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VELOCITY MP3

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User Guide

and Reference Manual

4295 Charter Street

Los Angeles Ca. 90058

www.AmericanAudio.us

12/05

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Страница 1: ...Featuring Sampling Sampling FLIPFLOP VELOCITY MP3 User Guide and Reference Manual 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca 90058 www AmericanAudio us 12 05 ...

Страница 2: ...G 16 STARTING PLAYBACK 17 PAUSING PLAYBACK 17 FRAME SEARCH 18 TRACK SCANNING FAST FWD FAST REV 18 SETTING AND STORING CUE POINTS 18 CREATING A SEAMLESS LOOP 20 USING THE BUILT IN SAMPLER 22 CREATING A BOP EFFECT 24 USING FLASH START 24 CHANGING TIME DISPLAY 25 SYSTEM MEMORY 26 SYSTEM LOCK 27 PITCH ADJUSTMENTS PITCH SLIDER 28 PITCH BENDING 29 FINE TUNE BPM 30 BUILT IN EFFECTS SCRATCH SKID 31 FILTER...

Страница 3: ...O USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICE TO YOUR AUTHORIZED American 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 th...

Страница 4: ... 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 ElectricalC...

Страница 5: ...n the operating instructions All other servicing should be referred to quali fied service personnel The Player should be servicedbyqualifiedservicepersonnelwhen A The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged B Objects have fallen or liquid has been spilled into the CD Player C The CD Player has been exposed to rain or water D The CD Player does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a ma...

Страница 6: ...oughly 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 CD player for any damage and be sure all equip ment necessary to operate the CD player has arrived intact In the event damage has been found or parts are missing please contact our toll fr...

Страница 7: ...g in case the power supply is accidentally disconnected Velocity Mp3 will remember your last setting SGL CTN and effect parameters even if you disconnect your main power The Velocity Mp3 will store your cue points and samples in memory if you accidentally eject a disc or shut off the power See memory on page 26 e PROGRAMMABLE CUE POINTS The Velocity Mp3 has three Flash Start Buttons 8 1000 Cue poi...

Страница 8: ...a mini jack connection A or B on a compatible American Audio Fader Q Start mixer This will enable the Fader Q Start function See Q start control page 7 4 Connect the suppled D Plug control cables from the transport unit to the controlling unit Be sure to transport drive one is connected to controlling unit one and transport drive two is connected to controlling drive two CAUTION Be sure to use the...

Страница 9: ...BUTTON 2 LOOP and RELOOP will appear in the VFD DISPLAY 17 when the RELOOP function is available 2 OUT BUTTON This button is used to set the ending point of a loop A loop is started by pressing the IN BUTTON 33 pressing the OUT BUTTON set the loop ending point The loop will continue to play until the OUT BUTTON is pressed once again American Audio www AmericanAudio us Velocity Mp3 Instruction Manu...

Страница 10: ...rch through the fold ers on a Mp3 disc 14 PARAMETER RATIO TRACK SEARCH KNOB This knob is used to either adjust the parameter ratio value or search through the tracks on a cd or Mp3 disc 15 PARAMETER FOLDER BUTTON Use this button to switch between the Parameter func tions or the Folders and Tracks on a Mp3 disc 1 Parameters When the Parameter LED is lit you are able to adjust the time value and rat...

Страница 11: ...NS AND CONTROLS Cont playing This will allow you to match the beats between two playing CD s or other playing music source Remember this is a momentary function When you remove your finger from the pitch but ton the BPM s will automatically return to PITCH SLIDERS 36 pitch value Holding down this but ton will give a maximum of 100 pitch Use this function to slow to another playing music source Be ...

Страница 12: ...y color the Pitch Function is not activated 36 PITCH SLIDER This slider is used to adjust the playback pitch percentage The slider is a set adjustment and will remain set until the pitch slider is moved or the pitch function has been turned off This adjustment can be made with or without a disk in the drive The pitch adjust GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS Cont American Audio www AmericanAudio us Ve...

Страница 13: ... turned off 43 TRANSPORT SLOT Always insert a disc with the Label side up The trayless transport sys tem works similar to a car CD player When a disc is inserted into the drive slot the unit will auto matically grab the disc and load into the drive system properly A CD will automatically cue to the first track when it is inserted into the transport system Never attempt to force a disc into the slo...

Страница 14: ...quired power NEVER REMOVE THE GROUND PRONG FROM THE POWER CABLE DOING SO MAY RESULT IN IMPROPER OPERATION 49 REMOTE 1 INPUT CONNECTOR This con GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS Cont American Audio www AmericanAudio us Velocity Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 14 nector is used to receive the control information from the controller unit Connect the supplied D Plug cables from these jacks to the similar mar...

Страница 15: ...l begin to play 63 TIME BAR SCRATCH INDICATOR This bar gives a visual approximation of a track s or disc s remaining time This bar will begin to flash when a CD is ending or a track if the unit is in SINGLE mode 64 REMAIN INDICATOR When REMAIN is indi cated in the VFD DISPLAY 17 the TIME DESCRIBED 64 in the VFD will define the current track s remain ing time 65 TIME DISPLAY These indicators detail...

