User manual ROLAND BR-600 ANNEXE 61

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the BOSS BR-600 Digital Recorder. 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. Printing Conventions in This Manual · Text or numerals enclosed in square brackets [ ] indicate buttons. **) indicate pages in this manual to which you can refer. Copyright © 2005 BOSS CORPORATION All rights reserved. [. . . ] The drum kits' instrument sounds are used in performing arrangements and patterns. fig. 04-30 Select drum kits as described below. 1 While performance of the song is stopped, check to confirm that [PAD] is not lit, then press [PATTERN] or [ARRANGE]. When Pattern mode is selected [PATTERN] and [RHYTHM ON/OFF] light. fig. 04-040 BR-600 Preset Drum Kit 9 Preset Drum Kit 3 Preset Drum Kit 2 Preset Drum Kit 1 Kick Snare Closed Hi-hat Open Hi-hat Memory Card SONG SONG SONG Song Drum Kit Kick Snare P: Preset / S: Song When Arrangement mode is selected [ARRANGE] and [RHYTHM ON/OFF] light. fig. 04-040 P: Preset / S: Song · Drum kits are stored to each individual arrangement separately. · Switching kits in Pattern mode simultaneously switches the kits in Arrangement mode. · Even if you switch kits in a preset arrangement selected in Arrangement mode, the change is only temporary. If you want to save the change, first copy the preset arrangement to a song arrangement, then switch to the song arrangement to change the kit. 2 Press [RHYTHM EDIT]. Rev0. 10 136 Changing the Drum Sound (Drum Kits) 3 Press CURSOR [ ][ ] to move the cursor to "KIT, " and press [ENTER]. When using pattern mode 4 Use CURSOR [ ][ ] and the TIME/VALUE dial to select drum kits by switching the preset/song and number. (P1 ­ 9) STD1, 2 : ROOM : HARD : Standard sets Set with moderate ambience applied Set appropriate for hard rock Set appropriate for jazz Set appropriate for dance Set appropriate for dance Set appropriate for reggae Set based on the renowned "Roland TR808" rhythm machine Drum Kit Name JAZZ : HIP-HOP : HOUSE : REGGAE : Number P: Preset / S: Song 808 : (S1 ­ 5) When using arrangement mode fig. 04-060 SongKit 1 ­ 5 :Original drum kits assigned to each song. 5 Drum Kit Name Press [EXIT] repeatedly to return to the Play screen. Section 4 Number P: Preset / S: Song Rev0. 10 137 Changing the Drum Sound (Drum Kits) Creating Original Drum Kits (Tone Load) With the BR-600, you can create original drum kits not only with the internal drum sounds, but by loading drum sounds from external sources as well (Tone Load). Loading from the tracks Loading from other drum kits Loading from WAV/AIFF files (p. 186) Loading Drum Sounds from Audio Tracks This procedure cuts out a portion of the data recorded to the audio tracks and imports it as a drum sound. 1 2 Confirm that [PAD] is not lit, then press [UTILITY]. Press CURSOR [ ][ ] to move the cursor to "TONE, " and press [ENTER]. The Tone Load menu screen appears in the display. Wave data in the following formats can be imported. · WAV or AIFF format · Mono or Stereo · 8-bit or 16-bit · Sampling Rate : 44. 1 kHz Compressed WAV files or AIFF files cannot be loaded. Extremely short waveform data (less than approximately 100 ms) cannot be loaded. For the files to be imported, add the extension "WAV" to WAV files and the extension "AIF" to AIFF files. (Example) Kick: 3 seconds, snare: 3 seconds, crash cymbal: 7 seconds Total 13 seconds Stereo WAV and AIFF files imported with Tone Load are loaded as "mono" sounds with the left and right sides mixed. fig. 04-070 3 Press CURSOR [ ][ ] to move the cursor to "TRACK, " and press [ENTER]. The screen for loading sounds with Tone Load from the audio tracks appears in the display. fig. 04-080 4 Use CURSOR [ ][ ] and the TIME/VALUE dial to select the track/V-Track to load, and press [ENTER]. fig. 04-090 Rev0. 10 138 Changing the Drum Sound (Drum Kits) 5 Use CURSOR [ ][ ] and the TIME/VALUE dial to specify the range (start and end points) of drum sounds to be loaded in terms of measures or time locations. Start Point ("S") Specify the measure or location to be used as the start point for loading the drum sounds. fig. 04-100 Measure Beat 7 Specify the load-destination song drum kit with the TIME/VALUE dial, then press [ENTER]. S1 ­ 5 : Song Drum Kit 1 ­ 5 Hours Minutes Seconds Frame End Point ("E") Specify the measure or location to be used as the end point for loading the drum sounds. From the screen for setting the start point, press CURSOR [ ] repeatedly to display the screen for setting the end point. fig. 04-110 8 Specify the load-destination drum sound with the TIME/VALUE dial, then press [ENTER]. To cancel, press [EXIT]. Measure Beat Hours Minutes Seconds Frame You may find it convenient to use the "scrub, " "punch in, " and "locator" functions to set the range containing the drum sounds you want to load beforehand. You can use the scrub function to repeat playback and locate the point from which loading is to start (the start point) and press AUTO PUNCH [IN], then after determining the point at which loading is to finish (the end point), press [LOCATOR] to register the range to be loaded. Using this technique of setting the start point with AUTO PUNCH [IN] and the end point with [LOCATOR] allows you to set the range to be loaded very rapidly. Section 4 · You can press [ENTER] to switch between the start point and end point settings screens. · You can preview the drum sounds in the specified range by moving the cursor to "PVW" and pressing [ENTER]. Determine the sounds to load while setting the start and end points and the length, and repeating the preview. 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