Inputting A Signal - Boss BR-1180 User Manual

you approximately 60 hours worth of total tracking time. The other 4 modes use various
degrees of RDAC encoding to increase that time even further with minimal degradation.

Inputting a Signal.

There are 4 types of audio inputs and 3 different types of audio outputs on your
BR-1180.
Inputs connections.
The LINE IN inputs are unbalanced RCA connections. These can be used as stereo
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inputs from the left and right outputs of a stereo instrument such as a keyboard or a
drum machine. These cables can have ¼" on one end and RCA on the other end or
they can have RCA on both ends depending on what you need for your particular
instrument.
The XLR inputs will typically be the inputs that you will use for microphones. These
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inputs are balanced inputs. A Balanced cable uses an extra wire internally as a shield
to help prevent noise from being picked up by the cable as it carries sound from its
source to the input of the BR-1180.
The ¼ inch MIC inputs are also balanced inputs that can be used instead of the XLR
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inputs for microphones or they can be used to connect instruments that have balanced
or unbalanced outputs. There really is not any benefit to using a balanced cable for
connecting a balanced output to a balanced input. Check the specs on your instrument
find out what type of output that it has. Typically most keyboards and drum machines
have unbalanced outs.
The GUITAR/BASS jack is a high impedance input that will allow you to directly
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connect an electric guitar or bass.
Input Select.
To select a source input to record from press the corresponding input select button. It
will light red.
GUITAR/BASS, MIC 2- Select this when recording sounds from an instrument
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connected to the GUITAR/BASS jack or a mic connected to the MIC 2 jack or XLR
connector.
You will not be able to select both MIC 2 and the GUITAR/BASS at the same time.
MIC 1- Select this when connected to the MIC 1 jack or XLR connector.
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LINE- Select this when connected to the LINE IN connectors.
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SIMUL- By depressing both the GUITAR/BASS (MIC 2) and MIC 1 buttons
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simultaneously, you can record a signal from both mic inputs or from the
GUITAR/BASS and the MIC 1 input at the same time. Each signal will be recorded
to its own discreet track if 2 tracks are selected to record to. Also note that if an
instrument and a mic are connected to both the GUITAR/BASS jack and MIC
respectively, the GUITAR/BASS jack will take priority.
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