intheblues Cool machine. I still record on a 4 track tape deck. It's easier than the one you demo but the sound is pretty hissy. No cut or paste. I like the old gear. My brother still has a teac reel to reel studio deck from the 70s.
LOL I can't like this video enough! I still have a Tascam Portasound that uses cassettes. How many minutes of 4 track audio were you able to get in 32 MB?
I recorded my first song on 2 RCA 4-track reel-to-reels. I played 6 different instrumental parts and sang 3 part harmony. I was 14, and it was 1979. WHAT A BLAST!
Tried mine yesterday for the first time, good clear recording sound, i have 2 X 128 mb cards, these should be enough for an Amateur, what size cards do you use ?
@@mikepretorius6350 no problems, I recorded albums in 2004 , 24 bit sound , clean mic pre amps , it’s suitable for todays sound .I used to save the the wave files on a pc with the Boss software and burn CDs , you’ll have to find a smart media card reader.
17 years ago I was making demos on a four track Tascam tape Portastudio. This is an area where digital technology has vastly improved the accessibility to recording for musicians. Having recorded analog to 3” tape in a studio years ago I can vouch for how digital has opened up making music for more people. The industry is now aimed at this market, rather than just “professional” users, so the market is flooded with gear and the range has increased exponentially. The elephant in the room is what has happened in the music scene as a result and whether you think we’re in a better place as a result.
I’ve already commented here that I bought one about 4 years ago from a woman who looked like she was in her early 20’s. It was $30.00 and I thought wth I’ll use it as a sketch pad. When I got home I turned it 9n and it still have one of her songs in it. I was blown away, her vocals were killer and it had acoustic guitars, violin and piano tracks. She obviously had this machine figured out.
4 track tape launched a carrier for the Beetles :) How far we have comes.with PC based studios in bedrooms. There is probably an argument that limitations get the creative juices flowing, convenience makes you lazy.
I was using an old Korg D1200mkII 4 inputs 12 tracks total for years. Had recording to hard drive, the old 40gb one failed 8 years ago, I put in a 320gb IDE drive - not a peep of a problem at all. It also has an audio CD burner built in. It still works great, although kind of noisy compared with a computer DAW (Reaper 6). I still use it for putting together ideas with. If I'm on the go, I use my BOSS microBR 4 track that records onto a 2gb (no larger) SD card. Old tech that still keeps on plugging away.
Got one of those somewhere in the closet, it was better than nothing at the time although i did prefer my old reel to reel more. I'll stick to my Studio One 3 or Sonar Professional through Guitar Rig 5 Or Th3 on the PC!
Great vid! I remember recording stuff on an old 4 track and tape cassette, and bouncing stuff down to one track to make finished copies, which was such a ballache. Then got cakewalk around 96 and life got a lot easier.
😂🤣😂🤣 Great lyrics!!!!! To be honest, the mix sounds pretty good for all the issues you ran into! It’s fascinating how quickly technology can evolve and make cutting edge equipment obsolete. This was really fun watching the process of you recording a song!!! Awesome video!! Cheers!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
Back in the day, I bought the BR-1600CD which came out a couple of years after the BR-532 and has a much higher spec: 16 track, programmable bass & drums, 40Gb on-board memory, built-in CD R/W capability, 8 phantom-powered mic inputs, plus a MIDI interface. I never really explored it fully, using it largely to record electro-acoustic guitar & vocals, but the results were pretty good. These days I’m recording Slow Blues with the IK Multimedia AXE I/O and Amplitube 4, micing up my Zilla 1x12 cab and playing a Les Paul Classic through my board & into a Victory V40 Deluxe head. The difference is chalk & cheese - but you’ve gotta admire the the guys at Boss & Tascam who pioneered bringing music recording out of the professional studio & into you living room. Good on ya, Shane for digging up this bit of history!
i had very same model for years and you don't need the card. i never used it. also you can adjust the led screen. and you can bounce as much as you want. you don't know what you are doing. that machine was a powerhouse in its day.
Hi David... I still have my ol BR532...haven’t used it in a while..BUT would be very interested to know how you used it without the card...which in my opinion was the only limiting factor...the effects and multitrack ability was great...and could still work today. But doesn’t currently have a converter program for wav to mp4 that I can find. Any suggestions on that?
Have you got a video to explain it to those who don't have the same thinking process? Would love someone to show how to record 4 stereo tracks right through to the master mix. I've got the BR 900 and I'm finding it a nightmare to get beyond 2 4 rough mono tracks... To be fair this guy is pretty good. I am determined to work out how to use this relic...
This was totally AWESOME! Perfect demonstration of how easy we have it today with regards to recording. I had an older zoom unit and it is ridiculous to try and record with! Ultimately you managed to get something done and it came out great! Thanks for all your efforts!
Despite the challenges, the project turned out pretty well. Great lyrics😀 It's amazing how far technology has come. When I first started out, I was bouncing tracks on cassete tape. What used to take hours, can now be done in minutes. I actually still use the Boss Micro BR. It's tiny, battery powered, and great for recording ideas when traveling or when you don't want to be tethered to your computer or other gear. Zoom also makes some good all in one recorders which are great for jotting down ideas. However, for multitrack recording (and preserving your sanity), it's hard to beat a good DAW.
Pfffwt!...(sound of amused older person) I remember getting excited about the Porta Studio's. 4 whole channels on a cassette tape. They were only good for working out demos and parts, but it freed up a lot of studio time and money, not to mention 2" tape. The other good thing the old cassette recorders were good for was overdriving the tracks into distortion, and using it as large distortion pedal.
The main tracks for these three famous albums were recorded on 4 track tape machines: Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska Beck - One Foot In the Grave Beck - Mellow Gold So...it's always the artist, talent, and hard work, NOT technology that produces great music.
Love to see this! I hooked mine up to a mixer then basically used it as a two channel digital recorder, uploading the wav files afterwards to edit in Audacity. It's fine for live demos. Larger memory cards are a must but got a lot cheaper thankfully.
I made over 50 songs on this unit, some with as many as 15 tracks. This unit helped me get a major writing contract, and made me tens of thousands of dollars.
Hmmm. I often use the more recent BR-800 (6 tracks) and find it so refreshing to just use my ears, not be glued to a computer screen. It also works as an interface for recording with my laptop. I do copy the tracks over to computer to mix and edit, though. As a pure recording device, though, I think it's great.
