![]() ![]() In Internal (mouse) mode, you get all the controls you'd normally expect: Start/Stop, 33/45 speed selectors, pitch/speed adjust slider, and the turntable itself. As you can see from the screen shots, the plug-in's controls are set out to resemble a physical turntable. To be clear, playback and control of the audio clip is independent of Pro Tools' audio playback: Scratch is a sound source, not an effect, as far as Pro Tools is concerned. Once selected, the file loads into the plug-in and its waveform appears in the plug-in window. ![]() The load button opens a standard file locator for navigating to any WAV, AIFF or SDII file. After I'd created a stereo aux track in Pro Tools, Scratch simply inserted like any other plug-in and threw up the main window. Rock Da Mouseīefore connecting a turntable, I decided to try Scratch's internal mouse control mode. The copy protection method is iLok USB dongle authorisation. The only other requirement is that you have the Digidesign Stream Manager installed, which enables HTDM plug-ins on TDM systems. ![]() Installation is just like any other plug-in, with a single file going into the Plug-ins folder. I tested Scratch SE on a TDM Pro Tools Mix system, although it will work on LE-based systems (more later on the implications of using different platforms). Meanwhile, Stanton's rival Final Scratch system is already available, although only on the Linux OS so far. Later on in 2003, a more expensive stand-alone version, Scratch Live, should include a few advances that will make it more suitable for taking out on the road. Serato Scratch SE (Studio Edition) focuses mainly on the former of these (working in the studio), and comes us an RTAS/HTDM plug-in for Pro Tools Mac and Windows systems. As a gigging DJ, it means you could digitise your entire record collection onto a laptop and go out with just the two control records. In the studio, it means you can scratch and manipulate any audio to hand, including stuff you've just recorded, as if you'd had an indestructible dubplate made up. The beauty of it is that it frees you from the constraint of actually possessing a particular piece of audio on vinyl, while leaving you with the same equipment and skills to control it. An essential addition to any studio producing beats-based music, for about the price of a decent turntable. The first mainstream outing for a genuinely revolutionary technology, and what's more it works faultlessly. Only available as a Pro Tools plug-in at the moment.Almost immune to needle jumping/skating.Instant 'dubplate' access to any audio on your hard drive.Really is like scratching or otherwise manipulating a record. ![]() Now you can scratch, varispeed, or otherwise manipulate audio on the computer using a standard turntable. Finally, press up a vinyl record or two containing the control signal instead of a musical signal, and plug the phono outs of your record deck into audio inputs on your computer. Now make the playback speed and direction follow some kind of external audio control signal, instead of a mouse or other hardware controller. Load it into software that can varispeed from zero to high speeds, play backwards, and can handle erratic jogging backwards and forwards of the 'playhead' (ie. The idea is this: take some digital audio on a computer. The two super-powers leading this arms race are Stanton Magnetics with their Final Scratch system, and Serato Audio Research with Scratch. The problem is it's apparently really hard to implement well, resulting in a scramble as companies try to corner the market. If you haven't heard about what's been happening in the world of DJ technology lately, prepare to gaze off into the distance while mumbling "Wow, that's genius, why didn't I think of that?" It's an idea that's very simple, yet is almost inevitably going to be huge. We're used to the idea of using fader boxes and other MIDI controllers to manipulate our music software, but now Serato want to get us using our turntables to scratch digital audio. ![]()
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