Tascam CD VT1 User Manual

D00771400A

CD-VT1

Portable CD Vocal

Trainer

is appliance has a serial number located

on the rear panel lease record the model

number and serial number and retain them

for your records

odel number

erial number

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OWNERʼS MANUAL

Important Safety Instructions

Read these instructions.

Keep these instructions.

Heed all warnings.

Follow all instructions.

Do not use this apparatus near water.

Clean only with dry cloth.

13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms

or when unused for long periods of time.

14 Refer all servicing to qualiﬁed service person-

nel. 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 appara-

tus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not

operate normally, or has been dropped.

Do not block any ventilation openings. Install

in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

Do not install near any heat sources such as

•

Do not expose this apparatus to drips or

radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus

splashes.

(including ampliﬁers) that produce heat.

•

Do not place any objects ﬁlled with liquids,

Do not defeat the safety purpose of the po-

such as vases, on the apparatus.

larized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug

has two blades with one wider than the other. A

grounding type plug has two blades and a third

grounding prong.The wide blade or the third prong

are provided for your safety. If the provided plug

does not ﬁt into your outlet, consult an electrician

for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

•

Do not install this apparatus in a conﬁned

space such as a book case or similar unit.

•

The apparatus draws nominal non-operating

power from the AC outlet with its POWER switch in

the off position.

10 Protect the power cord from being walked on

or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience recep-

tacles, and the point where they exit from the ap-

paratus.

11 Only use attachments/accessories speciﬁed by

the manufacturer.

12 Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket,

or table speciﬁed by the manufacturer, or sold with

the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution

when moving the cart/apparatus combination to

avoid injury from tip-over.

TASCAM CD-VT1 — 3

Important Safety Instructions

Safety Information

This product has been designed and manu-

factured according to FDA regulations “title

21, CFR, chapter1, subchapter J, based on the

Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act

of 1968”, and is classiﬁed as a class 1 laser

product. There is no hazardous invisible laser

radiation during operation because invisible

laser radiation emitted inside of this product is

completely conﬁned in the protective housings.

The label required in this regulation is shown

here.

CAUTION

• DO NOT REMOVE THE PROTECTIVE HOUSING

USING A SCREWDRIVER.

• USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR

PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER

THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT

IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE.

• IF THIS PRODUCT DEVELOPS TROUBLE, CON-

TACT YOUR NEAREST QUALIFIED SERVICE

PERSONNEL, AND DO NOT USE THE PROD-

UCT IN ITS DAMAGED STATE.

Optical pickup: Type KSM-900AAA

Manufacturer: SONY CORPORATION

Laser output: <1 mW play on the objec-

tive lens

Wavelength: 775—816 nm

4 — TASCAM CD-VT1

First steps with your CD-VT1

ture range ˚ to ˚ ˚ to

˚ ickelhydride batteries

First steps with your CD-VT1..... 5

Making connections .................. 7

Using the menus........................ 9

Using the CD player................. 10

Pitch and tempo change s........ 12

Using effects............................ 13

About this manual

hen we refer to a key or connector

or control on the  we write it

may exhibit reduced performance

in an environment under ˚

˚ lso if these batteries

are not used for some time after

charging they may also exhibit

reduced performance

like this PLAY



hen we refer to an item shown on the

display we write it like this MENU

Facts & ﬁgures (speciﬁcations) 15 Inserting batteries



e performance of alkaline bat

teries also depends on temperature

and time since manufacture low

temperatures and longer periods

mean shorter battery life regard

less of the battery indicator as

shown on the display ear this

in mind when operating the unit

and use freshly recharged nickel

hydride batteries new alkaline

batteries or use an  adapter if

battery life seems inadequate

e  uses four  

batteries not supplied e recom

mend the use of rechargeable i

batteries alkaline batteries may also

be used



lways use batteries of the same

type

lways replace all batteries to

gether

f you are not going to use the

 for some time remove

the batteries



lways dispose of used batteries

as recommended by your local

authorities



lace the batteries following the

and markings inside the battery

compartment

aximize battery life by using

the unit in the following tempera

–

TASCAM CD-VT1 — 5

First steps with your CD-VT1

unit before changing from AC adapter to

battery power or switching from battery to

AC adapter operation.