@@thanasios1000 the br-8 8 track version was $845 at launch and was one of the most successful recording tables offering a whole ray of options for vocals- to guitars- drums. And even the ability to create your own sound effects if on e of the 200 pre installed ones didnt make you happy or fit the cause
those machines are ideal for simple acoustic folk songs and simple song ideas, I got the zoom r24 which is still quite groundbreaking, but the drum machine isn't as good as I would like it to be, the guitar fx in are brilliant though, I hate relying on Microsoft and intel while I'm using my Cubase, and having to be on the internet for the Cubase membership stuff, but the service is great and you get some great bargains from Cubase, my R24 is great for recording vocal tracks in another room, then I just copy the vocal takes into my Cubase to mix etc with whatever drums I do on the DAW, but yeah, the r24 is a cool machine.
Not obsolete at all .....just older Perfectly fine for making pro quality recordings. Esp singer songwriter stuff use a 128 gig card and use the audio set outputs on the back for powered monitors or a stereo system .....you really need to read the instruction manual before reviewing stuff and putting bad info out there youngster
I had the Br-864. I got way into the drum machine and guitar synth parts of the machine. We used it to record my high school band's demo back in '03/'04. We felt so savvy and hip for recording everything with one box. I remember really liking the mastering toolkit, too. I have no idea if I'd still find the results pleasing. Thanks for the trip down memory lane
Drac03 hey mate going good thanks. You can download a owners manual. Just google br900 owners manual and you should be good to go. I have a DVD on it that I don’t use any more if that would help you as well.
I use the Zoom R16 also. Great little recorder. I don't use the internal effects too much as i try to get a good base recording then transfer the files into my Mac to edit. I'm surprised that the BR-532 was a frustrating mess. Boss is usually in depth with global settings-LCD screen should have a visual adjustment, etc. I have a Boss GT-3 multi fx unit from the 90's and it still rocks! A unit ahead of it's time.
I used to own this machine. I used it for multiple recordings and had a lot of fun with it. Including recording drums! :) this machine was no joke really, it sounded really good and I had some great results with it.
i bought one of these when they came out back in the day. it was 599 bucks and back then worth every penny for whay you got out of it. u can em for 60-100 bucks on ebay. i tell my friends all the time when there kids are getting serious about learning how to play music. the thing thats so cool about this br 532 is how easy it is to record tracks by pressing just a couple of buttons and it has effects, a drum kit,and mic tone,and a external mic as well. only has one line out and line in but for a new bee thats all you need. this little unit not only made me a way better musican it also helped me understand basic tone effects,and recording tracks in general. i recommend every beginner adults to kids get one of these units on ebay for the cheap price tag!
I still have a 2001 model 16 track Yamaha with a 20gb hard drive that records great! I hate DAW software for simple recordings. I wish there were still viable Reel to reel TAPE recorder options myself!! All you need is a mixer and mics for those .
@Zelomeister That's literally what I do with my br-600 and br-1180. I'm not sure why he didn't think of that. A good bass amp or pa speaker would sound great for hearing your track without headphones.
I cant bounce these tracks, thanks boss for that. Lol. Good one! Definitely reminds me of my old analog days, I love the ability to have unlimited tracks on the desktop. Nonetheless, I miss the old analog days, the mistakes that I had no choice but to keep (due to space) and then loving those mistakes later. These days is way too easy to make things too perfect, I have been learning to simply not use all of the tools available, just because they are there. ( Any longtime Home multitracker will get what I am saying)
I do think most people who have come later (post '90s) to the "digital" music making scene over-disparage older "analogue" gear just off hand without realising it is really themselves (the person) who more often is the deficient entity, and also has no clue! I used to run a bedroom studio 25+ yrs ago using dinky Yamaha PSS680/780s as "workstations", we didn't even have a sequencer (hardware or DAW) or multi-track audio recorder (pre-DAT) and used normal stereo decks to record" in real time": However some of the "one-take" tracks we made then are still pretty solid IN OVERALL EXECUTION if not musical quality. It was because with the limits of the gear YOU HAD TO PUT THE HARD WORK IN ! This unit is still as good as - if not better in some aspects- than some of the gadgets we see these days; for instance 1) default WAV/CD quality as opposed to today's mp3 standards on tablets/phones 2) no room for mistakes (no editing cut paste etc) so you had ALL to be on your best form while recording tracks 3) You actually did know how to use the equipment to its full potential , not as here which is only sctatching the surface;!! 4) You didn't set out to do just demos, it was serious work straight up to getting a studio-grade recording using the4-tracker. IN OTHERWORDS: - PROFESSIONALISM!! THAT IS THE DIFFEENCE, NOT THAT THE GEAR IS SO "crap" TODAY. Good luck to all of us, I am still smiling seeing how oft folks miss the true picture.
I've had a few 532s, the 600, 800 & 1180cd and the micro br-80-let me tell you they're all gems and all very capable till this day give yourself a pat on the back and find a nice one and buy it ❤
I remember buying the BR1180 with the CD drive back in 2002. I used most of my graduation money to get it. I learned so many things with that unit. It definitely paved the way for my future endeavors. Thanks for the memories!
I somehow managed to get a BR8 when I was...like...15 (25 years ago! How time flies...lol) and never really was able to figure it out. Sold that and eventually got Cubase and an interface...couldn't really figure that out, either. It took all the way to 2009 before I was FINALLY able to figure out how to do it all, though with REAPER. Been using it ever since! I might try to find a cheap BR8 on ebay or something...might be fun to mess with. Hahaha Loved the vid! Keep rockin!
I used my BR532 for 22 years until the buttons worked no more! I still miss it. It sounds crazy, but it changed my life in that Boss gave me the tool to put all my ideas down and hear if it sucks or not. I hate DAWS for this purpose. Writing and composing songs on this is so much better for me. I actually enjoyed using it! Bar the ridiculous 128mb max size card limitation. I’m currently in the process of buying a used BR800. I can’t be without a recorder like this!
Have and use that exact unit, there is a very steep learning curve with it, not having the manual would be a killer! It's a very handy little portable, smart media to XD card adaptor is handy for more storage on a more modern media.
I use the BR-864 and it's great, If i find one cheap, i'll pick up the BR-532 because of how it forces you into thinking about just one track with the limited on-board memory, plus the effects are basic, so it's all about making the most of what little you got.
You're right. It's just so sterile sounding compared with real drums. I was going to use it but it's hard to really layer anything up over a click-style drum track.
