Portable, powerful learning tool for bass.

The TASCAM CD-BT2 Portable CD Bass Trainer gives you the ability to slow down the speed of a CD without changing the pitch—allowing artists, musicians, students, and music teachers to practice, learn and teach fast licks, rhythm parts and solos from their favorite bass players.

The CD-BT2 bass trainer features an all new improved ultra compact design, comprehensive LCD display with graphical user interface, album title/track title indication by CD-text, expanded effect banks for user preset, chromatic tuner, and TASCAM'S pioneering VSA (Variable Speed Audition, pitch control without affecting key) feature lets you learn up a continuous mix of their favorite songs anywhere you go.

Features include integrated pitch and key control, bass canceller with selectable canceling pan point and selectable frequency range, and seamless integration with CD-DA/CD-R/CD-RW disc playback. You can now discover the licks your favorite artist really played.

TASCAM CD-BT2 Portable CD Bass Trainer Features:

• Portable CD bass trainer (More compact than previous CD-BT1MKII)
• CD-DA/CD-R/CD-RW disc playback
• 10 second anti-shock memory
• Comprehensive 128 x 64 dot matrix LCD display with graphical user interface
• Album title/Track title indication by CD-Text
• Elapsed Time/Remain Time display with bar meter
• +16 to -50% pitch control in 1% steps
• VSA (Variable Speed Audition, pitch control without affecting key)
• Key control: +/-6 semi-tone, in semi-tone steps with +/-50 cents fine tune
• Single play and continuous play
• Single Loop, All Loop, and Seamless IN-OUT Loop
• Flash Back function (Instant review up to 5 seconds prior playback)
• Bass Canceller with selectable canceling pan point and selectable frequency range
• 10 effect banks for user preset
• Chromatic tuner with calibration (435 to 445Hz)
• 3 octaves tone oscillator
• Metronome (BPM: 40 to 220, Beat: 2 to 6)
• 1/4" Bass input
• Bass/Mic input volume
• Bass/Mic input level meter indicator on LCD display
• CD level meter indicator
• Foot switch connector
• 5 selectable functions by foot switch (Flash Back, Rewind, FF, Bank, Effect on/off)
• 1/8" stereo line output
• 1/8" stereo headphone output
• Headphone volume
• MONO monitor for CD (L+R, L, R)
• Sprit monitor (Left ch: CD, Right ch: Input or vice versa)
• Battery operation
• Optional power supply PS-P520

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TASCAM CD-BT2 Portable CD Bass Trainer Specifications:

• Disc Type: 8cm and 12cm CD
• Line Output Connector: 1/8" Stereo mini connector
• Nominal Stereo Output Level: -10dBV
• Output Impedance: 600ohm (2V RMS)
• Maximum Output Level (LINE OUT): +6dBV
• Headphone Output Connector: 1/8" Stereo mini connector
• Maximum Output Level (PHONES): 15mW (at 32ohm loaded)
• Guitar/Mic Input Connector: 1/4" Phone Connector
• Nominal Guitar Input: -15dBV
• Nominal Mic Input: -40dBV
• Maximum Guitar Input: +6dBV
• Maximum Mic Input: -19dBV
• Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz (-3/+1dB)
• (A weight filter + 20KHz LPF)
• Signal to Noise Ratio: Better than 85 dB
• Total Harmonic Distortion: < 0.03% (200Hz HPF + 20KHzLPF)
• Channel Separation: Better than 80dB (A weight filter + 20KHz LPF)
• Power Requirements: DC 5V (Optional AC adapter PS-P520); AA batteries x 4
• Power Consumption: 4W (with PS-P520)
• Dimensions (W x H x D): 194 x 38.7 x 138(mm)
• Weight (excluding batteries): 550g

TASCAM CD-BT2 Portable CD Bass Trainer

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Can't hear the bass

Posted by BobTheBassPlayer from Huntington, NY on Sep 25, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Classic Rock

Just arrived today. I was under the impression that this piece of equipment would allow me to actually hear the bassline. However, it does not allow for that at all. Even with the bost, it is hard to decipher the bass lines. Very poorly made piece of equipment. I woudld not recommend.

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A good investment

Posted by Newbie61 from LA on Sep 25, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues & Rock

I just received my Tascam yesterday and am really getting a lot of use out of it. I have some instructional manuals with cds that I purchased a long time ago, a lot of the examples on the cds are very fast and hard to follow. This was exactly what I needed to be able to follow all of those riffs. It is very easy to use and can really help with all of those bass lines. I only wish that there was a way to hook up a mp3 player to it, that is why I only gave it a 4.5 on 2 of the ratings.

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Well worth it

Posted by pwilli from ATL,GA on Mar 27, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Gospel, R&B, Jazz

When I recieved this unit I pulled it straight out the box using it without glancing at the manuel. Everything is very easy and self-explanitory. It does everything they say it can do. The only thing is, make sure you buy the power-supply to go with it because if your like me and play for hours batteries can get expensive. So if your looking for a good practice tool to use I recomend this unit.

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best teacher there is

Posted by 57 finman from detroit rock city on Dec 25, 2008

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: begginer

Reviewer's Play Style: 70s/80s rock is there anything else

After 47 yrs im finally taken up the bass, with no time for lessons and half deaf from the rock concerts of my youth I was having a hard time picking up the bass riffs from a cd. This unit allows me to slow it way down and repeat a part as often as I want. In just 4 weeks I'm jammin led zep,gnr, ac/dc and more. Would probaly have given up again if not for this unit. Highly reccomend.

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perfect for what it does

Posted by starkey97 from houston texas on Apr 8, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: bassist--engineer--producer--guitarist

Reviewer's Play Style: blues ---country--- lounge

Without writing all the already known good stuff about the CD-BT-2 -lets move on to what they left out. Tascam combined the mic input with the bass input. So you cant run your PC or any other source of music except for a CD into the trainer. They had a line input on the CD-BT-1 but not this model. And this limits the sources available to practice from. My external drive has at least 2,000 songs and on the CD-BT-1- it just take a cord to be able to practice. On the CD-BT-2 you have to burn a CD to practice. Not economical. If i had noticed the lack of this most important input --i would have NOT purchased this item but instead replaced my defunct CD-BT1. It is my only gripe about the unit --for me it was a deal breaker.

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