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1. 5 1 3 RECORD BOXING APPLICATION 6 ADDING SONGS THE 6 REMOVING SONGS FROM THE 8 EDITING SONG 8 MAKING SOUND STRIPES siiseiiscctissinisievisrneainindioceinerianicnns 8 ORGANIZING YOUR RECORD 5 8 IMPORTING EXPORTING RECORD 5 9 RECORD BOX PREFERENGES sisiccigsentucyenoureniacenenenirsey cece 9 CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 2 1 TROUBLESHOOTING aese aan a aiarar 11 2 2 HOW TO REPORT A PROBLEM nidicevenemtiutecuincenss 12 CHAPTER 3 APPENDIX 3 1 KEYBOARD SHORT GUUS iiie eri inenen eriba oriee ies pr akban 13 3 2 RECORDING YOUR VINYL viiei eia a dienes 14 TABLE OF CONTENTS FINAL SCRATCH USER MANUAL REV 1 0 CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH 1 1 BOOTING UP FINAL SCRATCH When starting up the computer a boot menu will appear offering you the following choices 1 WINDOWS 2 FINAL SCRATCH Select FINAL SCRATCH using the arrow keys and press Enter The FINAL SCRATCH desktop will appear showing a two icons at the top left corner of the screen Double clicking an icon will start the application The top icon represents the FINAL SCRATCH live application The icon below it represents the Record Box applicatio2. CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT CHAPTER 3 APPENDIX 3 1 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Shortcuts in FINAL SCRATCH application Ctrl F 1 Map song to left turntable Ctrl F6 Map song to right turntable Ctrl Shift F 1 Unmap song from left turntable Ctrl Shift F6 Unmap song from right turntable Tab Extended stripe modes Alp P Open preferences screen Alt Q Quit application F1 F10 Record box 1 10 F11 Search All F12 View audio CD Shortcuts in FINAL SCRATCH application Alt F Open File menu Alt S Save Alt l Import Record Box Alt X Export Current Record Box Alt E Open Edit menu Alt M Make stripes Alt V Open View menu Alt N View New Alt P Open Preferences screen Alt A Select All Alt Q Quit application Ctrl X Cut Ctrl C Copy Ctrl V Paste Ctrl F1 F10 Copy to record box Ctrl Shift F 1 10 Move to record box Ctrl F 11 Remove from record box F1 F10 Record box 1 10 F11 Search All F12 View audio CD PAGE 13 CHAPTER 3 APPENDIX 3 2 RECORDING YOUR VINYL Your ultimate goal is to have your vinyl recordings in a digital format that can be used by your com puter There are many ways you can do this and they are all a matter of personal preference and your budget One option is that you can record your vinyl direct ly to CD using a direct CD recorder After you have filled up a CD you can then rip the song to a wav aiff or mp3 format using ripping and encoding software of your choice The Record Boxing Application wil
3. Zero 7 Simple Things Bonus F9 DJ Perfect In Deep Procrastin F10 F11 Search All CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH chapter Pressing F11 will display the entire song database This is the same as pressing Enter with nothing typed in the search box As well when opening the FINAL SCRATCH applica tion the entire database is displayed in the song list window F12 like F11 is a special record box It contains the contents of any audio CD you may have in your CD ROM drive You can play from the CD like you play from audio formats in the other record boxes with some limitations You will not see track names they are just labeled track01 track02 and so on Up to 99 tracks are accessi ble from a CD in FINAL SCRATCH It may take a few seconds for the CD to spin up and be ready and finally you will probably only be able to play one track from the CD at once There is no reason you cannot play different parts of the same CD using both turntables but be sure you try this in a totally private situation as most machines partic ularly laptops are not up to this performance Note if you change CD s you have to press F12 again 1 3 RECORD BOXING APPLICATION The record boxing application can be started by double clicking the record box icon on the FS desktop The record boxing screen consists of several sections The bottom of the screen looks similar to the Final scratch application itself and shows a list of al
4. make sure to include the following information in your email e A description of the problem e How to reproduce the problem e What have already done to try to fix the problem e A description of your setup including all hard ware cartridge turntables mixers etc e The model number and specs of your computer e Describe how the setup is connected especially ground wires e Your serial Number located on your registration card and on the bottom of our scratch amp PAGE 12 Returns In case you need to return your product we have included a shipping form for your convenience All returns must include a Return Authorization num ber and will not be accepted without one For assistance with your product or the return process please contact FINAL SCRATCH tech support See Need Further Assistance Register your Product For the warranty to be valid please complete the warranty registration card or fill out the online reg istration at www stantonmagnetics com Doing so will make sure you are entitled to technical sup port and kept aware of updates and other news regarding FINAL SCRATCH Warranty The Scratch Amp has been designed and manu factured using quality components Therefore it is warranted to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of twelve 12 months from the original purchase date During this period all service and parts necessary to repair a defect will be free of charge
