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Boss BR-600 Workshop Manual

Using the built-in rhythm
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BR-600
Digital Recorder
Using the Built-in Rhythm
© 2007 BOSS Corporation U.S.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the
written permission of BOSS Corporation U.S.
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  • Page 1 Workshop BR-600 Digital Recorder Using the Built-in Rhythm © 2007 BOSS Corporation U.S. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of BOSS Corporation U.S. BR600WS02...

  • Page 2: Getting Started

    64 V-Tracks—built-in effects, and onboard drum machine, the BR-600 is truly a studio-to-go. It even has a built-in stereo microphone Getting Started and can be battery-operated so you can capture new music wherever and whenever.

  • Page 3: The Play Screen

    The Level Meters screen displays the levels of various audio signals in the play over and over along with your song, or you can BR-600: inputs, audio tracks, the rhythm, and the left and right master levels. string two or more patterns together to create a rhythm “arrangement. ”...

  • Page 4: Selecting A Drum Kit

    • Arrangements— An arrangement is a series of steps that tell BR-600 patterns to play in a particular order. There are Press PAD so its indicator goes out. 50 preset arrangements and five song arrangements. Press RHYTHM ON/OFF so its indicator lights.

  • Page 5: Using The Pads

    If you can’t find a preset drum kit you like, you can create your own custom kit in a song drum kit. When you first create a new BR-600 song, the song drum kits are empty. If you want to use them, you’ll need to If needed, adjust the drum sounds’...
  • Page 6 Use the TIME/VALUE dial to adjust the amount of reverb that’s applied to the drum sounds (higher values will apply more reverb). The BR-600’s other loop effect can be used to add chorus or delay to any Play the pads to listen to the sound difference as you’re adjusting the sound, including the rhythm.

  • Page 7: Working With Patterns

    About the Preset Patterns Press PATTERN to display the PATTERN screen. The BR-600’s 327 preset patterns cover a wide range of musical genres. To view a list of the preset patterns, refer to the Appendices in the BR-600 Owner’s Manual. Pattern group...

  • Page 8: Setting The Tempo

    The rhythm’s current tempo is always shown in the upper right hand corner wish to create intricate or rigidly-timed patterns that would be hard to of the BR-600’s Play screen. play in real time. Selecting a Song Pattern for Recording Stop playback and press PAD so its indicator goes out.

  • Page 9: Realtime Recording

    Realtime Recording Press the REC button. After a one-measure count-in, recording starts. During recording, the pattern loops continuously over its length (per On the Rhythm Edit screen, use the CURSOR buttons to move the the measures value set in Step 2). onscreen cursor under [REAL], and then press ENTER.

  • Page 10: Naming A Pattern

    Use the CURSOR buttons to place the onscreen cursor under [REC], Once a drum sound is entered on the grid, you can fine-tune its and then press ENTER. The Pattern screen is displayed, and the velocity with Fader 1. When the fader is moved, the current velocity pattern is ready to accept step entry.

  • Page 11: Copying A Pattern

    120 BPM. tracks in your song. Or, if you record your song’s audio tracks in reference to one of the BR-600’s patterns, you can go back after the fact and create Press EXIT to return to the home screens.
  • Page 12 Starting and Stopping an Arrangement record your audio tracks while following the arrangement’s tempo changes. Like pattern playback, arrangement playback is controlled using the BR-600’s transport controls. Each song arrangement can contain up to 50 steps. During playback, the •...

  • Page 13: Naming An Arrangement

    • Use the CURSOR buttons to place the onscreen cursor under [STEP], play the pattern in the current step— press PLAY. When another and then press ENTER to display the following screen: arrangement step is selected during playback, the currently playing pattern will continue playing to the end of the measure, Starting measure Time signature...

  • Page 14: Copying An Arrangement

    If you don’t record to a rhythm, you’ll find it extremely difficult (if not impossible) to add the BR-600’s rhythm later and get it to play in time with your audio tracks..

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