Settings For Each Track; Overview Of The Playback Settings; Loop Playback Settings (Play Mode); Aligning The Beginning Of Loop Playback (Loop Sync) - Boss RC-300 Loop Station Owner's Manual

Settings for Each Track

Overview of the Playback Settings

The RC-300 lets you specify the playback method independently for
each track .

Loop Playback Settings (Play Mode)

For each track, you can specify either loop playback or one-shot
(i .e ., not looped) .
If one-shot playback is selected, playback will stop when
it reaches the end of the phrase (it will not loop) .
Track 1 Loop
Track 2 One Shot One Shot
Track 3 Loop
Reference
Refer to the track setting "Play Mode" (p . 17) .
Aligning the Beginning of Loop Playback
(Loop Sync)
If you turn Loop Sync on for two or more tracks, loop playback of
those tracks will be synchronized at the beginning of the longest
phrase with Tempo Sync on among these tracks .
Play repeatedly, starting in synchroniza-
tion with the beginning of the longest
phrase .
Track 1 Track 1 Loop Sync: ON Loop Sync: ON
Loop Sync: ON Loop Sync: ON
Track 2 Track 2
Track 3 Loop Sync: OFF
Playback starting location
If you turn Loop Sync on, the beginning of the tracks will always
be aligned . This means that if tracks are already playing back, the
playback start location of the other tracks will become "the current
location of the phrase being played . " The following illustration is an
example of how playback will occur with three tracks that contain
the identical melody but have diff erent loop sync settings .
For a track with Loop Sync on,
playback starts midway through the
phrase (from the current location) .
Track 1 Track 1 Loop Sync: ON Loop Sync: ON
Track 2 Track 2 Loop Sync: ON Loop Sync: ON
Track 3 Loop Sync: OFF
Reference
Refer to the track setting "Loop Sync" (p . 18) .
Automatically Adjusting the Phrase Length ( Loop Quantize)
If the rhythm is on, or if there is an already-recorded track whose
Tempo Sync is turned on, this function will automatically adjust
the length of the phrase to match the tempo and the time
signature of the rhythm, even if the timing at which recording
ended was not quite accurate . ended was not quite accurate .
Start Stop Stop
Recorded phrase
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For tracks whose Loop Sync is
off , playback will repeat at the
length of the phrase .
For a track with Loop Sync off ,
playback always starts at the
beginning of the phrase .
Even if the timing is slightly
inaccurate, the phrase
length will automatically
be adjusted to the precise
measure interval .

Synchronizing the Tempo (Tempo Sync)

Each track saves the tempo at which that track was recorded . This is
called the "original tempo" (p . 19) of the track . The phrase memory
also has a "phrase memory tempo" (p . 21) that is shared by all tracks
1, 2, and 3 .
Normally, you should leave Tempo Sync on, so all tracks will play
at the same tempo (the phrase memory tempo) . If you turn Tempo
Sync off for tracks for which you don't want the tempo to change
(such as those with special eff ects), you'll be able to obtain playback
that is always at the original tempo .
Tracks for which Tempo Sync is on will
play at the phrase memory tempo .
Phrase Memory Tempo: 120
Track 1 Track 1 Tempo Sync: Tempo Sync: ON ON
Playback Tempo: Playback Tempo: 120 Playback Tempo: 120 Playback Tempo:
Original Tempo: 140
Tempo Sync: Tempo Sync: ON ON
Track 2 Track 2
Playback Tempo: Playback Tempo: 120 Playback Tempo: 120 Playback Tempo:
Original Tempo: 100
Tempo Sync: OFF
Track 3
Playback Tempo: 80 Playback Tempo: 80
Original Tempo: 80
Reference
Refer to the track setting "Tempo Sync" (p . 18) .
Specifying the Number of Measures in a
Track (Measure)
You can specify the number of measures for each track . When
recording rhythm sounds or when recording along with other
tracks, it's convenient to specify the number of measures before you
record, so that looping will occur at the specifi ed measure length,
even if you don't operate the pedal when you've fi nished recording .
Track 1 One measure
Four measures
Track 2
Track 3 Eight measures
Reference
Refer to the track setting "Measure" (p . 17) .
Playing Only a Single Track (Single Track
Play)
Normally, the RC-300 plays back its three tracks simultaneously .
However, if you turn on the phrase memory's "Single Track Play"
setting, only one track will play .
If Single Track Play is on, the track that's currently playing will stop when you
start playback of another track .
Track 1 Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Reference
Refer to the phrase memory setting "Single Tr Play" (p . 22) .
Tracks for which Tempo Sync is
off will play at the original tempo .