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BACK button:
BACK button:
goes back one level.
LIVE:
LIVE: puts B.Beat PRO16 in live mode, to
avoid blockages and accidental actions,
such as unintentional button presses.
To activate: press Live and confirm your
choice with F3, to deactivate press LIVE
again and F3 to confirm. If you are in Live
mode when pressing any button, you will
be asked whether you want to deactivate
Live mode.
Long press: SWITCHING OFF: switch off
Long press: SWITCHING OFF:
B.beat by pressing and holding the LIVE
button for 1 second. Only then will it be
possible to switch off the power supply
to the B.Beat via the On/Off button on the
rear. ATTENTION: failure to switch off via
the LIVE button may lead to the need for
a RESET. The reset procedure is possible
from B.Beat MANAGER or via USB stick.
For more information, read the B.Beat
Manager guide.
To switch off B.Beat press and hold the
LIVE button for one second until the
switch off screen appears.
Switch off B.beat from the switch on
the back, or press ReBoot F3 to restart
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SYSTEM button:
SYSTEM button:
to access the System
menu.
Function keys: F1 - F2 - F3 they are as-
Function keys:
signed to different functions each time,
depending on the screens. The description
of the functions is in the lower boxes of
the display.
STOP: pressed once stops playback of
STOP:
the current Song/Video, in pause position.
Pressed a second time starts the current
song/video. Pressed the third time emp-
ties the Ram memory of B.Beat PRO16.
B.Beat PRO16 can load video-synchro-
nised Audio Backing Tracks, or unsynchro-
nised and independent audio and video. In
this case, the Play and Stop buttons will
relate to music and images independently.
You can select Video or Audio with the F2
key from the Player screen.
PLAY: the Play button starts the Backing
PLAY:
Tracks Audio (if you are positioned on AU-
DIO or the Video if you are positioned on
Video). When the player is paused, to re-
start it you have to press Play again.
REC: the button enables Recording mode.
REC:
With B.Beat PRO16 plus you can record
while a base is playing.
Alpha Dial - Enter: the Alpha dial is used
Alpha Dial - Enter:
to scroll through a list on the Display, to
modify a value (e.g. the volume of a track).
Pressed in the middle gives ENTER con-
sent.
UP - DOWN: generally used to scroll
UP - DOWN:
through lists on the display, to change
the position of the active cursor or to in-
crease/decrease a selected value.
LIBRARY: gives access to individual items
LIBRARY:
contained in internal memory, Backing
Tracks and Videos. If inserted it gives ac-
cess to the USB Stick. When a USB Stick
is inserted, you can position on the stick
and browse its contents. Individual tracks
(stereo Mp3 or Wav) can be played as de-
sired.
PLAYLIST: gives access to the list of Play-
PLAYLIST:
lists in B.Beat PRO16. Playlists can be
played or edited.
SHOWS: gives access to the list of Shows
SHOWS:
and Scenes in the internal memory of
B.Beat PRO16.
METRONOME:
METRONOME: gives access to metronome
management.
POTENTIOMETERS:
POTENTIOMETERS:
The CLICK, IN CH 1-2 and BCK-TRACKS
potentiometers are active if B.Beat is
set to PHONE ON mode. In this case, the
headphone is active and from the B.Beat
manager you can assign the tracks com-
ing out of the headphone. If B.Beat PRO16
is set in PHONE OFF mode the headphone
output will not be active and channels 15-
16 can go to the mixer. To check how to
activate the PHONE ON/OFF mode, please
refer to the B.Beat MANAGER guide.
BCK-TRACKS: adjusts the level of the
BCK-TRACKS:
Backing Tracks going into the head-
phones. This data can be managed with
both B.Beat Manager and B.Beat PRO16.
CLICK: adjusts the headphone level of the
CLICK:
Click or Metronome track
LINE IN: adjusts the headphone level of
LINE IN:
the signal entering from the Line In inputs.
VOLUME: adjusts the general output vol-
VOLUME:
ume.
ATTENTION: the signal in headphones uses
ATTENTION:
channels 15 and 16. This means that all
the tracks that were routed to the head-
phones will be output on those channels.
ETHERNET: to connect via network to the
ETHERNET:
PC.
USB:
USB: USB sticks or M-Pen M-Live Wi Fi
connection sticks can be inserted. When
inserting a USB stick B.Beat PRO16 dis-
plays its contents in the Library window.
Connecting the M-Pen Wi Fi stick to the
USB slot will open the connection for
Smartphones and Tablets in order to use
the Prompter App and view sheet music
and backing track lyrics.
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