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

Features of the two drives operating independently: 

• Mix live recording with CD accompaniment in real-time. Reverb and delay help match room ambience with CDs. 
• Simultaneously playback and record and do 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