Boss BR1600CD 16 Track Digital Studio
The BR1600 is a reliable all-in-one professional portable 16 track digital studio. It has all the tools you will ever need to record, mix and produce CD quality recordings both in the studio and on the move.
16 Tracks
The BR1600 has sixteen digital audio tracks. You can record eight tracks simultaneously via XLR, jack or phono inputs and each track has sixteen virtual tracks which means you can bounce tracks together without ever erasing the original track data or loosing quality. The CDR drive can read and right audio CDs , CDR and CDRW as well as data backup facilities. Audio can be easily cut, pasted and freely moved around in a non destructive way and there is a dedicated high Z instrument input.
Built in FX
There are a wide variety of built in 24bit COSM effects for recording including guitar, bass and keyboard sounds, mastering tools with vocal pitch correction, channel eq, amp models, mutli - fx, compressors, modulation, reverbs etc. These include powerful overdrive/distortion and amp modelling identical to the BOSS GT-6, You can also use the BR1600 as a phrase trainer and slow down difficult solos without changing the pitch.
Rhythm Programmer Onboard
Songwriters will love the BR-1600CD’s built-in rhythm programmer, The Loop Phrase track can be loaded with user samples, or you can choose from a collection of loop phrases pre-loaded onto the hard disk.. Use these realistic backing tracks as inspiration for both writing and recording. You can even customize your own beats using the handy EZ compose function.
USB and your computer.
Import and export audio files and song data quickly and easily. Need to add some drum loops or vocal samples to your song? Simply drag and drop your favorite WAV files from USB-equipped computer directly into the BR-1600CD. Conversely, you can export audio that you’ve created internally on the BR-1600CD to computers.
The BR1600 has a built in 40Gb hard drive giving you approximatly 120 hours recording time, according to how many parts you record etc.
Also provided is a digital optical output, a midi output for sync and playing external rhythm sounds , a footswitch socket (eg DP-2) can start/stop, punch in/out or fx bypass.
