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No he's completely serious, we do set our gains to a certain level at the beginning of a mix but then we also volume match every new track that we mix in to that level if we have to http://serato.com/scratchlive/support/1903/gain-structure-for-djs-101
The 62 has two built in sound cards (can use two computers at once), built in fx, software fx, external fx, filter on each program, and built in MIDI controller. Its a lot more expensive though, but I guess you get what you pay for.
Edit: oh yeah built in cue and sample buttons.
edit:edit: Found the website for it: http://serato.com/scratchlive/rane-sixty-two
It runs on both and has for a while now.
Also the software is rather trivial in the creative aspect of things, because it simply provides a means to play the audio files as if they were turntable records. His turntables, mixer, & effects hardware is what should be interesting.
The turntables and mixer are standard but the vinyl only contains a timecoded signal which is interpreted by software on the laptop and lets the software know exactly where on the vinyl the needle is. More information on the Serato ScratchLive system is here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zC5W5vfW2o
thats how people mix using turntables but in reality your ability to match 2 seperate songs seperately is only 20% of the art the rest is all about playing the right song at the right time if you are doing it right people wont even know you are there unless you are flying lotus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBHtopM-ldU
i personally use a program called serato scracth its a program that allows me to controll mp3's using a set of turntables and a mixer as you normally would with reccords that way i dont have to shell out all of my money on reccords and buy the same music in mp3 format http://serato.com/scratchlive
if you really want to know what its all about the best thing to do is find a sound you like and look for a gig that is playing it and go have a look
You should have a look into Serato Scratch Live and Traktor Scratch dude. Essentially, you can use tracks off your computer, and play them on ordinary vinyl turntables.
^^ this probably explains it better than I could.
Cool, so that will do what I mentioned. From the booth/Rec. output on your mixer, take another set of RCA interconnects and run those to the Aux. input of the SL3. In Serato, you'll open the recording box on the interface (I forget exactly what it's called) and choose the output as your Auxiliary. Done. In case you need clarity, here's the how-to from Serato's website.
http://serato.com/scratchlive/support/3469/how-to-record-with-the-sl-3
You are still reading a vinyl noise map to indicate positioning on the record.
For things to be precise you need to have your software properly calibrated, your tone arm calibrated and a high-output needle that sticks in the groove and tracks your movements properly.
You won't have the same skipping issues as you would on vinyl but you can still remove the cartridge off the record which would cause the sound to stop playing if you're in REL mode in SSL for instance. Other issues would be related to lack of systems resources, bad latency, etc.
Weird.
Make sure your drivers are all up to date.
Worst case scenario, back up all of your stuff format your hard drive and reinstall Mac OS.
Try an earlier version of MacOS if the latest isn't working for you maybe?
If it's crashing like this it could be a hardware issue.
You can supposedly find crash logs here:
~/ Library / Logs / DiagnosticReports/
As reported on
http://serato.com/scratchlive/support/6600/how-to-get-a-crash-log-in-mac-osx
Should be named after the application with the date and time.
Edit: I don't own a Mac BTW, so my directions may be a bit rough, but they should generally apply to any Steam supported OS and computer with the crash log part being found with a quick google search.
CDJ850 has hid, not advanced hid. Hid works in serato scratch live, but does not work properly in traktor (last I tried...a couple months ago?). Biggest difference I noticed right away vs a controller with advanced hid (2000, in my case) was that the display on the cdj didn't update all the time. Didnt have much time to do a side by side vs 2000 but it did seem to work fine. Here's a serato note to what I was describing http://serato.com/scratchlive/support/10113/known-issues-with-pioneer-cdjs-in-hid-mode
Stop looking at porn you're going blind!!!
But seriously first thing you want to do is check your crash log and let us know some of things in there
I found this, but this wasn't anything I didn't know.
I mistook the comment above thinking there was some internal part of Serato that would record your set for you.
That being said, I would think I would not want to put that much of a strain on my laptop by running SSL and recording at the same time.
Anyone else have any experience with this?
Not sure how it works with the SL-2, but the SL-3 has an aux input that you can record to. Output of mixer -> aux in on box. Then choose the input you want to record from in the software. That's how I do it. Then edit anything on Sound Forge.
I know this doesn't help you with the SL-2, but putting it here for anyone else who needs assistance.
http://serato.com/scratchlive/support is awesome for any help you need with any soft/hardware from Rane.
Uninstall everything, disconnect your SL2, download and install SSL again (<strong>not</strong> ITCH), connect your SL2 to a USB port while the program is running.
Aside from that, I can't be much help and you should try calling Serato for support. I used Skype to give them a shout before for a Bridge problem because it's a New Zealand number, but it's quite worth it to call them because you're instantly greeted by a Serato employee (no automated prompt bullshit). Their number is on this page.
Definitely take a look at the scopes - there's an article on Serato.com about what different scope readings mean here.
Also, what Rane hardware are you using?