Boss Audio Systems BR-900CD owner manual Creating Original Patterns, 127, Measure, Quantize

Creating Original Patterns

4.Use [CURSOR] and the TIME/VALUE dial to set the measure, beat, and click from which to start recording of the pattern.

Measure

This sets the number of measures in the pattern to be recorded.

Valid Settings: 1–999

Tempo

When recording, this sets the tempo for confirming the pattern.

Valid Settings: 25.0–250.0

*The tempo setting here is exclusively for confirmation of the pattern recording. This tempo is not stored in the pattern (you cannot make any individual tempo settings for the patterns themselves).

Time Signature

This sets the time signature (i.e., the beat) for the pattern to be recorded.

Valid Settings: 1/1–8/1, 1/2–8/2, 1/4–8/4, 1/8–8/8

Quantize

This sets the recording quantization.

Setting Quantize lets you to have the sounds being input conform to preset note lengths, thus eliminating discrepancies in the input timing.

*Press “HI” you want to keep the timing used to input the sounds.

Valid Settings:

Quarter note	Sixteenth-note triplet
Quarter-note triplet	Thirty-second note
Eighth note	Thirty-second-note triplet
Eighth-note triplet	HI
Sixteenth note

5.Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to “REC,” and press [ENTER].

The count-in is played, and then Realtime Recording starts.

*You can also start Realtime Recording by pressing the [REC] button.

6.Set the velocity (how “hard” the note is played) for the sounds to be input from the current point by adjusting Fader 1.

The current velocity value is briefly indicated where the beat value normally appears.

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Velocity

7.Input the drum sounds with the desired timing. Use REC TRACK [1]–[6] to input the drum sounds.

You can switch the UPPER and LOWER drum sounds by pressing [RHYTHM PAD].

[RHYTHM PAD] Lit

Enables input of the UPPER drum sounds.

REC TRACK [1]	KICK
REC TRACK [2]	SNARE
REC TRACK [3]	CLOSED HIHAT
REC TRACK [4]	OPEN HIHAT
REC TRACK [5]	CRASH CYMBAL
REC TRACK [6]	RIDE CYMBAL

[RHYTHM PAD] Flashing

Enables input of the LOWER drum sounds.

REC TRACK [1]	CROSS STICK
REC TRACK [2]	COWBELL
REC TRACK [3]	TOM1
REC TRACK [4]	TOM2
REC TRACK [5]	TOM3
REC TRACK [6]	TOM4

You can confirm the drum sound currently being input by checking the matrix at the bottom part of the display.

Indicated in the matrix

You can confirm the timing at which each rhythm instrument sounds in the matrix display.

The ▼ mark in the lower part of the matrix indicates beat timing.

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