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Rane Sixty-Eight 4 channel mixer, 2 serato inside

Here is the new rane mixer, lot's of people was waiting for a new ttm, they did something different :



What is the Rane SIXTY-EIGHT?

Rane and Serato welcome the Rane SIXTY-EIGHT, the ultimate club mixer. Two computers, two USB ports, up to four decks and a range of effects.

Introducing the first Scratch Live compatible DJ mixer that allows two computers to be connected simultaneously.

Using two USB ports, the new Rane SIXTY-EIGHT mixer lets two DJs play Scratch Live at the same time, allowing for seamless handover from one DJ to another. You can also control up to four decks with a single laptop.

Armed with studio-grade phono preamps, USB and S/PDIF inputs, the SIXTY-EIGHT can allow a blend of analog and digital audio sources like never before. The Rane SIXTY-EIGHT features easy to use internal digital effects, and direct control of over 30 Scratch Live library, cue and loop functions.

Features:

* Two independent USB 2.0 high speed ports, each supporting twenty two, 32-bit floating point audio channels at 48kHz.
* Support for the connection of two computers simultaneously.
* Direct control of over 30 Scratch Live Library, Cue and Loop functions.
* Support for 2, 3 or 4 Virtual Decks in Scratch Live.
* Flexible USB recording options.
* 3-band, full cut EQ
* New High-pass / Low pass Filter
* Unique FlexFX bus with 6 internal effects plus USB and analog insert support for computer-based effects.

Input Channels

* Four stereo Phono/CD inputs of Line / Phono or S/PDIF.
* Four stereo Auxiliary inputs.
* Four stereo USB playback options.
* Two independent microphone inputs - one with phantom power and one with line-level input

For more information please visit Rane.com.

It's hideous. Feature set looks interesting though.

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 It's hideous. Feature set looks interesting though.

My thoughts exactly.

Seems with each passing moment, gear designers manage to make DJing more and more complicated, and yet somehow it doesn't end up sounding much different coming out of the speakers.

I don't see how it looks hideous, but it's no Urei either. Sound quality is what your getting.

how is it possible to control 4 decks w/ 1 laptop? a change in serato???

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Originally posted by epdarks how is it possible to control 4 decks w/ 1 laptop? a change in serato???

Yes, Serato 2.0 will support up to 4 decks. Kind of odd though, you HAVE to have Serato supported hardware that can do this, which currently appears to only be this new mixer (and 3 decks with the SL-3).

I suspect they'll come out with a new audio interface sometime.

Yes. Serato 2.0 supports up to 4 decks, Ableton Live, and more.

One of the few people I know who'll actually be able to make good use of this rig:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdXjU9bbtw

In fact, I'd venture a guess that he had a hand in designing it, as when Serato first came out he told me his only disappointment with it was that he still had to play regular vinyl on the remaining two decks...

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Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY I don't see how it looks hideous, but it's no Urei either. Sound quality is what your getting.

Sound quality? it's going to sound like any other digital mixer...

No analog freshness coming out of this bitch.

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Originally posted by knowhope Sound quality? it's going to sound like any other digital mixer... No analog freshness coming out of this bitch.

Do we know that for sure? The mixer portion could be analog. The specs don't seem to tell.

The Xone 3D/4D has integrated soundcards, but the mixer portion is still analog. This could be similar.

looks awfull

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Originally posted by knowhope Sound quality? it's going to sound like any other digital mixer... No analog freshness coming out of this bitch.

sorry but rane products are know for superior sound quality...they have not failed at it yet, so i am inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt.

looks great. love the simplicity and LED colors and the clean faceplate is good on the eyes. not gonna question the quality because i highly doubt rane would fuck it up

Looks fucking horrible!

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except behringers sound like diarrhea.

i heard this beast is going to cost $2,600 USD

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Originally posted by Schadenfreude except behringers sound like diarrhea.

And break. Just comparing the aesthetic appeal.

got it, and you are right.

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 [/IMG]

i've been waiting forever for this to come out, and all i wanna know is why, on a Rane product no less, the fader suite is located to the *right* of the center of the mixer when Mixer Geometry 101 dictates they be to the left (due to the fact that you contact the platters on their leftmost edges).

This seems like a major fail to me, and aside from being annoyed i'm just plain confused. i contacted Rane and they said the dj's they surveyed "agreed it made more sense" to have the dual mic panels on the left and give the nerve center of the whole performance sloppy seconds. Unbelievable.

It's funny how some people praise this design and call the DJM-2000 a toy. (I'm not talking about sound quality, just purely the design.)

I think they both look goofy.

i liked the layout of the Korg Zero4 with the midi controls for each channel next to the eq's for each channel. a lil cluttered, yes, but logical and intuitive. ashame they gave up on it.

closest thing to a midi mixer that's still designed "from the faders up" is the Evo4, but that only has 4 dedicated midi knobs. i know you can dual-purpose pretty much all the controls on it as midi but i like to keep it simple.

i basically like the 68's design and functionality as far as the Serato control goes, but it's clearly designed "from the features" down", which seems like kinda a sign of the times. When they tried to defend the decision by saying "well it's designed more as a club installation mixer than a performance mixer" i said, "what kind of clubs, karaoke ones or ones with dj's?", hehe..

Hopefully Serato come out with an SL4 soon so you don't need the 68 to access all 4 channels in 2.0.

This mixer looks really great from a serato-user's perspective. I'd love it if I could expect every club/party to have one of these as it would make setting up a non-issue. It probably sounds pretty great too given it's a rane...

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