5. Setup OK gt Means calibration was successful and FINAL SCRATCH is ready There is a special feature that automatically detects and corrects mis connected scratch amps or mis wired turntables lt L R swapped software fix gt PAGE 2 Means your right and left channels are switched for that turntable It would be best if you switch the turntable connections to the scratch amp and double click the ON button to re calibrate You may also get lt Phase problem software fix gt Which means either your cartridge is miss wired or the turntable is Fix or get a different turntable or cartridge The last possible error is lt Phase problem amp L R swap software fix gt Which means you can at least get the left and right corrected but should fix or replace the turntable and or cartridge If you get any of these messages FINAL SCRATCH will work fine but analogue records may sound wrong particularly with the bass and the stereo image If you must use the broken deck beware of the conse quences Caution Please be absolutely certain the sound from FINAL SCRATCH is clean and un distorted by verifying it with an earphone If this is not so you can re calibrate by clicking the ON button associated with the offending turntable and click CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH FHINE 220 67 anne anaran Soin tint slnce Tas onal ing it again when it says OFF See the trou bleshooting section for oth
6. store those files in the fs_songs folder Note In most cases this will be your C drive in Windows Some more advanced computer users might change operat ing systems or the way their hard drives are set up For example if you legally download samples or create your own music you can store the audio files in the fs_songs folder or a subfolder in there ern 13 88 B 5 T EEF one Ci CET g der dre mum hele bopp Removing Songs from the Database In the main song list F11 select the song s you would like to remove and click the Remove from Database button The songs will be removed from the database and any record boxes in which it occurred To undo this you can select Revert from the File menu If you select Save from the file menu or save when you exit the program the changes will be applied In this case it means that the songs will be deleted from your hard drive Editing Song Information To change the information for a song first select the song In the top section of the screen all the information that you can edit will appear You can click on any of these fields and change the text To store the changes click the Apply button To restore the old values click the Cancel button To move to another song you can click on a song in the list You can also use the arrow keys to move through the list Be sure to hit Apply o
7. up and down arrows on the right hand side tribe cut das ende vom lied eax On thie floor samuel session thomas pheckmann paul bischitch John Acqua John Amqual John Acqua Searching for a song The search field is located just above the song list window Just type some text and press Enter to search for information containing that text Any matching text in the database is displayed according to the search preferences previously set You can search for fields that contain a num ber of specific words For example to find all entries that contain seventies and sex and fun type without spaces seventies sex fun in the search box Only the comma is not allowed to be searched Spaces require that there are actually spaces in the field Searches are not case sensi tive and can all be typed in lower case letters The song information needs to be entered in advance using the record boxing tool Just pressing the Enter key without typing anything will bring up all entries from the main database Choosing and mapping a song Use up and down arrow keys to select the title you want to map to a turntable Press Ctrl F1 to map a song to the left turntable or Ctrl F6 to map a song to the right turntable Note When holding the Ctrl key only the or F6 keys work Holding down keys Ctrl Shift and F1 or F6 unmaps the song The separation of keys prevents mistakes If you prefer the mouse or track pad the map but ton wi
