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Tascam MPVT1 Portable MP3 Vocal Trainer

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Brand Tascam

Type Electronics

Release Date 2008-05-08

List Price $269.00

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Description

TASCAM's MP-VT1 is the first MP3 player intended for musicians. Based on the prize-winning CD-VT1mkII, this fun mobile vocal and instrument trainer consists of enough memory to store up to 240 songs. Parts can be slowed down, looped and even eliminated to help you to study new riffs. Have fun back MP3s utilizing Variable Speed Audition, which slows down the speed not including varying the pitch, and sections can be flawlessly looped while practicing tricky passages. Songs can even be pitched up or down to match the tuning of your instrument or vocal range, so you can have fun in any key.

Intended specifically for musicians, the Tascam MP-VT1 MP3 player is a vocal and instrument trainer consists of enough memory to store up to 240 songs. Parts can be slowed down, looped and even eliminated to help you to study new riffs. Have fun back MP3s utilizing Variable Speed Audition, which slows down the speed not including varying the pitch, and sections can be flawlessly looped while practicing tricky passages. Songs can even be pitched up or down to match the tuning of your instrument or vocal range, so you can have fun in any key.

The Tascam MPVT1 MP3 player/vocal trainer together with variable speed playback (see big picture).

The mic input lets you to have fun along together with multi-results, counting a vocal canceller so you can sing along together with your favorite bands. A tuner, metronome, and built-in rechargeable battery are in addition built- in. All of this is packed into an MP3 player smaller than a stomp box, so stuff it in your backpack, gig bag or back pocket and hit the road.

Zip throughout your MP3 collection utilizing a data wheel, dedicated buttons and a graphical LCD display. A rechargeable 9-hour lithium ion battery is built into the unit, and an optional power source is in addition available.

Key Features

The left (above) and right (below) sides of the MPVT1.

240-song memory capacity (based on average 4-minute MP3 encoded at 128kbps)
Variable Speed Audition changes the speed of the MP3 playback not including varying the pitch
Microphone input
Built-in reverb and echo on input
Input volume for microphone
Balance control keys between mic input and playback
Voice canceller together with selectable pan point and selectable frequency band range
Metronome key on the front panel
Seamless IN-OUT Loop
1/8-inch Headphone output
Built-in rechargeable battery together with 9-hour reserve
128 x 64 graphic LCD display
USB jack
Auto Power Off and Hold function
Dimensions: 3.1 x 4.3 x 1 inches (WxHxD) excluding protrusions
Weight: 7.8 ounces counting lithium-ion battery

Specifications

Memory: 1 GB
Document system: FAT16 (distinguishes a maximum combined total of 550 files and folders)
Bit rate support: 32 - 320 kbps
Sampling frequency: 44.1 kHz
Guitar input: Standard phone jack (mono, unbalanced)
Headphone/line-out jack: 3.5mm
Signal to noise ratio: >90 dB
Minimum PC requirements: Windows XP; Mac OS 10.2

Customer Reviews

MPVT1--I love it! 2010-06-30

By T. King

I play an EWI (electronic wind instrument) and the MPVT1 makes a great practice tool.

I use it to transcribe songs I want to play. The 'slow-down' feature works well for this purpose. When you slow it way down the sound quality degrades some, but it is still good enough to do the transcription. You can get higher quality audio from a PC based slow down program, but then you must have a pc (and wait for it to boot, etc.). This fits in my instrument case, so I can practice with it anyware.

I also like the looping feature, though it would be nice if you had more control over the entry and exit points.

I found the user interface to be fairly easy to grasp and figured out how to change any setting relatively rapidly.
When I first got it there were some effects turned which I didn't realize at first. Once I turned them off, the input mixed well with the audio and I was jamming along with the songs I put on it.

The voice cancelation works pretty well. I had it cancelling out some horn parts in some jazz songs--cool!

I'd really like these features with more memory (so I could have all my songs on it :-) ), but for 108 bucks its really is a great deal.

I showed it to someone at work who promtly bought one.

Works For Us... 2010-06-21

By Shastastan (Superior Calif.)

My wife and I are amateur musicians. We play in a small band, at church, and duets at retirement homes. We need a player that has visible and accessible buttons and that's a reliable mp3 player. We will probably use the voice training feature very little but the pitch and tempo change capability may be useful at times. This little unit works very well on our gigs. We are running it through a Roland Cube. The tone quality is very good. It's very easy to add/remove songs via the usb and also easy to have folders for different gig locations with more folders of different programs. We like to use single play which works well. We did buy the brand name power cord even though I found an extra power cord that worked okay. For the price this unit meets our needs quite nicely.

Excellent tool for singers 2010-05-13

By kem (texas)

My wife is a semiprofessional singer. She sang her way through college on a music scholarship and since graduating does back-up singing for various artists as well as leading songs in our church. When I saw this item in a gold box deal I decided to take a chance and see if it would help her. She was very impressed with all of the features. She was preparing to sing in a wedding for a former college roommate that requested her presence at the wedding. I tend to handle all of the tech stuff in the household so I loaded all of the songs on the player for her and showed her how to use it. After she learned how it worked she was looping parts to songs in no time. One thing I did not like about the device was the interface. It can be very confusing at first trying to find the music on your player. The menu layout is somewhat unorthodox and counter-intuitive. Once you understand how to navigate through it though it gets better. Overall she seemed very pleased.

poor power switch design 2010-04-18

By Simon H. Yao (canada)

I have returned two units, the first one came with defective power switch, won't even turn on. The second one worked only once, try to turn it on the second time, the sliding power switch just quit, would not spring back. I really liked the concept of this unit, tried with mic and headphone it sounds good, other then the power switch problem, I would have give it a 5 star.

Slow down music 2010-03-15

By Chang

I had been searched something like this for while but did not find anything I liked till I saw this, MPVT1, on Amazon. I am using it to slow down guitar lessons so I can play/learn every note. For beginner, it can slow down tempo without changing pitch and you cannot tell the difference. However, my teacher is able to notice change in pitch. I also bought an AC adapter because it does not play while charging via USB connector.

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