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Important Safety Instructions • Read and follow the provided instructions before operating this unit. • Adhere to all warnings and security advices, and retain this document for future reference. Installation: Install the unit in accordance with the provided instructions Power Supply: • The unit should be connected to a power supply outlet only of the voltage and frequency marked on its rear panel. • The power supply cord should be routed so that it is not likely to be walked on or pinched.
Contents 1. 2. 3 4 5 6 7 Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… 1 1.1. Welcome to the SCS.1m …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……. 1 1.2. Overview ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……...... 2 1.3 Unpacking ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………. 2 Connecting the SCS.1m ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 3 2.1 Connecting to Your Computer ……………………………………………………………………………………………….………… 3 2.
1. Introduction 1.1 Welcome to the SCS.1m! Thank you for purchasing SCS.1m! The SCS.1m (Stanton Control System 1 mixer) is the premier mixer control surface/audio interface for laptop DJs, remixers, VJs, and producers. Before we begin, there are a few important issues we would like to bring to your attention. There is a software component to this hardware. It is called DaRouter. DaRouter is a kind of “MIDI processor” that allows the use of presets.
1.2 Overview Designed in an intuitive DJ mixer, the SCS.1m features four channel strips with faders, assignable encoder section, EQ controls, high-precision metering, a responsive crossfader, a straightforward Cue/Monitoring section, a unique footswitch input, and much more… The SCS.1m and the SCS.1d (deck) are the main components of the SC System 1; the first truly professional DJ control system. You can use the SCS.1m as standalone or in conjunction with the SCS.
2. Connecting the SCS.1m 2.1 Connecting to Your Computer Step 1: Locate the included power cable and adapter (12V) and connect it to the SCS.1m and to your power source. (Figure 2.1) Note If you own both the SCS.1m and the SCS.1d, the power adapters look very similar. Looking at the output voltage will tell you which is for which component, (e.g., 12V for the SCS.1m, and 24V for the SCS.1d). There is also a label on each of the power cords to specify which product they are to be used with. Figure 2.
2.2 Connecting to Audio Components Figure 2.
2.3 Connecting to the SCS.1d All of the SCS.1 controllers have two FireWire ports on them, so devices can be chained together if needed. So when connecting a single SCS.1d to the SCS.1m, you would go from the unused FireWire port on the SCS.1m (Figure 2.5), (the other port is connected to your computer) to an open port on the SCS.1d. (Figure 2.6) Figure 2.5 Figure 2.6 Likewise, if you’re connecting two SCS.1ds to a SCS.1m, then you would go from the free FireWire port on the first SCS.
3. SCS.1m Description In this chapter, we will briefly describe the Top, Front, and Back SCS.1m panels. It’s important to understand that the SCS.1m is a traditional DJ mixer “analogy” in a control surface. This means that while the SCS.1m looks like a DJ mixer, at its core, it is really a control surface. As a control surface, the SCS.1m’s functionality is completely derived from the host application (software) that it is controlling. The SCS.
Top Panel Functional Groups (continuation) Figure 3.1 Now, let’s take a closer look of each of the functional groups.
3.1.1 Channel Strip The button at the top of the strip might be mapped to functionalities like deck or channel focus, a shift modifier, etc. Five rotary encoders in the top section of the channel strip can be mapped to traditional mixer functions like gain, EQ, and panning. (Figure 3.2) The A and B buttons in the lower section of the strip can be used to toggle modifiers, assign the strip to the crossfader, etc. The CHANNEL FADER would usually be mapped to deck or channel volume.
3.1.3 Crossfader Section The CROSSFADER is traditionally used to fade between songs playing in different channels. (Figure 3.4) You might also consider mapping the CROSSFADER to non-traditional functionalities, like effects parameters, filters, or setting selections (like scrolling through effects). Figure 3.4 3.1.4 Master Section The Master Section controls various SCS.1m outputs. (Figure 3.5) The ZONE knob is meant to be mapped to an Aux out, like a booth monitor or effects send.
