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- Page 1 Featuring: FLIPFLOP Sampling Sampling © American DJ AUDIO Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA • www.americandj.com ®...
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Page 2: Line Voltage Selection
• Do not force the VOLTAGE SELECTOR switch as this may cause damage • If the VOLTAGE SELECTOR switch does not move smoothly, please contact a quali- fied service technician. AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 2 ® CAUTION NOTE: television reception. -
Page 3: Safety Instructions
15. Servicing - The user should not attempt to service the CD Player beyond that describ- ed in the operating instructions. All other servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel. AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 3 ®... -
Page 4: General Notes On Use
Connect the included RCA cable from your Pro Scratch 1 outputs to the inputs on your mixer. Use the supplied 1/8” mini plug cable to connect your Pro Scratch 1 to a mini jack connection (A or B ) on a compatible American DJ “Fader Q Start”... -
Page 5: Main Features
Pro Scratch 1 playback functions. For Example, when using two (2) Pro Scratch 1 players and a Fader “Q” Start mixer, if your mixer’s crossfader is all the way to the left (player one is playing, player two is in cue or pause mode), and you move the fader at least 20% to the right, player two (2) will begin to play and player one (1) will return to cue mode. -
Page 6: General Functions And Controls
(3) cue points or three (3) samples. Each Flash Button can store either a sample or a cue point. AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 6 ® Complies with DHHs radiation Perfomance standards. - Page 7 RELOOP BUTTON will instantly reactivate the SEAMLESS LOOP mode. To exit loop, press the OUT BUTTON (18). LOOP and RELOOP will appear in the LCD DISPLAY (1) when the RELOOP function is available. AUDIO •Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 7 ®...
- Page 8 34. CUE MINI JACK - Connect the supplied mini- plug from CUE jack on the rear of your unit to a compatible. American DJ mixer’s CONTROL out. This feature is only available on American DJ’s AUDIO •Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 8 ®...
- Page 9 57. ELAPSE INDICATOR - When this indicator is on it will define the time displayed in the TIME METER (50, 51, & 52) as the current track’s elapse time. AUDIO •Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 9 ®...
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Page 10: Basic Operations
1. LOADING/EJECTING DISCS The Pro Scratch 1 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 (see Figure 7). Load the disc label side up and slide it in the disc slot. -
Page 11: Frame Search
PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (15) as in Figure 11. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (10) as in Figure 12 will now return you to the point you just set. American DJ AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 11 ® Figure 11... - Page 12 PLAY BUTTON (15) to set your cue point. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (13) or the IN BUTTON (12) will now return you to this exact point. American DJ AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ • INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 12 ® Figure 14...
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Page 13: Storing A Cue Point
BUTTON (15) to activate playback mode Figure 19 American DJ Figure 17 AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 13 ® Figure 18 2) Press the IN BUTTON (12). This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP. The IN BUTTON (12) LED will light. -
Page 14: Editing A Loop
(45) INDICATORS will light in the LCD DISPLAY (1) indication a loop is active. Figure 21 - The RELOOP (19) function allows you to return to your AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 14 ® Figure 22... -
Page 15: Using The Built In Sampler
12. Using the Built In Sampler: Your Pro Scratch 1 comes with a built in sampler. You may store up to three samples on the three FLASH BUTTON (6). Your sample can be a maximum of 6.5 seconds in length. A sample can be recalled while a CD is playing, while the CD drive is in PAUSE MODE, or even without the CD in the player. - Page 16 BUTTON (2) in the previous step, you would turn the hold function off to save your settings. American DJ AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 16 ® will read out in the LCD DISPLAY (1). will signify the sample volume.
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Page 17: Reverse Play
2) Press the IN BUTTON (12) (Figure 33) at the point you want your BOP to take place. will resume from the point you initial started your BOP. AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 17 ® Figure 33... - Page 18 Connecting your Pro Scratch 1™ to an American DJ “Q” Deck™ mixer for “Flip Flop™” control: Be sure to connect 1/8” mini plugs from the control connection on the rear your Pro Scratch 1 to the 1/8” control jack on the rear of American DJ “Q”...
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Page 19: Pitch Bending
The speed you rotate the JOG WHEEL (14) will determine pitch bend percentage (%). AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 19 ® it’s previous speed. -
Page 20: Pitch Adjustments
8%, glowing orange for 12%, or glowing red for 16%. Note, the pitch percentage must be activated to get a LED reading. AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 20 ® To activate the PITCH SLIDER (17) you... - Page 21 BASIC OPERATIONS - BUILT-IN EFFECTS The Pro Scratch 1™ comes with nine built in effects. These effects can be used one at a time or you may choose to overlap the effects and use up to four at a time. The Built-in effects include Scratch, Fade, Skid, Coast,Flanger, Echo, Robot, Transform, and Pan.
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Page 22: Flanger Effect
The TRANS effect simulates a real-time mixer transformer The TRANS Effect has two adjustable parameters, Parameter The PAN effect uses the PT value to pan left to Right. PT 0500 is AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 22 ® Figure 46... - Page 23 You must be in continuos play mode for this effect to operate properly. American DJ When you are at the point in the track you wish to begin the AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 23 ® a track. Select the FX MIX BUTTON...
- Page 24 Figure 55 STEP THREE: Mode, select an effect. In this example we will choose the FLANGER and TRANS Effects. AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 24 ® Figure 53 After you have activated FX Mix Figure 56...
- Page 25 Figure 59 American DJ This function allows you to engage either the COAST or SKID effects at any To initiate the FX BOP Function, tap the BOP/ENTER BUTTON AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 25 ® Figure 58...
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Page 26: Compact Discs
Use the PITCH SLIDER (17) to match the BPM’s of one PRO SCRATCH 1™ to that of another PRO SCRATCH 1™ or other music source. Use your mixer's crossfader to blend them in to each other seamlessly. -
Page 27: Specifications
75dB 0.025% 75dB LIMITS 4sec 6sec LIMIT 700um 600um 65um 140um 0.54mm AUDIO • Pro Scratch 1™ INSTRUCTION MANUAL • PAGE 27 ® (41 to 95˚F) (no condensation) (4 to 140˚F) CONDITION 1KHz,0dB 1KHz,0dB 20Hz-20KHz,0dB 16KHz, -20dB 1KHz,0dB 1KHz,0dB 1KHz.0dB... - Page 28 American DJ Audio World Headquarters: 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA Tel: 323-582-3322 Fax: 323-582-3311 Web: www.americandj.com E-mail: info@americandj.com...