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RC-50
Loop Station
Patches
© 2006 BOSS Corporation U.S.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the
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RC50WS03


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  • Page 1 Workshop RC-50 Loop Station Patches © 2006 BOSS Corporation U.S. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of BOSS Corporation U.S. RC50WS03...
  • Page 2 Hot Links Each Workshop booklet is meant to be read in order from The BOSS RC-50 Loop Station sets a new standard for performance loopers. beginning to end. However, if we mention an upcoming With 49 minutes of mono recording time (or 24 minutes in stereo), onboard section—and you see this arrow—you can click the arrow to...

  • Page 3: Selecting Patches

    • realtime control assignments—for the onboard TEMPO and UNDO Phrase Content pedals, optional external pedals, and MIDI controllers. The phrase content area of the Play screen provides the following information • a master tempo setting—used by the guide, Tempo Sync, and Loop about the patch’s three phrases: Quantize.
  • Page 4 If the onboard pedals aren’t enough, you can connect optional external pedals (BOSS FS-5U and/or FS-6) to the CTL 1, 2 PEDAL and EXP/CTL 3, 4 • If the current phrase is stopped when a new patch is selected—the new PEDAL jacks.

  • Page 5: Patch Settings

    Phrase Change Mode: LOOP END We’ll show you how to set the Phrase Change mode a little later. In the current patch, select a phrase that contains audio by pressing its PHRASE SELECT pedal. Start the phrase playing by pressing REC/PLAY/OVERDUB. When a phrase is selected with a MIDI Program Change message, it While the current phrase is playing, enter Patch Select mode by pressing always loads immediately, even if the Phrase Change mode is set to...

  • Page 6: Play Mode

    Play Mode Input Mode The RC-50 provides two Play modes: Single and Multi. The Input mode settings affect how audio signals are In Single mode, only one phrase can play at a time. recorded from the RC-50’s audio inputs, including In Multi mode, all three phrases can play at once.

  • Page 7: Patch Tempo

    NAME/PATCH Parameter Screens When REPLACE or MOMENTARY PUNCH-IN is selected as the Overdub mode, the previously recorded audio is heard during the overdubbing; • Patch:Level—Set the overall patch level here, from 0 to 200. 100 is the the newly overdubbed audio won’t be heard until the phrase loops. default level.
  • Page 8 • Patch:SimulStart—In Multi mode, there may be instances where you’d The RC-50 has system input settings that allow you to override the like two or more phrases to start playing simultaneously when you settings made in a patch. When they’re set this way, changes made on press the REC/PLAY/OVERDUB pedal, or when the patch is selected the Patch:Input Out screen won’t have any effect.
  • Page 9 • Phrase(1, 2, or 3):Stop—This parameter determines what happens when Phrase Edit Screens phrase playback is stopped. When it’s set to: • Phrase(1, 2, or 3):One Shot—This parameter determines how a phrase • IMMEDIATE—the phrase stops immediately. plays back. When it’s set to: •...

  • Page 10: Pedal Settings

    Sounds assigned to the MAIN outputs are also sent to the PHONES If you prefer not to have your control assignments change with jack. each patch selection, you can set them so they’re the same for all patches. The RC-50 has system output settings that allow you to override the Pedal and MIDI CC settings are adjusted on the CTL/EXP PEDAL parameter settings made in a patch.

  • Page 11: Saving A Patch

    Saving and Organizing Patches Destination patch number About Preset Protect The RC-50 has a feature called Preset Protect that protects Patches 1-5 from being overwritten accidentally. Destination patch name When shipped from the factory, the RC-50 has demonstration audio saved in Patches 1-5, and Preset Protect is enabled.
  • Page 12 Copying Patches and Phrases Copying a Phrase to Another Patch The RC-50 allows you to copy a single phrase to a phrase location in another Copying a Patch patch. Use the following procedure to copy a previously saved patch to another Select the patch that contains the phrase you wish to copy.

  • Page 13: Initializing A Patch

    Exchanging a Patch Initializing a Patch To aid in organizing your patches, you can exchange the entire contents of Initializing a patch clears its contents and returns all patch parameters to the one saved patch with another. factory defaults. A newly initialized patch is named “INIT PATCH. ” Select the desired source patch.
  • Page 14 We hope you’ve found this workshop helpful. Keep an eye out for other RC-50 Workshop booklets, available for downloading at www.BOSSUS.com and www.RolandUS.com. For the latest RC-50 updates and support tools, visit the BOSS U.S. www.BOSSUS.com Web site at . If you need personal assistance, call our...

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