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User Guide English ( 3 – 6 ) Guía del usuario Español ( 7 – 10 ) Guide d'utilisation Français ( 11 – 14 ) Guida per l'uso Italiano ( 15 – 18 ) Benutzerhandbuch Deutsch ( 19 – 22 ) Appendix English ( 23 )[...]
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3 User Guide (English) Introduction Box Contents AMX USB Cable Software Download Card User Guide Safety & Warra nty Manu al Support For the la test information abo ut this product (s ystem requireme nts, compatibility info rmation, etc.) and product registration, vi sit akaipro.com/am x . For additional pr oduct support, vi sit akaipro.co m/sup[...]
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4 Features 1. USB Port: Use a standard USB cable to connect this USB port to your computer. The co mputer's USB port provides ample power to AMX. This connection is also u sed to send and receive MIDI data to and from your computer. 2. Master Output (RCA): U se stan dard RCA cables to co nnect this output to a speake r or amplifie r system. Th[...]
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5 9. Search / DVS: While the track i s paused, press and hold this button and turn the Browse Knob to move th rough the track on the corresp onding deck. During playback, press and hold this button and turn the Browse Knob to temporarily bend the pitch of the track on the correspo nding deck. This d oes not apply when the deck's vinyl contro l[...]
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6 26. Play / Pause: This button p auses or resu mes playback . Press and hold Shift and th en press this button to "st u tter-play" the track from the last set Cue Point. 27. Cue: When the Deck i s paused, you c an set a Te mporary Cue Poi nt by moving the Pl atter to place the Audi o Pointer at the desired location and then pressin g the[...]
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7 Guía del usuario (Español) Introducción Contenido de la caja AMX Cable USB Tarjeta de des carga de so ftware Guía del usuario Manual sobre l a seguridad y g arantía Soporte Para obte ner la información más reciente ac erca de este pro ducto (requisitos de sistema, informació n de compatibilidad, etc. ) y registrarlo , visite akaipro.com/a[...]
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8 Características 1. Puerto USB: Utilice un cable USB estándar para conectar este puerto USB a su ordenador. El puerto USB de la computadora sumi nistra suficient e alimentación al AMX. Esta c onexión también se utiliza para enviar y recibir datos MIDI desd e y hacia su o rdenador. 2. Salida maestra (RCA): Use cables RCA estándar par a conect[...]
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9 9. Búsqueda / DVS: Mientras que la pista está en pausa, mantenga pulsad o este botón y gire la peri lla Browse (D esplazami ento) para despl azarse a l o largo de l a pista en l a bandeja correspondiente. Durante la reproduc ción, manteng a pulsado est e botón y gi re la perilla Browse (Explorar) para flexionar temp oralmente el pi tch (tono[...]
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10 25. PFL: Pulse este botón para en viar esta señal d e nivel pre-fad er al canal de cue p ara monitoreo. Cua ndo está pul sado, el botón se enciende. Al pulsar un bot ón PFL a la vez, hace cue en es e canal solam ente (y desacti va el monitor eo de PFL de los d emás canales). Par a hacer cue en vari os canales si multáneament e, pulse los [...]
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11 Guide d'utilisation (Français) Présentation Contenu de la boîte AMX Câble USB Carte de téléch argement d e logiciel Guide d'utilisation Consignes de sécurité et inform ations concer nant la garantie Assistance technique Pour les toutes der nières informations concernant la configur ation système requise, la compatibilité, et[...]
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12 Caractéristiques 1. Port USB : Utilisez un câble USB afin de relier ce port USB au port USB d'un ordinateur. Le port USB d e l'ordinateur permet d'alimente r le AMX. Cette connexion est ég alement utilisée pour la transmissi on de données MIDI ver s et depuis votre ordinateur. 2. Sortie principal e (RCA) : Branchez d es câbl[...]
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13 9. Search/DVS : Alors que la piste est in terrompue, maintenir cette touche en foncée et tourner le bouton Browse permet de parcourir la pist e du module co rrespondant. Lors de la lectu re de la piste, maintenir cette touche enf oncée et tou rner le bouton Browse permet de modifier te mporai rement la vite sse de la piste d u module correspon[...]
