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American Audio DP-2 manual

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  • Page 1

    Featuring: User Guide and Refer ence Manual 6122 S. Eastern Ave Los Angeles Ca. 90040 www .americanaudio.us 9/09 DP-2 Professional Digital Producer Sampling Sampling[...]

  • Page 2

    CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DP-2™ Instruction Manual Page 2 Safety precautionS........................................................................................................................3 electrical precautionS..................................................................................................[...]

  • Page 3

    NOTE: This unit may cause interference to radio and television r eception. CAUTION: USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MA Y RESUL T IN HAZARDOUS RADIA TION EXPOSURE THE SD PLA YER SHOULD NOT BE ADJUSTED OR REP AIRED BY ANYONE EXCEPT PROPERL Y QUALIFIED SER VICE PERSONNEL. CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT USE TH[...]

  • Page 4

    ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, [...]

  • Page 5

    I. Read Instructions - All the safety and operat- ing instructions should be read before the Player is operated. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for future refer ence. 2. Heed W arnings - All war nings on the Player and in the operating instructions should be adher ed to. 3. W ater and Moisture - The player should not be used [...]

  • Page 6

    Introduction: Congratulations and thank you for pur chasing the American Audio ® DP-2™ Media Contr oller . This controller is a repr esentation of American Audio’ s continuing commitment to produce the best and highest quality audio products possible at an affordable price. Please r ead and understand this manual completely before attempting t[...]

  • Page 7

    DUAL PLA YER FEA TURES MIXER FEA TURES • 4 Sample Buttons Per Side • 2-Channel Mixer w/ V olume Faders • MIDI Contr ol via USB • Low & High Adjustment • 4 Hot Cue Buttons Per Side • Microphone V olume Adjustment • Seamless Loop (uninterrupted loop playback) • Master V olume Contr ol • Smart Loop • T rack & Deck Selectors[...]

  • Page 8

    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DP-2™ Instruction Manual Page 8 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS A. PLA YER - FRONT (FIGURE 1) 1. POWER BUTTON - Press and hold this button for at least 2 seconds to power the unit on and off. 2. PITCH LOCK - This function allows you to make adjustments to a tracks speed using the pitch control without[...]

  • Page 9

    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DP-2™ Instruction Manual Page 9 its particular player . This function will only work when MIXER OUTPUT (5) is ON . 10. CUE/PGM KNOB - T ur ning the knob to the all the way to the CUE position (all the way to the left) will allow you to hear only the CUE signal (headphone signal) only . T ur n the kno[...]

  • Page 10

    25. PLA Y/P AUSE BUTTON - Each pr ess of the pla y/p auSe Button (18) causes the operation to change from play to pause or from pause to play . While in play mode the green LED will glow , and while in pause mode the green LED will flash. 26. CUE - Pressing the CUE button during playback immediately pauses playback and returns the track to the last[...]

  • Page 11

    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DP-2™ Instruction Manual Page 11 33. SA VE TO - This button is used to set and store a sample. SAMPLER - This allows you to quickly play previously saved short sounds. This has two modes available, single shot and r epeat. BPM - Pr ess this button to switch between manual BPM and Auto BPM. T AP - Thi[...]

  • Page 12

    MIDI Command Chart American Audio DP2 Note-on message Deck 1(LEFT DECK)Midi Ch 1 / Deck 2( Right Deck) Midi Ch2 BUTTONs Midi Note Decimal V alue Midi Event Note Musical Note MIDI Command IN (Pushed) HEX MIDI Command OUT(LED ON) HEX MIDI Command IN (Release) HEX MIDI Command OUT(LED OFF) HEX SAVE TO 65 F 4 09 90 41 7F 09 90 41 00 SAMPLER 66 F # 4 09[...]

  • Page 13

    © American Audio ® - www .americanaudio.us - DP-2™ Instruction Manual Page 13 COMPUTER CONNECTION 1. CONNECTING THE DP-2 T O YOUR PC Connect the DP-2 to your PC by using the USB ports located on the rear of the DP-2 and your PC. Connect the supplied USB cable to the USB port on the r ear of the DP-2, and the other end connects to the USB port o[...]

  • Page 14

    W ARRA NTY INFOR MA TION: The DP-2™ carrie s a ONE year (365 days) limit ed warranty. This warra nty covers parts and labor . Please fill out the enclosed warrant y card to validate your purchas e and warr anty . All retur ned service items whet her under warr anty or not, must be freigh t pre-paid and accom pany a r eturn author ization (R.A .) [...]

  • Page 15

    GENERAL Model: American Audio® DP-2™ - PC Media Controller Dimensions: 482.6(L) x 133.35(W) x 76.2(H) mm 19"(L) x 5.25(W) x 3"(H) Installation: Place on flat surface or mount in flat case W eight: 5 Lbs. / 2.1 Kgs Power supply: DC 6V Single V oltage: AC 100V , 50/60Hz (Japan) AC 110V , 60Hz (Colombia) AC 120V , 60Hz (U.S.A. and Canada)[...]

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    ©American Audio® W orld Headquarters: 6122 S. Eastern Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90040 USA T el: 323-582-3322 Fax: 323-582-3311 W eb: www .americanaudio.us E-mail: info@americanaudio.us[...]