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Radius 2000

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User Guide and Reference Manual

6122 S. Eastern Ave.

Los Angeles Ca. 90040

www.AmericanAudio.us

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Page 1: ...Featuring Sampling Sampling Radius 2000 User Guide and Reference Manual 6122 S Eastern Ave Los Angeles Ca 90040 www AmericanAudio us 2 09 ...

Page 2: ... tracking 18 Starting playback 19 Pausing playback 19 Frame search 19 track scanning Fast FWD Fast Rev 20 setting and storing cue points 20 Creating a seamless loop 21 using the built in sampler 23 Using the bank Buttons 25 bank programming 25 Changing Time display 26 Recall memory 26 Jog Wheel Sensitivity 27 pitch adjustments pitch slider 28 pitch bending 29 BUILT IN EFFECTS Scratch SKID 31 filte...

Page 3: ...merican Audio DEALER The lightning flash with an arrow triangular symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of non insulated dangerous volt age within the products enclosure and may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock The exclamation point triangular symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instru...

Page 4: ...r pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particular attention to cords at plugs conveniencereceptacles andthepointwhere they exit from the product OUTDOOR ANTENNA gROUNDINg If an outside antennaorcablesystemisconnectedtotheproduct be sure the antenna or cable system is grounded so astoprovidesomeprotectionagainstvoltagesurges andbuilt upstaticcharges Article810oftheNational Electrical...

Page 5: ...player should be connected to a power supply only of the type described in the operating instructions or as marked on the player 7 Servicing The user should not attempt to service the player beyond that described in the operating instructions All other servicing should be referred to quali fied service personnel The player should be servicedbyqualifiedservicepersonnelwhen A The power supply cord o...

Page 6: ...n thoroughly tested and has been shipped in perfect operating condi tion Carefully check the shipping carton for damage that may have occurred during shipping If the carton appears to be damaged carefully inspect your player for any damage and be sure all equip ment necessary to operate the player has arrived intact In the event damage has been found or parts are missing please contact our toll fr...

Page 7: ...art the next player once one 1 player has ended For example if player one 1 is playing a track and it ends player two 2 will instantly begin to play You may set FLIP FLOP to play track to track or folder to foler For more information on this feature see FLIP FLOP on page 38 Important When Bank Button LED is flashing the unit will return to the bank in point c MemorY Backup The Radius 2000 has a fi...

Page 8: ... in unit damage To avoid severe damage to the unit be sure the power is off when making connections to the unit Figure 1 American Audio www AmericanAudio us Radius 2000 Instruction Manual Page 8 important Sd card information Set up SD CARD INFORMATION Make sure your SD Card only has MP3 files on it Do Not have any other file type on your SD Card no WAV files photo files etc American Audio SD Playe...

Page 9: ...ENERAL Functions and controls American Audio www AmericanAudio us Radius 2000 Instruction Manual Page 9 Figure 2 2 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 20 19 18 17 16 15 30 31 32 33 28 27 26 25 24 23 21 22 1 29 ...

Page 10: ... beats between two playing track s or any other music source Remember this is a momentary function When you remove your finger from this button the BPM s will automatically return to the Pitch Slider s 4 selected pitch Holding down this button will give a maximum of 100 pitch 6 Pitch ON OFF Button This button is used to turn the Pitch Slider 4 function on and off The pitch percentage can be change...

Page 11: ...s the starting point of a seamless loop see SEAMLESS LOOP on page 21 Out Button This button is used to set the ending point of a loop A loop is started by pressing the IN BUTTON pressing the OUT BUTTON set the loop ending point The loop will continue to play until the OUT BUTTON is pressed once again reloop Button If a SEAMLESS LOOP has been made see setting a SEAMLESS LOOP on page 18 but the play...

Page 12: ...lly according to the BPM 25 PARAMETER RATIO KNOB This knob is used to adjust the parameter ratio value You can also push the RATIO KNOB and turn the JOG WHEEL 9 to adjust the parameter ratio value 26 EFFECTS AND HOLD BUTTON FILTER BUTTON This button is used to activate and deactivate the Filter effect The Filter effect tweaks the original sound to add different tonal definition The effect is almos...

Page 13: ... used in a couple ways Press this button to activate the Memory mode the memory button LED will glow when active After the memory mode is activated press your desired Bank Button 28 to store your CUE point or playing loop See Using Built In Sampler on page 23 You can also record a loop by pressing the BANK button during music playback to start recording when you have reached your desired loop endi...

Page 14: ...y You can also connect your unit to a compatible American Audio mixer s CONTROL out to use American Audio s Q start fader control This feature is only available on American Audio s Q series mixers 37 AUDIO OUT R L Audio out signals Connect stereo RCA cable s from the AUDIO OUT to a mixer s LINE input 38 Headphone jack volume control This jack is used to connect your headphones and the volume contr...

