Tascam MP-BT1 MP3 Bass Trainer

Full Description

The MP-BT1 is the first MP3 player designed for musicians. Based on the award-winning CD-BT1 MkII, this mobile bass trainer has enough memory to store up to 240 songs. Zip through your MP3 collection using a data wheel, dedicated buttons and a graphical backlit display. Tracks and sections can be looped or slowed down without changing the key. And even recorded guitar parts can be defeated to help you learn new riffs and tricky passages of the best bands in the world. Songs can also be pitched up or down to match the tuning of your bass, so you don't have to re-tune for every song.

The MP-BT1 lets you play along with multi-effects, 7-band EQ and a bass enhancement effect on MP3 playback. A chromatic tuner and a metronome are also built-in. A high-speed USB connection is used to load up MP3s and charge the built-in lithium ion battery giving you up to 9 hours of playback time (an optional power supply is also available).

All of this is packed into a player smaller than a stomp box, so you can carry it anywhere the road takes you.

Main Features

MP3 player with integrated bass preamp and effects

Plug in your Bass and play along

1 Gigabyte memory capacity

Plenty of space for your favourite MP3 songs

Built-in multi effect for bass

Distortion, Compressor, Flanger, Phaser, Chorus, Octaver, Delay, Reverb and more for the right sound

Bass canceller with selectable pan point and selectable frequency range

Removes center-panned guitar from most songs so you can play along

Variable Speed Audition (VSA): +16, +12, +8, +4, 0, -4, -8, -16, -32, -50

Change the song tempo without affecting the key to practice fast licks

Pitch control: +16 to 50 in 1- steps (while VSA is turned off)

Change tempo and key at the same time

Key control: ±6 semi-tones with ±50 cents fine tune

Adjust the key without affecting the tempo to "tune the MP3" to your guitar

Seamless in-out loop

Practise complex parts over and over again

3 play modes

Play a single file

Repeat a single file

Repeat all files

ID3 Tag display

Read title and artist information stored in your files

Metronome

Lets you practise your timing when MP3 playback is stopped

Chromatic Tuner with calibration (435 to 445Hz) and Oscillator

Tune your guitar precisely - no need for an additional box

Macros for frequently used functions

Quickly access your often-used menu options

Input volume control

Adjust the level of your active or passive guitar

Balance control

Set the balance between MP3 playback and your guitar

Volume control for headphones

24-bit AD/DA converter

High resolution for audiophile playback quality

Lithium Ion rechargeable battery

Up to 9 hours of playback time

USB port

For MP3 file import and battery recharge

Auto power-off function

Saves battery power when unit is not in use

Optional AC adapter

Makes you independent of the battery condition

128 x 64 dot matrix LC display