Rane SIXTY-EIGHT Quick Start Manual - Importing

RANE SIXTY-EIGHT FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • QUICK START

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Importing 

and Playing 

Music

Importing Your Music

The easiest way to load music into your 

library is by using the 

Files button:

1. Click on the Files button to open the 

files panel. The left side of this window 

displays various locations on your 

computer hard drive (and external 

drives if you have one). Click on these 

locations to navigate your computer and 

find your music. By default, your music 

will usually be found in either “Music” 

(Mac) or “My Music” (Windows).

2. Once you have located your music, 

drag the folder or files you want to 

import onto the purple “

All...” icon. 

This is located to the left of your screen 

at the top of the crates and playlist 

window. If you wish to import all of your 

music, just drag your whole music folder 

onto this icon.

TIP: You can also import by dragging 

files and folders directly from Windows 

Explorer (PC version) or Finder (Mac 

version) into the Scratch Live library. 

Supported File Types

Scratch Live supports fixed and variable 

bit rate .MP3, .MP4, Ogg Vorbis, .AAC, 

.AIFF, .ALAC, .WAV and Whitelabel (wl.

mp3) file types. M3U playlists are also 

supported. Note: FLAC is supported in 

version 2.4.3 and higher. 

*Apple Quicktime is required for AAC and 

ALAC.

NOTE: Older iTunes Music Store DRM 

files cannot be played back by Scratch 

Live. iTunes Plus files are DRM-free.

The Offline Player

The offline player is a useful tool for 

preparing crates, auditioning tracks, and 

setting cue and loop points. The offline 

player is available when Scratch Live 

hardware is not connected, and outputs 

through the current default audio device. 

Load a track to the offline player by 

dragging and dropping onto the Deck, or 

pressing shift+left arrow. If the end of the 

loaded track is reached, the next track in 

the current playlist is played automatically. 

Click the Offline Player Controls button 

(under the pointer below) to expand and 

hide the offline player controls.

For information on rescanning, moving, 

copying, deleting and backing up, see 

“File Management” in the manual. 

How to Analyze Files

Before you play your music in Scratch 

Live, It is important to first analyze your 

files. The analyze files function processes 

the songs in your library to detect file 

corruption, saves the waveform overview 

to an ID3 tag*, and calculates auto-gain 

and BPM values.

  To analyze files, run Scratch Live with 

the Sixty-Eight disconnected. On the left 

side of the main screen, click the 

Analyze 

Files button to automatically build 

overviews for all the tracks in your library.

  You can drag and drop individual 

folders, crates or files onto the Analyze 

Files button to force the building of 

overviews at any time.

About Corrupt Files

If Scratch Live detects a corrupt 

file it will tag it with a corrupt file 

icon:

  It is very important that you delete ANY 

corrupt files from your library as they can 

cause Scratch Live to crash regardless 

if you play the file or not. See “Status 

Icons” and “Corrupt File Descriptions and 

Diagnoses” in the manual.