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16. MEMORY BUTTON - This button allows you
to program up to three (3) cue points or three
(3) samples in to the three
BANK BUTTONS
(12). The samples or cue points can then be
recalled at any time even when the disc has
been removed and replaced at a later time. See
System Memory on page 24.
17. 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.
18. SAMPLER BUTTON - This is used to acti-
vate the sampler function. When this function is
activated a created sample will play in a continu
-
ous loop mode.
19. EFFECTS AND HOLD BUTTON -
SCRATCH/SKID BUTTON - This button is
used to activate and deactivate either the
Scratch or Skid effect. See built-in effects on
page 29.
FILTER/PHASE BUTTON - This button is
used to activate and deactivate either the
Filter or Phase effect. See built-in effects on
page 30.
HOLD BUTTON - This button allows you to
set and lock any new parameters you set to
the effects. The button LED will glow red
when the hold function is activated. If the
hold function is not selected any changes to
the effect parameters will be momentary.
ECHO/FLANGER EFFECT - This button is
used to activate and deactivate either the
Echo or Flanger effect. See built-in
effects on page 30.
TRANS/PAN EFFECT - This button is used
to activate and deactivate either the Trans
or Pan effect. See built-in effects on page
31.
20. 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 18). The blue CUE BUTTON
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.)
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.
You can also tap the CUE button to create a BOP
EFFECT (for definition of BOP EFFECT, see page
24).
21. FX SEL. (SELECT) BUTTON - The effects
are located on two different layers. This but
-
ton allows you to select an effect on a different
layer.
22. RELOOP BUTTON - If a SEAMLESS LOOP
has been made (see setting a SEAMLESS LOOP
on page 19), 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
the loop, press the OUT BUTTON (24)
. LOOP
and RELOOP will appear in the LCD DISPLAY
(30) when the RELOOP function is available.
23. PARAMETER/FOLDER BUTTON -
Use this
button to switch between the Parameter
func-
tion, or the Folders and Tracks on a Mp3 disc.
(1). Parameters - When the Parameter LED is lit,
you are able to adjust the time value and ratio
value, by turning their designated knobs.
(2). Folders - When the Folder LED is lit, you may
sear ch through the music folders and tracks on a
Mp3 disc by turning their designated k
nobs.
24. OUT BUTTON - This button is used to set
the ending point of a loop. A loop is started by
pressing the IN BUTTON (26),
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.
25 . PARAMETER RATIO/T
RACK SEARCH
KNOB - This knob is used to either adjust the
parameter ratio value or search through the
tracks on a cd or Mp3 disc.
26. SEAMLESS 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 starting point of a seamless loop (see
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SEAMLESS LOOP).
27. TRACK BUTTON - This button is
used to select a track. Tapping this button will
for ward skip to the next track, holding down
this button will rapidly forward skip through the
tracks.
TRACK BUTTON - This button is
used to select a track. Tapping this button will
back skip on track, holding down this button will
rapidly BACK SKIP through the tracks.
28. SEARCH KNOB - This knob has four forward
and four reverse speed positions allowing you
to quickly scan through tracks. The more you
turn the knob in either direction, the faster your
search.
29 . PARAMETER TIME/F OLDER SEARCH
KNOB - This knob is used to either adjust the
parameter time value or search through the fold
-
ers on a Mp3 disc.
30. LCD DISPLAY - This high quality LCD display
indicates all the functions, as they are occurring.
