BOSS RC-10R Overview and Creating User Drum Patterns

[@shadedskys]

Great vid on a fantastic piece of engineering. Many people find it too complex, but you made a great overview that was quick, and easily understandable, not to mention showing off the powerful aspect of putting your own drums in there. Also : bonus points - when the levee breaks.

[@ronglass5968]

Thanks for the vid! I bought this used from a guy who thought it too complicated - I didn't realise it had *this* amount of functionality/flexibility. Wow! Going to use this for tons of things. Thanks again.

[@marcohermans3207]

This saved my first experience with the RC-10R since I got it this morning. I wanted to send it back because the 12-bar blues has a faulty intro. It's more of a 5/4 instead of a 4/4 measure so you never get synchronised on the first beat with the sync option on. I followed your video and opened EZ drummer in Reaper and make a 12-bar bluesbeat with a 4/4 metronome count in,saved it as a midi file and made the bar changes in the Rhythm Converter and applied the whole structure into the RC-10. It works......almost.... because a closed Hihat in EZ-drummer isn't a closed Hi-hat in the RC-10 drummer but I think I can figure that out. I'm so glad that I found your video so I can get rid of some of the stupid intro's and bombastic endings . Most of them will work but some of them are digusting. Now I can make my own drum patterns. Thanks man !!!

[@themusketeer9458]

I am so glad i found this, mucj better than all those other "professional youtuber" produced videos.. this was exactly what i needed to understand this thing in its most basic functions which is what i need right now

[@michaeltaylors2456]

Great , I was just about to give up on this thing lol.. so many great sounds in here once you get it dialed in. Blue light on the right side rhythm was the key, I could never keep a rhythm locked in solid .. now it’s infinite! Plus the eq settings and stereo! Thank you !

[@JTB--]

Very useful video. My Jeopardy guess for "That Drum Beat" category for $200 is... What is "When the Levee Breaks" Alex

[@flyzbotardo5402]

Nice, clear demo. many thanks!

[@zaherfaraj4936]

Thanks!

[@AdamBoguszart]

Thanks, this is a terrific overview.

[@DannyUnderwood]

Thanks, and thanks for watching! :)

[@alexz2643]

Thanx! It's the most useful video I saw!

[@MatthewChallberg]

Super helpful video, thanks for sharing!

[@mug1222]

Great video, bud. Hell yeah

[@DannyUnderwood]

Hell yeah, thanks for watching - stick around!

[@samsschool3639]

Great video dude, thank you so much

[@briansoderberg1594]

Hi, I really like this pedal. I've been successful saving midi files from GuitarPro. I can then load the midi file into the Rhythm Converter and set up parameters and divisions successfully. I then Apply or Apply All to get it loaded into the RC-10R. The problem is no matter how I do this, it loads the file into all 100 User locations on the RC-10R. I am using the latest firmware and Rhythm Converter software in Windows 10. Any ideas, advice on getting the file to load to just the one User memory location that I specify? Thanks!

[@wildnessoutdoors]

Think of User as a Genre (like Funk, Rock, etc.), then each of your own creations as individual rhythms within the genre.

[@randymccoy2527]

Holy moley! This tutorial is beautiful. What a great explanation of the uses of this machine. Had no idea of the editor. Does the midi data also use the audio or is it just the time data? For example importing a EZDrummer loop/ drum midi file from my DAW will it have the EZDrummer drum sounds? I'm thinking not, it's just sending the time information. Anyway great tutorial

[@frontcentermusician]

Right to the point. PERFECT!

[@FabinhoLyma]

Great content friend! Cheers🔥

[@DjorMil.CineMusic]

Great tutorial

[@victorfranco7337]

Greatly informative video. Thanks. I'm currently using a Jam Man Solo XT Stereo and could I would put the RC 10R before it to have more saving space?

[@riderx65]

Can you download to the rc10? And is there a way to get rid of the awful count in intros they have? Thankyou. I was afraid of buying this , I thought it too complex to not be a flow killing bummer machine , you made it simple and obtainable

[@arno_ka]

Thank you so much. This should be a BOSS video.

[@DannyUnderwood]

Haha, well… I actually work for BOSS! So you are not wrong!

