Roland BR-864 owner manual Putting multiple tracks together Bounce, Input, Separate V-Track

Putting multiple tracks together (Bounce)

Although the BR-864 allows the simultaneous playback of eight tracks, when you run out of tracks, the BR-864 also lets you copy the recordings of multiple tracks together onto one track (V-Track). This is called “bounce” (also known as bounce recording or ping-pong recording). By combining multiple tracks in this way, you can free up other tracks in order to record additional performances.

In bounce mode, you can play back eight tracks simultaneously and record them all to a single, separate V-Track.

When input sources are selected with INPUT SELECT, you can have those sounds recorded together. Furthermore, you can include the sounds from the rhythm guide in the recording.

fig.01-601

TRACK 8-V1

TRACK 7-V1

TRACK 6-V1

TRACK 5-V1

TRACK 4-V1

TRACK 3-V1

TRACK 2-V1

	TRACK 1-V1	RHYTHM
INPUT	Track 1–8	Rhythm Guide

TRACK 8-V2

TRACK 7-V2

Separate V-Track

The explanation below uses an example of mixing the monaural recording on tracks 1 and 2 and the stereo recording on tracks 3 and 4, and bouncing them to V-Track 2 of tracks 3 and 4.

1.Set the pan for tracks 1 and 2 to the locations you desire, set the pan for track 3 all the way to the left (L50), and the pan for track 4 all the way to the right (R50).

“Setting the positioning (pan) of the sound” (p. 40)

2.Play back the song and adjust the volumes for the eight tracks using the REC TRACK faders.

The overall volume is adjusted by the MASTER fader. At this time, raise the volume as high as possible without allowing the sound to distort.

Lower the faders for the tracks that you do not want to mix.

*When using bounce recording, you can record the sounds with insert effects (p. 56), loop effects (p. 62), or Track EQ (p. 64) applied. When using the insert effects, refer to “Changing how the insert effects are used according to the mode” (p. 59).

3.Press [STOP].

4.Press [REC MODE] repeatedly until “BOUNCE” is indicated for REC MODE at the left of the screen. The track selection screen appears for stereo recording.

5.Use CURSOR [ ] [ ] and the TIME/VALUE dial to select the recording-destination track/V-Track.

Here, set this to “34V2” (V-Track 2 of Tracks 3 and 4).

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■: V-Tracks with recorded data.

❐: V-Tracks without data.

(When bouncing while recording in mono)

If you turn the TIME/VALUE dial at this time, the screen for specifying the track for mono recording is displayed.

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