Pro-Scratch 2 ™ Featuring: Sampling FLIPFLOP User Guide and Reference Manual Rev 02/02 4295 Charter Street Los Angeles Ca. 90058 www.americandj.
CONTENTS SAFETY REGULATIONS......................................................................................................................3 ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS...............................................................................................................4 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS......................................................................................................................5 VOLTAGE SELECTOR...........................................................................
IMPORTANT INFORMATION IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEMS FOR U.S.A. & CANADA MODEL ONLY NOTE: This CD player uses a semiconductor laser. It is recommended for use in a room at the following temperature: 41˚F - 95˚F / 5˚C - 35˚C WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS CD PLAYER TO WATER OR MOISTURE CAUTION: 1. Handle the power supply cord carefully. Do not damage or deform; it may cause electric shock or malfunction when used. Hold plug attachment when removing from wall outlet.
ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER (OR BACK).
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS I. Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the CD Player is operated. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for future reference. 2. Heed Warnings - All warnings on the CD Player and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. 3. Water and Moisture - The player should not be used near water - for example, near a bath tub, kitchen sink, laundry tub, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool, etc. 4.
UNPACKING Every Pro-Scratch 2™ has been thoroughly tested and has been shipped in perfect operating condition. 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 equipment necessary to operate the CD player has arrived intact. In the event damage has been found or parts are missing, please contact our toll free customer support number for further instructions.
MAIN FEATURES • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 times over sampling 1 bit D/A converter • Music Master tempo Auto cue • Real Time Scratch Play 1/75th second frame search • Reverse Play Real time cue (“Cue on the Fly”) • Pan Effect 8 different speed scan (4 Forward/4 Reverse) • Skid Effect Pitch display • Filter Effect Digital RCA coaxial output • Phase Effect Large bright Digital Screen can be viewed from wide angles.
SET-UP 1. Checking the Contents Be sure your Pro-Scratch 2™ was shipped with the following: 1) Pro-Scratch 2™ Professional CD player. 2) Operating instructions (this booklet). 3) One (1) set of RCA cables. 4) One (1) 1/8” mini plug. 5) Warranty card. 2. Installing the Units Place your unit on a flat surface or mount it in a flat surface case 3. Connections 1) Be sure the power is disconnected. 2) Connect the included RCA cable from your Pro-Scratch 2™ outputs to the inputs on your mixer.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS OFF ON POWER 18 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 CUE PARAMETER TIME PROGRAM NONSTOP ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN AUTO CUE BPM BEAT SYNC. 19 KEY LOCK EJECT SINGLE LOOP 3 4 RELOOP M S PITCH F 21 PARAMETER RATIO 5 SCRATCH 6 SKID 7 FILTER PHASE HOLD ECHO FLANGER TRANS FX SELECT TIME REV.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) 10. SAMPLER BUTTON - This is used to activate the sampler function. When this function is activated a created sample will play in a continuos loop mode. continuously. C. The jog wheel will act as a frame search control when the CD is in pause or cue mode, allowing you to set a cue point. 11. TRACK BUTTON - This buttons is used to select a track.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) used to turn the PITCH SLIDER (33) function on and off. This button will also change the pitch percentage the PITCH SLIDER (33) will react to. The pitch percentage can be changed between 4%, 8%, 16% and 100%. 4% will allow the least amount of pitch manipulation and 100% will allow the most amount of pitch manipulation. To adjust to the different values please see page 25.
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GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) 61 60 44 45 EFFECT CUE 46 SINGLE 47 LOOP 48 RELOOP ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN 0 59 LOCK 58 88 00 :00 00 T M S 160 . -- F 57 Figure 6 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 D. LCD DISPLAY PANEL (FIGURE 6) 44. PLAY INDICATOR - This indicator will glow when the unit is in play mode. 45. EFFECT INDICATOR - This indicator glows when any of the nine built-in effects are selected. 46.
