Stanton SCS.1d Manual

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3. SCS.1dDescription

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Inthischapter,wewillbrieflydescribethetoppaneloftheSCS.1d.

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It’simportanttounderstandthat theSCS.1disatraditionalDJturntable/CDplayer“analogy”inacontrolsurface.

ThismeansthatwhiletheSCS.1dlookslikeaDJturntable/CDplayer,atitscore,itisreallyaco

ntrolsurfacetha

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sends and  receives control data to and from a computer. As a control surface, the SCS.1d’s functionality is

completelyderivedfromthehostapplication(software)thatitiscontrolling.

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TheSCS.1dalsoutilizespresetsinDaRoutertodefineitscapabilities,whichcandrasticallychangeitsfunctionality

depen

dingonhowthepreset

isconfigured.Soaswediscussthepanelandlayoutitisimportanttorememberthat

whenrunningaspecificpresetitsbesttoreadthedocumentationassociatedwiththatpresetasitwillexplainhow

theSCS.1distailoredtowardstheapplicationitisbeingusedwith.Sointhebelowexplanationswedescribethe

controlsan

dhowtheytraditionallymaybemappedintoanapplication.

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3.1 TopPanelFunctionalGroups

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ToeasilyunderstandthemainSCS.1dTopPanel,wehavedivideditinsixfunctionalgroups:

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‐ EncoderSection

‐ TriggerSection

‐ Platter/GlobalSection

‐ PitchSection

‐ TransportSection

‐ PresetSwitcherSection

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Onthenextpage,let’stakealookoftheFigure3.1:

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