Страница 16: ...he slot press the EJECT BUTTON 11 see Figure 6 CAUTION NEVER attempt to insert any other objects beside 5 CD in the disc slot NEVER attempt to insert more than one disc at a time Doing so may result in sever damage to your unit DO NOT force a disc into the slot when the power is off this may damage the drive system 2 SELECTING TRACKS Select a desired track by using either of the two TRACK BUTTONS ...

Страница 17: ... The point at which play back starts cue point will automatically be stored in the memory as the cue point The unit will return to this cue point the point at which playback started when the CUE BUTTON 22 or the BOP BUTTON 34 is pressed and released BASIC OPERATIONS CONT Figure 9 Figure 10 American Audio www AmericanAudio us Velocity Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 17 4 AUTO CUE This function will aut...

Страница 18: ...A Cue Point A cue point is the exact point playback will begin when the PLAY PAUSE BUTTON 23 is pressed You may set your cue points anywhere on a disc or in a track You may set up to four independent cue points per disk Three cue points are stored in the FLASH BUTTONS 1 3 31 and one is shared by the IN BUTTON 33 BOP BUTTON 34 and the CUE BUTTON 22 There are two 2 ways to set and create a CUE point...

Страница 19: ... be saved in unit s memory Either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE See creating a sample loop on page 20 can be stored into a FLASH BUTTONS 31 not both Figure 15 Create a Cue Point by one of the two means listed on page 14 Press the MEMORY BUTTON 12 as in Figure 15 The red Memory Cue LED will glow indicating the store memory function has been activated You may now press any one of the three FLASH BUTTONS 3...

Страница 20: ... sound interruption You can use this loop to create dramatic effect in your mixing This loop has no time limit and you could actually loop the entire length of disc You create a seamless loop between two continuous points of a disc 2 Press the OUT BUTTON 2 to set the ending point for your SEAMLESS LOOP Figure 13 The IN BUTTON 33 and OUT BUTTON 2 LEDs will immediately begin to flash rapidly indicat...

Страница 21: ...se your loop to create a stutter effect When a loop is playing press the IN BUTTON 33 repeatedly to create this effect Figure 21 11 EDITING A LOOP Please Note Only the end 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 first have created a seamless loop to edit If you haven t created a SEAMLESS LOOP follow the inst...

Страница 22: ...you wish to store your loop in and press that button 12 Using the Built In Sampler Your Velocity Mp3 comes with an advanced built in sampler You may store up to three samples on the three BANK FLASH BUTTONS 31 Once again please note you may only store either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE into a BANK FLASH BUTTON 31 not both Your sample can be a maximum of 6 0 seconds in length A sample can be recalled w...

Страница 23: ...ill be based on this default setting Turning the knob in a clockwise direction will increase your pitch Turning the wheel in a counter clockwise direction will decrease the parameters value Changing the Sample Parameters Volume While a sample is playing push the PARAMETERS RATIO KNOB 14 One tap will display SV 10 00 in the VFD DISPLAY 17 SV will signify the volume of the sample 10 00 is your defau...

Страница 24: ...ng music playback When in sample mode see Using the Built In Sampler on page 22 and during playback pressing any of the FLASH BUTTONS that holds a sample will immediately begin to play that sample without interruption of music If the unit is in sample mode and the drive is not in playback mode pressing any of the FLASH BUTTONS that stores a sample will immediately begin to play that sample NOTE If...

Страница 25: ...tinue the BOP effect normal playback will resume from the point you initial started your BOP 15 CHANGING THE TIME DISPLAY 65 TIME BAR 63 DURING NORMAL PLAYBACK pressing the TIME BUTTON 10 will change the time display information 65 63 in the VFD 17 see figure 33 The following is a break down of the time settings and their definitions Figure 34 ELAPSED This describes the time in the VFD 65 as the c...

Страница 26: ...default settings To clear the memory While main power is turned off turn the SEARCH KNOB 16 in a counter clockwise direction While the search wheel is turned in a counter clockwise direc tion turn main power on The VFD 17 will flash three times and default memory will be restored Or you can press the TIME BUTTON 10 until PRESET MODE is displayed Now turn the PAREMETER TIME KNOB until MEM CLEAR is ...

Страница 27: ...y locked out in any mode For example locking the unit while in play mode will turn off all other functions and the unit will remain in play mode until the lock is turned off locking the unit when it is cue mode will turn all control off so nothing will function on the unit The lock features prevents unwanted hands from changing any setting to the unit if the DJ has to walk away from the unit aka b...

Страница 28: ...ttom of the unit the pitch will increase The PITCH SLIDER adjustment can be changed to range from 4 8 16 or 100 See changing PITCH SLIDER PERCENTAGE RANGE on the next page This pitch adjustments will effect normal playback and loops only when the PITCH ON OFF BUTTON 35 is turned on The pitch adjustments will not affect your samples Figure 41 Figure 42 Activating the Pitch slider 36 To activate the...

