Owner’s Manual
(this document)
Read this rst. It explains the basic things you
need to know in order to use the RC-500.
Parameter Guide
(download from the Web)
This explains all of the parameters of the RC-500.
To obtain the Parameter Guide
1. Enter the following URL on your
computer.
http://www.boss.info/manuals/
2. Choose “RC-500” as the product name.
Before using this unit, carefully read “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (the leaet “USING THE
UNIT SAFELY” and the Owner’s Manual (p. 27)). After reading, keep the document(s) where it will be available for
immediate reference.
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Getting Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing the Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Connecting the Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
How the RC-500 Is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Creating a Loop Phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Recording on a Single Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Recording on Two Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Record While Listening to the Rhythm Sound . . . . 9
Sounding a Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting the Tempo of Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Saving a Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Saving a Memory (WRITE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Erasing Data from a Memory (CLEAR) . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Editing a Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Editing the Settings of Tracks 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Editing the Settings of a Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using the Loop FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Specifying the Function of the Switches . . . . . . . 13
Editing the Rhythm Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Changing How the Rhythm Starts and Stops . . . 15
Settings for the Entire RC-500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Input/Output Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a Computer via USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the RC-500 and Computer . . . . . . . . . 18
Backing-Up or Recovering Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Controlling Devices via MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
MIDI Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Controlling an External MIDI Device from the
RC-500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Controlling the RC-500 from an External MIDI
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting Two RC-500 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Error Message List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Restoring the Factory Default Settings
(Factory Reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Main Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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