Alesis PLAYMATEVOCALIST Quick Start Guide
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Quick Start Owner’s Manual
Box Contents:
Playmate Vocalist CD Player
Quick Start Owner’s Manual
Power Cord
Manual de inicio rápido del usuario (Español)
Contenido de la caja:
Reproductor de CD Playmate
Vocalist
Manual de inicio rápido del
usuario
Cable de alimentación
Guide d'utilisation simplifié (Français)
Contenu de la boîte :
Lecteur de disque compact
Playmate Vocalist
Guide d’utilisation simplifié
Câble d'alimentatio
Schnellbedienungsanleitung (Deutsch)
Inhalt der Verpackung:
Playmate Vocalist CD-Spieler
Schnellbedienungsanleitung
Manuale rapido di utilizzazione (Italiano)
Contenuto della Confezione:
Lettore CD Playmate Vocalist
Manuale rapido di
utilizzazione
Cavo di alimentazione
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Hookup
Diagram
Power
Source
Mic
Headphones
For Recording
Digital Audio
Workstation
Live
PA System
IN GAIN
MICROPHONE
Quick Setup
1. Make sure all items listed on the
front of this guide are in the
Playmate Vocalist’s box.
2. Read the Important Safety
Instructions.
3. Study the Hookup Diagram above.
Refer to the next section for details
on which cables to use.
4. Make sure all devices and
instruments are turned off and all
gain knobs set to zero.
5. Connect your microphone to
either the XLR input or the 1/4”
direct input located on the rear of
the Playmate Vocalist.
Note: The Playmate Vocalist does
not provide phantom power. Do
not attempt to use microphones
that require external phantom
power.
6. Connect your headphones to one
of the PHONES jacks. You may
connect two sets of headphones.
7. To output the signal to a PA
amplifier, mixer or other
equipment, connect the Playmate
Vocalist’s Left and Right OUTPUT
jacks to the inputs of the device
using 1/4” TRS plugs. To connect
to your stereo, you will need to
buy 1/4”-to-RCA plug converters.
8. Turn on the Playmate Vocalist first,
followed by the other equipment.
Be sure to turn on any amplifiers
last to avoid any sudden “pops”
that could damage speakers.
9. When finished, turn off any
external amplifiers first—
before turning off or
disconnecting the Playmate
Vocalist—to prevent damage
to external speakers.
10. Go to http://www.alesis.com
to register the Playmate
Vocalist.
ADAT
Rear-Panel Features and
Connection Details
1. POWER – Turns the unit on and
off. Always use this button to turn
off the unit before removing the
power cord.
2. IEC Power Plug Connector –
Plug in the power cord that came
with the unit here.
3. Voltage Switch – Adjusts the
voltage from 115V/60Hz
(American) to 230V/50Hz
(European). It’s important that this
is set to the correct voltage;
otherwise, you could damage the
Playmate Vocalist.
4. MICROPHONE Input – an XLR
input that accepts any microphone
with an XLR plug.
5. DIRECT IN
instrument input. This input
bypasses the Playmate Vocalist’s
effects section and works well for
adding your synthesizer or other
instrument into the mix.
Input – a 1/4”
6. Gain Knob – controls the gain of
the MICROPHONE input. Turn this
knob up until you achieve a loud,
clear sound. Turn it down if you
experience distortion, feedback,
clipping or excessive hiss.
NOTE: The Gain knob only works
with the MICROPHONE input; it
does not affect the DIRECT IN
input.
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7. PHONES – stereo 1/4”
unbalanced jacks for connecting
two sets of headphones.
8. L and R OUTPUTS – 1/4” TRS
stereo output for routing the left
and right signals to a device such
as a mixer or amplifier.
Features of the Playmate Vocalist
1. Display – Shows the current
track and effect program, CD
time and various other settings.
Refer to the “Features of the
Display” section for details.
2. Play/Pause Button – Plays the
CD. If you press this button while
a CD is playing, it will be paused
until you press Play/Pause again.
3. Stop Button – Stops a playing CD.
4. Skip Previous Button – Skips to
the beginning of the current track,
or skips to the previous track on
the CD.
5. Skip Next Button – Skips to the
beginning of the next song on the
CD.