Page 15: ... a full outline lets you know the cue memory is full Note The scratch function will not work unless all the bars are full 2 The five bars inside the bucket represnts the digital buffer Each bar represents 2 seconds 47 SD USB INDICATOR This indicates which port is active Use the SD CARD USB SELECTOR 1 to select your desired port 48 TEMPO LOCK This will indicate the Tempo Lock function is active 49 ...

Page 16: ...dicates that the player is in single play mode the track will play once and return to CUE mode If the single indicator is not on the unit is in continuous mode In continuous mode the drive will play all the remaining tracks Once the remaining tracks have ended the unit will return to cue mode 55 RELOOP indicator Appears when LOOP is engaged or ready to be engaged 56 Auto cue This will indicate if ...

Page 17: ...IDI CH Change Chan 1 16 or control Chan 1 8 9 16 by BEAT B MIDI SETUP Pulse 1024 or 512 select sensor to send Pulse I O DISPLAY Hide display hide MIDI I O value JOG OUTPUT 0 30 ms Control JOG MIDI max send time USB Reset reset USB C Dual Control In MIDI mode the unit can be controlled by the JOG WHEEL PITCH BEND PITCH ON OFF PITCH SLIDER PITCH PERCENTAGE E Bit Rate Disp ON Disp OFF F Version CON V...

Page 18: ...Never remove the SD Card when in PLAY mode 3 Selecting Tracks Select a desired track by using either of the two TRACK Buttons 17 or by turning the TRACK KNOB 19 Tapping the TRACK Buttons 17 or turning the TRACK KNOB 19 once will select either the next higher or lower track You may hold down the TRACK buttons 17 or turn and hold the TRACK KNOB 19 to change tracks continuously at a faster speed If y...

Page 19: ...oint the PLAY PAUSE button 13 was pressed 2 Press the CUE button 14 during playback This will pause playback and return the track to the last set cue point 7 Auto cue Figure 9 This function will automatically set a cue point to the first audio source when a media device is inserted The first set cue point will always be the beginning of track 1 If a new track is selected before the Play Button 13 ...

Page 20: ...on 14 or the IN Button 15 will now return you to this exact point Figure 13 Figure 12 American Audio www AmericanAudio us Radius 2000 Instruction Manual Page 20 Figure 11 9 Scanning fast forward Fast reverse This function gives you a fast search through a track Press the search buttons 16 for a fast forward or a fast reverse 10 SETTING and STORING a CUE POINT Setting A Cue Point A cue point is the...

Page 21: ...s the Memory Button 30 as in Figure 14 The red Memory Cue LED will glow indicating the store memory function has been activat ed You may now press any one of the three Bank Buttons 28 to store your cue point into memory Figure 16 After pressing one of the Bank Buttons 28 the corresponding Bank Button LED will flash briefly The LED on the the Bank Button 28 will remain lit indicating either a sampl...

Page 22: ... 15 LEDs will again begin to flash indicating SEAMLESS LOOP mode has been activated and your stored loop will immediately begin to play Figure 20 Figure 19 Figure 18 American Audio www AmericanAudio us Radius 2000 Instruction Manual Page 22 Please note Only the ending point of the loop may be edited You may make your loop shorter or longer Before you can edit your seamless loop you obviously must ...

Page 23: ...on 12 Using the Built In Sampler Your Radius 2000 comes with an advanced built in sampler You may store up to three samples in the three Bank buttons 28 Once again please note you may only store either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE into a Bank button 28 not both Your sample can be a maximum of 5 5 seconds in length A sample can be recalled while a media source is playing while the media source is in PAU...

Page 24: ... will increase your pitch Turning the knob in a counter clockwise direction will decrease the parameters value Changing the Sample Parameters Hold Function Hold Function This mode will allow you to save and lock your param eter adjustments if the hold function is not activated before you set your parameters your parameter adjustments will be momentary If you select the HOLD BUTTON 26 all parameter...

Page 25: ... play that sample 14 BANK PROGRAM BUTTON 29 Once you store samples in the four 4 Bank Buttons the Radius 2000 can be programmed to play the stored samples in a desired order You can program the four 4 banks up to 12 times The programmed samples can be played in your desired order without interrupting music playback The programmed samples can be played when the player is in Pause mode and even when...

Page 26: ...3 The following is a break down of the time settings and their definitions 1 Elapsed This describes the time in the VFD 3 as the current Tracks elapsed running time 2 Remain This describes the time in the VFD 3 as the current Tracks remaining running time Figure 31 16 RECALL MEMORY The Radius 2000 can store 4 programmed cue points per folder and effect parameters in to mem ory These setting may be...

Page 27: ... WHEEL bop effect American Audio www AmericanAudio us Radius 2000 Instruction Manual Page 27 ACTIVATING TOUCH SENSITIVITY Before you can use the Jog wheel 9 to control the play and cue commands you must first activate the jog wheel touch sensitivity To activate the touch sensitivity mode press the A Cue SCRATCH button 12 This will activate touch sensitivity mode IN PlayBACK Mode While in play mode...