[@arno_ka]

@@DannyUnderwood the last part (drum patterns) was very useful, and I didn't find any tutorial about it. You should tell your boss :-) I was considering selling my RC-10R to buy a Beatbuddy, but with your help I'm now 100% happy with my RC-10R. I'm know looking for a good tutorial to plug a midi controller.

[@arno_ka]

@@DannyUnderwood do you know if there is a video on how to connect a midi controler to the rc-10r ? Can’t find one.

[@DannyUnderwood]

@@arno_ka what do you mean exactly? Simply just need the proper cable, likely the BMIDI-5-35 from BOSS. Then of course ensure you are on the correct midi channel on both.

[@arno_ka]

@@DannyUnderwood the cable is not a problem. But I want to be sure that a RC-10R will work with a midi pedal controler. I couldn’t find a single KZbin video showing a RC-10R working fine with a midi controler.

[@felixosabel4433]

Nice one, is the saving option? And 3/4 time signature?

[@sailingperegrine]

So is rthym 1 and 2 used do do verse and chorus?

[@olivierbock9304]

most helpful review on RC10 I've found - great overview. Thank you

[@juanfont5243]

EXELENTE EXPLICACION !!! UN SALUDO ..

[@richardc321]

when i export my midi files from ableton, they sound completely different (none of the same drum sounds or parts etc). Do have any advice for me? Thanks

[@rhapsodygd]

Hey Danny, thanks for the video, best video on the product to my view, very well explained! Just a quick questions if you don't mind: When we import the midi into the RC-10R software, does it respect the velocity of each note as well? Thank you!

[@DannyUnderwood]

That’s a great question. I THINK so, but I would need to test it. I’m like 99% sure it would as velocity is stored in standard midi.

[@rhapsodygd]

@@DannyUnderwood Thank you! I would think so too. Cheers 😊

[@cardinhamkilligrew9712]

so can you have two patterns for a song? say a chours and verse pattern? can you presave a few songs?

[@aarronwootton]

When the Levy Breaks?

[@DannyUnderwood]

Haha yeah! I love that song very much.

[@astrocreep9060]

My grid in the converter will not go above 19 bars, what am I doing wrong?

[@deandio1067]

Such a great tutorial, thank you. Do you know if I'd be able to save a loop with rhythm to two tracks in a user memory patch to memory, then recall it including both tracks? Just wondering if I can preload loops with rhythms to avoid looping some songs in real time. Thanks!

[@mrwindsreeds152]

Does this have 7/8 and 5/4 ,5/8 loops ?

[@ruiskate3469]

Hello, thank you very much for the video, it helped me a lot in the decision to buy the RC-10R. Just a question: Does it have an option to put effects like Reverb and Delay on the instrument that you connect directly to it? Is it possible to put a complete song of about 4 minutes inside it to use during the Show?

[@AdamBantonRides]

Great vid. have owned the 2 predecessors leading up to this peal....over all disappointing and mad I bought it. BUT.....this vid helped me alot. Still undecided if Boss totally failed on this thing...anyone have an option for a comparable looper? I play guitar Thanks for a taking the time to make this.

[@lucilenemarques3500]

Opa e um vídeo mas explicativo

[@CornDawgOG]

I'm waiting for this and a new amp in the mail I can't wait

[@DannyUnderwood]

Nice! What amp do you have incoming?

[@CornDawgOG]

@@DannyUnderwood The Boss Katana Air

[@DannyUnderwood]

@@CornDawgOG Awesome! have fun with that one!

[@GuitarG123]

Does each track that is recorded have to be the same length or can track 2 be longer than track 1 and vice versa?

[@PaulCatineau]

its just a drum machine. does it add bass guitar. can you change the key or is it fixed on concert E

[@DannyUnderwood]

No bass on this one. Just drums.

[@flatroc1]

No it's not like any drummer... You don't have to worry about it quitting cause it got its girlfriend pregnant ! Thanks for the video

[@DannyUnderwood]

Haha. Thanks for watching.

[@lawrence1960]

Ooh ouch! But ahh yeah.

[@mrbas5150]

Is this a common occurrence? Because this happened in the band I was in.

[@flatroc1]

@@mrbas5150 LoL. ya... multiple times.

[@asientodelalma4851]

Muchas gracias por la información!!!

