Tascam CD-VT1 CD Player User Manual


 
12 — TASCAM CD-VT1
TASCAM CD-VT1 — 13
Pitch and tempo changes
ere are two modes for changing the
way a  is played back
ese modes help you to sing along at
a dierent key andor a dierent tempo
so that you can learn your favorite vo
cal lines
TIP
Use these together with the looping function
to help your practice.
KEY mode
e key mode changes the key of the
music by ve semitones up or down
e tempo does not change
e value is set in semitones and cents
ths of a semitone
hen this mode is on the top of the
display shows the amount that the key
has been shifted
se this mode when you nd the key
of the  track dicult to sing
SSA mode
e  low peed udition mode
slows down the tempo without chang
ing the key e settings are  o –
– – and – all percent
hen this mode is active the display
left side shows
SSA
 se this mode to
practice dicult fast vocal lines
Making SSA settings
ress the
MENU
key so that the
KEY
in
dicator ashes and then press
ENTER
until
SSA
is shown elect the  value
from  o – – – or – rep
resenting the percentage by which the
playback speed is reduced e 
mark appears on the display when the
value is not 
Making KEY settings
se the menu system to set the values
for the pitch settings key choose
KEY
from the
KEY
menu and make the
KEY
semitone and
FINE
settings
e  uses blob symbols at
the top of the display to show indicat
ing the current setting in semitones
hile editing a à mark is shown if
the new pitch is above or a â if the new
pitch is below the real pitch
1
2
3
n the example above
1
indicates no
change to the pitch
2
is a tone at
below and
3
is three semitones sharp
above the original pitch e sharp
and at marks are only visible while the
pitch is being edited
Remember!
hift pitch alone and keep speed =
KEY
low down and keep pitch =
SSA