6. Scan Forward Button – Scans
forward through the current song.
Hold down this button to continue
scanning.
7. Scan Back Button – Scans
backward through the current
song. Hold down this button to
continue scanning.
8. PITCH Knob – Controls the
tuning of the CD audio. When you
turn this knob, both the pitch and
the speed of the audio are affected.
You may adjust the pitch by as
much as plus or minus 8%.
9. SPEED Knob – Adjusts the speed,
or tempo, of the CD audio without
affecting its pitch. You may
decrease the tempo by as much as
50% and increase it as much as
150%.
10. TRANSPOSE Knob – Changes the
key of the CD audio in half-step
intervals, a maximum of seven
half-steps up or down, without
affecting the speed of the audio.
The TRANSPOSE knob does not
affect the audio’s tuning either. For
example, let’s say you tune the
audio to 5% sharp using the
PITCH knob. If you then transpose
the audio up four half-steps, it will
then be four half-steps plus 5%
sharp.
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TIP: We recommend that you
transpose a song to the
appropriate key first, and then
adjust the speed, followed by the
pitch. That way you can tune the
music to your voice or instrument
first, adjust the tempo without
affecting that tuning, and then
make minor pitch adjustments if
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necessary.
VOLUME Knob – Controls the
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master output volume of the
Vocalist Playmate.
12. BALANCE Knob – Controls the
ratio of the volume of the inputted
vocal (along with the selected
effect) versus the volume of the
CD audio. Turn this knob all the
way to the right and the main
outputs will contain 100% CD
audio. Turn it all the way to the
left and the outputs will contain
100% vocal. When the knob is in
the center position, the vocals and
CD audio will be mixed evenly at
50% each.
13. EFFECT Knob – Turn this 16position knob to select an effect
program from the Playmate
Vocalist’s digital vocal processor.
When you turn on the unit, you
automatically have access to the 16
effects in Bank A. To access Bank
B, press and hold the SET button
and hit the ON/OFF button. The
sixteen positions of the EFFECT
knob will then be mapped to
Programs 17 – 32.
Bank A contains traditional effects
such as reverbs and delays. Bank
B offers some inventive reverbs,
echoes, pitch shifters, distortions
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and special effects. See the Effect
Quick Reference for descriptions
of all the effects.
14. EFFECT MIX Knob – Controls the
wet/dry mix of the selected effect
from 0% to 100%. Turn the
EFFECT MIX knob to the right to
increase the amount of effect in
the signal. Turn the knob to the
left to decrease the amount.
The Display will show the
percentage of the wet/dry mix as
you turn the EFFECT MIX knob.
15. VOCAL CANCEL Button –
eliminates the lead vocal track
from the CD. As you press this
button, you’ll rotate through Type
1, Type 2, Type 3 and Off vocal
cancellation types. Depending on
the specific CD, you may find any
one of the three types to be most
effective.
16. OPEN/CLOSE Button – Opens
and closes the CD tray.
17. REPEAT Button – Press this
button repeatedly to cycle through
the four Repeat options:
• Track – Plays a track and
then stops.
• Track Repeat – Plays a
track and then plays it again,
over and over.
• Disc – Plays the disc and
then stops.
• Disc Repeat – Plays the
disc and then plays it again,
over and over.
18. TIME DISPLAY Button – Press
this button repeatedly to cycle
through the four Time Display
options.
• In Total mode, the Display
shows the time elapsed on
the CD.
• In Total Remain mode, the
Display shows the time
remaining until the end of the
CD.
• In Single mode, the Display
shows the time elapsed in the
current track.
• In Single Remain mode,
the Display shows the time
remaining in the current track.
Looping Features
Topics 19 – 22 cover the Playmate
Vocalist’s looping features. These
work together to allow you to
define a section of CD audio that
you would like to repeat
indefinitely. The Playmate Vocalist
makes looping easy: simply tell it
the locations on the CD at which
you want the loop to begin and
end, enable the loop, and then
sing or play along.
See “Creating a Loop” for more
information.
19. START Button – This button has
two functions: setting the Loop
Start and jumping to the Loop Start.
To set the Loop Start, hold down
the SET button and press START.
To jump to the Loop Start, simply
press START.
