STAGEMAN 80 Owner's manual
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Player mode
In Player mode you can play back audio les from an SD card.
Audio les of the following formats can be played.
• WAV format (44.1 kHz / 16-bit)
While an audio le plays in Player mode, you can perform
on an instrument connected to the STAGEMAN 80 or record
your performance (see page 19 “Recording your own
performance together with the audio le playback”).
A song that you record in Recorder mode cannot be
played back directly in Player mode. It must be converted
into an audio le that can be played in Player mode.
Player mode has the following functions that are useful when
playing audio les.
• A “playlist function” that lets you register audio les in a
playlist and play them in the order you specied.
• A “loop/auto-consecutive playback function” that lets you
loop the playback or automatically play les in succession.
These functions are further explained in this section, “Player
mode.” For additional details on basic operation, refer to
“Playing audio les and recording your performance (Player
mode)” on page 19.
Playlist function
There are ten playlist banks; you can register up to 24 audio
les in each bank, and play those les in the order you
specify.
Creating a playlist
1. Press the [Chain/Playlist] buon to turn the playlist
function on (the buon lights up).
2. Hold down the [VAR] buon, and use the [F1] and [F2]
buons to select the playlist that you want to create.
3. Hold down the [Chain/Playlist] buon until it blinks.
The [Chain/Playlist] buon and [Set/OK] blink; the
STAGEMAN 80 is waiting for you to register an audio le.
4. Use the [M1]–[M8] buons to select a le bank, and use
the [F1] and [F2] buons to select the audio le that you
want to register.
The display indicates the audio le number.
Tip: You can use the [M1]–[M8] buons to select folders M1–
M8 on the SD card (see page 26 “Folder and le structure”).
5. Press one of the [(1) 8 BEAT1]–[(24) SAMBA] buons
to register the selected audio le at the corresponding
position of the playlist.
The [(1) 8 BEAT1]–[(24) SAMBA] buons correspond to
the locations where up to 24 songs can be registered in a
playlist. You create a playlist by assigning an audio le to
each buon. The le assigned to the [(1) 8 BEAT1] buon is
the rst song, the le assigned to the [(2) 8BEAT2] buon is
the second song, etc.
The buon lights when you register a le to it.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to register audio les in the playlist.
Tip: To cancel a registration, press the [Clear/Cancel]
buon and then press the buon [(1) 8 BEAT1]–[(24)
SAMBA] for the audio le you want to unregister. The
registration is cancelled, and the buon goes dark.
7. When you are nished registering audio les to the
playlist, press the [Chain/Playlist] buon (the buon
lights up).
The [Set/OK] buon and [Clear/Cancel] buon go dark.
Playing a playlist
1. Press the [Chain/Playlist] buon to turn on the playlist
function (the buon lights up).
2. Hold down the [VAR] buon, and use the [F1] and [F2]
buons to select the playlist (P01, P02...) that you want to
play.
3. Use the [(1) 8 BEAT1]–[(24) SAMBA] buons to select the
audio le that you want to play.
Tip: You can also use the [F1] and [F2] buons to select a
le to play.
4. Press the [
] buon to start playback.
5. The audio les play in the order they are registered in the
playlist.
Loop/auto-consecutive playback
function
In Player mode you can make les play as a loop or
consecutively.
1. Press the [Loop/Auto] buon to turn the loop/auto-
consecutive function on (the buon lights up).
2. Press the [
] buon.
The player starts playback.
When one audio le nishes playing, the next le
automatically starts playing. The les play consecutively
until the last le has nished playing.
This is how operation occurs if the operating mode is set to
LP:C1. You can change the operating mode if you like. Make
this seing in step 3.
If this is o, when one le nishes playing or recording, the
position returns to the beginning of that le.
3. To change the operating mode, hold down the [Loop/
Auto] buon and turn the VALUE dial.
LP:1L: Loop one le
LP:AL: Loop all les
LP:C1: Play consecutively (no looping, normal operation)
LP:C2: Play consecutively (no looping, pause between
les) You can also use the play buon of the panel or of a
connected foot switch to play the next le at the desired
time.
Adjusting the playback speed
You can change the playback speed of an audio le in a range
of -25%–+25% without aecting the pitch.
1. Use the VALUE dial to change the playback speed of the
audio le.
2. If you press the [TAP] buon, the speed returns to the
original seing.
Note: The audio quality might be degraded if you change the
playback speed of an audio le beyond a certain range.
Note: You can’t change the playback speed of song data in
Recorder mode.