Headphones - Read Carefully; Sampler; Record Mode; Playback Mode - Behringer DX500 User Manual

5.2 Headphones – read carefully!
The PHONES section lies to the far right hand side of the DX500, below the MAIN and ZONE OUT controls.
PHONES controls headphones output level and the PHONES jack
Right, that's the easy bit explained. Now pay attention. BALANCE
mix signals. This gives you the interesting possibility of hearing both the outgoing (MAIN, pre MAIN OUT
control) and incoming (PFL) tracks simultaneously through a single output, via your headphones.

6. SAMPLER

A sampler is a digital device for recording and playing back audio. Your DX500 sampler enables you to
capture and replay a fragment of audio. This can be anything: a drum pattern or a vocal hook. Up to 24
seconds of audio can be recorded, repeated and re-tuned.

6.1 Record mode

The sampler section is sited bottom right on your DX500. Two (twin-LED illuminated) mode buttons determine
the sampler's status. With PLAY/RECORD
is indicated by the illumination of one of the two status LEDs
listening to the PFL bus. Any channel with PFL depressed is (in addition to being sent to the bargraph meters
and headphones output) sent to the input of the sampler. In RECORD mode the sampler is primed to begin
recording once the big START/STOP key
STOP key is hit again. For the duration of the START/STOP keypress, the sampler has been recording, with
a maximum of 24 seconds at 50% or 12 seconds at 100% speed. The ACTIVE LED
anything is routed to the sampler input (i.e. whether any PFL button is down).
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During recording sampler input level is displayed on the bargraph meters
your meters are looking at PFL). The sampler will overload at +7 dB. The onset of digital
distortion, unlike analog, is sudden and horrid. Avoid and always monitor the PFL meter.

6.2 Playback mode

Once you have captured a piece of audio, you can play it back by first switching to PLAY mode
pressing the START/STOP key
illuminated SINGLE/REPEAT switch
STOP key while the sample is playing will start the sample again. This enables you to create a stuttering
effect. In repeat mode pressing the START/STOP key while playing will stop the circle. Playback may be
varispeeded from 50% to 100% by the SPEED control
SAMPLER OUT control
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Sampler operations do not affect the mix from the three desk channels.
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With the speed control it is also possible to record slower or faster to create some real radical
effects.
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When recording drums, start and stop on the first beat of a bar. Now when you playback in
REPEAT mode you should generate a seamless rhythm track.
you select between playback and record. The selected mode
has been hit. The sampler stops recording when the START/
. Playback mode can be selected by the self-explanatory twin-LED
. In single mode the sample is played only once. Pressing the START/
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6. SAMPLER
is placed at the front of the DX500.
controls the blend of the PFL and MAIN
. In RECORD mode the sampler is always
, while playback level can be adjusted by the
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