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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 to help you learn tricky passages. 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 gives 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 effects for bass
- 5 banks for 82 presets with 7-Band EQ, Distortion, Compressor, Flanger, Phaser, Chorus, Octaver, Delay, Reverb and more
- Bass Enhancement Effect with three selectable modes
- Enhance or boost the bass sound on MP3 playback
- Variable Speed Audition (VSA) from +16 to –50 %
- Change the song tempo without affecting the key to practice fast parts
- Pitch control from +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 bass
- 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 improve your timing when MP3 playback is stopped
- Chromatic Tuner with calibration (435 to 445 Hz) and Oscillator
- Tune your bass precisely – no need for an additional box
- Input volume control
- Adjust the level of your active or passive bass
- Balance control
- Set the balance between MP3 playback and your bass
- 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
Specifications
| File compatibility | ||
|---|---|---|
| MP3 file format | Mono, Stereo, Joint Stereo, Dual Channel, VBR | |
| MP3 bit rate | 32–320 Kbit/s | |
| Audio performance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sampling frequency | 44.1 kHz | |
| Frequency response (INPUT –10 dBV to HEADPHONES –10 dBV (32-ohm loaded, INPUT setting: apprx. 7, MIX BALANCE setting: Center) |
20 Hz to 20 kHz, +1/–3 dB | |
| Distortion (INPUT to HEADPHONES) |
< 0.05 % | |
| Signal-to-noise ratio | > 90 dB | |
| Inputs and outputs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bass input | 6.3-mm jack (unbalanced) | |
| Nominal impedance | 1 Mohm | |
| Maximum level | +10 dBV | |
| Headroom | 10 dB | |
| Headphone Output | 3.5-mm stereo mini jack | |
| Maximum level | 20 mW + 20 mW (at 32 ohm) | |
| USB | USB mini connector, Type B (5-pin) | |
| Power supply and other specifications | ||
|---|---|---|
| Power requirements | Internal Lithium-Ion battery (3.7 Volt, to be recharged via USB connection) or optional AC adapter PS-P520 | |
| Power consumption | apprx. 1.5 W | |
| Memory | Built-in Flash Memory (1 GB) | |
| File system | FAT16 (recognizes a maximum combined total of 550 files and folders) | |
| Minimum computer requirements | ||
| Windows PC | Windows 2000, Windows XP Pentium 300 MHz 128 MB memory USB port with 500 mA bus power (USB 2.0 recommended) |
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| Macintosh | Mac OS 10.2 or later 266 MHz Power PC (including iMacs, G3 and G4 processors) 64 MB memory |
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| Recommended | USB host controller, Intel chipset | |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | 78 mm x 26 mm x 110 mm | |
| Weight | 0.220 kg (including Lithium Ion battery) | |
Design and specifications subject to change without notice.