Auto power-save

hen the battery level drops the unit

automatically shuts down and must be

restarted with the POWER switch after

the batteries have been replaced

ote that the battery indicator on the

display only provides a rough estimate

of remaining battery life and under

some circumstances there may not be

enough power in the batteries to power

the  despite the battery

power indication on the display

f the unit is powered using batteries

for more than  minutes in stop mode

or with no disc loaded or opened the

 player shuts down display shows

CD OFF but you can still use the vocal

section

estart the  player alone by using

the y/J key or use the POWER

switch if both the  and vocal sec

tions are turned oﬀ

Switching on the unit

e  has two power switches

se the ﬁrst POWER switch sliding

switch to turn the power to the whole

unit on and oﬀ

e second switch MIC ON/OFF



controls the power to the MIC jacks

and eﬀect unit f this section is oﬀ you

cannot use these jacks or use any of the

vocalrelated menu systems eﬀect and

voice changer

Using an AC adapter

nly use a   adapter

not supplied sing another type of

 adapter may damage your 



lways make sure that the  voltage

matches the voltage written on the 

adapter

lso note the HOLD switch that locks

the s controls and keys when

it is in the ON position HOLD appears in

the display when this switch is on

NOTE

Always remove batteries when operating the

unit with an AC adapter. If batteries are ac-

cidentally left in the unit when it is operated

with an AC adapter, always switch off the

6 — TASCAM CD-VT1

Making connections

mount eﬀects unit or a cassette deck

etc to the  se the LINE IN

minijack beside the MIC IN jacks is

unit will not be able to use the eﬀects

of the 

NOTE

Inputs

If you are singing, and listening through

speakers, you should site the microphones

and speakers to avoid feedback.

Connecting microphones

nly use lowimpedance dynamic

microphones you can use highimped

ance microphones but the quality may

suﬀer or selfpowered condenser mi

crophones preferably with unbalanced

connectors o connect a microphone

to the unit simply connect the plug at

the end of the microphone cord to one

of the MIC IN jacks of the 

f you are using only one microphone

you can connect it to MIC IN 1 or MIC

WARNING

You should NEVER connect the speaker out-

puts of a bass or guitar ampliﬁer to anything

except speakers. If you are in any doubt at all

about what you can connect to your CD-VT1,

ask someone who knows.

Outputs

onnect the unit to a stereo systems

 input the inputs of a cassette

 or  recorder or mixer input

etc using a suitable stereo cable not

supplied connected to the s

LINE OUT stereo minijack

IN 2



ake sure the MIC ON/OFF power

button is pushed to activate the micro

phone and eﬀects etc

onnect a pair of headphones not

supplied to the PHONES stereo mini

jack for private listening

Connecting a stereo line source

ou can also connect a stereo line

source such as the outputs from a syn

thesizer a guitar preampliﬁer or rack

TASCAM CD-VT1 — 7

Making connections

Adjusting the balance

Inputs

e  has three input sources

The CD plays at a fixed

level, but the MIX

feature (5 and b keys

outside menu mode)

adjusts the balance

betwen input and CD

Use the INPUT

control to adjust the

MIC IN level(s)