Fantastic video! Brings me back! I thought using my first 4 track machine was a project back in the day (Tascam 424 mk2). Goes to show you how far we have come with home recording technology. Like you said in the video, this is how we did our demos, and self produced albums back in the day though. It got the job done, but I wouldn't want to go back to using it! The song sounded great at the end, and the lyrics cracked me up! : ) Fantastic job once again!
I don't know why I'm getting kind of offended at him making fun of this machine LOL maybe because I used to drool over in musician's Friend like 20 years ago. Sure after working with high end stuff it's kind of seems a little like a joke but this was a dream for a lot of kids. The song sounds like a demo for a piece of gear like this.
I've the Zoom MRS-4, 2x Boss Micro BR's, a BR-864 (the updated BR-532) and the BR-1200CD. Once you developed the muscle memory for them after about a month of use you'll really never go back to any kind of other recording, it's simply to quick and convenient on these machines. The later Boss BR's have GT6 modeling/multiFX i believe, you can really do full productions on them and they're still extremely cheap.
Great fun! Had my heart set on the BR532 when they came out,but a little later they came up with the BR864 8 track recorder and I thought 'what the Hell...go for it!' And yep,I'm still using it! Once you get into the 'guts' of it ,you can get some great recordings. Love to see the ' How to record on a Tascam Porta One' follow up.... usually on Ebay for £200!!
I still have one of those! They actually record acoustic instruments extremely well. I use it often for laying down ideas and then reamp it into a modern DAW if I feel I have something to work with. And it always sounds fantastic with acoustic guitars, violins, and anything recorded with a decent mic.
And honestly shane, the mixed track actually sounded better than a LOT of what you find on YT from people using thousands of dollars worth of gear. Gear is really only like 1/4 of the formula. Proper production and mixing is everything.
Used a Yamaha MT-50 Porta Studio, bouncing down to a Stereo Cassette deck, then playing THAT back into the MT-50 WHILE laying another track! talk about knowing yer parts! LOL!
You experienced similar frustration to what I experience trying to get computer based stuff to work. I usually just give up because it never works as well as it does for the folks in the video tutorials. I'm not a computer programmer, just a musician.
I had a br-532 in 2006, it was tons of fun. I sold it later on to my Sisters bf, just to get it out of pawn anyway. Years later I bought a br-864 it's nearly identical but better in a few ways. It has COSM effects from BOSS (Not Bose as I had once called it). The cosm effects are really good it has a convincing Marshall sound, there's virtual bass and virtual acoustic. I think the bass is convincing. I got mine for $120 cad. It was discounted because the display has broken characters but I can still see some of it and everything else works as expected. Only problem I'm having is I can't seem to turn off the built in mic when I plug a mic in the 1/4 jack
@@WarrenPostma I mean i actually want to get one of these because of the fact i don't like audio interfaces. From the looks of things they're easy as pie and give you the rawest record possible.
@@Dana21283 In 2020, get a modern version though! Get one the newer TASCAM line of SD-card portastudios. Search this term: TASCAM DP-03sd 8-Track Digital Portastudio
I think you need to get and read the User Manual . The unit will support upto 128MB SM Cards and a 32MB card should allow approx 20-mins recording . And why use a mono jack on the headphones output ? Line Out to your sound card is the best option for monitoring playback if you haven't got a dedicated stereo amp system.
I enjoyed this vid. To be fair, with a bit of patience you can get some good results on these things, especially the BR-8 that you mentioned (and I’ve still got). They’re really designed for performance and getting your ideas down rather than making a finished article though. And it’s also true what’s mentioned on other comments that DAWs do make you lazy, as they’re so editable and automated - no doubt they’re a hundred miles forward in terms of quality though. My God, thinking about it, I did battle hard to get some good stuff out of my old BR-8. I take it all back what I said before 😂
I was born in 1972 ( the year Ziggy Stardust visited planet Earth). Bought a Boss BR532 in 2003, here in Brazil, it was kinda expensive, but I still use its machine drum a lot.
Excellent video. I hope you enjoyed. I have a Boss BR 800 that is a bit more advanced. I still use it and for now I have no intention of getting rid of it, because in the worst case, it serves as an audio interface and as a mixing desk. It has XLR inputs, a phanton power input and a Hi-Z input I never had a problem with the memory capacity (32 Gb). It has eight tracks for simultaneous playback and records to four real tracks or eight virtual tracks. It has built-in the effects of the Boss GT 10 (phaser, flanger, rotary tremolo, vibrato, uni-v, chorus, delay, simulation of amp models, famous guitars and basses, octaver, etc). It also has a drum machine with the possibility of creating, modifying and editing new patterns; and finally, it also has vocal effects for harmonization, chorus, rever, etc. You probably know the Boss BR 800. Thank you for your sympathy.
When you say no speaker outputs with Line Out jacks at the back you can just plug into a stereo system . I also have the Boss 864 and still use it and with that bouncing multiple tracks is easy - just select Bounce with Utility and it automatically bounces multiple tracks into a pair of virtual tracks. Mastering effects were good. The built in cosm bass and acoustic amp simulations were good and still usable but the electric gtr amp sims are over processed and sound a bit synthetic. Right now I use the Rec out of a Boss Katana amp to go into the 864 recorder gtr input jack (Katana Rec out speaker simulation is pretty good) - On the downside they were expensive when they came out about 2005 . But they are resilient and never break down or freeze like a computer although sometimes you have to press the buttons multiple times. USB transfer to computer is very slow too . I would still recommend it but for the fact that 864 takes an old style compact flash card with limit of 1gb capacity - more than that and the machine gives error message. 1 gb or less flashcards are no longer made. If something goes wrong with the flashcard in it the unit will be unusable unless you can find old flashcards for sale somewhere.
I had one of those, but quickly realized that 4 tracks was not enough. I believe that unit has a usb port on it so it is possible to transfer tracks onto the computer by using a piece of software from Boss to convert them to wav files. The 32 mb card was the stock card I think Boss included, but you could buy larger cards which would allow more track time. I sold my BR 532 to my nephew and bought the next gen from Boss, the BR 864. Very similar unit but uses compact flash cards up to 1 GB, and 8 tracks total. Regarding monitoring, use the line outs with some adapters either into powered monitors or into a stereo system such as a receiver or amp. It was a huge leap forward for me over my Fostex X12 4 track cassette studio.
