American DJ DCD-PRO450 - Manual (Page 7)

20. TRACK BUTTON - This button is used
to back skip a track. Used to this function to go
back to a desired track.
21. TRACK BUTTON - This button is used to
forward skip to the next track.
22. +10 BUTTON - This button is used to quickly advance
ten tracks. For example if you are on track two, pressing
the +10 BUTTON will advance you to track 12.
23. PITCH SLIDER - The pitch slider changes the pitch per-
centage of the music source. The pitch values range from
+/- 8%, +/- 12% or +/- 16%. Use the P.S. BUTTON (12) to
change the selected pitch value.
24. BPM BUTTON - This button is used to switch between
the BPM and PITCH values displayed in the LCD DISPLAY
(40).
25. COUNTER BUTTON - When in BPM mode, tap this
button to the beat of the music to determine the current
Beats Per Minute (BPM). BPM will appear in the LCD
DISPLAY (8, 33).
26. IN REALTIME BUTTON - (CUE “ON THE FLY”) This
allows you to set a CUE POINT without stopping the play
back. This button also sets the beginning of a seamless
loop. To create a SEAMLESS LOOP see page 9.
27. CUE - Pressing the CUE BUTTON during play pro-
vides a return to the position at which play was started. If
PAUSE is used before CUE or a new CUE POINT was set,
that will now become the cue point. Alternately pressing
the PLAY BUTTON (29) and the CUE BUTTON allows
the CD to be played from the same position any number
of times. The CUE LED will light up from the time the Cue
button is pressed until the CD has reset to the position
at which play was started. Steady lighting of this LED
indicates the ready condition. The CUE BUTTON can
be held down to play a CD. When you release the CUE
BUTTON it instantly returns to the CUE POINT. You can
also tap the CUE BUTTON to create a BOP EFFECT (for
definition of BOP EFFECT, see page 5).
28. OUT/EXIT - Used to set the ending point when loop-
ing. When the OUT/EXIT BUTTON is pressed, the player
will play the loop continuously. To exit the loop, press the
OUT/EXIT BUTTON again.
29. PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON - Each press of the PLAY/
PAUSE BUTTON causes the operation to change from
play to pause or from pause to play.
30. RELOOP BUTTON - If a SEAMLESS LOOP has
been made, but the CD Player is not in SEAMLESS LOOP
mode, press the RELOOP BUTTON (30) to reactivate the
SEAMLESS LOOP mode. RELOOP (46) will appear in
the LCD DISPLAY (13). To exit loop, press the OUT/EXIT
BUTTON (28).
11. COAST BUTTON - This button activates the COAST
effect. This effect will simulates turning the power off on a
turntable - The platter spins until it slow loses momentum.
When the COAST effect is selected a number 2 will appear
in the LCD Display (13), this will indicates the COAST
effect is selected.
12. P.S. BUTTON - This button changes the pitch value.
The selectable pitch values are +/- 8%, +/-12%, +/-16%.
These values immediately reflect the amount of pitch being
applied to a music source in the CD drive. The pitch
value is adjusted by sliding the PITCH SLIDER (23) up
and down.
13. LCD DISPLAY - This high quality LCD indicates all the
functions, as they are occurring, with the CD. The icons are
explained in the next section.
14. BOP BUTTON - This button is used to activate the BOP
Effect. A Bop Effect is a stutter, creating a sound similar to
a CD skipping. The Bop Effect can be created in 2 ways.
See creating a BOP on page 10.
15. (-) PITCH BEND Button - The pitch bend function
allows the positioning of the bass beats to be matched.
This button is used “fall back” to match the beats of another
player. The pitch will drop while the (-) BUTTON is pressed
(allowing “fall back”) and return to the original pitch when
the button is released. By changing the pitch of one disc
with respect to the other in this way the beats can be
matched.
16. (+) PITCH BEND Button - The pitch bend function
allows the positioning of the bass beats to be matched. This
button is used to “catch up” to match the beats of another
player. The pitch will rise while the (+) BUTTON is pressed
(allowing “catch up”) and return to the original pitch when
the button is released. By changing the pitch of one disc
with respect to the other in this way the beats can be
matched.
17. PITCH - This button activates the PITCH SLIDER
(23). The Pitch LED will glow indicating pitch control is
activated.
18. SHUTTLE WHEEL - (OUTER RING) This wheel has 6
forward and 6 reverse speed positions for searching through
songs. The more you turn the wheel in either direction the
faster you search through the music.
19. JOG WHEEL - (INNER RING) This jog wheel serves
two functions depending on the mode you are working in.
a. The jog wheel will act as a slow frame search control
when the CD is not playing but either paused or set to a
cue point. To set a new frame cue point, spin the wheel
then press PLAY when you have determined the proper
position. Press CUE to return to the “CUE POINT”.
b. It also works as a pitch bend, when you turn
clockwise the pitch will rise to 16%, and when you turn
counterclockwise it will fall to -16%.
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