Synching the Drums

[Pedro]

Great post!

I've always thought about it as a minor inconvenience and never really saw it as a flaw. Although I think it would be a cool feature for the BR series to simply save the tempo on the Pattern Mode so one doesn't forget.

[Scorpios]

This is an interesting factor with BOSS, I still am waiting on my Micro BR to give it a test spin and hopefully make a lot of use out of. The lack of tempo change ability is nothing new though. I have used a BOSS DR-770 Drum Machine to it's full extent on some cd releases over the last 6 years, and still use it to this day to make a reh recordings of new songs I write (which are handed over to a real drummer to use as ideas and keep a feel to tracks). Even on the DR-770 which was impressive when it came out, there is no ability to make a tempo change, and when you turn it on and off, it resets to 120 bpm.

I learned to keep track notes, or include the bpm in the song title. WIth the DR-770, I would have to punch in the tempo changes manually on the fly, and remember the bpm settings. - I still have an archaic yamaha RX-11 drum machine that I used on the demos back in the day I started my band, and that is possible to program tempo changes on. - I went as far as to run a midi chain to let the yamaha try to control the tempo on the dr-770 but it just started being a bit more work than worth the while to set up everytime I was doing something.

Final note, if the Micro BR simply has an issue of needing the BPM reset when you turn it on, and the patterns are not even programmable, just presets if I understand right, it's really a minor issue, and glad it's the only major complaint so far that exists in these things.

I am sure I would use the drum machine on the micro Br, but merely as a click track type thing that has some feel to it, making it possible to sync up drums done by a human or from better alternatives of a drum machine. - In all actuality, I am glad to hear what I have heard of samples of it's ability to record things like acoustic instruments. I would use it to record electric guitar and bass, but for mere session/practice material for a convenient songwriting method.

I am pretty eager to check this thing out, trust assured I will have some audio files to post within a day or two of receiving it.

[LordAvon]

Hi,

 as 64guitars said.. it's not a fault.

 to save a tempo you most go into song mode.

 you *CAN* change the tempo during the song, just change the tempo on that 'step'

 and yes, you can't program the drums, but there's 300+ patterns in there and you can arrange them easily for a song.
Sure you're not going to be getting any music awards for work on it, but it's superb for working on ideas and song structures.

Paul

[drutgat]

Great thread guys.

Thanks for posting this. As a new Micro BR user, I found this very helpful, so please keep it around just in case other new users will also find it helpful.