Pitch Adjustments; Pitch Slider - American Audio SDJ-1 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 manipulations is commonly used to beat match between two or more music sources such as
a turntable or another SD player. The playback speed may be increased or decreased by a factor of
+/-16. The next section details the different pitch manipulation schemes.
Figure 34
Activating the Pitch slider (5): To ac-
tivate the pitch SliDer (5) you must
turn on the pitch adjustment function. To
activate the pitch SliDer (5) press the
pitch percentage Button (14). The
pitch inDicator will be displayed in
the LCD, when the function is activated.
If the pitch function is not activated the
pitch SliDer (5) will not function.
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1. PITCH SLIDER (5):

This function will increase or decrease the
tracks playback speed or "PITCH." The max-
imum pitch percentage manipulation in this
function is +/-16%. The pitch SliDer (5) is
used to decrease or increase the playback
pitch. If the slider is 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 (5) adjustment can be changed to
range from +/-4%, +/-8%, or +/-16% (See
changing "PITCH SLIDER PERCENTAGE
RANGE" on the next page). The pitch
SliDer (5) will only effect normal playback
and loops when the pitch SliDer (5) is ac-
tive.
Figure 35
Using the Pitch slider (5): Be sure the
pitch function has been activated as de-
scribed above. To use the pitch SliDer
(5) slide the slider up and down. Down will
increase the pitch and up will decrease the
pitch.