BASIC OPERATIONS 1. LOADING/EJECTING DISCS The Pro-Scratch 2™ can only play regular 5 inch CDs. 3 inch, odd shaped, and oval CDs are not compatible. When loading a CD into the player always hold the disc by it edge (see Figure 7). Load the disc label side up and slide it in the disc slot. Never touch the signal surface (the glossy side). To remove a disc from the slot press the EJECT BUTTON (18), see Figure 8. CAUTION: • NEVER attempt to insert any other objects beside 5" CD in the disc slot.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 3. STARTING PLAYBACK - Figure 11 OFF ON POWER Insert an audio CD as describe on page 14 (LOADING/EJECTING DISCS). Pressing the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (17) with an audio CD inserted will immediately start playback. The PLAY (44) indicator will glow as soon as playback begins. The point at which playback starts (cue point) will automatically be stored in the memory as the cue point.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) OFF ON POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CUE PARAMETER TIME PROGRAM NONSTOP ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN AUTO CUE BPM BEAT SYNC. KEY LOCK EJECT SINGLE LOOP 8. SCANNING (FAST FORWARD / FAST REVERSE) RELOOP BPM T M S PITCH F PARAMETER RATIO This function gives you a fast search through a disk or track. Turn the SEARCH WHEEL (5) in clockwise direction for fast forward or turn the wheel counterclockwise for fast reverse.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) Storing A Cue Point: Once you have set your CUE Point by one of the two means listed on page 16, you may store your cue point in one of the FLASH BUTTONS (8). Once you store this cue point in memory you may recall it at any time and you may even recall if the disc has been remove or power had been disconnected. You may store a maximum of three cue points per a disc and maximum of 384 cue points can be saved in unit's memory.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) OFF ON POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CUE PARAMETER TIME PROGRAM NONSTOP ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN AUTO CUE BPM BEAT SYNC. KEY LOCK EJECT SINGLE LOOP BPM RELOOP T M S PITCH F PARAMETER RATIO SCRATCH FILTER SKID PHASE HOLD ECHO TRANS FLANGER PAN FX SELECT SGL/CTN TIME REV.PLAY TEMPO LOCK ON/OFF 4%/8%/16% 3) Press the OUT BUTTON (32) to set the ending point for your SEAMLESS LOOP (Figure 13).
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 12. Using the Built In Sampler: Your Pro-Scratch 2™ comes with an advanced built in sampler. You may store up to three samples on the three FLASH BUTTON (8) (Once again please note you may only store either a CUE POINT or a SAMPLE into a FLASH BUTTON (8), not both). Your sample can be a maximum of 6.5 seconds in length. A sample can be recalled while a CD is playing, while the CD drive is in PAUSE MODE, you may even play a sample when the CD has been removed.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) Changing the Sample Parameters: Changing the sample parameters allows you to change the sample's volume and pitch. The parameters values for both the pitch and volume settings range from 00:00 to 20:00, 00:00 being the lowest value. A higher value will increase the pitch percentage or volume. It's important to understand that the pitch value is basically a speed adjustment and has nothing to do with tonal quality. The values can be either a momentary change or set adjustment.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 13. Creating a BOP Effect: The Bop Effect is a stutter effect that is similar to turntable scratching. You can use this effect to create tricks in your mixing. Creating a BOP effect is a simple process: OFF ON POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CUE PARAMETER TIME PROGRAM NONSTOP ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN AUTO CUE BPM BEAT SYNC.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) OFF ON POWER 14. FLASH START BUTTONS (8): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CUE PARAMETER TIME These button are used to store your samples and cue points. Only a sample or a cue point can be stored into each of these three banks. When a sample is stored in to these banks you may use the sample starting point as a cue point. The FLASH BUTTONS instantly recall and play any of your stored samples or cue points without interrupting music playback.
BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) OFF ON POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CUE PARAMETER TIME PROGRAM NONSTOP ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN AUTO CUE BPM BEAT SYNC. KEY LOCK EJECT SINGLE 16. SYSTEM MEMORY: LOOP BPM RELOOP T M S PITCH F PARAMETER RATIO The Pro-Scratch 2 comes with an incredible memory system. The Pro-Scratch 2™ can memorize virtually every customized setting for a particular CD. The unit can memorize all customized effect parameters, cue points, and samples used on a particular disk.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS PITCH ADJUSTMENTS: The different pitch adjustments allow a track's or a loop's playback speed to be manipulated. This speed manipulations is commonly used to beat match between two or more music sources such as a turntable or another CD played. The playback speed may be increased or decreased by a factor of +/-100. The next section details the different pitch manipulation schemes.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS OFF ON POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CUE PARAMETER TIME PROGRAM NONSTOP ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN AUTO CUE BPM BEAT SYNC. Adjusting the PITCH SLIDER'S RANGE (33): You may change the KEY LOCK EJECT SINGLE LOOP BPM RELOOP T M S PITCH F PITCH SLIDER'S (33) operating range at any time. To change the operating range be sure the pitch function is turned on, see figure 39. The pitch percentage can be changed between +/-4%, +/-8%, +/-16%, and +/- 100%.
