About The Rhythm Guide; About The Patterns; Types Of Patterns; About The Arrangements - Boss BR-864 Owner's Manual

About the Rhythm Guide

The "rhythm guide" is a dedicated rhythm track that can not
only play back rhythm sounds as a guide during recording,
you can also use it to play internal rhythm patterns and
original user-created rhythm patterns and to play and record
these patterns as your own rhythm part performances.
The rhythm guide features two modes, "Pattern mode" and
"Arrangement mode."
Pattern Mode
You can perform patterns and create your own original
patterns.
Arrangement Mode
You can perform arrangements and create your own original
arrangements.

About the patterns

These are phrases consisting of from one to several measures
of drum performance.

Types of patterns

Preset patterns (P001–P327)
These are internal patterns stored in the BR-864 that have
already been prepared for use. There are 327 patterns
categorized by musical genre, such as "rock" and "jazz."
* You cannot change and overwrite Preset pattern data.
Preset patterns include prepared patterns for intros, verses,
fill-ins, and endings (you can confirm the type by looking at
the characters at the end of the pattern name).
(Example)
ROCK1-IN (Intro)
ROCK1-V1 (Verse 1)
ROCK1-F1 (Fill 1)
"Preset Pattern list" (p. 177)
IN (Intro)
Music patterns to be placed at the beginning of a song.
V (Verse) 1 and 2
Music patterns to make up the main part of the song. "1" are
basic patterns and "2" are more advanced versions of "1."
F (Fill) 1 and 2
Music patterns to be used as phrases to connect different
sections of a song. You can select either "1" or "2" depending
on the form that will follow the fill.
90
ROCK1-V2 (Verse2)
ROCK1-F2 (Fill 2)
ROCK1-E (Ending)
E (Ending)
Music patterns to be placed at the ending of a song.
Song patterns (S001–S100)
These are patterns whose data is rewritable, and up to 100
different patterns for each song can be stored on memory
cards.
fig.03-101a
BR-864
Preset
Pattern

About the arrangements

Arrangements are sequences of patterns arranged in the
order they are performed and with the tempo set.
fig.03-102
Intro Verse
Tempo: 120.0 Tempo: 110.0

Types of arrangements

Preset arrangements (P01–P50)
These are internal arrangements stored in the BR-864 that
have already been prepared for use. There are 50 patterns
categorized by musical genre, such as "rock" and "jazz."
* You cannot change and overwrite Preset arrangement data.
In each Preset arrangement (except for Metro 4/4), a BREAK
(rest) of three measures is played after the END (ending), and
then the V1 (verse 1) is played repeatedly.
"Preset Arrangement list" (p. 177)
Song arrangements (S01–S05)
These are arrangements whose data is rewritable, and up to 5
different arrangements for each song can be stored on
memory cards.
fig.03-102a
BR-864
Preset
Arrangement
Memory Card
SONG
Song
Pattern
Fill
Tempo: 130.0
Memory Card
SONG
Song
Arrangement