is appliance has a serial number located
on the rear panel lease record the model
for your records
erial number
OWNERʼS MANUAL
B
Important Safety Instructions
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Read these instructions.
Keep these instructions.
Heed all warnings.
Follow all instructions.
Do not use this apparatus near water.
Clean only with dry cloth.
13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms
The microphone input is unbalanced. Use
an unbalanced microphone cable fitted
with a 1/4” plug.
or when unused for long periods of time.
14 Refer all servicing to qualified service person-
nel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has
been damaged in any way, such as power-supply
cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or
objects have fallen into the apparatus, the appara-
tus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not
operate normally, or has been dropped.
Ni-MH batteries may exhibit reduced per-
formance in an environment under 10ºC
(50F). Also, if these batteries are not used
for some time after charging, they may
also exhibit reduced performance.
Do not block any ventilation openings. Install
in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
8
Do not install near any heat sources such as
Do not expose this apparatus to drips or
radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus
splashes.
(including amplifiers) that produce heat.
Do not place any objects filled with liquids,
The performance of alkaline batteries also
depends on temperature and time since
manufacture (low temperatures and lon-
ger periods mean shorter battery life, re-
gardless of the battery indicator as shown
on the display).
9
Do not defeat the safety purpose of the po-
such as vases, on the apparatus.
larized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug
has two blades with one wider than the other. A
grounding type plug has two blades and a third
grounding prong.The wide blade or the third prong
are provided for your safety. If the provided plug
does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician
for replacement of the obsolete outlet.
Do not install this apparatus in a confined
space such as a book case or similar unit.
The apparatus draws nominal non-operating
power from the AC outlet with its POWER switch in
the off position.
10 Protect the power cord from being walked on
or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience recep-
tacles, and the point where they exit from the ap-
paratus.
11 Only use attachments/accessories specified by
the manufacturer.
12 Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket,
or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with
the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution
when moving the cart/apparatus combination to
avoid injury from tip-over.
NOTES
Bear this in mind when operating the unit,
and use freshly recharged Ni-MH batter-
ies, new alkaline batteries or use an AC
adapter if battery life seems inadequate.
The CD-GT1 cannot play unfinalized CD-
R/RW discs. In addition, some finalized
CD-R/RW discs may be unplayable on
the CD-GT-1.
To avoid the possibility of slight noise
when you use the unit with the AC
adapter, remove the batteries before con-
necting the AC adapter. If any batteries
are accidentally left in the unit, you should
always switch the unit off when changing
between AC adapter and battery power.
TASCAM CD-GT1 — 3
Important Safety Instructions
Safety Information
This product has been designed and manu-
factured according to FDA regulations “title
21, CFR, chapter1, subchapter J, based on the
Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act
of 1968”, and is classified as a class 1 laser
product. There is no hazardous invisible laser
radiation during operation because invisible
laser radiation emitted inside of this product is
completely confined in the protective housings.
The label required in this regulation is shown
here.
CAUTION
• DO NOT REMOVE THE PROTECTIVE HOUSING
USING A SCREWDRIVER.
• USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR
PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER
THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT
IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE.
• IF THIS PRODUCT DEVELOPS TROUBLE, CON-
TACT YOUR NEAREST QUALIFIED SERVICE
PERSONNEL, AND DO NOT USE THE PROD-
UCT IN ITS DAMAGED STATE.
