Denon DN S5000 Quick Start Guide - Page 17

8 ALPHA MODE (Alpha-Track Monitor) This function lets you play the Alpha-Track from ALPHA OUT while playing the Main Track. Using this function, you can prepare the next song on same CD before the end of your first track. While in Alpha-Mode, Alpha-Track's output can be monitored through your mixers headphone. Therefore, you can switch between the Alpha-Track and Main Track at any time, so two tracks on the same disc can be played continuously with no break in the sound. q, t w e r Enter Alpha-Mode q Push the a MODE button to enter Alpha Mode. MIRROR MIX • When alpha-cue is not set, alpha-cue is set at the beginning of the Main Track. 1 NOTE: Before entering the Alpha-Mode, Samplers 1 and 2 (A3, A4 buttons) must be in the STOP mode otherwise the DN-S5000 will not accept the ALPHA-MODE command. ✽ In the Alpha-Mode, illumination of a MODE button flashes. Monitor the Alpha-Track • You can execute many functions almost same as for the Main Track except, Program, Random. Without these functions you can prepare preferred sound and mixing point. • In Alpha-Track mode, the display information 2 is dominated by Alpha-Track. ✽ Memo Call w If the Hot Start, Seamless Loop and other data for the track to be used next is stored in the memory, the settings for the track to be played can be made easily using the memo call function. Switching Alpha-Track and Main Track • After you prepared your Alpha-Track, you can switch the sound between Alpha-Track and Main Track. e When your Main Track is Cued in AlphaMode, CUE button illumination flashes rapidly. At this time you can switch between Alpha-Cue point and main Cue point, then CUE button stops flashing and waits for your next command. r When Main Track is playing and then Alpha- Mode + Alpha-Track is selected, the main 13 button illumination flashes rapidly. 3 At this time you can switch (slam-mix) to force the "MAIN OUT" to stop and the Alpha- Track to start by simply pushing the main 13 button. The sound from Alpha-Cue point is routed to MAIN OUT, then 13 button stops flashing. ✽ After Alpha-Track changed to Main Track, Alpha-Mode ends automatically and a MODE button illumination turns off. You can repeat the cycle again. Pitch after switching • Pitch of Alpha-Track can be changed separately from the Main Track. This causes the playback pitch to be different from the Pitch Slider setting after switching to Alpha- Track because the Pitch Slider was set 4 originally for your Main Track. • In this case, PITCH LED flashes to warn that the Pitch Slider setting is different. Only until the position of the Pitch Slider matches its correct pitch of your Alpha-Track will the PITCH LED stop flashing and start changing with the Pitch Slider. Exit from Alpha-Mode 5 t You can exit from Alpha- Mode with push a MODE button. MIRROR MIX Hot Start, Sampler 6 • Hot Start and Sampler setting with A1, A2, A3, A4 are available as Hot Start in AlphaMode. ENGLISH 15