I have a Roland Boss BR8. Do you know how to convert the fils from the zip disc to my new pc. It worked before on my old pc with Audacity but not anymore. Thank you
these little things are great for the home guitarist that doesn't have a lot of room it has your effects and all the stuff that you can tinker around with and really build up your chops. I had a br 600 and one thing I did not like was the drum stuff
Awesome Shane, laughed my guts out through this, how easy we have it now with the tech available. I’ve got to say it ended up sounding pretty good and man those lyrics just killed me!🤣👍
So you were expecting speakers on a portable multi tracker? Maybe something by Zoom, Vestax or Sansui had small built in speakers. If I find one that has built in speakers I'll get back to you.
Why would you not be able to record with that? You can still record on cassette tape if you want to. I had the BR8 version of this unit and it was a very useful tool. I produced many good demos with it.
That’s advanced compared to what we used in the early nineties. I remember going over to my friend’s house to record on his 4 track Tascam cassette recorder.
I have and still use an 864. I still like the analog feel of having a board type set up instead of staring at the computer. As has been mentioned, acoustic instruments and voice sound very good on it and once you know your way around, it's not difficult to use. The effects are pretty good as well. And easy to bring and record in a band setting instead of dragging a laptop and setting that up. I much prefer to record bands live (ala Neil Young and much of the older stones albums) instead of overdubbing and auto tuning everything to death. As was said in the vid, it keeps you honest instead of being able to edit and clean up every little detail. The music sounds much more organic. Someone mentioned the Zoom. It can record 8 tracks live which I really like. We recorded an album with it because of that. Anyway, I still use it.
thanks for the comment, just found one used, it used to be a dream back in the day, now I afford one (yep, have the pc, but nothing like a portable unit to multitrack analog synths etc :D thanks again
I bought one of these back in 2002 or so and messed around with it for a bit but quickly tired of deciphering the user manual (which was obviously not written by anyone whose first language was English) in order to use all of its functionality. Every few years I break it out and give it another try and abandon it after an hour or two of reading the manual, dicking around with it and accomplishing next to nothing. I have one SmartCard that I used to record one minute pieces of music over the years; it just filled up today. But it seems to me it was quite powerful in its day, and I wish back then that I’d sucked it up and spent a few hours really learning how to use it so that I could have taken advantage of it. The digital effects are actually not that bad - they are hit and miss, but they all have many parameters that you can adjust - you just need the user manual to find out how to do it.
Back in 2002 I recorded a whole album on this machine! Seeing this video it's unbelievable that I managed to finish it! I must say... I exported all recorded tracks to separate tracks and it was mixed in a professional studio. The quality of the recordings wasn't that bad! Just to record and take it with you is unbelievable those days. But, I'm glad it's 2020 and I am recording on a Mac with Logic now!
Roger van Zundert hi, I still have mine unit working fine (bought it in 2001). Back then I used an adapter to export tracks to computer using the boss software (my pc at that time could not handle real time recording). I still have the floppy disc style adapter for the card. I’m also glad to be able to use a nice computer, plugins, virtual instruments, DAW and so on, but it was fun to record with my br 532.
Would you be interested in the fact that when recording a guitar and a microphone at the same time, the channels (input selector, simultaneously) are quieter than the separate ones? (microphone, guitar, line)
Awesome video! I have seen these for sale and have wondered if they were any good in today’s standard. Wow. Definitely time to retire it but seems like a cool device for back in the day. Rock on!
I hope you enjoy this video! This video took so long trying to use a maximum of 32MB of space! haha.
intheblues Cool machine. I still record on a 4 track tape deck. It's easier than the one you demo but the sound is pretty hissy. No cut or paste. I like the old gear. My brother still has a teac reel to reel studio deck from the 70s.
@@jonathanhandsmusic So do I!
LOL I can't like this video enough! I still have a Tascam Portasound that uses cassettes. How many minutes of 4 track audio were you able to get in 32 MB?
@@MikeKeller Not MUCH obviously! LOL!
@@MikeKeller about 4-5 tracks with no more than 4 minutes each lol
I recorded my first song on 2 RCA 4-track reel-to-reels. I played 6 different instrumental parts and sang 3 part harmony. I was 14, and it was 1979. WHAT A BLAST!
You're a hero to all modern musicians 🥳👏
Sweet! Necessity is the mother of invention!
Is your name Mike Oldfield? :D
I've made whole albums on this BR532, easy to navigate once you know it, 24 bit sound, lots of effects, it was ahead of it's time
Tried mine yesterday for the first time, good clear recording sound, i have 2 X 128 mb cards, these should be enough for an Amateur, what size cards do you use ?
@@mikepretorius6350 if they support 128 mb you have more than enough, make sure you optimize the cards so you don’t have any problems.
@@mikepretorius6350 if you have a lot of tracks you’ll have to bounce which virtually gives you plenty, you just cant control them all simultaneously
@@wiillthebarbertv9415 cheers for that 👍
@@mikepretorius6350 no problems, I recorded albums in 2004 , 24 bit sound , clean mic pre amps , it’s suitable for todays sound .I used to save the the wave files on a pc with the Boss software and burn CDs , you’ll have to find a smart media card reader.
17 years ago I was making demos on a four track Tascam tape Portastudio. This is an area where digital technology has vastly improved the accessibility to recording for musicians. Having recorded analog to 3” tape in a studio years ago I can vouch for how digital has opened up making music for more people. The industry is now aimed at this market, rather than just “professional” users, so the market is flooded with gear and the range has increased exponentially. The elephant in the room is what has happened in the music scene as a result and whether you think we’re in a better place as a result.
Heroic ages.. 😎
I still use my Br 800 because I work on a computer all day,
gives a break to my eyes and wakes up my ears when I record
I would rather record on this than a computer. I've had good times on this machine.
I’ve already commented here that I bought one about 4 years ago from a woman who looked like she was in her early 20’s. It was $30.00 and I thought wth I’ll use it as a sketch pad. When I got home I turned it 9n and it still have one of her songs in it. I was blown away, her vocals were killer and it had acoustic guitars, violin and piano tracks. She obviously had this machine figured out.
If you want to record on obsolete equipment find an old Tascam 4 channel tape porta.
I found a recording me and my buddies did in 1989/90ish on a Fostex 4 track tape recorder... very dated sounding lol
4 track tape launched a carrier for the Beetles :) How far we have comes.with PC based studios in bedrooms.
There is probably an argument that limitations get the creative juices flowing, convenience makes you lazy.
I still use my Fostex 4 track machine for taping gigs. Still works, still gives great sound.
