Roland BR-864 owner manual Playing Back a Song, Changing the current position, Quick Start

Listening to the demo songs

3.	Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select “01:Dreamin’.”
	Title	Composer	Copyright
	Dreamin’	Yutaka Nakano	© 2003, BOSS Corporation
4.
	Press [ENTER].

■If you have changed the recording or editing

Since the BR-864 automatically updates the recorded data and operation content if the recording or editing have been changed, you do not need to perform any special operations for saving.

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

*If you try to record or edit data using a protected demo song, “Protected!” appears.

Playing Back a Song

1.Move the TRACK faders 1/5–4/8 and the RHYTHM GUIDE fader to the positions shown in the figure

below, and lower the MASTER fader.

fig.00-315

2.Press [PLAY].

fig.00-316

The song starts. Slowly increase the MASTER fader and adjust the volume to the desired level.

Use of the demo song supplied with this product for any purpose other than private, personal enjoyment without the permission of the copyright holder is prohibited by law. Additionally, this data must not be copied, nor used in a secondary copyrighted work without the permission of the copyright holder.

By adjusting the TRACK faders, you can listen to the individual sounds recorded to each track one at a time or listen to them at the balance you desire.

Press [FF] to fast-forward the song and press [REW] to rewind the song. Press [ZERO] to move to the time location 00:00:00-00.0.

In addition to the procedures given above, you can also change your current position in the song using the procedures given below.

Changing the current position

Elapsed time display

The value given at “TIME” in the display shows the elapsed time into the song using MTC (MIDI time codes) and is expressed as follows: hours-minutes-seconds-frames-sub frames.

The time code specifications can differ depending on the device. To synchronize operation with another device using MTC, you will first need to match the time code specifications of both devices. At the factory settings, one second is set to 30 frames (non-drop) (p. 142).

Moving to the start of a play

To move to the time where the first sound of a song is recorded, press and hold [STOP] and press [REW].

Each V-Track of the selected track is checked and you move to the time of the first recorded sound for the song.

Press [ZERO] to move to the time location 00:00:00-00.0.

Moving to the end of a play

To move to the time where the last sound of a song is recorded, press and hold [STOP] and press [FF].

Each V-Track of the selected track is checked and you move to the time of the last recorded sound for the song.

fig.00-317

TIME
00:00:00-00.0			23:59:59-29.9
		Section of the song recorded
			[	STOP] + [FF]
[ZERO]	[STOP] + [REW]

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