Visual aids
When the track is playing several waveforms are displayed. Each shows a different aspect of the track being played.
Track Overview display
This view provides a complete overview of the waveform of the track, and includes a marker to show the current position within the track.
This view is useful for finding transitions within the track. The waveform is colored according to the spectrum of the sound
–red representing low frequency bass sounds, green represent- ing mid frequency sounds and blue representing high frequency treble sounds.
You can jump to different positions within the track by click- ing on the Track Overview display.
Grey lines behind the overview show the length of the track
–a thin grey line every minute, and a thick grey line every 5 minutes.
The overview will be filled when you load the track onto a
Virtual Deck. You can also build the overviews for all your tracks using the build overviews feature – see page
Tempo matching display
Note that the tempo display is aligned with the beginning of the bar, so the peaks keep their relative position as the track plays. This display does not show the relative timing of the beats, only the tempos of the tracks. The peaks will still line up when the tracks are playing at the same tempo, but are out of sync.
Track overview display
Tempo Matching display
The Tempo 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) above a row of blue peaks (for the track on the right side) in the Tempo Matching display area. When the two tracks are matched to the same tempo, the peaks will line up.
