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About the BOSS BR-80 Workshop Booklets The BOSS MICRO BR® BR-80 is an awesome portable tool for any songwriter or musician, especially if you’re a guitarist. Packed into its convenient, pocket-sized body are three incredibly useful tools: a stereo recorder for capturing ideas and live sounds using the high-quality built-in mics, an eight-track multitrack recorder for developing your songs, and an irresistibly fun eBand jamming system.
4 Press ENTER, and then highlight USB. The BR-80’s SD card appears as a removable drive on your computer. If you’re on a Mac, it’ll be on your desktop. If you’re using Windows, it’ll appear as one of your computer’s drives. In OSX: 5 Press ENTER. 6 If USB isn’t set to STORAGE—the factory default—turn the Value dial so it is. BR-80 EBAND If you need to change the setting from AUDIO to STORAGE, a dialog appears—press ENTER, restart your BR-80, and skip to Step 8 below.
2 Double-click the ROLAND folder to reveal its contents. (You may not see all of the files shown here.) 3 Double-click the MASTERING folder to reveal your mastering tracks. 4 You can audition any of the MASTERING folder’s files as you would any other audio file on your computer. 5 To copy one of the audio files to your computer, drag it to the desired location.
Launching the BRWC Once the software’s installed and the BR-80’s connected, launch the BRWC. When it first starts up, your computer’s hard drive is selected. Understanding the BRWC The grid in the window shows you the tracks and V-Tracks in the selected song. Each track is shown as a vertical column of buttons representing its V-Tracks, as shown here to the right. The track columns are presented from left to right, with each track’s number appearing at the bottom of its column.
Using the BRWC 3 Exporting V-Tracks as Audio Files If you’re exporting more than a single mono or stereo V-Track, you’ll want to create a new folder in this dialog before proceeding to keep your audio files organized and easy to locate later.
• Consider your Song’s tempo—To sit properly in your BR-80 song, the tempo of the audio file you’re importing should match the song’s. If it doesn’t, it may sound sped-up or slowed-down in the song. (Of course, this may be a good thing, depending on your taste.) • Imported audio files are placed on V-Tracks—You select the track and V-Track onto which the file is imported.
