Tascam CD-VT1 User manual

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CD-VT1
Portable CD Vocal
Trainer
OWNERʼS MANUAL
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 _____________
D00771400A

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English
Important safety precautions
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CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC
SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).
NO USER-SERVICABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER
SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSON-
NEL.
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The lightning ash with arrowhead symbol,
within an equilateral trinagle, is intended to
alert the user to the presence of uninsulated
“dangerous voltage” within the product’s en-
closure that may be of sufcient magnitude to
constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
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WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK
HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO
RAIN OR MOISTURE.
FOR U.S.A.
TO THE USER
This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a Class B digital de-
vice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable pro-
tection against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environ-
ment. This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-
stalled and used in accordance with the instruc-
tion manual, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications.. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning
the equipment off and on, the user is encour-
aged to try to correct the interference by one or
more of the following countermeasures.
a) Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
b) Increase the separation between the
equipment and receiver.
c) Connect the equipment into an outlet on a
circuit other from that to which the receiver
is connected.
d) Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/
TV technician for help.
CAUTION
Changes or modications to this equipment not
expressly approved by TEAC CORPORATION for
compliance could void the user’s authority to
operate this equipment.

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English
Important Safety Instructions
1 Read these instructions.
2 Keep these instructions.
3 Heed all warnings.
4 Follow all instructions.
5 Do not use this apparatus near water.
6 Clean only with dry cloth.
7 Do not block any ventilation openings. Install
in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
8 Do not install near any heat sources such as
radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus
(including ampliers) that produce heat.
9 Do not defeat the safety purpose of the po-
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 t into your outlet, consult an electrician
for replacement of the obsolete outlet.
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 specied by
the manufacturer.
12 Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket,
or table specied 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.
13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms
or when unused for long periods of time.
14 Refer all servicing to qualied 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 expose this apparatus to drips or
splashes.
• Do not place any objects lled with liquids,
such as vases, on the apparatus.
• Do not install this apparatus in a conned
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.

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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 classied 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 conned 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
Important Safety Instructions

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First steps with your CD-VT1
First steps with your CD-VT1..... 5
Making connections .................. 7
Using the menus........................ 9
Using the CD player................. 10
Pitch and tempo changes ........ 12
Using effects............................ 13
Facts & gures (specications) 15
About this manual
hen we refer to a key or connector
or control on the  we write it
like this PLAY 
hen we refer to an item shown on the
display we write it like this MENU 
Inserting batteries
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
 lace the batteries following the +
and – markings inside the battery
compartment
 aximize battery life by using
the unit in the following tempera
ture range ˚ to ˚ ˚ to
˚ ickelhydride batteries
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
 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
 lways dispose of used batteries
as recommended by your local
authorities

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First steps with your CD-VT1
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
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
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
unit before changing from AC adapter to
battery power or switching from battery to
AC adapter operation.
Switching on the unit
e  has two power switches
se the rst POWER switch sliding
switch to turn the power to the whole
unit on and o
e second switch MIC ON/OFF 
controls the power to the MIC jacks
and eect unit f this section is o you
cannot use these jacks or use any of the
vocalrelated menu systems eect and
voice changer
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
Auto power-save
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 o

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Making connections
Inputs
Connecting microphones
nly use lowimpedance dynamic
microphones you can use highimped
ance microphones but the quality may
suer 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
IN 2 
ake sure the MIC ON/OFF power
button is pushed to activate the micro
phone and eects etc
Connecting a stereo line source
ou can also connect a stereo line
source such as the outputs from a syn
thesizer a guitar preamplier or rack
mount eects 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 eects
of the 
WARNING
You should NEVER connect the speaker out-
puts of a bass or guitar amplier 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
onnect a pair of headphones not
supplied to the PHONES stereo mini
jack for private listening
NOTE
If you are singing, and listening through
speakers, you should site the microphones
and speakers to avoid feedback.

