Numark Industries CDN90 manual

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    Premium CD Player MANUAL ©2002 Industries http://www.numark.com[...]

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    CDN90 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS a) Read Instructions - All the sa fety and operatin g instructions shoul d be read before this product is connected and used. b) Retain Instruction s - The safety and operating in structions should be kept for future referen ce . CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE ANY COVER. NO USER- SERVICEABLE PA[...]

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    CDN90 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2002 Numark Industries - 3 - http://www.numark.com For 220-volt use in USA, use N EMA style 220-volt plug. For other countries u se proper plug for local outlet. TABLE OF CONTENTS Safety and Warnings (PLEASE READ) 2 Table of Contents 3 Introduction Letter from the Engineers and Registration 4 Setup and Connecti[...]

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    CDN90 ® PREMIUM CD PLAYER Features: • Dual rack mount CD Player w/ real time scratching • DSP effects, reverse, • Beatkeeper™ with auto-mixing capability • 3,000 cue point and BPM memory storage • ±6, 12, 25 & 100% pitch control, • ±100% KEY LOCK • 2 seamless loops, 3 hot stutter starts • Adjustable startup & braking sp[...]

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    CDN90 SETUP & CONNECTIONS Typical connection with a mixer is illustrated below. 1. Mount the units in your console or rack with 19” EIA rails. 2. The transport should be mounted not to exceed an angle of 15 degre es. 3. Your CD player can be affected by exc ess vibration so mount the units in a secure environment if possible. 4. Connect the s[...]

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    CDN90 Control Unit Features 1. PLAY/STUTTER- To start the music from the initia l cue p oint. 2. PAUSE- To pause the music. 3. CUE- To move the music to the cue point and previe w the sele ction. 4. WHEEL- Used for various functions such as cueing, scratching, pitch bend, searching, and effect control 5. LCD DISPLAY- Indicates all the functions, as[...]

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    CDN90 Main Unit Features 25. CD Illumination Light – lights up the CD drawer and CD when open. 26. CD Drawer – Place your CDs you wish to play in here. This unit is d esigned t o play commerc ially available CD and properly burned an d finali zed CDR and CDRW formats. Due to variances on the specification of certain CD burners and CDs some disc[...]

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    CDN90 DISPLAY FEATURES 1. PLAY - Active while the unit is actually playing a CD. 2. PAUSE - Active when the unit is paused. 3. CUE - Flashing when the unit is setting a cue point. Active when the unit is paused at a cue point. 4. SCRATCH – indicates when the wheel will cue as a smooth transition over the music creating a scratch effect. When not [...]

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    CDN90 BASIC OPERATIONS Eject: Press to load or eject t he di sc. The drawer will a ut omatically clo se to prot ec t the tray fr o m accidental damage while open. NOTE: Tray will not open if the disc is in play. In order to program the automati c close time pre ss and hold followed by . The display wi ll indicate options of 30 seconds, 60 se conds,[...]

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    CDN90 SETTING CUE POINTS PLAY and CU E: Pressing the “PLAY” b utton starts the d isc. Pressing the “CUE” b utton will reset th e disc to the last place where the disc was started. This is called the cue point. By al ternately pressing th e “P LAY” button and the “CUE” button , the disc may be returned and p layed from the cue point [...]

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    CDN90 ADJUSTING PITCH Pitch Range: actives th e pi tch slider and adjust s t he amount of control the pitch slider has on the over all speed of music. On depress ion of will toggle the slid er on and off. Rang e adjustment s of 6, 12, 25, and 100% can be achieved by holding down and then pressing to cycle through the ran ge options. This setting wi[...]

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    CDN90 THE BEATKEEPER™ III and INTERLOCK The CDN90 include s t he latest Numark pate nted Beat keeper™ technolog y. The Beatkeeper™ a uto matically tracks beats based up on a co mbination of frequenc ies and rhythm patter ns in the musi c. It shows BPM in the display and outputs 4-coun t (a.k.a. measure ) infor m ation about the music in a mar[...]

