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drag tracks from the main track list into the prepare window, or simply drag tracks onto the prepare button. These tracks will be removed from the prepare window once they have been played.

All tracks in the prepare window will be discarded when you exit

Scratch LIVE.

Tip: Use the keyboard shortcut ctrl-pto add tracks to the prepare window.

Tip: Select the contents of the prepare window and drag them onto the new crate button (+) to save the selection.

Review window

The review window shows the tracks you have recently played in the order in which they were played. Tracks you have played recently are colored green – press the clear button to reset the list of recently played tracks.

Tip: Select the contents of the review window and drag them onto the new crate button (+) to save a history of the tracks you played.

Editing ID3 tags

Much of the information associated with each file can be edited from within Scratch LIVE. Double click on the attribute within the main library to edit the attribute. Filename, length, size, bit rate and sampling cannot be edited. This information is saved in the file itself. Note that theprotect library option in setup must be unchecked to allow edits.

See Preparing your files on page Manual-7 for details on prebuilding overviews and the auto bpm feature.

Tip: Use the keyboard shortcut “ctrl-e” to edit text. Hold down the ctrl key and move with the arrow keys to change to a different field while staying in edit mode. When you have more than one file selected, editing tags changes all the files in your selection.

Tip: The second column in the library is the label color for that file. Click it to bring up a color palette, and customize the virtual deck for that file.

Status icons

The leftmost column shows the status of each track. The image to the left shows 5 tracks with differing statuses.

From top to bottom:

•Scratch LIVE has detected some corruption in the

MP3 file. If possible, re-encode the MP3.

•The track has been imported from the iTunes™ library.

•The track has been imported from the iTunes library, and Scratch LIVE has detected some corruption in the

MP3 file. Solution: If possible, re-encode the MP3.

•The track cannot be found. Most likely the file has been renamed or moved.

•Scratch LIVE is trying to import a track from the iTunes library, but cannot find the file.

•Tracks that are read-only have a locked icon.

Display album art

MP3 files can contain album art information. To display this album art, click the show album art button. There are many third-party applications available for adding album art to MP3s. We recommend Apple’s iTunes™.

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