Playing CDs

Looping Part of a CD (Loop Play)

With the loop function, you can repeat part of a CD during playback. This lets you create original recordings.

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CD/MD switch

LOOP

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1Set CD/MD to CD.

2Press LOOP repeatedly and choose either NORMAL or RHYTHM.

See “The difference between NORMAL and RHYTHM.”

Each time you press LOOP, the display changes as follows:

n NORMAL 1 ----- NORMAL 5

 

RHYTHM 5 ----- RHYTHM 1

n

 

3Press á.

The player starts playing.

4Keep pressing LOOP at the point you want to repeat, and release LOOP when you want to stop repeating.

You can also change the mode of the loop (NORMAL 1 to 5, and RHYTHM 1 to 5), turning AMS on the unit while pressing LOOP.

The difference between NORMAL and

RHYTHM

The original track can be looped in two ways, NORMAL and RHYTHM.

Original

Hey, Come on everybody! ...

In NORMAL mode

After repeating a particular portion, the normal play starts from the point you started pressing LOOP.

Loop length

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey,

C...

 

C

C...

C’mon everybody!

...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press LOOP

Release LOOP

 

In RHYTHM mode

After repeating a particular portion, the normal play starts jumping over the period of the loop.

 

Hey,

C...

 

C...

 

C...

erybody!...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

me

 

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Press LOOP

 

Release LOOP

: Unheard portion overlapped by the loop.

You can choose the loop length from 1 (about 0.25 second) to 5 (about 1 second).

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Sony MXD-D1 manual Looping Part of a CD Loop Play, Difference between Normal, Original, Normal mode, Rhythm mode

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