15 July, 2013
- Apr 27, 2019 The beatgrid displays the beat or downbeat in a track is located. Finding the beat is absolutely possible without the grid, however the extra visual aid that you get with the beatgrid makes your mixing go smoother when you’re in a buckle. With some tracks the beats can be incorrectly marked even with the beatgrid activated.
- One difference you might notice if coming over from Scratch Live to Serato DJ are the little numbered grids on the waveform. These are Beatgrids! They were first introduced in Serato ITCH as a tool for using Sync with 4 decks and also as part of The Bridge, where they were integral to syncing your Ableton Live set to Scratch Live.
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Serato Remote Support
Support for Serato Remote - Serato’s first official App for iPad®.
Serato Remote lets you see and perform all of your favorite Scratch Live functions without needing to touch your laptop. Control Cue Points, Loops and Samples. Load tracks and manipulate FX in ways that weren't previously possible. See Serato's famous Virtual Decks and Track Overviews so you can focus on the crowd and free yourself from your laptop.
Serato Remote is available now from the App Store℠ for USD 19.99.
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CDJ-2000nexus support
Added Pioneer CDJ-2000nexus support. The CDJ-2000nexus can now be connected directly to the computer and control Scratch Live without control CDs.
When connected, the CDJ-2000nexus also has additional functionality : Library control, hot cues and loops.
NOTE : The Beat Sync and Slip buttons on the CDJ-2000nexus are not assigned and are therefore MIDI mappable to functions in Scratch Live.
MIDI Output Lighting
MIDI mapping Scratch Live on/off controls to a MIDI controller will now illuminate the LEDs, reflecting the on/off state of the Scratch Live function. For all GUI buttons that are non-momentary (such as play/pause), MIDI Output Lighting will be automatically added to the AUTO_SAVE.xml file.
To disable MIDI output lighting for a MIDI mapped function, press L during the mapping process. You can disable MIDI Output Lighting outright by unchecking the option in the MIDI tab of the Setup screen.
Note: Only MIDI Controllers that use MIDI note on/off messages to control lighting will support this feature.
Bug Fixes
- Mixtape .als recordings now work with Ableton Live 9
- Fixed bug where the Beatgrid Lock wasn't being saved and loaded to/from the file
- The Sixty-Eight record source is now correctly loaded from preferences
- Fixed bug where the CDJ-350 could possibly fire two different Scratch Live events at the same time
- Fixed bug where the DJFX deck assignments wouldn't save to preferences
- Fixed bug where the minute markers in the overview display area would not show on initial load of some mpeg4 files
- Fixed bug where decks 3 and 4 weren't using the Vinyl Offset control
Other
- Bundled LoopMasters Sample Content Installer into Scratch Live 2.5 Installer
NOTE: Support for Mac OS X 10.5.8 has been dropped in Scratch Live 2.5.
One difference you might notice if coming over from Scratch Live to Serato DJ are the little numbered grids on the waveform. These are Beatgrids! They were first introduced in Serato ITCH as a tool for using Sync with 4 decks and also as part of The Bridge, where they were integral to syncing your Ableton Live set to Scratch Live.
If you aren't using Smart Sync or are using Simple Sync and haven't checked the 'snap to beatgrid' option in the setup screen, you will not see them.
These lines indicate where the the beats lie.
When pressing the Sync button in the software or on your hardware and syncing with another track, these lines will snap together to sync precisely.
If your Beatgrids aren't correct, your mixes will be out. In this article i'll explain how to set them properly and easily :)
Setting Beatgrids
When adding new files to Serato DJ, there is an option to set beat grids right next to the 'set auto tempo' setting in the offline player. When you analyse your files with this option enabled, it will set Beatgrids for your tracks.
Although this is a handy and quick way to get accurate Beatgrids on all your tracks(new an old) its not always perfect and adjusting Beatgrids manually can be necessary.
You can edit Beatgrids in the Offline Player, or while you have your hardware connected. You will have to click on the 'Edit Grid' button to activate the editing panel or by pressing ALT + Spacebar (press twice to adjust for the right hand Virtual Deck's track).
You will now be able to edit Beatgrids using this panel.
Setting the Downbeat:
Often if a song doesn't start on the very first beat or 'downbeat', the software will start the Beatgrid at the first major sound (or transient).
This may be a sweep, a snare, a clap etc. It can confuse the software in thinking that the sound is the first beat.
In my experience, I find it best to just clear the grid in this situation by entering the Edit Grid mode and hitting delete on your keyboard.
You can then set the Beatgrid on the first beat of the track (like you would do when setting a Cue Point)
(Hot keys are Alt + X or Alt + Mouse Click on the first Beat)
For songs written to a grid, the Beatgrid will be correct throughout.
Some music, especially with live drums or no quantisation, tempo changes within the music, no tempo (Sun Ra), will give the software a hard time though and some manual editing might be needed. This takes a bit more attention.
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Using the set button, you can set markers to any new major transient. This allows the Beatgrid to follow the track’s change in tempo.
Tracks with Beat Warp Markers are able to be be perfectly Synced to tracks with no tempo changes without the beats dropping out of time. Or if you choose to not have Sync engaged it will tell the FX if applied, what beats to follow.
You can see in these pics that the tempo changes from 128 to 120 after the set (Red) beat grid marker has past the playhead,
Before playhead
After playhead
As the track slows down in tempo the beat grid will have to be set at every change. Set the beat grid markers as often as needed until the track stabilizes or ends (Whichever comes first ;)
Let us know if you run into any problems or have any questions. We're happy to help you out!