Rane MP 4 Operator's Manual - page 18
Manual-16
when no song is loaded, for finding the BPM of regular records,
for example.
Seee auto BPM on page 7 to automatically fill in these tags.
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™
library.
• The track has been imported from the iTunes library,
and Scratch
LIVE
has detected some corruption in the
MP3 file. Solution: If possible, re-encode the MP3.
• The track cannot be found. Most likely the file has
been renamed or moved.
• Scratch
LIVE
is trying to import a track from the
iTunes library, but cannot find the file.
• Tracks that are read-only have a locked icon.
Display album art
MP3 files can contain album art information. To display this
album art, click the
show album art
button. There are many
third-party applications available for adding album art to MP3s.
We recommend Apple’s iTunes™.
Prepare window
The prepare window is a holding area for tracks, much like
preparing a set by lifting records part way out of your record bag.
You can drag tracks from the main track list into the prepare win-
dow, or simply drag tracks onto the
prepare
button. These tracks
will be removed from the prepare window once they have been
played. All tracks in the prepare window will be discarded when
you exit Scratch
LIVE
.
Tip: Use the keyboard shortcut
ctrl-p
to add tracks to the prepare
window.
Tip: Select the contents of the prepare window and drag them
onto the new crate button (+) to save the selection.
Review window
The review window shows the tracks you have recently played
in the order in which they were played. Tracks you have played
recently are colored green – press the
clear
button to reset the list
of recently played tracks.
Tip: Select the contents of the review window and drag them onto
the new crate button (+) to save a history of the tracks you played.
Editing ID3 tags
Much of the information associated with each file can be edited
from within Scratch
LIVE
. Double click on the attribute within
the main library to edit the attribute. Filename, length, size, bit
rate and sampling cannot be edited. This information is saved
in the file itself. Note that the
protect library
option in
setup
must be unchecked to allow edits.
See Preparing your files on page 7 for details on prebuilding
overviews and the auto bpm feature.
Tip: Use the keyboard shortcut
ctrl-e
to edit text. Hold down
the
ctrl
key and move with the arrow keys to change to a different
field while staying in edit mode. When you have more than one file
selected, editing tags changes all the files in your selection.
Tip: The second column in the library
is the label color for that
file. Click it to bring up a color palette, and customize the virtual
deck for that file.
Tap Tempo
For tracks with no BPM information, there is a tap tempo button
displayed where the
BPM usually is, in
the song info area.
Pressing
alt-space
bar
activates the
tempo tapper (press
alt-space bar
a second
time to activate the
tempo tapper on the right Virtual Deck). Tap the space bar along
with the beat.
After you’ve tapped the first beat, you can switch to double
time tapping, half time, start of each bar etc. The range is set by
the first two taps, after that you can switch to any steady rhythm
you feel comfortable with – quarter notes, half note, whole notes.
Esc
resets the BPM,
Enter
saves the BPM to the track. You can use
the mouse if you prefer.
Your CD player or turntable’s pitch slider doesn’t need to be at
zero, we do the math for you. You can also use the tempo tapper