Jun 07, 2018 The SL1 interface is serato scratch live sl1 longer in production, but is still supported. Using regular turntables or CD players, you can scratch and mix files from your computer’s hard drive, add in a live mic input for scratching, and even bypass to standard vinyl if you wish.
This article will explain how to restore your Scratch Live crates in case they may have been deleted or are no longer present in your Scratch Live library as well as explain how to manually create backups of your crate files for safe keeping.
The crate files are stored on the drive that you've imported your music from.
If you’re NOT importing music from an external HD or a partition of your internal drive, your Scratch Live crates will be stored in the internal drives C:/Music/_Serato_/Subcrates folder on a Windows Machine OR in HD/Users/Music/_Serato_/Subcrates folder on a MAC.
- There are two things you need to keep if you wish to transfer your Serato library and database over to another computer or for backup on a hard drive. To successfully back up or transfer your library you will need: Your Serato folder (located in your User 'Music' folder) This is essentially your database, library, crates and preferences.
- Scratch Live is vinyl emulation software that operates exclusively with Rane hardware. Mix and scratch digital music on your computer with Serato Control Vinyl or Control CDs. We've been hard at work making Serato DJ Pro the best DJ software on the planet.
- Pro Tip: Open Serato DJ, click on your 'All' main library crate and press 'Control + A / Command + A' to select your entire library. Now drag these files to your external hard drive in the files panel (you may want to make a music folder in your external to put them in). You will asked whether you want to Move or Copy the files, select Copy.
If you ARE using an external HD, or you've imported music from a partition of your internal drive, your crate info will be stored in the _Serato_/Subcrates and in the _Serato_BACKUP/Subcrates folders that are on the root of the external or partition.
If you’re missing crates inside the Scratch Live program the first place to check is your trash can/recycle bin.
Note: Before making any changes to the _Serato_ folders make sure Scratch Live is completely shut down.
If you see the .crate files in the trash, and you've imported your files from your internal drive, highlight them and put them back into the C:/Music/_Serato_/Subcrates folder on a Windows machine OR in the MAC HD/Users/Music/_Serato_/Subcrates folder on a MAC.
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After putting the crates back into their proper place open the Scratch Live program and you should see the crates pop up in the crate section of Scratch Live.
If you don't see the crates, if they are empty, or they do not contain all of the music files those crate files are corrupt and are useless.
If you've imported your music from your internal drive go to C:/Music/ folder on Windows or MAC HD/Users/Music/ on MAC.
Open the _Serato_backup folder.
Open the Subcrates folder.
Copy the missing .crate files.
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Paste them into the Subcrates folder inside the _Serato_ folder.
Re-open Scratch Live and you should see your crate files.
If you've imported your music from an external HD, or a partition of your internal drive, open the drive.
Open the _Serato_backup folder.
Open the Subcrates folder.
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Copy the missing crate files.
Paste them into the Subcrates folder inside the _Serato_ folder.
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Re-open Scratch Live and you should see your crate files.
Backing up your crate files
The _Serato_ and _Serato_backup folders are very important. It's a good idea to copy these folders to a safe location on your Desktop, another hard drive, or someplace they will not get lost/deleted. We also suggest renaming these folders with the date that you copied them.
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For example: _Serato_01/15/2012 and _Serato_BACKUP 01/15/2012. This way you know the date they were backed up and you will always have good copies of your crate files in the case that the recycle bin/trash or the _Serato_backup folder(s) do not have “good” crates.