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the cross fader lever reaches the other side, the volume decreases and the other
player starts playing.
Note that the “X-parameter knob” is not accessible!
AUTO MODE:
(put the switch in AUTO position) While the music is playing, press
the “Roll effect” button. The music starts playing in a beat synchronized loop until
the other player starts. The length of the complete fade over is shown on the
effects display. It can be adapted with the “X-parameter knob” (26). Depending on
the length of the fade over you selected, the roll pattern will be adapted and
divided in 1/1, ½, ¼ and 1/8 beat loops.
9. CHANNEL FADER CURVE:
Adjusts the curve of the channel faders from smooth (left
position) to sharp (right position).
10.CROSS FADER CURVE:
Adjusts the curve of the cross fader from smooth (left
position) to sharp (right position).
11.FADER START ON/OFF SWITCH:
When you have a compatible CD-player connected
to the fader control connectors, you can control its start/stop (re-cue) functions with the
cross fader of your SMX-3. With this switch you can turn the fader start control on and
off.
12.FADER START INDICATORS:
During the crossover effect mix mode the indicators
display the status of the fader start output:
LED off:
connected CD-player is in pause.
LED blinking:
connected CD-player will shortly switch from play to pause.
LED on:
connected CD-player is in play.
13.MULTI PURPOSE DISPLAY:
shows information about the status of different functions:
A. EFFECTS BPM DISPLAY:
Indicates the BPM (
B
eats
P
er
M
inute) of the effects
unit. When the beat counter is unable to count the beats, the BPM display starts
flashing until the BPM counter is able to continue.
B. TIME (X) PARAMETER:
Effect mode:
for certain effects the display shows time information (mSec) for
other effects the display shows percents (%) or cutoff frequencies (kHz). You can
change these parameters with the preset buttons (23) and with the “X- parameter
knob”(24) if you need fine tuning.
Sampler mode:
When the sampler is in playback mode, the display shows the
number of the selected memory bank (from 1 to 99). While adjusting the sampler
playback speed, the display shows the speed-%. When the sampler is in record
mode, the display shows the number of free seconds still available in the sampler
memory (“9999” on the display means that you still have more than 9999seconds
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[166minutes or 2hr46min!] left for sample recording). When no SD
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card is inserted, the display shows “no Card”.
C. CUE BPM / DEPTH (Y) PARAMETER DISPLAY:
Displays the BPM value for the
cue signals coming from one of the 5 input channels, (CH-1 to CH-5) selected using
one of the CUE-buttons (5). When you adjust the depth (Y) parameter knob(25), the
new value will be displayed (%).
D. EFFECTS INPUT DISPLAY:
Shows which input channel is rooted to the
effects/sampler section using the “input select knob”(26).
E. EFFECTS DISPLAY:
Shows which effect you selected.
14.CROSS FADER:
Used to mix the signals from the 2 channels assigned to A and B by
the cross fader assign switch.(6)
15.SAMPLE EDIT BUTTONS:
used to adjust the individual speed, begin and endpoints of
a sample. See further to learn how to adjust a sample.
16.LOOP BUTTON:
used to put a sample in a seamless loop. See further to learn how to
do this.
17.CUE MIXING KNOB:
With this control you can mix the master output with the cue
signals from the effect unit and from the different channels. Turn this control complete
to the right if only want to hear the master output. Turn it completely to the left and you
will only hear the cue signals that are selected with the cue buttons (5, 20). At any
position in between you will hear a mix of both signals.
18.EFFECTS ON/OFF BUTTON:
This button has different functions:
Effect mode:
switches the output of the effects unit or external effect return signal
on and off.
Sampler mode:
press this button for about 2seconds to switch the “master
tempo” (pitch lock) function of the sampler on/off.
19.CUE LEVEL:
Used to adjust the output level of the Headphones. Note that, due to the
high output power, you can permanently damage your ears! Do not play at high
volume!
20.EFFECTS CUE:
This button has different functions:
Effect mode:
press this button (button is lit) to check the effect before it is mixed
in your master mix.
Sampler mode:
press this button (button is lit) to switch the sampler in “jingle
mode”.
21.HEADPHONES OUTPUT:
Used to connect any headphones with ¼” jack plug.
22.TAP/REC BUTTON:
This button has 2 different functions:
Effect mode (TAP BUTTON):
Almost all effects are beat synchronized. Therefore
the SMX-3 has a full automatic built-in beat counter. In some rare cases the
automatic beat counter doesn’t count as it should do (beats are out of the normal
range or there’s simply no beat to detect). In these cases you can help the beat
counter by manually tapping this button to the rhythm of the beat. When you use
this button it starts flashing to indicate that the automatic beat counter is shut off.
If you want the automatic beat counter to take over again, simply push for some
seconds on the TAP button until it stops flashing.
Sampler mode (REC BUTTON):
the button is used to toggle between playback
and record mode. In playback mode the REC-button is lit. Press it once to put the
sampler in record mode: the REC-button starts blinking. Press one of the 5 play
buttons (23) to start the recording of press the REC-button again to return to
playback mode. See further to learn how to make sample recordings.
