American Audio Versadeck - Manuals

Page 2 - CONTENTS; PITCH ADJUSTMENTS

CONTENTS © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION..................................................................................................................3ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS........................................................

Page 3 - IMPORTANT SAFETY ITEMS FOR; CAUTION; IMPORTANT INFORMATION

NOTE: This unit may cause interference to radio and television reception. CAUTION: USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURETHE MEDIA PLAYER SHOULD NOT BE ADJUSTED OR REPAIRED BY ANYONE EXCEPT PROPERLY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. CAU...

Page 4 - ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS; ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS; IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

ELECTRICAL PRECAUTIONS © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 4 ELECTRICAL SAFETY 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 an...

Page 5 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 5 I. Read Instructions - All the safety and oper- ating instructions should be read before you operate the system. The safety and operating instructions should be saved for future reference.2. Heed Warnings - All warnings ...

Page 7 - MAIN FEATURES

MAIN FEATURES © American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 7 (a) FADER “Q” START CONTROL: Set up your VERSADECK as described in the set-up section of this manual. After set up is completed load your players. By moving the mixer’s crossfader from left to right you can...

Page 8 - Checking the Contents; Be sure your VERSADECK was shipped with the following:; . Mount the unit so; • The VERSADECK will only read MP3 files or WAV files.; System Power Up Sequence:

1. Checking the Contents Be sure your VERSADECK was shipped with the following: 1) VERSADECK Professional media player/mixer 2) Software CD 3) Warranty card 4) Power Cord CAUTION: • To avoid severe damage to the unit, be sure the power is off when making connections to the unit. SET-UP CAUTION: • Th...

Page 9 - GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS PLAYER; This button lets you toggle between USB Port 1 & USB Port 2.; Figure 2

GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS PLAYER A. TOP UNIT PLAYER CONTROLS (FIGURE 2) 1. FOLDER SEARCH KNOB - Turning this knob will let you search for your desired folder. Turn the knob to scroll backward and forward through folders. The folder number your are currently in will be shown in the VFD. 2. SOURC...

Page 10 - GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) PLAYER

you to use the PITCH SLIDER to speed up or slow down playback speed without altering the tonal pitch of the track. When this function is not engaged the original tonal pitch of the track will be altered giving you the "chipmunk" effect when a track is played at a high rate of speed, or the &...

Page 12 - PARAMETER RATIO BUTTON -

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 12 the PHASE effect. SKID BUTTON - This button is used to activate and deactivate the Skid effect. The Skid effect simulates the sudden platter stop of a turntable, like pressing the stop button on a turntable. PARAMETER R...

Page 13 - GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) MIXER; internally with Deck B.; Figure 3

GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) MIXER B. TOP UNIT MIXER CONTROLS (FIGURE 3) 24. SOURCE SELECTOR SWITCH - These switches are used to select the input source assigned to each channel. Each channel may only be assigned one input source at a time. • CH1 selected to PC + CH2 selected to PC – the e...

Page 14 - The dual MASTER LEVEL LED indicators are used to detail the

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 14 treble gain of +10dB or maximum decrease of -35dB. Turning the knob in a counter-clockwise direction will decrease the amount of treble applied to a channel signal, turning the knob in a clockwise direction will increas...

Page 15 - 00ohm microphone for the best sound quality.

GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) FRONT & REAR PANEL Figure 5 Figure 4 43 37 42 C. FRONT PANEL (FIGURE 4) 37. MICROPHONE 1 JACK - This jack accepts a standard 1/4 plug. The volume output level for this micro- phone will be controlled by its own respective MIC KNOB (38). Note: We recommend t...

Page 16 - CHANNEL LINE LEVEL SELECTOR SWITCHES -; These switches are used to change the voltage line

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 16 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) FRONT & REAR PANEL 46. GND (GROUND TERMINAL) - Be sure to connect turntable ground leads to either or both of the two available ground terminals. This will reduce the humming a...

Page 17 - This meter serves two functions.; Figure 6; GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) VFD SCREEN; C U E

E. VFD DISPLAY PANEL (FIGURE 6) 57. PLAY/PAUSE INDICATOR - Either the play or pause indicator will glow depending which mode you are in. 58. CUE INDICATOR - This indicator will glow when the unit is in CUE or mode and will flash every time a new CUE POINT is set. 59. TOUCH INDICATOR - This appears w...

