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13.
P
ITCH
A
DJUSTMENTS
You can activate the
Pitch Slider (10)
by pressing the
Pitch On/Off Button (4)
. When the
button LED is lit, the
Pitch Slider (10)
is active and the pitch can be adjusted. When the
button LED is not lit, the
Pitch Slider (10)
is not active. The different pitch adjustments allow
a track's or a loop's playback speed to be manipulated. This speed manipulation is commonly
used to beat match between two or more music sources such as a turntable or CD player.
The playback speed may be increased or decreased by a factor of +/-16. The next section
details the different pitch manipulation schemes.
13.1
P
ITCH
S
LIDER
(10)
This function will increase or decrease the tracks playback
speed or "PITCH." The maximum pitch percentage
manipulation in this function is +/-16%. The
Pitch Slider
(10)
is used to decrease or increase the playback pitch. If
the slider is moved up (towards the top of the unit) the
pitch will decrease, if the slider is moved down (towards
the bottom of the unit) the pitch will increase. The
Pitch
Slider (10)
adjustment can be changed to range from +/-
6%, +/-10%, or +/-16% as described in chapter Adjusting
the Pitch Slider’s Range (5) on page 46. This pitch
adjustment will affect normal playback and loops only
when the
Pitch On/Off Button (4)
is turned on.
A
CTIVATING THE
P
ITCH
S
LIDER
(10)
To activate the
Pitch Slider
, you must activate the pitch
adjustment. Press the
Pitch On/Off Button (4)
to activate
the pitch adjustment. The
On/Off Button (4)
LED will glow
when the function is activated. If the pitch function is not
activated the
Pitch Slider
will not function.