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14 25. Niveau pré-atténuat ion (PFL) : Cette touche per met d'achemi ner le sign al pré- atténuation du canal au canal de pré-écoute. La touche s'allum e lo rsque cette fonction est activée. En appuyant sur une touche PFL à la fois, vous cal ez uniquement le canal correspond ant (et désactiver la fonction PFL pour le s autres can[...]
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15 Guida per l'uso (Italiano) Introduzione Contenuti della confezione AMX Cavo USB Scheda di download del Software Guida per l'uso Istruzioni di sicu rezza e garanzia Assistenza Per le ultime informaz ioni in merito a questo prodotto (requisiti di s istema, informazio ni sulla compatibilità, e cc.) e per effe ttuarne la registra zione, r[...]
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16 Caratteristiche 1. Porta USB: servirsi di un cavo US B standard per collegar e questa por ta USB al computer. La port a USB del compute r fornirà l'a limentazione all'AMX. Ques to collegament o serve anche a inviare e ricevere dati MID I da e vers o il computer. 2. Uscita Mast er (RCA): se rvirsi di cavi standa rd RCA per collegare q [...]
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17 9. Search / DVS: con la tracci a in pausa, tenere pr emuto questo tast o e girare la man opola Browse per spostarsi lungo la tracci a sul deck c orrispondente. Durante la riproduzione, tenere pr emuto questo tasto e girare la manopola Browse effettuare il bend tempora neo del pitch della traccia sul deck co rrispondente. Ciò non si applica quan[...]
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18 25. PFL: premere q uesto tast o per i nviare il segnale p re-fader di questo canale al canale Cu e per il monitora ggio. Una volta attiv ato, il tasto sarà acc eso. Premendo un tasto PF L alla volta, si eff ettuerà il cueing di quel solo can ale (e si disatti verà il monit oraggio PF L degli altri canali). P er effettuare i l cueing di più c[...]
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19 Benutzerhandbuch (Deutsch) Einführung Lieferumfang AMX USB-Kabel Software-Download-K arte Benutzerhandbuch Sicherheitshinweis e und Garantieinformatio nen Kundendienst Für die neuesten Informationen z u diesem Produ kt (Systeman forderungen, In formationen zu r Kompatibilität etc.) und zur Produktregistrierung besuchen Sie akai pro.com/amx . [...]
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20 Funktionen 1. USB-Port: Verwenden Sie ein handelsübliches USB-Kabel, um diesen USB- Port mit Ihre m Computer zu ve rbinden. Der USB-Port des C omputers ver sorgt das AMX mit ausreichen d Strom. Diese Verbindung wird auch verwendet, um MIDI-Daten vo m und zum Computer zu senden und zu empfangen. 2. Maste r-Ausga ng (Cinc h): Verwenden Sie Standa[...]
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21 9. Suchen / DVS: Während die Tit el pausiert sind, halten Sie die se Taste ged rückt und drehen das Suc hrad , um durch die Tr acks am entsprech enden Deck zu blätt ern. Halten Sie diese Tast e während der Wied ergabe gedrüc kt und drehen Sie das Su chrad , um die Tonhöhe des Tracks am ent sprechenden Deck vorüberge hend zu ändern. Di es[...]
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22 25. PFL: Drücken Sie diese Tast e, um das Pre-Fade r-Signal dies es Kanals an den Cue-K anal zum Monitoring zu senden. Wenn di e Taste aktivi ert ist, leuchtet sie auf. Dur ch einmalig es Drücken einer PFL-Taste laden Sie nur diesen jeweiligen Kanal (und dea ktivieren das PFL-Monitoring für die andere n Kanäle). Um mehr ere Kanäle gleic hze[...]
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23 Appendix (English) Technical Specifications Connections 1 USB port 2 RCA stereo (pair s) line/phono inputs 1 RCA stereo (pair ) master output 1 1/8" (3.5 mm) TRS headphone output Knobs 1 360° touch-capacitive encoder 8 270° touch-capacitive knobs 2 360° encoders 3 270° knobs Power USB-bus-powered Dimensions (width x depth x height) 5.2&[...]
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