BR-800 Digital Recorder

BR-800 Digital Recorder Review

BR-800 Digital Recorder Feature

• 4-Track simultaneous recording, 8-track simultaneous playback plus dedicated stereo rhythm track.

Standalone multi-track portable recorders have come a long, long way since the first portable cassette tape-based systems came upon the scene over 30 years ago. These portable machines allowed musicians to multi-track record at home and realize their musical vision in a more fleshed-out fashion than ever before. They were relatively affordable and opened the doors to a whole new slew of musician-friendly, music-making products, including rackmount effect processors, drum machines, sync boxes, MIDI-based synthesizers and, of course, personal computers.Leap ahead to 2010 and be amazed by the Boss BR-800 Digital Recorder and all it brings to the table. The Boss BR-800 is a complete, portable music production system and USB audio interface. Everything youll need to make professional-sounding full-scale productions is right there in the box, ready to roll. It has 64 virtual tracks of recording. You can record 4 tracks at a time and listen back to 8 at a time. All your work is saved to the included 1 GB SD card (larger capacity SD cards of 2 GB up to 32 GB are also supported) or to a computer via the built-in USB bus.The BR-800 boasts a long list of features to help make your productions stand out and be fully realized. Onboard is Roland's famous COSM guitar/bass amp modeling, acoustic guitar body modeling with the AP-1 preamp, powerful effects from the Boss GT-10, and vocal effects from the VE-20, including harmony, double tracking, real-time pitch correction and more. The BR-800 includes inputs for guitar, bass, microphone with 48V phantom power, and 4 XLR and inputs. The built-in high-quality stereo condenser microphones help make field recording or spontaneous idea capture a breeze. The interactive EZ Recording feature helps guide you through the recording process, acting as your personal recording guru and making operations easy. Sweet! The built-in drum machine, taken from the popular Boss DR-880, is a godsend and can turn out very realistic-sounding drum...