Boss BR-1180CD Digital Recording Studio user reviews ( 8/10) - 14 user reviews

• 08/31/11

  MGR/angry and disappointed's review "Boss BR-1180CD"

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  I'm singer/songwriter and I use this unit to work out arrangements and ideas which I then burn .wave files to take to a pro studio. I then overdub to the recorded tracks.
  
  
  
  Purchased it at a Guitar Center about 6 yrs ago for about $1K. I wanted a recorder that was user friendly with good sound quality.
  
  
  
  The sound quality for my purposes is adequate as I don't usually mix or master on the unit, but finish the process in a studio.
  
  
  
  After about 5 yrs of use, my cd/rw burner went out and upon calling the Roland Help Ctr. I'm told that there is no replacement part !! There are files I've been working on on the hard drive which I cannot export via cd !@#$!! Now the unit is worthless after spending about $1K investment which I thought should last longer.
  
  ROLAND US sucks !!
  
  
  
  Roland product buyers should have the support they need ( i.e. replacement parts ) to be able to use their products for many years to come.
  
  
  
  DO NOT BUY BR1180-CD !!!!! unless u don't mind scrapping it for lack of parts !!!
  
  
  
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• 09/20/04

  MGR/CRAIG DURHAM's review "Boss BR1180-CD"

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  I had been looking for a fairly inexpensive multi-track digital recorder for some time, One that you dont have to be a computer nerd to understand or use. I bought this unit new for $950 from Maytan Music in Reno Nevada in June '04.
  
  
  
  Easy to use is mainly what I had in mind and this machine is just that. After a quick review of the manual and watching the how-to-use video,I was on my way to recording tracks! Controls are laid out simply and the screen walks you through the process.Built-in guitar & vocal FX are a nice feature as are the drum tracks. The on-board CD burner produces professional sounding,studio quality CD\'s. Ten digital tracks are more than enough for my needs. A friend of mine bought a computer-based recording system around the same time and he\'s still trying to get it to work! I\'m not far from finishing my first solo album!
  
  
  
  The only thing I do not like about this recorder is that you can only record two tracks simultaneously.(with the BR1600 you can record 8 at a time).This is OK by me,as I can only play one instrument at a time anyway! But for recording a Group,it is nice to be able to dedicate indvidual tracks.
  
  
  
  The quality is very good. Not at all cheap.Quite sturdy. Perfect for the home recording studio set up. Hook it up to some monitors and you\'re ready to go. A heavy duty road case would be recommended if taken out.
  
  
  
  I am very pleased with this machine,a welcome upgrade from the 4 track cassette based unit I\'ve had for years. If you need to get your songs recorded quickly and want them to sound professionally done and dont need to record more than 2 tracks at a time,this is the unit to get. RECOMMENDED!
  
  
  
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• 12/20/03

  MGR/ALAN LINTON's review "Boss BR-1180CD"

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  I came across an advertisment for this Boss unit and went to check it out for myself at MARS Music center. After hearing its amazing sound quality and extreme ease of use, I bought it for $1099!
  
  
  
  This thing is AMAZING! I am no recording engineer, but this thing would make anyone think I made a living at it after hearing the quality mix mastered onto a CD! Its all in here, and anyone that can write a song and play it will sound like a million bucks using this recorder! If Tom Sholtz of Boston had this unit back in the 70\'s, he would have saved a bundle in recording gear. He probably would have written a few more albums for Boston with all the extra free time he would have had, not messing around with all of that ancient gear of yesterday!
  
  
  
  There is not anything I could ask this unit to do it doesn\'t already do, accept maybe make duplicate cd\'s from the master!
  
  
  
  Good.
  
  
  
  If you are in a band and need grat demos-BUY IT!
  
  
  
  If you are a song writer whom needs great easy to record multi-trac recordings-
  
  BUY IT!
  
  
  
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• 11/24/03

  MGR/dave's review "Boss BR-1180"

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  i am a guitar player which need to record music
  
  i paid 959$
  
  
  
  simple, full of usful features
  
  great drum sets
  
  great tone
  
  a very nice interface
  
  
  
  
  
  its too expensive
  
  
  
  excellent quality a very well built unit
  
  
  
  if you are a musician that dont have a lot of time to studios thats for you
  
  youll get great quality recording and much more
  
  
  
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• 09/01/03

  MGR/Andrew's review "Boss BR-1180"

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  Purchased at Freehold Music Center in NJ when it first came out for about $900.00. You might be able to get if for less.
  
  
  
  All in all, AWESOME! I have to say that I am, by far, no expert in Recording equipment, but I have had two pieces before this one. If you're interested in recording songs in your home and burning them to CD's, this is a great toy. It has built in effects which were better than I expected, a built-in drum kit which is okay, excellent sound, excellent edit features, and it is very simple to use. I have spent hundreds of hours using this thing, and I'm still learning new things about it. No mechanical bugs, no problems like that whatsoever.
  
  
  
  My only request would be for the unit to allow more options with percussion. It has a large variety of beats (more than I could ever use)and you can control the tempo. There are some beats though that are in my head that I have not been able to replicate with the machine.
  
  
  
  Excellent!
  
  
  
  Well worth the money if you're into this stuff. Ten tracks with each having eight virtual tracks is more than enough for me. I can't recommend this product enough.
  
  
  
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• 12/07/02

  MGR/josh howes's review "Boss br-1180CD"

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  I bought the BR-1180CD at Mark's music in Bangor, Maine for 1000 plus tax. I bought this because I was sick of 4-track analogue recording and wanted the ability to make my own cd's.
  
  
  
  I like the fact that for someone who doesn't have loads of money to spend, you get everything all-in-one. You get over a hundred effects for guitar, bass, vocals, and it also comes with drum loops, and has a drum machine there too if you don't have a drummer. All you really need for additions are your guitars and a mic and you can make your own mastered cd.
  
  
  
  Two things i didn't like about this product: one, it comes with a bass simulator, so you don't need a bass guitar, you can use an electric guitar to play bass, but it is awful and a lot of times produces the wrong pitch, and two, when burning cds, there is an option to make a whole cd or to do one track at a time. When i choose create a whole cd, it ends up messing up half way through and you don't get the whole cd burned, so i have to burn them one at a time. I going to buy a cd burner for my computer so i don't have to waste the time on that, but i don't know if it's just mine that frigs up or if it's a manufactorer's glich.
  
  
  
  I have had no problems so far with this unit, it is sturdy and is very easy to use after reading the manual. The quality of sound that is produced is very good and there are a lot of song effects to add to the music such as reverb, chorus, delay, etc. to your song so there are an endless amount of different combinations of sounds that can be produced.
  
  
  
  If you have a bass guitar and don't mind burning one song at a time as your method of creating a cd, this is a great product and i'm very satisfied with it. The fact that anyone with a moderate amount of money can produce cd's for demo's or personal enjoyment is a cool thing.
  
  
  
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• 11/28/02

  MGR/Mike's review "Boss 1180 Digital Recorder"

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  I havent purchased it yet i am a guitar player who is spending too much much money for guitar tracks at the studio
  
  
  
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  i am looking still between the boss and the zoom 1266 price wise im leaning to the boss
  
  
  
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• 10/10/09

  arakno1's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

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  This machine allowed me to record 4 layouts / albums unpretentious but correct, a digital recorder that still serves me for collecting samples, recording live concerts, making sounds, I I built several pieces that have made the small group of our renowned short, I am fully satisfied.
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• 03/16/07

  Philou79's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

  Characteristics

  T say everything on the CHARACTERISTICS of the beast, for résumé: is it for this price range! (I too am lazy)

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  Very easy to take in hand, assz intuitive, the manual is clear and complete.
  
  The possibility of shipping ... Well, it's aa numrique in what could be simpler and more practical to copy and paste and whatnot, or when the prod-sound becomes almost as simple as word processing.
  
  Trs used well in groups to the model, each registers its shares, may drive a squenceur at the same time for the click and keyboards, nickel.
  
  Only BMOL: the "pace bote" intgre that I understand the use DEFINITIONS waived.

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  His numrique, a little cold but can be clean. Mastering functions can edit the final mix and make it a little more "hot" before burning, for example.

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  We use it in groups of three years and is a tool for the composition IDAL and pr-prod. The limited number of runs (8 in a simultaneous bp is not the end user.
  
  Ah, pi is the virtual tracks, but also practical: you make a decision Stereo guitar on tracks 4-5, you think you can do better but you'd like to keep well if your version Premire z'o hop, you spend 4-5/1 to 4-5/2 in and you renregistres. APRS you zap between 2 (or 3.4 ... up to 8 I think) taken to see that you keep, and with a bit of shipping you can keep the same 4 Premire Measures 1 and the rest of the 2 ...
  
  Super qualitprix report, I would do the same choice without hsitation!
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• 10/08/06

  little micke's review ( translated ) Improve this translation

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  Audio: RCA and between analog / midi in and out.
  
  Frquence: 16 bits/44khz.
  
  Hard disc: 20GB.
  
  two tracks simultaneously.

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  Voila !!!!!
  
  its been two years since I use this box (1400 euros in Guadeloupe the era).
  
  for those who like the hardware is the solution!! crazy dancehall and hiphop, this gem is a marvel! I go everywhere I travel ... Paroutis I board my studio in my bag with my microphone (samson c01) my foot in hand, and it's good! It gives me the instrumental band, and I put my vote! A small prampli does not hurt ... I bidoulleur, no need for manual, I mixx all my models, with dupplates.
  
  The big "ic" is that it is not possible to assign multiple tracks comprsseurs so I RULES voice when I empty valid on another track and I proceed to give suivantes.Sa bossent well !!!!!
  
  Otherwise just burn a cd any mode (back up) and to return any software on pc! The drum machine (nice To register a quick beat) but hey ....
  
  I do everything with me, copy and paste on tunes such as reverb, delay, four "two bands" on each track, standardize, master (the need to go easy = not play her).
  
  I board a small problem with the drive, which has default USB port is very very important ...
  
  I think that after formatting, and cd's will CLEANING! This machine took adjas Shots: his wishes.
  
  I can not sell it: too practical !!!!!!!

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  A lamp to the cold numrique does not hurt, if it sounds good the ERRF!

  Overall Opinion

  More than two years of practice! conmpacte!
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