Optical pickup: Type KSM-900AAA
Manufacturer: SONY CORPORATION
Laser output: <1 mW play on the objec-
tive lens
Wavelength: 775—816 nm
— TASCAM CD-GT1
Table of contents
First steps with your CD-GT1 ............... 6
Making connections.............................. 7
Adjusting the balance........................... 8
Using the menu system........................ 9
Using the CD player.............................. 10
Pitch and tempo changes ..................... 11
Using effects.......................................... 12
Effect presets and parameters............. 13
Using the tuner ..................................... 14
Facts and figures (specifications)......... 15
TASCAM CD-GT1 — 5
First steps with your CD-GT1
ture range ° to ° ° to
Switching on the unit
°
e has two power switches
se the first POWER switch sliding
switch to turn the power to the whole
unit on and off
e second switch GUITAR controls
the power to the GUITAR/INPUT jack
and effect unit f this section is off you
cannot use this jack or use any of the
guitarmicrelated menu systems effect
and tuner
hen we refer to a key or connector
or control on the we write it
lways dispose of used batteries
as recommended by your local
authorities
PLAY
the display we write it like this
hen the battery level drops the unit
automatically shuts down and must be
restarted with the POWER switch after
the batteries have been replaced
ote that the battery indicator on the
display only provides a rough estimate
of remaining battery life and under
some circumstances there may not be
enough power in the batteries to power
the despite the battery
power indication on the display
Inserting batteries
e uses four
batteries not supplied e recom
mend the use of rechargeable i
batteries alkaline batteries may also
be used
HOLD
the s controls and keys when
ON position
lways use batteries of the same
type
lways replace all batteries to
gether
f you are not going to use the
for some time remove
Auto power-save
f the unit is powered using batteries
for more than minutes in stop mode
or with no disc loaded or opened the
player shuts down the part of
the display goes blank but you can
still use the guitar section
estart the player alone by using
PLAY key or use the POWER
switch if both the and guitar sec
tions are turned off
Using an AC adapter
nly use a adapter
not supplied sing another type of
adapter may damage your
lways make sure that the voltage
matches the voltage written on the
adapter
lace the batteries following the
and markings inside the battery
compartment
aximize battery life by using
the unit in the following tempera
+
6 — TASCAM CD-GT1
Making connections
Connecting a microphone
onnect a suitable microphone ask
your dealer if you are not
sure to the GUITAR/MIC IN jack of slot settings or to cue the player
the
Connecting a footswitch
ou can connect a footswitch to the
to step through the effect
Inputs
Connecting a guitar
o connect a guitar or bass guitar to
the unit simply connect one end of the
guitar cord to the guitar and connect
the other to the GUITAR/MIC IN jack
of the
f you use effects pedals or stomp
boxes you can connect the output of
these to the remember that
the has its own effects
handsoff see later in this manual
for details
o avoid problems with your
use only a
footswitch or similar nonlatching
pushtomake footswitch connected
to the FOOT jack
et the GUITAR/MIC switch to MIC
Connecting a stereo line source
ou can also connect a stereo line
source such as the outputs from a syn
thesizer a guitar preamplifier or rack
mount effects unit or a cassette deck
etc to the se the LINE
IN minijack beside the GUITAR/MIC
IN jack
et the GUITAR/MIC switch to
GUITAR
Outputs
onnect the unit to a stereo systems
input or mixer input etc using
a suitable stereo cable not supplied
connected to the s LINE
OUT stereo minijack
ake sure the GUITAR power button
is pushed in
onnect a pair of headphones not
supplied to the PHONES stereo mini
jack for private listening
WARNING
You should NEVER connect the speaker out-
puts of a guitar amplifier to anything except
speakers. If you are in any doubt at all about
what you can connect to your CD-GT1, ask
someone who knows.
WARNING
NEVER connect
a
guitar amplifier to the
CD-GT1’s GUITAR/MIC input, as you will
damage your equipment if you do this.
