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and stay lit, the red Memory Cue LED will shut off.
• Repeat the above steps to store up to 6 Cue Points on each CD.
• Once all your six (6) cue points have been stored you must have the same CD in the tray to Play them.
• You may now instantly start from one of six (6) cue point without any interruption of music while the CD is playing.
• When a cue has been set in one the six (6) CUE BUTTONS (4) that particular button’s red LED will turn on. This
indicates that a cue has been stored into that button’s memory.
• Remember that either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE LOOP can be stored into a CUE BUTTON (4), not both.
When it’s a Cue point the Button will light up, when it’s a Sampled Loop the LCD screen will show the number 1-6.
16. RESTORE CUE, Sampled Loop MEMORY FUNCTION:
• DCD Pro 500 is capable of storing up to 6 programmable cue points (starting track points), per disk.
• A maximum of 40 cue points can be stored into each side.
• 40 Sampled loops or cue points memories can be stored in any combination per a CD drive. A total of 80
sampled loops or cue points may be stored into the DCD Pro 500 totally.
• To recall these points when a disk has been removed:
(1) When the DCD Pro 500 is on, open the transport tray you will be working with.
(2) Place the CD that has the stored cue points you want to recall onto the CD tray. Do not close the CD tray!
Make sure you put the same CD on the same side you first stored the memories.
(3) With the CD tray open, push the MEMORY CUE BUTTON (3).”LED will Light”
(4) Close the CD tray
(5) “Store” should flash in the LCD DISPLAY (27).
(6) The LCD display will now indicate the samples or Cue points programmed into the disk on 1-6 Cue buttons by
lighting for Cue points or display on the LCD screen for Sampled Loops.
17. USE NUMBER KEY:
• These buttons allow for Direct Track Access - This means you can jump directly to a track without using the TRACK
BUTTONS (16 & 19).
• To use these keys press either the WHITE BUTTON DISK 1 (22) or the WHITE BUTTON DISK 2 (24), to choose the
disk you want to work with.
• After you have selected the disk you want to work with type in the number to the track you wish to jump to.
• The track number you typed in should appear in the LCD DISPLAY (27) in the TRACK SECTION (43).
• Pressing the PLAY BUTTON (25) will start from the track that appears in the TRACK SECTION (43) of the LCD
DISPLAY (27).
18. SET “GO TO TIME” FUNCTION:
• This function works similar to Direct Track Access (see using number keys above), but instead of jumping to a specific
track this function allows you to jump to a specific minute.
This function is great when using CDR’s or any CD with no index of tracks.
• To jump to specific time in the CD, the CD can be in pause, CUE or PLAY mode.
• Press and hold the TIME BUTTON (9) for more than two seconds. This will activate the “Go To Time” function.
• Using the NUMBER KEYS (23) in center of the control unit, type in the minute that you would like to start from.
• The CD will track to your specified time.
• You may now press the PLAY BUTTON (25) to start from your specified time.
• Note: After activating the “Go To Time” function you have three (3) seconds to type in a specified time or the function
will be cancelled.
19. Using the Built In Sampler
• You may program a loop/sample up to 2.6 seconds in length.
• Setting and recording samples or loops:
1. Initialize a loop (see looping page 10).
2. Press the MEMORY CUE BUTTON (3). The Memory Cue Button Red LED will turn on.
3. Select one of the six (6) CUE BUTTONS (4) you wish to store your loop in and press that button. The Memory
Cue Red LED will turn off and your selected LED SCREEN (PAGE 8) will indicate your loop has been stored .
4. The LCD DISPLAY (27) will now indicate a LOOP NUMBER 1~6 (41) that corresponds with the CUE BUTTON
(4) you selected in the previous step. This number indicates which CUE BUTTON (4) stored the loop you just
programmed.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.)
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