8. will see a few player controls If your scratch amp is con nected you can preview your songs through your sound system The controls work similar to the ones of a CD player The slider below the controls can be used to go to any position in a song If you have selected a song and the scratch amp is con nected you can press the play button to hear the song play Adding Songs to the Database There are two ways to add songs to the song database The first way is to import music from an Audio CD From the record boxing application insert an audio CD in your CD ROM drive Click the Audio CD button on the right or press F12 to see the contents of the CD It may take some time while the CD is spinning up Just above the list you will see a field called Audio CD Name In this field you can change the name of the CD If you enter it in the form Artist Title the artist and the title will automatically be filled in for each CD track For example Plastikman Orange will CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH From Saturday to Sunday 1 Sauna piracki mpI Nene Rab HFFA Lonnmenlt Mako stripes fill in Plastikman as the artist and Orange as the album name You can only do this if you have not modified the information for an individual song on the CD You can select a CD song and enter the informa tion for it on the top section of the screen For details on how to do this see the section Editing Song Informat
9. 11111 8899898988 ea 599988 FINALSCRATCH STANTON USER MANUAL FINAL SCRATCH V1 0 PLEASE VISIT www final scratch com support asp FOR THE LATEST SOFTWARE UPDATES ON FINAL SCRATCH DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS PRODUCT YOU MAY ALSO FIND UPDATED INFORMATION ONLINE ABOUT THIS PRODUCT THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS MANUAL Welcome to Final Scratch The technology that is revolutionizing the world of DJ ing Final Scratch is the ideal playback unit for both the cur rent state of the music industry and its future too Not only does it give turntables access to the digital domain but now producers both professional and at home can play their own music without burning CD s or making costly acetates Final Scratch finally balances the ongoing debate of CD s versus turntable culture Most interestingly and exciting about Final Scratch is that it is the perfect technology to allow people to play back music that is now being offered by the new wave of digital distributors both independent and major Simply buy your music from the internet and play it back like you are used to on a turntable Final Scratch is totally true to turntable and DJ culture It doesn t ask you to throw away any thing It just takes everything you have and adds a digital dimension to it And we are just scratching the surface IP Nassar John Acquaviva Note Final Scratch is designed to work with electronic music files I
10. er possible causes of distorted sound Warning Unplugging the scratch amp while the application is running may cause some comput ers to freeze It is best to first quit the application and then reconnect However if the scratch amp is accidentally unplugged you can try to recon nect it and the system will continue working Turntables and Small sound stripes The top half of the main FINAL SCRATCH screen is divided into 2 sides Turntable LEFT and Turntable RIGHT Each turntable has a full length miniature sound stripe that represents the maxi PAGE 3 mum playing time of the scratch record which is the maximum song length currently up to 15 min utes that can be mapped to a turntable When a song is mapped to a turntable the sound stripe of the entire song will be displayed in this field Time indicators The first three seconds of the FINAL SCRATCH Record are silent The actual music starts at 00 03 00s At the far right of each small sound stripe are two time indicators time elapsed including the silent two seconds at the beginning and the time remaining to the end of the song This timer may speed up slow down stop or run backwards depending on what you do with the record All representations of time sound stripes CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH and counter are based on the record spinning at its nominal printed speed Song info Below each small sound stripe is some informa tion about the song such a
11. ion Be sure to click on apply prev or next to make sure the entered information gets stored Now select the songs that you like to import by clicking on them use the control key or shift key while clicking to select multiple songs Then click on the Import from CD button and the songs will be added to the song database If you want to store the songs into a record box as well you can drag the selected songs to a record box directly PAGE 7 Preduter Gone Phen dreita Paar SF F s MERL EKITE uhi Produc Fi Joha Acquaviva Fz J Panpi Superior li Zam Simpie Things Bon FS OF Poreci in Deep Peocras See the section Organizing Record boxes for details on how to do this The songs will be imported converted to MP3 for mat and placed in a folder called fs_songs The fs_songs folder is created automatically on the disk on which Final scratch is installed when you start FINAL SCRATCH for the first time Once songs are placed in the fs_songs folder you can move them into a subfolder You can create sub folders within fs_songs as deep as you like Also sound stripes will be generated for the songs You can change quality settings and other parameter regarding importing in the preferences screen see Preferences CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH If you already have your music in a digital format that is supported by Final scratch you can simply
