American Audio CDI-100 CD Player User Manual


 
will allow the least amount of pitch manipulation
and 16% will allow the most amount of pitch
manipulation.
6. PITCH PERCENTAGE SELECTOR - Press
this button to select pitch range percentages
of 4%, 8%, and 16%. See adjusting the PITCH
SLIDER'S RANGE on page 20.
7. RELOOP BUTTON - If a LOOP has been
made (see setting a LOOP on page 17), but the
CD Player is not actively in LOOP mode (a loop
is not playing), pressing the RELOOP BUTTON
will instantly reactivate the LOOP mode. To exit
the loop, press the OUT BUTTON (10)
. LOOP
and RELOOP will appear in the LCD DISPLAY (1)
when the RELOOP function is available.
8. (+) PITCH BEND BUTTON - The (+) pitch
bend function creates a momentary “BUMP” in
the CD’s BPM’s (Beats per minute) while it is
playing. This will allow you to match the beats
between two playing CD’s or any other music
source. Remember, this is a momentary function.
When you remove your finger from this button,
the BPM’s will automatically return to PITCH
SLIDERS (4) selected pitch. Holding down this
button will give a maximum of +16% pitch.
(-) PITCH BEND BUTTON - The (-) pitch bend
function creates a momentary “Slow Down” in the
CD’s BPM’s (Beats per minute) while it is playing.
This will allow you to match the beats between
two playing CD’s or other playing music source.
Remember, this is a momentary function. When
you remove your finger from the pitch button, the
BPM’s will automatically return to
PITCH SLID-
ERS (4)
pitch value. Holding down this button will
give a maximum of -16% pitch. Use this function
to slow to another playing music source. Be sure
to notice that this function is a momentary pitch
adjustment, for a more precise adjustment use
the PITCH SLIDER (4) to match the BPM’s with
another playing music source.
9. JOG WHEEL/EFFECTS PLATTER - This
wheel has two functions;
A. The jog wheel will act as a frame search con-
trol when the CD is in pause or cue mode,
allowing you to set a cue point.
B. The wheel also works as a pitch bend during
Playback. Turning the wheel clockwise will
increase the pitch percentage up to 100%,
and turning the wheel in the counter-clock-
wise direction will decrease the pitch per-
centage down to
-100%. The pitch bend will
be
determined on how long you turn the jog
wheel continuously.
10. OUT BUTTON - This button is used to set
the ending point of a loop. A loop is started by
pressing the
IN BUTTON, and pressing the OUT
BUTTON to set the loop ending point. The loop
will continue to play until the OUT BUTTON
is
pressed once again.
IN BUTTON - “CUE ON THE FLY” - This
function allows you to set a CUE POINT (see
CUE POINT page 16) without music interruption
(“on the fly”). This button also sets the starting
point of a loop (see LOOP).
11. PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON - Each press of the
PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON causes the operation to
change from play to pause or from pause to play.
While in play mode the green play LED will glow,
and while in pause mode the green play LED will
flash.
12. CUE - Pressing the CUE button during play-
back immediately pauses playback and returns
the track to the last set cue point (see setting a
CUE POINT, page 16). The red CUE LED will glow
when the unit is in cue mode The LED will also
flash every time a new CUE POINT is set.
The
CUE button can be held down to momentarily
play the CD. When you release the CUE button it
instantly returns to the CUE POINT.
13. +10 TRACK SKIP - This button allows you
to skip ahead by 10 tracks. Example: if you are
at Track #1, pressing this button will skip you to
Track #11, press the button again, it will skip to
Track #21. If there are not that many tracks, it will
go back to Track #1.
14. SEARCH BUTTONS -
This search button allows you to quick
-
ly scan backwards through a track.
This search button allows you to quick
-
ly scan forwards through a track.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.)
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