The black VT-12 from Roland is a convenient "pocket vocal coach" that when sung into, tracks your pitch and displays it in real-time in half-step increments using an easy-to-see illuminated pitch meter. The meter responds quickly and accurately and brightens as you approach the correct pitch and darkens as you move further away. A guide tone with a 24 semitones range can be used for personal practice, or used by vocal teachers to show their students when they're singing the correct pitch.

You can practice with a teacher or a fellow singer, and the trainer will detect the two voices while displaying their note names. Choir members or a cappella groups can use the VT-12 to visually check for correct harmonies. A built-in metronome is a great tool for sharpening timing skills, with either manual tempo input or by using the real-time tap tempo feature. The tuner feature works at the same time as the metronome.

Included with the VT-12 is a book developed by Berklee Press, with accompanying audio tracks that together teach physical stretches, breath control, vocal care tips, and more. Audio warm-ups include slides, descending fifth runs, and others, along with built-in practice songs with guide vocals and backing tracks in a variety of genres. Minus-one backing tracks, as well as two- and three-part harmony exercises allow for muting selected tracks for practice.

When you play the onboard warm-ups and songs, the VT-12 automatically records your voice. To listen back, press the REVIEW button. You can also use the Review feature in conjunction with the metronome to check your timing ("Review" recordings cannot be saved). An external recording feature lets you integrate other devices such as MP3 or CD players, allowing voice teachers and students to add their own content. Ten memory locations are provided, with up to 10 minutes of recording time for each location.

Pocket Vocal Coach    Visually Check Pitch    Built-In Metronome    Detects 2 Singers for Two-Part Harmony    Additional Audio Exercises    Record-In Function with 10 Tracks    Convenient Handheld Form    AA Battery Powered

Visually check your pitch in half-step increments with the illuminated pitch meter

Detects two singers simultaneously for two-part harmony training in equal temperament and just intonation

Onboard audio exercises with guide vocals and backing tracks, plus a companion book from Berklee Press

For warm-ups and basic-level exercises, the pitch meter displays your pitch against the internal guide vocal for comparison

Concone Op. 9 Fifty Lessons classical voice exercises with piano accompaniment and melody guide tracks - unit displays the pitch of the guide melody and your pitch simultaneously

Review function for instant playback to hear your performance

REC IN jack (stereo mini) for recording songs and other lesson content

Attachable template for teaching and practicing in the solfége format with moveable "Do"

Metronome with tap tempo

Built-in tilt-stand for desktop use

Runs on two AA-size batteries (alkaline or Ni-MH rechargeable)

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Hi !! Is this switcher compatible with all my camera NTSC signal having frame rate 30 fps ? Thanks!!

A: This unit is only listed for 59.94 (60). 30 FPS is not available.

Q: 2. What program or device is recommended for playing mpeg videos? Ideally, the video would automatically play when that source is selected so the operator doesn't have to press play after the source is selected.

A: The Roland V-1HD is HDCP compliant, which gives you a wide variety of options for MPEG Video Playback. You could connect a computer with an HDMI output directly to this unit, or you could look at Media Players with HDMI like a Roku or Apple TV. You could even connect a tablet to this switcher and play back video that way. However there is no product available that will automatically start playing when you switch to the assigned channel, the operate will have to manually start the video.

Q: 3. where do you record everything you do here? SD? SSD?

A: The V-1HD does not have any internal storage or card slots for recording, however it does have an HDMI output that you can use. You could go out of this device via HDMI in to the Atomos Ninja 2, which will record on Solid State Drives. You can also use a capture device like the Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Mini Recorder or Magewell HDMI USB 3.0 Dongle to bring the signal in to computer and record it there.

Q: 4. Using two hdmi inputs can the child picture be altered in size and be moved to any desired position on the maim picture?

A: You will be able to adjust the position of the smaller image on the screen when using Picture-In-Picture Mode. You will also be able to change the color and the width of the border around the smaller image, however you will not be able to change the size of the smaller image itself.

Q: 5. In the PIP effect, do you have control over the size of the window and location and also can you crop the horizontal or vertical of the video window?

A: Hi. I love this unit. Regarding your question - I don't think you can control the size, but you can control the location. You can also set the size and color of the video window

Q: 6. Can I daisy chain 2 units? (The 8 input version of this doesn't have MIDI)

A: You could take the output from one unit and input it to another unit. That would effectively give you 7 HDMI inputs. The unit that has another switch connected to it would have 3 inputs with its own signal then the 4th input would have 4 HDMI inputs from the other switcher, for a total of 7 sources.

Q: 7. Can I connect this device (out) to a VR3X (in)?

A: That would be possible. You could take the output from the V-1HD and connect it to the Roland VR-3EX's 4th HDMI input. The 4th HDMI input on the VR-3EX can accept an HD signal.

Q: 8. Can the switcher scale inputs at different resolutions? For instance, can it accept a 1080p camera, a 720p computer signal, and output a 1080i signal?

A: I have not actually tested it but it may work. The mixer has a switch that you select the output (1080i, 1080p or 720p).Setting your output at 1080i m will still allow you to input even 1080p through channels 1 to 3 then you can use channel 4 which has a built in scaler to input a 720p HDMI from your computer

Q: 9. hi there! does it work with the black magic pocket cinema camera hdmi output? Im thinking about webcast using my bmpcc...

A: Hi, when I was presented with this question from B&H, I fired up both my V-1HD and BMD Pocket Cinema camera with impression that it'll only work in 1080p mode. But surprisingly, both 1080p & 1080i modes work without issues.

Q: 10. One of our camera feeds also sends the audio feed from our mixer. Will this device let me constantly use the audio from camera 1 even if I switch to camera 2?

A: Yes, that is possible. You are able to select the audio you want to be live independent of which camera input is live.