
3
About the BR-600’s Home Screens
The BR-600 has two top-level “home” screens. These are the screens you’ll
always be coming back to after performing operations on the BR-600’s
various other screens.
You can return to the home screens from any other screen by pressing EXIT
one or more times.
The Play Screen
The Play screen is the screen that’s displayed when you first power up the
BR-600. It shows the current song position—in both measure/beat/clock
units and time (including frames)—and the tempo of the rhythm.
Song position (measure/beat/clock)
Song position (hours/minutes/seconds/frames)
Tempo
In the measure/beat/clock display, clocks are subdivisions of the beats.
Similarly, in the time display, frames are subdivisions of the seconds.
These subdivisions allow you to view and set the current song position
in extremely fine resolution.
On the Play screen, you can move the song position and adjust the rhythm’s
tempo using the CURSOR buttons and the TIME/VALUE dial.
The Level Meters Screen
The Level Meters screen displays the levels of various audio signals in the
BR-600: inputs, audio tracks, the rhythm, and the left and right master levels.
The individual audio signal levels are shown above the corresponding labels
on the display panel.
Labels
To display the Level Meters screen from the Play screen, press the 6 CURSOR
button. To return to the Play screen from the Level Meters screen, press the
5 CURSOR button.
Key Rhythm Elements
Let’s go over the BR-600’s main rhythm elements.
Drum kits—
• A drum kit is a group of drum sounds that are used by the
rhythm. The BR-600 contains nine different preset drum kits that cover
a variety of musical styles. Additionally, you can create up to five custom
drum kits per song. These “song” drum kits can use any of the drum
sounds in the preset kits, WAV or AIFF files imported from a computer
via USB, or audio that’s been recorded in a BR-600 audio track.
Drum pads—
• The drum pads allow you to play sounds
in the currently selected drum kit, either for pattern
creation or live playing. There are 12 pads, and each triggers a different
sound in the kit. The pads are velocity sensitive, so they respond to your
playing dynamics. If desired, you can set them to play sounds at a fixed
velocity instead.
When you’re not using them to play drum sounds, the drum pads act as
selection buttons for various BR-600 functions. Use the PAD button to
toggle between this functionality. (When PAD is lit, the drum pads play
drum sounds. When it’s not lit, the drum pads act as buttons.)
Patterns—
• A pattern is a drum performance that’s one or
more measures in length. You can have a single pattern
play over and over along with your song, or you can
string two or more patterns together to create a rhythm “arrangement.”
The BR-600 provides 327 preset patterns, as well as 100 patterns in
each song in which you can create and store your own custom drum
patterns.
Comentarios a estos manuales