When you first insert a CD, the
Loop Start is automatically set to
the beginning of the disc (0:00:00).
20. END Button – This button also
serves two functions: setting the
Loop End point and jumping to
the Loop End point. To set the
Loop End, hold down the SET
button and press END. To jump to
the Loop Start, just press END.
When you first insert a CD, the
Loop Start is automatically set to
the end of the disc.
21. SET Button – Used in conjunction
with the START and END buttons
to set the Loop Start and Loop End.
You can also use the SET button
in conjunction with the ON/OFF
button to access Bank B of the
effects processor (press ON/OFF
while holding down SET).
22. ON/OFF Button – Enables and
disables the loop. If the loop is
playing when you hit ON/OFF, the
CD will continue playing through
the end of the loop instead of
returning to the Loop Start.
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Features of the Display
1. Screen – When you turn the unit
on, the screen reads “Alesis
Playmate” for a few seconds. It
also does the following:
• During normal playing
mode, the screen displays the
currently selected effect
program.
• When you turn the EFFECT
MIX knob, the screen shows
the current effect level. This
level remains on the screen
for a few seconds after you
stop turning the knob.
• When you press the VOCAL
CANCEL button, the screen
briefly indicates whether
Vocal Cancel mode is on or
off.
2. TRACK NUMBER Indicator –
Shows the number of the currently
selected track.
3. PROG NUMBER Indicator –
Shows the number of the currently
selected effect program.
4. REPEAT Indicator – Displays the
current Repeat mode:
• Track – Plays a track and
then stops.
• Track Repeat – Plays a
track and then plays it again,
over and over.
• Disc – Plays the disc and
then stops.
• Disc Repeat – Plays the
disc and then plays it again,
over and over.
5. Time Display – Shows the current
playing time.
6. Time Display Indicator –
Indicates which of the four Time
Display modes is current: Total,
Total Remain, Single or Single
Remain.
7. PITCH Indicator – Shows the
current setting of the PITCH knob.
8. SPEED Indicator – Shows the
current setting of the SPEED knob.
9. TRANS Indicator – Shows the
current setting of the TRANSPOSE
knob.
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Creating a Loop
1. Insert a CD and press Play.
2. Use the Skip button to move to
the track where you would like to
create the loop.
3. Listen to the track and make note
of the point at which you would
like the loop to begin.
4. Use the Scan button to reach a
point a few moments before the
place you want the loop to start.
You may allow the CD to continue
playing, or you may pause it to
give yourself preparation time.
5. Press and hold down the SET
Button.
6. If you paused the CD, hit
PLAY/PAUSE to continue playing.
As soon as the CD reaches the
point at which you want the loop
to begin, hit the START button
while holding the SET button. The
Loop Start is now set. You may
now return to the Loop Start at
any time by pressing START.
7. Allow the CD to continue to play,
or use the Scan button to move to
a point a few moments before the
point at which you want the loop
to end.
8. Press and hold down the SET
button.
9. When the CD reaches the point at
which you want the loop to end,
hit the END button while holding
down the SET button. The Loop
End is now set. You may return to
the Loop End at any time by
pressing END.
10. Enable the loop by pressing the
ON/OFF button. The Playmate
Vocalist will jump to the Loop
Start while continuing to play.
Every time it reaches the Loop End,
it will jump back to the Loop Start.
To disable the loop, press the
ON/OFF button again. it will jump
back to the Loop Start.
If you skip to another track, the
loop will be disabled. The loop
start and end points will automatically change to coincide with the
start and end points of the new
track.
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(To switch between banks, press ON/OFF while holding down SET)
Effect Type Number and Name Description
Bank A: Conventional Effects
Effect Quick Reference
Hall Reverb 1. Small Hall Simulates the sound of a small concert hall.
2. Medium Hall Simulates a medium concert hall.
3. Large Hall Simulates a large concert hall.
4. Concert Hall A warmer and even larger hall reverb.
5. Reverse Reverb A reverb that plays in reverse and comes before
Plate Reverb 6. Classic Plate A recreation of the classic “plate reverb” produced
7. Modern Plate Brighter and thinner than Classic Plate.
8. Future Plate Similar to Classic Plate, but larger sounding.
9. Golden Plate Similar to Modern Plate, but larger sounding.
10. Small Room Simulates the acoustics of a small room. Room Reverb
11. Medium Room Simulates the acoustics of a medium-sized room.
12. Large Room The full-sounding reverb of a large room.
Delay 13. Echo 1 Adds an echo to your vocals.
