First BR600 Recording!

NorioDS · 2011-08-08T16:40:36+00:00

I am soooo beyond happy! ? This is my first recording with the BR600. I haven't recorded anything in years because it's such a schlep but this was soooooo easy! I just recorded this in minutes, it's awesome. I played the rhythm guitar, bass guitar and lead. The percussion is a pre-loaded track that comes with the BR600. Enjoy and PLEASE leave a comment ? http://www.box.net/shared/ufu8cdxduek80cqrcflp PS: This also doubles as a NGD clip from when I bought this: http://www.guitarforum.co.za/guitar-gear/happy-ngd-to-me!/ PPS: This is with the stock pups. Will record something again once I get around to sticking in the new pups.

Garth-S

Norio wroteVery cool! I must try that when I eventually get a mic.

You already have mics, on the front of the BR600 ? They work great.

Norio wrote Serious?! You just switched it on and recorded? No external equipment? That's damned impressive! Did you use the BR600's built-in pitch correction for your vocals? If not, have you used them in the past? What did you think?

Yip, its so easy with the onboard mics. I have never used any pitch correction on the BR. I actually didn't know it had that. I must have a look see ?

Thanks for your kind words Norio. I am by no means a genius, I just like trying stuff out.

NorioDS

Sweet! I must definitely try the onboard mics. What room do you normally record those in? I guess that would play a big role in how the end result sounds.

AlanRatcliffe

The timing issue started becoming apparent to me after a few listens, a day or 2 after recording. Is this normal - to be in love with your recording initially and then gradually come to hate it and pick out every flaw? Is this how people get better?

Absolutely! It helps you become acutely aware of your playing because you are able to listen to it the way other people do. At first it takes a while before you can listen objectively, but once the novelty wears off, so do the blinkers. The more you do it the quicker you are able to be objective and eventually you'll be able to tell as you finish a take whether it's a keeper or not.

IINM, the BR-600 lets you do multiple takes on "virtual tracks", which means you can record the take a bunch of times and go back later to decide which is the best take to use in the mix.

shaundtsl

Ah, that sounds great Norio!

I need to get busy with my BR600 and some stuff recorded! Will hopefully be posting a track here soon for review!

kitemark

Hi Norio
I am glad you are enjoying the BR600Kind regards
Peter Dreyer.(Previous owner)
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NorioDS

Alan Ratcliffe wrote
The timing issue started becoming apparent to me after a few listens, a day or 2 after recording. Is this normal - to be in love with your recording initially and then gradually come to hate it and pick out every flaw? Is this how people get better?
Absolutely! It helps you become acutely aware of your playing because you are able to listen to it the way other people do. At first it takes a while before you can listen objectively, but once the novelty wears off, so do the blinkers. The more you do it the quicker you are able to be objective and eventually you'll be able to tell as you finish a take whether it's a keeper or not.

Thanks ? That's comforting! I now need to make some time each week to record more and more so I can get used to it and get better and better.

Alan Ratcliffe wrote IINM, the BR-600 lets you do multiple takes on "virtual tracks", which means you can record the take a bunch of times and go back later to decide which is the best take to use in the mix.

I think each one has 2 virtual tracks but I have, as yet, NO idea how they work ? Will figure it out in time, though. For now, I think I want to focus on LOTS of short recordings (to learn and get used to recording, mastering, playing in time, etc) and then start with full-length songs.

shaundtsl wrote Ah, that sounds great Norio!

I need to get busy with my BR600 and some stuff recorded! Will hopefully be posting a track here soon for review!

Awesome! The more we each record, the more value I think the forum will offer to those of us recording and those of us listening/rating. There's a huge lot to learn from the recording process, I think.

kitemark wrote Hi Norio
I am glad you are enjoying the BR600Kind regards
Peter Dreyer.(Previous owner)
?

Thanks meneer ? I'm very chuffed! Glad to see you're on the forum now, so I can add you to my sig as a "good dealings with" addition ?

DonovanB

It has 8 virtual tracks per track.

What I used to do was record my rhythm guitars then bounce then to 5/6 as a stereo track. Then I had 4 more mono tracks to work on.

Download the rhythm editor and the wav converter. They are hectic time savers, although the drum editor takes some figuring out.

The mastering toolkit was my favourite feature.

I tried the pitch correction. Was good, but hard to get right and its not as good as PC based auto tunes.

Nice to see more of them around. Remember to back it up often. And keep a spreadsheet of what song folders are what. The more you record the harder it is to keep track (eh?) Of what is what.

NorioDS

Thanks for the confirmation - wow, 8 virtual tracks - man that's brilliant. This device really kicks butt!

Thanks for the tips, Don.

What do you use to backup? Do you just back up over USB? I suppose I should read the manual ?

NorioDS

So, to confirm, the wav converter allows you to export the recorded tracks for editing in a DAW? I'm not ready for that yet but gonna bookmark the link for when I feel I need to get more advanced than what the BR600 allows me to do onboard.

shaundtsl

Norio wrote So, to confirm, the wav converter allows you to export the recorded tracks for editing in a DAW? I'm not ready for that yet but gonna bookmark the link for when I feel I need to get more advanced than what the BR600 allows me to do onboard.

I have read up (but havent done it yet), that this is possible and quite alot of people do this.

This is actually what I want to do as well. I want to use the rythm editor to create a drum track, import to the BR600, then make use of the portability of this little monster and recording bass on guitars where and when I want to (summers coming, I see myself on the stoep laying down the guitar and bass tracks).

Then, I want the option of importing the tracks to reaper and finishing of the song there or mastering on the BR600 itself (on the stoep ?).

DonovanB

The BR800 is out now but from what I saw its very expensive, can record more tracks at once (the only new feature I kinda like) and uses SD cards (awesome)

Other than that, if you're in the market, the 600 is king. Anything more and you may as well use a computer.

Its good to see you okes enjoying them. I feel a bit left out now

shaundtsl

I can believe you missing the BR600! I don't blame you. How's things coming on with the fast track pro?

DonovanB

It went really well at first. I just haven't found time lately with work and babies and stuff.

I might try get another one to have more inputs available.

Another one is probably on the cards. Maybe the end of the year.

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