by Lori Cunningham
OK, I couldn’t resist this one. My daughter had been wanting a microphone for some time. The only problem is that she wanted one that actually worked and would amplify her voice. As I searched eBay I realized this microphone was going to cost us because you need to buy the amplifier/speaker too. This was more than I bargained for.
While at the E3 Gaming tradeshow in Los Angeles earlier this year, I stumbled across the I AmT-Pain Mic.* What immediately drew me in was the built-in speaker at the bottom of the microphone. Brilliant! This microphone just might do the trick for my daughter. Now you might be asking, “does your daughter like T-Pain?” Well, no, she doesn’t even know who he is. But you can tell from the microphone and packaging that he is a rapper.
T-Pain is a Grammy award-winning American hip-hop, rapper, and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer. Throughout his singing career us has used the Auto-Tune pitch correction effect to alter his voice. It also helps to correct your pitch. Many other famous singers have used the Auto-Tune pitch too such as Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Cher.
Features:
- Built-in Speaker – amplifies your voice
- 6 Beats – choose from six limited varied beats to enhance your song
- Record – you can record your songs
- Playback – you can play back your songs on the microphone
- Download – you can download your songs and share with others
- MP3 Compatible
- Auto-Tune effect – sing the the pros!
- Includes 3 original beats to sing to
- External Speaker Port – you can still plug into external speakers using a 2.5mm jack
- Headphone Jack – to keep your voice to yourself, just plug in headphones
- Sleep Feature – will turn off automatically if not used after a minute
- Recording – recording a song is a lot of fun
- Playing it back – is even more fun!
- I love the fact that the mic can be used as a speaker, if you have a 2.5mm jack
- The Auto-Tune effect really makes the microphone
- Built-in speaker – works great with two volumes available
- I tried plugging the mic into two different computers. Even though the software popped up, I could not save my song to my hard drive.
- You can only record one song at a time
- T-Pain is not the best role model for young kids
A Mom’s Perspective
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I'm afraid I don't see a form to fill out, besides leaving a comment, but wanted to say that my niece would love this too, but she (like your daughter) would have no idea who T-Pain is.