American Audio CDI-500 manual

Featuring:

Sampling

CDI-500™

User Guide

and Reference Manual

4295 Charter Street

Los Angeles Ca. 90058

www.AmericanAudio.us

Rev. 4/05

Contents

Main CDI-500 CONTENTS NOTE: IMPORTANT INFORMATION IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEMS FOR U.S.A. & CANADA MODEL ONLY ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS American Audio - www.AmericanAudio.us - CDI-500 Instruction Manual Page 4 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 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 6) BASIC OPERATIONS 1. LOADING/EJECTING DISCS 2. SELECTING TRACKS 3. STARTING PLAYBACK - Figure 11 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 LCD LOOP INDICA TORS EXITING A LOOP REPLA Y LOOP 12. Using the Built In Sampler: To create a sample: Page 14. BANK BUTTONS (12): 15. BANK PROGRAM BUTTON (23): To program samples: BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) func SYSTEM MEMORY 18. RECALL FLASH MEMORY: 20. FIRMWARE VERSION DISPLAY: TOUCH SENSITIVE JOG WHEEL/BOP EFFECT 1. PITCH SLIDER (7): Using the Pitch Slider (7): Be sure the pitch function has been activated as Activating the Pitch Slider (3): To activate the PITCH SLIDER (7) you must PITCH ADJUSTMENTS: NOTE: A -100% pitch manipulation will stop playback entirely. PITCH BEND BUTTONS (11): Adjusting the PITCH SLIDER'S RANGE (7): 3. JOG WHEEL (13): Page Page Page FLIP-FLOP Compatible Q-Deck Mixer FLIP-FLOP Note: Mono Mini Plug W ARRANTY INFORMA TION: 1-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY change without any prior written notice. SPECIFICATIONS