Operation Manual
ENGLISH USER MANUAL
SYNQ® 11/87 CDX-2
ABOUT MEMORY:
DIFFERENT MEMORIES:
Before we talk about using the memory, we have to know the difference between “track
memory” and “permanent memory”:
Track Memory: This is the memory where the CDX-2 stores a set of up to four cue
points and/or loops for one track. You can set up a “track memory” for every single
track on a CD.
Example: your CD contains 16 tracks
for every track you can store up to 4 cue points and/or loops.
This makes a total of 14 x 4 = 64 cue points and/or loops on one CD!
Permanent Memory: This is the large memory where all the cue points and loops
are permanently stored. In fact it’s an indexed collection of “track memories”. When
you recall previously stored cue points of a certain track, you make a transfer from
“permanent memory” to “track memory”.
USING THE “TRACK MEMORY”:
STORING A MASTER CUE POINT:
There are 2 ways to set a master cue point:
Press the R.CUE/LOOP IN button during normal playback to set the new cue point
(“CUE on the fly”).
Put the player in pause and use the jog/shuttle wheel to search for the exact location
for the cue point. Once this location is found, press R.CUE/LOOP IN button to set the
new cue point. (or press PLAY/PAUSE button)
Once the cue point is programmed, just press the CUE button to recall it.
STORING A SIMPLE CUE POINT TO THE “HOT CUE” BUTTONS:
First press the MEMO button to make the unit enter hot cue memory mode (MEMO
button is on).
Press one of the four HOT CUE buttons at the right moment during normal playback:
the HOT CUE button you just pressed turns on to indicate that the desired cue point
is stored. (“Cue on the fly”).
Put the player in pause and use the jog/shuttle wheel to search for the exact location
for the cue point. Once this location is found, press one of the four HOT CUE buttons
to set the new cue point: the HOT CUE button you just pressed turns on to indicate
that the desired cue point is stored.
Once the cue point is programmed, just press the HOT CUE button to start playback
from the stored cue point.
STORING A LOOP TO THE “HOT CUE” BUTTONS:
This is very similar to storing a simple cue point. The only difference is that you have to
put the CDX-2 in loop mode first. When the loop is playing, you press the MEMO button
to make the CD-player enter hot cue memory mode (MEMO button is on). After this
press one of the four HOT CUE buttons: the HOT CUE button you just pressed starts
blinking to indicate that the loop, playing at that moment, is stored. You can store up to 4
loops per track!
DELETE THE “HOT CUE” BUTTONS:
You can easily delete the contents of a HOT CUE button by simply storing a new cue
point or loop to it. You can also erase all four HOT CUE buttons together by pushing the
MEMO button for more than 2 seconds. You will notice that all 4 HOT CUE buttons turn
dark to indicate that the HOT CUE buttons are empty.
ENGLISH USER MANUAL
SYNQ® 12/87 CDX-2
USING THE “PERMANENT MEMORY”:
For security reasons the cue points and loops stored in the HOT CUE buttons are not
automatically stored to the permanent memory. This means that if you recall a set of cue
points and loops from permanent memory to the HOT CUE buttons (which is track
memory), you can change, edit and delete them as much as you want. The permanent
memory will not be affected until you make a backup of the HOT CUE buttons to
permanent memory.
STORING TO “PERMANENT MEMORY”:
Press the SAVE TRACK button. The display shows “Now saving” to indicate that the cue
points and loops in the HOT CUE buttons for that track are stored to permanent
memory.
DELETE A TRACK IN “PERMANENT MEMORY”:
Select the track that you want to delete. First press the MEMO button and then the
SAVE TRACK button. The display asks “Del Track?” if you press the YES button (PITCH
BEND+ button), the track information will be deleted in the permanent memory.
NOTE: If, previous to deleting, you loaded the cue points and loops of the track, you can still recover the
accidentally deleted track information: simply press the SAVE TRACK button.
DELETE ALL TRACK INFORMATION OF A CD IN “PERMANENT MEMORY”:
Put the CD you want to delete in the player. First press the MEMO button and then the
SAVE TRACK button twice. The display asks “Del CD?” if you press the YES button
(PITCH BEND+ button), all track information for that CD will be deleted in the permanent
memory.
ATTENTION: To be used with care! All the track information for that CD is permanently lost!
DELETE THE COMPLETE “PERMANENT MEMORY”:
Press the MEMO button on 1 of the players while turning on the CDX-2. The display
asks “Del All?” if you press the YES button (PITCH BEND+ button), the entire permanent
memory will be erased.
ATTENTION: To be used with care! The complete internal memory is permanently lost!
RECALLING “HOT CUE POINTS/LOOPS” FROM PERMANENT MEMORY:
Permanent cue points are stored on track level, not on CD level. This makes it possible
to store more than just 4 cue points on a CD but 4 cue points and loops for every track
on the CD. Because it takes some seconds to load the permanent cue points, they are
not automatically restored. Sometimes you simply don’t need them so why would you
wait for them? Below we explain how everything works:
No cue points stored: When you select a track on a CD that has no cue points or
loops stored in permanent memory, nothing happens: you can start playback right
away.
Cue points stored: When you select a track on a CD where cue points or loops are
stored in permanent memory, the CDX-2 shows “Load Cues?” and wants to know if
you want to load the cue points. This is what you can do:
You press the YES button: Press yes (pitch bend + button) to load the pre-stored cue
points and loops. The display shows “Loading Cue Points” while the Hot cue buttons are
filled up.
You press the NO button: the cue points are not loaded and the display becomes
normal. You can start playback right away.
You press the PLAYBACK button: This is the same as pressing NO but you save time.
You do nothing: after some seconds the display becomes automatically normal and of
course the cue points are not loaded.