Boss Audio Systems BR-900CD Creating Original Arrangements, Starting Measure, Pattern Number

Creating Original Arrangements

You can create arrangements (Song arrangements) of up to

999 measures.

1.Make sure performance of the song is stopped, then press [ARRANGE/PATTERN/OFF] repeatedly until the

indicator is lit.

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2.Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] and the TIME/VALUE dial to select the Arrangement number.

3.Press [EDIT].

The Arrangement Edit screen appears.

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4.Press [CURSOR] to move the cursor to “STEP,” and press [ENTER].

The Recording Standby screen appears.

*You cannot switch from the Recording Standby screen for arrangements to other screens (except for the drum kit

selection screen).

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StepPattern Number

Starting Measure Time Signature

Tempo Pattern Name

Information about the performance is displayed in the matrix display at the bottom of the screen.

5.Press [CURSOR] to move the cursor to “Step,” then turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the step to be edited.

*You can press [REW] to move to the immediately preceding step, or press [FF] to move to the next step.

6.Press [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the parameter you want to change, then turn the TIME/VALUE dial to change the setting’s value.

*You can press [PLAY] here to play the sound of the pattern in the currently selected step.

Starting Measure

Set the measure where the pattern that is selected by the current step will start playing.

fig.03-303a
Step 1	Step 2

		Intro		Verse
Strating		(1 measure)		(1 measure)
Measure	001		002	003

Set the starting measure to “3” in step 2

		Step 1		Step 2
		Intro		Verse
Strating		(2 measures)		(1 measure)
Measure	001	002	003

*The starting measure for step 1 is always set to “001.” This cannot be changed.

*You cannot set a starting measure that is equal to, or earlier than the starting measure that is set for the previous step.

*You cannot set a starting measure that is beyond the starting measure of the next step.

Pattern Number

Select the pattern. Set the patterns for each step as shown

in the figure below.

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Step 1	Step 2	Step 3

		Intro		Verse		Fill
		(2 measures)		(1 measure)		(1 measure)
Starting		Tempo: 120.0		Tempo: 110.0		Tempo: 110.0
Measure	001		003		004

*When an arrangement is played from within the Play screen, the arrangement plays all the way to the end, and then the performance of the pattern set in the last step is repeated. Thus, by setting the preset pattern “P327 BREAK” for the last step, you can have a rest be played repeatedly, which makes it

seem as if the performance of the arrangement has stopped.

fig.03-304a

Step 1	Step 2	Step **	Step **
Intro	Verse	Ending	P327
			BREAK

Time Signature

Set the time signature of the pattern that is selected by the current step.

Tempo

Set the tempo of the pattern that is selected by the current step.

Valid Settings: 25.0–250.0

7.When you have finished creating the arrangement, press [EXIT] repeatedly.

The Play screen is displayed again, and the arrangement is saved.

*During updating, “Keep power on!” appears in the upper line of the display, while the lower line shows what is being processed.

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