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About the BOSS MICRO BR® BR-80 Workshop Booklets What We’ll Talk About Here The BOSS MICRO BR® BR-80 is an awesome portable tool for any songwriter In the Getting to Know the BR-80 Workshop booklet, we introduced you to or musician, especially if you’re a guitarist. Packed into its convenient, using the BR-80 as a stereo recorder in LIVE REC mode.
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Name of the current LIVE REC song—during recording and playback. Point the BR-80’s two built-in mics in the direction of whatever it is (Before recording your first LIVE REC song, this shows “No Song. ” ) you want to record. (We’ll give you some miking tips on page 6.) Power indicator—that shows an AC-plug icon when you’re using a Roland PSA-series AC adapter (purchased separately) or a battery icon that shows the strength of your installed batteries’...
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Press the PLAY 4 button to begin recording—the status message Using the LIVE REC Metronome shows “REC” as you record. To record along with the metronome: When you’re done recording, press STOP —the display looks On the LIVE REC home screen, press RHYTHM to display something like this.
Highlight SONG—as shown above, and then press ENTER to display Playing Back Songs in LIVE REC Mode the Menu > Song screen. Loading LIVE REC Songs So far, we’ve talked about recording and playing back a LIVE REC song you’ve just recorded.
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LIVE REC Mode Recording Tips There are two things to consider. Try to: • aim the BR-80 and its mics properly at the sound source • choose the best distance from the sound source Selecting the Best File Format The BR-80 can record a few different kinds of 44.1 kHz audio files. By default, Take Aim it records .WAV files.
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Using LIVE REC Songs Up Close or Far Away Moving close to your sound source or far away lets you affect a few things Of course you can simply play back LIVE REC songs in LIVE REC mode to sonically : study them, learn them, or just enjoy them.
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To move a LIVE REC song to your computer, you’ll need to connect the BR-80 Incorporating a LIVE REC Song in MTR Mode to your computer via USB, as explained on page 4 of the Jam BR-80 Workshop booklet. (If your computer can read SD cards, you can also grab You can use a LIVE REC song as the basis of a new song in MTR mode, or LIVE REC files directly from the card, if you prefer.) incorporate it into an existing song.
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Set SOURCE to LIVE REC CURRENT SONG, as shown above. The End Press 6 once to highlight the track value, and then turn the Value dial to select a stereo pair of tracks for your LIVE REC song—TR12, We hope you’ve found this workshop helpful. Keep an eye out for other TR34, TR56, or TR78.