User manual AMERICAN AUDIO PRO SCRATCH 1

[. . . ] Featuring: Sampling FLIPFLOP © American DJ® AUDIO Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA · www. americandj. com IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEMS FOR U. S. A. & CANADA MODEL ONLY WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS CD PLAYER TO WATER OR MOISTURE NOTE: This CD player uses a semiconductor laser. It is recommended for use in a room at the following temperature: 41°F - 95°F / 5°C - 35°C CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT USE THIS (POLARIZED) PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD, RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES CAN BE CAREFULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE CAUTION: 1. Do not damage or deform; it may cause electric shock or malfunction when used. [. . . ] You may store a maximum of three cue points per a disc and maximum of 384 cue points can saved in unit's memory. The MEMORY BUCKET (53) on the LCD DISPLAY (1) will approximate the available memory. To Store a cue point: 1) Press the MEMORY CUE BUTTON (12), as in Figure 17. The red Memory Cue LED will glow indicating memory is ready to be stored. You may now press any one of the three FLASH BUTTONS (6) to store your cue point into memory (Figure 18). After pressing one of the FLASH BUTTONS (6), the corresponding Flash Button LED will flash briefly. The LED will remain lit indicating either a sample or cue point is stored in memory. The red Memory Cue LED will now shut off. Figure 17 Figure 18 2) Repeat the above steps to store up to three Cue Points. Once all your three cue points have been stored you may access them at any time. Please note in order to access these cue point, the disc used to create the cue points must be in the drive. 10. CREATING AND PLAYING A SEAMLESS LOOP A seamless loop is a sound loop that plays continuously without sound interruption. This loop has no time limit and you could actually loop the entire length of disc. You create a seamless loop between two continuous points of a disc. 1) Press PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (15) to activate playback mode 2) Press the IN BUTTON (12). The IN BUTTON (12) LED will light. Figure 20 Figure 19 American DJ® AUDIO · Pro Scratch 1TM INSTRUCTION MANUAL · PAGE 13 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT. ) 3) Press the OUT BUTTON (18) to set the ending point for your SEAMLESS LOOP (Figure 13). The IN BUTTON (12) and OUT BUTTON (18) LEDs will begin to flash indicating SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated. LOOP INDICATORS - During a seamless loop, the LOOP (44) and RELOOP (45) INDICATORS will light in the LCD DISPLAY (1) indication a loop is active. Figure 21 EXITING A LOOP - To exit a SEAMLESS LOOP, press the OUT BUTTON (18). The IN BUTTON (12) and OUT BUTTON (18) LEDs will remain on, but will stop flashing. The IN BUTTON (12) and OUT BUTTON (18) LEDs will remain on to remind you that a loop is stored in memory. Figure 22 REPLAY LOOP - The RELOOP (19) function allows you to return to your stored loop at any time. The IN BUTTON (12) and OUT BUTTON (18) LEDs will indicate a loop is stored in memory, and may be played at any time. The IN BUTTON (12) and OUT BUTTON (18) LEDs will again begin to flash indicating SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated (Figure 14) and your stored loop will immediately begin to play. Figure 23 11. EDITING A LOOP: Please note you can only edit the ending point of the loop. Before you can edit your seamless loop you obviously must first have created a seamless loop to edit. If you haven't created a SEAMLESS LOOP, follow the instructions in step 10. [. . . ] The effect will play out according to its parameters and then resume normal playback. The procedure below list the steps to activate the FX Mix - BOP Control. In the following example we will you the SKID effect. STEP ONE: Be sure you are in continuous play mode, and a track is playing. By pressing down the SKID/COAST BUTTON (5) until it begins to glow as in figure 57. Figure 57 STEP TWO: Select the FX MIX BUTTON (11) to activate the FX Mix Mode as in figure 58. Figure 58 STEP THREE: To initiate the FX BOP Function, tap the BOP/ENTER BUTTON (20). [. . . ]