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Congratulations and thank you for purchasing the latest addition to the growing Stanton family of professional DJ gear. Sporting a new attitude and a fresh, modern look, the Stanton C.504 is a dual rackmount CD player with designed to give club and mobile DJs a powerful, yet simple tool to mix, cre- ate, and perform their best. Designed for DJs who want solid, reliable performance and the latest technology, the workhorse C.504 boasts powerful features like scratching, seam- less looping, prog
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13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time. 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped. - Do not expose this apparatus to drips or splashes. - Do not place any
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 . Functions and Controls (Layout) 1-1. Main Unit (Front Panel) 1-2. Main Unit (Rear Panel) 1-3. Remote Controller (Front Panel) 1-4. Remote Controller (Bottom Panel) 1-5. LCD 2. Standard Operation 2-1. CUE 2-2. MEMORY/CUE 2-3. Flash Start 2-4. Looping 2-5. Adjusting the tempo 2-6. Pitch Bending 2-7. KEY LOCK 2-8. PITCH LOCK 2-9. BPM/TAP 3. Advanced Operation 3-1. Effects 3-2. KEY SHIFT 3-3. BRAKE 3-4. VINYL 3-5. Reverse Play (REV) 3-6. Sampler 3-7. Track Memory 3-8. Fader Sta
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FUNCTIONS & CONTROLS 1- 1. Main Unit (Front Panel) 1. Disc Trays Insert CD into these trays, label side upwards. NOTE: The C.504 reads Audio & MP3s from CDs & CD-Rs. + Audio Only CD-RWs 2. Tray LEDs When power is turned on, these two LEDs will light. 3. OPEN/CLOSE Buttons Open and close the appropriate disc tray. To avoid mistakes direct mode is off by default, therefore the CDs cannot be ejected when in Play mode. NOTE: Direct Mode allows the CD to eject regardless of play / status (see Prese
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1-2. Main Unit (Rear Panel) 5. OUTPUT jacks (RCA, unbalanced) RCA connectors providing line level output signals, one set each for discs 1 and 2. Maximum output level is +6dBV (2Vrms) 6. DIGITAL OUTPUT jacks (COAXIAL, S/PDIF) Coaxial connectors provide S/PDIF digital output signals. These connectors can output the 44.1KHz digital signals constantly even if pitch control is activated. 7. FADER START jacks The C.504 can be controlled using the external Fader start command through these jacks. Conn
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1-3. Remote Controller (Front Panel) 10. SEARCH Buttons Search within the track selected, either forward >> or backward << with these buttons. When unit is pausing, pressing this button shortly moves the start / cue point in 1 frame steps. 11. SELECT Buttons Use these to perform track searches (next / previous) track. Search from track to track, either for- ward (up arrow) or backward (down arrow) with these buttons. 12. SHIFT Button The SHIFT button is a modifier button. Any button outlined wit
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SHIFT + CTN/SGL = [PROGRAM]: Enters the program edit mode and program play mode. SHIFT + TEMPO/BPM = [FX RANGE]: Selects the effect beat parameter (after an effect is selected). SHIFT + TIME/ENTER = [RECALL DISPLAY]: Selects the parameter display mode and enters the track memory recall mode. SHIFT + PITCH RANGE = [BANK]: Selects the memory bank for the track memory (A-E). SHIFT + MEMORY/CUE = [MEMO INS]: Enters the track memory store mode. SHIFT + SAMPLE = [O— / O—O]: Selects the sampler play mo
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16. TEMPO/BPM [FX RANGE] Button Changes the mode of parameter display in the LCD between BPM (AUTO BPM or TAP BPM) dis- play mode and current selected mode. Pressing and holding the SHIFT button then pressing this button changes the effect beat parameter directly when an effect is active. The Beat parameters are shown in the parameter display (on LCD). NOTE:: FX RANGE parameters can only be selected after selecting the effect. 17. TIME/ENTER [RECALL DISPLAY] Button Changes the time mode between
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Once Delay, Filter, or Flange has been selected it is easier to enjoy FX with AUTO SYNCH on. More advanced users adjust the effect level or parameter manually; Press & hold SHIFT button + effect name (DELAY, FILTER, or FLANGE) to shift / toggle between the effect’s parameter & effect level (wet/dry), then use the Jog wheel to adjust. 24. KEY SHIFT Button Turns the KEY SHIFT function on and off. When KEY SHIFT function is turned on, this button will light blue. Pressing and holding this button th
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Pressing and holding the SHIFT then pressing SAMPLE changes the sampler playback mode (o— /o-o) between single play (o—) and loop play (o-o). When sampler loop is engaged, “LOOP” indica- tor in the LCD will light. 28. LOOP [REPEAT/DEL] Button Enters the three buttons (1/IN, 2/OUT, and 3/RELOOP) ready for LOOP mode. When these three buttons are set to LOOP mode, this button will light. When loop play is engaged, pressing this but- ton exits the loop play. Pressing and holding SHIFT then pressing
