SECTION 5 : PLAYBACK
1 5-3. Variable Speed Play
The DA-38 provides a plus or minus 6.0% variation (in
0.1% steps) to the tape speed both in record and play
modes.
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Press the VARI SPEED key.
Its associated LED will light solidly while at the same
time the SHIFT LED will start blinking and the
cnrrent pitch change will show on the display, like
this :
2 Enter the desired pitch change by means of the A and
v keys.
l If yen hold either the A or the v key and press the
other, the display is cleared to ” DC”.
3 After having entered the desired pitch change, press
SHIFT and its LED will turn off and the display will
be switched back to show the ABS time. But, the
VARI SPEED LED remains lit solidly.
4 Press PLAY to begin playback at the entered pitch.
* To disable the variable speed mode, press the VARI
SPEED key if the SHIFT LED is turned off. If the
SHIFT LED is lit solidly, press SHIFT then press
VARI SPEED,
To Change the Current Pitch
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Press the SHIFT key and the associated LED will
start blinking to show that all the double function
keys we switched to offer their lower blue-labelled
functions.
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Press the PITCH key. The current pitch change will
show on the display, like this :
Enter the required pitch change by means of the A
and y keys.
. The display is cleared to ” En” if yen hold either
the A or the v key and press the other.
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Press SHIFT.
The associated LED will turn off and the display will
be switched back to show the ABS time.
NOTES
l Even if you entered a pitch change, the tape plays
at norma/ speed if the VAR/ SPEED LED is not /it.
l Even if the VAR/ SPEED LED is /it, the tape plays
at normal speed if the pitch djsplay was cleared to
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l The DA-36 does not p/ay at variable pitches if it is
slaved to another unit or is referenced, although
used as the master, to external clock because its
WORD IN switch is pressed on.
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