RANE PERFORMER
Quick-Start Guide

Setup

Serato software
The RANE PERFORMER is a “Serato DJ Pro hardware unlocked” device, meaning it works with Serato DJ Pro out of the box.
It is also a “paid upgrade to Serato DVS device”, meaning it requires the purchase & activation of a Serato DVS license, in order to be used with Serato DVS functionality.

Please ensure you have the latest version of Serato DJ Pro installed:
Click here to download Serato DJ Pro

Driver software & firmware
The RANE PERFORMER is class compliant on macOS, but requires manufacturer specific drivers when used with Windows operating systems. On both operating systems it’s recommended to install the bundled utility.
Regardless of your operating system, download and install the latest version of Serato DJ Pro, then connect your RANE PERFORMER with a USB cable to your computer, and when prompted, click the Install Driver pop-up.
You can download and install both the driver & utility, or firmware from Rane’s website.

Overview

| RANE PERFORMER CONTROL| FUNCTION

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1| POWER| Press to turn device on/off
2| AC IN| Connect power cable
3| USB B / A| Connect USB cable to computer A or B
4| MAIN OUT / STEREO-MONO| Connect master output via XLR or RCA, and toggle stereo/mono output
5| BOOTH / ZONE| Connect booth output via TRS
6| LINE – PHONO / CH4 / CH3 / PHONO GROUND| Toggle channel input for phono or line level device, connect external inputs to channel 3 & 4, connect grounding wire
7| MIC 2 / MIC 1| Connect microphone input via XLR or TRS
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8| MIC 2 (SECTION)| Toggle microphone 2 on, adjust level & high/low EQ
9| THRU (3,1,2,4), CROSSFADER CON- TOUR, TENSION ADJUST| Connect phono or line input device
10| HEADPHONES (SECTION)| Adjust headphone mix, level, and split cue setting
11| HEADPHONE OUTPUT| Connect headphones via 3.5mm or 6.5mm

| RANE PERFORMER CONTROL| FUNCTION| SHIFT FUNCTION

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1| BEAT JUMP| Press to Beat Jump left (<) or right (>)| –
2| BEAT JUMP LENGTH| Turn left to halve Beat Jump size value or turn right to double Beat Jump size value| –
3| SLIP| Toggle Slip mode| Toggle between vinyl and jog platter mode – per deck
4| CENSOR| Censor playing track, or toggles Silent Cue (depending on utility settings – see RANE documentation for more information)| Toggle Reverse playback – per deck
5| CHANNEL FX (SECTION)| Toggle either FILTER, FILTER ROLL, NOISE, or FLANGER fx buttons, then turn Channel FX Depth knob left or right to apply FX to desired channel| –
6| MIC 1 (SECTION)| Turn MIC 1 on, adjust level, adjust EQ (HIGH/LOW) & apply Echo| –
7| SOURCE| Select USB A or USB B, for channel 1 & 3 or 2 & 4| –
8| CHANNEL (SECTION)| Adjust level, adjust EQ (High, Mid, Low)| –
9| USB / LINE| Toggle decks 3 or 4 between USB and line input| –
10| QUANTIZE| Toggle Quantize| Toggle Jog Platter Display view modes (Moving waveform / Album art / Extended info ring)
11| MAIN & BOOTH / ZONE| Adjust main output volume and booth / zone output volume| –
12| SAMPLER LEVEL / ASSIGN TO CH4| Adjust Serato Sampler output volume, or output Sampler to Channel FX 4| –
13| BACK| Cycle back between Library & Crate area| Add selected track to Prepare crate
14| SCROLL / LOAD| Turn to scroll library. Press in to load selected track to Active deck. Double press in to Instant Double selected track. (Scrolling library will automatically toggle Jog Platter Display view mode to Track list navigation)| Fast library scroll
15| STEM-SPLIT| Enter Stem Split mode
SEE STEM SPLIT MODE FOR MORE INFORMATION| –
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16| DECK LAYER 1 / 2| Press to toggle specified deck layer as Active Deck| –
17| DECK LAYER 3 / 4| Press to toggle specified deck layer as Active Deck| –
18| RANGE| Toggle tempo range| Toggle Key lock (or Pitch ‘n Time DJ if activated)
19| TEMPO SLIDER| Adjust tempo/pitch| Ignore tempo/pitch adjustment
20| PITCH BEND| Bend pitch of playing track down (-) or up (+)| –
21| KEY ADJUST| Key Shift down (left) or Key Shift up (right)| Toggle Key Sync (left) or Reset Key value (right)
22| LOOP ON / OFF| Toggle Autoloop on / off| Reloop
23| X2| Double active Loop| Set Loop Out point / Edit Loop Out point
24| X1/2| Halve active Loop| Set Loop In point / Edit Loop In point
25| PERFORMANCE PAD (SECTION)| SEE PERFORMANCE PADS FOR MORE INFORMATION| –
26| MAIN FX (SECTION)| Control Serato software FX or RANE hardware FX SEE MAIN FX FOR MORE INFORMATION| –
27| CHANNEL FADER| Adjust channel volume (per channel)| Channel fader start (per channel)
28| CROSSFADER| Crossfade audio between channel 1-2| Crossfader start
29| CUE (SECTION)| Toggle per channel cue for PFL monitoring| Press per channel to toggle respective channel EQ controls into Stem level controls
(Hi = Vocals, Mid = Melody/ Bass, Low = Drums)
30| INSTRUMENTAL| Toggle Instrumental stems on to quickly isolate instruments in playing track
SEE USING STEMS FOR MORE INFORMATION| Toggle the FX Acapella Echo pad to mute and apply an echo out effect to the vocals in the playing track
31| ACAPELLA| Toggle Acapella stems on to quickly isolate vocals in playing track
SEE USING STEMS FOR MORE INFORMATION| Toggle the FX Instrumental Echo pad to mute and apply an echo out effect to the instruments in the playing track
32| PARAMETER| Parameter 1 (left & right) controls for use in Performance Pad modes| Parameter 2 (left & right) con- trols for use in Performance Pad modes
33| PLAY / PAUSE| Toggles Play / Pause on selected deck| Stutter play
34| CUE| Cues from temp cue point / Set temp cue point| Load previous track
35| SYNC| Press to turn SYNC on (per deck)| Press to turn SYNC off (per deck)
36| SHIFT| Shift modifier, which can be held while using another control for secondary SHIFT function| –
37| JOG WHEEL| Turn jog to bend pitch, or control waveform within Serato DJ in vinyl mode| Fast track waveform scroll
38| JOG WHEEL DISPLAY| Displays track & waveform information| –

