Setup
Licensing & software
This is a Serato DJ Pro hardware unlocked device, meaning it unlocks Serato DJ Pro when connected.
It is also a paid upgrade to Serato DVS device, meaning it requires the purchase & activation of a Serato DVS license, in order to use Serato DVS functionality.
Please ensure you have the latest version of Serato DJ Pro installed:
Drivers & firmware
The RANE FOUR is class-compliant on macOS but requires manufacturer-specific drivers when used with
Windows operating systems.
It's recommended that the bundled utility be installed on both operating systems.
Regardless of your operating system, download and install the latest version of Serato DJ Pro, then
connect your RANE FOUR with a USB cable to your computer, and when prompted, click the Install Driver pop-up.
Installing the latest firmware for your RANE FOUR is also strongly recommended. You can download and install both the driver & utility or firmware from RANE’s website.
Overview
| # | FOUR CONTROL | FUNCTION |
| 1 | POWER | Press to turn the device on/off |
| 2 | AC IN | Connect the supplied power cable |
| 3 | USB A / B | Connect a USB cable to computer A or B |
| 4 | MAIN OUT / BOOTH / ZONE |
Connect master output via XLR, RCA, or booth output via TRS |
| 5 | LINE / PHONO | Toggle channel input for phono or line-level device |
| 6 | CH 3 / CH 4 | Connect phono or line input device |
| 7 | PHONO GROUND | Connect grounding wire from phono input device |
| 8 | MIC 1 / MIC 2 | Connect microphone input via XLR or TRS |
| 9 | MIC 2 (SECTION) | Toggle microphone 2 on, adjust level & high/low EQ |
| 10 | CROSSFADER ASSIGN | Assign crossfader per channel |
| 11 | CROSSFADER CONTOUR |
Adjust crossfader contour |
| 12 | HEADPHONES (SECTION) | Adjust mix, level, split cue or connect headphones |
| # | FOUR CONTROL | FUNCTION |
SHIFT |
| 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 channels 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 | - |
| 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 the Library & Crate area | Add selected track to Prepare crate |
| 14 | SCROLL/LOAD |
Turn to scroll library. Press in to load the selected track to the Active deck. Double press in to Instant Double selected track |
Fast library scroll |
| 15 | STEM-SPLIT |
Enter Stem Split mode |
- |
| 16 | DECK LAYER 1/2 | Press to toggle the specified deck layer as Active Deck | - |
| 17 | DECK LAYER 3/4 | Press to toggle the 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 (Loop Active) |
| 24 | X1/2 | Halve active Loop |
Set Loop In point Edit Loop In point (Loop Active) |
| 25 | PERFORMANCE PAD (SECTION) | SEE PERFORMANCE PADS FOR MORE INFORMATION | - |
| 26 | MAIN FX (SECTION) |
Control Serato software or RANE hardware FX |
- |
| 27 | CHANNEL FADER | Adjust channel volume (per channel) | Channel fader start (per channel) |
| 28 | CROSSFADER | Crossfade audio between channels | Crossfader start |
| 29 | CUE (SECTION) | Toggle per channel cue for PFL monitoring | - |
| 30 | INSTRUMENTAL |
Toggle Instrumental stems on to quickly isolate instruments in playing track |
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 |
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) control for use in Performance Pad mode |
| 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 FOUR 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.
The modes consist of:
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 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 the right starts your Flip. Holding SHIFT, left is Flip Loop and right is Flip on/off.
ROLL mode: Holding Pads 1-8 activates 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: 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: 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. **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 the deck, allowing you to quickly load useful Scratch samples.
Click the Scratch Banks panel toggle button (pictured below) in the top left-hand corner of the Serato DJ Pro user interface to reveal the Scratch Banks panel.
Here you can click and drag tracks into slots in the Scratch Banks panel, adjust preferences that are remembered when the respective Pad is triggered and loaded to a deck, and eject tracks. You can reveal those preferences (such as start point, Key lock on/off, and Repeat on/off) by toggling between Advanced and Simple view in the Scratch Banks panel, by clicking the toggle button (pictured below).
The left set of pads will load Scratch Bank assigned tracks to Deck 1, and the right set of pads will load assigned tracks to Deck 2. Holding SHIFT on your device, while pressing an assigned/loaded Pad, will reload the previously loaded track to the relevant 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 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 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:
- Load and play a track on deck 1
- Press the STEM SPLIT button - it will:
- Instant double the track to the inactive deck on the same side i.e, deck 3.
- The vocal stem will be playing on deck 1, and the instrumental will be playing on deck 3.
