Boss Audio Systems BR-900CD owner manual Loading Drum Sounds from WAV/AIFF Files Tone Load, 171

With Windows

Loading Drum Sounds from WAV/AIFF Files (Tone Load)

You can import WAV and AIFF files on your computer and load these as drum sounds (TONE LOAD).

●The Rhythm and Tone Load functions cannot be used when tracks are bounced directly to a CD (p. 59).

●Wave data in the following formats can be imported. You cannot import wave data in other formats.

•WAV or AIFF format

•Mono or Stereo

•8-bit or 16-bit

•Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz

●Compressed WAV files or AIFF files cannot be loaded.

●Extremely short waveform data (less than approximately 100 msec) cannot be loaded.

●The loop point settings within an AIFF file will be ignored.

●Add the extension “WAV” to imported WAV files and the extension “AIF” to imported AIFF files.

●You can load drum sounds of up to 13 seconds for a single drum kit.

(Example)

Kick: 3 seconds, snare: 3 seconds,

crash cymbal: 7 seconds → Total 13 seconds

●Stereo WAV and AIFF files are loaded as “mono” sounds with the left and right sides mixed.

1.Connect your computer and the BR-900CD with a USB cable.

2.Confirm that the recorder is stopped, then press [UTILITY].

3.Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to “USB,” and press [ENTER].

The USB screen appears.

4.Select “BACKUP” with the TIME/VALUE dial, then press [ENTER].

The Idling screen appears in the display.

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*You cannot carry out the following procedure unless the Idling screen is displayed. Refer to p. 212 for instructions on resolving this problem.

The “BOSS_BR-900” (or “Removable disk (*:)”) icon is

added to the computer.

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(Ex.)

BOSS_BR-900 Removable Disk (*:)

5.Import the WAV or AIFF file.

1)Click the “BOSS_BR-900” (or “Removable disk (*:)”) icon.

2)Drag the imported WAV or AIFF file to the

“TONELOAD” folder in the “ROLAND” folder.

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When you have finished importing the WAV or AIFF files, the Idling screen returns to the display.

6.Quit the connection to the computer.

With Windows XP

In My Computer, right-click on the “BOSS_BR-900” icon (or “Removable disk (*:)” icon) to “Eject” the disk.

*If this procedure fails to eject the disk, use the procedure below.

1)Click the icon in the task tray, then click the “Stop USB Disk—drive (*:)” message displayed there.

Section 7

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Task Bar Task Tray

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