Page 28: ...will not affect your samples Figure 35 Figure 37 Figure 36 Using the Pitch Slider 4 Be sure the pitch function has been activated as described above To use the Pitch Slider 4 slide the slider up and down Down will increase the pitch and up will decrease the pitch Activating the Pitch Slider 4 To activate the Pitch Slider 4 you must turn on the pitch adjustment function Press the PITCH on off butto...

Page 29: ... buttons 5 The PITCH BEND button 5 will increase track playback speed and the PITCH BEND button 5 will decrease track playback speed The extent to which the speed changes is proportionate to the amount of time the button is pressed For example if the PITCH BEND button 5 is held down continuously as in figure 41 the playback speed will increase and will continue to increase until it reaches a maxim...

Page 30: ...itch The speed you rotate the JOG Wheel will determine pitch bend percentage For example if the JOG Wheel is continuously turned in a counter clockwise direction the playback speed will steadily decrease and will continue to decrease until playback reaches a maximum of 100 and playback stops entirely When you stop turning the JOG Wheel the playback speed will automatically return to it s previous ...

Page 31: ...CRATCH LED will flash red Once the Scratch Effect has been activated the jog wheel 9 may be used in the same fashion a turntable platter is used Use the jog wheel 9 to simulate the scratch motion on a turntable platter and to manipulate playback When the skid effect is activated the SKID LED will flash red Both the Skid and Scratch time parameters can be adjusted from 0010 to 9990 9990 will give y...

Page 32: ...rs Parameter Time PT and Parameter Ratio PR The PT will adjust the Time Range and The PR will adjust the Frequency Range see Parameters in the next section FILTER EFFECT The Filter effect tweaks the original sound to add different tonal definition The Filter Effect has two adjustable param eters Parameter Time PT and Parameter Ratio PR The PT will ad just the Time Range and The PR will adjust the ...

Page 33: ...e HOLD BUTTON 26 to lock your custom ized parameters If the hold button is not activated any changes to your parameters will be momentary To activate the hold function press the HOLD BUTTON 26 as in figure 51 When the hold function becomes activated the hold button will begin to glow blue Figure 50 TRANS EFFECT The Trans effect simulates a real time mixer transformer effect The Trans effect has tw...

Page 34: ... FOUND when your track is located 1 Press the ADV TRACK BUTTON 18 to enter advance track search mode 2 When this mode is active the TRACK INDICATOR 53 will flash 6 When FOUND is displayed in VFD press the TRACK Knob 19 to begin playback of your selected track If you want to cancel Advanced Track Search without making any changes press the ADV button 18 Use this function to locate a specific track ...

Page 35: ...W CCW 38 39 77 78 CC TYPE NOTE Para Time CW CCW 3A 3B 79 7A CC TYPE NOTE Para Ratio CW CCW 3C 3D 7B 7C CC TYPE NOTE JOG CW CCW 35 3F 74 7E CC TYPE NOTE Pitch Silder VR PITCHBEND PITCHBEND CC TYPE PITCHBEND Pitch Silder VR CENTER 34 2C 73 6B CC TYPE ABSOLUTE IN SW LED 0B 0B 4A 0B OUT SW LED 05 05 44 05 CUE SW LED 30 30 6F 30 SW LED 2A 2A 69 2A ADV SW LED 2F 2F 6E 2F FILTER SW LED 1B 1B 5A 1B ECHO S...

Page 36: ...E SW 29 68 SW 1D 5C SW 11 50 SW 23 62 Time SW 1A 59 SGL CTN SW 14 53 SW 17 56 SW 07 46 SW 0D 4C BPM SW 12 51 TAP SW 20 SW 0E 4D Chan 1 8 or 9 16 no function SW 08 47 Chan 1 8 or 9 16 no function LED 34 Chan 1 8 or 9 16 no function LED 3A Chan 1 8 or 9 16 no function LED 39 Chan 1 8 or 9 16 no function LED 38 Chan 1 8 or 9 16 no function LED 37 Chan 1 8 or 9 16 no function LED 36 Chan 1 8 or 9 16 n...

Page 37: ... PLAY PAUSE button 13 on one player to begin playback 6 After the first player s single track has ended the second player s track will immediately begin playback 7 FLIP FLOP will continue until you stop it or power is interrupted To Flip Flop entire folders Be sure your players are both in continuous play mode make sure single 54 does not appear in the VFD s 3 of both players Follow all directions...

Page 38: ...epaired or serviced by anyone other than the American Audio factory unless prior written authorization was issued to purchaser by American Audio if the product is damaged because not properly maintained as set forth in the instruction manual D This is not a service contract and this warranty does not include maintenance cleaning or peri odic check up During the period specified above American Audi...

Page 39: ...tion Storage temperature 20 to 60 C 4 to 140 F Accessories Connecting RCA Cable 1 set for left and right channels Control 1 8 miniplug type 3 feet AUDIO SECTION Quantization 16 bit linear per channel Sampling rate 44 1 kHz at normal pitch Over sampling rate 8 times D A conversion 16 bit Frequency response 1 dB 17 Hz to 16 000 Hz Output level 1 37V 1dB Load impedance 100k ohm or more AUDIO CHARACTE...

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