Rane MP4

There is a major evolution going on in the DJ world. More and more DJs are incorporating digital music files into their traditional turntable and CD player set ups. The Serato / Rane partnership combines world class DJ software with sound card and mixer technology, providing a complete DJ system. Digital files virtually eliminate the need to carry vinyl or CDs to the gig. Heavy, invaluable music stays safe and sound(less) at home. The DJ is able to record special events and performances as well as convert vinyl into digital files.

The MP4 provides the convenience of playing digital music directly from your computer while still supporting traditional analog inputs for total flexibility. The MP 4 is the perfect mobile DJ product, providing superior software and a one-box hardware solution using a single USB cable connected to a PC.

The MP 4 allows the user to simultaneously:

• Play analog sources
• Play digital files
• Record a stereo source and cue another source (digital/analog) using thebuilt-in headphone cueing system

The MP 4 is a two-bus mixer with two stereo Line/Phono inputs, two stereo USB digital audio inputs and one stereo digital audio output to USB. A-bus, B-bus, Master Mix or Microphone may be assigned to the USB record channel. The MP 4 allows easy digital recording of analog inputs not available on software-only solutions.

Ground isolation is provided between the mixer and the PC, removing a major obstacle to good quality PC sound. The MP 4 is always self-powered from the internal universal switching power supply using IEC 320-C6 inlet and cord.

The MP 4 supports bit depths up to 24-bit and sample rates up to 48 kHz. The MP 4 ships with a CoreAudio driver for Mac and an ASIO driver for Windows, allowing it to act as a high quality sound card compatible with many audio applications, including Scratch LIVE.

The MP 4 is ideal for DJ's who want to mix and beat-match digital files along with analog sources, but don't require the ability to "scratch." Serato Scratch LIVE software is included, and features a new control screen for the MP 4. The Scratch LIVE MP 4 control screen has the same great library management and file handling features, without direct vinyl and CD manipulation. This means that there is no control vinyl or CD with the MP 4, and all control is via the new on-screen features such as pitch-bending and nudging.

Hardware Features:

• Play one or two stereo 24-bit 48 kHz USB audiochannels
• Record one stereo 24-bit 48 kHz audio channel
• A-bus, B-bus, Master Mix or Mic USB Record sourceselection
• Built-in USB ground isolation
• High performance VCA Active Crossfader
• Compact & Mobile single rackspace (1U) design
• Cue USB or Analog sources with a high-qualityheadphone ampli?er
• Separate EQ and meter on each bus
• Two selectable phono/line stereo analog inputs
• Auxiliary output with level control
• XLR and ¼" TRS Main outputs
• Internal universal switching power supply

Scratch LIVE Software Features:

• Runs natively on Windows XP and Mac OS X
• Supported Play File formats: Fixed and Variable BitRate MP3, AIFF, WAV, CD Audio
• Full iTunes integration (Windows and Mac)
• Play tracks direct from CD and CD-ROM
• Browse music collection by Artist, Album, BPM orGenre, with optional album art display
• Digital “crates” for quick access to your favoritecollections
• Record from A-bus, B-bus, Master Mix or Mic Input (toWAV or AIFF ?le formats)
• Instant full text search of ID3 tags, matches partialsearch terms; Edit ID3 tags with full Unicode support
• Full track overview showing current play point
• Variable zoom waveforms centered around currentposition
• Waveform coloring to distinguish different musicalfeatures
• Visual markers can be set at important cue points
• Large elapsed time and time remaining displays
• Beat display emphasizes transients in tracks tovisually assist with beat matching
• Tempo display assists with rapid tempo matching oftracks
• Adjustable gain per song ?le
• Latency can be adjusted to match CPU power
• Assign the same track to A & B channelssimultaneously
• Single key song loading. Single key deck swapping
• Drag and drop importing of tracks, no preprocessingrequired
• Add whole directories of music ?les on the ?y: tagsare read in background, no interruptions
• Seamless Looping
• Jump to marker
• Improved pitch slider from original Scratch LIVE
• “TAP” speed adjust controller (pitch bending)
• Record source select
• Auto play crate (sequential or shuffle)

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