I was using an old Korg D1200mkII 4 inputs 12 tracks total for years. Had recording to hard drive, the old 40gb one failed 8 years ago, I put in a 320gb IDE drive - not a peep of a problem at all. It also has an audio CD burner built in. It still works great, although kind of noisy compared with a computer DAW (Reaper 6). I still use it for putting together ideas with. If I'm on the go, I use my BOSS microBR 4 track that records onto a 2gb (no larger) SD card. Old tech that still keeps on plugging away.
Got one of those somewhere in the closet, it was better than nothing at the time although i did prefer my old reel to reel more. I'll stick to my Studio One 3 or Sonar Professional through Guitar Rig 5 Or Th3 on the PC!
Great vid! I remember recording stuff on an old 4 track and tape cassette, and bouncing stuff down to one track to make finished copies, which was such a ballache. Then got cakewalk around 96 and life got a lot easier.
😂🤣😂🤣 Great lyrics!!!!! To be honest, the mix sounds pretty good for all the issues you ran into! It’s fascinating how quickly technology can evolve and make cutting edge equipment obsolete. This was really fun watching the process of you recording a song!!! Awesome video!! Cheers!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
A singer song writer could use this to write and rehearse songs. The more talent you have the better the machine is, MATE!
Back in the day, I bought the BR-1600CD which came out a couple of years after the BR-532 and has a much higher spec: 16 track, programmable bass & drums, 40Gb on-board memory, built-in CD R/W capability, 8 phantom-powered mic inputs, plus a MIDI interface. I never really explored it fully, using it largely to record electro-acoustic guitar & vocals, but the results were pretty good. These days I’m recording Slow Blues with the IK Multimedia AXE I/O and Amplitube 4, micing up my Zilla 1x12 cab and playing a Les Paul Classic through my board & into a Victory V40 Deluxe head. The difference is chalk & cheese - but you’ve gotta admire the the guys at Boss & Tascam who pioneered bringing music recording out of the professional studio & into you living room. Good on ya, Shane for digging up this bit of history!
i had very same model for years and you don't need the card. i never used it. also you can adjust the led screen. and you can bounce as much as you want. you don't know what you are doing. that machine was a powerhouse in its day.
Totally second this. The guy doesn't even seem young enough to never have encountered a standalone multitrack recorder.
@@IlBiggo yup another know it all millennial who doesnt know shite
Hi David... I still have my ol BR532...haven’t used it in a while..BUT would be very interested to know how you used it without the card...which in my opinion was the only limiting factor...the effects and multitrack ability was great...and could still work today. But doesn’t currently have a converter program for wav to mp4 that I can find. Any suggestions on that?
Have you got a video to explain it to those who don't have the same thinking process? Would love someone to show how to record 4 stereo tracks right through to the master mix. I've got the BR 900 and I'm finding it a nightmare to get beyond 2 4 rough mono tracks... To be fair this guy is pretty good. I am determined to work out how to use this relic...
I feel the need to correct you there I think you do need the card. How else are you going to record with it ?
This was totally AWESOME! Perfect demonstration of how easy we have it today with regards to recording. I had an older zoom unit and it is ridiculous to try and record with! Ultimately you managed to get something done and it came out great! Thanks for all your efforts!
Despite the challenges, the project turned out pretty well. Great lyrics😀
It's amazing how far technology has come. When I first started out, I was bouncing tracks on cassete tape. What used to take hours, can now be done in minutes.
I actually still use the Boss Micro BR. It's tiny, battery powered, and great for recording ideas when traveling or when you don't want to be tethered to your computer or other gear. Zoom also makes some good all in one recorders which are great for jotting down ideas. However, for multitrack recording (and preserving your sanity), it's hard to beat a good DAW.
I have a Boss BR1200 CD, I still use it to this day when I'm not in the mood of using DAWs. It's nice to hace physical buttons and faders.
I have one too. They are awesome!
They are really good. The guy in video is being dramatic
hey !! nice to hear that are still users of boss br out there ! I own the 1600 but cannot use it with windows 10 ...! any ideas ?? thanks
@@jimkiousis I just run some cables out of the boss into my laptop and record the final mix onto audacity.
@@elipop777 working with windows 10 ?
Pfffwt!...(sound of amused older person)
I remember getting excited about the Porta Studio's. 4 whole channels on a cassette tape. They were only good for working out demos and parts, but it freed up a lot of studio time and money, not to mention 2" tape.
The other good thing the old cassette recorders were good for was overdriving the tracks into distortion, and using it as large distortion pedal.
I used to have a Boss BR-1600. I loved it. Great video! Great song too
I still have mine. :-)
The main tracks for these three famous albums were recorded on 4 track tape machines:
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Beck - One Foot In the Grave
Beck - Mellow Gold
So...it's always the artist, talent, and hard work, NOT technology that produces great music.
I would've mentioned literally anything after Sgt Pepper?
The Beatles - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band"
Ween-The Pod & Pure Guava, both on a Tascam 4 track
Boston recorded and mixed their first album in a basement and it’s the same mix you hear to this day…
@@QuikdethDeviantart Yep. It's the artist, and not the gear.
The phono outs were absolutely fine, as is the drum machine. The manual online would have told you this in the first few pages.
Love to see this! I hooked mine up to a mixer then basically used it as a two channel digital recorder, uploading the wav files afterwards to edit in Audacity. It's fine for live demos. Larger memory cards are a must but got a lot cheaper thankfully.
I made over 50 songs on this unit, some with as many as 15 tracks.
This unit helped me get a major writing contract, and made me tens of thousands of dollars.
I would love to here something that you recorded on this device! Any links?
Hmmm. I often use the more recent BR-800 (6 tracks) and find it so refreshing to just use my ears, not be glued to a computer screen. It also works as an interface for recording with my laptop. I do copy the tracks over to computer to mix and edit, though. As a pure recording device, though, I think it's great.
If you got to use pc, it makes it easier. Not reason to use compression of those kind of recorders, except for expensive ones with many options..
@@thanasios1000 the br-8 8 track version was $845 at launch and was one of the most successful recording tables offering a whole ray of options for vocals- to guitars- drums. And even the ability to create your own sound effects if on e of the 200 pre installed ones didnt make you happy or fit the cause
dude read the owners manual…
those machines are ideal for simple acoustic folk songs and simple song ideas, I got the zoom r24 which is still quite groundbreaking, but the drum machine isn't as good as I would like it to be, the guitar fx in are brilliant though, I hate relying on Microsoft and intel while I'm using my Cubase, and having to be on the internet for the Cubase membership stuff, but the service is great and you get some great bargains from Cubase, my R24 is great for recording vocal tracks in another room, then I just copy the vocal takes into my Cubase to mix etc with whatever drums I do on the DAW, but yeah, the r24 is a cool machine.
