Rane Serato Scratch Live Complete Digital Solution

Serato Scratch Live Complete Digital Solution description:

Serato Scratch Live is the ultimate software and hardware solution for bridging the analog world of vinyl and the digital world of computer audio files. Using regular turntables or CD players, you can scratch live and mix files from your Mac or PC, add in a live mic input for scratching, and even bypass to standard vinyl if you wish..

Manufactured and distributed by Rane, the Scratch LIVE package includes an extremely rugged, portable, high quality, bus-powered USB audio device, featuring two software switchable stereo phono or line inputs, a microphone input, two line outputs and pass thrus for all inputs.

Scratch LIVE is the complete digital solution for the vinyl junkie and features include:

• Runs natively on Windows XP and Mac OS X.
• Supported File formats: Fixed and Variable Bit Rate MP3, AIFF, WAV, CD Audio and direct from microphone input.
• Play and scratch tracks direct from CD and CD-ROM.
• External Mode: faithfully reproduce movement of vinyl control records, including stops, starts, scratching, needle dropping, rubbing, backspins, power downs and other turntablist techniques.
• Relative Mode: disable needle dropping to ignore record skips, but still allows you to scratch live.
• Internal Mode: play songs without vinyl control, enabled automatically when end of vinyl groove is reached.
• Browse music collection by Artist, Album, Tempo (BPM) or Genre, with optional album art display.

How does it work?
Special vinyl included with Serato Scratch contains a control signal that allows your computer to track the motion of the record, simulating the same movement within the digital sample.

But what is it like to use?
Serato Scratch LIVE feels and sounds just as though you are scratching and cueing an ordinary record.

What is the latency?
The total system latency can be as low as 7ms if your computer is fast enough to cope with the increased load on the processor. You can adjust the latency of Scratch LIVE in software to cater to the system you have.

What happens if I pick up the needle and drop it somewhere on the record?
Scratch LIVE not only tracks the relative movement of the record when the needle is in the groove, but also can detect exactly where the needle is placed on the record. So when you drop the needle, the song you are playing instantly jumps to a new part of the song.

Free update available to Scratch LIVE Version 1.1 available from www.rane.com