Table Of Contents - Boss BR-8 Owner's Manual

Table of Contents

Safety2
Contents4
Introduction9
Main Features9
Important Notes12
Power Supply12
Placement12
Additional Precautions12
Before Using Zip Disks13
Handling Zip Disks13
Handling The Zip Disk Drive13
Front Panel14
Display18
Rear Panel19
Listening To The Demo Songs21
Connecting External Devices21
Turning On The Power22
Listening The Demo Songs23
Selecting A Song - Song Select23
Play Back The Song24
Moving The Current Location24
About The Current Time Location Indication24
To The Beginning Of The Performance24
Removing The Demo Disk25
Selecting Variations Of The Song25
Switching Scenes25
By Measure/Beat25
Turning Off The Power26
If A Disk Is Inserted26
Recording/Playing A Performance27
Turn On The Power27
Prepare A Disk27
Inserting The Disk27
Selecting The Song To Record28
Creating A New Song - Song New28
What Is The Data Type?28
Connecting Your Instruments29
Selecting The Jack For Connections29
Recording Time29
Press The Input Select Button For The Instrument You Will Record30
Adjusting The Input Sensitivity30
Listening To The Sound30
Using Effects - Insert Effects31
Switching Patches31
Turning The Effect On/Off31
What Is Patch?31
Using The Rhythm Guide32
Sounding The Rhythm Guide32
Changing The Time Signature32
Switching The Rhythm Pattern32
Recording33
Selecting The Track To Record33
If Input Select Guitar/Bass, Mic2 Or Mic1 Is Lit33
If Input Select Line Or Simul Is Lit34
Playing Back A Recorded Performance35
Listening To A Recorded Performance While Recording Another One35
Playing Back35
Silensing The Sound Of Specific Tracks - Mute35
Completing The Song - Mixdown36
Adjusting The Left/Right Location Of The Sound36
Adjusting The Tone - Equalizer36
Adjusting Spaciousness To The Sound - Loop Effects36
Removing The Disk37
Mixdown37
Advanced Use38
Adjusting The Pan Of The Input Sound38
Playing Back Repeatedly - The Repeat Function39
What Is The Repeat Function?39
Re-Recording Over A Mistake - Punch-In/Out40
Manual Punch-In/Out40
Manual Punch-In/Out Using The Recorder Buttons40
Auto Punch-In/Out41
Manual Punch-In/Out Using A Foot Switch41
Specifying The Area To Be Recorded41
Repeatedly Recording The Same Area - Loop Recording43
Specifying The Area To Be Repeated43
Recording Procedure43
Using V-Tracks44
Switching V-Tracks44
Naming A Track45
Combining Track Performances On A Separate Track - Bouncing46
What Is Bouncing?46
Registering A Marker In Your Song - The Marker Function47
Registering A Marker47
Clearing A Marker47
Moving To The Location Of A Marker47
Editing A Marker48
Changing The Location Of A Marker48
Naming A Marker48
Registering/Recalling The Current Mixer Settings - Scenes49
Registering/Recalling/Deleting Scenes49
Recalling A Scene Without Changing The Track Volumes49
Editing A Performance Recorded - Track Editing50
Copying A Performance - Track Copy50
Moving Performance Data - Track Move52
Exchanging Performances - Track Exchange54
Inserting A Blank Into A Performance - Track Insert55
Cutting Out Part Of A Performance - Track Cut56
Erasing Performance Data - Track Erase57
Undoing A Recording Or Editing Operation58
Canceling A Recording Or Editing Operation - Undo58
Canceling Undo - Redo58
Handling Recorded Songs59
Copying A Song - Song Copy59
If The Display Indicates "Disk Full"59
Erasing A Song - Song Erase60
Conserving Disk Space - Song Optimize60
What Is Song Optimize?60
Protecting A Song - Song Protect61
Canceling Song Protect61
Naming A Song - Song Name62
Saving A Song - Song Store62
Exchanging Data With Thr Roland Vs Series - Song Convert63
Exchanging Data With The Vs-88063
Exchanging Data With The Vs-84064
Using Br-8 Song Data On The Vs-Series65
Initializing A Disk - Disk Initialize66
Duplicating A Disk - Disk Copy67
Stopping Automatically - Marker Stop68
Creating A Master Tape Thet Prohibits Digital Copying69
What Is Scms?69
Setting Th Tempo70
Creating A Tempo Map70
What Is The Tempo Map?70
Using The Tempo Map To Control The Rhythm Guide71
Adding An Offset To The Tempo Map71
Synchronizing The Br-8 With Another Midi Device72
Basic Midi Concepts72
Sounding The Rhythm Guide On An External Midi Sound Module72
Midi Connectors72
Synchronizing A Midi Sequencer With The Br-873
Synchronizing Playback To The Br-873
Sync Generator74
Types Of Mtc74
About Non-Drop Format And Drop Format74
Using Mmc75
Operating An Mmc-Compatible Device From The Br-875
Switching The Display Of The Time Field75
Time Display75
Displaying Song-Relayted Information77
Finding The Location Where A Sound Begins/End78
Using Scrub And Preview To Find The End Of A Sound78
What Is Scrub?78
Whst Is Preview?78
Changing The Scrub Point79
Enabling The Preview Function79
Using Scrub And Preview79
Initializing The Settings Of The Br-8 - Initialize80
Switching The Level Meter Screen - Pre/Post Fader82
Tuning An Instrument - Tuner83
Selecting The Tuner83
About The Display While Tuning83
Tuning Procedure84
Setting The Reference Pitch Of The Tuner84
Practicing Along With A Difficult Song85
Slowing Down The Speed85
Canceling The Center Sound85
What Is The Phrase Trainer?85
Using The Insert Effect86
About Patches And Banks86
Modifying The Insert Effect Settings87
Saving Insert Effect Settings88
Copying A Patch88
Changing The Insert Effect Connections89
Using Loop Effects90
Modifying The Loop Effect Settings90
Chorus/Delay/Doubling90
Reverb91
Mixer Effect Parameter Functions92
Loop Effect92
Insert Effect Algorithm List94
Bank: Guitar/Bass94
Bank:mic96
Bank:line96
Bank: Simul97
Insert Effect Parameter Functions98
Acoustic Guitar Simulator98
Acoustic Processor98
Bass Simulator98
Chorus99
Compressor99
De-Esser99
Defretter99
Delay100
Doubling100
Enhancer100
Equalizer100
Flanger101
Foot Volume101
Lo-Fi Box101
Noise Suppressor102
Octave103
Phaser103
Pitch Shifter103
Preamp104
Ring Modulator105
Slow Attack105
Speaker Simulator105
Tremolo/Pan106
Voice Transformer107
Wah107
Troubleshooting108
Error Message List110
Parameter List112
Midi Implementation116
Transmitter Data116
Midi Machine Control117
Midi Implementation Chart120
Specifications121
Index123
Effect Patch List127
Rhythm Pattern List128