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- Page 1 Radius 2000 ™ Featuring: Sampling Sampling User Guide and Reference Manual 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles Ca. 90040 2/09 www.AmericanAudio.us...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Wheel SenSitiVity ........................27 pitch adjuStmentS pitch Slider...........................28 pitch Bending........................29 Built-in effectS Scratch/Skid........................31 filter/phaSe........................32 echo/flanger......................32 tranS/pan..........................33 changing parameterS.......................33 adVanced track Search......................34 midi map..............................35 flip-flop™.............................37 Warranty...........................38 SpecificationS..........................39 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 2 © ®... -
Page 3: Safety Regulations
GATEUR, UNE PRISE DE COURANT OU UNE AUTRE SORTIE DE COURANT, SAUF SI LES LAMES PEUVENT ETRE INSEREES A FOND SANS EN LAISSER AUCUNE PARTIE A DECOUVERT. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 3 © ®... -
Page 4: Electrical Precautions
EQUIPMENT GROUND CLAMPS POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM Fig. A (NEC ART 250, PART H) NEC — NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 4 © ®... -
Page 5: Safety Instructions
C. The player has been exposed to rain or water. D. If the player does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 5 © ®... -
Page 6: Customer Support
UNpACkINg Every Radius 2000™ has been thoroughly tested and has been shipped in perfect operating condi- tion. Carefully check the shipping carton for damage that may have occurred during shipping. If the carton appears to be damaged, carefully inspect your player for any damage and be sure all equip- ment necessary to operate the player has arrived intact. -
Page 7: Features
DJ® audio mixers that also feature “Fader Q Start” control. For best results use this feature with two (2) Radius 2000 players. Connect your Radius 2000 as described in the set-up section of this manual. After set up is com- pleted load your players. -
Page 8: Set-Up Installation
Connect the included RCA cable from your Radius 2000™ outputs to the inputs on your mixer. Use the supplied 1/8” mini plug cable to connect your Radius 2000™ to a mini jack connection (A or B ) on a compatible American Audio® or American DJ® “Fader Q Start”... -
Page 9: Main Unit
AND CONTROLS Figure 2 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 9 © ®... - Page 10 10. Bpm BUTTON - Press this button to switch between manual BPM and Auto BPM. 11. TAp BUTTON - This button is used for manual BPM. When in manual BPM mode, tap this button to the beat of the current track. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 10 © ®...
- Page 11 Press the track knoB (19) once you have found your desired track. The VFD will display "Searching..." and then "FOUND" once the track is found. If you want to play the track immediately press the track knoB (19) again. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 11 © ®...
- Page 12 EffECT - This button is used to activate and deactivate the Flanger effect. The Flanger effect distorts the output signal and creates an effect similar to the frequency phasing in and out of each American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 12 © ®...
- Page 13 This function also operates in FLIP-FLOP mode. With this button you can also switch AUTO CUE on and off, by pressing it for at least 1 second. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 13 © ®...
- Page 14 36. RELAY JACk - With this jack you can connect two players and relay (flip flop) play. You can also connect your unit to a compatible American Audio® mixer’s CONTROL out, to use American Audio’s “Q” start fader control. This feature is only available on American Audio’s “Q” series mixers.
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Page 15: Vfd Display
51. TImE mETER - These indicators will detail the current Minutes, Seconds, and Frames. The meter will display either the elapse or remaining time of a track. The display time will depend on the se- American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 15 © ®... - Page 16 56. AUTO CUE - This will indicate if the Auto Cue is on or off. Press and hold the Sgl/ctn (33) for 1 sec. to turn the Auto Cue function on and off. 57. pLAY INDICATOR - The play indicator will glow when the unit is in play mode. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 16 © ®...
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Page 17: Internal Menu
INTENSITY(4), A. CUE LEVEL(-48db), MIDI CC TYPE(REL.) PITCH(BEND), MIDI CH(CH 1), MIDI SETUP(JOGOUT 0 ms) (PLUSE 1024) (I/O HIDE), REPEAT MODE (OFF), DUAL CONTROL (OFF), LINE SETUP (MODE=1, LINE 1 DISPLAY=2/LINE 2 DISPLAY=1) American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 17 © ®... -
Page 18: Basic Operations
The file format is Mp3 only. The Radius 2000™ can only read SDHC (High Capacity) Cards up to 32GB. When loading an SD Card into the player load with the SD Card label facing up and the contacts facing down. -
Page 19: Starting Playback
(starting) point by pressing the play/pauSe Button (13) as in Figure 9. Pressing the cue Button (14) as in Figure 9 will now return you to the point you just set. Figure 10 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 19 © ®... -
Page 20: Track Scanning (Fast Fwd/Fast Rev)
Button (14) or the in Button (15) will now return you to this exact point. Figure 13 Important Notice: When the Bank Button LED is flashing, the unit will set the bank in point. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 20 © ®... -
Page 21: Creating A Seamless Loop
(15). This will set the activate playback starting point of the mode. SEAMLESS LOOP. The in Button (15) LED will flash then glow. Figure 16 Figure 17 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 21 © ®... - Page 22 - fOR A SHORTER LOOp: Press the out Button (15) at sooner point in the track (Figure 19). - fOR LONgER LOOp: Press the out Button (15) at later point in the track (Figure 19). American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 22 © ®...
