Up to four tracks can be recorded simultaneously with eight tracks of simultaneous playback, plus an additional stereo track dedicated to the built-in rhythm generator. I've considered the Zoom R24 as it seems the only Zoom one with a built in drum machine but from watching tutorials I'm not sure the drums are as easy to use as on the Boss products. As I’d come to expect from BOSS, the BOSS BR-800 appeared to build on it’s predecessor, the BR-600, the internal mics had been upgraded, in place of compact-flash we finally had SD-Card storage, the interface had been cleaned up, the rubber buttons replaced with much more modern touch-screen style layout and the screen enlarged. Whether you're creating intricate, multi-layered songs or point-and-capture field recordings, the BR-800 makes the recording process fast and easy. To end though, even though the era of the stand-alone ‘portastudio’ style recording interface is sadly resigned to history, in six years I’ve never felt the need to upgrade, the BOSS BR-800 just lets me get on with the job of making music,and I can’t give a better recommendation than that.

The contents of this article are subject to worldwide copyright protection and reproduction in whole or part, whether mechanical or electronic, is expressly forbidden without the prior written consent of the Publishers. Using monitor grade phones, plugged into the source instrument or the Boss Br800, there is no perceptible difference in sound quality whatsoever.Andertons Music Company is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, firm registration number 716155. Whereas monitoring, including all the fantastic COSM vocal and guitar effects were handled, latency free, on the BR-800.

Theres also a built-in stereo condenser microphone plus a DR-880-quality rhythm generator for adding drum and percussion tracks to your songs.Save energy, save moneyOur power supplies all carry ENERGY STAR ® accreditation, as a result of having an efficiency above 85%. Up to four tracks can be recorded simultaneously with eight tracks of simultaneous playback plus an additional stereo track dedicated to the built-in rhythm generator.

Obviously cassette tape had it’s limitations, primarily the degradation of the tape itself after numerous takes. Nevertheless, with a decent external drum machine/keyboard I was able to put together tracks that I was fairly happy with. No matter where you roam, you'll never miss a moment of musical inspiration with the portable new BR-800. If building up a backing track from scratch is your preferred way of working, the onboard rhythm generator - a stereo track completely separate from the recording tracks and based on the DR-880 drum machine - has a grand total of 327 rhythm patterns including intros, verses, fills and endings in a variety of musical styles. In other words, if it weren't for the fact that high SQ is so important to this reviewer, I would not have given it full marks.The BR-800s powerful onboard effects processor includes GT-10/10B effects, VE-20 vocal effects and harmonies, and COSM-based acoustic guitar body modelling.

I fell in love, it was around half the size of the BR-8, with sleek rubber buttons that reminded me of my ZX Spectrum 48k back in the day, and a rather fetching champagne colour. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.He has now recorded a number of songs and the quality of playback and the inbuilt drum machine are brilliant. Not so with the BR800 - unless you choose to record in "sketch mode"; otherwise, the process of converting Boss's proprietary musical file format to . If you want/need the drums and or effects and want to keep a small footprint then Boss is the only way to go. This easy-to-use portable system can record four tracks simultaneously, and can record and playback up to eight tracks total for each project. Even now the BR-800’s internal mics far surpass any mobile phone for recording band rehearsal’s / gigs etc, although for rough ideas I still tend to find my phone as it’s quicker and easier.