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    CDN90 KEY LOCK / KEY CHANGE The CDN90 us es Numark exclusive te chnolo gy to lock the key of the mu sic in place at t he c urrent pitch positio n or change it from the current positi on. This is different than “m aster tempo” often found on ma ny modern units becau se the key lock to the cur rent pitch posi t ion and not auto matically set to t[...]

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    CDN90 LOOPING OPERATIONS LOOPING: A loop is any area of a CD that you choose to repeat with no breaks. On the CDN9 0 two seamless loops are poss ible. LOOP IN: The “LOOP IN” point is w here you wish for th e loop to start. The initial “CUE” poi nt of the CD is also the default “LOOP IN” point for both loops or “Hot Start” point. If [...]

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    CDN90 MOVING LOOP PO INTS : The “ LOOP IN ” point can be moved while the mu si c is playing just by pressing at th e new desired point. The next time “LOOP OUT” is reached the CD will return to this new “LOOP IN” point. If “LOOP IN” is press after the “LOOP OUT” point it will clear the “LOOP OUT” point. The “ LOOP IN ” p[...]

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    CDN90 SPECIAL EFFECTS EFFECT SELECTION (Single Mode): To sel ect and activate an effect tap on it’s but ton, it will lig ht to indicate ac tivation and eff e ct will indicate in the display. To put the effect into ho ld mo de or active alternate effects press the center button. Th e butto n will light indicating the hold has been act ivated and h[...]

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    CDN90 At 1-1 the music will echo 1 ful l measure or 4 beats of music. If you turn off the effect then back on again it remember s the last set parameter. (Note : a preceding ec ho req uires the unit to pl ay from buffer memory. If the buffer becomes unavailable the effect will st op until buffer is regained.) A.D. (Artif i cial-Diss emination) – [...]

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    CDN90 PROGRAM FUNCTIONS PLEASE READ!!!! This button provides several programmable function s depending upo n the combinat ion of buttons used. Track Sequence Programm ing - Depres s while the unit is stopped with a CD in the dr awer and “ ” will light. Select each track to be programmed then press between selectio ns. Press “PLAY/STUTTER” t[...]

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    CDN90 CUE/LOOP POINT STORAGE AND RECALL To SAVE Cue and Loop points on the current CD: • CD should still in the drawer wit h cue and loop po ints set. • Press + . • Cue points are stored and LCD shows "CUE STORE" for 1 second . • If MIDI OUT goes to another CD player’s MI DI I N , the cue point is stored on the other CD player. [...]

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    CDN90 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2002 Numark Industries - 20 - http://www.numark.com MIDI IN-OUT MIDI – stands for musical instrument digital interface. Bas ically this means you can hoo k up 2 MIDI compat ible devices and they will talk to each other. In this case you might connect 2 CDN90s or an AXIS 8 with CDN90 and have them synchronize [...]

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    CDN90 HOOKING UP A MIDI KEYBOARD: attach the MIDI output of the keyboard to the MIDI input of the CD Player. Set your keyboa rd to transmit on Channel 6 to con trol the left side or Chan nel 7 to control the right side. Add a foot pedal to the keyboard for added control. The chart below details key reaction. MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART *note: further[...]

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    CDN90 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2002 Numark Industries - 22 - http://www.numark.com UPGRADING YOUR UNIT This unit cont ain s the latest software avai lable at the time of manufacturing. Ou r engineering staff will be working h ard t o constantly improve and off er additional features in th e future. The unit software has been designed to be e[...]

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    CDN90 - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2000 Numark Industries - 23 - http://www.numark.com SPECIFICATIONS TECHNICAL Disc Type Standard Compact discs (12 cm & 8 cm) Time Display Track Elapsed, Track Re main, or Total Remain Quantization 1 bit linear/Channel, 3 Beam Laser Oversampling rate 8 Times Sampling Frequency 88.2 kHz Frequency response 20 [...]

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    ® LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY 1. What is covered and for how long? NUMARK INDUSTRIES LLC (“NUMARK”) warrants to the orig inal purchaser that NUMARK'S DJ Mixers, Amplifiers, CD players, turntables , preamplifiers , beatkeepers, eq ualizers, micropho nes, headphon es, and all oth er accessories are fr ee fro m defec ts in mater ial and workman[...]