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Contents
Formatting the memory card—Initialize.................................................................61
Using the Rhythm Guide.........................................................................................62
Patterns......................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Creating patterns......................................................................................................................................................... 63
Inserting a step................................................................................................................................................ 64
Erasing a step .................................................................................................................................................. 64
Deleting all steps............................................................................................................................................. 65
Saving the pattern ....................................................................................................................................................... 65
Selecting a pattern....................................................................................................................................................... 66
Copying patterns............................................................................................................................................ 66
Changing a pattern name.............................................................................................................................. 66
Synchronizing with MIDI devices ...........................................................................67
MIDI Fundamentals.................................................................................................................................................... 67
Using an external MIDI sound module to play the rhythm guide...................................................................... 68
Synchronizing playback with a MIDI sequencer ................................................................................................... 69
Synchronized playback with the BR-532 as the master ............................................................................ 69
Using MMC.................................................................................................................................................................. 70
Operating MMC-compatible devices with the BR-532 ............................................................................. 70
Mixing the output from an external MIDI device
with the output from your BR-532 (AUDIO SUB MIX) ...........................................72
Displaying the song information............................................................................73
Displaying the remaining available recording time .............................................................................................. 73
Displaying the memory card usage.......................................................................................................................... 73
Search for the music’s start and end (Scrub/Preview).........................................74
Scrubbing to find the music starting point.............................................................................................................. 74
Changing the scrub points......................................................................................................................................... 75
Using Scrub and Preview to find the music ending point.................................................................................... 75
Enabling the Preview Function .................................................................................................................... 75
Finding the music ending point ................................................................................................................... 75
Tuning an instrument—Tuner.................................................................................76
Changing to the tuner................................................................................................................................................. 76
Tuning........................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Setting the reference pitch of the tuner.................................................................................................................... 77
Copying difficult songs—Phrase Trainer ..............................................................78
Slowing down the speed (Time Stretch function).................................................................................................. 78
Canceling the center sound (Center Cancel function)........................................................................................... 78
Using the insert effects ...........................................................................................79
Effect patches and banks............................................................................................................................................ 79
Editing insert effect settings ...................................................................................................................................... 80
Saving insert effects settings (Write)........................................................................................................................ 81
Changing the insert effect connections.................................................................................................................... 81
Using the loop effects..............................................................................................82
Selecting the loop effect.............................................................................................................................................. 82
Adjusting how the loop effect is applied................................................................................................................. 82
Initializing the BR-532’s settings............................................................................83
Initializing all the BR-532’s settings.......................................................................................................................... 83
Initializing the system settings.................................................................................................................................. 83
Initializing the effect settings..................................................................................................................................... 84
Initializing the Rhythm Guide User patterns.......................................................................................................... 84