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Summary of Contents for American Audio PSX
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Page 1: User Guide
™ Featuring: FLIPFLOP Sampling Sampling User Guide and Reference Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 Rev 02/04 www.americanaudio.us... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
ROBOT.............................25 TRANS............................26 CHANGING PARAMETERS.......................26 FLIP-FLOP™...........................27 WARRANTY.............................28 SPECIFICATIONS..........................31 Specifications and changes to this manual and the PSX™ are subject to change at any time without and prior notice written American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 2 © ®... -
Page 3: Safety Regulations
LES LAMES PEUVENT ETRE INSEREES A of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the user manual FOND SANS EN LAISSER AUCUNE PARTIE accompanying the CD player. A DECOUVERT. American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 3 © ®... -
Page 4: Electrical Precautions
(NEC SECTION 810-21) used for a long period of time. EQUIPMENT GROUND CLAMPS POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM Fig. A (NEC ART 250, PART H) NEC — NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 4 © ®... -
Page 5: Safety Instructions
C. The CD Player has been exposed to _____________________________________ ________ rain or water. D. The CD Player does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance. American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 5 © ®... -
Page 6: Unpacking
Caution! There are no user serviceable parts inside this CD player. Do not attempt any repairs yourself, 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
By moving the mixer’s crossfader from left to right you can start and pause your PSX™ playback functions. For Example, when using two (2) PSX™ 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 8: Set-Up Installation
Connect the included RCA cable from your PSX™ outputs to the inputs on your mixer. Use the supplied 1/8” mini plug cable to connect your PSX™ to a mini jack connection (A or B ) on a compatible American Audio® or American DJ® “Fader Q Start” mixer. (This will enable the Fader “Q” Start function - See Fader “Q”... -
Page 9: Main Unit
FLANGER effect. to program up to 3 cue points or three samples in See built-in effects on page 22. to the three FLASH BUTTONS (6). The samples American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 9 © ®... - Page 10 RELOOP will appear in the LCD DISPLAY (1) mode, allowing you to set a cue point. when the RELOOP function is available. B. The wheel also works as a pitch bend during American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 10 © ®...
- Page 11 PITCH SLIDER (17) function on near perfect copies of your disc to a Mini disc, and off. The PITCH BUTTON’s LED will indicate CD-R, or any other digital recording device. American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 11 © ®...
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Page 12: Lcd Display
45. RELOOP INDICATOR - Appears when LOOP is engaged or ready to be engaged. 46. PAUSE INDICATOR - This indicator will glow American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 12 © ®... -
Page 13: Basic Operations
1. LOADING/EJECTING DISCS The PSX™ 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 14: Starting Playback
(starting) point by pressing the 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. Figure 13 American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 14 © ®... -
Page 15: Track Scanning (Fast Fwd/Fast Rev)
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. Figure 16 American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 15 © ®... -
Page 16: Creating A Seamless Loop
(12). This will set the activate playback starting point of the mode SEAMLESS LOOP. The SAMPLE PITCH SAMPLE PITCH IN BUTTON (12) LED will light. Figure 19 Figure 20 American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 16 © ®... -
Page 17: Using The Built-In Sampler
- FOR A SHORTER LOOP: Press the OUT BUTTON (18) at sooner point in the track (Figure 21). - FOR LONGER LOOP: Press the OUT BUTTON (14) at later point in the track (Figure 21). 12. Using the Built In Sampler: American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 17 © ®... - Page 18 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) Your PSX™ comes with a built in sampler. You may store up to three samples on the three FLASH BUTTON (6) (Once again please note you may only store either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE into a FLASH BUTTON (6), not both).Your sample can be a maximum of 7 seconds in length.
- Page 19 If you engaged the HOLD BUTTON (2) in the previous step, you would now turn the hold function off to save your settings. Figure 30 American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 19 © ®...
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Page 20: Creating A Bop Effect
TIME AUTO CUE 8%/12%/16% ON/OFF SAMPLE PITCH 4) When you discontinue the BOP effect normal playback will resume from the point you initial started your BOP. Figure 34 American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 20 © ®... -
Page 21: Using Flash Start Buttons
Use the flashing bar as a visual reminder that a track is ending. EFFECT ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN SINGLE 00 : 00 00 LOOP RELOOP Figure 37 American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 21 © ®... -
Page 22: Pitch Adjustments
LED just left of the slider will glow. When this slider is glowing there is zero pitch being applied to the track, regardless if the pitch function is on or off. Figure 40 American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 22 © ®... -
Page 23: Pitch Bending
43, the disc speed will increases and will continue to increase until reaches a maximum of 100% speed ally return to gain. When you release the (+) PITCH BEND BUTTON (22) the disc speed will automati it’s previ- ous set speed. American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 23 © ®... -
Page 24: System Memory
TOTAL REMAIN SINGLE LOOP RELOOP PITCH EJECT/ STOP The PSX™ can store all your user programmed cue points and effect parameters SCRATCH FLANGER HOLD ECHO TRANS PARAMETER SGL/CTN in to memory. These setting may be recalled at any time, even when a disc has... -
Page 25: Built-In Effects
BUILT-IN EFFECTS The PSX™ comes with five 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, Flanger, Echo, Robot, and Transform. -
Page 26: Trans
To activate the hold function press the HOLD BUTTON (2) as in figure 52. When the hold function becomes activated, the hold button will begin SAMPLE PITCH to glow blue. Figure 52 American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 26 © ®... -
Page 27: Flip-Flop
Connecting your PSX™ to an American Audio® or an American DJ® “Q” Deck™ mixer for “Flip Flop™” control: Be sure to connect 1/8” mono mini plugs from the control connection on the rear your PSX™ 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 28: Warranty
WARRANTY WARRANTY INFORMATION: The PSX™ carries a TWO year (730 days) limited warranty. This warranty covers parts and labor. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase and warranty. All returned service items whether under warranty or not, must be freight pre-paid and accompany a return authorization (R.A.) number. - Page 29 NOTES American Audio - www.americanaudio.us - PSX™ Instruction Manual Page 29 © ®...
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Page 31: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio® PSX™ - Professional Compact Disc Player Type: Slot loading, digital compact disc audio player. Disc type: Standard size compact discs only (5 in / 12 cm discs) Dimensions: 3 1/4” ~ 4 1/2” H x 8 1/2” W x 10 3/8” L (217.5 mm x 81.8 mm x 306 mm) - Page 32 ©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...