Tone Load function on BR900/600/1600 vs. 800 :)

[ur2qt2b4got10]

Yo!

I am formulating my opinions on the BR-800, and one thing came up, the loss of the Tone Load function that was on the BR-600 and the BR-900CD.  Was this an overlooked feature, importing a sample and using it like a drum voice?

Is it something that wasn't missed, since no one talks about it?  It seems no one really uses it, which is sad because the idea of recording with samples of anything I wish copied into the BR to be remarkable.

Anyone have any thoughts?

[64Guitars]

The BR-800 supports Tone Load. However, you have to load the samples via the BR Rhythm Editor software on your computer. You can create up to 5 custom drum kits per song, then load them back into the BR-800 where they can be played by your drum arrangements.

In addition to using the Tone Load feature of the BR Rhythm Editor software, the BR-900/864/600 can also load samples directly via USB. However, this is not an advantage over the BR-800 in my opinion because you need a computer either way. So you might as well use the BR Rhythm Editor which is somewhat easier.

See page 22 of the BR Rhythm Editor manual for information about loading drum samples into the BR-800.

The BR-800 Tone Load feature has the same limitation as in the BR-900/864/600. The total duration of all samples in a single drum kit (including any preset samples) cannot exceed 13 seconds.

[Ferryman_1957]

64G is (as always) right. I have just spent many hours loading "real" drum sounds into the BR 800 via the editor. It's very straightforward and works well. I will be using that feature a lot - I bought a disc full of wav files of professionally recorded drum sounds.

Cheers,

Nigel

[guitarron]

Tone Load is a great feature
did they break the 13 second limtation of the the older BR's?

[Ferryman_1957]

Nope (as 64G said in his post....). If your sample's too long, it won't load.

[Oldrottenhead]

am looking forward to hearing something from your br800 nigel, i know its gonna be worth the wait,

in anticipation
orh

[guitarron]

Nope (as 64G said in his post....). If your sample's too long, it won't load.

that's really not acceptable to me-that 13 seconds gets eaten up fast
i hoped that would have been a priority

[Ferryman_1957]

that's really not acceptable to me-that 13 seconds gets eaten up fast
i hoped that would have been a priority

Interesting - what are you loading? I have some pretty long cymbal splashes and they were well within that.

Cheers,

Nigel

[Ferryman_1957]

am looking forward to hearing something from your br800 nigel, i know its gonna be worth the wait,

in anticipation
orh

I hope before Xmas Jim. I am am busily working on my piece for the Picasso project, been doing that for about 4 weeks now. Nearly all the instruments are done, need to lay down vox and then mix it all. You won't believe how long I spent agonizing over what drum samples to load into my custom kit. Too much choice!

Cheers,

Nigel

[guitarron]

that's really not acceptable to me-that 13 seconds gets eaten up fast
i hoped that would have been a priority

Interesting - what are you loading? I have some pretty long cymbal splashes and they were well within that.

Cheers,

Nigel

cymbals first-because i hate the br cymbals
i've had much luck in other areas such as the latin percussion i made for it
got about 4 or five samples in there-really short slaps and such
-but they decay of a ride cymbal eats up a lot-i did one of my songs with samples i recorded directly from ezdrummer a couple of cymbals and a snare was it-but it was all i needed for that song as it turned out

if you're using all 13 seconds for one sample-that's plenty for most cases i guess
edit

i've tried to use it to replace the br kit-didnt work out for me-which is why i don't use the br drums much