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Use the INPUT
control to adjust the
MIC IN level(s)
You can't adjust the
input level of LINE IN
from the CD-VT1
Use the OUTPUT
control to adjust
the overall level
to the LINE OUT
and headphones
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
Making connections
Adjusting the balance
Inputs
e  has three input sources
 the  being played
 the microphones connected to
the MIC IN jacks
 any stereo input connected to the
LINE IN jack
e rst 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
 se the level control of the device
connected to LINE IN to adjust the
level of this source remember that
this source cannot be eected by
the s eects
 se the s INPUT control
to adjust the level of the micro
phones before they are sent to the
eect
 hen a menu is not selected you
can use the 6 and n keys to set
the relative balance of the micro
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 eects
Outputs
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

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Using the menus
ee the table on this page for details of
the two menus and their settings
o enter the menu system press the
LCD MENU key until the menu you
want appears shown in a ashing re
versed box and the rst 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 rst menu
item
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 rst menu item
xit the menu system using the
DISPLAY/ESC key
Menu Menu
item Values Notes
KEY
KEY I5 to O5 sets key change in semitones
FINE –50 to +50 sets key change in cents
SSA 0, –8, –16, –32, –50 sets slow speed audition speed
MENU PLAY
ALL/SGL all or single play
CUE CUE/FLS cue or “ash play” operation

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Using the CD player
e s  player works
in much the same way as other 
players with a few minor dierences
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
NOTE
The CD-VT1 cannot play unnalized CD-R/
RW discs. In addition, some nalized CD-R/
RW discs may be unplayable on the CD-VT1.
Playback
ress the playpause Á/π key to
start playback and to pause playback
ress the stop key ª to stop play
back
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
Skipping between tracks
se the two skipsearch keys marked
as Ô? and ¯?, to move
back and forward a track at a time by
pressing and releasing the appropriate
key
Searching within tracks
se the skipsearch keys to search
within the disc by pressing and hold
ing the appropriate key
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
hat happens next depends on the
CUE menu item setting in the MENU
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
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
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
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

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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 eect is more pronounced
than on others
se the VOCAL CANCEL switch at
the side of the unit to turn the eect
on or o

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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 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

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Using effects
ress the EFFECT key so that EFF:OFF ap
pears on the display
se the 6 and  keys to select the
eect you want to use  01 through 18 
ee the table of eects for an explana
tion of the dierent eects available
hen an eect is active the EFFECT sym
bol appears in the display
ress ENTER to start editing the eects
parameter with the 6 and  keys
ress the DISPLAY/ESC key to exit
the eect settings e inverse EFFECT
is shown on the display as long as
an eect is active ie EFF:OFF is not
selected
Effect presets and
parameters
e dierent presets are described here
is table also shows the dierent pa
rameter ranges for each eect
OFF Off —
01 Large “pop” reverb
sound 1
0 – 20
02 Large “pop” reverb
sound 2
0 – 20
03 Large “pop” reverb
sound 3
0 – 20
04 Lively “rock” reverb 1 0 – 20
05 Lively ‘rock” reverb 2 0 – 20
06 Lively “rock” reverb 3 0 – 20
07
Vibrato and echo 1 (enka)0 – 20
08
Vibrato and echo 2 (enka)0 – 20
09
Vibrato and echo 3 (enka)0 – 20
10 Emphasizes “buried”
vocals
0 – 20
11 Detuned choral effect 0 – 20
12 Strong vocal vibrato 0 – 30
13 A anged vocal sound 0 – 30
14 Pans the voice between left
and right channels
0 – 30
15 Distorted “shouting” vocal
sound
0 – 20
16 Lo-delity vocal sound 0 – 20
17 Vocal sound through a
megaphone
0 – 99
18 Mixed duet in harmony -17 to
+17
Enka is a form of apanese popular
song usually slow and sentimental
and often with a tangolike backing

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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 eects as it is indepen
dent from them
ress the VOICE CHANGER key so
that the display shows VCHG OFF 
se the 6 and  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
TASCAM CD-VT1 — 15
Disc types 8cm single, 12cm
CD
AD/DA 16-bit
Digital signal processing 32-bit
Nominal output level
(LINE OUT)
–10dBV
Maximum output level
(LINE OUT)
0dBV (1Vrms)
Output impedance 1kΩ
Maximum output level
(PHONES)
> 18mW (into
32Ω
Nominal input levels
LINE IN
MIC IN (1/2)
–10dBV
–40dBV
CD playback characteristics
Frequency response 20Hz to 20kHz
±1.0dB
Dynamic range > 88dB
S/N ratio > 88dB
THD < 0.015%
Voltage requirements DC 9V (PS-PS5 AC
adapter)
AA batteries x 4
(NiMH or alkaline)
Power consumption 4W (PS-PS5 AC
adapter)
Dimensions (w x d x h)
including feet
232 x 138 x 40
(mm)
9.1 x 5.4 x 1.6 (in)
Weight (excluding
batteries)
620g / 1lb, 6oz
Facts & gures (specications)

Printed in China MA-0838
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