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RC-50 Loop Station © 2006 BOSS Corporation U .S. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repr oduced in any form without the written permission of BOSS Corpora tion U.S. RC50WS05 The Guide and Loop Quantize W o rks h op[...]
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About the RC-50 Workshop Series The BOSS RC-50 Loop Station sets a new standard for per formance loopers. With 49 minutes of mono recording time (or 24 minutes in stereo), onboard storage for up to 297 phrases, and massive realtime control, the RC-50 is a powerful realtime performance tool. While looping is its primar y func tion, it can be use[...]
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About the Guide The RC-50’ s built-in guide pr ovides a rhythmic backing for you to play with while you ’ re rec ording and playing phrases. The guide offers many different patterns in various time signatures and musical styles, with high- quality audio using sampled drum and percussion sounds. In addition to providing a timing reference, t[...]
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T urn the P A TCH/V AL UE dial to the desired value. When you’ re finished, press EXIT. The lights on the T AP TEMPO button and TEMPO pedal flash in different colors along with the patch tempo , with red indicating the first beat— or “ downbeat”—of each measure, and green indicating all other beats. T ap T empo An alternate way to set[...]
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5 Guide:Play Count —When Guide:Play Count is set to 1MEAS, a one - measure count-in plays prior to playback when phrase playback is started with the REC/PLA Y/OVERDUB pedal. ( The OFF setting disables the coun t-in.) The count-in lev el is determined by the GUIDE LEVEL knob. No count-in plays when the RC-50 is started via a MIDI clock command fro[...]
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The Benefit of Loop Quantize T o better understand how Loop Q uantize aids in phrase recording , let ’ s take a look at how one typically records phrases on the RC-50. When the guide ’ s off and you’ re r ecording a Single mode phr ase, you usually have one primar y concern: closing the phrase so it loops smoothly. If you don ’t close t[...]
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There ’ s no on/off switch for Loop Quantize—it ’ s automatically enabled when you’ re recording to one of the following references: The guide. A phrase whose T empo Sync switch is on. The phrase that determines Loop Sync playback length. An external MIDI device that the RC-50 is slaved to. W e’ll cover each of these recording scenari[...]
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When the phrase is closed with the REC/PLA Y/OVERDUB pedal, Loop Quantize adjusts the phrase ending to the nearest adjustment point at the time the pedal is pressed (in our example, any second beat of one of the refer ence’ s measures). S ho rt P hr a se s a n d t h e M in i mu m Re co r di n g T im e Before we move on, let’ s take a moment[...]
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When you decide to close the phrase, press REC/PLA Y/OVERDUB again. Loop Quantize automatically adjusts the phrase’ s ending to the guide measure downbeat that ’ s nearest when the pedal is pressed. 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 Guide Phrase 1 Rec start (downbeat) When REC/PLA Y/OVERDUB is pressed, the phr ase ending is ad[...]
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0 When you’re in Single mode and the patch’ s P hrase Change mode is set to LOOP END, selecting a phrase for recording while another is playing puts it in a record standby state, and recording doesn’t actually begin until the current phrase ends. If the guide is on, this behavior ensures that all phrases’ beginnings and endings are align[...]
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Here’ s an important thing to keep in mind: T urning on a phrase’ s T empo Sync switch will make it play at the current patch tempo. If you don’t want its playback speed changed from the way it was originally recorded—which you’ll probably find preferable in most circumstances—set the patch tempo to the same value as the phrase?[...]
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Phrase 1 Loop Sync pla yback Phrase 2 Phrase 3 Silence CCC CCC CCC C?[...]