Document Outline

• IMPORTANT NOTES
• Introduction to the BR-864
  • Features
  • Memory cards supported by your BR-864
  • How to remove the card protector
• Panel Descriptions
  • Front Panel
  • Display
  • Rear Panel
  • Inserting batteries
• Quick Start
  • Listening to the demo songs
    • (1) Connecting peripheral devices
    • (2) Turn on the BR-864
      • Adjusting the Display Contrast
    • (3) Listening to a demo song
      • Selecting a song
      • Playing Back a Song
      • Changing the current position
    • (4) Turning off the power
  • Recording/playing back a song
    • (1) Preparing the memory card
      • Turn on the power
      • Formatting the memory card (initialize)
    • (2) Select the song to record
      • Recording a new song
    • (3) Connecting instruments
      • Choose which jack you will use to connect your instrument
      • Press the INPUT SELECT button of the instrument that you want to record
      • Turning off the internal microphone
      • Adjusting the input sensitivity
      • Adjusting the input level
    • (4) Using insert effects
      • Switch effect patches
      • Recording without insert effects
    • (5) Using the rhythm guide
      • Playing the rhythm guide
      • Changing arrangements
      • Changing patterns
      • Changing the tempo of the arrangements or patterns
      • Tapping to change the tempo of the arrangements or patterns
    • (6) Basic recording
      • Selecting the recording track
      • About the recording (REC) modes
      • Procedure
    • (7) Playing back recorded music
      • Silencing the sound of specific tracks (Mute)
    • (8) Overdubbing (Recording an additional performance while listening to an existing performance)
    • (9) Adjusting the sound for each track
      • Setting the positioning (pan) of the sound
      • Adjusting the tone (Track EQ)
      • Adding width to the sound (Loop Effect)
    • (10) Bounce (Putting multiple tracks together)
    • (11) Mastering
    • (12) Turning off the power
    • (13) Removing the memory card
• Section 1 Recording
  • Recording
    • Selecting the recording track
    • Changing V-Tracks
    • Changing the position of the input sound
    • Recording Operations
  • Repeating Playback (Repeat)
    • Setting the repeat portion
    • Setting the repeat portion with accurate timing
  • Re-recording only a mistake (Punch-in/out)
    • Manually punching in/out
      • Manually punching in and out using [REC]
      • Manually punching in and out using a foot switch
    • Auto punching in and out
      • Specifying the area for auto punching in/out
      • Erasing a registered auto punch in/out location
      • How to Record
    • Repeatedly Recording Over the Same Location (Loop Recording)
      • Setting the portion to be repeated
      • How to Record
  • Canceling an Operation (Undo/Redo)
    • Reversing the last operation (Undo)
    • Canceling the Undo (Redo)
  • Using the insert effects
    • Effect patches and banks
    • Editing insert effect settings
    • Saving insert effects settings (Write)
    • Changing how the insert effects are used according to the mode
  • Putting multiple tracks together (Bounce)
  • Using the loop effects/Track EQ
    • Selecting the loop effect
    • Adjusting how the loop effect is applied
    • Setting the Track EQ
  • Mastering
    • Editing the Mastering Tool Kit settings
    • Saving the Mastering Tool Kit settings (Write)
  • Displaying the song information
    • Displaying the remaining available recording time
    • Displaying the memory card usage
• Section 2 Editing
  • Registering time (Locator Function)
    • Registering a locator point
    • Moving to the locator point
    • Deleting a locator point
  • Search for the music’s start and end (Scrub/Preview)
    • Scrubbing to find the music starting/ending point
    • Changing the scrub points
    • Enabling use of the Preview function with [REW] and [FF]
  • Editing the performance on a track (Track Editing)
    • Copying data (Track Copy)
      • Copying the repeated portion (AB)
      • Copying by specifying the time (TME/MES)
      • Copying a complete track (ALL)
    • Moving data (Track Move)
      • Moving the repeated portion (AB)
      • Moving by specifying the time (TME/MES)
      • Moving a complete track (ALL)
    • Erasing data (Track Erase)
      • Erasing the repeated portion (AB)
      • Erasing by specifying the time (TME/MES)
      • Erasing a complete track (ALL)
    • Exchanging data (Track Exchange)
  • Organizing the songs you’ve recorded
    • Copying a Song (Song Copy)
    • Erasing songs (Song Erase)
    • Saving memory on the memory card (Song Optimize)
    • Naming songs (Song Name)
    • Protecting a song (Song Protect)
    • Saving the current settings to the song
  • Creating a master tape
    • Recording to a cassette tape recorder (analog connection)
    • Recording to a digital recorder (digital connection)
      • Disabling digital copying
• Section 3 Using the Rhythm Guide
  • About the Rhythm Guide
    • About the patterns
      • Types of patterns
    • About the arrangements
      • Types of arrangements
