I put this on the thread "THE NEW TTM MIXER IS HERE !!!!". But if you don't feel like reading over 2000 posts just to get to it, I will copy and paste.
I have a 68 and I'm getting a 62. All I need is a button for the playing deck to go to the first sampler for 3 deck mixing. You still have to do this by dragging the current deck to a sampler (LAME).
*68 Cue button are hard plastic, hard to engage, stop working and have a long distance before it hits the switch. 62 Cue buttons are still hard, but the distance is short and the switch underneath is different and centered.
*The effect on the 62 are better. For instance, they are more customizable like infinite echo.
*The 62 has better and bigger knobs for scrolling, loops and selection. (Some 1st gen 68 knobs had to be replaced)
*The 62 layout is centered for performance DJs and the upfaders are not stuck right next to each other. Plus the upfaders are magnetic.
*The 62 has MIDI Clock Send and Receive for accurate BPM effects in a program like Ableton Live.
*The 62 has a better Effects Display Screen
*Both headphones jacks on the 62 have been optimized for headphones with a short tip. The 68 can lose contact after a few months.
*The 68 doesn't have a AUX channel for SP6. But it does have 4 channels to route it.
*The 68 does not have a cue/sample button to engage the Samples instantly.
*The 68 has 4 other MIDI pages. Shift + Cue 2 goes into a different MIDI page.
*The 68 doesn't have PAN per channel, only one for pre Master out.
*The 68 offers MATRIX. Same output for 2 channels.
*The 68 has FLEX FX MIX on the front of the mixer. It's almost not needed because you will rarely overdrive the master. Echo might?
*The 68 has 2 mics with PAN. One with Phantom Power. Great for studio work.
*The 62 has ducking (OVER)
*The 68 has Beat Divide Multiply. The 62 has a Joystick (which I prefer)
*The 62 has separate Contour Controls for the upfaders
*The 68 has Crossfader A, B and POST. The 62 has REVERSE.
*The 68 has
4 DIGITAL INPUTS which I use. The 62 does not.
*The 62 ground screws will never come off when loosening.
*The 62 USB A/B can be controlled via hardware. On the 68, you have to click with a mouse to give the decks to another laptop.
*The 62 has hardware SP6 assign for USB 1 and USB 2.
I'm sure there is more, this is just off the top of my head. Remember, I did the interpretation of the previous leaked picture.
www.poweronplay.com
The rest is taken from Trevor at RANE.
The effects section is the same layout, feel, and selection on both mixers, but the effects themselves have been improved. We have also added the ability to customize a lot of the effects. You can adjust:
-The sweeping filter type (High Pass with High sync, Low pass with low sync, etc)
-Flanger type
-Echo type (Hold echo, Classic Echo, Hold echo with a low cut, etc)
-Filter resonance (Slider adjustment, so you can dial it in to what you like)
On Sixty-Eight you could adjust resonance to High or Low, now you can pick any resonance value.
The MIDI clock allows you to follow the BPM of non Serato software, to allow non Serato software to follow the mixer, and to link between computers.
Let's say we are using Scratch Live on USB port A. We have some other DAW on another computer plugged into USB port B. We have audio on both decks coming from Scratch Live, and some other audio coming from port B on the Aux. The mixer follows the Scratch Live BPM (port A) automatically, and sends that out port B to the other DAW. All we have to do is have that DAW follow the MIDI Clock coming from the mixer, and that audio on the Aux (effects, or warped audio, or whatever) is now at same BPM as the mixer's effects and the audio coming from Scratch Live. We could do same thing with effects on USB Insert into the effects engine.
These are just a couple examples, it's really a pretty powerful feature and you can do a lot of cool things with it.
As far as the Bridge goes, MIDI Beat Clock is not a replacement for the Bridge. The MIDI Beat Clock doesn't allow you to control sets, effects, loops, etc inside Ableton from Scratch Live like the Bridge does. This is purely for tempo.
See above for a rough run down. Also check out the comparison chart:
rane.com
If that doesn't help answer your question, let me know.