Страница 29: ...ulation will stop playback entirely Holding down or tapping on the PITCH BEND BUT TON 26 will provide a slow down in the playback pitch Figure 44 Adjusting the PITCH SLIDER S RANGE You may change the PITCH SLIDER S 36 operating range at any time To change the operating range be sure the pitch function is turned on see figure 42 The pitch percentage can be changed between 4 8 16 and 100 4 will allo...

Страница 30: ...use the outer ring of the jog wheel where the clear rubber insulator is attached 3 PITCH BEND BUTTONS 26 27 The PITCH BEND BUTTON 27 will increase track playback speed and the PITCH BEND BUTTON 26 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 27 is held down continuously as ...

Страница 31: ...h include scratch filter echo robot and trans When the FX SELECT BUTTON 9 is glowing red you have access to the bottom bank of effects which include skid phase flanger and pan To toggle to the next bank of effects press the FX SELECT BUTTON 9 more than once P S P SELECT 30 This button access the preset banks for the parameters All effects synchronized to the beat Each effects has a set of six buil...

Страница 32: ...inal tonal definition can be altered by changing the PARAMETER TIME 13 and PARAMETER RATIO 14 Figure 53 FLANGER EFFECT The flanger effect alters the output signal and creates an effect similar to frequencies phasing in and out of each other The FLANGER Effect has two adjustable parameters Parameter Time PT and Parameter Ratio PR The PT will adjust the Flanger Mode and The PR will adjust the Flange...

Страница 33: ...cate the parameter your are adjusting All effects except the pan effect have two adjustable parameters PARAMETER TIME 13 and PARAMETER RATIO 14 Use these knobs to customize the effects to your liking Figure 56 TRANS PAN EFFECT The TRANS effect simulates a real time mixer transformer effect When the Transformer effect is acti vated the TRANS PAN BUTTON 20 will glow green when the Pan effect is sele...

Страница 34: ... playback on a track Select the FX MIX BUTTON 6 to activate the FX Mix Mode STEP TWO After you have activated FX Mix Mode select an effect In this example we will choose the SKID Effect Choosing the SKID Effect we create a braking effect STEP THREE When you are at the point in the track you wish to begin the sample press the FLASH BUTTON 3 31 Pressing the FLASH BUTTON 3 31 will now end the current...

Страница 35: ...P ONE Be sure you are in continuous play mode and a track is playing Turn the SKID effect on Figure 62 Figure 64 Figure 63 STEP TWO Select the FX MIX BUTTON 6 to activate the FX Mix Mode as in figure 64 STEP THREE To initiate the FX BOP Function tap the BOP ENTER BUTTON 34 At this point the effects will play out for the length of the SKID value When the effect has played out normal playback will r...

Страница 36: ...hold down the SCRATCH BUTTON 18 until it begins to flash amber repeatedly This will activate touch sensitivity mode Figure 65 Figure 67 Figure 66 IN CUE MODE While in cue mode and when the touch sensitivity function is active tapping on the JOG WHEEL 24 can be used to start playback The unit will continue to playback until the JOG WHEEL 24 is released One the JOG WHEEL 24 is released the unit will...

Страница 37: ...der selection See FOLDER INDICATOR 67 on page 15 2 Now turn the FOLDER KNOB 13 and turn it clockwise to scroll forward through the folders or turn it counter clockwise to scroll backwards through the folders Figure 68 Figure 69 FOLDER TRACK M REMAIN S F PITCH AUTOBPM CD MP3 CUE RELOOP SINGLE AUTO CUE American Audio www AmericanAudio us Velocity Mp3 Instruction Manual Page 37 ...

Страница 38: ... ADVANCED TRACK SEARCH 1 Press the PARAMETER FOLDER TRACK 15 for 1 sec to enter advance track search mode 2 When this mode is active the FOLDER TRACK BUTTON LED will blink and the VFD will display the track name 6 When FOUND is displayed in VFD press the PARAMETER FOLDER KNOB 15 to begin playback of your selected track If you want to cancel Advanced Track Search without making any changes press th...

Страница 39: ...ions for single track FLIP FLOP play above When one player s disc ends the other player will immediately begin playback Note You may combine FLIP FLOP single and continuously playback modes by selecting either single or continuous playback on your units Single black cross line Single black cross line Mono Mini Plug FLIP FLOP Sample Q Start Flash Start Set Up This set up will allow Q Start and Flip...

Страница 40: ...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 Audio...

Страница 41: ...d 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 1dB 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz Output level 1 4V 1dB Load impedance 47k ohm or more AUDIO CHARACTERISTICS TEST DISC TCD 782 LOAD 47Kohm ITEM NOMINAL LIMIT CONDITION Output level 1 4Vrms 0 5dB 1 4V 1...

Страница 42: ... 2 dimensional parallel drive Tracking detection 3 spot beam detection Optical source Semiconductor laser Wave length 780nm NOTES Speciﬁcations and improvements in the design of this unit and this manual are subject to change without any prior written notice SPECIFICATIONS ...

Страница 43: ... American Audio World Headquarters 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles CA 90058 USA Tel 323 582 3322 Fax 323 582 3311 Web www AmericanAudio us E mail info americandj com ...

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