Tascam CD-450

Description

Key Features of the Tascam CD-450:

• Professional-Oriented Design: Built for demanding environments with a rugged construction. It's typically rack-mountable (2U size).  
• Versatile Cueing Functions:
  • Auto Cue: Automatically cues to the first frame of actual audio, eliminating silence at the beginning of tracks for tighter starts.  
  • Auto Ready: Pauses the player at the start of the next track after the current one finishes, ideal for seamless transitions in live or broadcast situations.
  • Call: Returns the player to the cue point where playback last began, useful for checking cues mid-track.  
  • Incremental Play: Advances to the next track automatically when playback is stopped.  
• Pitch Control: Offers a pitch adjustment of ±12% in 1% steps, useful for various applications like dance studios or matching tempos. A clear on/off switch is usually present.  
• Track and Index Search: Allows quick access to specific tracks and index points within tracks, beneficial for sound effects libraries and complex CD structures.  
• Fader/Event Start: Features two TRS ports for parallel control, enabling playback to be triggered by external equipment like mixing consoles (following broadcast standard protocols).  
• End of Message (EOM) Functions: Can send triggers to external devices upon completion of a track, facilitating synchronized playback across multiple units.
• Single Play Function: Ensures the unit stops at the end of the current track.
• Repeat Play: Allows for continuous looping of a single track or the entire disc.
• Program Play: Enables customized playback order of tracks.
• Timer Play: Supports playback triggered by an external timer.  
• Clear Display: Selectable display modes for elapsed time, remaining time, or total remaining time.  
• Numeric Keypad: Provides direct access to tracks via a 10-key pad on the front panel.  
• Headphone Output: Includes a headphone jack with a dedicated level control for monitoring.  
• Digital Output: Standard SPDIF coaxial digital output for connection to digital mixers, recorders, or DAWs.  
• Analog Output: Unbalanced RCA analog outputs are standard.  
• Optional Balanced I/O: An optional LA-450 balancing kit provides balanced XLR analog outputs and AES/EBU digital outputs for professional connectivity.  
• Optional Remote Control: Compatible with the Tascam RC-450C wired remote for extended control.  
• Tally Outputs: Provides tally signals for Play, Stop, and EOM messages via TRS connectors for external indication in broadcast environments.