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Published on 12/07/02 at 15:00I 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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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.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com