PITCH ADJUSTMENTS 3. JOG WHEEL (16): OFF ON POWER The JOG WHEEL will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playback mode Rotating the wheel in a clockwise direction will increase your track pitch and rotating the wheel in a counter-clockwise direction will slow your track pitch. The speed you rotate the JOG WHEEL will determine pitch bend percentage (%).
BUILT-IN EFFECTS The Pro-Scratch 2™ comes with nine built in effects. These effects can be used one at a time or you may choose to overlap the effects and use up to four at a time. The Built-in effects include Scratch, Skid, Filter, Phase, Flanger, Echo, Robot, Pan, and Trans. Up to four effects may run at the same time. It is important to understand that only one effect per an effect bank can be turned on at one time, but all four effects banks can be used at a time.
BUILT-IN EFFECTS OFF ON POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CUE PARAMETER TIME PROGRAM NONSTOP ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN AUTO CUE BPM BEAT SYNC. KEY LOCK EJECT SINGLE LOOP RELOOP BPM T M S PITCH F PARAMETER RATIO SCRATCH FILTER SKID PHASE HOLD ECHO TRANS FLANGER PAN FILTER/PHASE EFFECT: The Filter and Phase effects tweak the original sound to add different tonal definition.
BUILT-IN EFFECTS OFF ON POWER TRANS/PAN EFFECT: The TRANS effect simulates a real-time mixer transformer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CUE PARAMETER TIME PROGRAM NONSTOP ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN AUTO CUE BPM BEAT SYNC. effect. When the "Transformer" effect is activated the TRANS/PAN BUTTON (21) will glow green, when the "Pan" effect is selected the button will glow red. The PAN effect allows you to pan the output from the left channel to the right channel.
EFFECTS - FX MIX FX MIX MODE: This function allows you to use the effects to transfer from one track to another, one track to a sample, or one sample to another. FX Mix uses the effects and the FLASH BUTTONS (8). The FX Mix function will only work with samples and cue points programmed in the any of the three FLASH BUTTONS (8). The procedure below list the steps to activate the FX Mix Mode. In the following example we will you the SKID Effect to transfer from one track to a programmed sample.
EFFECTS - FX MIX FX MIX - BOP CONTROL: This function allows you to engage either the SKID effect at any point of a track during normal playback. The effect will play out according to its parameters and then resume normal playback. The procedure below list the steps to activate the FX Mix - BOP Control. In the following example we will you the SKID effect. OFF ON POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CUE PARAMETER TIME PROGRAM NONSTOP ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN AUTO CUE BPM BEAT SYNC.
TOUCH SENSITIVE JOG WHEEL JOG WHEEL TOUCH SENSITIVITY: This function works with the SCRATCH effects. This function allows the play and cue commands to be controled by tapping on the touch sensitive jog wheel. OFF ON POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CUE PARAMETER TIME PROGRAM NONSTOP ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN AUTO CUE BPM BEAT SYNC. KEY LOCK EJECT SINGLE LOOP BPM RELOOP T M S PITCH F PARAMETER RATIO SCRATCH SKID FILTER HOLD ECHO PHASE FLANGER TRANS FX SELECT SGL/CTN TIME REV.
FLIP -FLOP™ FLIP-FLOP™ This feature is kind of “auto pilot”. When you are using two Pro-Scratch 2™ players and an American Audio® “Q” Deck™ mixer, you can have one player begin playback when the other ends. You can “Flip -Flop™” single tracks, the entire disc, or a combination of the two. To FLIP-FLOP™ single tracks: 1) Connect your system as described in the set up section on page 7. 2) Set your American Audio® “Q” Deck™ mixer’s crossfader to the center position.
WARRANTY WARRANTY INFORMATION: The PRO-SCRATCH 2™ carries a TWO year (730 days) limited warranty. This warranty covers parts and labor. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase and warranty. All returned service items whether under warranty or not, must be freight pre-paid and accompany a return authorization (R.A.) number. If the unit is under warranty, you must provide a copy of your proof of purchase invoice.
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Type: Disc type: Pitch Range: Pitch Accuracy: Dimensions: Installation: Weight: Power supply: Power consumption: Environmental conditions: Accessories: AUDIO SECTION Quantization: Sampling rate: Over sampling rate: D/A conversion Frequency response: Output level: Load impedance: Model: American Audio® Pro-Scratch 2™ - Professional CD Player Slot loading, digital compact disc audio player.
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