Advanced Operations; Scratch Play; Loop Play - Pioneer DMP-555 Operating Instructions Manual

ADVANCED OPERATIONS

ADVANCED OPERATIONS
SOURCE SELECT CARD
SOURCE SELECT CD
CARD CONTROL
LOOP
START/STOP
3/ 7
LOOP IN/
REAL TIME CUE
LOOP OUT/
OUT ADJ.
EXIT/RELOOP
SEARCH
1, ¡
PLAY/PAUSE
6
Jog dial

Scratch Play (*)

With the SCRATCH button set to ON (SCRATCH button indicator lights), rotate
the Jog dial; scratch play is performed in accordance with the direction and speed
of dial rotation.
1. Press the SCRATCH button so that the SCRATCH button
indicator is lighted.
÷ When the SCRATCH button is pressed the SCRATCH button indicator
flashes as data is stored in memory. When data storing is completed, the
flashing indicator lights steadily. If the Jog dial is moved erratically for
scratch play while the indicator is flashing, sound may be distorted.
2. Rotate the Jog dial in the direction and at the speed
desired.
÷ CD playback will occur in response to the direction and speed of Jog dial
rotation.
3. When Jog dial rotation is stopped:
÷ CD playback returns to its original condition.
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Functions indicated by * cannot be used when the Digital mode switch
(DIGITAL OUT) is set to ON (and the digital output terminal is used).

Loop Play (*)

7 To create a loop:
Independent loops can be created for CD and memory cards.
1. Press the PLAY/PAUSE (6) button to begin playback.
2. During either playback or audible pause mode, press the
LOOP IN/REAL TIME CUE button at the desired loop-in
point.
÷ This step is not necessary if you wish to use a pre-selected cue point as the
beginning point for the loop.
3. As playback continues, press the LOOP OUT/OUT ADJ.
ONE TRACK
button at the desired loop-out point.
LOOP SET
÷ Loop play will begin between the loop-in and loop-out points.
7 To exit from a loop (cancel loop)
SCRATCH
During loop play, press the EXIT/RELOOP button.
÷ When the play reaches the end of the loop, the loop-out point will be ig-
nored and normal playback will continue uninterrupted.
7 To change the loop-out point
1. During loop play, press the LOOP OUT/OUT ADJ. button.
÷ The display will show the out point time, the LOOP OUT/OUT ADJ. but-
ton indicator will flash rapidly, and the LOOP IN/REAL TIME CUE but-
ton indicator will go out.
2. Press the SEARCH button (1, ¡), or rotate the Jog
dial.
÷ The loop-out point will move in 1-frame increments.
÷ The loop-out point cannot be moved to any position before the loop-in
point.
÷ To cancel the loop-out adjust mode, either press the LOOP OUT/OUT
ADJ. button, or wait thirty seconds and the function will automatically
return to loop play.
7 To return to a loop (RE-LOOP)
During playback, press the EXIT/RELOOP button.
÷ Playback will return to the previously set loop-in point, and loop play will
recommence.
7 To play a single track as a loop (one-track loop)
During playback or audible pause mode, press the ONE
TRACK LOOP SET button.
÷ A loop will be automatically created using the start of the currently playing
track as the loop-in point, and the track end as the loop-out point; loop
play will begin automatically.
÷ Note that if the start and end of the track includes silent (non-recorded)
intervals, the loop will include those silent intervals.
÷ The loop-out point can be modified by following the procedures in the sec-
tion "To change the loop-out point."
7 To set a loop on the memory card during dual mode
playback (For details,
Ordinarily, when memory card playback is mixed with CD playback, the memory
card is set for one-track loop. It is possible, however, to set a specific loop range
if desired.
1. Press the SOURCE SELECT CARD button ([CARD] button
indicator lights), then play the track you wish to use for
looping.
2. Set the loop-in and loop-out points.
3. Press the CUE button in the MIXOUT CARD CONTROL block.
÷ This completes setting of the loop on the memory card.
÷ To start playback of the selected loop on the memory card, press the
SOURCE SELECT CD button ([CD] button indicator lights), then press
the LOOP START / STOP button (3/7) in the MIXOUT CARD CON-
TROL block.
÷ When the playback track on the memory card is changed, the previously
set loop range is canceled.
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