3.1.5 Browser Section This area of the SCS.1m would typically be mapped to browser-type functionality, whether that is scrolling through your library in Traktor, or selecting scenes in Ableton Live. (Figure 3.6) The three buttons at the top of the section can be used to select and activate banks or directory trees. The large push encoder can be used to scroll through and select songs, scenes, or directory trees. It would also allow the user to scrub through songs and/or cue them.
3.2 Front Panel In this panel, you will be able to connect your headphones. Stanton has included a headphone extender cable as the headphone jack is recessed into the panel to prevent accidentally damaging the headphone jack. Stanton has designed the headphone output to be extremely powerful and loud; it is important to remember that you must control the level of this output in your host application or assign it to the headphone knob on the front panel for volume control.
3.3 Rear Panel In 2.2 “Connecting to audio components,” we gave you an iconic representation of what could be connected to the SCS.1m. Here, we will briefly describe the Rear panel. (Figure 3.8) Figure 3.8 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Power Switch: Turns the SCS.1m ON or OFF. DC IN: Input connection for the included power supply. While the power is switched OFF, plug the power supply into the mixer first, and then plug it into the outlet. FireWire Jacks: Sends audio and MIDI to and from the SCS.1m.
4. SCS.1m Software Installation To fully maximize SCS.1m capabilities and take advantage of its great features, some software needs to be installed with it. In fact, the SCS.1m Software Installation process differs greatly between Mac and PC computers. - On a Mac, the SCS.1m is Core Audio compliant, which means that the OS will recognize the SCS.1m without needing to install a driver. However, on a Mac you will need to install DaRouter for proper MIDI functionality.
4.1 1. Windows XP Double click the executable file (.exe). If the following Open File- Security Warning appears, click Run. (Figure 4.1) Figure 4.1 2. The Stanton SCS.1 DaRouter Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation process. Click Next. (Figure 4.2) Figure 4.
3. To install the software for the first time, choose the Standard option. To update your previously installed version, choose Custom. In this example, let’s choose Standard. (Figure 4.3) Figure 4.3 4. Read the License Agreement, select the “I accept the agreement” option, and then click Next. (Figure 4.4) Figure 4.
5. The installation of the ASIO driver will begin. Make sure that your SCS.1 controller(s) are properly connected but do not turn them ON yet. When you are ready, click Next. (Figure 4.5) Figure 4.5 6. In this step, you are able to choose where to install the driver. However, if you do not really need to change the location, leave the default setting and click Install. (Figure 4.6) Figure 4.
7. Turn your SCS.1 controllers ON and click OK. (Figure 4.7) Figure 4.7 8. Wait for a few seconds, normal operation will resume shortly. (Figure 4.8) Figure 4.
9. Click Next to continue. (Figure 4.9) Figure 4.9 10. Click Finish. (Figure 4.10) Figure 4.
11. Read information regarding this build of the installer then click Next. (Figure 4.11) Figure 4.11 12. Click Finish. (Figure 4.12) Figure 4.12 That’s it. You have installed the SCS.1m driver and DaRouter.
To check that your drivers and software are properly installed, open Device Manager. On your desktop, right click My Computer icon and click Properties. In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab, and then the Device Manager button. (Figure 4.13) Figure 4.13 You will see a new section called Stanton 1394 Audio Devices that includes the Stanton 1394 Virtual Device and a hardware specific driver for each controller you have connected. Check that the SCS.1m and SCS.
4.2 Mac OS X Before you install DaRouter, please follow these easy steps: 1. Connect SCS.1 controllers to the computer's FireWire port but have them powered OFF. Turn ON your SCS.1m controller. Open the Audio MIDI Setup applet to make sure it is recognized. The Audio MIDI Setup applet is located in Applications\Utilities. You should see the SCS.1m located in the Audio tab. (Figure 4.15) Figure 4.
To install DaRouter, please follow the next instructions 1. Double click the .dmg file to expand it. (Figure 4.16) Figure 4.16 2. Double click the DaRouter.pkg file to start the installer. (Figure 4.17) Figure 4.