Performance Pads

The RANE PERFORMER comes with 8 performance pads, that can be used across 8 different performance pad modes, and a user Pad mode (SHIFT + HOT CUE). Press the mode buttons once to enter the initial 4 modes. Small screens below the Pad mode buttons display currently selected Pad mode information.

HOT CUE mode: Pads 1-8 trigger Serato DJ Pro Cue points, and if no Cue point is present on that slot/pad, pressing that pad will set a Cue point. Holding down the SHIFT button while pressing a populated pad will delete the Cue point from the respective  pad/ slot. If Serato Flip is activated: Parameter 1 left engages Flip Record, while right starts your Flip, and holding SHIFT means left is Flip Loop while right is Flip on/off.
ROLL mode: Holding Pads 1-8 activate a loop roll of varying sizes. Release the pad to exit the Loop Roll. Change Loop Roll size in the Loop tab while holding a pad down in this mode, or press Parameter 1 left & right.
SAMPLER mode: Press pads 1-8 in this mode to trigger samples loaded into the Serato DJ Pro Sampler. Holding SHIFT while pressing a Pad will stop a currently playing Sampler slot, or load a new sample to the Sampler slot if empty. Parameter 1 left & right cycles Sample banks forward and back, while holding SHIFT cycles the Sampler output.
STEMS mode: In this mode you can control features from the Stems Tab, allowing you to utilize real-time audio separation in Serato DJ Pro. Press pad 1 to toggle off/on the Vocal Stem, press pad 2 to toggle off/on the Melody Stem, press pad 3 to toggle off/on the Bass Stem, and press pad 4 to toggle off/on the Drums Stem. Pads 5-8 toggle Stem Pad FX, which consist of FX Vocal Echo, FX Instrumental Echo, Instrumental Braker FX, and FX Drums Echo. Parameter 1 left & right toggle Acapella and Instrumental stems, and Parameter 2 left & right toggle FX Echo beat values 1 or 1/2.
NOTE: Using Stems is very CPU-intensive, and may take some time to initialize.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT USING STEMS

