American Audio DCD-PRO1000 Stereo Amplifier User Manual


 
This button allows you to override the internal
beat clock and manually set a tracks BPMs.
To manual set the BPMs; tap this button a few
times to a tracks heavy down beat, the unit will
automatically calculate your tapping and trans
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late it into a tracks BPMs. The BPM READOUT
is then displayed in the LCD (34). To return to the
automatic BPM counter, press and hold down
the BPM BUTTON (28) for at least 1 second and
then release.
20. JOG WHEEL/EFFECTS PLATTER -
This
wheel has three 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-clockwise
direction will decrease the pitch percentage
down to
-100%. The pitch bend will be deter-
mined on how long you turn the jog wheel
continuously.
C. The jog wheel will also control the bop func-
tion and a speed effect when the jog wheel
effect function is activated, see page 32.
21. TIME MODE - The TIME button will switch the
time value described in the TIME METER
between
ELAPSED PLAYING TIME, TRACK
REMAINING
TIME, and TOTAL REMAINING TIME.
22. SGL/CTN - This function allows you to
choose between single track play or continuous
track play (all tracks in order). This function also
operates in
PROGRAM and FLIP FLOP modes.
23. RELOOP BUTTON - If a SEAMLESS LOOP
has been made (see setting a SEAMLESS LOOP
on page 17), but the CD Player is not actively in
SEAMLESS LOOP mode (a loop is not playing),
pressing the RELOOP BUTTON will instantly
reactivate the SEAMLESS LOOP mode. To exit
loop, press the OUT BUTTON (24)
. LOOP and
RELOOP will appear in the LCD DISPLAY (34)
when the RELOOP function is available.
24. OUT BUTTON - This button is used to set
the ending point of a loop. A loop is started by
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.)
pressing the IN BUTTON (25), pressing the OUT
BUTTON set the loop ending point. The loop
will continue to play until the OUT BUTTON
is
pressed once again.
25. LOOP IN BUTTON -
“CUE ON THE FLY” -
This function allows you to set a CUE POINT (see
CUE POINT page 18) without music interruption
(“on the fly”). This button also sets the start
-
ing point of a seamless loop (see SEAMLESS
LOOP).
26. (-) 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 but
-
ton, the BPM’s will automatically return to
PITCH
SLIDERS (18)
pitch value Holding down this but-
ton will give a maximum of -100% 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 (18) to match
the BPM’s with another playing music source.
(+) PITCH BEND BUTTON - The (+) pitch bend
function creates a momentary “BUMP” in the
CD’s BPM’s (Beats per minute) while it is play
-
ing. 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 (18) selected pitch. Holding down this
button will give a maximum of +100% pitch.
27. PITCH PERCENTAGE SELECTOR- Choose
from pitch percentages of 4%, 8%, 16%, and
100%. See page 28 for more details.
28. BPM BUTTON - The BPM button is used
to toggle between two readouts in the LCD (34).
When the BPM function is activated, the LCD
(34) will display a BPM meter. The BPM meter
will automatically and accurately detail a tracks
beats per a minute (BPM). When this function
is not active the LCD will display the amount of
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