Not obsolete at all .....just older Perfectly fine for making pro quality recordings. Esp singer songwriter stuff use a 128 gig card and use the audio set outputs on the back for powered monitors or a stereo system .....you really need to read the instruction manual before reviewing stuff and putting bad info out there youngster
I had the Br-864. I got way into the drum machine and guitar synth parts of the machine. We used it to record my high school band's demo back in '03/'04. We felt so savvy and hip for recording everything with one box. I remember really liking the mastering toolkit, too. I have no idea if I'd still find the results pleasing. Thanks for the trip down memory lane
Matthew Clise that’s the one I have.
I still use my br900
Use it everyday and know inside out, love it 🤘
Awesome! I haven't used that one. The BR-8 was a great unit when it came out I'm sure the 900 will be even better!
Hey Paul, how are you bro? I brought a BR 900 in this past.December, but it had no operating manual. Can you tell me how to find one, please!
Thanks
Drac03 hey mate going good thanks. You can download a owners manual. Just google br900 owners manual and you should be good to go.
I have a DVD on it that I don’t use any more if that would help you as well.
@@paulduff2860 Hey Paul would you be that nice and upload the dvd some where? Really appreciated
I could use some tips on the br-900 version 2
I use the Zoom R16 also. Great little recorder. I don't use the internal effects too much as i try to get a good base recording then transfer the files into my Mac to edit.
I'm surprised that the BR-532 was a frustrating mess. Boss is usually in depth with global settings-LCD screen should have a visual adjustment, etc.
I have a Boss GT-3 multi fx unit from the 90's and it still rocks! A unit ahead of it's time.
I used to own this machine. I used it for multiple recordings and had a lot of fun with it. Including recording drums! :) this machine was no joke really, it sounded really good and I had some great results with it.
i bought one of these when they came out back in the day. it was 599 bucks and back then worth every penny for whay you got out of it. u can em for 60-100 bucks on ebay. i tell my friends all the time when there kids are getting serious about learning how to play music. the thing thats so cool about this br 532 is how easy it is to record tracks by pressing just a couple of buttons and it has effects, a drum kit,and mic tone,and a external mic as well. only has one line out and line in but for a new bee thats all you need. this little unit not only made me a way better musican it also helped me understand basic tone effects,and recording tracks in general. i recommend every beginner adults to kids get one of these units on ebay for the cheap price tag!
I still have a 2001 model 16 track Yamaha with a 20gb hard drive that records great! I hate DAW software for simple recordings. I wish there were still viable Reel to reel TAPE recorder options myself!! All you need is a mixer and mics for those .
I still use a Boss BR1600 for studio capture and mixing, and a Micro BR for triggering drums and synth samples live. No complaints here.
I've still got mine too.
WORKING UNDER PRESURE ,YOU NAIL IT MAN GREAT DEMO DON'T PUT YOUSELF DOWN. BLESS YOU🙏🏿😇🕊
That was a good one Shane. Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year!! Thank you for all that you do. Cheers!!
Lol wrote a lot of tunes on the br532 when I was a lad.
The 'stereo line out' would be used to go to an amp/receiver with speakers hooked up to it.
@Zelomeister That's literally what I do with my br-600 and br-1180. I'm not sure why he didn't think of that. A good bass amp or pa speaker would sound great for hearing your track without headphones.
Ya, this TH-camr is a bit of an ignorant nob. He's putting down stuff about it there's simple solutions for.
I cant bounce these tracks, thanks boss for that. Lol. Good one! Definitely reminds me of my old analog days, I love the ability to have unlimited tracks on the desktop. Nonetheless, I miss the old analog days, the mistakes that I had no choice but to keep (due to space) and then loving those mistakes later. These days is way too easy to make things too perfect, I have been learning to simply not use all of the tools available, just because they are there. ( Any longtime Home multitracker will get what I am saying)
We still use a Boss BR-900. It's fantastic.
I do think most people who have come later (post '90s) to the "digital" music making scene over-disparage older "analogue" gear just off hand without realising it is really themselves (the person) who more often is the deficient entity, and also has no clue!
I used to run a bedroom studio 25+ yrs ago using dinky Yamaha PSS680/780s as "workstations", we didn't even have a sequencer (hardware or DAW) or multi-track audio recorder (pre-DAT) and used normal stereo decks to record" in real time": However some of the "one-take" tracks we made then are still pretty solid IN OVERALL EXECUTION if not musical quality.
It was because with the limits of the gear YOU HAD TO PUT THE HARD WORK IN ! This unit is still as good as - if not better in some aspects- than some of the gadgets we see these days; for instance 1) default WAV/CD quality as opposed to today's mp3 standards on tablets/phones 2) no room for mistakes (no editing cut paste etc) so you had ALL to be on your best form while recording tracks 3) You actually did know how to use the equipment to its full potential , not as here which is only sctatching the surface;!! 4) You didn't set out to do just demos, it was serious work straight up to getting a studio-grade recording using the4-tracker.
IN OTHERWORDS: - PROFESSIONALISM!! THAT IS THE DIFFEENCE, NOT THAT THE GEAR IS SO "crap" TODAY. Good luck to all of us, I am still smiling seeing how oft folks miss the true picture.
That was a blast! I still have my 12 track, a Tascam 8 track & yes a my original Tascam 4 track cassette recorder.
That was a pretty good effort mate to keep us listening.
I've had a few 532s, the 600, 800 & 1180cd and the micro br-80-let me tell you they're all gems and all very capable till this day give yourself a pat on the back and find a nice one and buy it ❤
I remember buying the BR1180 with the CD drive back in 2002. I used most of my graduation money to get it. I learned so many things with that unit. It definitely paved the way for my future endeavors. Thanks for the memories!
I somehow managed to get a BR8 when I was...like...15 (25 years ago! How time flies...lol) and never really was able to figure it out. Sold that and eventually got Cubase and an interface...couldn't really figure that out, either. It took all the way to 2009 before I was FINALLY able to figure out how to do it all, though with REAPER. Been using it ever since!
I might try to find a cheap BR8 on ebay or something...might be fun to mess with. Hahaha
Loved the vid! Keep rockin!
I used my BR532 for 22 years until the buttons worked no more! I still miss it. It sounds crazy, but it changed my life in that Boss gave me the tool to put all my ideas down and hear if it sucks or not. I hate DAWS for this purpose. Writing and composing songs on this is so much better for me. I actually enjoyed using it! Bar the ridiculous 128mb max size card limitation. I’m currently in the process of buying a used BR800. I can’t be without a recorder like this!
