Is the Boss BR600 a good recorder?Yes — forum members rate it highly for easy, decent-quality demos. What owners love Great drum sounds — DDonovanB and costafonix praise the built-in rhythms, and songs recorded entirely on the BR600 impressed the community 1,2. Very easy to use — NorioDS went from years of no recording to a finished track in minutes; the onboard mics work well for vocals too 3. Effects and mastering — DDonovanB calls the guitar/bass/vocal effects and simple mastering toolkit "awesome" — you can't beat it for budget demos 2. Endorsed by our Guitar Doctor — Alan Ratcliffe complimented both the recording quality and tone from the little unit 3. Known limitations Bass sim is laggy — the pitch-shifted bass modelling has a delay on low notes. Alan Ratcliffe, our Guitar Doctor, suggests recording as guitar first and applying the sim afterwards, or sliding the track back a few milliseconds — or just buying a bass 4. Drum editing is fiddly — use the free Boss Rhythm Editor software on PC and import via USB instead of programming on the unit itself 6,8. MIDI mapping quirks — if you export drums to Reaper, use a GM drum VSTi to avoid remapping headaches 7. Bottom line: for demos and songwriting without a DAW it's a favourite here. Note these threads date from 2009–2011, so it's a discontinued unit today — check second-hand listings. Ask in the community for current alternatives. From these forum threadsthe Best reason to get a BR600 (2011): Owners share songs made purely on the BR600New song done entirely on my BR600 (2011): Why the BR600 beats a PC interface for demosFirst BR600 Recording! (2011): First-timer records a full track in minutesBR600 Bass Sims too slow?! (2011): Alan Ratcliffe's fix for the laggy bass simulatorBR600 - Easy way to make longer rhythm arrangements (2011): Easier way to build long drum arrangementsBoss BR600 rythm editor, reaper and midi... (2011): Solving Reaper-to-BR600 drum mapping problemsDrum sequences on a BR600 (2009): Free Boss software makes drum programming simple
