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27. The Speed Control plays samples faster or
slower resulting in a pitch shift of the sample. In the
center position, the sample is played at recorded speed.
Moving the knob to the left will slow down playback by up
to 50%; moving the knob to the right will speed up the
playback by up to 200%. Positions near the center
provide fine changes in playback speed. Positions
further from the center detent provide more drastic
changes in playback speed.
28. Effect Level Mix fader. This precisely sets the
audible level of the sample in the mix.
29. Memory Bank Select Pushbuttons A-D.
Four banks are available for storing samples. To record a
bank go to Write and then hit the bank button. You can
record into any combination of banks by pressing
multiple bank buttons.
After sampling, you can either select the next bank and
record it (remember Write is still on, just select the bank
and hit Start/Stop) or you can manually select a playback
mode.
You can play any combination of the Memory Banks from
left to right (that is, Memory Bank B will always play before
Memory Bank D - but you can play ABCD; BC; BD: ACD;
only C; only D; etc.).
30. The large Start-Stop button controls sample
recording and sample playback. The small red Effects
Indicator LED glows when the sampler is "on". Here are
the functions:
• Tap the button when in sampler Write mode to
begin sampling (the LED will light). Tapping it again
ends the sample and the LED goes out. (unless
the sampler has run out of memory and shuts off
automatically - Once the Effects Indicator LED
goes out, the Write LED goes out and the Single
LED turns on.
• In single or repeat play without Trigger, tap the
button to play the sample and tap it again to stop
the playback. Every time you play the sample, the
music starts from the beginning of the sample.
• In Single or Repeat play with Trigger
you are ready to "stab" samples. With the
Trigger Out, the sample plays all the way
through before you can play it again. With it In,
you can stab or stutter a sample. When you
shout "Rock it - rock the house!" and sample it,
it can be played back as -
R-R-R-R-R-R-R-Rock --
Rock-Rock-Rock it - Rock it Rock it -
Rock - - Rock it - rock the house!
by simply "drumming" with your fingers.
31. The Stutter Pushbutton lets you choose
between two playback styles, Trigger and Non-
Trigger, when in Single or Repeat modes.
• When the Stutter is Out and the sampler is
set to Single or Repeat mode, each time you
tap the Start-Stop button the sample starts to
play. The next tap stops sample playback. The
next time play starts, the sample re-starts at the
beginning.
• When the Stutter is In and the sampler is set
to Single or Repeat mode, each time you tap
the Start-Stop button the sample re-triggers.
ABOUT STUTTERING
Expensive studio rack-mount samplers and
sampling keyboards can re-trigger or stutter. This
means "beginning at the start of the sample each
time a key is pressed or a drum pad is struck".
Re-triggering creates the stuttering "rap" effect.
The DM1685/1885 includes a manual
stuttering feature. How fast can you tap? Try
using two fingers for increased speed.
32. Monitor Pushbutton. To hear the sample or
effect in the headphones, press this button.
Program Mix still works and you will be able to
hear any other input channels with the Cue
buttons activated.
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