Have and use that exact unit, there is a very steep learning curve with it, not having the manual would be a killer!
It's a very handy little portable, smart media to XD card adaptor is handy for more storage on a more modern media.
You pulled it off. That was great and sounded great. We got a treat to hear your voice too. Merry Christmas Shane.
I use the BR-864 and it's great, If i find one cheap, i'll pick up the BR-532 because of how it forces you into thinking about just one track with the limited on-board memory, plus the effects are basic, so it's all about making the most of what little you got.
From memory, the built-in drum machine doesn't use any of the tracks which would have made things a bit easier if you had used it..
You're right. It's just so sterile sounding compared with real drums. I was going to use it but it's hard to really layer anything up over a click-style drum track.
Fantastic video! Brings me back! I thought using my first 4 track machine was a project back in the day (Tascam 424 mk2). Goes to show you how far we have come with home recording technology. Like you said in the video, this is how we did our demos, and self produced albums back in the day though. It got the job done, but I wouldn't want to go back to using it! The song sounded great at the end, and the lyrics cracked me up! : ) Fantastic job once again!
Certainly glad to see this video. I about went crazy trying to figure this thing out but it does work, eventually.
Love the singing. Solid rhymes 🤘🏽
This is a great random video man..
Thanks a lot, Jay! :)
lol loved those lyrics man! Great video, thanks for sharing
Nice Man!! I´m back 20 year in time. Very Cool
I don't know why I'm getting kind of offended at him making fun of this machine LOL maybe because I used to drool over in musician's Friend like 20 years ago. Sure after working with high end stuff it's kind of seems a little like a joke but this was a dream for a lot of kids. The song sounds like a demo for a piece of gear like this.
I've the Zoom MRS-4, 2x Boss Micro BR's, a BR-864 (the updated BR-532) and the BR-1200CD. Once you developed the muscle memory for them after about a month of use you'll really never go back to any kind of other recording, it's simply to quick and convenient on these machines. The later Boss BR's have GT6 modeling/multiFX i believe, you can really do full productions on them and they're still extremely cheap.
Great fun! Had my heart set on the BR532 when they came out,but a little later they came up with the BR864 8 track recorder and I thought 'what the Hell...go for it!' And yep,I'm still using it! Once you get into the 'guts' of it ,you can get some great recordings. Love to see the ' How to record on a Tascam Porta One' follow up.... usually on Ebay for £200!!
Just got an 864 last week.
I still have one of these. Traded my old tascam 4 track tape recorder straight out. Used it a few times and has been collecting dust for a cpl yrs.
I still have one of those! They actually record acoustic instruments extremely well. I use it often for laying down ideas and then reamp it into a modern DAW if I feel I have something to work with. And it always sounds fantastic with acoustic guitars, violins, and anything recorded with a decent mic.
And honestly shane, the mixed track actually sounded better than a LOT of what you find on YT from people using thousands of dollars worth of gear. Gear is really only like 1/4 of the formula. Proper production and mixing is everything.
Used a Yamaha MT-50 Porta Studio, bouncing down to a Stereo Cassette deck, then playing THAT back into the MT-50 WHILE laying another track! talk about knowing yer parts! LOL!
You experienced similar frustration to what I experience trying to get computer based stuff to work. I usually just give up because it never works as well as it does for the folks in the video tutorials. I'm not a computer programmer, just a musician.
I had a br-532 in 2006, it was tons of fun. I sold it later on to my Sisters bf, just to get it out of pawn anyway.
Years later I bought a br-864 it's nearly identical but better in a few ways. It has COSM effects from BOSS (Not Bose as I had once called it). The cosm effects are really good it has a convincing Marshall sound, there's virtual bass and virtual acoustic. I think the bass is convincing. I got mine for $120 cad. It was discounted because the display has broken characters but I can still see some of it and everything else works as expected.
Only problem I'm having is I can't seem to turn off the built in mic when I plug a mic in the 1/4 jack
Great vid .Im still using my br600 great fun .Wayne
What an effort! I'm yet to dabble in recording, never tried at all before. Fingers crossed my experience will be easier than that.
$99 audio interface, and Cubase and the world is yours. This video is Doing it the Hard Way because Reasons. Which is why I love this channel.
@@WarrenPostma I mean i actually want to get one of these because of the fact i don't like audio interfaces. From the looks of things they're easy as pie and give you the rawest record possible.
@@Dana21283 In 2020, get a modern version though! Get one the newer TASCAM line of SD-card portastudios.
Search this term:
TASCAM DP-03sd 8-Track Digital Portastudio
Interesting video. This makes my Tascam DP-008ex look fantastic!
Those are great little recorders. Been thinking about grabbing one for putting down demos.
I think you need to get and read the User Manual .
The unit will support upto 128MB SM Cards and a 32MB card should allow approx 20-mins recording .
And why use a mono jack on the headphones output ? Line Out to your sound card is the best option for monitoring playback if you haven't got a dedicated stereo amp system.
If that's the 32MB card that came with it you maybe still have a few Demo Tracks on it ?
Headphone output to a line level input often doesn't sound great either, presumably due to the impedance mismatch.
I still listen to cassettes...love em..lol
I enjoyed this vid.
To be fair, with a bit of patience you can get some good results on these things, especially the BR-8 that you mentioned (and I’ve still got). They’re really designed for performance and getting your ideas down rather than making a finished article though.
And it’s also true what’s mentioned on other comments that DAWs do make you lazy, as they’re so editable and automated - no doubt they’re a hundred miles forward in terms of quality though.
My God, thinking about it, I did battle hard to get some good stuff out of my old BR-8. I take it all back what I said before 😂
I was born in 1972 ( the year Ziggy Stardust visited planet Earth). Bought a Boss BR532 in 2003, here in Brazil, it was kinda expensive, but I still use its machine drum a lot.
Wow! This just saved me a $25 headache… I was about to buy one used…! Tysm for the eye opener!
Excellent video.
I hope you enjoyed.
I have a Boss BR 800 that is a bit more advanced.
I still use it and for now I have no intention of getting rid of it, because in the worst case, it serves as an audio interface and as a mixing desk.
It has XLR inputs, a phanton power input and a Hi-Z input
I never had a problem with the memory capacity (32 Gb).
It has eight tracks for simultaneous playback and records to four real tracks or eight virtual tracks.