Page 18 - This indicator details the current folder you are in.

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 18 GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND CONTROLS (Cont.) VFD SCREEN 71. FOLDER INDICATOR - This indicator details the current folder you are in. 72. SINGLE INDICATOR - This indicates that the player is in single play mode, the track will...

Page 19 - INTERNAL MENU

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 19 INTERNAL MENU Press the FOLDER KNOB (1) for at least 3 secs. to enter the Internal Menu. Turn the FOLDER KNOB (1) to scroll through the different submenus. Turn either the TRACK KNOB (21) or JOG WHEEL (16) to change the...

Page 20 - BASIC OPERATIONS; Figure 7; NEVER; remove a USB device while in PLAY mode.

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 20 BASIC OPERATIONS Figure 9: Turning the track button counter-clockwise will jump back to the previ- ous track. Figure 8: Turning the track button clockwise will skip forward to the next track. 2. SELECTING TRACKS Select ...

Page 21 - Load an audio source as described on page 20

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 21 3. STARTING PLAYBACK - Figure 10 Load an audio source as described on page 20 (LOADING/EJECTING USB DEVICE). Pressing the PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (13) with an audio device loaded will immediately start playback. The PLAY (57)...

Page 22 - in PAUSE or CUE mode, use the JOG WHEEL (16) to scroll through a track; SETTING A CUE POINT; disc is in PAUSE or CUE mode, use the SEARCH BUTTONS (17) to scan

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 22 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 1) You may press the IN BUTTON (22) on the fly (while the disc is playing). This will set a CUE Point without music interruption. Pressing the CUE BUTTON (14) will now return you to the same poi...

Page 23 - ) Press the OUT BUTTON (22) to set the ending point for your LOOP; VFD LOOP INDICATORS; - During a loop, the RELOOP INDICATOR; EXITING A LOOP; - To exit a SEAMLESS LOOP, press the OUT; CREATING AND PLAYING A SEAMLESS LOOP

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 23 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) 2) Press the IN BUTTON (22). This will set the starting point of the SEAMLESS LOOP. The IN BUTTON (22) LED will light. 1) Press PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON (13) to activate playback mode. Figure 17 Figure...

Page 24 - REPLAY LOOP

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 24 BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) REPLAY LOOP - The RELOOP (22) function allows you to return to your stored loop at any time. The IN BUTTON (22) and OUT BUTTON (22) LEDs will indicate a loop is stored in memory, and may be play...

Page 25 - wish to store your loop in and press that button.

BASIC OPERATIONS (CONT.) Figure 23 Figure 22 Figure 24 2) Press the SAVE BUTTON (20). The SAVE BUTTON (20) LED will glow indicating memory is ready to be stored. 3) Select one of the four BANK BUTTONS (19) you wish to store your loop in and press that button. 10. Bank Buttons (19): These buttons are...

Page 26 - Be sure the pitch function has been acti-

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 26 PITCH ADJUSTMENTS 1. PITCH SLIDER (10): This function will increase or decrease the tracks playback speed or "PITCH." The maximum pitch percentage manipulation in this function is +/-16%. The PITCH SLIDER (10) i...

Page 27 - adjustment t; speed bump in the playback pitch.; ally return to; it’s previous set speed.

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 27 PITCH ADJUSTMENTS 2. PITCH BENDING: Unlike the PITCH SLIDER (10) adjustment t his function will momentarily increase or decrease a tracks speed during playback. There are two ways to operate this function with the (-) &...

Page 28 - automatically return to it’s previous set speed.

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 28 PITCH ADJUSTMENTS Figure 31 3. JOG WHEEL (16): The JOG WHEEL will temporarily bend the pitch if a track is in playback mode Rotating the wheel in a clockwise direction will increase your track pitch and rotating the whe...

Page 29 - JOG WHEEL TOUCH SENSITIVITY:; The degree of sensitivity can be adjusted to make it; IN PLAYBACK MODE: While in play mode and with the A. Cue Mode; JOG WHEEL FUCNTIONS

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 29 Figure 32 JOG WHEEL TOUCH SENSITIVITY: The platter of the jog wheel is touch sensitive allowing certain play and cue commands, as well the scratch effect, to be controlled by touching or tapping on the touch sensitive j...

