How to use all (2) of your licks in 30 seconds.......

[puppyonacid]

.....nah I'm kidding. I have 3 really. Did this with my new Boss Micro BR in 5 mins flat on Saturday.

These are fabby groovy fun little devices that I highly recomend. Particularly if you're a bit of a technophobe like me. I wish I knew more, but this'll do me for now. 3 tracks, 2 rhythm guitars and 1 lead, recorded, mixed, mastered and made into an MP3 in 5 mins. It's only 30 seconds or so of music but for me, that's pretty good as far as actually mixing stuff goes. I've always struggled getting my head around such things.

Recorded with my JP6 straight into the device. Enjoy!


MP3 Player SoundClick

 

[unclerico]

Really nice.

Is this the device straight into the computer, or. . . ?

 

[mesaboogieman]

The recording sounded really good. I've got one of those recorders but have only used it to record my band playing live but you have now inspired me to use it as a multi-tracker

 

[puppyonacid]

Yup. I'm gonna record the band with it on Sunday. And it's a stand alone device really unclerico. Straight into the BR. You can use speakers or head phones. It just needs you to plug in and play. Once you're happy with the recording and the mix, you basically save it as an MP3. Then plug it into the computer and its basically seen then as a storage device from which you can drag and drop your finished pieces onto your PC's hard drive.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

That link isn't working for me, do you have a link for the main page where you select hi/lo fi?

 

[puppyonacid]

SoundClick artist: MyStuffByPhil - page with MP3 music downloads

think that should do it. Its really not worth it heehee.

 

[Jack FFR1846]

Very cool.

I've used Sound Forge, but it's only single track, so cumbersome....record...put the mp3 on an ipod....play the ipod into the aux and play over it, then save...repeat.

How'd you do the drum track?

jack

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Phil, thanks! I'm looking into a new digital recorder, and that one is an option. I have an old Boss BR-532 that finally died. The sound quality of your clip was better than what I got out of the 532, and the drum patches sounded a bit better, too.

 

[puppyonacid]

There are 99 patterns already in the Micro BR. You can edit them as far putting different grooves from different patterns in, but you cant actually make your own from scratch. And, they're all in 4/4 time which is a big limitation in my mind. There is a metronome thatll cover jsut about any meter you want, but it wont alternate between different meters.

You could, in theory, make your own drum grooves on your PC and export them, but from what I know, it's fiddly. The device does have limitations, but, for the price and the quality I think its pretty cool. Could you record an album with it? Unlikely. You can demo stuff on it. It's really there as a sketch book to get ideas onto. When you look at it that way I can see it as invaluable. It'll fit in your case, and the battery life is ok. Headphones, guitar lead and some inspiration and you're away.

 

[fbecir]

There are 99 patterns already in the Micro BR. You can edit them as far putting different grooves from different patterns in, but you cant actually make your own from scratch. And, they're all in 4/4 time which is a big limitation in my mind. There is a metronome thatll cover jsut about any meter you want, but it wont alternate between different meters.

Indeed, the 4/4 pattern are the big limitation of the Micro BR.
I own one for more than 6 months. It's a very nice tool especially when you need to travel. Now I just take my guitar and the MicroBR when I go on holydays.
It's also very nice for working with MP3 (you can put some MP3 and slow them down in order to work those tricky parts ...).
I was able to produce some decent stuff with it ... the limitations are not the MicroBR but my own lack of knack

Concerning the metronome, you can program a song where you will alternate between different patterns. For instance you can program a song with 4 measures in 4/4, 7 measures in 5/4, 8 mesaures in 3/4. For each measure you can define a tempo.
The screen is small. My recommendation is to work with a sheet of paper where you will write all the important stuff. You will gain time (especially if you need to program the drum machine).

For the price, the MicroBR is really a nice tool.

 

[puppyonacid]

Concerning the metronome, you can program a song where you will alternate between different patterns. For instance you can program a song with 4 measures in 4/4, 7 measures in 5/4, 8 mesaures in 3/4. For each measure you can define a tempo.
The screen is small. My recommendation is to work with a sheet of paper where you will write all the important stuff. You will gain time (especially if you need to program the drum machine).

Oh right. I did not know that. Thanks . I don't see why, if you can do that with the metronome, they wouldnt let you program the drums in the same way. It'd be so cool demoing my bands stuff on it. Now that I know tho I can do that with the metronome I can at least try out some guitar parts.

 

[Spudmurphy]

Hate you!!

- bloody great stuff!!!!!!!

 

[Volt]

Cool!