TASCAM CD-GT1 — 7
Adjusting the balance
Inputs
e has three input sources
the being played
the guitar or microphone connect
ed to the GUITAR/MIC IN jack
any stereo input connected to the
LINE IN jack
Use the INPUT control to
adjust the GUITAR/MIC IN
level
The MIX feature (5 and b
keys outside menu mode)
adjusts the balance betwen
input and CD
Use the CD-GT1's menu
system to set the output
level of the internal effect
e first and last of these cannot have
their input levels changed by the
but see below for details of how
to balance the with the input
se the level control of the device
connected to LINE IN to adjust the
level of this source remember that
this source cannot be effected by
the s effects
Use the OUTPUT
control to adjust
the overall level
to the LINE OUT
and headphones
You can't adjust the
input level of LINE IN
with the CD-GT1
se the s INPUT control
to adjust the level of the guitar or
mic before it is sent to the effect
hen a menu is not selected you
can use the 5 and b keys to set
the relative balance of the guitar
or microphone but not the LINE
IN source compared to the output
from the player is MIX value
can be set to between –5 and +5
emember that this is only pos
sible when not in menu mode
se the s menu system
to adjust the output level of the
effect
Outputs
ere are two outputs the line and the
headphones ese cannot have their
levels set seperately—use the OUTPUT
control to set the overall output level
8 — TASCAM CD-GT1
Using the menu system
ee the table on this page for details of
the different menus and their settings
Menu
Menu item
Values
Notes
o enter the menu system press the
LCD MENU key until the menu you
want appears shown in a flashing re
versed box and the first menu item is
shown on the main part of the screen
se the up or down keys 5 and
b to set the value of the first menu
item
ote that you do not need to press
ENTER to set the values e settings
change as soon as the key is pressed
ress ENTER to move to the next
menu item in the list
EFFECT
EFF
LIB
Parameter
LVL
ON/OFF
00 to 42
—
turns effect on or off
preset number
depends on effect type
effect output level
0 to 64
PITCH
0 to –50% (pitch) or
0, –8, –16, –32 and
–50 (SSA)
sets pitch shift or slow speed
audition values
PIT
SSA
SSA ON/OFF
Sets slow speed audition on or off
Sets pitch shift in semitones
sets pitch shift in cents
KEY
KEY
FINE
PLAY
CUE
6 to I6 (or SSA)
O
–50 to +50 (or SSA)
ALL/SGL
MENU
all or single play
ress MENU to move to the next menu
and its first menu item
xit the menu system using the
DISPLAY/ESC key
CUE/FLS
cue or “flash play” operation
sets footswitch mode: either step
through the effect slots, or cueing
FOOT
EFF/CUE
TUNER
AT/MT
MODE
CAL
E2 to E5 (when tuning)
AT/MT
435 to 445
NOTE
automatic or manual tuning
calibration in Hz
The TUNER menu requires you to press
ENTER after the TUNER menu is shown on
screen (as the effect sound is cut when the
tuner is operational).
TASCAM CD-GT1 — 9
Using the CD player
e s player works
in much the same way as other
players with a few minor differences
and special features as explained on
this page
oad s label side up shiny side
down in the pen and
close the player door by hand
Skipping between tracks
se the two skipsearch keys marked sing the PLAY menu item set SGL sin
Looping (track)
as m
/
. and /
/
, to move
gle play ress the LOOP key so that
you see LOOP 1 on the display bottom
back and forward a track at a time by
pressing and releasing the appropri left e current track will repeat
ate key
Looping (disc)
Searching within tracks
sing the PLAY menu item set ALL play
se the skipsearch keys to search all the disc ress the LOOP key so
within the disc by pressing and holding
the appropriate key
Playback
ress the playpause key yJ key to
start playback and to pause playback
ress the stop key H to stop play
back
hen you use the player with batter
ies starting and stopping playback take
longer than under power this saves
battery power
that you see LOOP alone on the display
bottom left e whole disc will
repeat
The CUE key
Looping (I/O points)
e CUE key is a special feature of the
hen you press this key
the playback position returns to the last
point where playback started
se the I/O key to set the start in
point of the loop then use the key to
set the out point e section between
the points will repeat seamlessly
ressing the I/O key again clears the
loop points and cancels loop mode
ith these points set I-O shown on the
display you can restart the loop
mode if it has been canceled using the
LOOP key
hat happens next depends on the CUE
menu item setting in the MENU menu
f this is set to CUE playback is paused
at the cue point but if it is set to FLS
playback restarts from the cue point if
CUE is pressed from play or pause
Display
se the DISPLAY/ESC key to change
the display between track elapsed
time track remaining time and total
remaining time you cannot do this in
menu mode
TIP
With a footswitch connected, you can use
this instead of the CUE key for hands-free
operation (set the FOOT menu item to CUE).
