Numark Industries Professional Karaoke Mixing Station KMX02 - Manual (Page 8)

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Matching the Beats Per Minute
Match the tempo by monitoring the music of both PLAYER 1 and PLAYER 2 by ear and adjusting
the pitch. When the tempo of the music of the selected CD player is slow compared to the
tempo of the other player, move the slider to the ( + ) side and match the tempo. When
faster, move the pitch slider to the ( - ) side. The following illustration shows the case of
matching the pitch of PLAYER 2 to the pitch of the music being played on PLAYER 1.
1. Press PLAY/PAUSE to start PLAYER 1. PLAYER 1 is playing.
2. Press PLAY/PAUSE to start PLAYER 2. Both CD players are playing discs.
3. Listen to PLAYER 2 in your headphones. If the beat of channel 2 (in the
headphones) is faster than channel 1, slow down the beat of channel 2 using the
pitch control.
4. If the beat of channel 2 (in the headphones) slower than the beat of
channel 1, speed up the beat using the pitch control.
USING THE BPM DISPLAY FEATURE
Press the BPM button to select the BPM feature on the display on the side of the CD player
that you wish to set. Tap the Counter button to the beat of the music.
You will see the BPM number appear in the display. The more times you tap the more
accurate your number will be. When you adjust the pitch slider the display number will
change by an equal percentage.
BEAT MATCHING USING PITCH BEND
If you find the BPM’s (Beats Per Minute or Tempos) are the same, however, the drum beats
are not matched you will need to temporarily change the pitch. The illustration below shows
how to match the beat of PLAYER 2 to the beat of the music being played on PLAYER 1. (This
procedure can be done on either PLAYER).
After matching the BPM’s adjust the pitch temporarily as follows:
When PLAYER 2 is rotate the jog wheel
counter clockwise
When PLAYER 2 is behind rotate the jog
wheel clockwise
The pitch changes automatically while the jog wheel is rotated. The faster you rotate the wheel
the more you change. Releasing the wheel results in a return to the original pitch. (So the
BPM’s are once again the same.)