Boss RC-500 Loop Station Parameter Guide
Parameter Guide
Memory Settings ...................................... 2
TRACK 1, 2 .............................................. 2
MEMORY ................................................ 4
REC ..................................................... 4
PLAY ................................................... 5
LOOP FX ............................................... 5
RHYTHM ............................................... 6
CTL ..................................................... 7
ASSIGN1–8 ............................................. 9
NAME .................................................. 11
Settings for the Entire RC-500 ....................... 12
System Settings (SETUP) ............................... 12
GENERAL ............................................... 12
PREFERENCE ........................................... 12
MIDI .................................................... 13
EXTENT ................................................ 13
STORAGE ............................................... 13
F.RESET ................................................. 13
Input/Output Settings (INPUT) ........................ 14
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Memory Settings
TRACK 1, 2
Parameter Value (Bold: default) Explanation
Species conventional playback (OFF) or reverse playback (ON).
REVERSE
LOOP FX
OFF, ON
OFF, ON Species whether to apply LOOP FX (ON) or not (OFF).
Species whether the track playback will be one-shot (ON) or not one-shot (OFF; conventional loop playback).
Track 1: OFF
Track 2: ON
* When REVERSE is set to “ON,” you won’t be able to switch to overdubbing after a recording
has been completed.
If 1SHOT is ON, playback will stop
when it reaches the end of the
phrase.
1SHOT
LEVEL
PAN
START
STOP
OFF Conventional loop playback.
The phrase will play only once from the beginning to the end of the track, and then stop
automatically (One-Shot Playback).
ON
0–100–200
L50–CENTER–R50 Species the stereo position (pan) of the track.
Species whether playback starts with a fade-in or immediately when the track plays.
IMMEDIATE Playback starts immediately.
FADE IN
Species how the track will stop when you press the [STOP] switch.
5 The PLAY indicator will blink until playback stops.
5 If you press the [STOP] switch once again before playback stops, playback will stop immediately.
* You can’t overdubbing during the time until playback stops.
IMMEDIATE Playback will stop immediately.
FADE OUT
LOOP END Playback will continue to the end of the loop, and then stop.
You can specify the number of measures for each track. When recording along with rhythm sounds or other tracks, it’s
convenient to specify the number of measures before you record, so that looping will occur at the specied measure
length, even if you don’t operate the switch when you’ve nished recording.
* This parameter is available only if LOOP.S (p. 3) is “ON.”
Track 1: One measure
If you press the [REC/PLAY] switch during playback, playback will begin again from the
beginning of the track (Retrigger Playback). Overdubbing cannot be carried out.
* If you don’t want to use tempo synchronization, set TEMPO.S (p. 3) “OFF.”
Adjusts the playback level of the tracks.
* You can also use the [TRACK 1] and [TRACK 2] sliders to adjust the playback level.
Playback starts while fading in.
* You can use “FADE TIME” (p. 5) to specify the length of the fade-in.
Playback will fade out and then stop.
* You can use “FADE TIME” (p. 5) to specify the length of the fade-out.
MEASURE
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Track 2: Four measures
Tracks that are set to AUTO will have the same number of measures. The number of
measures is determined by the rst-recorded track of the tracks that are set to AUTO.
AUTO
FREE
1MEAS– The number of measures will be set manually.
For example, if all tracks are set to AUTO, the value set as the number of measures for the
second and subsequent tracks will be identical to the number of measures in the rst track
that was recorded.
The number of measures will be set automatically, corresponding to the length of the
recording.
Parameter Value (Bold: default) Explanation
Species whether the beginning of the track 1 and track 2 phrases are aligned for loop
playback (ON), or whether they loop-play at the length of their respective phrases (OFF).
ON:
Track 1
Track 2
OFF:
Track 1
Track 2
Retriggers at the beginning of the
rst-recorded phrase.
Memory Settings
Playback will repeat at the length
of the phrase.
LOOP.S
(LOOP SYNC)
TEMPO.S
(TEMPO SYNC)
INPUT
OUTPUT
Playback starting location
OFF, ON
Species whether each track plays at its original tempo (the tempo during recording) or at the tempo that is specied in
memory.
OFF The track will play at its own original tempo.
ON
Species the input from which sound is recorded.
ALL
MIC IN Sound that is input from the MIC IN jack is recorded in stereo.
INST IN
INST IN-A Sound that is input from the INST IN A/MONO jack is recorded in stereo.
INST IN-B Sound that is input from the INST IN B jack is recorded in stereo.
MIC/INST
Species the output destination of the playback audio.
ALL Audio is output from both OUTPUT A/MONO and B jacks.
OUT-A Audio is output from the OUTPUT A/MONO jack.
OUT-B Audio is output from the OUTPUT B jack.
If you turn LOOP.S on, the beginning of the tracks will always be aligned. This means that if
tracks are already playing back, the playback start location of the other tracks will become
“the current location of the phrase being played.” The following illustration is an example
of how playback will occur with track 1 and 2 that contain the identical melody but have
dierent loop sync settings.
Playback starts midway through the phrase (from the current location).
ON:
Track 1
Track 2
OFF:
Track 1
Track 2
Playback always starts at the beginning of the phrase.
The track will play at the memory tempo.
Tracks 1 and 2 play at the same tempo.
Sound that is input from the MIC IN jack and the INST IN jacks (A/MONO, B) is mixed and
recorded.
Sound that is input to the INST IN jacks (A/MONO, B) is assigned and recorded to A and B
(L, R).
Sound that is input to the MIC IN jack and the INST IN jacks (A/MONO, B) is assigned and
recorded to A and B (L, R).
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Memory Settings
MEMORY
REC
Parameter Value (Bold: default) Explanation
Species the overdubbing method.
The new performance is layered onto the prerecorded tracks.
DUB MODE
REC ACTION
QUANTIZE
AUTO REC
A.REC SENS *1
A.REC SRC *1
LOOP LENGTH
OVERDUB
REPLACE
Species the order in which record/playback/overdubbing are switched when you press the [REC/PLAY ] switch.
REC->DUB
REC->PLAY
With tracks for which LOOP.S (p. 3) is “ON,” under any of the conditions listed below, your timing will be corrected
(Loop Quantize) based on the tempo and time signature of the rhythm, even if the timing at which you press a button is
slightly inaccurate.
5 If the rhythm is on
5 If there is an already-recorded track whose LOOP.S is turned on
5 If the MIDI Sync is on
* The QUANTIZE setting applies only during recording. It is ignored during overdubbing or playback.
* When you stop recording, it is quantized to match the measure length of the previously-recorded track (LOOP.S: ON) or
rhythm.
OFF
MEASURE Quantize to the measure start location for recording.
“AUTO REC” (auto record) starts recording when there is audio input from your guitar performance or the mic.
OFF Recording will begin the instant you press the [REC/PLAY] switch.
ON
1–50–100
Species the input to which AUTO REC applies.
ALL MIC IN connector, INST IN jacks (A/MONO, B)
MIC IN MIC IN connector
INST INST IN jacks (A/MONO, B)
INST-A INST IN A/MONO jack
INST-B INST IN B jack
Species the length to which LOOP.S (p. 3) aligns the beginnings of the material for loop sync.
AUTO The length of the rst-recorded phrase will be the LOOP LENGTH.
1–25362 Manually species the number of measures that will be looped.
If overdubbing is repeated, the next performance is layered on top of the previous material,
allowing you to create an ensemble in a single track.
Tracks with existing recordings are overwritten as new tracks are recorded over them.
Overwriting takes places while the previously recorded tracks are played back, allowing you
to achieve a kind of delay eect similar to that obtained from an eects processor.
Operation will switch in the order of Recording 0 Overdubbing 0 Playback.
Operation will switch in the order of Recording 0 Playback 0 Overdubbing.
Recording begins the instant you perform the operation.
When you stop recording, it is quantized to match the measure.
When you press the [REC/PLAY ] switch, the REC/PLAY indicator will blink rapidly, and the
RC-500 will enter recording-standby mode.
When you begin playing, the REC/PLAY indicator will light and recording will start.
Species the input sensitivity at which auto record starts. Recording will start when the
input from the guitar or mic exceeds the specied sensitivity.
(*1) This is valid when AUTO REC is “ON.”
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PLAY
Parameter Value (Bold: default) Explanation
Species whether tracks 1 and 2 play back simultaneously.
MULTI: Track 1
Track 2
Memory Settings
PLAY MODE
SINGL CHNGE
LEVEL
FADE TIME
ALL START
TRK CHAIN
LOOP FX
SINGLE: Track 1
MULTI
SINGLE
Species how the tracks will be switched when PLAY MODE is “SINGLE.”
IMMEDIATE The change will occur immediately.
LOOP END The change will occur after playback has reached the end of the loop.
0–100–200 Species the volume of the loop track and rhythm during playback.
˜, ˙, ¸, ˇ, 1MEAS–2MEAS–
64MEAS
ALL, TRACK1, TRACK2
Species how tracks 1 and 2 are connected.
PARALLEL The two loop tracks are connected in parallel.
SERIES The output of track 1 is connected to track 2.
Track 2
Play back all tracks.
* To ensure that playback always takes place from the beginning of the phrase, you need to
set LOOP.S (p. 3) to “OFF.”
Play back only a single track.
The currently-playing track stops when the other track starts playing.
* If SINGL CHNGE is set to “LOOP END,” the track will change at the end of the loop.
Species the fade-in/out time as a number of measures when START (p. 2) is set to
“FADE IN” or STOP (p. 2) is set to “FADE OUT.”
Normally, tracks 1 and 2 start playing simultaneously when a MIDI start message is received
(the ALL setting). However, you can set this to make only the specied track (TRACK 1 or
TRACK 2) start playing.
Stops when the other track
starts playing.
Parameter Value (Bold: default) Explanation
LOOP FX
TYPE
SCAT LEN *2
REPT LEN *2
SHIFT *2
FLICK
(*2) The value changes depending on the BEAT (p. 6) setting for RHYTHM.
OFF, ON Species whether loop FX is used (ON) or not used (OFF).
Selects the Input FX/Track FX type.
SCATTER1–4 The track will be scrubbed in time with the beat.
REPEAT1–3 Plays the track repeatedly in time with the beat.
SHIFT1–2 The track will play shifted by the length of the beat.
VINYL FLICK The track will sound as though you are touching the turntable.
THRU, ˇ, ¸, ˙, ˜
THRU, ª, ˇ, ¸, ˙, ˜, `
THRU, ˜, ˙, ¸, ˇ, ª
0–50–100
* This is shown when TYPE is “SCATTER1–4.”
Species the scrub length. If this is set to “THRU,” there is no eect.
* This is shown when TYPE is “REPEAT1–3.”
Species the repeat length. If this is set to “THRU,” there is no eect.
* This is shown when TYPE is “SHIFT1–2.”
Species the beat shift length. If this is set to “THRU,” there is no eect.
* This is shown when TYPE is “VINYL FLICK.”
Species the playback speed of the turntable.
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