PITCH PLAY mode: Press the HOT CUE mode button twice to enter Pitch Play mode. In this mode, pads 1-8 play Cue points over variable pitch ranges. See the ‘Pitch Play’ section for more information.
NOTE: Pitch Play mode requires that the Serato Pitch ‘n’ Time DJ expansion pack is activated & enabled.
SAVED LOOP mode: Press the Roll mode button twice to enter Saved Loop mode. Pads 1-8 trigger Saved Loops, or save an Active Loop to an empty Loop Slot. Holding SHIFT while pressing a Pad will Reloop the Saved Loop Slot. Parameter 1 Left & Right controls halve and double loop size respectively, while holding SHIFT will Loop Shift Left & Right.
SCRATCH BANK mode: Press the SAMPLER pad mode button twice, to enter Scratch Bank mode. This mode allows you to assign files in your Serato DJ Pro library to a Pad. When Pads 1-8 are triggered, the corresponding file will be loaded to deck, allowing you to quickly load useful Scratch samples.
Click the Scratch Bank button in the top tool bar of Serato DJ Pro to reveal the Scratch Bank Panel. In this panel you can load and eject files from the Scratch Banks, as well as chose the preferences you wish to load to the deck upon triggering the pad.
These preference include the start point of the file, Key Lock on/off and Repeat on/off. Clicking the button in the top left corner of the panel will change between Advanced and Simple View.
Holding SHIFT, while pressing a Scratch Bank Pad that is already loaded to a virtual deck, will reload the previously loaded track to that virtual deck. Parameter 1 left & right cycle Scratch Banks.
SLICER mode: Press the STEMS pad mode button twice, to enter Slicer mode. In this mode a specified range (or domain) is divided into eight equal sections, and these eight sliced sections are assigned to the respective performance pads (1-8), and can be triggered by pressing them. The domain shifts as the track duration elapses. Use Parameter 1 Left & Right controls to decrease or increase the quantize size, or hold SHIFT to decrease or increase the domain size.

Combo Pad mode

Combo Pad Mode allows you select two Pad modes, per set of pads on either side of the controller, for the first 4 Performance Pad modes.
To enter Combo Pad mode, hold down one of the Pad mode buttons and then select a secondary Pad mode button. The Pad mode Button that was first pressed and held will be assigned to pads 1 to 4 (the top row of pads).
The Pad mode Button that was selected Second will be assigned to pads 5-8 (the bottom row of pads).
To exit Combo Pad mode, press any single Pad mode button again.

Stem Split mode

Stem Split mode allows you to quickly split Stems across multiple channels in order to create new and exciting routines and possibilities in Serato DJ Pro.

To use Stem Split mode follow the steps below, which gives the example of decks 1 & 3, although the steps can also be substituted with decks 2 & 4:

1. Load and play a track on deck 1

2. Press the STEM SPLIT button – it will:
   Instant double the track to the inactive deck on the same side ie, deck 3.
   The vocal stem will be playing on deck 1, the instrumental will be playing on deck 3.

3. Now that stem split is active:
   All transport controls will be shared across deck 1 and 3
   The vocal and instrumental stems will have separate mixer channels so you can adjust levels and apply FX independently

4. To exit Stem Split press a deck layer button to regain control of that specific layer or press the STEM SPLIT button again to return the song to its state at step 1.

• Deck 1/deck 2 are always used for the Vocal stem.
• Deck 3/deck 4 are always used for the Instrumental stems.
• If using Serato DVS, decks will automatically change to INT mode.
• Stems pad mode & Stem Tab pads only apply to the decks outlined above.
• Stems level controls not available when Stem Split mode is used & will revert to default EQ control if toggled during use.

Pitch Play

Holding SHIFT and pressing the HOT CUE performance pad mode button on the RANE PERFORMER will enable Pitch Play mode. In this mode you an play Cue Points over variable pitch ranges.
There are 3 key ranges to choose from. The following tables show pitched key ranges (in Semitones) while using the 8 performance pads in Pitch Play mode. To toggle between key ranges press the Parameter left & right buttons.
The root key pad (0) is always lit white, which will play the cue point at it’s regular pitch.
Pressing Parameter left & right while holding SHIFT will shift up or down a single semitone.
In Pitch Play mode, pressing a pad will pitch the currently selected cue point up or down the following ranges:

Up Range: (Up 7 Semi tones)

Middle Range: (Up 3/Down 4 Semi tones

Down Range: (Down 7 Semi tones)

When Pitch Play mode is first enabled, the middle range is selected. If a new track is loaded, key mode will default to middle range.
PITCH PLAY can only pitch one Cue point at a time. To change the selected Cue, hold the SHIFT button and press a performance pad where the cue point you want to select would be (as shown in the CUES performance pad mode).
While holding SHIFT, press the corresponding performance pad for:

The selected cue point defaults to Cue Point 1 on track load, even if instant doubled. If a pad with no cue point is selected, then a new cue point will be created. Deleting a cue point however, is not possible in PITCH PLAY mode. Range is remembered if user goes to another pad mode, then back to key mode. If a new track is loaded, key mode will default to middle range.

NOTE: Pitch Play mode is available once the Pitch ‘n Time DJ Expansion Pack has been activated in the Expansions window, under the My Account drop- down. Make sure “Enable Pitch ‘n Time DJ” is then checked in the Expansion Pack tab of the SETUP screen.

You can find out more about Pitch ‘n Time DJ, here.

MAIN-FX

Serato software FX and RANE hardware FX are available on the RANE PERFORMER.
The information below will focus on Serato software FX, as RANE hardware FX information can be found in RANE support documentation.
Click the FX button to open the FX panel in Serato DJ Pro. Select either 1, 2, or M to assign the selected effect bank to a deck or the master output.

