Setting Up To Record; Recording Along With A Built-In Beat; The Rock Template And Effects; Selecting A Track For Recording - Boss MICRO BR BR-80 Workshop Manual

Setting Up to Record

After connecting your guitar, mic, etc. from eBand mode earlier in this
booklet, you're good to go. If you've jumped into this booklet in the middle,
see "Hooking Up and Setting Your Level" on page 5 to learn how to get your
guitar ready to record.

The Rock Template and Effects

The main idea of the BR-80's templates is to get you close to the sound
you want right off the bat. When you chose the ROCK template, the BR-80
selected an insert effect for your guitar: STACK LEAD from the 70's HARD
ROCK group. It's a crunchy, distorted patch, with some repeating delay.
Take a minute to try it out.
While you can select any effect patch you want, of course, for our tutorial
this effect will be fine.

Selecting a Track for Recording

You select the track you'll be recording using one of the four TR buttons
beneath the display.
Press TR1/2 twice to display its REC TRACK
1
window and select TR1, for "Track 1. " This is
where we'll record our guitar. In a moment, the
window disappears.
The "R" on the home
screen shows you the
track you've selected for
recording.

Recording Along with a Built-In Beat

The BR-80's MTR mode provides a separate rhythm
track you can record along to. You can use the
track in your song's arrangement, or as a temporary
metronome you'll silence later on.
When you record in the BR-80, we strongly
recommend recording along with the rhythm
track, since some track-editing tools use
measures and beats to identify the audio chunks
you'll want to edit.
The rhythm track plays rhythm "patterns" stored in the BR-80's memory.
There are lots of them, so no matter what style of music you're into, you're
likely to find what you need.
Each pattern is a short rhythmic phrase or a beat you can use by itself playing
over and over, or string together with other patterns to build a pattern chain,
or "rhythm, " for an entire song. For each pattern, there are variations for the
sections you'll need in a typical song:
• •
I—Intro section
• •
F—Fill
There are also some handy utility-type patterns:
•
M—Metronome • B—Break, for silent measures.
•
S—Song patterns created by importing SMFs (Standard MIDI Files) into
the rhythm track, as described on p 72 of the Owner's Manual.
The BR-80 also provides drum kits for you to choose from. The patterns
contain the notes—the kit that plays them is up to you.
The Rock Template and the Rhythm Track
When you selected the ROCK template, the BR-80 loaded
rock-style pattern for you, selected the Standard 1 kit to play it, and set the
song's tempo to 115 BPM ("Beats Per Minute"). As with the guitar effect, you
can change the pattern, the kit, and/or the tempo, but for now, let's go with
what we've got.
V—Verse section
E—Ending
ROCK 1-V1, a
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