User Manual

Readying the 45000 to Record a NEW LOOP
Plug your instrument into either the LEFT or RIGHT INPUT
jacks, or both if recording two separate instruments or if
recording in stereo.
To monitor your recording, connect the LEFT, RIGHT or
MONITOR OUTPUT jacks to a mixer or amp or plug head-
phones into the HEADPHONES jack.
Play your instrument(s) and adjust the INPUT Level knobs so
that the CLIP LED does not light or just barely lights on your
loudest notes. The trick to achieving the best quality digital
audio is to record the hottest possible signal without clipping
the A/D converter. You do not want to record a signal that is
too low in volume or a signal that clips very often (unless that
is the sound you are going for).
If recording only one input, turn the Input knob down fully for
the unused channel, this reduces hiss.
Use the DRY OUT slider and pan knob to adjust what you hear
when monitoring.
The DRY OUT pan knob can be used to mix the Left and Right
Inputs to both outputs or to separate the Inputs to monitor on
different outputs. In the CCW position of the DRY pan knob,
the Left Input is sent out the Left Output jack, the Right Input
is sent out the Right Output jack. In the CW position, output
monitoring is reversed: Left In goes to Right Out and Right In
goes to Left Out. When the DRY OUT Pan knob is set to the
center, the Left & Right Inputs will be mixed together in both
Outputs.
If using either Headphones or the MONITOR OUT jacks, you
also have a separate volume control just for these outputs.
The Headphones Volume control adjusts the volume for both
the Headphones output and the MONITOR OUT jack.
The setting of the DRY OUT fader and pan knob will not effect
what is actually recorded. Only the INPUT Level knobs have
any bearing on what is recorded.
Non-Quantize vs. Quantize Loop Recording
Non-Quantize Mode: the loop length is set by the user. The
time between pressing RECORD to begin recording a loop
and the RECORD, PLAY or NEW LOOP buttons to end the loop,
determines the length of the loop for all of the tracks. The
45000 begins recording the loop immediately upon pressing
the RECORD button.
Quantize Mode: the loop length is determined by the number
of bars you wish to record and the setting of the TEMPO slid-
er. Upon pressing the RECORD button, the 45000 will reset its
Clix metronome to beat 1; then you will hear a 4-Beat count-
in. The 45000 will start recording after the 4-beat count-in;
on the 5th beat you hear. Pressing the PLAY, RECORD or NEW
LOOP buttons will end the loop but not necessarily at the
moment you press the button. The 45000 will truncate the
loop’s length to the end of the previous bar if the aforemen-
tioned buttons are pressed within the first 2 beats of the cur-
rent bar. When the aforementioned buttons are pressed after
the 2nd beat, the 45000 will continue recording to the end
of the current bar and then end the loop. You can record as
many bars as the SD card will allow or as few as 1 bar.
A bar is 4-beats long.
The metronome’s tempo can be adjusted using the TEMPO
Slider. It is best to adjust the tempo while in Record-Ready
mode, before pressing the RECORD button.
You can change from Non-Quantize to Quantize mode at any
time by pressing the QUANTIZE button. When the QUANTIZE
LED is lit, you are in Quantize mode.
NEW
LOOP
CLIP
L INPUT R
DRY
OUT
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In-Depth Look at Recording Tracks
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