Alesis Playmate Playmate Vocalist CD Player Quick Start Owner's Manual page 5

and special effects. See the Effect
Quick Reference for descriptions
of all the effects.
14. EFFECT MIX Knob – Controls the
wet/dry mix of the selected effect
from 0% to 100%. Turn the
EFFECT MIX knob to the right to
increase the amount of effect in
the signal. Turn the knob to the
left to decrease the amount.
The Display will show the
percentage of the wet/dry mix as
you turn the EFFECT MIX knob.
15. VOCAL CANCEL Button –
eliminates the lead vocal track
from the CD. As you press this
button, you'll rotate through Type
1, Type 2, Type 3 and Off vocal
cancellation types. Depending on
the specific CD, you may find any
one of the three types to be most
effective.
16. OPEN/CLOSE Button – Opens
and closes the CD tray.
17. REPEAT Button – Press this
button repeatedly to cycle through
the four Repeat options:
• Track – Plays a track and
then stops.
• Track Repeat – Plays a
track and then plays it again,
over and over.
• Disc – Plays the disc and
then stops.
• Disc Repeat – Plays the
disc and then plays it again,
over and over.
18. TIME DISPLAY Button – Press
this button repeatedly to cycle
through the four Time Display
options.
• In Total mode, the Display
shows the time elapsed on
the CD.
• In Total Remain mode, the
Display shows the time
remaining until the end of the
CD.
• In Single mode, the Display
shows the time elapsed in the
current track.
• In Single Remain mode,
the Display shows the time
remaining in the current track.
Looping Features
Topics 19 – 22 cover the Playmate
Vocalist's looping features. These
work together to allow you to
define a section of CD audio that
you would like to repeat
indefinitely. The Playmate Vocalist
makes looping easy: simply tell it
the locations on the CD at which
you want the loop to begin and
end, enable the loop, and then
sing or play along.
See "Creating a Loop" for more
information.
19. START Button – This button has
two functions: setting the Loop
Start and jumping to the Loop Start.
To set the Loop Start, hold down
the SET button and press START.
To jump to the Loop Start, simply
press START.
When you first insert a CD, the
Loop Start is automatically set to
the beginning of the disc (0:00:00).
20. END Button – This button also
serves two functions: setting the
Loop End point and jumping to
the Loop End point. To set the
Loop End, hold down the SET
button and press END. To jump to
the Loop Start, just press END.
When you first insert a CD, the
Loop Start is automatically set to
the end of the disc.
21. SET Button – Used in conjunction
with the START and END buttons
to set the Loop Start and Loop End.
You can also use the SET button
in conjunction with the ON/OFF
button to access Bank B of the
effects processor (press ON/OFF
while holding down SET).
22. ON/OFF Button – Enables and
disables the loop. If the loop is
playing when you hit ON/OFF, the
CD will continue playing through
the end of the loop instead of
returning to the Loop Start.
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