Pitch Adjustments; Pitch Slider - American Audio PSX User Manual And Reference Manual

PITCH ADJUSTMENTS

PITCH ADJUSTMENTS:
The different pitch adjustments allow a track's or a loop's playback speed to be manipulated. This speed manipu-
lations is commonly used to beat match between two or more music sources such as a turntable or another CD
played. The playback speed may be increased or decreased by a factor of +/-100. The next section details the
different pitch manipulation schemes.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 AUTO
CUE
CUE
ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN .
SINGLE
LOOP
RELOOP
T M S F PITCH
SCRATCH FLANGER HOLD ECHO TRANS
PARAMETER
TIME
8%/12%/16%
Figure 38
Activating the Pitch Slider (17):
must turn on the pitch adjustment function. Press the ON/OFF BUTTON (24)
located in the pitch control section of the unit. The ON/OFF BUTTON (24) LED
will glow when the function is activated. If the pitch function is not activated the
PITCH SLIDER (17) will not function.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 AUTO
CUE
CUE
ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN .
SINGLE
LOOP
RELOOP
T M S F PITCH
SCRATCH FLANGER HOLD ECHO TRANS
PARAMETER
TIME
8%/12%/16%

1. PITCH SLIDER:

This function will increase or decrease the tracks playback speed or "PITCH." The
EJECT/
STOP
maximum pitch percentage manipulation in this function is +/-16%. The PITCH
SGL/CTN
AUTO CUE
SLIDER (17) is used to decrease or increase the playback pitch. If the slider is
ON/OFF
move up (towards the top of the unit) the pitch will decrease, if the slider is moved
down (towards the bottom of the unit) the pitch will increase. The PITCH SLIDER
SAMPLE PITCH (17) adjustment can be changed to range from +/-8%, +/-12%, or +/-16% (See
changing "PITCH SLIDER PERCENTAGE RANGE" on the next page). This pitch
adjustments will effect normal playback and loops only when the Pitch On/Off
Button (24) is turned on. The pitch adjustments will not effect your samples.
To activate the PITCH SLIDER (17) you
EJECT/
STOP
SGL/CTN
AUTO CUE
ON/OFF
Using the Pitch Slider (17):
as described above. To use the pitch slider (17) slide the slider up and down.
SAMPLE PITCH
Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch. When the slider
is in the center position, a green 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.
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Figure 39
Be sure the pitch function has been engaged
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 AUTO
CUE
CUE ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN
.
SINGLE
LOOP
RELOOP T PITCH
M S F
EJECT/
STOP
SCRATCH FLANGER HOLD ECHO TRANS
PARAMETER SGL/CTN
TIME AUTO CUE
8%/12%/16% ON/OFF
SAMPLE PITCH