Rane Sixty-One Sixty-One Mixer Manual for Scratch Live 2.5.0 - Page 32

Uploading Serato Playlists Once you have finished your session, or to upload a previous history session, select the desired session in the History panel. Click the Format dropdown box, select Serato Playlists and click the Export button. You will receive the following warning: Warning: This feature will submit play data from your History to your online Serato Playlists and may affect sound card performance while sending. Do you wish to continue? If you choose "Yes" you will then be taken to www.serato.com where you can review your playlist before choosing to post it online. Once posted, you have the option to edit the playlist and track information. NOTE: We recommend that you turn off any wireless networking devices when using Scratch Live. If you export your playlist online whilst playing you may experience USB dropouts. If so, you may wish to avoid using this function. Live Playlists Serato Playlists has the Live Playlists option to allow you to display what you are playing online in realtime on your serato.com profile. To enable the Live Playlists feature go to the Plugins tab on the Setup screen and check the Enable Live Playlists option. Once enabled, the Start Live Playlist button is now displayed in the History panel. Click this to start and stop your Live Playlist session. NOTE: Live Playlists requires you to be connected to the internet while playing, which may result in USB dropouts. If so, you may wish to avoid using this function. 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. for details on auto-BPM See "Preparing Your Files" on page 16. 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. Library Zoom You can change the size of your library text by using the shortcuts ctrl + and ctrl -. Display Album Art MP3 files can contain album art information. Click the Album Art button at the very bottom left of the screen to open a small window. This window displays the album art of the track currently selected in the library. Album art can also be shown next to the the track information display on each Virtual Deck. Click on the Display tab in the Setup screen to find this option. See "Show Album Art On Deck" on page 39. Adding Album Art You can add album art to a file by dragging and dropping a jpeg or png file onto the track in any of the album art views, or onto the Album Art window. If you do this while the track is loaded to a Virtual Deck, the album artwork will not be added until the track is ejected. Status Icons The leftmost column shows the status of each track. The image to the left shows five tracks with differing statuses. • 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. • Tracks that are read-only have a locked icon. More Info on Corrupt Files If you have a corrupt file in your library, hover your mouse over the status icon for information on what type of corruption was found. See "Corrupt File Descriptions and Diagnoses" on page 41. 32 RANE SIXTY-ONE MIXER FOR SERATO SCRATCH LIVE • OPERATOR'S MANUAL 2.5.0