Selecting Drum Patterns; Changing The Drum Pattern Tempo; Setting The Tempo Using [Tap] - Boss BR-1200CD Owner's Manual

Using drums

Selecting drum patterns

1. Press PROGRAMMABLE RHYTHM
[ARRANGEMENT/PATTERN] so the PATTERN
indicator is lighted. (Pattern mode)
2. Press PROGRAMMABLE RHYTHM [EDIT].
The Pattern Selection screen will appear.
fig.20-005d
3. Move the cursor to the drum pattern field and select a
pattern using the TIME/VALUE dial.
Playback of the newly selected drum pattern will start as
soon as the previously selected drum pattern has ended.
4. When you have selected the drum pattern that you
want to use, press [EXIT/NO] several times to return to
the top screen.
5. If you wish to store the drum pattern selection, save the
current song (p. 70).
The user drum patterns and song drum patterns
contained in the BR-1200CD at the time of purchase
are empty; you won't hear anything if you select one
of them. If you want to hear drum sounds
immediately after setting up the BR-1200CD for the
first time, select a preset drum pattern.
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Changing the drum pattern tempo

1. Press PROGRAMMABLE RHYTHM
[ARRANGEMENT/PATTERN] so the PATTERN
indicator is lighted. (Pattern mode)
2. Press PROGRAMMABLE RHYTHM [EDIT].
The Pattern Selection screen will appear.
fig.20-005d
3. Move the cursor to "TEMPO" and select a suitable
tempo using the TIME/VALUE dial.
You will be able to hear how your new setting changes
the playback tempo.
The tempo can be set anywhere within a range of 25.0 to
250.0 BPM. (Beats Per Minute—A value that indicates
the tempo in terms of the number of quarter notes
occurring in one minute.)
4. After you have set the tempo, press [EXIT/NO] several
times to return to the top screen.
5. If you wish to store the pattern's tempo, save the
current song (p. 70).
The tempo is common to all drum patterns, bass
patterns, and Loop Phrases.

Setting the tempo using [TAP]

In addition to setting the tempo using [CURSOR] and the
TIME/VALUE dial, you can also set it by tapping your finger
on [TAP] at the desired tempo. (Tap Tempo)
This feature proves extremely useful when you want to
match the playback tempo to that of an audio CD but don't
know the actual BPM value.
To set the tempo in this way, tap your finger on [TAP] four
times with approximately the same interval between each
tap. The tempo will be set based on the average tapping
interval.