This display is viewable at several comfortable
angles (see page 8). The display ICONS will be
explained in the section D.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) ©American Audio® - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 13 Figure 5 Figure 4 B. REAR PANEL (FIGURE 4) 31. VOLTAGE SELECTOR - Because power sup- plies vary from location to location we have incorporated a selectable voltage switch. This switch can select a voltage input of 120v~60Hz or 230v~50Hz. Always disconnect the power plug before changing the voltage. DUAL VOL TAGE MODELS ONLY 32. POWER CONNECTOR - This connection is used to connect your main power. Be sure that your local power matches the unit’s required power. 33. POWER BUTTON - This button is used to turn your unit’s power on and off. 34. CUE MINI JACK - Connect the supplied mini-plug from CUE JACK on the rear of your unit to a compatible American Audio® mixer’s CONTROL out. This feature is only available on American Audio’s “Q” series mixers. 35. DIGITAL OUT - Use this connection to create near perfect copies of your disc to a Mini disc, CD-R, or any other digital recording device. 36. AUDIO OUT R & L - Audio out signals. Connect stereo RCA cable from AUDIO OUT to a mixer's LINE input. C. FRONT PANEL (FIGURE 5) 37. CD SLOT POWER INDICATOR - This is the main power LED. This extremely bright Indigo LED will also aid in locating the CD slot in dark and club situations. 31 37 3635343332
©American Audio® - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 14 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) D. LCD DISPLAY PANEL (FIGURE 6) 38. RELOOP INDICATOR - Appears when LOOP is engaged or ready to be engaged. 39. EFFECT INDICATOR - Appears when any effect is engaged. 40. POWER TOUCH SENSITIVE INDICATOR - Appears when anything touches the jog wheel. 41 . CD DIRECTION INDICATOR - Indicates the direction the CD is rotating. Counter-Clockwise rotation means the CD is playing in reverse. 42. PLAY/PAUSE INDICATOR - Either the play or pause indicator will glow depending which mode you are in. 43. CUE INDICATOR - This indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE mode and will flash every time a new CUE POINT is set. 44. MP3 INDICATOR - This will indicate that a Mp3 disc is loaded in the drive. 45 . PARAMETER/BPM INDICATOR - Indicates the BPM of a track, or the Parameter Time or Ratio percentage of a sample. 46. TIME BAR INDICATOR - This bar gives a visual approximation of a track's or disc's time This bar will begin to flash when a track is end - ing. The flashing bar is great reminder, that time is running out to get that next track ready to go. 47. TIME METERS - These indicators will detail the current Minutes, Seconds, and Frames. The meter will display either the elapse, total, or remaining time of a track or the entire disc. The display time will depend on the selected time function. The selected time function will be displayed above the TIME METER as either REMAINING TRACK TIME (48) OR ELAPSED TRACK NAME. 48. CHARACTER DISPLAY - This will display the name of the track and album when a Mp 3 disc is loaded. 49. TOTAL/REMAIN INDICATOR - When TOTAL is indicated in the LCD DISPLAY (30) the TIME DESCRIBED (47) in the LCD (30) will define the total disc remaining time. When REMAIN is indicated in the LCD DISPLAY (30) the TIME DESCRIBED (47) in the LCD will define the cur- rent track's remaining time. 50. TRACK/FOLDER DISPLAY - This indicator describes which track or folder is currently cued or is playing. 51.FOLDER/TRACK INDICATOR - This indicator shows you if you are looking at the track number or the folder number. . 52. CD INDICATOR - This will indicate a CD disc Figure 6 38 39 42 41 40 43 49 48 47 46 45 44 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 51
is loaded into the player. 53. PITCH INDICATOR - Indicator will light up when the Pitch is activated. 54. TEMPO LOCK - This will indicate the Tempo Lock function is active. 55. SINGLE INDICATOR - This indicates that the CD drive is in single play mode, the track will play once and return to CUE mode. If the single indicator is not on the unit is in continuous mode In continu - ous mode the drive will play all the remaining tracks on the disc. Once the remaining tracks have ended the unit will return to cue mode 56. AUTO BPM - This will indicate that the AUTO BPM counter is active. 57. AUTO CUE - This will indicate if the Auto Cue is on or off. Press and hold the SGL/CTN (10) for 1 sec. to turn the Auto Cue function on and off. 58. LOOP - This icon will flash when you are in loop mode. This icon will glow when a loop has been created but is not actively playing. GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) ©American Audio® - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 15 FOLDER TRACK M TOTALREMAIN SF PITCH AUTOBPM CDMP3 CUE RELOOP SINGLE AUTOCUE