12. iped This can be useful if a sound stripe was generated incorrectly for some reason Database contains settings that apply to the song list on the bottom of the screen The first col umn has the fields marked which are shown in the song list The second column has the fields marked in which will be searched for keywords For example if you only want to show Artist Title and BPM mark only those fields The list of fields that are shown does not have to be the same as the list of fields to search on You can change the order of the display of the columns by using the up and down arrows on the right hand side Audio CD contains settings that apply to import ing CDs The Ripping section allows you to choose the quality that will be used when reading from a CD We do not recommend choosing No Repair because even on CDs that look absolute CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH ly perfect a perfect quality is not guaranteed Repair or even Extra Repair will make sure that the quality is high but it takes a little longer The Encoding section applies to the MP3 conversion process You can unmark the checkbox Encode to mp3 if you rather have wav files than MP3 files Furthermore you can choose the bit rate on which to encode and the quality Selecting High quality and a bit rate of at least 192kBps will produce MP3 files that are not worse than CD quality if the ripping parameters were good as well An MP3 file will be abo
13. l rip and encode MP3s directly from a CD The other option is to record your audio directly to your computer hard drive You need to connect the source audio to the line in on your computer s sound card Typically you will run your turntable into your mixer then connect the mixer output to your sound card s input Standard computer sound cards are of varying quality and have vary ing signal to noise ratios The better the ratio the better your recording will be Laptop sound cards are often too noisy to make a good permanent PAGE 14 archive recording but there are USB RCA inter faces available on the market that bypass the line input connection on your sound card to produce lower background noise The Scratch Amp can also be used as a USB sound card in Windows although it will use win dows drivers so the sound quality is not guaran teed In this case you do not need a preamplifier to connect your turntables Windows will detect the Scratch amp as a USB sound device and will prompt you to install the required Windows USB audio driver Since the Scratch Amp is a dual sound card for 2 turntables Windows will prompt you to install the driver twice Make your recordings at CD quality 16 bit 44Khz sampling rate using sound recording and editing software You can save your recordings directly to MP3 encoded at 192 Kbps or higher or save them as a wav or aiff file and then encode them to MP3 You can purchase professional pr
14. l the songs that are present in the song database On the right hand side are the buttons to select different record boxes the whole database or an audio CD The top section of the screen is reserved to edit the information about a certain song You can select a song by clicking on it in the list on the bot tom and the fields show up in the top section You can use the arrow keys Pg Up and Pg Dn to move through the list You can select a record box PAGE 6 by clicking on the record box buttons on the right side of the screen or pressing the F1 F10 keys You can also search for songs similar to the FINAL SCRATCH live application To do this click on the Search Database field and type in the search terms If you want to narrow the search results you can specify multiple keywords sepa rated by a comma without spaces If the field is empty every song in the database will be dis played If you click on the title bar the songs will be sort ed in alphabetical order according to that column You can sort songs from the database F11 but not in a record box because a record box has a fixed order If you change the width of the columns the settings are saved for the next time you will start record boxing To change the width move the mouse to the border of two columns in the title bar The cursor will change to a double arrow You can then click and drag to change the column width In the top right corner of the screen you
15. ll map the song and the unmap button will unmap the song Likewise you can use the mouse to select the songs or record boxes described to the right Turntable ON OFF and Re calibration You may switch a turntable off or on Under each PAGE 5 wuh ceeds BPA Gan info field and to the right is an ON OFF button use your mouse or trackpad to select and toggle between OFF and ON Switching a turntable to OFF allow you to play a normal record without the possibly unpredictable effects on the FINAL SCRATCH application When a turntable is OFF the FINAL SCRATCH system does not listen for any signal You will get silence at the line outputs of the Scratch amp for that turntable Note that the turntable is re calibrated each time it is turned to ON in other words double clicking the ON button forces a recalibration Turning off a turntable is especially recommended when playing analog records with a lot of filtering and or high frequen cy sweeps which may cause FINAL SCRATCH to behave in an odd manner Record boxes The Record boxes are located at the bottom right part of the FINAL SCRATCH screen There are 10 record boxes which are are accessible by press ing the F1 through F10 function keys respectively or by clicking on the desired record box with the mouse Making and titling your own record boxes is covered in the record boxing FIWALSCAATICH John Acquaviva 7 Princess Superstar Is
