Rane Sixty-Eight Professional 4-Channel Mixer with USB and Serato DJ

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Two USB ports allow two DJs to connect to the same computer, making transitions and hand-offs nearly seamless.

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 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
- High-pass / Low pass Filter
- Unique FlexFX bus with 6 internal effects plus USB and analog insert support for computer-based effects.

Specifications
Unique FlexFx bus:
- Process a sub-mix of up to six audio channels.
- Six internal effects with seamless on-beat switching between effects.
- External analog insert support for legacy hardware effects.
- USB insert support for computer-based effects.

Four full-featured input channels:
- Four stereo Phono/CD inputs of Line, Phono or S/PDIF.
- Four stereo auxiliary inputs.
- Four stereo USB playback options.

Two mic inputs: one with phantom power and one with line-level.

3-band full-cut EQ, plus High-pass / Low-pass Filter.

Flexible USB recording options, record from any PGM or output.

Internal universal switching power supply (100-230 VAC)

Unit size (H x W x D): 14.3 x 12 x 4 in. (36.4 cm x 30.5 cm x 10.2 cm)

Weight: 11.3 lb (5.2 kg)

Minimum Operating Requirements
Mac:
- 1 GHz G4
- 1 GB RAM
- 1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution
- OSX 10.3.9 or higher
- Intel Macs require Scratch Live version 1.5 or higher

Windows:
- Pentium 4 / 1.5 GHz (Intel processor)
- 1 GB RAM
- 1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution
- Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher
- Windows Vista requires Versions 1.7.2 or higher
- Windows Vista 64-bit requires Versions 1.8.2 or higher
- Note that we recommend Windows XP over Vista for performance reasons. By using XP, you can have a lower latency (for a better vinyl feel) and better performance in general.

Please note: this is the minimum requirement to run Scratch Live. Rane recommends you use a higher spec computer, and particularly if you have a large library, you will benefit from having more RAM.

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Email: customerexperienceteam@inmusicbrands.com
Web: https://support.rane.com/en/support/home

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. (4 ratings)
Submitted September 27, 2012 by Fernando Rosado in Clifton, NJ

"Fernando DJ ANIMAL Rosado"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Totally awesome, when I am mixing with the Sixty Eight, it's like I'm the DJ on the Star Trek Enterprise dance floor. The future of mixing is in this mixer, period!

Musical Background:

I've been a DJ for more than 23 years.

Musical Style:

Club, all types of House music, and remixes of different artists from hip hop to rock.
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