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Posted by GavMcG on Oct-26-2006 01:18:

Final Scratch 1.5

a friend of mine got this today but has got serious problems setting it set up, was wonderin does any 1 use it and if you do could you please explain were he needs to put the cabels???? he is using it with 2 technics 1210s.

Posted by n3lly on Oct-26-2006 12:31:

Hmmm...

It's quite easy to be honest.. You do have to think for two seconds but there are plenty of diagrams on the net.

Not to mention..

http://www.scratchlive.net/forum/

Anyway, this diagram will give you the best idea of what you have to do.

As you can see, on one side of the serato box, you'll have 4 inputs, on the other side you'll have 8 (RCA inputs that is).

As you can see in the diagram, you have to plug your turntables into the side that only has 4. 2 rca's for each deck.

Now on the other side you might get confused with the thru and Line inputs. You only really need to connect the line outputs up. EG. Get an RCA cable and where it says line, plug one end of the rca in there, and the other end into a 'line input' on your amp, NOT! the 'phono input'.

Once you've done that you're ready to go really.

Just to let you know though, the 'thru' connections can be used by hooking another set of rca's from the thru connectors up to your mixers 'phono input'. What this basically does is it allows your turntables to play normal vinyl. So instead of the system going through your serato program, you can take your control vinyl off put on a normal vinyl. Switch the input on your mixer to the channel that is assigned to your phono channel. And it'll bypass serato..

Do that when you have a control vinyl on the turntable and you'll hear a nice constant high pitch tone. That's basically what the serato vinyl sounds like. If you hear this sound, you're just on the wrong channel.

Anyway, if you have any other questions just ask away.

This is a bit of a long winded explanation but i think it should make sense.

nelly

Posted by n3lly on Oct-26-2006 12:45:

FUNNIEST REPLY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

Dumb ass award goes to me, for confusing FS with SSL...

Anyway, all i have to say so is.. Final scratch has been discontinued.. lol.. it's all i know about FS.

I hope FS is SLIGHTLY similar to SSL, set up wise.

nelly

man i feel dumb.. lol so much for being helpful

Posted by nutsan on Oct-26-2006 12:49:

+1 on the info nelly but he asked about final scratch not seranto.

cant reli help you as ive never used final scratch, but im sure theres a support forum for it.

Posted by Konix on Oct-26-2006 17:11:

Here's how you want it...

Posted by GavMcG on Oct-26-2006 23:50:

hahahha n3lly

Konix i did as u said but now wen i have all the leads in the scratchamp (circle grey box) i have 2 tunes loaded in traktor it just says loaded underneath them

i flicked it to phono and can hear the modem like noise, whats up do you know?

Posted by Tony Morello on Oct-27-2006 00:11:

take FS back and get SSL

it's been discontinued and in the near future there won't even be any technical support

Posted by n3lly on Oct-27-2006 00:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Tony Morello
take FS back and get SSL

it's been discontinued and in the near future there won't even be any technical support

I wanted to say that, but seeing as he just got it. I couldn't get myself to bash his new purchase.

If you can get away with bringing it back, i would definitely follow Mr. Morello's advice..

nelly

Posted by GavMcG on Oct-27-2006 12:37:

i know FS is poo, but i didnt buy it i was givin to a friend for free. so he just wanna mess about with it for a wile. the fella who gave him it never used it so he dosent know how to set it up either

i tryed gettin on the NI forum but i still cant post yet, so any 1 else want to explain how its set up before i throw it out the window?

Posted by GavMcG on Oct-27-2006 20:02:

any 1 ?

Posted by andydavey on Oct-28-2006 19:55:

The "modem like noise" is the timecode on the vinyl that controls the position of the mp3 on the PC. If you flick the inputs on your mixer to phono this is what you'll hear as you're just hearing exactly what's on the record. Flick them to line and you should hear the mp3s.

Andy

Posted by GavMcG on Oct-29-2006 16:02:

i have it on line now aswell, but still noffin. am about to kick this fuckin thing out the window!

its doing my head in

if any one knows the problem let me know

Posted by Caligula_37 on Oct-29-2006 16:52:

have u calibrated the turntables?

Posted by GavMcG on Oct-29-2006 17:14:

am not to sure if i have them calibrated properly, how do i do that?

when i put the needle on the record and hit start all it says at the bottom of the tune is waiting...

it says in the manual that when this happens to check and make sure the leads are connected properly, but i have

Posted by Caligula_37 on Oct-29-2006 17:48:

theyre not calibrated until the waiting text is gone and thats why nothin is playing.

make sure ur neeedles are clean, as well as the control vinyl. also make sure u are playin it at correct speed and at 0% pitch.

it may take a couple of seconds or even 20 but it should calibrate.

Posted by GavMcG on Oct-29-2006 18:28:

cheers Caligula will give it a go