Keyboard shortcuts
Key Action
ctrl - or shift - Load the highlighted song to the left deck.
ctrl - or shift - Load the highlighted song to the right deck.
ctrl - / Swap the two currently playing tracks from one deck to the other.
ctrl - L Locate the current track. is will highlight the track you most recently loaded. Pressing ctrl - L again
will alternate between the tracks recently loaded on both decks.
ctrl - r Reveal - e highlighted song is opened in a file browser.
ctrl - f Find - moves the cursor to the search box.
Tab Switch focus to the song list.
ctrl - a Select all.
ctrl - c Copy text in edit mode.
ctrl - e Edit text.
ctrl - v Paste text in edit mode.
ctrl - x Cut text in edit mode.
ctrl - shift - Load the track currently on the right deck onto the left deck as well.
ctrl - shift - Load the track currently on the left deck onto the right deck as well.
shift/ctrl -
shift/ctrl -
Move focus up/down through the library or crates. Note that if you have a song highlighted in the
song view, and use shift/ctrl – up/down, you will move up or down through the library/crates. When
you release the shift or ctrl key, the focus will go back to the song view so you can move up and down
through songs using the up and down arrow keys.
- or + Zoom the main waveform display.
ctrl - shift - del and
ctrl - shift - backspace
Delete the file from your library and send to the recycle bin. (note to iTunes users: files in your iTunes
library cannot be deleted this way).
esc Exit Scratch LIVE.
Calibrating the Software
When setting up Scratch LIVE in a new location, calibrate
the software to the background noise picked up by the needles.
1. Place the needles on the records with the motors off and
switch to the
setup
screen.
2. Press and hold the
estimate
button for each side, letting
go when the threshold setting is stable (usually about one
second). In situations with lots of background noise, the
threshold will need to be higher.
3. Start the motors, and adjust the
L/R Balance
and
P/A
Balance
to make the green rings as circular as possible.
Setting up the Music Library
To add tracks to your collection, drag the files from the Explorer
window (Windows) or Finder (Mac) to the song list, or use the
Import
panel. If you use Apple iTunes, your library can be au-
tomatically loaded — go to the
setup
screen and click
read
iTunes library
.
Crates
Organize your music into crates by clicking the new crate but-
ton, then dragging songs from the library into the crate. Double-
click on a crate to rename it.
Playing Music
Load a track to a deck by dragging the track from the song list
to the deck, or use control (left arrow, left deck) or control
(right arrow, right deck). Put the needle on the record and start
the turntable or CD player to begin playback.
Modes
Absolute Mode:
tracks the movement of the record and
the position of the needle within the record. Needle dropping
enabled.
Relative Mode:
tracks the movement of the record, but not
the position of the needle within the record. is disables needle
dropping, but allows skip free scratching.
Internal Mode:
playback is controlled entirely by the on-
screen controls.
Mic Recording
Click the
mic rec
button to start recording from the micro-
phone. Enter a name for the recording and click
save
. e
recording is automatically stored in the Recorded crate, and can
be loaded like any other file. To load a recording directly without
saving it, use the control or control keys.
Manual
e full manual and this quick start are saved for easy ref-
erence in the Serato folder on your hard drive during software
installation. Reading it requires Adobe Acrobat (free down-
load) from www.adobe.com.
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