BASIC OPERATIONS Figure 7: Press the Eject button to load and remove a disc. Remeber: When loading a disc always hold the disc by it edges and load the disc label side up.Figure 8: Tapping the reverse track button or turning the track knob counter clockwise will jump back to the previous track. Figure 9: Tapping the forward track button or turning the track knob clockwise will skip forward to the next track. 1. LOADING/EJECTING DISCS The CDI-500 Mp3™ can only play regular 5 inch CDs. 3 inch, odd shaped, and oval CDs are not compatible. When loading a CD into the player always hold the disc by it edge. Load the disc label side up and slide it in the disc slot. Never touch the signal surface (the glossy side). To remove a disc from the slot press the EJECT BUTTON (15) . CAUTION: • NEVER attempt to insert any other objects beside 5" CD in the disc slot. • NEVER attempt to insert more than one disc at a time. Doing so may result in sever damage to your unit. • DO NOT force a disc into the slot when the power is off, this may damage the drive system. 2. SELECTING TRACKS Select a desired track by using either of the two TRACK BUTTONS (27) or by turning the TRACK KNOB (25). Tapping the TRACK BUTTONS ( 27) or turning the TRACK KNOB (25) once will select either the next higher or lower track. You may hold down the TRACK BUTTONS (27) or turn and hold the TRACK KNOB (25) to change tracks continuously at a faster speed. If you are using the TRACK BUTTONS (27) to select a new track during playback (a track is already in play mode) the new track you selected will immediately begin playback as soon as the search operation is completed. ©American Audio® - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 16
3. STARTING PLAYBACK - Figure 11 Insert an audio CD as described on page 15 (LOADING/EJECTING DISCS). Pressing the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (17) with an audio CD loaded will imme - diately start playback. The PLAY (42) indicator will glow as soon as playback begins. The point at which playback starts (cue point) will automatically be stored in the memory as the cue point. The unit will return to this cue point (the point at which playback started) when the CUE BUTTON (20) is pressed. 4. AUTO CUE This function will automatically set a cue point to the first audio source when a CD is inserted. The first set cue point will always be the beginning of track 1. If a new track is selected before the PLAY BUTTON (17) is pressed, a new CUE POINT will be set to reflect the new starting point. 5. STOPPING PLAYBACK - Figures 10 & 11 Stopping playback will not stop the drive mechanism, but merely pause or cue the track, this functions allows the unit to begin play instantly. The drive mecha - nism will only stop if a disc is ejected or the unit has gone in to sleep mode. There are two ways to stop (pause) playback: 1) Press the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (17) during playback. This will pause play- back at the exact same point the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (17) was pressed. 2) Press the CUE BUTTON (20) during playback. This will pause playback and return the track to the last set cue point. 6. PAUSING - Figure 10 This function pauses playback at the exact same point the PLAY/PAUSE BUT- TON (17) was pressed. Pressing the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (17) will switch between play and pause modes. When the unit is in pause mode the PAUSE INDICATOR (42) in the LCD DISPLAY (30) will glow. The green PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (17) LED will also begin to flash repeatedly. 7. FRAME SEARCH This feature allows you to scroll through a track frame by frame, allowing you to find and set a starting cue, sample, or loop point. To use the scroll function you must first be in Pause Mode (see section 6) or Cue Mode (see section 5). Once you are in Pause or Cue mode, turn the JOG WHEEL (13) to scroll through the track (Figure 12). Turning the wheel in a clockwise direction will advance the frame search and turning the wheel in a counter-clockwise direction rewinds the frame search. When you use the JOG WHEEL (13) the monitor (headphone level) function allows you to here what you are scrolling through. Once you reach your desired starting point you can set a cue (starting) point by pressing the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (17) as in Figure 10. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (20) as in Figure 11 will now return you to the point you just set. BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 ©American Audio® - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 17
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.)
1) You may press the IN BUTTON (26) on the fly (while the disc is playing). This
will set a CUE Point without music interruption. Pressing the
CUE BUTTON
(20)
will now return you to the same point that you pressed the IN BUTTON
(26)
. You may now store this CUE Point in any of the BANK BUTTONS 1-3
(12).
2) You may also use the
JOG WHEEL (13) to set a cue point. While a disc is
in PAUSE or CUE mode, use the JOG WHEEL (13)
to scroll through a track
to find your desired starting point. Once you have found your desired posi-
tion press the
PLAY BUTTON (17) to set your cue point. Pressing the CUE
BUTTON (20) or the IN BUTTON (26)
will now return you to this exact point.
Figure 15 Figure 14
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Figure 13
8.
SCANNING (FAST FORWARD / FAST REVERSE)
This function gives you a fast search through a disc or track. Turn the
SEARCH KNOB (28)
in clockwise direction for fast forward or turn the wheel
counterclockwise for fast reverse. You can scan in four different forward and
four different reverse speeds depending on how much you rotate the knob.
