Tascam intros bass / vocal DAP trainers

Tascam's already busted out a guitar trainer in the form of a digital audio player, but it looks like the rest of the band can now get in some practice as well, with the company now introducing some bass and vocal trainers to go along with it. As with the guitar trainer, these each boast 1GB of internal memory, along with a monochrome 128 x 64 resolution screen and an input for your bass guitar or microphone. That'll let you play (or sing) along with your favorite tunes, with it also giving you the ability to adjust tempo and perform other effects. No official word on price just yet, but the guitar version sold for ¥20,000, or just under $170.

[Rob @ Jul 31st 2007 9:06PM]

This sounds like a cool item to practice along with. Man, how I miss living in Japan. You get to play with all kinds of gear first, which sometimes is not even released elsewhere. If goes for $150-170 is not too bad. Plus, it's a Tascam. They make good stuff. I still have my 4 tracks multitrack recorder I bought 15 years ago. It still works perfectly.

[johnzilla @ Aug 1st 2007 8:51AM]

Product quality 15 years ago equals product quality now? Not.

Based on my experiences with Tascam gear (all within the last 3 years), whether the quality is acceptable is a coin flip. But probably worth a shot for < $200 provided there's a good return policy and no restock fee.

[Steve @ Jul 31st 2007 10:36PM]

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[Zadillo @ Jul 31st 2007 11:09PM]

Cool, as a bass player I'd always been curious about the Tascam CD trainers, but these digital ones sound like they should be a nice improvement.

[Kyle @ Aug 1st 2007 12:25AM]

I mulled over picking up the CD version about a year ago so this is excellent news to me.

And a quick Google search revealed a couple places selling it for $200.

[kevink @ Aug 1st 2007 3:27AM]

taSCAM?!