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Page 23: Using The Built-In Sampler
12. Using the Built In Sampler: Your Radius 2000™ comes with an advanced built in sampler. You may store up to three samples in the three Bank ButtonS (28). Once again please note you may only store either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE into a Bank Button (28), not both. - Page 24 Button (26) all parameters will remain until changed again or power is shut off, unless they are stored in to the unit's memory. Figure 27 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 24 © ®...
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Page 25: Using The Bank Buttons
14. BANk pROgRAm BUTTON (29): Once you store samples in the four (4) Bank Buttons, the Radius 2000 can be programmed to play the stored samples in a desired order. You can program the four (4) banks up to 12 times. The programmed samples can be played in your desired order without interrupting music playback. -
Page 26: Changing Time Display
SYSTEm mEmORY 16. RECALL mEmORY: The Radius 2000 can store 4 programmed cue points per folder and effect parameters in to mem- ory. These setting may be recalled at any time, even when a media source has been removed and loaded at a later time. To recall the memory on a specific media source; 1) Be sure a media source is not loaded. -
Page 27: Jog Wheel Sensitivity
Once the jog Wheel (9) is released the unit will return to the last cue point. Figure 34 Important Notice: When the BANK BUTTON LED is flash- ing, the unit will return to the last CUE point. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 27 © ®... -
Page 28: Pitch Adjustments
To use the pitch Slider (4) slide the slider up and down. Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch. Figure 37 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 28 © ®... -
Page 29: Pitch Bending
41, the playback speed will increase and will continue to increase until it reaches a maximum of 100% speed ally return to gain. When you release the (+) pitch Bend Button (5) the playback speed will automati it’s previous set speed. American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 29 © ®... - Page 30 NOTE: To use the JOG WHEEL in a pitch bend function when the SCRATCH EFFECT (12) is activated you must use the outer rubber ring of the jog wheel. Figure 41 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 30 © ®...
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Page 31: Built-In Effects
BUILT-IN EffECTS The Radius 2000™ comes with eight 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, Filter, Echo, Trans, Skid, Phase, Flanger, and Pan. -
Page 32: Filter/Phase
Parameter Time (PT) and Parameter Ratio (PR). The PT will adjust the Time Range and The PR will adjust the Frequency Range (see "Parameters" in the next section). Figure 47 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 32 © ®... -
Page 33: Trans/Pan
To activate the hold function press the hold Button (26) as in figure 51. When the hold function becomes activated, the hold button will begin to glow blue. Figure 51 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 33 © ®... -
Page 34: Advanced Track Search
(19) to begin playback of your selected track. If you want to cancel Advanced Track Search without making any changes press the adV Button (18). Figure 54 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 34 © ®... -
Page 35: Midi Map
41/02 Memory SW/LED 1C/1C 5B/1C SW/LED 01/01 40/01 SW/LED 06/06 45/06 SW/LED (4%) 0C/0C 4B/0C SW/LED 2E/2E 6D/2E Sample SW/LED 28/28 67/28 A.Cue scratch SW/LED 24/24 63/24 American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 35 © ®... - Page 36 Chan= “1~8” or “9~16” no function Chan= “1~8” or “9~16” no function Chan= “1~8” or “9~16” no function Chan= “1~8” or “9~16” no function Chan= “1~8” or “9~16” no function SD_IN American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - Radius 2000™ Instruction Manual Page 36 © ®...
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Page 37: Flip-Flop
Flop™” control: Be sure to connect 1/8” mono mini plugs from the control connection on the rear of your Radius 2000™ to the 1/8” control jack on the rear of American Audio® “Q” series mixer. That’s it, you’ll be set for FLIP-FLOP.™... -
Page 38: Warranty
American Audio concludes, after inspection, affects the reliability of the product; ® if the product has been repaired or serviced by anyone other than the American Audio factory unless ® prior written authorization was issued to purchaser by American Audio ;... -
Page 39: Specifications
SpECIfICATIONS gENERAL model: American Audio® Radius 2000™ - professional SD/USB player Type: USB & SD Card Player - SDHC (High Capacity) Cards up to 16GB Media type: Applicable File Extenstions: mp3, MP3, mP3, and Mp3 Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, +/- 100% Pitch Accuracy: 0.15%... - Page 40 ©American Audio® World Headquarters: 6122 S. Eastern Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90040 USA Tel: 323-582-3322 Fax: 323-725-6100 Web: www.AmericanAudio.us E-mail: info@americanaudio.us...