American Audio CDI-300 manual

Featuring:

Sampling

CDI-300™

User Guide

and Reference Manual

4295 Charter Street

Los Angeles Ca. 90058

www.AmericanAudio.us

Rev. 4/05

Contents

Main CDI-300 CONTENTS NOTE: IMPORTANT INFORMATION IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEMS FOR U.S.A. & CANADA MODEL ONLY ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-300 Instruction Manual Page 4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Line Voltage Selection INTRODUCTION UNPACKING SET-UP PRECAUTIONS MAIN FEATURES SET-UP GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS A. TOP UNIT CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) Page Page Figure 5 Figure 4 B. REAR PANEL (FIGURE 4) C. FRONT PANEL (FIGURE 5) GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) D. LCD DISPLAY PANEL (FIGURE 5) BASIC OPERATIONS 2. SELECTING TRACKS 1. LOADING/EJECTING DISCS 3. STARTING PLAYBACK - Figure 10 4. AUTO CUE 5. STOPPING PLAYBACK - Figures 10 & 11 6. PAUSING - Figure 10 7. FRAME SEARCH 8. SCANNING (FAST FORWARD / FAST REVERSE) 9. SETTING and STORING a CUE POINT: Setting A Cue Point: Storing A Cue Point: 10. CREATING AND PLAYING A SEAMLESS LOOP 11. EDITING A LOOP: LCD LOOP INDICATORS EXITING A LOOP REPLAY LOOP 12. Using the Built In Sampler: To create a sample: 13. BANK BUTTONS (4): 14. CHANGING THE TIME DISPLAY (35, 36, & 37)/TIME BAR (34): func 16. RECALL FLASH MEMORY: 18. FIRMWARE VERSION DISPLAY: 17. CLEAR ALL MEMORY: 15. SYSTEM MEMORY: 1. PITCH SLIDER (33): Using the Pitch Slider (5): Be sure the pitch function has been activated Activating the Pitch Slider (5): To activate the PITCH SLIDER you must AUTO BPM COUNTER/PITCH ADJUSTMENTS: NOTE: A -100% pitch manipulation will stop playback entirely. PITCH BEND BUTTONS (7): Adjusting the PITCH SLIDER'S RANGE (5): 3. JOG WHEEL (10): FLIP-FLOP Mono Mini Plug Compatible Q-Deck Mixer Note: FLIP-FLOP WARRANTY INFORMATION: 1-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY change without any prior written notice. SPECIFICATIONS