when playing turntables through phone I dont here mp3 all i here is the control

I have 2 technic turntables, Numark mixer, IBM T42 laptop, I can import music to serato and I can see it imported and spinning but when I put the needle on the record all I here is the control signal. All hardware is set up correclty based on instructions and videos watched online. If I hook turntable up through LINE outputs I can hear mps but its very loud, distorted and muffled,,

Hello dst1200,

If your hearing the control tone through your headphones/speakers then your listening to the 'thru' outputs of the SL1.
You need to be listening to the 'line' outputs.
Also, make sure the 'line' outputs are plugged into 'line' inputs on the mixer.
Not phono. Running the line outputs into phono inputs will cause the signal to distort.

Let us know if your still having issues and we'll go from there:)

Zach,,

thanks for the quick response,,

just to be clear ,,from the turntables I should be going into the LINE of the serato box and from the serato box I should go into the PHONO of the mixer or the LINE of the mixer??

thanks again!!

The 'line' outputs of the SL1 need to be plugged into 'line' inputs on your mixer.
That is what SSL plays out of.
The 'thru' outputs need to go to 'phono' inputs.
You would want to listen to the thrus when you were playing regular records.

ok,,

all is hooked up as instructed,,I have a Numark M2 mixer w two channels,,

when channels on "LINE" I hear music,,when channels on "PHONO" I hear control signal,,is that right???

should i be mixing with mixer on LINE??

also,,

record spins,,whn i lift needle from record,,turntable keeps spinning, SERATO stops,,
when I put needle back down on turntable, thats sill spinning, serato starts spinning agin from the spot in the song where i picked it up,,,

As I said, The 'line' outputs of the SL1 need to be plugged into 'line' inputs on your mixer.
That is what SSL plays out of.
The phono inputs is what you'd want to listen to if you were playing regular records through your Rane hardware.

This is because your playing in REL mode.
REL mode doesn't pay attention to the position of the needle on the record so you could be playing the beginning of the record but be 3 minutes into the track in SSL.
If your wanting to needle drop then either use ABS mode or check the option in the Vinyl Control tab for 'drop to absolute position'.

Thanks so much!!!

Your assitance is much appreciated,,all appears to be good now!!!

Happy to help. Have fuN!

hey,,

ive been trying to get this to work with no luck,,I dont see a "drop to absolute" option on the Vinyl cotrol tab,,i went to "setup" and looked all around,,also dragging music to turntable works sometimes sometimes it doesnt,,the record spins but when you lift the needle from the record the serato stops and its in ABS mode on both turntables,,,

You must be using an older version of the software.
Download the latest version here --> scratchlive.net

You should see the option in the Vinyl Control tab once its updated.

Make sure the 'lock playing deck' is unchecked in the Playback tab of setup.

hey,,

how do you save the cue points for a song in Serato 1.9?

I was able to create cue points but want to save them so every time I load the songs they are there,,

and how do the cue points work if your playing doubles of a song, if im running Rock the Bells with the same cue points how do I hit the points on different turntables?

and If i switch laptops how to I transfer saved cue point data to next laptop??

They should save automatically.



1,2,3,4,5 for the left deck, 6,7,8,9,0 for the right deck.



Cue points are stored in the files themseleves, just copy the files to the new computer and the cue points will still be there.

Thanks!!!

however cue points arent saving,,when I close Serato and open back up later, cue points are gone,,,should I back up library when I close???

Are you importing your music from your internal or an external drive?
What type of files aren't saving cue points?
Please upload one of these files via the 'attach a file' link in this thread and we'll take a look at it.

I'm importing the files from an external hard drive, the drive in the laptop is not that big so I keep the music on an external drive connected via USB.

The file types are mp3, downloaded from the web from various torrent sites and ripped from Cds,,NOT iTunes, rhapsody or any other site downloads.

I have attached one of the files, as I am sending this from work this file is NOT one that I actually tried to save cue points too, but its the exact TYPE of file I'm using to mix with. If you need the EXACT file I can attach later tonight when I get home.

I would like to see the exact file.
The file you sent has no problems storing cue points on my computer.

How much room do you have left on the drive your importing music from?

theres 22.9 gb on a 500gb ext drive free,,here is the actual file sent from the actual drive,,

This file works fine for me which leads me to believe there is an issue with your external drive storing info.

Try moving the file from your external to your internal, import it into SSL, create some cues, shut down SSL, and re-open it to see if your cues are still there.

that worked,,saved file directly to C: drive, added Cues, closed serato went back in cues were there,,should I not be saving to an external???

I switched to another laptop and the 1,2,3,4,5 keys are not working wth the cues.
I switched from an IBM t42 to a Lenovo T400,,the cue points are still saved in the songs, however hit the keys on thekeyboards does nothing,,I tried another laptop,,eMachine laptop with the same results,,

any ideas??

Make sure you turn off the "playback keys use shift" option, otherwise you have to hold shift plus press 1,2,3,etc.