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Makeup of Drum/Bass/Loop Phrase

The BR-1600CD's programmable rhythm section comprises tracks for Drum Patterns, Bass Patterns, and Loop Phrases. When
used, you will be able to have your favorite rhythms automatically played over and over to provide a convenient guide for
recording and practicing. In addition, you can arrange different rhythm performances for the intro, the verse, the chorus, and
other sections in a sequence that matches your song, and this makes it much easier to produce great-sounding demos (Rhythm
Arrangement, p. 148).
This chapter will provide a description of Drum Patterns, Bass Patterns, and Loop Phrases. In addition, rhythm arrangements will
also be described.

Drums

On the BR-1600CD, tracks 15/16 are designated as the drum tracks, and can be used to automatically play drum parts. By
selecting realistic drums sounds from the internal PCM drum samples and by setting a suitable tempo, you can have the BR-
1600CD automatically play drum parts that are perfect for making demo songs.
Drum tracks usually contain a variety of percussion instrument sounds, such as kick drums, snares, hi-hats, etc. The BR-1600CD
features a broad variety of these sounds, which are organized into sets called “drum kits.” There are nine drum kits in all on the
BR-1600CD, and these reflect a wide range of different musical styles.
Furthermore, drum tracks can also be made to automatically play basic drum performances of one or several measures in a
repetitive fashion.
At the time of purchase, the BR-1600CD contains 600 preset drum patterns, which cannot be overwritten. In addition, the BR-
1600CD can also store 999 user drum patterns, which can be used in any song, and 999 song drum patterns, which are stored
together with a specific song. User drum patches and song drum patches can be overwritten.

• For details on how drums are actually used, refer to “Using drums” (p. 149).
• Drums can only be used when Track 15/16 has been set up as a drum track using its track type setting (p. 149).
• Up to five individual drums sounds can be played simultaneously. If an attempt is made to play more than five such sounds
at any one time, any previous sounds that are still being played will be silenced before new sounds are played.

Bass

On the BR-1600CD, tracks 13/14 are designated as the bass tracks, and can be used to automatically play bass parts. By selecting
realistic bass sounds from the internal PCM bass samples and by setting a suitable tempo, you can have the BR-1600CD
automatically play bass parts that are perfect for making demo songs.
The BR-1600CD comes complete with twelve different bass guitar sounds including fingered, picked, and slap bass, thus allowing
you to recreate a wide range of different musical styles and genres.
In addition, bass tracks can also be made to automatically play basic bass performances in a repetitive fashion. The data used to create
these basic bass performances is known as a bass pattern.
At the time of purchase, the BR-1600CD contains 583 preset bass patterns, and these cannot be overwritten. In addition, the BR-1600CD
can also store 999 user bass patterns that can be used in any song and 999 song bass patterns that are saved together with a specific song.
User bass patterns and song bass patterns can be overwritten.

• For details on how bass are actually used, refer to “Using bass” (p. 163).
• Bass can only be used when Track 13/14 has been set up as a bass track using its track type setting (p. 163).
• The BR-1600CD uses mono bass sounds.
• Only one sound can be played simultaneously. If an attempt is made to play more than two such sounds at any one time, any
previous sounds that are still being played will be silenced before new sound is played.
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