It has built-in the effects of the Boss GT 10 (phaser, flanger, rotary tremolo, vibrato, uni-v, chorus, delay, simulation of amp models, famous guitars and basses, octaver, etc).
It also has a drum machine with the possibility of creating, modifying and editing new patterns; and finally, it also has vocal effects for harmonization, chorus, rever, etc.
You probably know the Boss BR 800.
Thank you for your sympathy.
When you say no speaker outputs with Line Out jacks at the back you can just plug into a stereo system . I also have the Boss 864 and still use it and with that bouncing multiple tracks is easy - just select Bounce with Utility and it automatically bounces multiple tracks into a pair of virtual tracks. Mastering effects were good. The built in cosm bass and acoustic amp simulations were good and still usable but the electric gtr amp sims are over processed and sound a bit synthetic. Right now I use the Rec out of a Boss Katana amp to go into the 864 recorder gtr input jack (Katana Rec out speaker simulation is pretty good) - On the downside they were expensive when they came out about 2005 . But they are resilient and never break down or freeze like a computer although sometimes you have to press the buttons multiple times. USB transfer to computer is very slow too . I would still recommend it but for the fact that 864 takes an old style compact flash card with limit of 1gb capacity - more than that and the machine gives error message. 1 gb or less flashcards are no longer made. If something goes wrong with the flashcard in it the unit will be unusable unless you can find old flashcards for sale somewhere.
Shane, the universe is TRYING to tell you something!
Nice shot of Lake Moraine on the monitor! Was just recently there myself. Great video. 👍🏼
Psychidelic furs used ALL the tracks they could 😜 mustve been brutal
After all that, the recording sounded good! Just too cumbersome & fiddly!
I had one of those, but quickly realized that 4 tracks was not enough. I believe that unit has a usb port on it so it is possible to transfer tracks onto the computer by using a piece of software from Boss to convert them to wav files. The 32 mb card was the stock card I think Boss included, but you could buy larger cards which would allow more track time. I sold my BR 532 to my nephew and bought the next gen from Boss, the BR 864. Very similar unit but uses compact flash cards up to 1 GB, and 8 tracks total. Regarding monitoring, use the line outs with some adapters either into powered monitors or into a stereo system such as a receiver or amp. It was a huge leap forward for me over my Fostex X12 4 track cassette studio.
why didn't you connect the line-outs to your speakers?
I have a Roland Boss BR8. Do you know how to convert the fils from the zip disc to my new pc. It worked before on my old pc with Audacity but not anymore. Thank you
Lol, I still record using my old Boss BR-1180! Just used it yesterday, Still works great bro!
these little things are great for the home guitarist that doesn't have a lot of room it has your effects and all the stuff that you can tinker around with and really build up your chops. I had a br 600 and one thing I did not like was the drum stuff
Awesome Shane, laughed my guts out through this, how easy we have it now with the tech available. I’ve got to say it ended up sounding pretty good and man those lyrics just killed me!🤣👍
haha! Thanks a lot :-)
There is nothing smarter than using older gear today. It gets the job done, period. The previous version of this was even better.
So you were expecting speakers on a portable multi tracker? Maybe something by Zoom, Vestax or Sansui had small built in speakers. If I find one that has built in speakers I'll get back to you.
I still have this unit and it works great. I got pretty creative back in the day.
Why would you not be able to record with that? You can still record on cassette tape if you want to. I had the BR8 version of this unit and it was a very useful tool. I produced many good demos with it.
That’s advanced compared to what we used in the early nineties. I remember going over to my friend’s house to record on his 4 track Tascam cassette recorder.
I have and still use an 864. I still like the analog feel of having a board type set up instead of staring at the computer. As has been mentioned, acoustic instruments and voice sound very good on it and once you know your way around, it's not difficult to use. The effects are pretty good as well. And easy to bring and record in a band setting instead of dragging a laptop and setting that up. I much prefer to record bands live (ala Neil Young and much of the older stones albums) instead of overdubbing and auto tuning everything to death. As was said in the vid, it keeps you honest instead of being able to edit and clean up every little detail. The music sounds much more organic. Someone mentioned the Zoom. It can record 8 tracks live which I really like. We recorded an album with it because of that. Anyway, I still use it.
thanks for the comment, just found one used, it used to be a dream back in the day, now I afford one (yep, have the pc, but nothing like a portable unit to multitrack analog synths etc :D thanks again
I still have my Korg D1600. I think I bought it back in 2000. It's great for recording band practice and preserving ideas.
Love this. Thank you.
I bought one of these back in 2002 or so and messed around with it for a bit but quickly tired of deciphering the user manual (which was obviously not written by anyone whose first language was English) in order to use all of its functionality. Every few years I break it out and give it another try and abandon it after an hour or two of reading the manual, dicking around with it and accomplishing next to nothing. I have one SmartCard that I used to record one minute pieces of music over the years; it just filled up today. But it seems to me it was quite powerful in its day, and I wish back then that I’d sucked it up and spent a few hours really learning how to use it so that I could have taken advantage of it. The digital effects are actually not that bad - they are hit and miss, but they all have many parameters that you can adjust - you just need the user manual to find out how to do it.
Back in 2002 I recorded a whole album on this machine! Seeing this video it's unbelievable that I managed to finish it! I must say... I exported all recorded tracks to separate tracks and it was mixed in a professional studio. The quality of the recordings wasn't that bad! Just to record and take it with you is unbelievable those days. But, I'm glad it's 2020 and I am recording on a Mac with Logic now!
Roger van Zundert hi, I still have mine unit working fine (bought it in 2001). Back then I used an adapter to export tracks to computer using the boss software (my pc at that time could not handle real time recording). I still have the floppy disc style adapter for the card. I’m also glad to be able to use a nice computer, plugins, virtual instruments, DAW and so on, but it was fun to record with my br 532.
That was great, nice vox! Happy New year
Would you be interested in the fact that when recording a guitar and a microphone at the same time, the channels (input selector, simultaneously) are quieter than the separate ones? (microphone, guitar, line)
Adjusting the Contrast in system settings allows you to see it better from whatever angle you are viewing it from.
I have one of those. Still use it to fool around. It’s fun.
lol I have a BR1180. I must've had it for over 15 years. I love it. I wish Boss would reissue the BR1600, and maybe a 24 track too.
I still have my BR1600.
Awesome video! I have seen these for sale and have wondered if they were any good in today’s standard. Wow. Definitely time to retire it but seems like a cool device for back in the day. Rock on!
Yeah was a ball buster recording this, but the end result was a great raw track with lyrics from the heart.