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[jjl5590]

heya,

It is my understanding that the MBR has 4 tracks. So does this mean that you can only record 4 different things, for example, guitar, bass, vocals and drums?
Because you can only use one V-track at a time, they dont play simultaniously.

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers

[SteveG]

Basically, yes. If you use the inboard drums they don't take a track, so you have all 4 available. If you are importing drums, or a backer, you need to put them on a stereo pair, so you only have 2 left. No real problem once you get used to bouncing (To a stereo pair) on the next V tracks up to give 2 empty tracks to work in.

It is possible to have the guitar and mic inputs working at the same time, just press them both at the same time.

[cuthbert]

Yes, what SteveG said.

And while you can only have four tracks playing at one time (plus the built-in rhythm), with bouncing it's possible to have far more than just four instruments in the mix.

[Glenn Mitchell]

Said another way.. Yes only 4 tracks play at one time.
Bouncing is the key and will require some experience.
Once the 4 are bounced to 2 (stereo), you now have 2 more to work with.
The trick is to get those trax done right and panned left and right before bounding because they are locked in so to speak.
It's common to rush ahead building up the bounces and realize you wanted to change something way back.
So keep each individual recorded track on a V track for future assembly (Mixing and bouncing) If possible try to record dry as the effects tend to add up.

[guitarron]

I guess there would be 3 schools of thought as to how to record with these br's
1. doing everything in the box(or mostly everything), as described -where bouncing is done
Many here are experts at getting fantastic results-see JK for eg

or

2. You could  do your tracks-filling up vtracks-then import them to a DAW to edit or comp tracks together-i prefer this method-partly, because i make no secret of the fact that i prefer not to use the BR drums(except for roughing out a song) and the editing is easier (for me anyway) in a DAW

3. i've also have done the reverse, where i've taken tracks out of the DAW to work in the BR environment

I find a happy mix of these methods for each project, and roll with it
heck, sometimes i find i use the mbr as just a tuner or a processor-this is the swiss army knife for guitarists

[64Guitars]

It is my understanding that the MBR has 4 tracks. So does this mean that you can only record 4 different things, for example, guitar, bass, vocals and drums?

The Micro BR has 32 tracks. However, its internal mixer only has 4 channels, so you can only play back 4 tracks at a time. So you're not limited in how many different things you can record. You're only limited in mixing the 32 tracks for playback. You get around this limitation by creating sub-mixes along the way. You monitor the sub-mix while adding one or two new tracks.

See https://songcrafters.org/community/micro-br-b65/cowgirl-in-the-sand/msg3362/#msg3362

and https://songcrafters.org/64guitars/BR/Tutorials/V-Tracks_and_Bouncing.html.