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- Page 1 VELOCITY ™ Featuring: FLIPFLOP Sampling Sampling User Guide and Reference Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www.AmericanAudio.us Rev 4/05...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
CHANGING TIME DISPLAY......................25 SYSTEM MEMORY........................26 SYSTEM LOCK..........................27 PITCH ADJUSTMENTS PITCH SLIDER...........................28 PITCH BENDING........................29 BUILT-IN EFFECTS SCRATCH/SKID........................31 FILTER/PHASE........................32 ECHO/FLANGER/ROBOT.......................32 TRANS/PAN..........................33 CHANGING PARAMETERS.......................33 FX MIX............................34 JOG WHEEL SENSITIVITY........................36 FLIP-FLOP™.............................37 WARRANTY...........................38 SPECIFICATIONS..........................39 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 2 © ®... - Page 3 THERE ARE NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS OTHER TYPE OF ELECTRICAL OUTLET INSIDE REFER SERVICE TO YOUR UNLESS THE WIDE BLADES CAN BE AUTHORIZED American Audio DEALER. CAREFULLY INSERTED INTO A MATCHING The lightning flash with an arrow triangular WIDE SLOT.
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Page 4: Safety Precautions
INSIDE REFER SERVICE TO YOUR AUTHORIZED the literature accompanying the appliance. to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. AMERICAN AUDIO SERVICE TECHNICIAN. ® IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ INSTRUCTIONS — All the safety and operating... -
Page 5: Safety Instructions
C. The CD Player has been exposed to ________________________________________ rain or water. Dealer Phone_____________________________ D. The CD Player does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 5 © ®... -
Page 6: Unpacking
Caution! There are no user serviceable parts inside this CD player. Do not attempt any repairs your- self, without being instructed to do so by an authorized American Audio service technician. Doing so will void your manufactures warranty. In the unlikely event your CD player may require service, please contact American Audio customer support. -
Page 7: Features
Adjustable Pitch Percentages: +/-4%, +/-8%, +/-16% or +/-100% • Instant Start within 10 ms (sound is produced immediately when the PLAY button is pressed) FADER “Q” START CONTROL: This feature is used in conjunction with most American Audio and American DJ ®... -
Page 8: Set-Up Installation
Never connect a CD player's output to a mixers "phono" inputs. CONTROL JACK CONNECTIONS: Use the supplied 1/8” mono mini plug cable to connect your Velocity™ to a mini jack connection (A or B) on a compatible American Audio “Fader Q ®... -
Page 9: Controller Unit
2 3 0 V reactivate the SEAMLESS LOOP mode. To exit will continue to play until the OUT BUTTON is loop, press the OUT BUTTON (2). LOOP and pressed once again. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 9 © ®... - Page 10 13. PARAMETER TIME - This knob is used to While in play mode the green play LED will glow, adjust the parameter time value. and while in pause mode the green play LED will American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 10 © ®...
- Page 11 32. LOOP IN BUTTON - “CUE ON THE FLY” - 26. (+) PITCH BEND BUTTON - The (+) pitch This function allows you to set a CUE POINT (see American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 11 ©...
- Page 12 The LED above the PITCH ON/OFF BUTTON will jacks on the transport unit. indicate which pitch percentage mode you are in, glowing red for 4%, glowing green for 8%, glow- American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 12 © ®...
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Page 13: Transport Unit
JACKS (47). Use this connection to create near perfect copies of your disc to a Mini Disc, CD-R, tem works similar to a car CD player. When a disc American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 13 ©... - Page 14 The unit is Audio® mixer’s CONTROL out. This feature is designed to accept a standard I.E.C. removable only available on a compatible American Audio grounded power cord. Be sure that your local ® or American DJ "Q"...
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Page 15: Lcd Display
METER (54, 55, & 56) as a CD elapsed time or (63), REMAIN (61) OR REMAINING (62)). tracks if the unit is in "SINGLE" mode. 57. MEMORY BUCKET INDICATOR - This indi- American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 15 © ®... -
Page 16: Basic Operations
Figure 9: Tapping the reverse track button will Figure 10: Tapping the forward track button jump back to the previous track. will skip forward to the next track. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 16 © ®... -
Page 17: Starting Playback
PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (22) will switch between play and pause modes. When the unit is in pause mode the PAUSE INDICATOR (51) in the LCD DISPLAY (16) will glow. The green PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (22) LED will also begin to flash repeatedly. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 17 ©... -
Page 18: Frame Search
P. S . P. 4 %/8 %/ 16 % T EM PO LO CK O F F O F F Figure 15 T A P T A P American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 18 © ®... - Page 19 P. S . P. T EM PO LO CK 4 %/8 %/ 16 % O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 18 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 19 © ®...