Canceling looping
ress the LOOP key so that LOOP does
not show on the display bottom left
10 — TASCAM CD-GT1
Pitch and tempo changes
ere are three modes for changing the of the track difficult to play or
Remember!
way a is played back
sing in
hift pitch alone= KEY
SSA mode
NOTE
low down and keep pitch = SSA
low down and drop pitch = PITCH
Only one of these modes can be active at
a time.
e low peed udition mode
slows down the tempo without chang
ing the key e settings are off –
ese modes help you to play along
at a different key or a different tempo – – and – all percent
so that you can learn your favorite riffs
and licks
hen this mode is active the display
left side shows SSA se this mode to
practice difficult fast licks
TIP
Use these together with the looping function
to help your practice.
PITCH mode
e pitch mode changes both pitch and
tempo in steps down to –
is the off setting
hen this mode is active the display
shows PITCH
KEY mode
e key mode changes the key of the
music by six semitones up or down
e tempo does not change
e value is set in semitones and cents
Making settings
ths of a semitone shown as I6
se the menu system to turn on
or off PITCH menu and then set the
value for the pitch or settings
PITCH menu again or with off
choose KEY from the next KEY menu
and make the KEY semitone and
FINE settings
to 6 hen both semitones and cents
O
are the KEY mode is off if is on
this is also off
hen this mode is on the display
shows KEY
se this mode when you find the key
TASCAM CD-GT1 — 11
Using effects
How effects work
ere are two effect banks
A
and
B
each with five slots numbered from
et the level and then press the
DISPLAY/ESC key to exit the effect
settings e effect settings you have
made are automatically stored in the
bank slot you first chose
Recalling an effect with your
settings
hen you have stored the effect set
tings in a bank slot as described above
you can recall them simply pressing
the BANK and No. keys to select the
appropriate bank slot you should also
make sure that the effect is switched
on
1
through
5
where you can store your
se the 5 key to turn the effect ON
own effect settings
Effects are created from the preset
effects available guitar and vo
cal hen a bank and slot are selected
if a preset effect is recalled and edited
that bank slot is automatically filled
with the edited effect
ress ENTER and then select the
preset effect 00 through 42 with the
5 and b keys
NOTE
Storing your own effect settings
in a bank slot
If there were any settings in the selected
bank slot to start with, they will be overwrit-
ten when you recall a library entry.
ress ENTER once more to start edit
ing the parameters with the 5 and b
keys see the table later for details of
ress the BANK key to select either the
A
or B bank as shown on the display
TIP
If you have
a
footswitch connected and
ress the No. key to select the bank slot these parameters
the FOOT menu item is set to EFF, you can
step through the bank slots by pressing the
footswitch.
