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BOSS BR-1180 Recording Studio
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BOSS BR-1180 Recording Studio: Boss BR-1180 studio
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By: , rated the BR-1180 Recording Studio:
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I bought this as an accompanying device to multitrack some guitar-based music. . then play along with my own rythm and basslines. . . Anyway, the "manual schmanual" marketing mantra for this device blows. . . Unless "manual schmanual" really ment "don't bother with the manual because it's not very helpful". . Although, compared to other Roland products I have bought the manual is about average. . .
Beyond some start-up pain I had, you can diddle around with the functions and get the jist pretty quickly. . . It took me about an hour to figure enough out to record some music. The drum machine portion of the unit is very terse. . Although if you've ever used a Roland drum machine most of the features will be famaliar. . . For my first go I simply wanted to pick and 8-bar pattern and repeat (like every other drum machine I have owned). . . . No go. . patterns only play once. . so you need to use the "Arrange" function and setup a song. . . also terse - manual no help here - but you will figure it out after a little fiddling with the function. . .
Also, they crammed a lot of stuff behind the "utility" function. . so be prepared to dig a little for some of the stuff. . . But, above and beyond the moderate start-up pain, the unit relly shines in the sound department. . .
The preset percussion patterns are very usable right out of the box, and the sounds are stellar. . . The COSM guitar effect are great. . (I've got an old Roland RP-1000 rack mount COSM modeling effects box and a GT-5 floor unit. . and every few years I buy a new unit for the updated sounds - I don't have time or talent to program them myself. . Anyway, I was not disappointed here. . great sounds and some great bass simulation patches. . . . )
Recording is very easy, simply pick a track and hit record. . minor complaint - the unit defaults to the end of the recording so you always need to hit the "zero" button to start at the beginning of the song. . The mixdown and mastering tool is very easy. . and if you hate the mixdown starting over is simple. . You don't lose the raw data. Speaking of which, the (very quiet) 60gb hard disk provides 60 hours of uncompressed recording time - although I'm not sure if that's one track or eight.
Haven't figured out the virtual tracks yet. . played with the concept for a few minutes. . this will take more experimentation - manual also not terribly helpful here. . . Also, haven't tried to use the CD yet. . but the manual is ok here and the functions look fairly straight-forward. .
Final word. . Aside from the pejoritive documentation issues, this unit is really great - especially for the casual hobbiest - After coming up to speed after a one-hour learning curve session - I could put together a multitrack "song" (that's what the unit calls em', not me) very quickly. . . Also made two takes (on two adjacent tracks) at a 16-bar solo. . and very easily cut and pasted a from each to bulid a really good solo - (my wife actually listened to the entire thing). . Anyway, for what it's worth I'm inclined to give this an 8 out of 10. . . Hope this was helpful. .
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BOSS BR-1180 Recording Studio: BR-1180: a good machine for this novice
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By: , rated the BR-1180 Recording Studio:
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I am a long time "serious amateur" musician and singer, who is not a recording engineer at all. I have always wanted to be able to do good quality recordings of multiple tracks with ac. & elec. guitar, bass, and dubbed vocals, and have a decent sounding drum track with it. I have used some cheap 4 track cassette type machines and felt like they were little more than toys, but have been unable to afford a machine with the capabilities of the 1180, even if I had been able to learn to use it.
The BR-1180 fits this bill very nicely. I was able to navigate my way around pretty easily in laying down a drum and bass track, and some vocals. I am now trying to figure out how to mix down and eventually burn to a CD, and it seems pretty straightforward. The recording quality is quite good.
For a musician who likes to work independently and has for years wanted a machine that can do this, this is a dream come true. It certainly is not the best pro level machine, but for a musician who wants to learn with a digital hard disk system, at a thousand bucks, this is a fantastic moment in history
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BOSS BR-1180 Recording Studio: Boss Br-1180
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Ok for small projects
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BOSS BR-1180 Recording Studio: Boss BR 1180/CD review
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So much for instant gratification. . . . I did get the great guitar sounds and the drums sound quite good. . . . . . But. . . . Writing and arranging songs and new drum patterns is a major pain. . . I'm not well versed with the Roland drum machine culture so the manual ended up on the floor, the section on arranging and such is very frustrating, so much so that I will use my Alesis for the drum tracks. I will admit to this being my first digital recorder after years of tape of all sizes, initially the unit has all the potential to be a handy and nice sounding notepad for advanced ideas, but someone had better go and have a word with whomever writes the manuals, as the one provided is lacking to say the least. Doesn't make first time users like myself very pleased with the product
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BOSS BR-1180 Recording Studio: Br-1180
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This is newly purchased for our studio and it is very user friendly piece of equipment. So far it has been relatively easy to use
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BOSS BR-1180 Recording Studio: recorder
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I love it
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