User Manual
Table Of Contents
- IMPORTANT NOTES
- Before Using CD-R/RW Discs
- Notes When Using Mics
- Contents
- Introduction to the BR-900CD
- Panel Descriptions
- Quick Start
- Connecting Peripheral Devices
- Turning On / Off the BR-900CD
- Listening to a Demo Song
- Recording/Playing Back a Song
- (1) Preparing the Memory Card
- (2) Turning On the Power
- (3) Selecting the Song to Record
- (4) Connecting Instruments
- (5) Using Insert Effects
- (6) Using the Rhythm
- (7) Basic Recording
- (8) Playing Back Recorded Music
- (9) Overdubbing (Recording an additional performance while listening to an existing performance)
- (10) Adjusting the Sound for Each Track
- (11) Bouncing (Putting multiple tracks together)
- (12) Turning Off the Power
- (13) Removing the Memory Card
- Section 1 Recording and Playback
- Recording
- Repeating Playback (Repeat)
- Re-recording Only a Mistake (Punch-in/out)
- Canceling an Operation (Undo/Redo)
- Putting Multiple Tracks Together (Bounce)
- Loading Songs Created with the BR-864/BR-532
- Displaying the Song Information
- Section 2 Editing
- Registering Time (Locator)
- Search for the Music’s Start and End (Scrub/Preview)
- Editing the Performance on a Track (Track Editing)
- Organizing the Songs You’ve Recorded
- Creating a Master Tape / Disc
- Section 3 Using Effects
- Using the Insert Effects
- Insert Effect Parameter Functions
- Mastering
- Mastering Tool Kit Parameter Functions
- Using the Loop Effects/Track EQ
- Loop Effect Parameter Functions
- Track EQ Parameter Functions
- Fixing the Pitch of Vocals (Pitch Correction)
- The Pitch Correction
- Makeup of the Pitch Correction
- Pitch Correction Patches
- Precautions for Pitch Correction Usage
- Using the Pitch Correction
- Setting the Correction Method for Vocal Pitch (Pitch Correction Edit)
- Saving the Pitch Correction Settings (Write)
- Making Detailed Settings for Pitch Correction (Correction Event Map)
- Section 4 Using the Rhythm
- Section 5 Using the CD-R/ RW Drive
- Section 6 Using MIDI
- Section 7 Using USB
- Section 8 Other Convenient Functions
- Adjusting the Display Contrast
- Using a Foot Switch or Expression Pedal
- Tuning an Instrument (Tuner)
- Mixing the Output from an External MIDI Device with the Output from Your BR-900CD (Audio Sub Mix)
- Using Condenser Microphones (Phantom Power)
- Copying Difficult Songs (Phrase Trainer)
- Initializing the BR-900CD’s Settings
- Conserving Battery Power (Power Save)
- Utility Parameter List
- Section 9 Appendices
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Section 5
Using the CD-R/RW Drive..... 139
Creating Audio CD........................140
Precautions ...............................................................140
Setting the Time Between Songs (Pre-Gap).........140
Writing Songs to Discs............................................140
Viewing the Remaining Time for Recording on
Audio CDs ................................................................142
Playing Back Audio CDs ........................................142
Enabling Playback on CD Players (Finalize) .......143
Using the CD-R/RW Drive to Exchange
Data.............................................145
Saving Recorded Songs to CD-R/RW Discs
(Backup) ....................................................................145
Backing up a song to a CD-R/RW disc one at a
time (Song Backup)............................................145
Saving all of the songs on a memory card to
a CD-R/RW disc (All Backup).........................146
Loading Saved Songs to a Memory Card (Recover).... 147
Loading saved songs to a memory card one at a
time (Song Recover)...........................................147
Loading all saved songs to a memory card
(All Recover).......................................................147
Copying and Writing Waveform Data.................148
Copying waveform data from a computer to the
audio tracks (WAV/AIFF Import) ..................148
Copying WAV/AIFF files as drum sounds
(Tone Load).........................................................149
Copying audio track waveform data to
computers (WAV/AIFF Export)......................150
Using SMF ................................................................151
Playing SMFs using external MIDI instruments
(SMF Player) .......................................................151
Loading drum patterns from the CD-R/RW drive
(SMF Import)........................................................152
Erasing Data from a CD-RW Disc (CD-RW Erase).... 153
Importing Songs from CDs to Audio
Tracks ..........................................154
Section 6 Using MIDI ............155
MIDI Fundamentals ......................156
What is MIDI? ..........................................................156
MIDI Connectors .....................................................156
MIDI Channels.........................................................156
MIDI Implementation Charts ................................156
Synchronizing with MIDI Devices ..157
Using the Rhythm to Play an External MIDI Sound
Module ......................................................................157
Synchronizing Playback with a MIDI Sequencer.... 158
Synchronized playback with the BR-900CD
as the master .......................................................158
Setting the MTC offset.......................................159
Using MMC ..............................................................160
Operating MMC-compatible devices with the
BR-900CD ............................................................160
Section 7 Using USB .............161
Before Using USB (Overview) ....... 162
Compatible OS .........................................................162
Composition of Data on Memory Cards..............162
Connecting a Computer..........................................163
Notes on Using USB................................................163
With Windows .............................164
Backing Up the BR-900CD’s Data .........................164
Saving BR-900CD Track Data in WAV/AIFF Format
(WAV/AIFF Export) ...............................................165
Loading WAV/AIFF Files in BR-900CD Tracks
(WAV/AIFF Import)...............................................167
Importing SMFs and Creating Patterns................169
Loading Drum Sounds from WAV/AIFF Files
(Tone Load) ..............................................................171
Using the BR-864 / BR-532’s Data.........................173
With Macintosh ............................175
Backing Up the BR-900CD’s Data .........................175
Saving BR-900CD Track Data in WAV/AIFF Format
(WAV/AIFF Export) ...............................................176
Loading WAV/AIFF Files in BR-900CD Tracks
(WAV/AIFF Import)...............................................178
Importing SMFs and Creating Patterns................179
Loading Drum Sounds from WAV/AIFF Files
(Tone Load) ..............................................................181
Using the BR-864 / BR-532’s Data.........................183