American Audio MCD-510 - Manual (Page 9)

function is activated. The slider is a set adjustment and will remain set until the pitch slider is moved
or the PITCH (12) function has been turned off. The maximum pitch range of the slider is +/-16%.
This adjustment can be made with or without a CD in the drive. The pitch adjustment will remain even
if a disc has been removed, and will reflect on any other disc loaded into the unit. That is to say, if
you set a +2% pitch on one disc, remove that disc and insert another, that disc will also have a +2%
pitch. The amount of pitch being applied will be displayed in the LCD (2). Use this slider to match the
BPM’s of this unit to that of another music source. By changing the pitch of one disc with respect to
the other in this way, the beats can be matched.
4. LOOP IN BUTTON - “CUE ON THE FLY” - This function allows you to set a CUE POINT (see CUE
POINT page 14) without music interruption (“on the fly”). This button also sets the starting point of a
loop.
5. TRACK SKIP BUTTONS -
+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.
- 10 TRACK SKIP - This button instantly rewinds the track selection by 10. For example if the unit
is cued on track 11, pressing this button will instantly rewind to, and cue track 1.
6. SGL/CTN - This button allows the unit's play mode to change between Single and Continuous.
In single mode the unit will play a single track and return to cue mode. In continuous mode the unit
continues to play track by track and returns to cue mode after all tracks have played.
7. PITCH PERCENTAGE SELECTOR- Choose from pitch percentages of 4%, 8%, and 16%. See
page 15 for more details.
8. TIME - The TIME button is used to changed the displayed time values. Time can be displayed
as elapsed track time, remaining track time, and total disc remaining time.
9. TRACK BUTTONS -
TRACK BUTTON - This button is used to select your desired track. Tapping this button
will forward skip to the next track, holding down this button will rapidly forward skip through the
tracks on your CD.
TRACK BUTTON - This button is used to select your desired track. Tapping this button
will skip backward to the previous track, holding down this button will rapidly skip backward through
the tracks on your CD.
10. LOOP OUT BUTTON - This button is used to set the ending point of a loop. A loop is started by
pressing the LOOP IN BUTTON (4),
and pressing the LOOP OUT BUTTON (10) to set the loop ending
point. The loop will continue to play until the LOOP OUT BUTTON (10) is pressed once again.
11. RELAY BUTTON - This button is acitvates Flip-Flop™ mode. See page 18 for more informa-
tion.
12. PITCH BUTTON - This button is used to turn the pitch function on and off. The pitch functions
of the PITCH SLIDER (3), PITCH BEND BUTTONS (13) and JOG WHEEL (1) will not function without
this function being activated.
The pitch slider has a maximum range of +/-16%. The "+" and "-"
pitch bend buttons have a maximum range of 16%.
13. PITCH BEND BUTTONS -
(-) PITCH BEND - The (-) pitch bend function creates a momentary “Slow Down” in the CD’s pitch
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