New BR-1200CD coming in a few weeks !!!!

[Bluesberry]

Well, I took the plunge, I have been thinking about it a while, I went and ordered a BR-1200CD.  Damn it feels good.  I love my MicroBR to death, it has brought so much richness into my life.  I started writing songs because of it, my guitar playing went up 1000% because of it, my singing went up 100% because of it, I found this forum and all you great folks because of it.  It is essential.  But I find my original songs becoming more complex, and i want to get more complex, there is stuff in my head just bursting to get out, I find going past about 8 tracks gets kinda tricky and time consuming on the MBR.  I like the idea of laying down 8 or 10 or 12 tracks and mixing them at the same time.  Plus the drum and bass generator, how cool is that.  I am probably only ever going to be making these songs by myself so I don't need more than 2 inputs.  I was leaning towards the 900, but man the 1200 looks so cool.  I like the 40G hard drive also.  I look forward to making some music on it and posting.  I still need the MBR and will use it lots, but it sure will be fun to have the big bad brother for my epic songs that I am thinking about (old Prog heads never die).  (Thanks Kody for the advice).

[Kody]

OH, BB, This is AWESOME! I'm so happy for you! Dude, I'm estatic~ I can't wait to hear what you come up with~ I think you'll LOVE it! Makes me want to upgrade!! I really don't need to, but man I'm excited for you...

It should be pretty similar to the br900, so if you need any help or anything~ I'll be here for you~

I think you can pick up an official Roland dvd guide on ebay~ I got one for the br900.....The only thing is, they're like $30!! You might not need it with this website, and your experience with the MBR...and the manual... God, this is great BB!

[Geir]

Wow BB, can't wait to hear your posts, they'll be great for sure!!!

I have an old Korg D16 myself, but it's ... well old .. no easy interface to the computer .. a harddisk that's noe exactly quiet. Still great for the times I wanna try bigger things ...

(old Prog heads never die)

We're just lurking in the shadows   

cheers

G.

[Kody]

So has it come yet??? Should be there soon right?? I Can't wait till you get it!!

[Bluesberry]

Not yet Kody, I am getting pumped just thinking about all those extra tracks.  My last song (River of Time) was insane for all the bouncing, I bounced like 8 times and kept going back to re-adjust levels.  It worked out pretty good sound wise, you can do wonders with just the MBR but it becomes kinda time consuming if you go past 8 tracks.  I'll let you know when it comes in.

[64Guitars]

One thing I really like about the BR-1200 is the 3 rotary VALUE controls just below the display. These can be used to adjust effect parameters directly. I wish all BRs had this feature. Although, I'd prefer that there was a rotary control over each track fader for panning, EQ, etc. and that these same controls could be used for effect parameters as well.

Another nice feature of the BR-1200 is that it includes COSM models of popular overdrive/distortion pedals such as the fuzzface, Big Muff Pi, Proco RAT, Ibanez Tube Screamer, Marshall Gov'nor, and several others. I can't believe that Boss never thought of including these in the other BR models. I mean, really, the overdrive/distortion pedal is the single most popular effect pedal in the history of the electric guitar! ("Not 'round here sir. We don't get much call for it" says Mr. Wensleydale of Boss R&D).   But seriously, you'd think there'd be at least a couple of overdrive/distortion pedal models in every BR. It's the cheddar of FX pedals.

There are also a few other effects that aren't available in most of the other BRs (except the BR-1600), such as Uni-Vibe, and Pickup Simulator (makes humbucker sound like single-coil and vice-versa). Plus, there are lots of effects in the BR-1200 that aren't in the Micro BR. See the following effects comparison chart.

BR Insert Effect Comparison.pdf

The BR-1200 has 42 insert effects versus the Micro BR's 11.

I'm sure you'll have lots of fun with your new BR-1200.

[Pedro]

I saw one of these the first time few days ago. It looks so cool, I love to see all the buttons and sliders. The size is quite impressive too.

Can't wait to hear the stuff you record on it.

[Migs]

I can't believe that Boss never thought of including these in the other BR models. I mean, really, the overdrive/distortion pedal is the single most popular effect pedal in the history of the electric guitar! ("Not 'round here sir. We don't get much call for it" says Mr. Wensleydale of Boss R&D).

I heard the conversation went more along these lines:

Mr Wensleydale: Hey Financial Controller, I just had a great idea.
Mr Controller: Waaasat ?
Mr Wensleydale: Why don't we put the COSM chip in all of out BRs.  It is only a chip.  Chips are small.  We can fit in it right next to ultrasexyfactor chip in the micro BR.
Mr Controller:  ... and kill the sales of every other product we try to convince those people out there they need ?  Next time I want your opinion I'll give it to you.

[Bluesberry]

Well the BR-1200cd came in yesterday.  I am overwhelmed right about now.  I am sure glad I had the MBR for a while (and even became pretty darn good on it), because without that I would have been totally snowed under by the complexity of this thing.  I even took the day off work today to stay home and read the manual and play with it a bit.  I will need some help from you Kody for sure as I get into this a little bit.  What do I need to record my vocals (what is a good mic) shure57? I am a total beginner when it comes to all this stuff, other than the MBR my recording experience is zero.  I want to use the MBR as a recording device for vocals and acoustic guitar for a while, using my great new roland mic with the MBR and then transferring over to the BR-1200 with the MBR headphone out/1200 line-in, will this work (should, why not)?  I can see myself using both quite a bit.  Another thought I had is using the MBR into the line ins and bouncing what is on the BR-1200 along with what coming over from the MBR, and bouncing all this together (this will increase my number of tracks to 16).  An example is to record acoustic guitar and vocals onto the 4 tracks of MBR (two stereo pairs) and put all other instruments (incl drums and bass from the BR-1200) on the BR-1200, bounce the whole lot for final mixdown, would this work?  Lots of reading to do.  Oh yea, the hard drive has been upgraded to 80G, how great is that.

[Kody]

Alright BB!!

What do I need to record my vocals (what is a good mic) shure57?

I've never personally used a 57 for recording vocals.  I'm sure it's been done before~ I've tried my dad's beta58, and dude, I liked my cheaper condenser better.....remember, you have full on Phantom Power now!! MicroBrew and I have the MXL 990 large diaphram condenser....very reasonably priced for the quality of the mic.  You could spend a little more and have a very quality mic~ I'm impressed with my MXL!! I really think you should look at some condensers.......

I want to use the MBR as a recording device for vocals and acoustic guitar for a while, using my great new roland mic with the MBR and then transferring over to the BR-1200 with the MBR headphone out/1200 line-in, will this work (should, why not)?

Sure will...That's exactly how I'd do it... Unless you want to get the PC involved....You can IMPORT WAV files to the 1200 via USB...I think you'd have to convert the MBRs tracks to wav, etc...It would probably take just as long or longer than recording the track onto the 1200!

Yes, w/ the br900~ you can bounce and record an input at the same time, I'd sure think the 1200 would be capable...

I'm really happy for you man!~~ Good luck!

I just woke up, and I can barely see(or think lol) I 'll come back later and see if I missed anything!! I'm sure there's a lot more I could help you with....