American Audio PSX User Manual And Reference Manual page 10

GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.)
or cue point can then be recalled at any time even
when the disk has been removed and replaced at
a later time.
8. SAMPLER BUTTON - This is used to activate
the sampler function. When this function is acti-
vated a created sample will play in a continuos
loop mode.
9. TRACK BUTTON - This buttons is
used to select a track. Tapping this button will
forward skip to the next track, holding down
this button will rapidly forward skip through the
tracks.
10. TRACK BUTTON - This buttons 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.
11. + 10 - This button instantly advances the
track selection by 10. For example if the unit
is cued on track one, pressing this button will
instantly advance to and cue track 11. If the
button is pressed once more the unit will advance
to and cue track 21.
12. SEAMLESS LOOP IN BUTTON - "CUE ON
THE FLY" - This function allows you to set a
CUE POINT (see CUE POINT page 11) without
music interruption ("on the fly"). This button also
sets the starting point of a seamless loop (see
SEAMLESS LOOP).
13. 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 13). The red CUE 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 5).
14. JOG WHEEL - This wheel has two functions.
A. The jog wheel will act as a frame search
control when the CD is in pause or cue
mode, allowing you to set a cue point.
B. The wheel also works as a pitch bend during
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playback. Turning the wheel clockwise will
increase the pitch percentage up to 100%, and
turning the wheel in the counter-clock- w i s e
direction will decrease the pitch percentage down
to -100%. The pitch bend will be determined on
how long you turn the jog wheel continuously.
15. 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.
16. TRANSPORT SLOT - Trayless Design! A disc
is loaded the same as a car CD player, simply
insert the disc in to the slot and the unit will auto-
matically load the disc in to the drive mechanism.
Never attempt to force a disc into the slot
when the power is turned off.
17. PITCH SLIDER - This slider is used to adjust
the playback pitch percentage. The slider is a set
adjustment and will remain set until the pitch slid-
er is moved or the pitch function has been turned
off. This adjustment can be made with or with-
out a disk in the drive. The pitch adjustment will
remain even if a disc has been remove and will
reflect on any other disc loaded into the player.
That is to say, if you set a +2% pitch on one disc,
remove that disc and insert another, that disc too
will have a +2% pitch. The amount of pitch being
applied will be displayed in the LCD (1).
18. OUT BUTTON - This button is used to set
the ending point of a loop. A loop is started by
pressing the IN BUTTON (12), pressing the OUT
BUTTON set the loop ending point. The loop
will continue to play until the OUT BUTTON is
pressed once again.
19. RELOOP BUTTON - If a SEAMLESS LOOP
has been made (see setting a SEAMLESS LOOP
on page 11), 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
loop, press the OUT BUTTON (18). LOOP and
RELOOP will appear in the LCD DISPLAY (1)
when the RELOOP function is available.