Pitch and tempo changes
ere are two modes for changing the
ere are two modes for changing the
way a is played back
way a is played back
ese modes help you to sing along at
ese modes help you to sing along at
a diff erent key andor a diff erent tempo
a diff erent key andor a diff 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 fi 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 fi nd the key
of the track diffi cult to sing
SSA mode
e low peed udition mode
slows down the tempo without chang
ing the key e settings are off –
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– – and – all percent
hen this mode is active the display
left side shows
se this mode to
SSA
practice diffi cult fast vocal lines
Making SSA settings
ress the
MENU
key so that the
dicator fl ashes and then press
until
is shown elect the value
SSA
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
from the
menu and make the
KEY
KEY
semitone and
settings
KEY
FINE
e uses blob symbols at
the top of the display to show indicat
ing the current setting in semitones
hile editing a
mark is shown if
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the new pitch is above or a
pitch is below the real pitch
1
2
in
KEY
ENTER
3
n the example above
change to the pitch
below and
above the original pitch e sharp
and fl at marks are only visible while the
pitch is being edited
Remember!
hift pitch alone and keep speed =
KEY
low down and keep pitch =
if the new
â
1
indicates no
2
is a tone fl at
3
is three semitones sharp
SSA