Scratch Live Software & Rane SL 4 take DJ Mag Awards

Serato software combined with Rane hardware is the professional DJs’ weapon of choice, and now the DJ Mag Tech Awards have solidified what DJs have known for years - that Scratch Live is the best digital DJ solution in the industry.

Serato Scratch Live was designed by New Zealand based software company, Serato Audio Research, and is widely hailed as the industry standard in vinyl emulation software. DJs around the world trust Scratch Live every day, and use the software to mix digital music files, perform original productions and remix on the fly.

“We’re ecstatic to win this award,” says Sam Gribben, C.E.O. of Serato Audio Research. “Our partnership with Rane is dedicated to quality and performance, and it’s amazing to have an outfit as respected as DJ Mag to celebrate and acknowledge this.”

The Rane SL 4 is the first dual USB DJ interface, which makes for easy DJ changeover, and back-to-back sets. Professionals appreciate the SL 4’s performance and sound quality with 24-bit sound processing the added flexibility of switchable 96kHZ/48kHZ sample rate.

Core Audio and ASIO drivers transform the SL 4 into a studio grade 10-in 10-out soundcard. When teamed with Scratch Live, DJs can play with up to four decks, and use the auxiliary channel for advanced creative features like the SP6 sample player, LiveFeed or The Bridge.

“The “Best DJ Soundcard” was voted on by DJ Mag’s readers” notes Rane’s Director of Sales, Dean Standing. “It’s especially gratifying to receive this type of recognition from the public and we’d like to thank all of those who voted for the SL 4”.

Serato Scratch Live is a free download available from www.serato.com

About Rane Corporation

Rane Corporation is an established innovator in problem-solving audio tools, professionally engineered with a focus on science, price/performance, and not frills and hype. Designed and manufactured exclusively in the United States, Rane’s product distribution is worldwide. Marketplaces are DJ (performance, club, mobile & recording), Live Sound (FOH and monitoring) and Commercial (music & paging, networked systems) featuring innovative analog and digital audio products for each category. For more information, visit www.rane.com.

About Serato

Serato Audio Research is based in Auckland, New Zealand and is recognized as the market leader in time and pitch adjustment since its inception in 1999. Serato formed a product partnership with Rane Corporation in 2004 with Serato Scratch Live. Scratch Live is a revolutionary DJ product that enables DJs to control digital audio ?les on their computer. Serato has since expanded its reputation for excellent pro DJ products with the release of their new ITCH DJ Software in 2008. www.serato.com

For more information on Serato, contact press@serato.com.

About DJ Mag Tech Awards:

Products were nominated in 18 categories, eight of which were judged live by a panel of judges at the BPM show at Birmingham's NEC Arena on October 1st and 2nd. The winners of the remaining categories were selected through on line voting at www.djmag.com/techawards.

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