16. n Section 1 3 When you right click on the desktop a start menu will appear You can choose e FINAL SCRATCH e Record Box e Update FS e Maintenance Shell only to be used for maintenance and support when prompted by a Support Technician e License information e Shutdown To close the start menu click on the x on the top right corner of the start menu If you do not close it it will stay open on top of the application window 1 2 FINAL SCRATCH APPLICATION Using FINAL SCRATCH is almost the same as using your turntables normally The notable exception is that you will be using a special record The grooves on that record do not repre sent the music playing on close inspection Instead you are provided with a graphical repre sentation of the sound called a sound stripe for the track mapped or assigned to a turntable using FINAL SCRATCH You must also place the mixer to line to hear the music signal The phono position is intended to be used for playing normal PAGE 1 records If an FS record is played as a regular record you will hear a modem like tone If a music record is inadvertently used as an FS record the result is unpredictable but there will be no damage in either case Note You will be most likely be using your FS records more than any other records Take good care of them and replace them at the first sign of trouble that can be directly linked to an FS record The FS records should last at leas
17. oduc tion software to do this or you can find simple programs with all the features you need as free ware or shareware on the Internet CHAPTER 3 APPENDIX
18. s artist title genre and BPM which you will enter and are able to edit See 1 3 Record Boxing Application All informa tion is optional Only enough information must be supplied to give each song a unique identity Main sound stripes Below each information window is the large sound stripe It indicates between the red arrows what is currently playing The sound stripe runs from right to left when the record is playing forward and allows you to see a few seconds of what has been played and about 20 seconds of what is going to be played This is the equivalent of seeing or watching the grove on a traditional record A grey box at the beginning of each song s sound stripe indicates you are at the beginning of a track The grey area represents three seconds and is the default silence Extended main sound stripe Once a song is mapped See Choosing and map ping a song on page 5 press the Tab key once and note Turntable LEFT is highlighted and there is a single extended sound stripe below which gives you more than twice the time to see a visu al representation of what is coming Press the Tab key again to see the same except Turntable PAGE 4 RIGHT is highlighted and its extended sound stripe is shown Press the Tab key again and you are back to the default display Try this a few times to get used to it Song List The bottom half of the screen contains the song list It shows several columns with information abo
19. t is firmly the position of Stanton that all music must be acquired through retail channels Stanton does not in any way support the practice of acquiring music via unapproved channels We believe that the core of this industry is based upon the work of the artist and support artists in every way possible 2002 Stanton Magnetics Inc All rights reserved Final Scratch and the Final Scratch logo are trademarks of N2IT Holding B V Registered in the USA and other countries Licensed Exclusively to Stanton Magnetics Inc CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH 1 1 BOOTING UP FINAL SCRATCH aise 1 1 2 FINAL SCRATCH APPLICATION 0 0 0 ee ceeeeeeeeeeeeeesnneeeeesneeeeenaeeeeenaes 1 STARTING FINAL 1 TURNTABLES AND SMALL SOUND 5 3 TIME INDICATORS ec cicccneausines imwnciivied vets tans andideventuaiaibandd ee 3 SONG INFO paiia e aa AEA Ea TEE 4 MAIN SOUND STRIPES sani aera 4 EXPENDED MAIN SOUND 4 PREFERENCES nadane i iiei 4 5 CHOOSING AND 5 TURNTABLE ON OFF AND RE CALIBRATION 5
20. t several months however your mileage may vary Starting FINAL SCRATCH There are two ways to open the application Either double click on the top icon on the FS desktop or right click anywhere on the desktop to open the start menu Choose the FINAL SCRATCH tab Every time you open FINAL SCRATCH each turntable needs to be calibrated This takes less than a second and is simply done by placing the needles on the records and pressing start on the turntables The status of the turntables is dis played within the top sound stripe field The calibration may give the following messages lt Not Connected gt Means that the FINAL SCRATCH software has CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH not detected the Scratch amp Make sure the Scratch amp is properly connected If either or both of the turntables indicates lt Not Connected gt for several seconds press Alt Q to quit the appli cation unplug the Scratch amp wait a few sec onds reconnect and then restart the application lt Waiting for Calibration gt Means the Scratch amp was detected by the soft ware Play any part of the FS record When lt calibrating gt disappears in less than a second the system is ready for use If lt calibrating gt per sists or flashes there is an error and the test has failed Start over In most cases it will only be necessary to re calibrate If the problem persists quit the application and restart the computer ths fas lt Turntable
