User manual BOOMERANG MUSIC PHRASE SAMPLER V1

[. . . ] Phrase Sampler ® User's Manual Version 1 Boomerang Musical Products PO Box 541595 Dallas, TX 75354-1595 1-800-530-4699 http://www. boomerangmusic. com Mar 1999 April 17, 2002 Welcome to the World of Phrase Sampling Congratulations on your purchase of a Boomerang® Phrase Sampler. I think you will be pleased and surprised by the musical versatility of this little power house. It was created because we wanted a unit that does what the Boomerang® Phrase Sampler does, and there wasn't anything on the market like it. It was invented by musicians for musicians! [. . . ] RECORD This button is probably the most used of all. When it is pressed, recording begins and the RECORD LED lights up brightly. A second press ends the recording and the Boomerang Phrase Sampler begins playing back; the PLAY LED lights up brightly to indicate the change. If no other buttons are pressed, playback will continue indefinitely, repeating over and over the sounds recorded during the time between the two button presses. During playback the RECORD button can be pressed again and a new recording will begin. Recording erases any previously stored sounds. During playback the RECORD LED will blink briefly at the beginning of the loop each time it comes around; this helps in identifying the loop start point for stacking additional parts. If the system reaches the end of available memory during recording, a special mode will be entered where all LED' are turned on brightly; then the user must press either RECORD or PLAY. Pressing s RECORD will begin a new recording and the previous one will be lost. Pressing PLAY initiates playback and preserves the recorded material. PLAY (STOP) This button has different functions depending on what the Boomerang Phrase Sampler is currently Page 4 April 17, 2002 doing, hence the two-part name. If the Rang is recording, pressing STOP halts the recording and the unit becomes idle; your music is recorded and ready for playback. If the Rang is playing back, pressing STOP halts playback and the unit becomes idle. If the Boomerang Phrase Sampler is idle, pressing PLAY starts playback of whatever was last recorded, in a continuously looping manner. During playback the PLAY LED will be on and the RECORD LED will blink at the beginning of each pass through the loop. ONCE As with the previous buttons, this one has different functions depending on what the Boomerang Phrase Sampler is currently doing. Pressing ONCE while recording will halt recording and initiate an immediate playback of the signal just recorded, but the loop will playback only once. Pressing ONCE during playback tells the Boomerang Phrase Sampler to finish playing the loop and then stop. This is handy for terminating a loop without abruptly stopping it in the middle, which would happen if the STOP button was pressed. If the Boomerang Phrase Sampler is idle, pressing ONCE will playback your recorded loop one time. If the unit is idle, it selects the sample rate: full or half speed. Full speed offers twice the bandwidth but reduces the recording time available. [. . . ] It can be fixed by pressing the STACK button when that note plays. If you are not inputing a new part, this has the effect of attenuating that portion of the loop. Earlier we recommended that the Rang be at the end of the signal processing chain. Well, here's a time when it would be useful to have it at the very front of the signal processing chain. [. . . ]