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- Page 1 Pro-Scratch 2 ™ Featuring: User Guide and Reference Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 Rev 02/02 www.americandj.com...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
CHANGING TIME DISPLAY...22 SYSTEM MEMORY...23 SYSTEM LOCK...23 PITCH ADJUSTMENTS PITCH SLIDER...24 PITCH BENDING...25 BUILT-IN EFFECTS SCRATCH/SKID...27 FILTER/PHASE...28 ECHO/FLANGER/ROBOT...28 TRANS/PAN...29 CHANGING PARAMETERS...29 FX MIX...30 JOG WHEEL SENSITIVITY...32 FLIP-FLOP™...33 WARRANTY...34 SPECIFICATIONS...35 American Audio © - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 2 ®... -
Page 3: Important Information
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. - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 3 ® CAUTION NOTE: television reception. -
Page 4: Electrical Safety Precautions
ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 4 ® The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. -
Page 5: Safety Instructions
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Page 6: Unpacking
UNPACKING Every Pro-Scratch 2™ 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 CD player for any damage and be sure all equip- ment necessary to operate the CD player has arrived intact. -
Page 7: Features
For more information on this feature, see FLIP-FLOP™ on page 33. (d) MEMORY BACKUP: The Pro-Scratch 2™ has a five (5) year memory back-up, that will save your setting in case the power supply is accidentally disconnected. -
Page 8: Set-Up Installation
Connect the included RCA cable from your Pro-Scratch 2™ outputs to the inputs on your mixer. Use the supplied 1/8” mini plug cable to connect your Pro-Scratch 2™ to a mini jack connection (A or B ) on a compatible American Audio® or American DJ® “Fader Q Start”... -
Page 9: General Functions And Controls
FLASH BUTTONS (8). The samples or cue point can then be recalled at any time even when the disk has been removed and replaced at a later time. - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 9 ® Figure 3 LOCK... - Page 10 25. TIME MODE - The TIME button will switch the time value described in the TIME METER between ELAPSED PLAYING TIME, TRACK REMAINING TIME, and TOTAL REMAINING TIME. 26. PITCH ON/OFF BUTTON - This button is - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 10 ®...
- Page 11 B. REAR PANEL (FIGURE 4) 35. AUDIO OUT R & L - Audio out signals. Connect stereo RCA cable from AUDIO OUT to a - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 11 ®...
- Page 12 43. CD SLOT POWER INDICATOR - This is the main power LED. This extremely bright Indigo LED will also aid in locating the CD slot in dark and club situations. - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 12 ® Figure 4 NO : : PS...
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Page 13: Lc Display
61. ELAPSE INDICATOR - When this indicator is on it will define the time displayed in the TIME METER (52, 53, & 54) as the current track’s elapse time. - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 13 ® LOCK Figure 6... -
Page 14: Basic Operations
1. LOADING/EJECTING DISCS The Pro-Scratch 2™ 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 15: Starting Playback
PAUSE BUTTON (17) as in Figure 11. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (15) as in Figure 12 will now return you to the point you just set. American Audio © - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 15 ® POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0... -
Page 16: Track Scanning (Fast Fwd/Fast Rev)
PLAY BUTTON (17) to set your cue point. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (13) or the IN BUTTON (14) will now return you to this exact point. - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 16 ® POWER... -
Page 17: Creating A Seamless Loop
SAMPLE PITCH Figure 17 POWER PARAMETER TIME PARAMETER RATIO BUTTON (17) to activate playback mode - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 17 ® POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 AUTO PROGRAM NONSTOP ELAPSED... - Page 18 RELOOP (48) INDICATORS will turn on in the LCD DISPLAY (19) indication a loop is active. Figure 21 - The RELOOP (31) function allows you to return to your - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 18 ® - During a seamless loop, the LOOP (47) and POWER...
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Page 19: Using The Built-In Sampler
12. Using the Built In Sampler: Your Pro-Scratch 2™ comes with an advanced built in sampler. You may store up to three samples on the three FLASH BUTTON (8) (Once again please note you may only store either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE into a FLASH BUTTON (8), not both). - Page 20 Turning the knob in a clockwise direction will increase the volume. Turning the wheel in a counter- clockwise direction will decrease the parameters value. - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 20 ® POWER...
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Page 21: Creating A Bop Effect
(15) so music is playing (Figure 31). 2) Press the IN BUTTON (12) (Figure 32) at the point you want your BOP to take place. - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 21 ® POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0... -
Page 22: Using Flash Start Buttons
3) TOTAL REMAIN (59) - This describes the time in the LCD (52, 53, & 54) as the disc total remaining running time. ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN 00 : 00 00 - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 22 ® POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 PARAMETER TIME... -
Page 23: System Memory
® 17. RECALL FLASH MEMORY: The Pro-Scratch 2 can store all your user programmed cue points and effect parameters in to memory. These setting may be recalled at any time, even when a disc has been removed and reinserted at a later time. To recall the memory on a specific disk;... -
Page 24: 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. - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 24 ® POWER... -
Page 25: Pitch Bending
Holding down or tapping on the (-) PITCH BEND BUTTON (29) will provide a slow down in the playback pitch. - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 25 ® You may change the ll continue to the maximum... -
Page 26: Jog Wheel
SCRATCH EFFECT (6) is activated you must use the outer ring of the jog wheel where the clear rubber insulator is attached. American Audio © - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 26 ® POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0... -
Page 27: Built-In Effects
BUILT-IN EFFECTS The Pro-Scratch 2™ comes with nine 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, Skid, Filter, Phase, Flanger, Echo, Robot, Pan, and Trans. -
Page 28: Filter/Phase
The ROBOT effect distorts the output to simulates a sci-fi robot The flanger effect distorts the output signal and creates an The ECHO effect adds an echo to your output signal. The ECHO - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 28 ® POWER... -
Page 29: Trans/Pan
To activate the hold function press the HOLD BUTTON (2) as in figure 56. When the hold function becomes activated, the hold button will begin to glow blue. Figure 56 - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 29 ® POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0... -
Page 30: Fx Mix
BUTTON (13) to activate the FX Mix Mode. When you are at the point in the track you wish to begin the - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 30 ® a track. Select the FX MIX... - Page 31 © This function allows you to engage either the SKID effect at any point of a track To initiate the FX BOP Function, tap the BOP/ENTER BUTTON - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 31 ® POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0...
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Page 32: Jog Wheel Sensitivity
JOG WHEEL (16) is realesd the unit will return to the last cue point. Figure 66 American Audio © This function works with the SCRATCH effects. This function allows - www.americandj.com - Pro-Scratch 2™ Instruction Manual Page 32 ® POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 PROGRAM... -
Page 33: Flip-Flop
Connecting your Pro-Scratch 2™ 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 Pro-Scratch 2™ 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 34: Warranty
United States. If the entire instrument is sent, it must be shipped in its original package. No accessories should be shipped with the product. If any accessories are shipped with the product, American Audio® shall have no liability whatsoever for loss of or damage to any such accessories, nor for the safe return thereof. -
Page 35: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio® Pro-Scratch 2™ - Professional CD Player Type: Slot loading, digital compact disc audio player. Disc type: Standard size compact discs only (5 in / 12 cm discs) Pitch Range: Within +/- 4%, +/- 8%, +/- 16%, +/- 100% Pitch Accuracy: 0.1%... - Page 36 ©American Audio® World Headquarters: 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles, CA 90058 USA Tel: 323-582-3322 Fax: 323-582-3311 Web: www.americandj.com E-mail: info@americandj.com...
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