1
through 5 as shown on the display
e last parameter is always LVL the
output level from the effect unit 0 to
64 is is only available when the ef
fect is active and is bypassed with the
effect off
ress the LCD MENU key until EFFECT
appears on the display
12 — TASCAM CD-GT1
Effect presets and parameters
e preset effects can be divided into
three categories
The parameters
DIST istortion gain
COMP ompressor gain
TONE one control
FLA langer setting
REV everb setting
DLY elay setting
PHA haser setting
EXC xciter setting
PIT itch shifter setting
CHO horus setting
TRM remolo setting
VIB ibrato setting
Distortion
Clean sound
Vocal
30 De-esser
00 DIST-TONE-FLA-REV
15 COMP-TONE-FLA-REV
01 DIST-TONE-FLA-DLY
02 DIST-TONE-PHA-REV
03 DIST-TONE-PHA-DLY
04 DIST-TONE-EXC-REV
05 DIST-TONE-EXC-DLY
06 DIST-TONE-CHO-REV
07 DIST-TONE-CHO-DLY
08 DIST-TONE-TRM-REV
09 DIST-TONE-TRM-DLY
10 DIST-TONE-VIB-REV
11 DIST-TONE-VIB-DLY
12 DIST-TONE-WAH-REV
13 DIST-TONE-WAH-DLY
14 DIST-TONE-PIT-DLY
16 COMP-TONE-FLA-DLY
17 COMP-TONE-PHA-REV
18 COMP-TONE-PHA-DLY
19 COMP-TONE-EXC-REV
20 COMP-TONE-EXC-DLY
21 COMP-TONE-CHO-REV
22 COMP-TONE-CHO-DLY
23 COMP-TONE-TRM-REV
24 COMP-TONE-TRM-DLY
25 COMP-TONE-VIB-REV
26 COMP-TONE-VIB-DLY
27 COMP-TONE-WAH-REV
28 COMP-TONE-WAH-DLY
29 COMP-TONE-PIT-DLY
31 Chorister
32 Emphasis
33 Shout
34 Mood Vocal
35 Response
36 Proclaim
37 Quivering Voice
38 Duet
39 Lo-Fi Vocal
40 Megaphone
41 Screaming
42 Panning Vocal
—
WAH utowah setting
ll presets also have a LVL level setting
from to 64
0
—
e vocal presets have one parameter
each shown on the display as PAR
s this shows each of the guitar
distortion and clean presets has four
components each of which can be
adjusted individually and are shown on
the display as listed in the table here
TASCAM CD-GT1 — 13
Using the tuner
e s builtin guitar tuner then tune as above
has two modes an automatic mode
Calibrating the tuner.
sually the above iddle is tuned
to z in most estern music
ere may be times when you need to
tune to a different standard you are
playing with another instrument or to
a which does not use the z
tuning se the tuners CAL calibration
menu to set the reference to a tun
ing between z and z
where the pitch of the incoming signal
is detected and displayed automati
cally and a manual mode where you
set the target and tune to it
ress the MENU key until the display
shows TUNER, and then press ENTER
On-key
Flat
Sharp
�
�
hen you enter the tuner mode any
effect is automatically turned off
NOTE
Although you do not need to play a CD
when you are tuning, the CD-GT1 must be
switched on, and the GUITAR button must
be pressed in to allow tuning of the guitar
plugged into the CD-GT1.
f the tuner is in automatic mode
shown as AT on the display just play a
note on your guitar e tuner guesses
the closest note and shows it on the
display une the string roughly so that
the right note appears and then adjust
the tuning until the display shows a
large center blob
f the tuner is in manual mode shown
as MT on the display use the 5 and b
keys to set the note on the display and
14 — TASCAM CD-GT1
Facts and figures (specifications)
Disc types
8cm single, 12cm
Voltage requirements DC 9V (PS-PS5 AC
CD
adapter)
AD/DA
Digital signal
processing
Nominal output level –10dBV
(LINE OUT)
16-bit
32-bit
AA batteries x 4
(NiMH or alkaline)
4W (PS-PS5 AC
adapter)
Power consumption
Dimensions (w x d x h) 232 x 138 x 40
including feet
(mm) / 9.1 x 5.4 x
1.6 (in)
Maximum output level 0dBV (1Vrms)
(LINE OUT)
Output impedance
1kΩ
Weight (excluding
batteries)
620g / 1lb, 6oz
Maximum output level > 18mW (into 32Ω
(PHONES)
Nominal input levels
LINE IN
–10dBV
–40dBV
–15dBV
MIC IN
GUITAR IN
CD playback characteristics
Frequency response
20Hz to 20kHz
±1.0dB
Dynamic range
S/N ratio
THD
> 88dB
> 88dB
< 0.01%
TASCAM CD-GT1 — 15
CD-GT1
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