Recording Equipment User Manual
Table Of Contents
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
- IMPORTANT NOTES
- Precautions Regarding the Hard Disk
- Before Using CD-R/RW Discs
- About the CD-ROM “Discrete Drums”
- Contents
- Introduction to the BR-1600CD
- Panel Descriptions
- Extra information on jacks and connectors
- Common operations and display items
- Section 1 Advanced Use
- Re-recording only the portion that is mistaken (Punch In/Out)
- Using V-Tracks
- Placing markers in your song (Marker)
- Registering and recalling mixer settings (Scene)
- Recalling scenes automatically during recording or playback (Auto Scene)
- Finding the start or end of a section of audio (Scrub/Preview)
- Editing a recorded performance (Track Edit)
- Maximizing the volume levels of data recorded to the tracks (Normalize)
- Organizing your songs
- Section 2 Using Effects
- Makeup of BR-1600CD effects
- Using insert effects
- Effect patches and banks
- Makeup of effect patches
- Modifying insert effect settings
- Switching compressors, equalizers, and low-cut filters between stereo and mono
- Saving insert effect settings (Effect Patch Write)
- Copying insert effect settings (Effect Patch Copy)
- Changing insert effect connections
- Using an expression pedal
- Insert effect algorithm list
- Insert effect parameter functions
- Acoustic Guitar Simulator
- Acoustic Processor
- 3 Band Equalizer
- 4 Band Equalizer
- Bass Simulator
- Bass Cut Filter
- Chorus
- 2x2 Chorus
- Compressor
- COSM Comp/Limiter (COSM Compressor/Limiter)
- COSM Overdrive/Distortion
- COSM PreAmp&Speaker
- De-esser
- Defretter
- Delay
- Distance
- Doubling
- Enhancer
- Flanger
- Foot Volume
- Humanizer
- Limiter
- Low Cut Filter
- Lo-Fi Box
- Mic Converter
- Noise Suppressor
- Octave
- Pan
- Phaser
- Pickup Simulator
- Pitch Shifter
- Preamp
- Ring Modulator
- Short Delay
- Slow Gear
- Speaker Simulator
- Sub Equalizer
- Tremolo
- Tremolo/Pan
- Uni-V
- Vibrato
- Voice Transformer
- Wah
- Using track-specific compressors and equalizers
- Using loop effects
- Fixing the pitch of vocals/Adding a backing chorus to vocals (Vocal Tool Box)
- The Vocal Tool Box
- Makeup of the Vocal Tool Box
- Vocal Tool Box patches
- Fixing the pitch of vocals (Pitch Correction)
- Setting the correction method for vocal pitch (Pitch Correction Edit)
- Applying a backing chorus to vocals (Harmony Sequence)
- Inserting rests in a backing chorus
- Setting the application method for backing choruses (Harmony Sequence Edit)
- Saving Vocal Tool Box settings (Patch Write)
- Copying Vocal Tool Box settings (Patch Copy)
- Recreating the characteristics of different monitor speakers (Speaker Modeling)
- Speaker Modeling parameter functions
- Using the Mastering Tool Kit
- Mastering Tool Kit parameter functions
- Effect parameters assigned to VALUE knobs
- Section 3 Using Rhythm
- Makeup of Drum/Bass/Loop Phrase
- Rhythm arrangements
- Using drums
- Creating drum patterns
- Preparing for recording
- Creating drum patterns using real-time recording
- Creating drum patterns using step recording
- Correcting drum patterns (Microscope)
- Changing the drum pattern’s groove (Swing)
- Changing a drum pattern’s name
- Copying drum patterns
- Deleting drum patterns
- Loading drum patterns from the CD-R/RW drive (SMF Import)
- Using bass
- Creating bass patterns
- Preparing for recording
- Creating bass patterns using real-time recording
- Creating bass patterns using step recording
- Correcting bass patterns (Microscope)
- Changing the bass pattern’s groove (Swing)
- Changing a bass pattern’s name
- Copying bass patterns
- Deleting bass patterns
- Loading bass patterns from the CD-R/RW drive (SMF Import)
- Using Loop Phrases
- Creating Loop Phrases
- Setting the Universal Beat for Drums, Bass, and Loop Phrases
- Using rhythm arrangements
- Creating rhythm arrangements
- Assembling drum and bass patterns
- Canceling pattern allocations
- Inserting patterns
- Inputting chords
- Changing and moving chords
- Deleting chords
- Inserting chords
- Assembling Loop Phrases
