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Features of the Playmate Vocalist

7.PHONES – stereo 1/4” unbalanced jacks for connecting

two sets of headphones.

8. L and R OUTPUTS – 1/4” TRS

stereo output for routing the left

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and right signals to a device such

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as a mixer or amplifier.

 

 

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1. Display – Shows the current

 

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track and effect program, CD

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time and various other settings.

 

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Display” section for details.

 

2.Play/Pause Button – Plays the CD. If you press this button while

a CD is playing, it will be paused until you press Play/Pause again.

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3.Stop Button – Stops a playing CD.

4.Skip Previous Button – Skips to the beginning of the current track, or skips to the previous track on the CD.

5.Skip Next Button – Skips to the beginning of the next song on the CD.

6.Scan Forward Button – Scans forward through the current song. Hold down this button to continue scanning.

7.Scan Back Button – Scans backward through the current song. Hold down this button to continue scanning.

8.PITCH Knob – Controls the tuning of the CD audio. When you turn this knob, both the pitch and the speed of the audio are affected. You may adjust the pitch by as much as plus or minus 8%.

9.SPEED Knob – Adjusts the speed, or tempo, of the CD audio without affecting its pitch. You may decrease the tempo by as much as 50% and increase it as much as 150%.

10.TRANSPOSE Knob – Changes the key of the CD audio in half-step intervals, a maximum of seven half-steps up or down, without affecting the speed of the audio.

The TRANSPOSE knob does not affect the audio’s tuning either. For example, let’s say you tune the audio to 5% sharp using the PITCH knob. If you then transpose the audio up four half-steps, it will then be four half-steps plus 5% sharp.

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TIP: We recommend that you transpose a song to the appropriate key first, and then adjust the speed, followed by the pitch. That way you can tune the music to your voice or instrument first, adjust the tempo without affecting that tuning, and then make minor pitch adjustments if necessary.

11.VOLUME Knob – Controls the master output volume of the Vocalist Playmate.

12.BALANCE Knob – Controls the ratio of the volume of the inputted vocal (along with the selected effect) versus the volume of the CD audio. Turn this knob all the way to the right and the main outputs will contain 100% CD audio. Turn it all the way to the left and the outputs will contain 100% vocal. When the knob is in the center position, the vocals and CD audio will be mixed evenly at 50% each.

13.EFFECT Knob – Turn this 16- position knob to select an effect program from the Playmate Vocalist’s digital vocal processor.

When you turn on the unit, you automatically have access to the 16 effects in Bank A. To access Bank B, press and hold the SET button and hit the ON/OFF button. The sixteen positions of the EFFECT knob will then be mapped to Programs 17 – 32.

Bank A contains traditional effects such as reverbs and delays. Bank B offers some inventive reverbs, echoes, pitch shifters, distortions

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