Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Rane Apple
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OL MIC LEVEL A LEVEL B LEVEL LEVEL LOW 10 8 6 4 0 2 LOW HIGH HIGH 0 2 4 6 10 8 LINE USB LINE USB INPUT INPUT PGM CUE A B MP 4 MIXER A PROGRAM A PROGRAM B CUE PHONES MIC B PAN HOUSE LEVEL POWER 1 2 2 1.
Intr oduction Refer to the separate Quick S tart guide that was included in the box. If you lose yours, a new copy (along with this manual and all other documentation) may be downloaded at www .
Manual- 1 MP 4 MIXER OPE R A T OR ’S M A NUAL V ersion 1 . 7 . 4 WEAR P ARTS : This produ c t co ntains the fol lowing w ear part subject to the nin et y ( 90) da y warranty period described on pag e Warra nt y- 1 : ( 1 ) Act ive Crossfader #1 1 6 46.
Manual- 2 MADE IN U.S.A. RANE CORP. RIGHT LEFT RIGHT RIGHT LEFT LEFT LEVEL R L PHONO LINE PHONO GROUND MIC TO USB RECORD MP 4 HOUSE AUX IN 2 I N 1 MIC ACN 001 345 482 BALANCED OUTPUTS: TIP = (+), RING.
Manual- 3 F ront P anel Descrip tion 1 MIC LEVEL c ont rol: Adj u sts t he Le vel of the MIC Input. e OL ( overload) ind icator lig hts when t h e m ax imum m ic level ha s been re ached, 3 d B before cl i pping. If this li ghts up, eithe r turn t he MIC LEV EL d own, or st op yelling.
Manual- 4 Rear P anel Descriptio n 1 Univer sa l V olta ge I nput: vi a a min iature I EC 603 20 C 6 applia nce in let. is mates w ith a n IEC 60320 C5 line cord (US A domest ic ). Do not li ft t he ground c o n n ec tion! 2 USB con nect ion: At tac h the included USB c able from here to the computer .
Manual-5 Getting star ted on Mac O S X Before you install the Scratch LIVE softwar e, check for free software updates at scr atchlive.net . e software version that came with your MP 4 is printed on the installation CD. e Scratch LIVE software is updated frequently , all updates are free, and available at scr atchlive.
Manual- 6 7. Click Finish once installation is complete. Scratch Live appears in the Start M enu under All Programs > S erato > Scratch Live . Windows XP tr eats each USB port individually . Y ou might like to install Scratch LIVE on all of your USB ports, so you can connect the hardware to any port.
Manual- 7 Pl aying y our first tr ack Before launching the Scratch LIVE softwar e, close all other pro - grams on your Mac or PC. When you rst run Scratch LIVE , your library contains only the pre-installed tracks. Load les into Scratch LIVE by pr essing the import button.
Manual-8 Mixing wi th t he MP 4 Scratch LIVE software has many features allo wing you to smooth - ly mix two tracks together . Fr om left to right, these are: Rewind – e rewind function speeds up the longer you pr ess the button. Ben d down – Create a temporary decrease in the playback speed.
Manual-9 The stripe is a sol id c olor n ear the marker point The stripe grows a fth by each rotation closer to the marker po int Cue poin ts Y ou can set up to ve visual cue points within each track. Use the + button to place a cue point. Click the arrow to the left of each cue point to jump to it.
Manual- 10 T o remo ve a cue point, use the x button on the right side of the cue point panel. A cue point can occupy any of the 5 slots. Y ou can drag and drop cue points to change their order in the list. I f you wish to have the cue points sorted chronologically , check the s ort cu es chronologically option in the setup screen.
Manual- 1 1 T em po Match ing display e T empo Matching display area provides a helpful tool for beat matching. Scratch LIVE detects the beats within the track, and places a row of orange peaks (for the track on the left side) abo ve a row of blue peaks (for the track on the right side) in the T empo Matching display area.
Manual- 1 2 Kick Dru m Snare Drum Main Waveform display is view provides a close-up view of the track, including color- coding to show the frequency of the sound; r ed representing low- frequency bass sounds, green r epresenting mid-frequency sounds and blue representing high-fr equency treble sounds.
Manual- 1 3 Organiz ing y our music Scratch LIVE software can support an unlimited number of songs – the only limitation is the size of the hard driv e of your com- puter . A number of features are included to help you to keep your music organized and nd songs quickly and easily .
Manual- 1 4 BPM, Artist and Album. T o turn the song browser on or o, click the bro wse button. Searching Scratch LIVE includes a search function to help you find files quickly and easily . Enter text into the search box and Scratch LIVE will automatically find as you type.
Manual- 1 5 Statu s icons e leftmost column shows the status of each track. e image to the left shows 5 tracks with diering statuses. F rom top to bottom: • Scratch LIVE has detected some corruption in the MP3 le. If possible, re-encode the MP3.
Manual- 16 Re cord ing e MP 4 allows you to r ecord from several sources, allo wing you to convert vinyl and tape to digital, make samples, or recor d a performance.
Manual- 1 7 K ey board shortcuts e se act ions ca n be ac ces sed di rect ly from the c o mputer key boa rd. Key A ction ctrl - L Locate the current track. is will highlight the track you most recently loaded. P ressing ctrl - L again will alternate between the tracks recently loaded on both decks.
Manual- 18 Addi t i onal setup is section covers general pr eferences and adjustments you can make to impro ve the performance of the Scratch LIVE software. F rom the top of the main screen, click on setup to get to this area. Audio ca che (seconds) U se the slider to set the amount of audio that is loaded into memory .
Manual- 1 9 Son g Libr ary Set aut o gain F or songs with overviews built (by version 1.7.2 or later), check this if you want to use the calculated auto gain value while play - ing songs. ere is also a target gain dropdo wn menu next to this option, that sets the target gain that you would like.
Manual- 20 T roubleshooting a nd F AQ The Scratch LIVE soft ware does not recognize the MP 4 It takes fiv e seconds for the software to detect the MP 4. e MP 4 can be unplugged at any time; you do not need to exit Scratch LIVE before disconnecting the MP 4.
Manual- 2 1 2 3 1 OFF+50 dB MIC1 INPUT RIAA PHONO LINE IN 1 RIAA PHONO LINE IN 2 MAIN LEFT CROSS FADER R LOW HI EQ LOW HI +/- 12 dB EQ +/- 12 dB +12 A LOW HI EQ LOW HI +/- 12 dB EQ +/- 12 dB +12 B MAI.
Manual- 22 Cor rupt file d escriptio ns and diag noses Corrupt le: This MP3 contains inv alid frames. is MP3 contains frames which do not conform strictly to the ocial MP3 specica- tion. Scratch LIVE can not be certain that this le will play back 100% accurately .
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