Numark Industries CDN-88 manual Special Effects

CDN-88 Dual CD Player

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Your CDN-88 is equipped with some of most advanced effects on the market today. To fully take advantage of these effects it’s helpful to practice and understand their use.

To select an effect tap until the desired number is found. To put the effect into hold mode or a secondary effect hold down the button for 1 second. The LED above will light indicating the hold has been activated. To release the hold tap the button once. The effect will remain in position.

To activate the effect, press	then rotate the wheel to the desired parameter.	For all effects except reverse the pitch bend in the
wheel will be deactivated so you will use the pitch bend buttons instead.

EFFECTS:

1.LIVE SCRATCH – This effect makes it possible for the wheel to scratch the music while it is playing. If you move the wheel back and forth the music will stop and play slowly as the wheel is moved similar to scratching a record. When the wheel stops moving the music will continue onward. You can also push the wheel forward and the unit will automatically play as it slows.

LIVE SCRATCH HOLD – This effect works like the above except it pauses the music when the wheel stops moving. It is basically the same as powering off a turntable.

Live scratching is similar to working with a playing turntable, while the hold mode is similar to scratching a turntable with the power off.

2.PHAZE – Creates an effect on the music similar to the sound of an airplane taking off. As the wheel is moved the effect is created. If the wheel stops moving the effect will return to the beginning on it’s own. If the effect is in hold the effect will stay at the current sound until the effect is released by the button or hold removed.

3.VERB – adds reverb to the PHAZE effect to create a slightly different sound. The wheel works a similar way.

4.SLIDE – Smoothly changes the key of the music. In the display you will see the key indication change as the wheel is moved. The wheel also works in a similar way.

5.CHOP – This effect works best when the Beatkeeper™ is properly aligned. Chop breaks up the music by turning the volume on and off based upon the BPM of the Beatkeeper™. First activation of the effect plays 1/8th note or half of every beat. In the BPM display will indicate an 8 which means one measure (4 beats) of music has been broken into 8 parts. Rotation of the wheel to the left decreases the parts to 4, 2, and 1. At 1 the music plays for 4 beats then is silent. Rotating to the right breaks up the music into 16, 32, 64, then smaller increments making for another interesting effect. When the effect is first activated the music will play the section then turn off for a section. This is important because you can reverse the sections that are off and on by activating the effect in the other section. If you deactivate the effect then turn it on again it remembers the last set parameter.

EFFECT LENGTHS

BEAT 1 2 3 4

1

2

4

8

16

32

64

CHOP EFFECT

BEAT 1		2		3	4
8	on		off
	or
effect activated
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