Page 30 - VINYL MODE: Before you can use the JOG WHEEL (16) to simulate real

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 30 JOG WHEEL FUCNTIONS Figure 35 VINYL MODE & CDJ MODE: The Vinyl Mode simulates real time turntable scratching. Once the Vinyl Mode has been activated the JOG WHEEL (16) may be used in the same fashion a turntable pla...

Page 31 - there default values when power is shut off!

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 31 The VERSADECK comes with four built in effects. These effects can be used one at a time or you may choose to overlap the effects and use up to four at a time. The Built-in effects include Echo, Filter, Skid, and Flanger...

Page 32 - FLANGER EFFECT: The Flanger effect distorts the output signal and; so that

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 32 Figure 42 FLANGER EFFECT: The Flanger effect distorts the output signal and creates an effect similar to frequencies phasing in and out of each other. The FLANGER Effect has two adjustable parameters, Parameter Time (PT...

Page 33 - RELAY MODE; ) Load your two players with audio discs.; turning the JOG WHEEL as well.; PLAYLIST OPERATION

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 33 RELAY MODE This feature is a kind of “auto pilot”. When you are using the VERSADECK system, you can have one player begin playback when the other ends. You can RELAY single tracks, the entire folder, or a combination of...

Page 34 - DATABASE BUILDER; Installation

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 34 DATABASE BUILDER Minimum Hardware Requirements: CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1GHz processor or above, Intel Centrino Mobile Technology 1.6GHz RAM: 512MB RAM DISC SPACE: 100MB of free disc space needed OS: Microsoft Windows XP S...

Page 35 - Select your desired USB hard drive and

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 35 DATABASE BUILDER (FOR WINDOWS XP) NOTE: Please re-create the database builder whenever you change the contents of your USB device. Select your desired USB hard drive and click "Build". Processing Complete Scan a...

Page 37 - MIDI MAP; set to MIDI Channel 2, and Player 2 is set to MIDI Channel 3.

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 37 MIDI MAP FUNCTION Type FUNCTION CODE (DECK A) NOTE SHIFT (Hold TAP) FUNCTION CODE (DECK B) NOTE SHIFT (Hold TAP) FUNCTIO N CODE (CENTER DECK) NOTE SHIFT (Hold TAP) ACTION SW/ENC 05/17 44/56 05/27 44/66 7FH _ ON 00H _ OF...

Page 42 - CROSSFADER REPLACEMENT; Replacing the Crossfader:; fader. Carefully pull the crossfader up from its seated position.

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 42 CROSSFADER REPLACEMENT The crossfader is “Hot Swapable” which means it may be replaced at any time, even when power is applied. Only replace with American Audio Part Feather Fader Plus. Replacing with any other model fa...

Page 43 - TROUBLSHOOTING

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 43 TROUBLSHOOTING USB device not reading When using Hard Drives it is recommended that you use a hard drive with an external power supply or one that does not exceed 5 volt power consumption. If your hard drive resets itse...

Page 44 - WARRANTY INFORMATION:; WARRANTY

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 44 WARRANTY INFORMATION: The VERSADECK carries a ONE year (365 days) limited war- ranty. This warranty covers parts and labor. Please fill out the enclosed warranty card to validate your purchase and warranty. All returned...

Page 45 - SPECIFICATIONS; GENERAL; Dual USB MP3 Player + Digital Mixer; MIXER SECTION

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 45 SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: American Audio VERSADECK - Professional DUAL USB Player/ Mixer Type: Dual USB MP3 Player + Digital Mixer Disc type: Applicable File Extenstions for Mp3s: mp3, MP3, mP3, and Mp3 Pitch Range:...

Page 46 - Channel; USB PLAYER SECTION; change without any prior written notice.

© American Audio ® - www.AmericanAudio.us - VERSADECK Instruction Manual Page 46 SPECIFICATIONS Cross Talk (Maximum Gain, EQ Flat, W/20KHz LPF, A-Weighted, Master=0dBV Output) LINE, PHONO: More than 63dB @1Khz Between L and R Channel More than 70dB @1KHz Between Channels Equalizer: MIC: -14 +/-3dB a...