BOSS BR-800 Digital Multi Track Recorder User Manual

BOSS BR-800 Digital Multi Track Recorder User Manual

Welcome

Congratulations on your purchase of the BOSS BR-800. This TurboStart contains step-by-step instructions that will quickly introduce you to the BR-800’s major features.

Listening to the Demo Song

Use the following procedure to load and play back the demo song in the BR-800.
Note: To hear the BR-800, connect headphones to the headphone output or connect the LINE OUT L and R jacks to your mixer.

• Press
• Turn the dial to select “SONG.”
• Press
• Turn the dial to choose “SELECT.”
• Press
• Turn the dial to select “DemoSong.”
• Press
• Press
• Raise the MASTER fader and the TRACK MIXER faders to adjust the levels of the
• Press STOP when you’re

Recording a Song

Here’s how to record a guitar track while using the built-in effects and playing along with the BR-800’s Rhythm Guide.
First, start by creating a new blank song to record into as follows.

• Press
• Turn the dial to select “SONG.”
• Press
• Turn the dial to select “NEW.”
• Press ENTER three

Setting Up the Guitar

• With a standard guitar or instrument cable, connect your guitar to the GUITAR/BASS (Hi-Z)
• Press
• Turn the dial to choose “INPUT ”
• Press
• Turn the dial counterclockwise to select “GUITAR/BASS.”
• Press the 6 button to choose “MODE.”
• Turn the dial to select “MONO ”
• Press EXIT twice to return to the main
• While playing the guitar, adjust the REC LEVEL knob until the INPUT 1 meter reaches the – 6 mark on the left side of the
• Press the REC button below TRACK MIXER Fader 1 so that REC lights red— this puts the BR-80 in Record Standby mode for Track

Inserting a COSM Guitar Effect on the Guitar Input

• Press the COSM EFFECTS button so its green indicator is
• Turn the dial to choose “P40 Blues ”
• Press EXIT to return to the main

Adding the Rhythm Guide

• Press the RHYTHM button so its green indicator is
• Press 5 to choose “TYPE.”
• Turn the dial to select “PATTERN.”
• Press 6 once to select “PATRN.”
• Turn the dial to select Rhythm Pattern P020 ROCK4-V1.
• Press 6 twice to choose “TEMPO.”
• Turn the dial to select the desired
• Press EXIT to return to the main
• Press PLAY to start the drum
• Raise the RHYTHM fader to the desired listening
• Press STOP, and then press

Recording a Performance

• Press the REC
• Raise the TRACK MIXER fader for the track on which you want to
• Press the REC button—it flashes
• Press PLAY to start
• When you’re finished recording, press
• Press the ZERO button to instantly rewind back to the beginning of the
• Press PLAY to hear the

Adding Reverb to the Recorded Track

• Press the TRACK
• Turn the dial to select “REVERB.”
• Press
• Use the 3, 4, 5, and 6 buttons to select the desired
• Turn the dial to adjust the send value for the track—this sets the amount of reverb to be added to the track’s

Tip: To add Chorus or Delay, use the same procedure, but select “CHO/DELAY” in Step 2.

About Saving Your Work on the BR-800

There’s nothing you need to do to save your work—the BR-800 stores it for you automatically!

Mixing Down Tracks with MASTER FX

You’ll need to mix down all of your tracks to a stereo pair of tracks before you can export your song as a .WAV file to your computer. This is something you need to do if you’d like to create an audio CD on your computer using CD- burning software. As you mix down, you can take advantage of the BR-800’s MASTER FX to smooth out the differences in volume that occur over the course of the song.

• Press
• Turn the dial to “MASTERING,” and then press
• Turn the dial clockwise to turn on
• Press EXIT twice to return to the main Beneath the word “MASTERING” on the display, you can see the track(s) to which you’ll be mastering. By default, “TR78-VMST” is displayed for the stereo virtual mastering track belonging to Tracks 7 and 8.
• Press the MASTER FX button.
• Turn the dial to select a desired MASTER FX
• Press EXIT to return to the main
• Press the ZERO button to return to the beginning of your
• Press RECORD and then press
• When the song has finished playing, press STOP.A stereo mix of your song has now been recorded onto TR78-VMST.

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