User manual BOSS BR1200CD

[. . . ] Operation Recording and Playback Basic Section 1 Owner's Manual Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the BOSS BR-1200CD Digital Recording Studio. Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: "USING THE UNIT SAFELY"(page 2­3) "IMPORTANT NOTES" (page 4­5) These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit. Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit, Owner's manual should be read in its entirety. The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference. Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Editing Using Effects Using Rhythm Printing conventions in this manual · Text or numerals enclosed in square brackets [ ] indicate buttons. [. . . ] Use [CURSOR] and the TIME/VALUE dial to change the name character by character. [F1] (INSERT): An empty space of one character in length will be inserted. [F2] (DELETE): A single character will be deleted. Rev0. 02 207 Creating rhythm arrangements Copying a rhythm arrangement 1. Press [F3] (WR·CPY·DEL) on the Rhythm Arrangement Edit screen. The Copy screen for rhythm arrangements will appear. fig. 21-29d Deleting a rhythm arrangement 1. Press [F3] (WR·CPY·DEL) on the Rhythm Arrangement Edit screen. The Delete screen for rhythm arrangements will appear. fig. 21-30d 3. Move the cursor to the "From:" field and select the rhythm arrangement to be copied using the TIME/ VALUE dial. Move the cursor to "To:" and use the TIME/VALUE dial to select the rhythm arrangement to which the data is to be copied. 3. Select the rhythm arrangement to be deleted using the TIME/VALUE dial. fig. 21-31d Only user rhythm arrangements and song rhythm arrangements may be selected as copy destinations. In other words, you will not be able to select a preset rhythm arrangement at this time. When the message "Complete!" appears, it indicates that copying has been completed. 4. If you are sure you want to delete the rhythm arrangement, press [ENTER/YES]. When the message "Complete!" appears, it indicates that the deletion has been completed. The rhythm arrangement selected as the copy destination will be overwritten in this process. As it will not be possible to restore the corresponding data, care should be taken to ensure that important rhythm arrangements are not accidentally overwritten in this way. · Preset rhythm arrangements cannot be deleted. · As it will not be possible to restore deleted rhythm arrangements, care should be taken to ensure that important arrangements are not accidentally deleted. Rev0. 02 208 Setting tempos and beats for individual measures (Tempo Map/Beat Map) In addition to setting of a single tempo and beat for an entire rhythm arrangement, the BR-1200CD can also set these playback parameters more precisely on a measure-bymeasure basis. Move the cursor to the parameter whose setting you want to change and select a new value using the TIME/ VALUE dial. MEASURE: This parameter sets the measure position for the change in tempo, and it can be set within a range of 1 to 999. The position of the first tempo map entry is fixed at "1" and cannot, therefore, be changed. If a single tempo and beat can be used from the beginning to the end of your rhythm arrangement, there is no particular need to set up a Tempo Map or a Beat Map. Setting tempos for individual measures (Tempo Map) The Tempo Map function is used to set tempos for individual measures. This type of map arranges tempos on a measureby-measure basis, and it can be saved together with the rhythm arrangement. Press PROGRAMMABLE RHYTHM [ARRANGEMENT/ PATTERN] so the ARRANGEMENT indicator is lighted. The Rhythm Arrangement Selection screen will appear. fig. 21-33d You can create up to 50 tempo maps. [. . . ] 304, 309 Waveform Data Export screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Wh. CONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 WhTISUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]