Rane

The SL1 is the cornerstone of the Serato Scratch system, so tinkering with it would be akin to carving an ornate fresco onto a marble arch's actual cornerstone. . . unwise, is what I'm saying. Yet tinker Rane did, and at MusikMesse they proudly unveiled their next-generation time-code interface, the Rane SL3. Don't ask about SL2.  

Its almost the end of DJ Puzzle's blind date with the Rane TTM 57SL and bundled Serato Scratch Live -- they're a package deal. Will the eligible Mr. Donnelly be breaking out that promise ring he's been hiding, or will we see him on the next season of A Shot At Love?  

Years ago while wandering through the forest gathering various berries, a young boy was captured by aliens, taken aboard their craft and taught the secrets of Rane Serato Scratch Live. He returned as DJ Abducted, and he is on a mission to spread the teachings of those hip cosmic captors from galaxies far beyond!  

DJ Puzzle Jason Donnelly unbundles the Rane TTM 57SL / Serato Scratch Live bundle and gets the software and the hardware talking to each other. I bet you didn't know that one of Puzzle's biggest influences is Henry Kissinger.  

In the words of Jason Donnelly, the Rane TTM 57SL is "nothing but the best", and in part one of his overview series, you'll quickly find out why. Even before being plugged in, this performance mixer out-does the competition with a bevy of assignable knobs, a smart layout, and the best phono-ground posts the good Mr. Puzzle has ever seen.  

Rane's bread and butter program, Serato Scratch LIVE, just got breadier and more buttery with the addition of video functions with the new VIDEO-SL plug-in. With a simple structure, it should be easy to get into for LIVE users who want to step things up a notch.  

DJ Jazzy Jay talks about the benefits of using Rane Serato Scratch Live - namely its ease of transport as the record crate lift is now an official event in the Strongman Competition. Jazzy Jay shows us a little bit of...  

DJ Jazzy Jay overviews Rane's Serato Scratch Live, being a veritable and experienced user himself. Jazzy Jay's legacy includes a rise into fame alongside artists like Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash.

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It's no surprise that DJ Jazzy Jay is presenting his Rane TTM 57S Signature Edition at AES given an impressive resume of musical experience that makes him such a legendary DJ. From his beginnings with Afrika Bambaataa...  

Eva Irwin, AKA Moody Eva, has been spinning since she was 16 in 1993, when a DJ friend showed her how to use turntables. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she raved full time from 1994-1996, enjoying what...