Creating Rhythm Arrangements; Assembling Drum And Bass Patterns - Boss BR-1200CD Owner's Manual

Creating rhythm arrangements

If you cannot find a rhythm arrangement that suits your song
among the BR-1200CD's preset rhythm arrangements, you
can easily create an original arrangement as described below.
• "*TMP" appears for the rhythm arrangement
immediately after its data is recorded or edited. If
you try to select a different rhythm arrangement
with the TIME/VALUE dial while the cursor is
positioned above this, the cursor turns white. If you
press [ENTER/YES] at this point, the cursor reverts
to black, and the rhythm arrangement number is
confirmed. If you do not want to confirm it, press
[EXIT/NO]; "*TMP" is indicated again, and the
rhythm arrangement reverts to the state it was in
immediately after editing. This allows you to avoid
inadvertently erasing data you have edited.
• From now on, you cannot use the Undo function (p.
81) for creating or editing rhythm arrangements.
Please make sure to crate or edit data with a special
care.

Assembling drum and bass patterns

1. Press PROGRAMMABLE RHYTHM [ARRANGEMENT/
PATTERN] so the ARRANGEMENT indicator is lighted.
(Arrangement mode)
2. Press PROGRAMMABLE RHYTHM [EDIT].
The Rhythm Arrangement Selection screen will appear.
fig.21-33d
3. Press [F2] (VIEW).
The Rhythm Arrangement View screen will appear.
fig.21-33d
4. The Arrangement View Edit screen appears.
• To arrange drum patterns, move the cursor to "DRUM"
and press [F3] (ARR EDIT).
• To arrange bass patterns, move the cursor to "BASS" and
press [F3] (ARR EDIT).
fig.21-08d
You can arrange patterns a measure at a time in this
screen.
5. Move the cursor to "MEAS" and select a measure using
the TIME/VALUE dial.
6. Move the cursor to "NO." and select a pattern number
using the TIME/VALUE dial.
fig.21-10ad
The selected pattern will now be assigned to the selected
measure.
7. Move the cursor to "LENGTH" and set the length of the
selected pattern as a number of measures.
Note that when the length is changed in this way, the
position of all patterns assigned to subsequent measures
will also change accordingly.
8. To delete a pattern, move the cursor to the measure to
which that pattern is assigned, then press either [F2]
(DELETE) or [F3] (ERASE).
[F2] (DELETE):
The pattern allocation will be canceled and all
subsequent pattern allocations will be shifted forward by
one measure.
[F3] (ERASE):
The pattern allocation will be canceled, leaving an empty
measure where the pattern had been.
9. When you have assembled patterns as required, press
[EXIT/NO] to return to the Rhythm Arrangement View
screen.
10. To save the pattern assignments, continue with the
procedure described in "Naming and saving rhythm
arrangements" (p. 207).
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