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Scratch Live was first released in 2004. Since then eight major point updates to the software have been released, with minor releases in between. Serato makes the updates freely available for anyone to download from their website. The software however cannot be used to its full potential without one of the Scratch Live specific hardware interfaces connected, which act as a dongle.
When no interface is connected, the program loads but only a limited playback interface is available (versions 1.8.0 and above only). Users can listen to their songs, which play through the computer's default soundcard, add cue points, loop points and build overviews of songs in their library in this mode. However this "off-line" player is limited to one deck only and no pitch control, so there is no way to "mix" two songs. The current version of Scratch Live is 1.8.2. New features include:
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