BOSS Micro br (£120) v/s BOSS 600 (£170)

I'm trying to decide between these two.
I can't find out for sure if the Effects & Rhythm sections are the same ?
It looks as thought the 600 is the Micro br with 8 instead of 4 tracks &
larger bigger control panel .
I want it mainly as a personal practice box & the Effects & rhythm sections
are important.

Also does any Bunny know about the needed power supply .
The BOSS one is around £20 & they stress the need for the right one.
I have a house full of power adapters ..do I really need some 'special' one
here ?
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On 28 May, 11:40, "Trimble Bracegirdle"  wrote:
> BOSS Micro br (£120) v/s BOSS 600 (£170)
>
> I'm trying to decide between these two.
> I can't find out for sure if the Effects & Rhythm sections are the same ?
> It looks as thought the 600 is the Micro br with 8 instead of 4 tracks &
> larger bigger control panel .
> I want it mainly as a personal practice box & the Effects & rhythm sections
> are important.
>
> Also does any Bunny know about the needed power supply .
> The BOSS one is around £20 & they stress the need for the right one.
> I have a house full of power adapters ..do I really need some 'special' one
> here ?
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Micro BR uses the standard Boss 9 V dc adaptor I believe it gives out
about 200mA. I've been using an old Boss power supply I've had for
years or rechargable batteries. Can't see why any decent 9 V power
supply that gives out enough smooth dc, shouldn't work just as well.

Must admit, I do like being able to plug in the Micro BR, put the unit
in my pocket a forget about the fact that it's recording. I do this
with a cheap jazz box that I often play acoustically. I'm one of those
guys who crack up as soon as the tape starts to run ;-)

Cliff

"Trimble Bracegirdle"  wrote in message 
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> BOSS Micro br (£120) v/s BOSS 600 (£170)
>
> I'm trying to decide between these two.
> I can't find out for sure if the Effects & Rhythm sections are the same ?
> It looks as thought the 600 is the Micro br with 8 instead of 4 tracks &
> larger bigger control panel .
> I want it mainly as a personal practice box & the Effects & rhythm 
> sections
> are important.
>
> Also does any Bunny know about the needed power supply .
> The BOSS one is around £20 & they stress the need for the right one.
> I have a house full of power adapters ..do I really need some 'special' 
> one
> here ?

I've been using the BR600 with a Maplin adapter, it works OK.  I think all 
Boss products recommend the official power supply but others will work OK 
provided you've got the right polarity etc.

"Grant"  wrote in message 
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> I've been using the BR600 with a Maplin adapter, it works OK.  I think all 
> Boss products recommend the official power supply but others will work OK 
> provided you've got the right polarity etc.

I use the non-regulated one which came with my Microcube for the Microcube 
and it works ok. A regulated PSU is best especially if your mains is 
'noisy'.

icarusi
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Trimble Bracegirdle  wrote:

> BOSS Micro br (£120) v/s BOSS 600 (£170)
> 
> I'm trying to decide between these two.
> I can't find out for sure if the Effects & Rhythm sections are the same ?
> It looks as thought the 600 is the Micro br with 8 instead of 4 tracks &
> larger bigger control panel .
> I want it mainly as a personal practice box & the Effects & rhythm sections
> are important.
> 
> Also does any Bunny know about the needed power supply .
> The BOSS one is around £20 & they stress the need for the right one.
> I have a house full of power adapters ..do I really need some 'special' one

I have the microBR but I have never used a power supply with it, just
rechargable batteries.