21. tely switch to normal vinyl records but keep the computer and Scratch amp turned on However if the situation allows you to restart the program just switch power off and on The system will reboot You may have to unplug the Scratch amp and reconnect it when the sys tem is ready again This will un power the Scratch amp if you are not using the Scratch Amp power supply You can t play any record through the Scratch amp if there is no power to the Scratch amp DO NOT DO THIS WHILE PERFORMING IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A BACKUP MUSIC SOURCE With the adapter you can reset or even unplug the Scratch Amp without fear of interrupt ing the music This also allows installing and removing the laptop computer without introduc ing noise into the analog audio CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 2 2 GETTING HELP If your system is behaving weird or giving you cryptic messages don t panic There are may ways to get help Getting Help Online All solutions to Known problems and questions are posted on the FINAL SCRATCH Support site The FS Knowledge Base is always up to date and is the quickest and easiest way to find what you need The FINAL SCRATCH support site is locat ed at e www final scratch com support asp There you will find e FS Knowledge base e FS software updates e FS Manuals Need Further Assistance If all else fails contact us via email at 5 support final scratch com All emails are answered within 24hrs Please
22. th erwise your changes will be lost There is however a quicker way to edit a sequence of songs When you have edited a song you can press Next or Prev to move to the next or previous song This time however the changes will be stored automatically Making Sound stripes Asound stripe is a visual representation of a song that can be used to see the beats and breaks of a PAGE 8 song You need to create the sound stripes in advance in the record boxing application To do this select the songs for which you want to gen erate the sound stripes and click the Make stripes button Songs that are already striped will be skipped unless you change this in the Preferences screen see the Preferences sec tion Making the sound stripes can take quite a while approximately a tenth of the playing time of an MP3 file Organizing into Record boxes You can organize your song collection into virtu al record boxes You can use up to 10 record boxes during a performance but you can store many more To select a record box click on its button on the right hand side or press the corre sponding function key For example to select record box 5 press F5 Just above the song list you will see a field called Record box Name Here you can change the name of the record box Be sure to press Enter after you typed the name otherwise it will not be stored To add songs to the record box first select the whole database F11 or ano
23. ther record box that has songs There select a song and drag it onto the record box button The song is then added to the record box You can also select multiple songs Hold down the Shift key while selecting several consecutive songs to select them Once CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH the songs are selected hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on the F key corresponding to the record box in which you want to add the selected songs The application will not signal that anything has happened but if you press the F key again you can access the record box to verify the songs are in there If you drag songs from one record box to another the song will be copied into the destination record box If you hold the shift key while dragging however the song will be moved to the destination record box If you drag a song to the song database itself F11 it will be removed from the record box An alternative way to remove songs from the record box is to select the songs and click the Remove from Record box button You can also change the order of the songs with in a record box for example in the order in which you plan to play the songs To do this select one or more songs and drag them onto the song after which you want to have them If you want the songs to be on top of the list drag the songs to the title bar of the list Importing Exporting Record boxes FS is limited to using 10 record boxes simultane ously You can howe
