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3. SCS.1dDescription
Inthischapter,wewillbrieflydescribethetoppaneloftheSCS.1d.
It’simportanttounderstandthat theSCS.1disatraditionalDJturntable/CDplayer“analogy”inacontrolsurface.
ThismeansthatwhiletheSCS.1dlookslikeaDJturntable/CDplayer,atitscore,itisreallyaco
ntrolsurfacetha
t
sends and receives control data to and from a computer. As a control surface, the SCS.1d’s functionality is
completelyderivedfromthehostapplication(software)thatitiscontrolling.
TheSCS.1dalsoutilizespresetsinDaRoutertodefineitscapabilities,whichcandrasticallychangeitsfunctionality
depen
dingonhowthepreset
isconfigured.Soaswediscussthepanelandlayoutitisimportanttorememberthat
whenrunningaspecificpresetitsbesttoreadthedocumentationassociatedwiththatpresetasitwillexplainhow
theSCS.1distailoredtowardstheapplicationitisbeingusedwith.Sointhebelowexplanationswedescribethe
controlsan
dhowtheytraditionallymaybemappedintoanapplication.
3.1 TopPanelFunctionalGroups
ToeasilyunderstandthemainSCS.1dTopPanel,wehavedivideditinsixfunctionalgroups:
‐ EncoderSection
‐ TriggerSection
‐ Platter/GlobalSection
‐ PitchSection
‐ TransportSection
‐ PresetSwitcherSection
Onthenextpage,let’stakealookoftheFigure3.1: