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Subject:BR-8 recording to CD Posted by: aaxthelm Date:8/1/2003 5:56:42 AM I am hoping to record my keyboard and vocal music that has been done on my BR-8 (Boss) mixer multitrack system. The music is just how I want it on the zip disc in the BR-8. I can get the BR-8 to play through my computer with simple audio in jack. Now what? How do I record this with Sound Forge in order to burn a CD? Is "audio in" the best place to bring the music in? Would USB port provide more clarity? As you can probably see, I am computer illiterate. Sound Forge 6 is a challenge. Please define your terms if they are even slightly technical. Thanks.
Subject:RE: BR-8 recording to CD Reply by: rraud Date:8/1/2003 12:19:00 PM Recording though the line-in on your PC will work, but it is not the best way to transfer. Especially with a consumer sound card. You want to do a digital transfer. Use the USB if possible. You may need to load a driver. (BR-8 to PC software) I'm not familar with BR-8 so I can't tell you exactly how to do it.
Subject:RE: BR-8 recording to CD Reply by: keether Date:8/1/2003 1:32:24 PM If you digitally transfer the music file (.WAV, I presume) from the BR-8 ZipDisk to your hard drive, you can edit it using Sound Forge by opening as a waveform in SF. But you've said the music is just the way you want it. So no editing needed. I wouldn't usually burn a CD using Sound Forge because I have Nero, but one can. The menu is pretty clear. It will ask you which file, etc., and you just point it to the .WAV file on your hard drive. Use Disk-at-once, but if you have separate tracks you'll specify how much pause between tracks you want on the final CD. If all one track, then it doesn't matter. If you use line-in to get the music to your hard drive, you've run the file back through an analog phase on the way to digital and will lose quality. This is necessary when working from cassette tapes but why would you if you already have a digital file?
Subject:RE: BR-8 recording to CD Reply by: keether Date:8/1/2003 1:56:01 PM Woops, SF won't do disk-at-once. You'll work around that.
Subject:RE: BR-8 recording to CD Reply by: billybk Date:8/1/2003 3:57:49 PM The way I have done it in the past, is to use the BR8-Wave converter software(available for free, just download from the Roland support website, serach for BR-8). It is a small Windows app that will read the 100MB BR-8 formatted ZIP disk when connected to your PC and convert each track into it's own wave file. It will also convert existing wave files on your PC and convert them use in the BR-8. Once on your PC hard drive as wave files, you can import them into a multi-track app like Vegas, ACID or SONAR for additional recording and/or mixing. The only thing is, you need a 100MB ZIP drive(to transfer the files) and a multi-tracking app like those mentioned above. by doing it this way, you can keep all your tracks in digital form and never lose any quality. After I bought my BR-8, I got a USB 100MB ZIP Drive( about $69.00 on the net) that I also use to transfer files between my two PC's. The BR-8-Wave Converter utility is a great little app and it works as advertised. Billy Buck

Subject:BR-8 recording to CD

Posted by: aaxthelm

Date:8/1/2003 5:56:42 AM

I am hoping to record my keyboard and vocal music that has been done on my BR-8 (Boss) mixer multitrack system. The music is just how I want it on the zip disc in the BR-8. I can get the BR-8 to play through my computer with simple audio in jack. Now what? How do I record this with Sound Forge in order to burn a CD? Is "audio in" the best place to bring the music in? Would USB port provide more clarity? As you can probably see, I am computer illiterate. Sound Forge 6 is a challenge. Please define your terms if they are even slightly technical. Thanks.

Subject:RE: BR-8 recording to CD

Reply by: rraud

Date:8/1/2003 12:19:00 PM

Recording though the line-in on your PC will work, but it is not the best way to transfer. Especially with a consumer sound card.
You want to do a digital transfer. Use the USB if possible. You may need to load a driver. (BR-8 to PC software)
I'm not familar with BR-8 so I can't tell you exactly how to do it.

Subject:RE: BR-8 recording to CD

Reply by: keether

Date:8/1/2003 1:32:24 PM

If you digitally transfer the music file (.WAV, I presume) from the BR-8 ZipDisk to your hard drive, you can edit it using Sound Forge by opening as a waveform in SF. But you've said the music is just the way you want it. So no editing needed.

I wouldn't usually burn a CD using Sound Forge because I have Nero, but one can. The menu is pretty clear. It will ask you which file, etc., and you just point it to the .WAV file on your hard drive. Use Disk-at-once, but if you have separate tracks you'll specify how much pause between tracks you want on the final CD. If all one track, then it doesn't matter.

If you use line-in to get the music to your hard drive, you've run the file back through an analog phase on the way to digital and will lose quality. This is necessary when working from cassette tapes but why would you if you already have a digital file?

Subject:RE: BR-8 recording to CD

Reply by: keether

Date:8/1/2003 1:56:01 PM

Woops, SF won't do disk-at-once. You'll work around that.

Subject:RE: BR-8 recording to CD

Reply by: billybk

Date:8/1/2003 3:57:49 PM

The way I have done it in the past, is to use the BR8-Wave converter software(available for free, just download from the Roland support website, serach for BR-8). It is a small Windows app that will read the 100MB BR-8 formatted ZIP disk when connected to your PC and convert each track into it's own wave file. It will also convert existing wave files on your PC and convert them use in the BR-8. Once on your PC hard drive as wave files, you can import them into a multi-track app like Vegas, ACID or SONAR for additional recording and/or mixing. The only thing is, you need a 100MB ZIP drive(to transfer the files) and a multi-tracking app like those mentioned above. by doing it this way, you can keep all your tracks in digital form and never lose any quality. After I bought my BR-8, I got a USB 100MB ZIP Drive( about $69.00 on the net) that I also use to transfer files between my two PC's. The BR-8-Wave Converter utility is a great little app and it works as advertised.

Billy Buck