the  being played

the microphones connected to

the MIC IN jacks



any stereo input connected to the

LINE IN jack

e ﬁrst and last of these cannot have

their input levels changed by the 

 but see below for details of how

to balance the  with the input

Use the OUTPUT

control to adjust

the overall level

to the LINE OUT

and headphones

You can't adjust the

input level of LINE IN

from the CD-VT1



se the level control of the device

connected to LINE IN to adjust the

level of this source remember that

this source cannot be eﬀected by

the s eﬀects



se the s INPUT control

to adjust the level of the micro

phones before they are sent to the

eﬀect

hen a menu is not selected you

can use the 6 and n keys to set

the relative balance of the micro

Outputs

phone inputs but not the LINE

IN source compared to the output

from the  player is MIX value

can be set to between –5 and +5

emember that this is only pos

sible when not in menu mode or

when editing eﬀects

ere are two outputs the line and the

headphones ese cannot have their

levels set separately—use the OUTPUT

control to set the overall output level

8 — TASCAM CD-VT1

Using the menus

ee the table on this page for details of

the two menus and their settings

item

Values

Notes

o enter the menu system press the

LCD MENU key until the menu you

want appears shown in a ﬂashing re

versed box and the ﬁrst menu item is

shown on the main part of the screen

se the up or down keys 6 and

n to set the value of the ﬁrst menu

item

KEY

I5 to O5

sets key change in semitones

sets key change in cents

sets slow speed audition speed

all or single play

FINE

SSA

–50 to +50

0, –8, –16, –32, –50

ALL/SGL

KEY

PLAY

CUE

CUE/FLS

cue or “ﬂash play” operation

ote that you do not need to press

ENTER to set the values e settings

change as soon as the key is pressed

ress ENTER to move to the next

menu item in the list

ress MENU to move to the next menu

and its ﬁrst menu item

xit the menu system using the

DISPLAY/ESC key

TASCAM CD-VT1 — 9

Using the CD player

e s  player works

in much the same way as other 

players with a few minor diﬀerences

and special features as explained on

this page

oad s label side up shiny side

down in the  pen and

close the player door by hand by lifting

the door tab marked PULL

e display shows OPEN when the door

is opened CLOSE when it is closed and

TOC READ when a s able of on

tents  is being scanned by the

unit after being loaded

menuf this is set to CUE playback is

paused at the cue point but if it is set

to FLS playback restarts from the cue

point FLASH is shown on the display

Display

se the DISPLAY/ESC key to change

the display between track elapsed

time track remaining time and total

remaining time you cannot do this in

menu mode

Looping (track)

sing the PLAY menu item set SGL sin

gle play ress the LOOP key so that

you see LOOP 1 on the display bottom

left e current track will repeat

Skipping between tracks

se the two skipsearch keys marked

as Ô?Â and ¯?, to move

back and forward a track at a time by

pressing and releasing the appropriate

key

Looping (disc)

sing the PLAY menu item set ALL play

all the disc ress the LOOP key so

that you see LOOP alone on the display

bottom left e whole disc will

repeat

Searching within tracks

se the skipsearch keys to search

within the disc by pressing and hold

ing the appropriate key

NOTE

The CD-VT1 cannot play unﬁnalized CD-R/

RW discs. In addition, some ﬁnalized CD-R/

Looping (I/O points)

se the I/O key to set the start in

point of the loop then use the key to

set the end out point e section be

tween the points will repeat seamlessly

ressing the I/O key again clears the

loop points and cancels loop mode

RW discs may be unplayable on the CD-VT1.

The CUE key

e CUE key is a special feature of the

 hen you press this key the

playback position returns to the last

point where playback started

Playback

ress the playpause Á/π key to

start playback and to pause playback

ress the stop key ª to stop play

back

hat happens next depends on the

CUE menu item setting in the MENU

10 — TASCAM CD-VT1

Using the CD player

ith these points set I-O shown on the

display you can restart the  loop

mode if it has been canceled using the

LOOP key

Canceling looping

ress the LOOP key so that LOOP does

not show on the display bottom left

Vocal Cancel

e ocal ancel feature allows you

to reduce the volume of the vocals

recorded on stereo s when they

are played back without reducing the

volume of the backing allowing you

to sing to a karaoketype backing f

you are playing back a mono  the

feature does not work and on some

s the eﬀect is more pronounced

than on others

se the VOCAL CANCEL switch at

the side of the unit to turn the eﬀect

on or oﬀ

TASCAM CD-VT1 — 11

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 andor a diﬀerent tempo

so that you can learn your favorite vo

cal lines

– – 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 

TIP

Use these together with the looping function

to help your practice.

