Boss BR-8 Digital Recording Studio

Boss BR-8 Digital Recording Studio
Special! Now includes The Essential Tool Kit FREE with purchase! This kit includes a DP2 pedal for punching in and out, a set of Roland headphones, and a video guide that will explain the BR8 in plain English. Also included with this pack is a 250 meg Zip cartridge filled with Jam Tracks in 9 different styles.

The BOSS BR-8 is a 24 bit 8-track digital recording workstation for guitar players and other musicians seeking a simple, high-powered alternative to tape-based personal studios. Its acclaimed V-Studio technology -- including Virtual Tracks, COSM effects processing and true non-destructive operation -- is enhanced with unique features for guitarists including a Rhythm Guide, Phrase Trainer, and a built-in chromatic tuner.

Self-contained 8-track digital recording studio with 64 Virtual Tracks
Zip®100 drive for recording to convenient, inexpensive 100MB Zip disks
Simplified user interface with graphic LCD making digital recording very easy
3 stereo effects processors including COSM guitar and bass amp models, acoustic/bass guitar modeling and dynamics and vocal processing
Innovative Rhythm Guide with over 80 built-in patterns for building a rhythm track
Built-in chromatic tuner and dedicated Hi-Z guitar input
Phrase Trainer for slowing down recordings to half-speed for learning guitar licks
24 bit analog inputs, including 2 microphone inputs
10 channel digital mixer with scenes for comparing mix ideas
Optical digital output for connecting to digital devices such as DAT or MD

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4.0

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2/15/2002

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

great easy to use

By rob cifuentes

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Comments about Boss BR-8 Digital Recording Studio:

"this is perfect for begginners and amiture musicians, easy to record and bounce your tracks. although the bass simulator lags it has around 30 other great effects and also featues a very easy punch in/out system. "

2/2/2002

(0 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

A great and EZ to use digital recorder

By Tony Houston

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Comments about Boss BR-8 Digital Recording Studio:

"The BR-8 is truely easy to use. If you read the first 30pgs, you can be recording a song in less than a hour. The BR-8 records to a 100MB ZIP disk, if using ALL 8 tracks this will give you about 5mins of recording time. Boss has installed COSM effects for guitar and mic inputs, along with full mix-down eq. I don't find the need to transfer my recorded tracks to a computer for mixing. The BR-8 has a fiber opitcal out that can be connected to a CD burner. The BR-8 was designed for the 'bedroom' guitarist, I express this because there are musicians who buy the BR-8 and want to record their band. The BR-8 can only record 2trs simultaneously. There are bands that have recorded CDs using the BR-8, you just must be creative and mixing. The 'Rhythm Guide' or drum machine doesn't have a great drum sound but the feature is really powerful. If you record with the Rhythm Guide, you can MIDI sync the BR-8 to a drum machine, and also get track of music bars for editing. For me the BR-8 is a great tool, it makes recording fun! "

1/22/2002

2.0

A great piece of gear unless you plan to mix to a macintosh.

By john foster

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Comments about Boss BR-8 Digital Recording Studio:

"I was initially overjoyed at this piece of equipment. It is easy to use and has many great features. Then I attempted to bounce what I had recorded to my computer. Yikes what a nightmare. If you have a windows based pc have no fear; Roland has a download file conversion utility that allows you to pop your zip disk directly into the computer and convert to a .wav file. If you have a Mac you are completely out of luck. The guy at Roland told me, after I waited over an hour ,that I should get a new windows based computer. Korg and Zooms units both have usb outputs which would allow me to dump straight to my imac. So now I'm selling the BR-8 and getting a Korg."

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Boss BR-8 Digital Recording Studio