3. Once the installer has started, click Continue. (Figure 4.18) Figure 4.18 4. Read the license agreement and click Continue. In the next dialog, click Agree. (Figure 4.19) Figure 4.
5. Next, you can set the default path of the program. Click Install unless you want to install DaRouter to a specific destination. (Figure 4.20) Figure 4.20 6. DaRouter will be installed. Once done, click Close. (Figure 4.21) Figure 4.
7. DaRouter will be installed into your Applications folder and the presets will be placed in your home directory. Plug in your SCS.1m, start DaRouter, and read the rest of this documentation. (Figure 4.22) Figure 4.22 Now that you have installed DaRouter, let’s learn about it.
5. DaRouter 5.1 About DaRouter DaRouter is an application developed between Stanton and Bome’s Software, which allows SCS.1m to specifically integrate and interact with audio applications. DaRouter takes incoming messages coming from SCS.1m using a proprietary high speed messaging protocol and translates them to the host target audio application through the form of presets.
5.2.1 Section A Active Preset Dropdown The Active Preset is the currently used preset. In this drop down menu, all pre-installed presets will be listed as well as any presets dragged or manually loaded into DaRouter. To load a preset into DaRouter, just select one from the list. At the bottom of the drop down list is a Browse listing that can be used to manually browse a preset using a file explorer dialog. - Restart Preset Button The Restart button will start the currently running preset.
For example, if you click the SCS.1m Options button the SCS.1m Audio Control Panel will open so you will be able to Start and Stop the streaming process, access the Deferred Procedure Calls (DPC) Latency Checker (for more information please read the Appendix), and select the Sampling Rate, FireWire Latency, and ASIO Buffering settings. (Figure 5.4) Start / Stop Streaming – Use this to start or stop the audio stream between the driver and hardware.
Now, if you click the SCS.1d Options button the SCS.1d Control Panel will open, so you will be able to change the Scratch Engage, the Scratch Release, and Pitch Bend Sensitivity values. (Figure 5.5) Scratch Engage Sensitivity – The SCS.1d uses an algorithm to detect scratching to accommodate MIDI scratching implementation in host applications such as Traktor. The Scratch Engage slider will set how quickly the scratch algorithm will detect that you are trying to perform a scratch.
5.3 Using DaRouter When using DaRouter, there are two basic types of presets that you may utilize; generic and application specific. The generic preset allows you to configure the application to SCS.1m through conventional MIDI Learn. However, the application specific presets are designed to work specifically with certain applications and provide logic in SCS.1m that is focused towards that application. 5.4 Loading a Preset Confirm that no preset is loaded and your SCS.1m is connected.
6. Troubleshooting 1. I have both the SCS.1m and SCS.1d, and when I try to power them up nothing happens. What is wrong? You probably have the power supplies for each controller swapped. If you plug the wrong power cord into a unit, it won’t power up. The power cable for the SCS.1m supplies 12V, and the one for the SCS.1d supplies 24V. You can also tell which is which by the color-coding. For example, gray for the SCS.1m and blue for the SCS.1d. 2. Can I use the FireWire cable alone to power the SCS.
7. Specifications Output Level Balanced +23 dBu into 100K Equalization (20 Hz-20 kHz) Less than +/- 0.4 dB Balanced THD+N (1 kHz) Less than 0.005% Balanced Output SNR (A-weighted) Greater than 108 dB Balanced Output crosstalk Less than -100 dB RCA Output level +17 dBu into 100K RCA THD+N (1 kHz) Less than 0.003 % RCA SNR (A-weighted) Greater than 108 dB RCA crosstalk Less than -100 dB Headphone Output +13 dBu into 600R +13 dBu into 150R Headphone THD+N Less than 0.
Appendix Optimizing Computers for 1394 (FireWire) When using any computer for live audio applications it is always suggested to perform certain optimizations to ensure consistent performance. For the most part live audio is not always the highest consideration for both hardware designers and software programmers.
