Owner’s manual sixty-eight rane sixty-eight mixer manual.
Owner’s manual 2 sixty-eight attention: risque de chocs electrique - ne pas ouvrir risk of electric shock do not open caution to reduce the risk of electrical shock, do not open the unit. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. The symbols shown below are in...
Owner’s manual 3 sixty-eight attention: risque de chocs electrique - ne pas ouvrir risk of electric shock do not open caution afin d’éviter tout risque de choc électrique, ne pas ouvrir l’appareil. Aucune pièce ne peut être changée par l’utilisateur. Contactez un sav qualifié pour toute intervention...
Owner’s manual 4 sixty-eight copyright notices ©2013 rane corporation. All rights reserved. Serato dj and scratch live are trademarks of serato. Trademarked in the united states and other countries. This software is based in part on the work of the independent jpeg group, and uses libpng code, copyr...
Owner’s manual 5 sixty-eight contents 2 important safety instructions 4 check list 4 wear parts 6 quick start: software 6 serato dj software installation for mac osx 6 serato dj software installation for windows 6 serato scratch live 6 other dj and daw programs 7 quick start: hardware 8 turntable se...
Owner’s manual 6 sixty-eight quick start: software before using your sixty-eight, at least read this short section for the basics. Read the complete manual to get the best investment from your new mixer. This section will help get you started with one computer. Serato dj software installation for ma...
Owner’s manual 7 sixty-eight main out send phono grounds mic 1 mic 2 input select: phono - line - s/pdif aux inputs session analog inputs mic inputs left 2 1 100-240v 50/60 hz 15 watts left right acn 001 345 482 made in u.S.A. Rane corp. Right return flexfx loop left right usb a usb b booth out left...
Owner’s manual 8 sixty-eight 4. Connect a sixty-eight usb using the provided usb cable, connect either usb a or usb b to an available usb 2.0 port on your computer. The sixty-eight automatically switches its control point if only one of the usb ports is connected. Make sure you connect it directly t...
Owner’s manual 9 sixty-eight how to calibrate serato dj with music playing in the background through your system or booth output, put your needle on the record with the turntable stopped. If you are using cd players, the same rules apply. Have the cd deck paused or stopped while calibrating. Click a...
Owner’s manual 10 sixty-eight sixty-eight overview software controls are built-in for one or two computers • includes serato dj software. • includes rane asio and core audio drivers for serato dj and other audio programs. • control library, cues, loops and samples from the mixer on two computers. • ...
Owner’s manual 11 sixty-eight sixty-eight connections power supply the sixty-eight mixer features an internal universal switching power supply that operates on any ac mains 100 to 240 vac, 50 or 60 hz (most places in the world). All that is required when traveling is the appropriate iec line cord, a...
Owner’s manual 12 sixty-eight mixer controls four program input channels pgm 1 and pgm 2 source selection: • phono/cd 1 (phono or line or s/pdif) • phono/cd 2 (phono or line or s/pdif) • usb playback 1 • usb playback 2 • auxiliary 1 • auxiliary 2 pgm 3 and pgm 4 source selection: • phono/cd 3 (phono...
Owner’s manual 13 sixty-eight mics two microphone inputs are fully independent, each with these controls: • large illuminated on / off switch. • level control. • pan the signal from left to right. • high / low 2-band, full-cut eq range is off to +6 db with unity gain at 12 o’clock. • flexfx assign t...
Owner’s manual 14 sixty-eight control strip controls layer / shift the layer button allows you to select which of the virtual decks the control strips are in command of. Pressing this button toggles between the assigned primary and secondary deck layers as chosen in serato dj. See “select primary de...
Owner’s manual 15 sixty-eight manual loop controls manual loop mode on the sixty-eight allows control of the manual looping features of serato dj. When manual loop mode is selected, the loop control buttons will be illuminated orange to correspond with the orange manual loop labeling on the sixty- e...
Owner’s manual 16 sixty-eight flexfx the flexfx bus in the sixty-eight works differently than other basic effect insert solutions. The flexfx bus is more like an auxiliary bus that can have multiple signals assigned to it. Those combined signals can have internal effects, external analog effects and...
Owner’s manual 17 sixty-eight 5. The flexfx cue is located after internal effects, analog external insert and the usb 5 insert. It is located before the flexfx on and flexfx mix level. This allows the processed bus signal (wet or dry) to be cued at any time. 6. The flexfx on button, when off, effect...
Owner’s manual 18 sixty-eight effects display and match indicator the effects display shows the current bpm, beat multiplier and time for a selected effect. A bar graph represents the effect time relative to its range. If no effect is selected, the information for the last effect is displayed. The e...
Owner’s manual 19 sixty-eight usb audio there are six stereo record channels and five stereo playback channels. These channels are simultaneously available on two usb ports, allowing two computers to share the device. This allows two djs to play together and supports uninterrupted transitions from o...
Owner’s manual 20 sixty-eight flexfx return flexfx send main mix mic 1 mic 2 usb 1 usb 2 usb 3 usb 4 ph / cd 1 aux 1 pgm 1 post usb 1 record (1-2) usb 2 record (3-4) usb 3 record (5-6) usb 4 record (7-8) usb 5 record (9-10) usb 6 record (11-12) usb 1 playback (1-2) usb 2 playback (3-4) usb 3 playbac...
