The Rhythm Guide in the BR-1180 includes a full-featured drum machine and sequencer. You can choose from 9 different drum kits and over 350 patterns to assemble your own rhythm arrangements. You can also make your own patterns. When you create a new song, a short Rhythm Arrangement is already in place for you to play along to. A Rhythm Arrangement is simply a collection of patterns arranged by song structure to make a full length song.<\/p>\n
CHOOSE A RHYTHM ARRANGE:
1. Press EDIT above the Rhythm \/ Loop fader.<\/p>\n
2. CURSOR to the Pattern number in the “ARRANGE” box and use the dial to select a pre-arranged rhythm track. <\/p>\n
3. Press the ON\/OFF button once so it blinks.<\/p>\n
4. Press PLAY. <\/p>\n
5. To try a different arrangement, press STOP, then use the dial to select a different number. Press PLAY to hear it.<\/p>\n
6. Once you’ve found a Rhythm Arrange you like, cursor to BPM to adjust the tempo. Or, tap the tempo using the TAP button (at least 4 times) under the Rhythm Guide fader.<\/p>\n
7. You can also use the dial to try out different Drumkits. To do this, CURSOR to “DRUMKIT” and turn the TIME\/VALUE dial to select a different kit. <\/p>\n
EDIT THE RHYTHM ARRANGE:
1. CURSOR to “EDIT”, then press ENTER.<\/p>\n
2. Press ZERO to rewind to the beginning of the song. <\/p>\n
3. For each section of your song, use the cursors and dial to choose a Pattern number, a section, and how many measures you want the section to play.<\/p>\n
4. Select “P” for a preset rhythm. <\/p>\n
5. Dial in the Pattern number.<\/p>\n
6. Cursor to form, and choose IN for intro, V for Verse, F for Fill, or END. <\/p>\n
7. Press the Fast Forward button to advance measure by measure.<\/p>\n
8. Continue entering patterns for the duration of your song.<\/p>\n
9. When finished, press ZERO to rewind to the beginning, then press PLAY.<\/p>\n
CREATE YOUR OWN PATTERN:
1. Press RHYTHM\/LOOP [EDIT]. <\/p>\n
2. CURSOR to “PTN,” then presses ENTER. <\/p>\n
3. Use the cursors and dial to set the rhythm pattern’s measure count and time signature.<\/p>\n
4. Press REC.<\/p>\n
5. Press PLAY. After a one-measure count, Realtime Recording begins.<\/p>\n
6. Play the drum kit by pressing the REC TRACK buttons:<\/p>\n
[1] Kick
[2] Snare
[3] Closed Hi Hat
[4] Open Hi Hat
[5] Low Tom
[6] Mid Tom
[7] High Tom
[8] Crash Cymbal
[9\/10] Ride Cymbal
[V-TRACK] + [1] Kick 2
[V-TRACK] + [2] Snare 2
[V-TRACK] + [3] Claves
[V-TRACK] + [4] Cow Bell
[V-TRACK] + [5] High Q
[V-TRACK] + [6] Metronome (Click)
[V-TRACK] + [7] Metronome (Bell) <\/p>\n
7. Press STOP.<\/p>\n
8. Press PLAY to hear your pattern.<\/p>\n
ERASING PARTS OF A PATTERN:
1. CURSOR to “REC” and press ENTER. Press REC and PLAY as if you were recording a pattern. Cursor to “ERASE,” then press ENTER.<\/p>\n
2. Press and hold the track button the drum sound you want to erase.<\/p>\n
3. When you have finished erasing, press ENTER.<\/p>\n
DISCRETE DRUMS
This section explains how to use the Discrete Drums files to create your own drum tracks. Start by creating a new song.<\/p>\n
Create a New Song:
1. Press UTILITY.<\/p>\n
2. Cursor to “SONG” and press ENTER.<\/p>\n
3. Cursor to “NEW” and press ENTER.<\/p>\n
4. Cursor down to “GO” and press ENTER.<\/p>\n
5. The Display asks “Save Current?”. TO store the current changes in your song, press YES. Oterhwise, press EXIT for NO.<\/p>\n
Rhythm Guide:
Next – set the tempo for this new song.
