The hugely popular Roland VS-840 provided a low cost introduction to 8-track hard-disk recording, wielding a dedicated guitar input as well as widely available, inexpensive storage. Incredibly well received, its combination of low price and diverse, really useable effects ensured it found favour with thousands of guitarists across the world.The BR-8 looks set to repeat this success, being designed from the ground up to be highly intuitive and easy to use, as well as being the most inexpensive way of getting that top quality BOSS sound. The BR-8 assumes no knowledge of the recording process, allowing you to get on with what matters most - your music.
But the simplicity ends there, since the BR-8 is host to a plethora of powerful features simply unheard of in a product at that this price. Any guitar based recording product needs powerful effects, and the BR-8 provides classic COSM based effects modelling which catapults your sound into a league of its own. Guitar amp simulation, bass modelling, acoustic, vocal transformation, multi effects and an equaliser are all present and correct, and because the BR-8 is a truly digital machine, the only time you'll hear a grainy sound is when you ASK for it.
A phrase trainer is provided for you to practice at half speed without affecting the pitch of the music, whilst a dedicated on-board backing track provides the rhythm to guide you without eating into your hard disk space. A built-in chromatic tuner ensures that you stay in perfect pitch wherever you go, and when you are ready to record your work, the optical digital output means that poorly recorded demos will be a thing of the past.