Pitch and tempo changes, Remember – Tascam CD-VT1 User Manual
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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 different key andor a different 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 five 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 find the key
of the track difficult to sing
SSA mode
e low peed udition mode
slows down the tempo without chang
ing the key e settings are off –
– – and – all percent
hen this mode is active the display
left side shows
SSA
se this mode to
practice difficult fast vocal lines
Making SSA settings
ress the
MENU
key so that the
KEY
in
dicator flashes and then press
ENTER
until
SSA
is shown elect the value
from off – – – 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
Ã
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 flat
below and
3
is three semitones sharp
above the original pitch e sharp
and flat marks are only visible while the
pitch is being edited
Remember!
hift pitch alone and keep speed =
KEY
low down and keep pitch =
SSA