists, but it is set to the incorrect speed. Double click on the SidSpeed value a...

47 If you do not have the SidSpeed value, you will need to make one. Right click in the right pane and select New > DWORD Value. (Figure A.21) Figure A.21 Once you have created a new string, name it SidSpeed (Figure A.22) Figure A.22 Finally, double click SidSpeed and change its value data to 3 a...

48 FireWire Chipsets High definition audio flowing over FireWire requires a consistent stream between the chipset in the host computer and the chipset in the SCS1 device. Unfortunately, some FireWire chipsets have known issues when it comes to the reliability and synchronization required for streami...