(Note: for those of you who are having problems with multiple BPM tags, we will be addressing this in version 1.4) Year and Composer tags have been added to the main library view, and you can now only enter numeric characters in the BPM field. The main waveform is now brighter, the beat matching view clearer, and the progress indicator on the overview is brighter. You can now un-load tracks by pressing the eject button next to each Virtual Deck (keyboard shortcut ctrl-alt-arrow). While this doesn’t cause any problems, it may be distracting. When playing regular vinyl, you will notice that Scratch Live attempts to decode the incoming signal, which usually results in the strange movement on the Virtual Deck. Press the magnifying glass icon to the left of the search box to choose which tags you want to search. You can now include the label, remixer, grouping and composer tags in searches. It will take you to the main library, and clear the existing search query, as in 1.2, but unlike 1.2, when you click on another crate or playlist, the search query will now be cleared automatically. The keyboard shortcut ctrl-f has changed. Ctrl-p will add the selected tracks to the prepare window, and you can also drag tracks onto the prepare button if the prepare window is not open. New keyboard shortcuts have been added ctrl-n to start a new microphone recording, F1/F6 to switch to absolute mode (left deck/right deck), F2/F7 for Relative mode, F3/F8 for Internal mode. For more information, and pictures of the new icons, see page 14 of the user manual (get it here: ) We have also introduced new icons for tracks imported from iTunes that Scratch Live cannot find and tracks imported from iTunes that have some corruption. These files will play, but there will be dropouts. The status column is the leftmost column in the library. You will notice a new icon in the status column for files that have some corruption. Scratch Live now handles a wide range of corrupt MP3s. This will launch the application associated with that file type, and start playback (also applies to files in the import window). To preview tracks in your computer’s default media player, highlight a track and press ctrl-o. To switch between the default single colored waveform view and the three-band view, hold ctrl, and click on the waveform. This will allow you to listen to your tracks and set markers using the speakers on your laptop). (Tip from one of our beta testers – connect the output of one channel of Scratch Live to the line in / mic input of your computer. You can use this feature to set markers when away form your turntables/CD players. Version 1.3 adds mouse scrubbing in internal mode. Mark a nice clear kick, snare and hi-hat, and you have a drum machine!) (note: the reduced "needle dropping"? time means that you now have almost instantaneous cueing from markers. As always, the markers are ordered chronologically. You can jump to a marker using the play button to the left of each marker, and clear a marker using the x button to the right. There is now a single button to add a marker, and an associated keyboard shortcut – ctrl-comma for the left deck, and ctrl-dot for the right deck. (Tip: Check the tips and tricks section for a handy app that will automatically load each track for you: ) You will also find that every track will have a slight pause the first time that you load it after you upgrade to 1.3, as if the track had never been loaded before. Use the build overview function to prepare the overviews of all your tracks before you spin. The first bar shows track reading progress, the second bar shows overview building, and the third bar shows track writing progress. The track name (and location) are shown in the field immediately below the button. Click this to automatically build the overviews for all the tracks in your library. If you run Scratch Live with the hardware interface disconnected, you will notice a button labeled build overviews. The screen refresh rate can be turned down if you want to make more of your computer’s processor available for audio processing, and there are new warnings displayed if you have problems with the USB buffer. Scratch Live can handle a wider range of bad MP3s, and will indicate which MP3s are bad. There is now a batch overview filler, new marker layout, a lot more keyboard shortcuts, and track preview using your default media player. You will notice a substantial improvement in the needle dropping latency, and much greater stability under high loads (for example when running at lower buffer settings). Version 1.3 has many performance improvements.
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