1. Press EDIT above the Rhythm Guide fader.<\/p>\n
2. Cursor to “BPM=” and use the dial to change this to “136”.<\/p>\n
3. Cursor to “100” underneath the letters RHY, and use the dial to set this to zero. This turns the volume of the built-in PCM drum sounds all the way down, so all you’ll hear are the .WAV drums. <\/p>\n
4. Press the ON\/OFF button once so it is blinking. This means the Rhythm Guide will only sound after you press PLAY. <\/p>\n
5. Make sure the fader for the Rhythm Guide is up.<\/p>\n
Import the Files:
Now we’re ready to import the .WAV files on the Discrete Drums CD ROM to the BR-1180’s hard drive.<\/p>\n
1. Place the Discrete Drums disc into the CDR tray.<\/p>\n
2. Wait for the CDR drive indicator to stop flashing. Then press LOOP PHRASE IMPORT.<\/p>\n
3. Cursor to “IMPORT” and press ENTER.<\/p>\n
4. The list of the different Discrete Drums performances appears. <\/p>\n
5. Cursor down to “SLAM IT” and press ENTER.<\/p>\n
6. Cursor to the DRUMS folder and press ENTER.<\/p>\n
7. To quickly import all the files in this folder, cursor to “ALL”, then press ENTER.<\/p>\n
8. The 1180 will choose Bank A to import the files. Cursor to GO, and press ENTER.<\/p>\n
9. The BR-1180CD imports the files. When “Complete!” appears, the import is finished.<\/p>\n
Assign Loops to Track Buttons:
You can use the Track Buttons to fly loops right into the Rhythm guide. This is a very fast and easy way to build your own drum tracks based on song structure. First, assign different loop phrases to the Track Buttons. <\/p>\n
1. Press LOOP PHRASE IMPORT.<\/p>\n
2. Cursor to “BUTTON ASSIGN” and press ENTER. <\/p>\n
3. Then cursor to “—” and use the dial to change this to “A005” for the INTRO. <\/p>\n
4. Continue to assign the loops to different Track buttons as follows:<\/p>\n
Tr: 1 A005 INTRO
Tr: 2 A006 VERSE
Tr: 3 A004 FILL
Tr: 4 A002 BRIDGE
Tr: 5 A001 BREAK
Tr: 6 A003 END CRASH<\/p>\n
5. To hear a loop, simply press the TRACK button under each fader. Press the button again to stop the loop.<\/p>\n
Bring Loops into Rhythm Guide:
Now you’re ready to fly these loops into the Rhythm Guide using a process called “Step Sequencing”. It’s real easy to do. Just decide on your song structure, and then press the Track button. If you know how dial a phone, you can make your own drum tracks quickly and easily. The sections of each part of the Discrete Drums loops are assigned to the Track buttons as follows:<\/p>\n
Button 1 INTRO
Button 2 VERSE
Button 3 FILL
Button 4 BRIDGE
Button 5 BREAK
Button 6 END CRASH<\/p>\n
1. Press EDIT.<\/p>\n
2. Cursor to “EDIT” and press [ENTER]. <\/p>\n
3. Cursor down to the bottom line of the Rhythm Arrange Edit screen.<\/p>\n
4. Press ZERO to rewind to the beginning of the song.<\/p>\n
5. Press the Track buttons in the following order: 1, 2, 2, 3, 4……2, 2, 5, 4, 3, and 6 for an ending.<\/p>\n
6. Press ZERO, then PLAY.<\/p>\n
7. Press Exit to return to the main screen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"storecat":[],"itemids":[19601,19598],"manufacturers":[33231],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n