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1-4. Remote Controller (Bottom Panel) 41. REMOTE connector Connect this to the REMOTE connector on the rear panel of the main unit. WARRNING * DO NOT use any cable except the cable supplied with the C.504. * Connect the cable to the C.504 as shown on the illustration on the rear panel. If you con- nect the cable in any other way, you may damage the C.504. 1-5. LCD 42. M indicator If there is track memory data for the current selected track in the current selected memory bank, this indicator ligh
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43. TRACK indicator Shows the current track selected / playing. 44. REMAIN indicator When the time mode is set to time remaining mode, this indicator lights. 45. SGL indicator When the play mode is set to single play, this indicator lights. 46. RPT indicator When the play mode is set to either single repeat or all repeat play mode, this indicator lights. 47. PGM indicator When the play mode is set to programmed play, this indicator lights. 48. MP3 indicator When a MP3 CD-ROM disc is inserted, th
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59. Parameter display Displays the various parameters. 60. TAP indicator Lights when parameter display shows the tap value. 61. BPM indicator Lights when parameter display shows the auto BPM value. 62. DIR indicator When a MP3 CD-ROM disc is inserted, this indicator lights and parameter display shows the current selected directory number. 63. KEY LOCK indicator Lights when KEY LOCK function is activated. PLAYBACK OPERATION 2-1. CUE The C.504 will always memorize the last played start point as th
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2. Find the desired point in audio where you want to create a CUE point. 3. Press the MEMORY/CUE button until the parameter display in LCD shows “SEt”. 4. Press the desired CUE button (1, 2, or 3) within 5 seconds to store the desired CUE point in that bank. NOTE: When the bank buttons (1, 2, or 3) has a point stored the button lights up green. The stored cue point cannot be erased but can be overwritten. When the unit is paused, pressing the MEMORY/CUE button then pressing the bank button (1, 2
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points are not erased. Re-looping When loop play is disengaged and loop points are already stored, pressing the RELOOP button starts looped playback and the RELOOP button lights. Seamless playback from the LOOP start point Pressing the RELOOP button always play starts from the loop start point. Changing the LOOP points Loop start and end points cannot be erased but be over written. Execute the same way as Section 2-4: “IN/OUT Looping” to change the loop points. 2-5. Adjusting the tempo Pitch ran
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2-8. PITCH LOCK Pressing the Pitch LOCK button turns on and off the PITCH LOCK function. When PITCH LOCK function is turned on, pitch control devices (such as Jog Wheel, Pitch Fader, and Pitch Bend but- tons) are ineffective; the Pitch will remain “locked” at zero 0%, until deactivated. NOTE: When the PITCH LOCK function is turned on, parameter display shows “—-“ in the TEMPO / PITCH section of the LCD screen. 2-9. Auto BPM and TAP Button The C.504 features automatic BPM calculation and TAP (m
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Synchronizing the effect time with the BPM When an effect is activated and AUTO SYNC button is turned on (AUTO SYNC button lights blue), using the Jog wheel or pressing and holding the SHIFT button then pressing the BPM button (BEAT RANGE) can change the effect beat synchronized with the BPM. The effect beat parameter is shown in the parameter display. NOTE: Another easy way to use effects is by using FX RANGE. Easily synchronize effects and toggle through beat parameters by utilizing the FX R
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SHIFT function. When KEY SHIFT function is turned on / backlight, the harmonic KEY can manual- ly be adjusted independent of Pitch (via the Jog Wheel). For example you can adjust the harmonic NOTE: (KEY) of a track without affecting the speed (TEMPO). The C.504 features up to +/-16% KEY shift control. KEY shift control range is determined with pitch range setting. When pitch range is set to 4%, KEY shift value can be set in 0.05% steps. When pitch range is set to 8%, KEY shift value can be set
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NOTE: More than 3 seconds after pausing, reverse play cannot be performed. In the reverse play mode, flash start, creating the looping, loop play, and auto cue functions do not work. However you can create a sample in reverse mode. 3-6. Sampler The C.504 includes eight seconds sampler on each player (CD1=8sec./CD2=8sec.). NOTE: the sample is played simultaneous to any other audio being played. By default the sample is played back as a single sample, one time per activation. Sampling NOTE: The th