14. Echo 2 An echo that has a longer delay time than Echo 1.
15. Echo 3 An echo that has a shorter delay time than Echo 1.
16. Tape Echo Imitates the classic tape delay created by recording
instead of after the original sound.
by vibrating metal plates.
audio to tape and replaying it as an echo.
Bank B: Radical Effects
Reverbs 17. Triggered Reverb A reverb that doesn’t kick in until a certain volume
18. Ducking Reverb A “ducking” reverb. The reverb level decreases
Echoes 19. Ducking Echo 1 A ducking version of Echo 1. The echo level
20. Ducking Echo 2 A ducking version of Echo 2.
Pitch 21. Multi Chorus Adds fullness to your vocals by emulating the
22. Schizo Chorus A frenzied chorus effect.
23. Easy Flange Shifts the pitch of the original signal up and down,
24. Resonant Flange A flange with wider and quicker shifts in pitch.
25. Stereo Rotary The classic sound of an organ’s rotary speaker.
Distortion 26. Walkie Talkie Distorts your voice so that you sound as if you’re
27. Distort & Phaser A distortion effect combined with a phaser, which
28. Distort & Flange Distortion combined with a flange effect.
Special Effects 29. Robot Vocal The name says it all; this one gives your voice an
30. Robovox & Reverb The Robot Vocal effect with reverb added.
31. Telephone
Receiver
32. Decim8ed Filter A super low-fi, harsh and resonant effect.
threshold is reached.
when the input is loud and increases when the
input is quieter.
decreases when the input is loud and increases
when the input is quieter.
sound of several voices at once.
creating a swirling effect.
singing through a walkie talkie.
creates a duplicate signal and delays it slightly.
electronic, robot-like tone.
Cuts off highs and lows so you sound like you’re
talking on the telephone.
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Diagrama de
montaje
Fuente de
alimentació
Micrófono
Auriculares
Para grabar
Estación de trabajo
de audio digital
En directo
Sistema de
amplificación
IN GAIN
MICROPHONE
Instalación rápida
1. Asegúrese de que todos los
artículos incluidos al inicio de este
manual están incluidos en la caja
del Playmate Vocalist.
2. Lea las importantes instrucciones
de seguridad.
3. Estudie el diagrama de montaje
que aparece más arriba. Consulte
la próxima sección para ver
detalles sobre los cables que
deben ser utilizados.
4. Asegúrese de que todos los
dispositivos e instrumentos están
apagados y de que todos los
controles de ganancia están en
posición “cero”.
5. Conecte su micrófono sea a la
entrada de XLR o la entrada
directa de 1/4” ubicada en la parte
posterior del Playmate Vocalist.
Nota: El Playmate Vocalist no
proporciona potencia fantasma.
No intente usar micrófonos que
requieren potencia fantasma
externa.
6. Conecte sus auriculares a uno de
los jacks de PHONO. Puede
conectar dos juegos de auriculares.
7. Para la salida de la señal al
amplificador del sistema de
amplificación, mezclador u otro
equipo, conecte los jacks de salida
de la derecha e izquierda del
Playmate Vocalist a las entradas
del dispositivo usando los
enchufes de TRS de 1/4”. Para
conectar su estéreo, necesitará
comprar convertidores de enchufes
de 1/4” a RCA.
8. Encienda el Playmate
Vocalist primero, seguido
por los demás equipos.
Asegúrese de encender los
amplificadores en último
lugar para evitar cualquier
ruido súbito que puedan
dañar sus altavoces.
ADAT
9. Cuando termine, apague primero
cualquier amplificador externo —
antes de apagar o desconectar el
Playmate Vocalist— para evitar
daños a los altavoces externos.
10. Visite http://www.alesis.com para
registrar el Playmate Vocalist.
Características del panel trasero y
detalles de conexión
1. POWER – Enciende y apaga la
unidad. Use siempre este botón
para apagar la unidad antes de
sacar el cable de alimentación.