[@audatone]

Very informing, thank you. How many user banks there are total to store your own drum patterns?

[@DannyUnderwood]

Sorry for the delay in answering. Honestly I'm not sure how to tell the rhythm convert seems to have no limit! but I'm sure there is.

[@thomasp.galvin4632]

Danny, ?how's it going? I just downloaded the Drivers, etc from the Boss Site. Can you tell me how (either using the Computer or just using the RC-10 Pedal)...do you program a Drum Beat or a Drum Pattern

[@bbeard396]

Is the drums coming through the same amp

[@paolomoretti9291]

Can it play an external drum machine/sampler via midi or can you create a custom kit with your own samples?

[@DannyUnderwood]

You can trigger the drums sounds in the unit via midi, but no you can’t customize the sounds - the rhythms played yes!

[@QuickSticks8771]

Do the drum kits have velocity control at all ? Cheers

[@msilvatone]

How do I turn off the fills in the drum section?

[@mogacila]

Such a perfect machine BUT how bad is that you can't change or add Custom kits sounds...

[@zaherfaraj4936]

can i import beats to my rc-10r ? can you help , ill be happy to compensate u for your time ?

[@LoffysDomain]

How long, how many bars, can it record?

[@ajaybangi]

Nice! So can we edit the preset drum pattern & save it as a user pattern? Lets say we dont like the preset pattern's fills or ending & want to change just that part

[@DannyUnderwood]

No you can’t edit the preset patterns, but you could make an identical user pattern with different fills and such.

[@ajaybangi]

@@DannyUnderwood we can't load the preset pattern to the editor, edit & save as new user pattern?

[@DannyUnderwood]

@@ajaybangi no when you load the editor there is only one example beat which you could export and edit - but you are not able to export the preset internal rhythms. The cool part though is that you can find midi drum files anywhere so there is unlimited midi files you can find of almost any song so you don't have to be an expert midi drum programmer to get something workable for you.

[@ajaybangi]

@@DannyUnderwood ok got it now. Thanks!

[@DannyUnderwood]

@@dustytru google the song your looking for and add midi and you should find one. You may have to open it in a DAW to strip out just the drum part.

[@Ast3rixMusic]

Would it be possible to get a copy of your Ableton agp? I’m having issues finding a standard gm formatted kit inside of Ableton. It makes it hard to make your own kits if you don’t have the mapping correct. I wish that the boss rc10 allowed you to add your own sounds as well. Kinda of a shitty sounding kit list.

[@DannyUnderwood]

Sorry I don't have the ability to at the moment. You can trigger the drum sounds real time via midi so I was able to find the mappings pretty quickly by playing down the piano roll.

[@andybrown6981]

Can you custom the drums in the midi file - so you can use daw to put a kick anywhere in the measure, remove the snare, add hats etc?

[@DannyUnderwood]

Yes. In your DAW you can edit the drum midi file however you’d like.

[@sergioguiot3217]

nice video!! I have a problem, I make midi file in my ez drummer, and when I export it, the count does it with congas, (there are no congas in the original rhythm), do you know why it is?

[@DannyUnderwood]

I’m not sure, it could be that ez drummer is using different midi mapping than ez drummer?

[@RobLawson1982]

Is there anywhere you can download user drums that others have created?

[@andybrown6981]

midi drum files yes

[@pondreezy]

Thank you! Where did you download the file converter?

[@DannyUnderwood]

On the website page, under downloads: www.boss.info/ca/products/rc-10r/downloads/

[@pondreezy]

@@DannyUnderwood thank you so much!

[@DannyUnderwood]

@@pondreezy you’re welcome! Thanks for watching !

[@innes_82]

Are you able to change the time signature to 3/4 or any other odd meters?

[@DannyUnderwood]

There are a number of different rhythms of different meters, the rhythm converter does also support other time signatures as well. Since the rhythms are all fairly complex you can't change a preset rhythm to a different meter.

[@marvinrosenkranz6057]

hey thank you man! when i create a drumpattern in my daw, on which part in my pianoroll do i have to put the specific instrument so the converter know what to play? sry my english sucks, hope you understand what i mean!