9. SETTING and STORING a CUE POINT:
Setting A Cue Point:
A cue point is the exact point playback will begin when the PLAY/PAUSE
BUTTON (17) is pressed. You may set your cue points anywhere on a disc or in
a track. You may set up to five independent cue points per disc. Four cue points
are stored in the
BANK BUTTONS 1-3 (12) and one is shared by the IN BUTTON
(26) and the CUE BUTTON (20). There are two (2) ways to set and create a CUE
point as detailed in figures 14 and 15.
Storing A Cue Point: Once you have set your CUE Point by one of the two means listed on page 18, you may store your cue point in one of the BANK BUTTONS (12). Once you store this cue point in memory you may recall it at any time and you may even recall memory if the disc has been removed or power had been disconnected, see SYSTEM MEMORY on page 24. You may store a maximum of four cue points per a disc and maximum of 508 cue points can be saved in unit's memory. The MEMORY BUCKET in the LCD DISPLAY (30) will approximate the available memory. Either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE (See creating a sample loop on page 19 and 20) can be stored into a BANK BUTTON (12) not both. To Store a cue point: 1) Create a Cue Point by one of the two means listed on page 18. Press the MEMORY BUTTON (16), as in Figure 16. The yellow Memory Cue LED will glow indicating the store memory function has been activat- ed. You may now press any one of the three BANK BUTTONS (12) to store your cue point into memory (Figure 17). After pressing one of the BANK BUTTONS (12), the corresponding Bank Button LED will flash briefly. The LED on the the BANK BUTTON (12) will remain lit indicating either a sample or cue point is stored in memory. The yellow Memory LED will turn off. 2) Repeat the above steps to store up to three more Cue Points. Once your three cue points have been stored you may access them at any time. During playback the cue points will instantly start playback from that point without any music interruption. Please note in order to access these cue point, the disc used to create the cue points must be loaded in the drive. 10. CREATING AND PLAYING A SEAMLESS LOOP A seamless loop is a sound loop that plays continuously without sound interruption. You can use this loop to create dramatic effect in your mixing. 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 d isc. BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 2) Press the IN BUTTON (26) . This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP. The IN BUTTON (26) LED will flash then glow. 1) Press PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (17) to activate playback mode. Figure 19 Figure 18 ©American Audio® - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 19 Figure 17 Figure 16
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 3) Press the OUT BUTTON (24) to set the ending point for your SEAMLESS LOOP (Figure 20). The IN BUTTON (26) and OUT BUTTON (24) LEDs will immediately begin to flash rapidly, indicating the SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated. LCD LOOP INDICATORS - During a seamless loop, the LOOP (58) and RELOOP (38) INDICATORS will turn on in the LCD DISPLAY (30) indicating a loop is active. EXITING A LOOP - To exit a SEAMLESS LOOP, press the OUT BUTTON (24) . The IN BUTTON (26) and OUT BUTTON (24) LEDs will remain on, but will stop flashing. Music playback will resume normal play. The IN BUTTON (26) and OUT BUTTON (24) LEDs will remain on to remind you that a loop is stored in memory. REPLAY LOOP - The RELOOP (22) function allows you to return to your stored loop at any time. The IN BUTTON (26) and OUT BUTTON (24) LEDs will indicate a loop is stored in memory, and may be played at any time. To replay the loop, press the RELOOP BUTTON (22). The IN BUTTON (26) and OUT BUT- TON (24) LEDs will again begin to flash indicating SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated and your stored loop will immediately begin to play. Figure 22 Figure 21 Figure 20 ©American Audio® - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Mp3™ Instruction Manual Page 20 Please note: Only the ending point of the loop may be edited. You may make your loop shorter or longer. Before you can edit your seamless loop you obviously must first create a seamless loop to edit. If you haven’t created a SEAMLESS LOOP, follow the instructions in step 10 to create a loop. If a SEAMLESS LOOP has already been created, press the RELOOP BUTTON (22) to activate your SEAMLESS LOOP (Figure 22) if it is not already activated. To edit your seamless loop’s ending point: 1) Press the OUT BUTTON (24) to return to normal play from the loops cue point. (Figure 21). This will disengage the SEAMLESS LOOP mode and allows you to edit the loops ending point. 2) Press the OUT BUTTON (24) again when you reach your new ending point (Figure 21). - FOR A SHORTER LOOP: Press the OUT BUTTON (24) at sooner point in the track (Figure 21). - FOR LONGER LOOP: Press the OUT BUTTON (24) at later point in the track (Figure 21).