KEY mode

n the example above

indicates no

is a tone ﬂat

is three semitones sharp

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

change to the pitch

below and

above the original pitch e sharp

and ﬂat marks are only visible while the

pitch is being edited

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

Remember!



hift pitch alone and keep speed =

KEY



low down and keep pitch = SSA

SSA mode

e  low peed udition mode

slows down the tempo without chang

ing the key e settings are  oﬀ –

12 — TASCAM CD-VT1

Using effects

ress the EFFECT key so that EFF:OFF ap

pears on the display

Emphasizes “buried”

vocals

0 – 20

Detuned choral effect

Strong vocal vibrato

A ﬂanged vocal sound

0 – 20

0 – 30

Effect presets and

parameters

e diﬀerent presets are described here

is table also shows the diﬀerent pa

rameter ranges for each eﬀect

se the 6 and ﬂ keys to select the

eﬀect you want to use 01 through 18

ee the table of eﬀects for an explana

tion of the diﬀerent eﬀects available

hen an eﬀect is active the EFFECT sym

bol appears in the display

Pans the voice between left 0 – 30

and right channels

Distorted “shouting” vocal 0 – 20

sound

OFF Off

—

Lo-ﬁdelity vocal sound

0 – 20

0 – 99

Large “pop” reverb

sound 1

0 – 20

Vocal sound through a

megaphone

Large “pop” reverb

sound 2

0 – 20

Mixed duet in harmony

-17 to

+17

ress ENTER to start editing the eﬀects

parameter with the 6 and ﬂ keys

Large “pop” reverb

sound 3

Enka is a form of apanese popular

song usually slow and sentimental

and often with a tangolike backing

Lively “rock” reverb 1

0 – 20

Lively ‘rock” reverb 2

Lively “rock” reverb 3

Vibrato and echo 1 (enka)

Vibrato and echo 2 (enka)

Vibrato and echo 3 (enka)

ress the DISPLAY/ESC key to exit

the eﬀect settings e inverse EFFECT

is shown on the display as long as

an eﬀect is active ie EFF:OFF is not

selected

TASCAM CD-VT1 — 13

Using effects

Voice changer

ou can also change the pitch of your

voice up or down using the voice

changer function you can use this

with the other eﬀects as it is indepen

dent from them

ress the VOICE CHANGER key so

that the display shows VCHG OFF

se the 6 and ﬂ keys to set the

voice changer to up UP or down DN

ress the DISPLAY/ESC key to exit the

voice changer mode

14 — TASCAM CD-VT1

Facts & ﬁgures (speciﬁcations)

Disc types

AD/DA

Digital signal processing 32-bit

Nominal output level

(LINE OUT)

8cm single, 12cm

16-bit

Voltage requirements DC 9V (PS-PS5 AC

adapter)

AA batteries x 4

(NiMH or alkaline)

4W (PS-PS5 AC

adapter)

Power consumption

–10dBV

Dimensions (w x d x h) 232 x 138 x 40

Maximum output level 0dBV (1Vrms)

(LINE OUT)

including feet

(mm)

Output impedance

1kΩ

9.1 x 5.4 x 1.6 (in)

Maximum output level > 18mW (into

Weight (excluding

batteries)

620g / 1lb, 6oz

(PHONES)

32Ω

Nominal input levels

LINE IN

–10dBV

–40dBV

MIC IN (1/2)

CD playback characteristics

Frequency response

20Hz to 20kHz

±1.0dB

Dynamic range

S/N ratio

THD

> 88dB

< 0.015%

TASCAM CD-VT1 — 15

CD-VT1

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