PSD340
In Depth Overview
Recording
Familiar Controls
The PSD340 functions much like a tape recorder with familiar Play/Pause,
Record, Fast-Forward and Rewind Buttons. Each drive has its own dedicated
set of buttons, and you can tell which drive is activated by which set of
buttons is lit.
One-Button CD Recording
To record directly to CD, simply press the RECORD button. Every time you
stop or pause, you'll be creating a CD track. You can also create tracks
while recording using the IR remote's Track Increment Button. You can take a
disc out of the unit and put it back in later and keep recording on it. Once
you press the FINALIZE button and the CD-R disc's table of contents is
written, it will play back on most any CD player. You can use CD-RW discs
which can be erased and recorded over; keep in mind that not every CD player
can recognize CD-RW discs.
Record-Review
To play back what you've just recorded simply press the Record Review
button. The unit will stop recording, mute the mics, and play back the last
recorded track. You can do this from the remote control as well.
"Needle Drop" Recording
Just like dropping a needle onto a record, you can start recording from
any point in a song. It's easy to copy just a few beats or measures of a
song.
Reverb & Delay
Add reverb or delay to recordings. You can adjust the amount of reverb
from zero to a lot. These effects are available for the built-in mic, mic
inputs, and rear panel inputs.
Independent dual drives
Because the two drives operate independently.
- Mix live recording with CD accompaniment in real-time. Reverb and
delay help match room ambience with CDs.
- Two fully independent drives for simultaneous playback and recording
and spot duplication
- Copy just a few beats or measures of a song from a CD.
- 15dB mic input attenuator and automatic record level switch.
- Built-in 48V Phantom Power.
- Mix/Split/Stereo recording
- 4 position headphone/speaker selector allows for monitoring of the
audio in 4 different locations within the unit
- Independent Aux Input and Line Output controls
- 3 independent duplication modes
Rehearsal
- Plays CD, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-MP3 and CD+G discs (text/graphics can be
sent to a CD+G decoder box)
- Change the tempo of any music CD or MP3 file on disc in real time -75%
to +50%.
- Change key as much as an octave up or down in half steps. Also fine
tune CD accompaniment to match your instrument.
- Select A-B practice loops or record a part of a song.
- Remotely control record, volume, balance and all music
manipulations.
- Chromatic tuner and 440Hz tone.
- Metronome with accent beat.
- Create customized music accompaniment CDs.
- Remove lead vocals from CDs to create singing accompaniments.
- Program a playlist