24. ut a tenth of the orig inal wav file s size Dalai Pasian Ez Deda di Pirit THe Reni boas Prauzer Albii Label BPH Tae Gann Corneni Track Sire bares Tita Spurned Stipe Warn Largh panpe Birat Cheksum k LELT Path PAGE 10 General Garand Botirga Datania Ash nipa mampan irgi On arip Foma airea sirip iregi hdo CO Satin pi CO Fipaing parcam aay a A No rapal iesi Enmig Encd Biia 1E perae v Hgh alia Lya Le CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH CHAPTER 2 TECHNICAL SUPPORT 2 1 TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM Software failed to detect Scratch Amp SOLUTION Make sure the blue power LED is on If it isn t check the USB connection If it is on there may be an initialization problem Unplug the USB cable from either the Scratch amp or the computer quit the application and reconnect the Scratch amp to the computer after a few seconds Restart the application PROBLEM Can t play normal records SOLUTION Make sure that the Scratch amp is powered either by the USB or power supply and the mixer is switched to PHONO PROBLEM No audio SOLUTION Verify your connections to make sure all cables are properly connected Refer to the quick start sheet if necessary PROBLEM Buzz in audio phono SOLUTION There may be a ground loop Remo
25. ut the songs You can use the up and down arrows Pg Up and Pg Dn to move through this list When you click on a column heading artist title etc the column will be sorted alphabetically according to the header If you click on the column heading again it will be sorted in reverse order When you move the mouse in between two col umn headings you can change the size of the col umn by clicking and dragging Which columns are visible and in which order they are displayed can be changed in the Preferences screen The widths will be stored and used the next time you run FINAL SCRATCH Preferences You can select the Preferences screen by press ing Alt P At present there is only one category of preferences which is the Database prefer ences It contains set tings that apply to the song list on the bottom of the screen The first column has the fields marked which are shown in the song list The second column has the fields marked in which will be searched for key words For example if you only want to show Artist Title and BPM mark only those fields The list of fields that are shown does not have to be the same Catha Detain Pak ah Fabri Coane z z z zi z z 4 z Runge Eirik Fig rath tes Leey mepi CHAPTER 1 USING FINAL SCRATCH as the list of fields to search on You can change the order of the display of the columns by using the
26. ve all unnecessary connections one at a time Determine which one was the offender Leave it out Aclean purposeful setup is less like ly to have ground loops As a last resort use an isolation transformer readily available at many electronic shops or in any audio technician s toolkit between mixer and amplifier You may also try to connect or disconnect the Scratch Amp ground cable PAGE 11 PROBLEM distorted sound wavy tremolo etc artifacts that should not be there SOLUTION Make sure the turntable ground wires are connected to the mixer or Scratch Amp or the mixer board It may be necessary to con nect the ground connectors of the mixer board and the Scratch amp On the other hand this may well make the situation worse it can cause a ground loop Use the connection that works best in your setup SOLUTION Your record may be worn or dirty Make sure the record is clean and in good condi tion If not try another scratch record or just the flip side if it is in good condition SOLUTION Make sure your styli needles are clean and in good condition PROBLEM The computer freezes SOLUTION The USB cable was probably dis connected during playback Make sure neither the power nor USB gets unplugged during operation SOLUTION Never power FINAL SCRATCH with the laptop battery Doing this may cause the processor to run at a slower speed and seriously affect the operation of FINAL SCRATCH SOLUTION Immedia
27. ver save your record boxes and reuse them later To do this activate the record boxes that you wish to save From the File menu select Export Record box or press A file dialog will pop up where you can enter the name of a file Example names are march27 rbx or techno rbx The rbx extension is advised so that the file can be recognized as a record box Avoid default names recordbox 01 rbx they are used for active record boxes If you export to one of these you may lose everything in that record box To later import a record box select the record box in which you want to import your record box file Then from the File menu select import record box or press A file dialog will pop up from which you can select a previously exported record box The current name and contents of the record box will be overwritten PAGE 9 Chistes OF Fite Fanai Fila re Dee eee a ee h Directories Selection honamda recibes J hn Record Box Preferences You can select the Preferences screen from the Settings menu or press There are three kinds of preferences which you can select by clicking on the tabs on the left hand side of the preferences screen General contains general settings Here you can choose if the program should ask you to stripe the songs that were not striped when the program is started Also you can opt to stripe songs that were already str
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