2. Conector del enchufe de
alimentación IEC – Enchufe el
cable de alimentación incluido en
la caja con la unidad.
3. Interruptor de voltaje – Ajusta
el voltaje de 115V/60Hz
(americano) a 230V/50Hz
(europeo). Es importante que éste
esté ajustado al voltaje correcto;
sino, podría dañar el Playmate
Vocalist.
4. Entrada de micrófono
[MICROPHONE] – Una entrada
XLR que acepta cualquier
micrófono con una entrada XLR.
5. Entrada directa [DIRECT IN] –
Una entrada de instrumento de
1/4”. Esta entrada se desvía la
sección de efectos del Playmate
Vocalist y funciona bien para
agregar su sintetizador u otro
instrumento a
la mezcla.
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IN GAIN
MICROPHONE
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6. Botón de ganancia – Controla la
ganancia de la entrada del
micrófono [MICROPHONE]. Gire
este botón hacia arriba hasta que
obtenga un sonido fuerte y claro.
Apáguelo si experimenta
distorsión, retroalimentación,
clipping o un siseo excesivo.
NOTA: El botón de ganancia
funciona solamente con la
entrada de micrófono; no afecta
a la entrada directa [DIRECT IN].
7. PHONES – Jacks no balanceados
de 1/4” para conectar dos pares
de auriculares.
8. Salidas derecha e izquierda [L
y R OUTPUTS] – Salida de estéreo
TRS de 1/4” para dirigir las señales
de la derecha y de la izquierda
hacia un dispositivo como un
mezclador o un amplificador.
Características del Playmate
Vocalist
1. Pantalla – Muestra el programa
de pista y efecto actual, el tiempo
del CD y otros ajustes. Consulte la
sección de «Características de la
pantalla» para más detalles.
2. Botones [Play/Pause] –
Reproducen el CD. Si pulsa este
botón mientras reproduce un CD,
estará pausado hasta que pulse el
botón [Play/Pause] de nuevo.
3. Botón [Stop] – Detiene un CD
que está sonando.
4. Botón [Skip previous] – Salta al
comienzo de la pista actual o salta
a la pista anterior del CD.
5. Botón [Skip Next]– Salta al
comienzo de la canción siguiente
en el CD.
6. Botón [Scan Forward] – Escanea
hacia adelante a través de la pista
actual. Mantenga este botón
pulsado para continuar
escaneando.
7. Botón [Scan Back] – Escanea
hacia atrás a través de la pista
actual. Mantenga este botón
pulsado para continuar
escaneando.
8. Botón [PITCH] – Controla el
afinado del audio del CD. Cuando
gira este botón, afecta tanto al
pitch como a la velocidad de
audio. Puede ajustar el pitch hasta
+8% ó -8%.
Parte superior del Playmate Vocalist
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9. Botón [SPEED] – Ajusta la
velocidad o el tempo de audio del
CD sin afectar su pitch. Puede
disminuir el tempo hasta un 50% y
aumentarlo hasta un 150%.
10. Botón [TRANSPOSE] – Cambia la
clave del audio de CD en
intervalos de medio paso y un
máximo de siete medios pasos
hacia arriba o abajo, sin afectar a
la velocidad del audio.
El botón [TRANPOSE] tampoco
afecta al afinado del audio. Por
ejemplo, digamos que afina el
audio a un 5% sharp (sostenido)
usando el botón de [PITCH]. Si
luego transporta el audio hacia
arriba cuatro medios pasos, será
entonces cuatro medios pasos más
el 5% sostenido.
CONSEJO: Le recomendamos que
transporte una canción a la clave
correspondiente primero y luego
ajuste la velocidad, seguida por el
pitch. De esa forma podrá primero
afinar la música a su voz o
instrumento, ajustar el tempo sin
que afecte a esa afinación y luego
hacer ajustes pequeños de pitch si
es necesario.
11. Botón de VOLUMEN – Controla
el volumen de salida principal del
Vocalist Playmate.
12. Botón de BALANCE – Controla el
ratio del volumen del vocal de
entrada (junto con el efecto
seleccionado) versus el volumen
del audio del CD. Gire este botón
totalmente a la derecha y las
salidas principales contendrán el
100% del audio de CD. Gírelo
totalmente a la izquierda y las
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