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BackTrack Series
Pilot’s Guide
Manuel de pilotage
Pilotenhandbuch
Pilotenhandboek
Manual del Piloto
40-00-0189 Electrophonic Limited Edition available @ www.line6.com/manuals Rev B
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Register and Get Free Stuff LINE 6 ALL ACCESS Included with BackTrack is a handy, postage-paid card for you to send back Sign up today and to us to register your purchase. It is very important you either fill that card out get access to special right now and send it in the mail, or register online at www.line6.com/register. offers, contests, You’ll be all set up for warranty service should you have a warranty issue, software updates and you’ll also enjoy all the benefits of the Line 6 A
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Welcome to BackTrack BackTrack makes it easy for you to capture and replay any moment of musical inspiration, without preparing to record it in advance. BackTrack can constantly capture everything you play to its internal Flash memory. It notices when you start and stop playing, and automatically splits out individual audio events for each of these musical moments. This makes it easy to mark individual events as ones that you want to save and return to. After one of these happens, press the
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Side Panels & Connections • No mic or stereo output PLAY ON MARKED PLAY ONLY ALL OFF +MIC • Includes mic & stereo output PLAY ON MARKED VOLUME PLAY ONLY ALL OFF Microphone Stereo/Headphone Out • Volume adjust affects this output only Capture Source for BackTrack + Mic • This jack receives playback of audio captured • Disconnect IN jack to use the mic to capture from mic as well as IN jack audio. • The OUT jack is disabled (does not output • IN jack will always be used as source for audio au
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Hook Up or +MIC only MARK or OUT IN or or Alternate Hookups to Record and Playback Processed POD audio +MIC MARK MARK +MIC CD/MP3 input OUT IN OUT IN Amp out Amp out Connect headphones directly to OUT jack 5 or loop back to POD as shown
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Audio Capture Prepare to auto capture from guitar input • Connect your guitar, electric acoustic or bass to IN jack Prepare to auto capture from mic (supported by BackTrack + MIC only) • Do NOT connect IN jack (when connected, it is used as capture source instead of mic) • Please note: other significant noise (like a TV) in the room may prevent accurate auto-separation of events ON Let BackTrack capture and separate musical events as you play PLAY ONLY • Set OFF/PLAY ONLY/ON switch to ON: light
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Audio Playback Prepare to hear playback • For audio captured direct from a guitar’s output, connect OUT jack to your amp, POD etc. like a stomp box, before any other stompboxes, so it feeds signal to your setup just like your guitar does • Or connect (headphone output) to headphones or full range amp/speaker system (not a guitar amp) to hear playback. This is the preferred set up, for instance, if you’ve recorded from the mic. Choose to play back only marked events, or all audio • Set PLAY MA
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Status Light Colored Status indicator light • The color of the BackTrack light tells you the current type of operation or status Charging While Off or Mounted on Computer • When switched OFF, or connected to computer via USB, audio capture or playback is not available • When charging in this state, color indicates progess toward full charge, as follows • Red (0-25% charge), orange (25-50%), yellow (50-75%), green (75-100%), white (full charge) White: Startup/Shutdown/Busy • Light will be continu
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Computer Connected to computer • BackTrack will automatically charge its battery and mount as a mass storage device (appears on your computer like a CD-Rom, Flash Drive, etc.) when its USB jack is connected to a computer • While mounted, normal BackTrack operation is defeated: audio capture and playback are disabled • To unmount from Windows®, click “safely remove hardware” icon in your onscreen System Tray, and remove BackTrack. If unsuccessful, quit Backup Setup Utility, close all files, and
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BackTrack Setup Utility 1: Record/Playback Settings • Lower sample rates/bit depths allow more recording time, and higher settings increase audio quality • See page 12 for possible settings • The maximum possible recording capacity is calculated for the rate/depth settings you choose • Checkbox enables looped playback, so an event loops as it plays (see page 7) • Click Show files to show the BackTrack directories/folders in Windows® Explorer or Mac® Finder 2: Device Information • This is you
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Power/Capacity/Troubleshooting Internal rechargeable battery • Provides 8+ hours of operation on a full charge • Charges via USB connector • Set OFF/PLAY ONLY/ON switch to OFF to power unit off when not in use, to preserve battery charge Powering via USB • BackTrack includes a mini-B 5-pin USB connector • Can be powered from computer USB jack, or a power adaptor that supports the mini-USB charging standard • Allows continual use without discharging battery, and charges battery at the same time C