Figure A.1 The green Bar Graph shows the current latency value over time. Each bar represents the maximum DPC latency occurred within one second. Every second, bars are scrolled from right to left and a new bar is added at the righthand side, (representing the most recent value). DPC Latency Checker updates its internal statistical data at an interval displayed as Test Interval. The Current Latency value indicates the maximum DPC latency measured within the last second.
For example, a typical problem is shown in the next figure. Red bars indicate excessive DPC latency. (Figure A.2) Figure A.2 So let’s open Device Manager to find out the driver that causes the excessive DPC latencies. On your desktop, right click My Computer icon and click Properties. In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button. In the next page, please check Figure A.3.
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To disable a device, right-click on it (e.g. on the Ethernet adapter) and choose Disable. The disabled device will be marked with a red cross. (Figure A.4) Figure A.4 Now, check the DPC Latency Checker to see if the excessive latency values (red bars) disappeared. If yes, we have found the problem, if not, try the next device. To enable a device again, choose Enable from the context menu.
Windows 1394a Bandwidth Limiting Issue (Windows XP-Vista) First, let’s explain a little about what the SidSpeed Fix is. Basically, SidSpeed is a value in your windows registry that regulates the speed of your FireWire bus. It can have a value from 0-3 (0=S100 speed, 1=S200 speed, 2=S400 speed, and 3=800 speed). If a SidSpeed value larger than 3 is used, then Windows will reject that and use a value of 0 instead, so it’s important to use a value of 0-3.
This will open your Registry Editor, which will look like this…(Figure A.7) Figure A.7 Now, before we go any further, we need to give you a warning and back some things up. The registry is a dangerous place to be playing around. Using this tool makes it very easy to completely ruin your installation of Windows. Please do not do anything that isn’t outlined in this guide. If you have any question at all about what you should be doing, stop and contact Technical Support.
Now click File, and then click Export. A new window will pop up. (Figure A.9) Figure A.9 At the bottom of the new window, there is an area called Export Range. Make sure that Selected Branch is marked, and that the text in the field there says HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Go to the top of the window and find the Save In drop down. Select a location to save the backup that you will remember (like your desktop). Now go down to the File Name field and type in a name for the backup.
Then expand the SYSTEM branch. (Figure A.11) Figure A.11 Then expand CurrentControlSet. (Figure A.12) Figure A.
Now expand Enum. (Figure A.13) Figure A.
Then expand the PCI branch. (Figure A.14) Figure A.14 Now we need to find the specific key for your FireWire controller. As you can see, all the devices are named in a way that does not seem to make a whole lot of sense. It is not as hard as it may look.
Leave the Regedit window open and go back to Start > Run. Type in devmgmt.msc and then press OK. (Figure A.15) Figure A.15 This will open your Device Manager. Look for your FireWire controller (commonly called IEEE 1394). One example is highlighted in Figure A.16. Figure A.16 Right click on your FireWire device and click Properties.
Now click on the Details tab. (Figure A.17) Figure A.17 See this string of text? This is what we are going to look for in the PCI branch we have open in Regedit. Going back to Regedit, we can see that I got a little lucky and have it as the first key. (Figure A.18) Figure A.
If you expand out the device subkey, you’ll find another subkey called Device Parameters. Click it to select it and look in the right pane. (Figure A.19) Figure A.19 In the example above, the SidSpeed key actually exists, but it is set to the incorrect speed. Double click on the SidSpeed value and a window will open. In that window will be a field called Value Data. If that value is a 0 or 1, CHANGE IT to a 3 and press OK. If you do not see the SidSpeed value at all, keep reading. (Figure A.20) Figure A.
If you do not have the SidSpeed value, you will need to make one. Right click in the right pane and select New > DWORD Value. (Figure A.21) Figure A.21 Once you have created a new string, name it SidSpeed (Figure A.22) Figure A.22 Finally, double click SidSpeed and change its value data to 3 as outlined above. Press OK and close the Registry Editor.
FireWire Chipsets High definition audio flowing over FireWire requires a consistent stream between the chipset in the host computer and the chipset in the SCS1 device. Unfortunately, some FireWire chipsets have known issues when it comes to the reliability and synchronization required for streaming audio.
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