[@DannyUnderwood]

Hey! It follows the general midi standard for drum notes. Most midi based drums follow this standard, but some don’t. luckily you can test the patterns in the rhythm converter. Check this out. music.stackexchange.com/questions/7227/what-keys-are-associated-to-what-drums-when-connecting-keyboard-to-roland-electr

[@marvinrosenkranz6057]

@@DannyUnderwood alright, will check this out - thank you man!!

[@arno_ka]

I have another question : can you edit the embedded drum pattern ? I can't find a way to edit or export them.

[@DannyUnderwood]

No they are locked in the firmware and uneditable.

[@Tubedriver42]

hey Danny, great video, thanks. Can you tell me if the RC10R would respond to midi messages to select the drum pattern? I'd like to send a midi message from my iPad when I select a song in my lyrics app, and be able to link that with a particular drum beat in the RC10R, rather than scrolling thru a whole bunch of presets in the RC10R just to get to the drum beat I want. Is this possible? cheers

[@DannyUnderwood]

Howdy. the midi parameters are located here: static.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/RC-10R_parameter_eng01_W.pdf You can't midi cycle through particular drum patterns. Though you could program a patch change message to it. This would be a bit simpler as you can save tempo data, other memory specific settings. I can understand why you would want to do that though!

[@Tubedriver42]

@@DannyUnderwood thank you, sounds like its possible with a patch change midi command. Much appreciated.

[@jaedonclement-morton4985]

Could someone tell me how to set the inputs and outputs properly i know its the simpliest thing but im playing through a katana my rc10 is effected by the effects i have on my channels, is it sending it through my effects loop and if so how exactly should i go about doing that

[@DannyUnderwood]

You should have the RC-10R in the effects loop for sure, that way it "records" everything your amp is doing. From the SEND of your amp to the input of the pedal, and the output of the pedal to the RETURN on the amp.

[@jaedonclement-morton4985]

@@DannyUnderwood awesome thank you so much man

[@sergioguiot3217]

can you share the pdf? in my rhythm converter does not exist..

[@DannyUnderwood]

Try here: www.boss.info/ca/support/by_product/rc-10r/updates_drivers/8c567786-8633-42fc-913d-4a67994d37d2/

[@MrToots1e]

How many user patches are available and do they overwrite internal patterns?

[@DannyUnderwood]

There are 99 user patches, and yes they overwrite the internal patches. They don't save over the drum patterns though, those are saved separately.

[@MrToots1e]

Thanks

[@DannyUnderwood]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching

[@juanfont5243]

@@DannyUnderwood sos un genio danny ... sabes mucho ... exelente video

[@frontcentermusician]

Read somewhere you can only save 50 imported midi files.

[@cameroncook3863]

Man if you are tech challenged like me. Get a DR os1. So easy to use and the dam thing dont sit on the ground. Only thing it's missing is a drum fill.

[@MikeHottVOD]

Press this button then press the other button then press the other button twice then the other button once then the other button twice then twist this dial once then press that dial agan then press that button twice... as easy as pie...My brain surgery class is much less complicated

[@FlamesAt1000ft]

This Boss Pedal IS Bad-ASS IF one takes the time needed to learn it’s TOTAL Functionality!! b(‘ _

[@FlamesAt1000ft]

@@dustytru Yes,..the Boss RC-10R WILL be a fine HABIT-FORMING if one takes the time to really know what it & YOU can do with it!! I’ve found that it CAN & WILL improve your skills and Song Writing abilities by this method. ..and when playing back or with the pedal,..it’s gratifying to hear & know that you’ve “produced” a nice tune or cover of your favorites by doing the pre-arrangements! I always can’t wait to get home to enjoy using it more & more!! b(‘_

[@GahMehGrrrr]

This seems so expensive now considering the RC-600 is less than twice its price

[@DannyUnderwood]

The RC-600 is cool! I think it’s all about the size - the RC-10R does less, but is pretty tiny compared to the RC-600. I have an RC-600 here with me, it is incredible.

[@GahMehGrrrr]

@@DannyUnderwood I have to pick my battles with the missus over kit. Fought hard for the 10. The 500 came out weeks after I got the 10. Dont think I'll be getting a 500 or 600 anytime soon. ha

[@DannyUnderwood]

@@GahMehGrrrr as long as we are havin a good time it’s all good!

[@GahMehGrrrr]

@@DannyUnderwood This is true. 😀