GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS
A. TOP UNIT CONTROLS (FIGURE 3)
1. PITCH PERCENTAGE SELECTOR - Press
this button to choose any pitch range percent-
ages of 4%, 8%, 16%, and 100%. See page 26
for more details.
2. TEMPO LOCK FUNCTION - This button acti-
vates the TEMPO LOCK function. This function
allows you to use the PITCH SLIDER to speed up
or slow down playback speed without altering the
tonal pitch of the track. When this function is not
engaged the original tonal pitch of the track will
be altered giving you the "chipmunk" effect when
a track is played at a high rate of speed, or the
"James Earl Jones" effect when a track is slowed
to much.
3. PITCH ON/OFF BUTTON - This button is used
to turn the PITCH SLIDER (7) function on and off.
The pitch percentage can be changed between
4%, 8%, 16% and 100%. 4% will allow the least
amount of pitch manipulation and 100% will allow
the most amount of pitch manipulation. To adjust
to the different values please see page 26.
4. BEAT SELECT BUTTONS - These buttons'
are used to select the delay time of an effect to
the beat of music. The beat delay ratios are 1/4,
1/2, 3/4, 1/1, 2/1, and 4/1.
NOTE: A effect must be selected to set a delay
time.
5. BPM BUTTON - The BPM button is used to
toggle between two readouts in the LCD (30).
When the BPM function is activated, the LCD
(30) will display a BPM meter. The BPM meter
will automatically and accurately detail a tracks
beats per a minute (BPM). When this function is
not active the LCD will display the amount of pitch
(if any) that is being applied to the track.
6. TAP BUTTON - This button is used to override
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