User manual ROLAND BR-1600CD

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the BOSS BR-1600CD Digital Recording Studio. Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "USING THE UNIT SAFELY" and "IMPORTANT NOTES" (Owner's manual p. These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Basic Operation and Owner's manual should be read in its entirety. Section 1 Section 2 Advanced Use The manuals should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference. Using Effects How to use this manual The BR-1600CD Owner's manual consists of two volumes "Basic Operation" and "Owner's Manual. " "Basic Operation" explains the sequence of turning on this unit, recording, playback, mixing down and making an original Audio CD. "Owner's Manual" covers the functions which are not mentioned in "Basic Operation. " Please read it for finer settings and more sophisticated use of the BR-1600CD. Section 3 Using Rhythm Printing conventions in this manual · Text or numerals enclosed in square brackets [ ] indicate buttons. [. . . ] The displayed values represent the number of samples from the beginning of the Loop Phrase. On the BR1600CD, 44, 100 samples correspond to one second of playback. Modifying Loop Phrase settings When a loop phrase is created, the number of measures is set automatically according to the length of the Loop Phrase such that the BPM for these measures are as close to 120. 0 as possible. In addition, the start and end positions for playback of the Loop Phrase are set to the start and end of the audio data. The Loop Phrase screen will appear. fig. 20-090d The start and end positions of the Loop Phrase can be modified in units of 16 samples. Section 3 It will not be possible to play back Loop Phrases with less than 0. 5 seconds (or 22, 064 samples) between the start and end positions. Press [F2] (PREVIEW) to start playback of the Loop Phrase and confirm that settings have been modified as required. Use [CURSOR] and the TIME/VALUE dial to change the name character by character. Alternatively, you can press [F2] (EDIT) if the EDIT icon is currently displayed. The modified settings will be saved, and when the message "Complete!" appears, it indicates that this operation has been completed. 3. Move the cursor to the Loop Phrase number and select the phrase to be edited using the TIME/VALUE dial. fig. 20-100d If you load a new song or turn off the BR-1600CD without saving in this way, all modified settings will be lost. 183 Creating Loop Phrases Assigning Loop Phrases to track buttons The input of Loop Phrases into rhythm arrangements can be made much simpler by allocating Loop Phrases to the buttons for Tracks 1 through 15/16. Note also that Loop Phrase allocation settings are saved with each specific song. The Loop Phrase screen will appear. fig. 20-090d Copying Loop Phrases 1. The screen for allocating Loop Phrases to track buttons will appear. fig. 20-105d 3. Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select the numbers of the Loop Phrases to be used as the copy source and destination. When the cursor is positioned at the copy source or destination, you will be able to play the corresponding Loop Phrase by pressing [F2] (PREVIEW). 3. Move the cursor to the track whose button is to be assigned a Loop Phrase, and select the Loop Phrase's bank and number using the TIME/VALUE dial. fig. 20-106d This function allows you to confirm that your settings are correct. The Loop Phrase will now be copied, and when the message "Complete!" appears, it indicates that this operation has been completed. The selected Loop Phrase will now be assigned to the track button for the selected track. You can now press this button to play the assigned Loop Phrase and confirm that all settings are as required. To stop playback of the Loop Phrase, press the same track button once again. If you wish to store the track button allocation, save the current song (p. 72). It is important to remember that the destination Loop Phrase will be completely overwritten by the Loop Phrase specified by "FROM:". As it will not be possible to restore the corresponding data, care should be taken to ensure that important Loop Phrases are not accidentally overwritten in this way. If you copied to a Loop Phrase in the song bank, you should now save the current song (p. [. . . ] 101, 105 Waveform Data Export screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Wh. CONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 WhTISUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 242, 245, 248, 252 Wow Flutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]