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Page 20: Creating A Seamless Loop
T EM PO LO CK 4 %/ 8 %/16 % O N N O F F O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 21 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 20 © ®... - Page 21 T EM PO LO CK 4 %/8 %/ 16 % point in the track (Figure 21). O F F O F F Figure 24 T A P T A P American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 21 © ®...
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Page 22: Using The Built-In Sampler
T A P Important Notice: If you try to activate your samples with- out turning the sample function on, the FLASH BUTTONS Figure 27 (30) will act as cue points! American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 22 © ®... - Page 23 P. S . P. T EM PO LO CK 4 %/8 %/ 16 % O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 30 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 23 © ®...
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Page 24: Creating A Bop Effect
P. S . P. T EM PO LO CK 4 %/8 %/ 16 % O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 33 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 24 © ®... -
Page 25: Changing Time Display
Use the flashing bar as a visual reminder that a track is ending. EFFECT ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN LOCK SINGLE 00 : 00 00 LOOP RELOOP American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 25 © ®... -
Page 26: System Memory
P. S . P. T EM PO LO CK 4 %/8 %/ 16 % O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 40 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 26 © ®... -
Page 27: System Lock
P. S . P. T EM PO LO CK 4 %/8 %/ 16 % O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 42 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 27 © ®... -
Page 28: Pitch Adjustments
T EM PO LO CK 4 %/ 8 %/16 % O N N O F F O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 45 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 28 © ®... -
Page 29: Pitch Bending
T EM PO LO CK 4 %/ 8 %/16 % O N N O F F O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 48 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 29 © ®... - Page 30 T A P when the SCRATCH EFFECT (17) is activated you must Figure 50 use the outer ring of the jog wheel where the clear rubber insulator is attached. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 30 © ®...
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Page 31: Built-In Effects
5 - Refreshes on 2/1 Beat (twice a beat) PARAMETER TIME (13) and PARAMETER RATIO (14). Use these knobs to customize the effects to 6 - Refreshes on 4/1 Beat (four times a beat) your liking. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 31 © ®... -
Page 32: Scratch/Skid
Parameter Time (PT) and Parameter Ratio (PR). The PR will adjust the length of the echo (drop off time), and the PT will adjust the echo gap length (see "Parameters" in the next section). off time), and the PT will adjust the echo gap length. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 32 ©... -
Page 33: Trans/Pan
T EM PO LO CK 4 %/ 8 %/16 % O N N O F F O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 58 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 33 © ®... -
Page 34: Fx Mix
T EM PO LO CK 4 %/8 %/ 16 % O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 62 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 34 © ®... - Page 35 T EM PO LO CK 4 %/ 8 %/16 % O N N O F F O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 65 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 35 © ®...
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Page 36: Jog Wheel Sensitivity
T EM PO LO CK 4 %/ 8 %/16 % O N N O F F O F F O F F T A P T A P Figure 68 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Velocity™ Instruction Manual Page 36 © ®... -
Page 37: Flip-Flop
FLIP-FLOP™ FLIP-FLOP™ This feature is kind of “auto pilot”. When you are using the Velocity™ and an American Audio® “Q”- Series mixer, you can have one player begin playback when the other ends. You can “Flip -Flop™” single tracks, the entire disc, or a combination of the two. This function will not work with the Flash Start™ func- tion. -
Page 38: Warranty
United States. If the entire instrument is sent, it must be shipped in its original package. No accessories should be shipped with the product. If any accessories are shipped with the product, American Audio® shall have no liability whatsoever for loss of or damage to any such accessories, nor for the safe return thereof. -
Page 39: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio® Velocity™ - Professional CD Player Type: Slot loading, digital compact disc audio player. Disc type: Standard size compact discs only (5 in / 12 cm discs) Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, +/- 100% Pitch Accuracy: 0.1%... - Page 40 ©American Audio® World Headquarters: 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA Tel: 323-582-3322 Fax: 323-582-3311 Web: www.AmericanAudio.us E-mail: info@americandj.com...