    • Switching the Rhythm Guide mode
    • Performing arrangements and patterns
      • Selecting arrangements
      • Performing arrangements
      • Selecting patterns
      • Performing patterns
      • Changing the tempo of the arrangements or patterns
      • Tapping to change the tempo of the arrangements or patterns
  • Creating original arrangements
    • Inserting a step
    • Erasing a step
    • Naming arrangements
    • Copying arrangements
    • Erasing arrangements
  • Creating original patterns
    • Note concerning creation of patterns
    • Creating patterns in Realtime Recording
      • Rehearsing recordings
      • Deleting unneeded drum sounds
      • Changing the metronome volume
    • Creating patterns in Step Recording
      • Changing the velocity
      • Deleting unneeded drum sounds
    • Naming patterns
    • Copying patterns
    • Erasing patterns
  • About the drum kits
    • Performing the drums
    • Selecting drum kits
    • Creating original drum kits (Tone Load)
      • Loading from the tracks
      • Copying drum sounds from other drum kits
      • Changing the position (pan) of the drum sounds
• Section 4 Effects
  • Insert Effect Parameter Functions
    • Setting Procedure
    • Algorithm List
    • BANK: GUITAR
      • 1. COSM GTR AMP
      • 2. ACOUSTIC SIM
      • 3. BASS SIM
      • 4. COSM COMP GTR
      • 5. GTR SYNTH
      • 6. ACOUSTIC GTR
      • 7. BASS MULTI
      • 8. COSM BASS AMP
      • 9. COSM COMP BSS
    • BANK: MIC
      • 10. VOCAL MULTI
      • 11. VOICE TRANS
      • 12. COSM COMP VCL
    • BANK: LINE
      • 13. STEREO MULTI
      • 14. LO-FI BOX
    • BANK: SIMUL
      • 15. VO+GT AMP
      • 16. VO+AC.SIM
      • 17. VO+ACOUSTIC
    • Parameter List
      • Acoustic Guitar Simulator
      • Acoustic Processor
      • Bass Simulator
      • Chorus
      • Compressor
      • COSM Comp (compressor)/Limiter
      • De-esser
      • Defretter
      • Delay
      • Doubling
      • Enhancer
      • Equalizer
      • Flanger
      • Foot Volume
      • Guitar Synth
      • Harmonist
      • Lo-Fi Box
      • Noise Suppressor
      • Octave
      • Phaser
      • Pitch Shifter
      • Preamp
      • Ring Modulator
      • Slow Attack
      • Speaker Simulator
      • Tremolo/Pan
      • Voice Transformer
      • Wah
  • Mastering Tool Kit Parameter Functions
    • Setting Procedure
    • Algorithm
    • Parameter List
      • Equalizer
      • Bass Cut Filter
      • Enhancer
      • Input
      • Expander
      • Compressor
      • Mixer
      • Limiter
      • Output
  • Loop Effect Parameter Functions
    • Setting Procedure
    • Parameter List
      • CHORUS/DELAY/DBLN (Doubling)
      • REVERB
  • Track EQ Parameter Functions
    • Setting Procedure
    • Parameter List
• Section 5 Other Convenient Functions
  • Using a foot switch or expression pedal
    • When using a foot switch
    • When using an expression pedal
  • Tuning an instrument (Tuner)
    • Changing to the tuner
      • Explanation of the indications that appear while tuning
    • Tuning
      • Setting the reference pitch of the tuner
  • Copying difficult songs (Phrase Trainer)
    • Slowing down the speed (Time Stretch function)
    • Canceling the center sound (Center Cancel function)
  • Synchronizing with MIDI devices
    • MIDI Fundamentals
    • Using the rhythm guide to play an external MIDI sound module
    • Synchronizing playback with a MIDI sequencer
      • Synchronized playback with the BR-864 as the master
      • Setting the MTC offset
    • Using MMC
      • Operating MMC-compatible devices with the BR-864
  • Mixing the output from an external MIDI device with the output from your BR-864 (Audio Sub Mix)
  • Initializing the BR-864’s settings
    • Initializing all the BR-864’s settings
    • Initializing the system settings
    • Initializing the effect settings
    • Initializing the Rhythm Guide Arrangements/Patterns/Drum Kits
    • Initializing the Memory Card
  • Conserving battery power (Power Save)
    • Deactivating the power save function
  • Utility parameter list
    • About the System parameters
    • About the Sync parameters
    • About the Scrub parameters
    • About the effects Insert mode
• Section 6 USB
  • Before Using USB (Overview)
    • Compatible OS
    • Composition of data on memory cards
    • Connecting a computer
  • Backing up the BR-864’s data
    • With Windows
    • With Macintosh
    • Using the BR-532’s Data
  • Saving BR-864 track data in WAV/AIFF format (WAV/AIFF Export)
    • With Windows
    • With Macintosh
  • Loading WAV/AIFF files in BR-864 tracks (WAV/AIFF Import)
    • With Windows
    • With Macintosh
  • Importing SMFs and creating patterns
    • With Windows
    • With Macintosh
  • Loading drum sounds from WAV/AIFF files
    • With Windows
    • With Macintosh
• Section 7 Appendices
  • Arrangement / Pattern List
    • Preset Arrangement List
    • Preset Pattern List
  • Parameter List
  • Troubleshooting
  • Error Messages
  • MIDI Implementation
  • M I D I I m p l e m e n t a t i o n C h a r t
  • Specifications
  • Index
  • Track Sheet