User manual ROLAND BR-1180

[. . . ] Owner's Manual Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the BOSS BR-1180/1180CD 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. Printing Conventions in This Manual · Text or numerals enclosed in square brackets [ ] indicate buttons. [. . . ] If "ALL" is selected, then the entire group of loop phrases is erased. * Here, the number of measures and the tempo are set automatically according to the length of the imported loop phrase. If you want to change these settings, refer to the following section "Editing the loop phrase settings. " 4. Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to "MEAS" (measure count) or "BEAT" (time signature), then rotate the TIME/VALUE dial to edit the settings. If you want to edit the loop phrase playback start point or end point 1) Move the cursor to "EDIT, " then press [ENTER]. The screen for setting the playback start and end points appears. fig. R14-06 2) Move the cursor to "Start" or "End, " then rotate the TIME/VALUE dial to edit the settings. Editing the loop phrase settings When creating a loop phrase, the number of measures and the tempo are set automatically according to the length of the phrase. In addition, the loop phrase playback start point and end point are set to the beginning and end, respectively, of the waveform data. To change these settings later on, use the following procedure. Press [LOOP PHRASE IMPORT], causing the button to light up. Press [CURSOR] to select the "EDIT" icon, then press [ENTER]. The loop phrase edit screen appears. fig. R14-05 * You can edit the start and end points using 16-sample resolution. * You can check how the results of the edit will sound. Move the cursor to "PRVW" and press [ENTER] to play back the loop phrase. Press [ENTER] again to stop the playback. If you want to change the loop phrase name 1) Move the cursor to "NAME, " then press [ENTER]. The loop phrase name screen appears. fig. R14-30 2) Use [CURSOR] and the TIME/VALUE dial to edit the name. 5. When changing other loop phrases as well, repeat Steps 3 and 4. * Changes to the settings are fixed as a group with the following operation. When you have finished editing the settings, move the cursor to "GO, " the press [ENTER]. The message "Write Sure?" appears. Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the loop phrase number, and rotate the TIME/VALUE dial to select the loop phrase. When "Complete!" appears, the editing the loop phrase settings is finished. 94 Using loop phrases Assigning loop phrases to the track buttons When the cursor is positioned at the loop phrase number, you can input loop phrases in rhythm arrangements easily by assigning the loop phrases to track buttons 1­9. Track loop phrase assignments can be stored on an individual song basis. Press [LOOP PHRASE IMPORT], causing the button to light up. [. . . ] 75 Undo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 UNDO/REDO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 75 USE SP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 USER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]