Roland BR-864 Turning off the internal microphone, Adjusting the input sensitivity, 1 3 2 2,3

Recording/playing back a song

[MIC]

Select to record the signal from a microphone connected to the MIC jack or from the internal microphone.

When the MIC indictor for the INPUT SELECT button is lit, you can use both the microphone connected to the MIC jack and the internal microphone simultaneously.

*Your BR-864 is shipped with its internal microphone turned on. When not using the internal microphone, be sure to turn it off (see next section).

[LINE]

Select this when you wish to record the sound of an instrument or CD player connected to the LINE jacks.

[SIMUL]

To record the vocal and guitar at the same time, press [GUITAR/BASS] and [MIC] simultaneously. Both indicators light, telling you that simultaneous recording is now possible.

•When two recording tracks are selected, the GUITAR/ BASS is recorded to Track 1, 3, 5, 7, and the MIC is recorded to Track 2, 4, 6, 8.

•When one recording track is selected, the GUITAR/ BASS and MIC are mixed and then recorded.

Turning off the internal microphone

To use only the microphone connected to the MIC jack, you

must first turn off the internal microphone.

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1.Press [UTILITY].

2.Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] to move the cursor to “SYS,” and press [ENTER].

3.Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select “Onbrd Mic,” and turn off the microphone with the TIME/VALUE dial.

4.Press [UTILITY] (or press [EXIT] repeatedly) to return to the Play screen.

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

Adjusting the input sensitivity

When input from GUITAR/BASS or MIC is selected, adjust their input sensitivity with the relevant SENS knob.

In order to record at a good sound level, you should adjust the input levels so that the PEAK indicator lights momentarily when a guitar is strummed strongly or vocals are sung loudly.

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