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Rear Panel
Quick Setup
1. Make sure all items listed on
the front of this guide are in the
Playmate Guitarist’s box.
2. Read the Important Safety
Instructions.
3. Study the Hookup Diagram
above. Refer to the next section
for details on which cables to
use.
4. Make sure all devices and
instruments are turned off and
all gain knobs are set to zero.
5. Connect your guitar to the 1/4”
GUITAR IN input located on the
rear of the Playmate Guitarist.
6. For maximum control over the
built-in effects, connect an
optional expression pedal to the
1/4” EXPRESSION input.
7. Connect your headphones to
one of the PHONES jacks. You
may connect two sets of
headphones.
8. To output the signal to a PA
amplifier, mixer or other
equipment, connect the
Playmate Guitarist’s Left and
Right OUTPUT jacks to the
inputs of the device using 1/4”
TRS plugs. To connect to your
stereo, you will need to buy
1/4”-to-RCA plug converters.
9. Turn on the Playmate Guitarist
first, followed by the other
equipment. Turn on any
amplifiers last to avoid any
sudden “pops” that could
damage speakers.
10. When finished, turn off external
amplifiers first—before turning
off or disconnecting the
Playmate Guitarist—to prevent
damage to speakers.
11. Go to http://www.alesis.com to
register the Playmate Guitarist.
Rear-Panel Features and
Connection Details
1. POWER – Turns the unit on
and off. Always use this button
to turn off the unit before
removing the power cord.
2. IEC Power Plug Connector –
Plug in the power cord that
came with the unit here.
3. Voltage Switch – Adjusts the
voltage from 115V/60Hz
(American) to 230V/50Hz
(European). It’s important that
this is set to the correct voltage;
otherwise, you could damage
the Playmate Guitarist.
4. GUITAR IN – a 1/4” instrument
input for your guitar or other
instrument.
5. Gain Knob – controls the gain
of the GUITAR input. Turn this
knob up until you achieve a
loud, clear sound. Turn it down
if you experience distortion,
feedback, clipping or excessive
hiss.
6. EXPRESSION – a 1/4” input for
an optional expression pedal,
which you can use to control
many of the effects.
7. PHONES – stereo 1/4”
unbalanced jacks for connecting
two sets of headphones.
8. L and R OUTPUTS – 1/4” TRS
stereo output for routing the left
and right signals to a device
such as a mixer or amplifier.
Guitar
Headphones
Power Source
Hookup
Diagram
Digital Audio
Workstation
Expression Pedal
Recording
Live
PA System
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Features of the Playmate
Guitarist
1. Display – Shows the current
track and effect program, CD
time and various other settings.
Refer to the “Features of the
Display” section for details.
2. Play/Pause Button – Plays the
CD. If you press this button
while a CD is playing, it will be
paused until you press
Play/Pause again.
3. Stop Button – Stops a playing
CD.
4. Skip Previous Button – Skips
to the beginning of the current
track, or skips to the previous
track on the CD.
5. Skip Next Button – Skips to
the beginning of the next song
on the CD.
6. Scan Back Button – Scans
backward through the current
song. Hold down this button to
continue scanning.
7. Scan Forward Button – Scans
forward through the current
song. Hold down this button to
continue scanning.
8. PITCH Knob – Controls the
tuning of the CD audio. When
you turn this knob, both the
pitch and the speed of the
audio are affected. You may
adjust the pitch by as much as
plus or minus 8%.
9. SPEED Knob – Adjusts the
speed, or tempo, of the CD
audio without affecting its pitch.
You may decrease the tempo
by as much as 50% and increase
it as much as 150%.
10. TRANSPOSE Knob – Changes
the key of the CD audio in half-
step intervals, a maximum of
seven half-steps up or down,
without affecting the speed of
the audio.
The TRANSPOSE knob does not
affect the fine tuning performed
using the PITCH knob. For
example, let’s say you tune the
audio to 50 cents sharp using
the PITCH knob. If you then
transpose the audio up four
half-steps, it will then be four
half-steps plus 50 cents sharp.
TIP: You may find it easiest to
transpose a song to the
appropriate key first, then
adjust the speed, and, as a last
step, fine tune the pitch.
11. VOLUME Knob – Controls the
master output volume of the
Playmate Guitarist.
12. BALANCE Knob – Controls the
ratio of the guitar volume
(along with the selected effect)
versus the CD audio volume.
Turn this knob all the way to
the right, and the main outputs
will contain 100% CD audio.
Turn it all the way to the left
and the outputs will contain
100% guitar. When the knob is
in the center position, the guitar
and CD audio will be mixed
evenly at 50% each.
13. EFFECT Knob – This 16-
position knob works in
conjunction with the VALUE
knob.
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To use the presets, turn
the EFFECT knob to the PLAY
position. Then use the VALUE
knob or the UP and DOWN
buttons to access different
presets.
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To edit an individual
effect, choose COMP/LIMIT,
DIST, EQ, NR, CAB, FX1, FX2,
FX3, or DIGFX. Turn the
VALUE knob to choose a
particular setting. Then,
choose DRIVE or one of the
three associated PARAM
settings. Use the VALUE knob
to increase or decrease the
effect’s intensity.
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