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Alienrat Design Ltd

"Trimble Bracegirdle"  wrote in message 
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> BOSS Micro br (£120) v/s BOSS 600 (£170)
>
> I'm trying to decide between these two.
> I can't find out for sure if the Effects & Rhythm sections are the same ?
> It looks as thought the 600 is the Micro br with 8 instead of 4 tracks &
> larger bigger control panel .
> I want it mainly as a personal practice box & the Effects & rhythm 
> sections
> are important.
>

I had the Micro Br, got fed up with it and sold it to get the BR600. 
Rhythms and effect are excellent on both and little if any difference in 
quality.  However, the limited buttons and tortuous micro BR menu system is 
truely tedious.  Portability  is pointless when you have to got through 
countless button presses to get anything recorded.  The BR600 interface is 
much easier to get to grips with and operate. Simple controls to do multiple 
takes, set levels and switch between tracks.

Just my POV of course. As a guitarist tool these devices are amazing.

Cheers

T

Thanks T ...
After much checking around, my judgment now on the BR 600
equals your findings & thoughts almost exactly ...
The effects & rhythm sections are at least as good & varied as the Micro BR.

A discovery that put me right of the Micro was to find that you can't play
 electric guitar & sing at the thing at the same time with the two sounds
ON SEPARATE TRACKS !!?? ...more sort of record one thing at a time .

One thing I have often been caught out on with complex many feature boxes
of various sorts is to be blinded by all the options  in to not
realizing that they may only be usable separately, only one at a time.

I sit glued to EBAY.UK watching for a BR 600 at not more £150 + say £10 p&p

Strange how many Micro br's & 600 etc. come up there with people saying.
'Hardly used' ...'only out the box once' etc...etc..
Surely I shall have it busily by me at all times for years to come ??!!
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"Trimble Bracegirdle"  wrote in message 
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> Thanks T ...
> After much checking around, my judgment now on the BR 600
> equals your findings & thoughts almost exactly ...
> The effects & rhythm sections are at least as good & varied as the Micro 
> BR.
>
> A discovery that put me right of the Micro was to find that you can't play
> electric guitar & sing at the thing at the same time with the two sounds
> ON SEPARATE TRACKS !!?? ...more sort of record one thing at a time .

It is a record one thing at a time thing. Not a problem as I cant play and 
sing at the same time either!

> One thing I have often been caught out on with complex many feature boxes
> of various sorts is to be blinded by all the options  in to not
> realizing that they may only be usable separately, only one at a time.
>
> I sit glued to EBAY.UK watching for a BR 600 at not more £150 + say £10 
> p&p
>
> Strange how many Micro br's & 600 etc. come up there with people saying.
> 'Hardly used' ...'only out the box once' etc...etc..

Because 'worn away to an inch of its life' is not a great sales line.

-- 
Woody

On 29-May-08 22:49:20, Trimble Bracegirdle said
>Thanks T ...
>After much checking around, my judgment now on the BR 600
>equals your findings & thoughts almost exactly ...
>The effects & rhythm sections are at least as good & varied as the Micro BR.

I agree about the BR600 having a more friendly control system, I would
also say that (for me) writing your own rhythms on the BR systems is a bit
tricky to do, if you're not particuarly good at that sort of thing.

But I think there's some newly downloadable utility to make it easier for
your pc.

Also, there's an excellent message list on yahoogroups caleed BossBR, with
some very useful and friendly chatter.

Good luck in any case.  :)




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On 31 May, 11:37, "Angus Manwaring"
 wrote:

> snip
> I agree about the BR600 having a more friendly control system, I would
> also say that (for me) writing your own rhythms on the BR systems is a bit
> tricky to do, if you're not particuarly good at that sort of thing.
>
> But I think there's some newly downloadable utility to make it easier for
> your pc.

I don't think you can write rhythms on the Micro BR but it does allow
you to arrange the preset rhythm patterns into arrangements for songs
i.e. 4 bars of pattern 1, fill 2, 2 bars of pattern 6 etc.

I don't use the drum patterns much however, I do use the metronome
patterns a lot.

Cliff

BOSS BR 600
Got one !!! (well just brought on EBAY.UK hopefully will arrive OK)
2nd hand £140 inc 1 Gig CF card  plus £10 p&p
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