- Canceling Loop Phrase allocations
- Inserting Loop Phrases
- Copying a Loop Phrase from a rhythm arrangement to an audio track
- Modifying all of the loop phrases in the current rhythm arrangement (Arrangement Modify)
- Naming and saving rhythm arrangements
- Copying a rhythm arrangement
- Deleting a rhythm arrangement
- Setting tempos and beats for individual measures (Tempo Map/Beat Map)
- Using a metronome
- Section 4 Using the CD-R/RW Drive
- Section 5 Using MIDI
- MIDI fundamentals
- Playing drum and bass patterns on external MIDI sound module
- Synchronizing external MIDI sequencers and rhythm machines
- Controlling MMC-compatible devices from the BR-1600CD
- Controlling track volumes via MIDI (MIDI Fader)
- Inputting drum and bass patterns from a MIDI keyboard (MIDI Recording)
- Using MIDI to Control the Switching of the Insert Effects (Effects Program Change)
- Controlling external video devices from the BR-1600CD (V-LINK)
- Section 6 Using USB
- Section 7 Other Convenient Functions
- Tuning instruments (Tuner)
- Automatically adjusting the input volume balance (Level Calibration)
- Muting individual inputs
- Inputting audio with no loss of quality (Digital In Assign)
- Creating a master tape protected from digital copying
- Changing the content of the level meter display (Pre/Post Fader)
- Using condenser microphones (Phantom Power)
- Mixing audio-device output with the BR-1600CD’s output (Audio Sub Mix)
- Initializing all BR-1600CD settings (Initialize)
- Performing hard disk operations
- Appendices

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Error Messages
Appendices
Not Blank Disc!
Cause: The CD-R/RW disc already has data written to it.
Action: Place a CD-R/RW disc with no data written to it (a
blank disc) in the CD-R/RW drive.If using a CD-
RW disc, you can erase the data on the disc in
order to create a blank disc (p. 214).
Not CD-RW Disc!
Cause: The disc is not a CD-R/RW disc, so the data
cannot be erased.
Action: Use a CD-R/RW disc.
Pattern Memory Full!
Cause: The total number of sounds in the drum and bass
patterns has exceeded 10,000.
Action: Delete unneeded patterns (p. 161, p. 174).
Protected Song!
Cause: Since Song Protect is ON, the operation cannot be
executed.
Action: Turn Song Protect Off. (p. 71)
Select Track!
Cause: You attempted to execute a track editing
operation without specifying the track to which
the operation will apply.
Action: Specify the track, and then execute the editing
operation.
Select Data!
Cause: The data or files upon which the operation is to
be performed have not yet been specified.
Action: Select data or files and repeat the operation.
Set Location!
Cause: No target data or file has been selected yet.
Action: Select the data before continuing.
Stop Recorder!
Cause: The operation you attempted cannot be done
while the recorder is running (playing or
recording).
Action: Press [STOP] to stop playback or recording.
Sync Track Full!
Cause: All of the remaining memory was used up during
the Sync Track recording process.
Action: No further recording will be possible. Reduce the
recording time and repeat the recording process.
Too Many Songs!
Cause 1: The song creation operation would result in the
number of songs exceeding 999.
Action 1: Erase unneeded songs (p. 69) and repeat the song
creation process.
Cause 2: The import operation would result in the number
of songs exceeding 999.
Action 2: Erase unneeded songs (p. 69) and repeat the song
import operation.
Too Long Name!
Cause: The names of files and folders on the current CD-
R/RW disc are too long.
Action: Add up the lengths of all file names and folder
names, and then modify these names to reduce the
total number of characters to 236 or less.
Too Many Tracks!
Cause: You attempted to write more than 99 tracks to the
audio CD being created.
Action: Reduce the number of tracks you are writing to 99
or fewer tracks.
Wrong Disc!
Cause: A disc other than the required CD-R/RW disc is
placed in the drive.
Action: Place a CD-R/RW disc in the drive.
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