Alcatech Digi Scratch Software/Box/DSP PCI Card

Just what you’re used to. This statement of course only applies to the often mentioned „vinyl feeling“ adored by pretty much every DJ, since DigiScratch combines in an innovative manner digital technology with a traditional DJ set with turntables and mixer. Using DigiScratch’s software, unique time code vinyl record and audio interface device, you get full DJ control over all audio files on your computer. Matching, scratching, juggling and so on – all in realtime: just what you are used to!

The great advantage is the fact that you can use a song archive of any size with only two vinyl records. And by the increasing number of internet labels more and more songs are published exclusively online. Own productions and spontaneous live recordings of vocals or instruments can be used instantly as well. Besides, you can of course still use your old vinyls in a mixed set.

 

The well-engineered DigiScratch software supports all common audio file formats and offers many features. Key correction, cue points, beat-synchronized loop playback and an integrated sample player as well as configurable and zoomable real-time waveform views, real time BPM detection and various recording functions, to mention just some of them.

In the freely editable play lists and song archive manager with fast search function you can assemble virtual record collections of any size. Additional tools such as a CD ripper, MP3 encoder and ID3 tag editor make DigiScratch the perfect DJ software that meets all of your needs.

Features:

control mode: vinyl record or CD

supported sound file format: MP3, WAV, AIFF, WMA, OGG, CDA, ATX, MCA

simultaneous playback of two tracks from the same CD

on-board soundcard can be used as an additional channel (i.e. monitor)

track selector section on the time code vinyl record (for mouse-free deejaying)

different scratch modes (absolute, relative, internal)

analyse function

waveform display zoomable and partly different colour themes

different waveform display modes, including spectral colours

different functions such as time markers, cue points, live loops and a lot more

sample player with file editor

automatic real-time BPM counter

monitor function

key (pitch) correction

freely editable play lists and song archive manager with databank export and printing

comfortable track display

searching / cover display

can be integrated into future versions of BPM Studio

optional hardware controller rack units supported: BPM Studio Remote Control Units RCP 1001, RCP 2001A/B

MIDI control

not bound to certain hardware (can be used with any ASIO soundcard

or FS 1.x USB or 2.x Firewire)

• DigiScratch Modes

Absolute-Mode: all needle moves and its position on the timecode vinyl will be used to control the playback.

Relative-Mode: the position of the needle (needle dropping) is not being considered. Scratching is possible, for instance using custom set cue points.

Internal-Mode: the vinyl will be ignored; pure software playback.

• Calibration Tool

An automatic calibration tool adjusts the software for the hardware used, and thus optimizes the time code detection quality

• Waveform

Waveform Single-Scan: The waveform of the track is only being scanned with the first title and after that being saved. Through the so called "stripes" the tracks are being loaded faster when needed again.

Spinning: Forward, backward, fast and slowly. It's working completely as you like in real-time and without dropouts.

Track-Seeking: Jump with just one mouse click to any position in the track.

• 2 Displays for the illustration of the waveform

- The complete track is being displayed in the upper part, a track-section of 11 seconds underneath. Thereby a cursor always indicates the current position   of the track.

- Variable cursor position - move the cursor freely in the display to the left or to the right.

- track display flashes, when the title ends

- switchable time display - track length, already played time and remaining time

- display of the "beats per minute" (bpm)

- The illustration of the waveform is freely editable, ups, downs and interaction from both or optional also separately. So beats can be easily identified   optically on the display.

- 2 separate playlists for each player

- monitor function in all playlists and in the data archive

- fast loading time of the tracks

- easy and clear data archive with group structure for individual sorting arrangement (compatible with BPM Studio data archive)

- easy drag and drop from the archive into the playlists or directly in the player

- support of the ALCATech remote control panels (RCP0 known from BPm studio)

- AGC (Automatic Gain Control) for an adjustment of the volume in the automode * normalization, thereby all titles of the archive can be provided with a   pre-setting of the volume, without the files itself being changed

- easiest creating, saving and loading of individual playlists

- history function - all played titles are being collected, similar to a log, and generated in a list

- list modus - as alternative to the archive modus; here the history is visible and the complete maintenance of all music files can be done by playlists

- audio formats: MP3 (BBR and VBR), wave, WMA, OGG-vorbis, AAC

- ID3-Tag edit - for the manual entry of title and album information (ID3-Tag v1 and v2) Software mixer - for the pre-adjustment of player, monitor and AGC

  recording module - record vinyl-records easily as MP3, record and scratch own voice-samples, record and save your own mix in MP3 and wave

- internal MP3-encoder (the high-quality original of the Fraunhofer Institute), external MP3-encoder are freely linkable

- archive search - find fast and easy a title from the archive

- ripper module - decode your original CD's into the MP3 format

- burner module - burn your mix or your playlists on CD

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