- Now that stem split is active:
- All transport controls will be shared across decks 1 and 3
- The vocal and instrumental stems will have separate mixer channels so you can adjust levels and apply FX independently
- 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.
DJ-FX
The FX panel button is displayed in the top left area of the main Serato DJ Pro screen, click on this to toggle the DJ-FX panel.
With the DJ-FX panel open, you have control of two DJ-FX units, and if your hardware supports it, Channel FX, which can be applied to tracks played through your connected Serato DJ-hardware.
Both DJ-FX & Channel FX can be controlled with your mouse, by using dedicated controls on your hardware (where available), or by MIDI mapping controls to the respective software functions.
Learn more about how to use DJ-FX & Channel FX:
Serato software FX and RANE hardware FX are avaialble on the RANE FOUR. The information in this section will focus on Serato software FX, as RANE hardware FX information can be found in RANE support documentation.
| FOUR CONTROL |
MULTI FX MODE |
| ECHO | Arm FX Slot 1 (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 |
| 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) Adjust BPM value (Left/Right) |
| TAP | Tap FX BPM Tempo |
| FX ON | Push up to turn on and lock armed FX Push down to momentarily turn on armed FX |
| DEPTH | Increase FX level/depth (all slots) |
| FX ASSIGN (CH 1/3 & 2/4) |
Press to assign channel FX unit per side |
| HW/SW FX | Toggle between software FX (Serato) & hardware FX (RANE) |
| PARAMETER/FX SELECT | Turn while holding the respective (ARM FX) button to cycle FX |
Pitch Play
There are 3 key ranges to choose from, and the following tables show the pitched key ranges (in Semitones) while using the 8 performance pads in Pitch Play mode.
The root keypad (0) is always lit white, which will play the cue point at its regular pitch.
Use the Parameter Left & Right buttons to move the Key Range up or down.
In Pitch Play mode, pressing a pad will pitch the currently selected cue point up or down the following ranges:
Up Range: (Up 7 Semitones)
| +4 | +5 | +6 | +7 |
| 0 | +1 | +2 | +3 |
Middle Range: (Up 3/Down 4 Semitones)
| 0 | +1 | +2 | +3 |
| -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 |
Down Range: (Down 7 Semitones)
| -3 | -2 | -1 | 0 |
| -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 |
When Pitch Play mode is first enabled, the middle range is selected. Pitch Play mode will default back to the middle range if a new track is loaded. The selected range is recalled if another pad mode is selected, then
the user switches back to Pitch Play mode.
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 HOT CUE performance pad mode).
While holding SHIFT, press the corresponding performance pad for:
| Cue 1 | Cue 2 | Cue 3 | Cue 4 |
| Cue 5 | Cue 6 | Cue 7 | Cue 8 |
The selected cue point defaults to Cue Point 1 on track load, even if instant doubled. A new cue point will be created if a pad with no cue point is selected. Deleting a cue point is not possible in Pitch Play mode.
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. Then ensure Pitch 'n Time DJ is checked in the Expansion Pack tab of the Setup screen.
MIDI
The MIDI feature in Serato DJ Pro allows you 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 appear in the MIDI DEVICES list.
Select your connected device from the MIDI DEVICES list and check the Allow Serato Hardware Remapping option.
Once checked, the MIDI assign button at the top of the main Serato DJ Pro interface 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, navigate to the DJ preferences tab and 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 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 the deck Auto Loop area (from 8 Auto Loop sizes to 4 Auto Loop sizes + Beat Jump controls).
DVS
When a Serato DVS license is purchased and activated, this paid upgrade to Serato DVS device allows you to use connected turntables, media players or CD players to control Serato DJ Pro using NoiseMap™ Control Tone.
NOTE: Serato DVS is only 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.
Find our more about Serato DVS:
Help
Show Tooltips
Click on the Help button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then Show Tooltips to enable Tooltips. Tooltips provide a handy way to learn the various features of Serato DJ Pro.
Move the mouse over a section of the software to bring up a context-sensitive tooltip that describes the feature.
Click on the Help button again to turn off Tooltips.
Show Shortcut Keys
Click on the Help button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then click Show Shortcut Keys to launch a pop-up window displaying shortcut keyboard combinations.
These shortcuts can help you perform various actions quickly, such as triggering specific deck functions, controlling playback, or navigating the library.
Watch Tutorials
Click on the Help button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then Watch Tutorials to launch
your default internet browser and watch tutorials to help you get familiar with Serato DJ Pro.
Get Support
Click on the Help button in the upper right-hand corner of Serato DJ Pro, then Get Support 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 keywords in the Search Help box to search the Serato DJ Pro knowledge base for specific, related topics.