BOSS RC-600 rhythm tips: Recording rhythm live

[@ricogonzales2989]

Wow bad ass man!! I've gotta take some time to dive in to this. Thanks for the video 🤘🏼

[@ericchristianson7589]

My pleasure 🤘

[@gladejustglade]

If you're having trouble with loop lengths not being multiples, the solution is the do the song in 2/4. That's how I play Africa with its odd number of bars. It's in the rhythm options.

[@ericchristianson7589]

Thanks, Glade. Sounds like a great idea! Will try that.

Gracias 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@ericchristianson7589]

Ur most welcome 🤘

[@jonahwelcome5913]

Could you please tell me if it’s possible to control the track level individually ?

[@ericchristianson7589]

Sorry for the late response. The answer is yes. Simply press the loop button, then select the track (on the left) and on the first page there is an option to set the track level individually. It is very useful.

[@emiliosujar7197]

Hi Eric, first of all congratulations for the video. I have been very interested in those ideas that you launch in your own compositions to use background recordings. I would only like to ask you about the optimization of levels, in the manual it is not clear, it only recommends copying the same settings from the chart. My main concern before buying it is how do we make sure that the sound that comes out of the Rc is not saturated, because once in the mixer or in the sound card this is easy to fix with the Vu Meters, but if we start from a sound that is wrong we will not be able to do anything. Thanks.

[@ericchristianson7589]

Thanks, Emilio! Are you asking about loops taken from a DAW? If so, I had to experiment. I was finding if there was any peaking in the mixdown before exporting, it would peak and deteriorate on the rc. As for recording rhythms on tracks I think it's similar. Try setting the rhythm level differently across a few tracks and see how it works with your input levels. In a word, there are many options to alter: track, rhythm, input, master output etc.

[@tarkanyilmaz6905]

How can we arrange just for that memory chanel to record the rhythm only? It seems like all memory locations are effected by this change. Thank you

[@crossover8634]

How do you have rythem playing without it recording? Is there a way to use the rythem section like a drum machine or do you always need to be recording it into a loop?

[@crossover8634]

I'm using mine in a guitar & bass duo and really want to take advantage the rythem section.

[@crossover8634]

Also. Did you use the rythem converter software to add the wave files? I can't seem to find any info on software.

[@ericchristianson7589]

You can definitely use the rhythm on its own. The best way I think is to assign a button (ideally external control) to rhythm start/stop. As for external rhythms I have found the converter software useless and confusing but the Tone Studio is good for importing a rhythm loop that you have bought or downloaded (see loopman website e.g.) or made on a DAW. Search Boss Tone Studio and you'll find tutorials. The Sweetwater article is really good.

[@crossover8634]

@@ericchristianson7589 does it need to be external? I only need 1 or 2 tracks for looping. It's to bad Boss did make a mode for just utilizing the rythem section.

[@ericchristianson7589]

@@crossover8634 no, you can assign any of the 9 buttons on the unit for this function