ALCATECH BPM STUDIO 4 PRO User Manual page 102

Controls at the front side of the
device:
[3] Cue-Play-Button
This button combines the two buttons Cue and
Play. If the player is in play mode (The green LED
[46] is on) it will jump back to the previous Cue
Point and start playing from there on, upon
pressing the [Cue-Play] button. If the player is in
pause mode, it will jump to the current Cue Point,
and play from there on.
Alternative Cue-Play Function
Alternatively to the functions of the [Cue-Play]
button described above, another variant can be
selected in the Program Options. If this other
variant is selected, the title will start playing upon
pressing the [Cue-Play] and will play as long as
the button is held. Upon releasing the button the
title will be reset to the current Cue Point
[4] Cue Button
Upon pressing this button the player will jump
back to the previous Cue Point, and switch to
pause mode.
When pressing the button for longer than one
second, the player will jump back to beginning of
the title res. will jump back to that Cue Point when
pressing for more than one second again.
[5] Play Button
When pressing this button the player will start
playing from its current position, res. from the set
Cue Point. If pressed again the player will go back
to pause mode.
The current starting position of the player will be
saved as Cue Point if the Play button is pressed
again, and can be located with again at any time
with the [Cue] button.
[9] Pitch-Bend-Button
With these keys the playback speed can
temporarily be in- or decreased. An indispensable
tool when synchronizing the beats of two titles
[10] Pitch Control
Adjust this control to the desired playback speed.
On the display [40] the deviation will be indicated
in %.
This control is only active when the [Pitch] –
button [24] is switched on, and the Pitch-LED [25]
is also on.
[19] Time Button
With this button the time indicator in the display
[40] can be switched between elapsed, and
remaining playtime.
[24] Pitch Button
This button can block adjustment of the playback
speed with the [Pitch-Control] [10]. The Pitch
LED [25] will indicate the current status.
[25] Pitch LED
This LED indicates if the Pitch Control [10] is
active.
[28] Sample Buttons 1 to 9
These buttons start the samples 1 to 9 of the
Sample Player of BPM Studio. Read the chapter
Sample Player in this manual to learn about the
different possibilities when working with samples.
[29] Sampler-Status-LED
The three colored status LED indicates the mode
of the Sample Player. If green, the Sample Player
is ready. Orange means ready in scratch mode.
A red LED indicates that data is loaded into the
Sampler. During this period no samples can be
played.
[30] Sampler-Control, res. controlling
the Preview Player
With the two buttons
Player's output can be assigned to Player A or
Player B. This is only necessary if the Sample
Player does not have its own sound card channel
assigned, res. only two channels are available
(depending on hard- and software outfit of your
system) The [0] – button stops the playback of all
samples.
RC V3 Description
the Sample