23 Oct
2015
23 Oct
'15
9:06 a.m.
Hello all,
I'm thinking of getting a Boss BR-80, which is a little portastudio-type
device. I've found a couple of old threads about using one as a USB
soundcard, which seems to resolve one of my queries, but I have another.
I'd like to be able to plug the SD card into my computer, and save the
audio files, so I can edit and mix externally. I think that the device
will master to wave file, but saving individual tracks seems to require a
Windows conversion utility.
That is of no use to me. I don't even know what filesystem is on the SD
card.
Does anyone have one of these? Could someone shed some light on this for
me?
If not, I might buy one anyway, and report my findings back here.
Thanks all,
Michael
23 Oct
23 Oct
9:22 a.m.
Am 23.10.2015 um 11:06 schrieb Michael Nelson:
That is of no use to me. I don't even know what
filesystem is on the SD
card.
Does anyone have one of these? Could someone shed some light on this for
me?
The BR-80 Wave Converter (BRWC) for Windows runs under Wine without any
problems. I use it with my older BR-600 all the time (the program is the
same for all recent BR models).
http://roland.com/support/article/?q=downloads&p=BR-80&id=62121891
These devices use a normal FAT file system with a ROLAND folder on them,
which contains a folder for every song. This folder contains several
files in propriatary formats with the song meta data, effects presets.
etc and the actual sound data. This latter is encoded in some
Roland-specific format too. But BRWC can convert this into WAV or AIFF.
Chris
10:18 p.m.
Thanks very much for the reply. That's helpful information. I don't like
relying on WINE and a proprietary program, but I think it's a compromise I
can live with.
On 23 Oct 2015 10:22 a.m., "Christopher Arndt" <chris(a)chrisarndt.de>
wrote:
Am 23.10.2015 um 11:06 schrieb Michael Nelson:
That is of no use to me. I don't even know
what filesystem is on the SD
card.
Does anyone have one of these? Could someone shed some light on this for
me?
The BR-80 Wave Converter (BRWC) for Windows runs under Wine without any
problems. I use it with my older BR-600 all the time (the program is the
same for all recent BR models).
http://roland.com/support/article/?q=downloads&p=BR-80&id=62121891
These devices use a normal FAT file system with a ROLAND folder on them,
which contains a folder for every song. This folder contains several
files in propriatary formats with the song meta data, effects presets.
etc and the actual sound data. This latter is encoded in some
Roland-specific format too. But BRWC can convert this into WAV or AIFF.
Chris
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10:32 p.m.
On 24/10/15 00:17, Michael Nelson wrote:
Thanks very much for the reply. That's helpful
information. I don't like
relying on WINE and a proprietary program, but I think it's a compromise
I can live with.
Have you considered a similar device from another manufacturer which
will just save the files to the SD card (e.g. zoom ones)?
Lorenzo.
24 Oct
24 Oct
11:50 a.m.
Hello...
I had also considered the Zoom R8, and the Tascam DP-008EX previously, but
I think I liked the combination of features and low price of the Boss BR-80.
I might also have a prejedice against Zoom from my experience of guitar
multi-effects pedals from the late 90s -- but that shouldn't really be
relevant now.
After checking them again briefly, I do like the look of the R8,
particularly if it works nicely with Linux. It also looks as though there
is less fiddling with menus, which is probably more important than the
extra features.
Does anyone know how well the R8 works as a USB soundcard with Linux?
On 23 October 2015 at 23:32, Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On 24/10/15 00:17, Michael Nelson wrote:
Thanks very much for the reply. That's
helpful information. I don't like
relying on WINE and a proprietary program, but I think it's a compromise
I can live with.
Have you considered a similar device from another manufacturer which will
just save the files to the SD card (e.g. zoom ones)?
Lorenzo.
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1:54 p.m.
On 24/10/15 13:50, Michael Nelson wrote:
Hello...
I had also considered the Zoom R8, and the Tascam DP-008EX previously,
but I think I liked the combination of features and low price of the
Boss BR-80.
I might also have a prejedice against Zoom from my experience of guitar
multi-effects pedals from the late 90s -- but that shouldn't really be
relevant now.
After checking them again briefly, I do like the look of the R8,
particularly if it works nicely with Linux. It also looks as though
there is less fiddling with menus, which is probably more important than
the extra features.
Does anyone know how well the R8 works as a USB soundcard with Linux?
Yes I have one and it does work on Linux. You get only 44.1 Khz and the
quality is not the best... but it works with jack and latency is good.
But my main use for it is quick multitrck recording (overdubbing mostly)
and files are simple wave files you can import e.g. in ardour.
Lorenzo.
On 23 October 2015 at 23:32, Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton(a)gmail.com
<mailto:lorenzofsutton@gmail.com>> wrote:
On 24/10/15 00:17, Michael Nelson wrote:
Thanks very much for the reply. That's helpful information. I
don't like
relying on WINE and a proprietary program, but I think it's a
compromise
I can live with.
Have you considered a similar device from another manufacturer which
will just save the files to the SD card (e.g. zoom ones)?
Lorenzo.
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