Alesis playmate guitarist Guide D’Installation Rapide

GAIN

Rear Panel

Quick Setup
1.

Make sure all items listed on

the front of this guide are in the

Playmate Guitarist’s box.

Read the Important Safety

Instructions.

Study the Hookup Diagram

above. Refer to the next section

for details on which cables to

use.

Make sure all devices and

instruments are turned off and

all gain knobs are set to zero.

Connect your guitar to the 1/4”

GUITAR IN input located on the

rear of the Playmate Guitarist.

For maximum control over the

built-in effects, connect an

optional expression pedal to the

1/4” EXPRESSION input.

Connect your headphones to

one of the PHONES jacks. You

may connect two sets of

headphones.

To output the signal to a PA

amplifier, mixer or other

equipment, connect the

Playmate Guitarist’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.

Turn on the Playmate Guitarist

first, followed by the other

equipment. Turn on any

amplifiers last to avoid any

sudden “pops” that could

damage speakers.

10. When finished, turn off external

amplifiers first—before turning

off or disconnecting the

Playmate Guitarist—to prevent

damage to speakers.

11. Go to http://www.alesis.com to

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.

IEC Power Plug Connector –

Plug in the power cord that

came with the unit here.

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 Guitarist.

GUITAR IN – a 1/4” instrument

input for your guitar or other

instrument.

Gain Knob – controls the gain

of the GUITAR input. Turn this

knob up until you achieve a

loud, clear sound. Turn it down

if you experience distortion,

feedback, clipping or excessive

hiss.

EXPRESSION – a 1/4” input for

an optional expression pedal,

which you can use to control

many of the effects.

PHONES – stereo 1/4”

unbalanced jacks for connecting

two sets of headphones.

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.

Guitar

Headphones

Power Source

Hookup
Diagram

Digital Audio
Workstation

Expression Pedal

Recording

Live

PA System

ADAT

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Features of the Playmate
Guitarist

Display – Shows the current

track and effect program, CD

time and various other settings.

Refer to the “Features of the

Display” section for details.

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.

Stop Button – Stops a playing

CD.

Skip Previous Button – Skips

to the beginning of the current

track, or skips to the previous

track on the CD.

Skip Next Button – Skips to

the beginning of the next song

on the CD.

Scan Back Button – Scans

backward through the current

song. Hold down this button to

continue scanning.

Scan Forward Button – Scans

forward through the current

song. Hold down this button to

continue scanning.

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%.

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 fine tuning performed

using the PITCH knob. For

example, let’s say you tune the

audio to 50 cents sharp using

the PITCH knob. If you then

transpose the audio up four

half-steps, it will then be four

half-steps plus 50 cents sharp.

TIP: You may find it easiest to

transpose a song to the

appropriate key first, then

adjust the speed, and, as a last

step, fine tune the pitch.

11. VOLUME Knob – Controls the

master output volume of the

Playmate Guitarist.

12. BALANCE Knob – Controls the

ratio of the guitar volume

(along with the selected effect)

versus the CD audio volume.

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% guitar. When the knob is

in the center position, the guitar

and CD audio will be mixed

evenly at 50% each.

13. EFFECT Knob – This 16-

position knob works in

conjunction with the VALUE

knob.

To use the presets, turn

the EFFECT knob to the PLAY

position. Then use the VALUE

knob or the UP and DOWN

buttons to access different

presets.

To edit an individual

effect, choose COMP/LIMIT,

DIST, EQ, NR, CAB, FX1, FX2,

FX3, or DIGFX. Turn the

VALUE knob to choose a

particular setting. Then,

choose DRIVE or one of the

three associated PARAM

settings. Use the VALUE knob

to increase or decrease the

effect’s intensity.

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