DJing Rane:Sixty-Eight (Mixer) for Serato

[lilsensa]

Game changer??

http://www.rane.com/sixtyeight.html

http://www.serato.com/scratchlive/rane-sixty-eight

Rane and Serato welcome the Rane SIXTY-EIGHT, the ultimate club mixer. Two computers, two USB ports, up to four decks and a range of effects.
Introducing the first Scratch Live compatible DJ mixer that allows two computers to be connected simultaneously.
Using two USB ports, the new Rane SIXTY-EIGHT mixer lets two DJs play Scratch Live at the same time, allowing for seamless handover from one DJ to another. You can also control up to four decks with a single laptop.
Armed with studio-grade phono preamps, USB and S/PDIF inputs, the SIXTY-EIGHT can allow a blend of analog and digital audio sources like never before. The Rane SIXTY-EIGHT features easy to use internal digital effects, and direct control of over 30 Scratch Live library, cue and loop functions.
Features:

• Two independent USB 2.0 high speed ports, each supporting twenty two, 32-bit floating point audio channels at 48kHz.
• Support for the connection of two computers simultaneously.
• Direct control of over 30 Scratch Live Library, Cue and Loop functions.
• Support for 2, 3 or 4 Virtual Decks in Scratch Live.
• Flexible USB recording options.
• 3-band, full cut EQ
• New High-pass / Low pass Filter
• Unique FlexFX bus with 6 internal effects plus USB and analog insert support for computer-based effects.

Input Channels

• Four stereo Phono/CD inputs of Line / Phono or S/PDIF.
• Four stereo Auxiliary inputs.
• Four stereo USB playback options.
• Two independent microphone inputs - one with phantom power and one with line-level input

[panoulix]

Re: Rane:Sixty-Eight (Mixer) for Serato

Sounds interesting.

You caught me sleeping on that press release! Thanx for sharing.

Any info about pricing and availability?


PS: I heard it is gonna cost around 2700 USD which is quite ridiculus as I prefer my Ecler Evo 5 that costs 900 USD less and I'm in love with it...

[lilsensa]

Re: Rane:Sixty-Eight (Mixer) for Serato

I read somewhere that it should retail for around $2500..

[jeffrey collins]

Re: Rane:Sixty-Eight (Mixer) for Serato

We'll have to see on that. I'd rather just buy an A&H and an extra Xone 1:d and have all the functionality I could need. If it's gonna cost that much. I'm not trying to dj like some of these mashup dj's who squeeze 10 tracks into 10 minutes.

[lilsensa]

Re: Rane:Sixty-Eight (Mixer) for Serato

This mixer has been made to work with the brand new Serato Scratch Live V. 2.0

http://www.serato.com/scratchlive/2

More decks, DJ FX and "The Bridge"
What is Scratch Live 2?

Scratch Live 2 adds more decks, DJ FX and two way interaction with Ableton Live with new protocol called “The Bridge”. Inside Serato Scratch Live 2, we now bring four new Display Modes that allow you to choose a range of new screen layouts with 2, 3 or 4 deck control. Each Display Mode features with a clean design and your choice of ways to play with expanded Library Views that allow you to easily spot your favorite track to bring to the mix.
Additional tools can be activated in Scratch Live that give you an expanded view and instant control of a range of free plug-ins including the SP-6 Sample Player, brand new Serato DJ FX and direct access to Ableton Live via “The Bridge”.
You can also add the optional Serato Video-SL plug-in to bring exciting visuals into your performance.
New in Serato Scratch Live 2

• Control Ableton Live and make editable Mixtapes with “The Bridge”.
• A choice of 2, 3 or 4 decks with supported Rane hardware.
• Built-in DJ FX with an assignable “Super Knob” for quick live tweaking.
• Brand new Display Modes with a range screen layouts to suit your style of performing.
• Enhanced Album Art browsing for quick identification of your music.
• Build “Smart Crates” easily using keywords from your music library.
• Export your track plays and share them online with “Serato Playlists”

You now have access to more tracks and effects than ever before with the clean and simple control that makes Scratch Live the number one choice for professional DJs.

[lilsensa]

Re: Rane:Sixty-Eight (Mixer) for Serato

Funny discussion about version 2.0

http://www.serato.com/forum/discussion/221139

Some of the people on there are "high and mighty" know it all types that hate when people ask them same question more than once......LOL

[jeffrey collins]

Re: Rane:Sixty-Eight (Mixer) for Serato

well there used to be a number of us on here that were like that. then those guys either left MS or got soft.

I'm not into Serato. Would rather just use Ableton for my live gig's. But I still have way more fun with cd's.

[lilsensa]

Re: Rane:Sixty-Eight (Mixer) for Serato

Word.