Owner’s manual 21 sixty-eight rane drivers the serato dj installer includes core audio (mac) and asio (pc) drivers that allow your rane sixty-eight to use other popular dj and daw audio applications. Once installed, you will have the option to select the sixty-eight’s inputs and outputs in the audio...
Owner’s manual 22 sixty-eight pgm inputs 1-4 have one panel for each channel strip on the mixer. Each pgm panel controls the following functions: • analog input source: the analog input for each channel may be set for line-level (cd), phono- level or s/pdif using a dip switch on the rear of the mixe...
Owner’s manual 23 sixty-eight midi mapping it is possible to midi-map most mixer controls on the sixty-eight and control the color of buttons in the software control strips. The following graphics show midi out “note on/off” and “control change” assignments. Ol +6 +3 0 -3 -12 -6 -18 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 ...
Owner’s manual 24 sixty-eight ol +6 +3 0 -3 -12 -6 -18 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 right left +6 off +6 off +6 off high low 10 0 2 4 8 6 +6 off +6 off +6 off high low 10 0 2 4 8 6 +6 off +6 off +6 off high low 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 +6 off +6 off +6 off right left main cue max min high low +6 off +...
Owner’s manual 25 sixty-eight control change format is shown in the following tables. Control change input to the device: parameter description control number values pgm 1 phono sensitivity 21 value sens. (mv) db 0 2.5 12.04 1 3 10.46 2 3.5 9.12 3 4 7.96 4 4.5 6.94 5 (default) 5 6.02 6 5.5 5.19 7 6 ...
Owner’s manual 26 sixty-eight pgm 3 phono sensitivity 27 same as pgm 1 phono sensitivity pgm 3 filter resonance 28 0-64: low 65-127: high pgm 3 record select 29 1: record ph/cd 2 2: record pgm 2 post 3: record aux 2 pgm 4 phono sensitivity 30 same as pgm 1 phono sensitivity pgm 4 filter resonance 31...
Owner’s manual 27 sixty-eight pgm 1 crossfader select 120 1: crossfader a 2: crossfader b 3: post-crossfader pgm 2 crossfader select 121 1: crossfader a 2: crossfader b 3: post-crossfader pgm 3 crossfader select 122 1: crossfader a 2: crossfader b 3: post-crossfader pgm 4 crossfader select 123 1: cr...
Owner’s manual 28 sixty-eight dj changeover the sixty-eight allows two computers to connect to the mixer simultaneously. This allows two djs to play at the same time and for easy dj changeover. Connect both computers to the two usb ports on the sixty-eight. On each computer, select a usb source for ...
Owner’s manual 29 sixty-eight technical specifications specifications all specifications typical unless otherwise stated analog inputs 4 stereo unbalanced rca jacks …...Phono, line level or s/pdif input rear panel switches for each input …...Phono response riaa ±1 db, gain: 35 db at 1 khz …...Max ph...
Owner’s manual 30 sixty-eight 14.2" (36 cm) 3.25" (8.3 cm) .65" (1.6 cm) projection add 3.5” (8.9 cm) minimum clearance for cables add 3.5” (8.9 cm) minimum clearance for phones .6" (1.5 cm) projection .7" (1.8 cm) pro- jec- tion mounting bracket accessories when installing a sixty-eight mixer in a ...
Owner’s manual 31 sixty-eight ol +6 +3 0 -3 -12 -6 -18 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 right left +6 off +6 off +6 off high low 10 0 2 4 8 6 +6 off +6 off +6 off high low 10 0 2 4 8 6 +6 off +6 off +6 off high low 10 0 2 4 8 6 10 0 2 4 8 6 +6 off +6 off +6 off right left main cue max min high low +6 off +...
Owner’s manual 32 sixty-eight fader maintenance the crossfader in the sixty-eight is designed with materials highly resistant to corrosion and most chemicals. While it will handle millions of operations, it may become dirty over time. Bad things may be spilled into the crossfader, but in many instan...
Owner’s manual 33 sixty-eight fader assembly removal 1 remove all five fader knobs. 2 remove all four screws holding the fader panel face plate. 3 lift up the fader panel face plate and set it aside where it can’t get damaged. 4 remove the two screws in the main panel at the top of the fader assembl...
Owner’s manual 34 sixty-eight declaration of conformity application of council directive: 2001/95/ec 2002/96/ec 2004/108/ec 2006/95/ec 2011/65/eu manufacturer: rane corporation 10802 47th avenue west mukilteo wa 98275-5000 usa this equipment has been tested and found to be in compliance with all app...
Owner’s manual 35 sixty-eight limited warranties factory authorized service your unit may someday need to be serviced by the rane factory if you live in the usa. International customers should contact your dealer or distributor for service. You must call the rane factory before shipping. Please do n...
Owner’s manual 36 sixty-eight warranty procedure - valid in u.S.A. Only notice! You must complete and return the warranty card or register your product online to extend the warranty from 2 years to 3 years! To validate your extended warranty: use the postcard that came in the box with your unit, or ...
