Alesis Playmate Guitarist Guide D'installation Rapide page 4

Top of the Playmate
Guitarist
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Features of the Playmate
Guitarist
1. Display – Shows the current
track and effect program, CD
time and various other settings.
Refer to the "Features of the
Display" section for details.
2. Play/Pause Button – Plays the
CD. If you press this button
while a CD is playing, it will be
paused until you press
Play/Pause again.
3. Stop Button – Stops a playing
CD.
4. Skip Previous Button – Skips
to the beginning of the current
track, or skips to the previous
track on the CD.
5. Skip Next Button – Skips to
the beginning of the next song
on the CD.
6. Scan Back Button – Scans
backward through the current
song. Hold down this button to
continue scanning.
7. Scan Forward Button – Scans
forward through the current
song. Hold down this button to
continue scanning.
8. PITCH Knob – Controls the
tuning of the CD audio. When
you turn this knob, both the
pitch and the speed of the
audio are affected. You may
adjust the pitch by as much as
plus or minus 8%.
9. SPEED Knob – Adjusts the
speed, or tempo, of the CD
audio without affecting its pitch.
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10. TRANSPOSE Knob – Changes
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11. VOLUME Knob – Controls the
12. BALANCE Knob – Controls the
13. EFFECT Knob – This 16-
You may decrease the tempo
by as much as 50% and increase
it as much as 150%.
the key of the CD audio in half-
step intervals, a maximum of
seven half-steps up or down,
without affecting the speed of
the audio.
The TRANSPOSE knob does not
affect the fine tuning performed
using the PITCH knob. For
example, let's say you tune the
audio to 50 cents sharp using
the PITCH knob. If you then
transpose the audio up four
half-steps, it will then be four
half-steps plus 50 cents sharp.
TIP: You may find it easiest to
transpose a song to the
appropriate key first, then
adjust the speed, and, as a last
step, fine tune the pitch.
master output volume of the
Playmate Guitarist.
ratio of the guitar volume
(along with the selected effect)
versus the CD audio volume.
Turn this knob all the way to
the right, and the main outputs
will contain 100% CD audio.
Turn it all the way to the left
and the outputs will contain
100% guitar. When the knob is
in the center position, the guitar
and CD audio will be mixed
evenly at 50% each.
position knob works in
conjunction with the VALUE
knob.
To use the presets, turn
the EFFECT knob to the PLAY
position. Then use the VALUE
knob or the UP and DOWN
buttons to access different
presets.
To edit an individual
effect, choose COMP/LIMIT,
DIST, EQ, NR, CAB, FX1, FX2,
FX3, or DIGFX. Turn the
VALUE knob to choose a
particular setting. Then,
choose DRIVE or one of the
three associated PARAM
settings. Use the VALUE knob
to increase or decrease the
effect's intensity.