There are two available modes with Serato software FX. Single FX Mode allows you to select one effect per FX bank, and has multiple parameters that can be adjusted. Multi FX Mode allows you to select up to three effects per FX bank, and adjust only one parameter, the FX Depth. The same effects available in Single FX mode are available in Multi FX mode, as well some additional presets.
You can select between the two FX modes by clicking either the Single FX mode button or Multi FX mode button

(hold while turning FX SELECT knob to cycle FX)
RECYCLER| –| Arm FX Slot 2 (hold while turning FX SELECT knob to cycle FX)
SCALE DN| –| Arm FX Slot 3 (hold while turning FX SELECT knob to cycle FX)
FX DISPLAY| Displays FX information| Displays FX information
RISER| –| Arm FX Slot 4 (hold while turning FX SELECT knob to cycle FX)
MATRIX| –| Arm FX Slot 5 (hold while turning FX SELECT knob to cycle FX)
ECHO OUT| –| Arm FX Slot 6 (hold while turning FX SELECT knob to cycle FX)
BEAT / BPM| Increase Beats multiplier (Up/Down) or Adjust BPM value (Left/Right)
Hold SHIFT while moving joystick from centre to left or right to copy FX BPM from the opposite deck| Increase Beats multiplier (Up/Down) or Adjust BPM value (Left/Right)
Hold SHIFT while moving joystick from centre to left or right to copy FX BPM from the opposite deck
TAP| Tap FX BPM Tempo| Tap FX BPM Tempo
FX ON| Push up to turn on and lock armed FX / Push down to momentarily turn on armed FX| Push up to turn on and lock armed FX / Push down to momentarily turn on armed FX
DEPTH| Increase FX level/depth| Increase FX level/depth (all slots)
FX ASSIGN (CH 1/3 & 2/4)| Press to assign channel FX unit per side| Press to assign channel FX unit per side
HW / SW FX| Toggle between software FX (Serato) & hardware FX (RANE)| Toggle between software FX (Serato) & hardware FX (RANE)
PARAMETER / FX SELECT| Turn while holding ECHO (ARM FX) button to cycle FX| Turn while holding respective (ARM FX) button to cycle FX

MIDI

The MIDI feature in Serato DJ Pro provides the ability to remap Serato DJ Pro software functions to your primary Serato controller, interface or mixer. You can also assign controls to a secondary MIDI controller to further enhance your performance.
For more information on MIDI mapping with Serato DJ Pro click here

To remap your supported Serato device, open the SETUP screen and click the MIDI tab. If your Serato device supports hardware remapping, it will show up in the MIDI Devices list at the top.
Select your connected device from the MIDI Devices list and make sure the “Allow Serato Hardware Remapping” option is checked.

Once checked, the MIDI assign button at the top of the screen will become available for you to start remapping.
You can save, edit or delete MIDI presets in the MIDI tab of the SETUP screen. Clicking ‘Restore Defaults’ will erase any custom mappings for all connected devices and revert their functions back to default.

Beat Jump

To activate Beat Jump, open the Setup screen and under the DJ preferences tab turn on “Show Beat Jump Controls”.

When you close the Setup screen you will see Beat Jump controls underneath the existing Auto Loop values on each deck. Checking this box will turn on Beat Jump features in the deck area and let you control Beat Jump from on your supported Serato DJ Pro hardware.

When the Beat Jump option is enabled, performance pad modes AUTO LOOP or ROLL mode (where applicable) will use the bottom row of 4 pads (pads 5-8) as Beat Jump controls. This is designed to mirror the change in deck Auto Loop area (from 8 Auto Loop sizes to 4 Auto Loop sizes + Beat Jump controls).

DVS

The RANE PERFORMER is ‘paid upgrade to Serato DVS hardware’ device, meaning it requires activation of a Serato DVS license to allow you to use turntables, media players or CD players to control Serato DJ Pro using NoiseMap™ Control Tone.

NOTE: Serato DVS is available once the Serato DVS expansion pack has been activated in the Expansions window, under the My Account drop-down. Make sure Vinyl / CDJ Control is then checked in the Expansion Packs tab of the Setup screen.

You can find out more and purchase DVS, by visiting our website here.

Help

Show Tooltips
Click on the button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then to enable tooltips. Tool tips provide a handy way to learn the various features of Serato DJ Pro. Move the mouse over a section of the screen to bring up a context sensitive tool tip.

Watch Tutorials
Click on the button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then to launch your default internet browser and watch tutorials, to help you get familiar with Serato DJ Pro.

Get Support
Click on the button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then to launch your default internet browser and navigate to the Serato DJ Pro knowledge base, where you can find helpful articles and guides on Serato DJ Pro. Alternatively, type in the box, with keywords, to search the Serato DJ Pro knowledge base for specific, related topics.

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