Roland BR-900CD User manual

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Notice and apology regarding the possibility of
data loss, and explanation of recovery method
It has been found that in BR-900CD Version 2 while using the
included 1 GB memory card, the “Drive Busy!” indication is
sometimes followed by a “Card Read Error!” indication, at
which time the system can no longer be used normally.
If this occurs, it is possible that the track data being recorded
at the time that “Drive Busy!” occurs may have been
corrupted.
This data corruption is only for that single track, but since an
error has occurred, subsequent playback and recording will
not be possible.
However, it is possible to recover the uncorrupted track data.
We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience. In order to
restore your song data to a usable condition, please follow
the procedure given below to back up the uncorrupted
tracks, and then reconstruct your song data.
Overview of the procedure
Broadly speaking, you’ll need to back up and then restore
your data in the following order.
Detailed procedure
Back up the effect settings
and rhythm settings.
1. Connect your computer and the BR-900CD with a USB
cable, then turn the power on.
2. Confirm that the recorder is stopped, then press BR-
900CD’s [UTILITY].
3. Select “SEL,” then press BR-900CD’s [ENTER/YES].
4. Select the corrupted song and press BR-900CD’s
[ENTER/YES].
5. Press BR-900CD’s [UTILITY].
6. Select BR-900CD’s “USB,” then press [ENTER/YES].
7. Select BR-900CD’s “BACKUP,” then press [ENTER/YES].
The BR-900CD and your computer will be connected via
USB.
8. From your computer, open the ROLAND\BR0 folder
within the BR-900CD.
9. Use a text editor such as WordPad in Windows or
TextEdit in Mac OS X to open DISKINF2.BR0.
10. Note the last number (four digits) of the line that is
displayed.
Ex.)
BOSS BR0 Format DISKINFO Ver2.00BR-900 ????
11. From your computer, open the SONG????.BR0 folder
whose name ends with the number you noted.
12. From the folder you opened, copy the following files to
your computer.
• ARRANGE2.BR0
• DRUMKIT.BR0
• EFFECTS2.BR0
• EFFECTS3.BR0 (*1)
• PATTERN.BR0
• PITCHMAP.BR0
• SONGINF2.BR0
• SOUND???.BR0 (*2)
Back up the effect settings and
rhythm settings
Back up the uncorrupted audio tracks
from within the corrupted song
Erase the corrupted song data
Create a new empty song
Import the backed-up audio tracks
into the empty song
Restore the effect settings and
rhythm settings into the song
Unfortunately, the data of the track that was being recorded
when “Drive Busy!” appeared cannot be recovered.
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UTIL SONG SELECT
[SEL] [NEW] [IN„
UTIL USB
‚T] [TRK] [USB]„
USB STORAGE [ ]
Type:BACKUP
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Notice and apology regarding the possibility of data loss, and explanation of recovery method
(*1) The EFFECTS3.BR0 file exists only for songs that were
created by system program version 2.00 or later. With
system program version 1.xx, you won’t need to copy
this.
(*2) The SOUND???.BR0 files exist only for songs into
which you loaded tones. Copy all of these files.
13. From your computer, terminate the USB connection.
14. On the BR-900CD, press the [EXIT/NO] button several
times to return to the Play screen.
Back up the uncorrupted
audio tracks.
●Using BR Series Wave Converter
(BRWC)
You can use BR Series Wave Converter (BRWC) software on
your computer to save track data from the BR-900CD as
WAV data on your computer. This method allows you to
export the tracks as WAV data more quickly and without
having to worry about the data size.
BR Series Wave Converter (BRWC) can be downloaded free
of charge from the following URL.
Roland International:
http://www.roland.com/products/en/_support/
dld.cfm?iCncd=3415&ln=en&SearchBy=RcId&dst=P&iRcId=
0000007541&dsp=1
BOSS:
http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/download/en/index.html
Roland Japan:
http://www.roland.co.jp/support/byproduct/BR-900CD/
index.html
Roland UK:
ftp://ftp.roland.co.uk/productsupport/
DownloadsAndUpdates/
Roland Germany:
http://www.rolandmusik.de/downloads/tools/index.php
Downloading and running this file will cause it to
decompress itself, creating the application file and a PDF file
that explains operation.
We have verified that BRWC will work on Mac OS X /
Mac OS 9 / Windows XP / Windows 2000 / Windows Me.
For details on using BRWC, read the operating
instructions in the PDF that is created when you
decompress the downloaded file package.
1. Press BR-900CD’s [UTILITY].
2. Select BR-900CD’s “USB,” then press [ENTER/YES].
3. Select BR-900CD’s “BACKUP,” then press [ENTER/YES].
Do not select the “EXPORT.”
The BR-900CD and your computer will be connected via
USB.
4. On your computer, start up BRWC.
5. In BRWC, select the BR-900CD drive and the song that
was corrupted.
6. In BRWC, click the “Function Select” [Export] button.
7. In BRWC, click the [ALL] button.
All tracks will be selected.
8. In BRWC, click the [GO] button.
9. Enter the file type, location, and file name, and click
[Save (S)].
Exporting will begin.
10. While exporting the track that contains the error, BRWC
will stop working. Close the message on your computer.
11. Use BRWC’s [Track Select] to select the rest of the
tracks, beginning with the next track that stopped with
an error.
12. In BRWC, click the [GO] button.
13. Enter the file type, location, and file name, and click
[Save (S)].
Exporting will begin.
14. When exporting is completed, press the BRWC’s [EXIT]
button to close the application.
15. On your computer and on the BR-900CD, disconnect
the USB connection.
16. On the BR-900CD, press the [EXIT/NO] button several
times to return to the Play screen.
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UTIL USB
‚T] [TRK] [USB]„
USB STORAGE [ ]
Type:BACKUP

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Notice and apology regarding the possibility of data loss, and explanation of recovery method
Erase the corrupted song.
1. Press BR-900CD’s [UTILITY].
2. Select BR-900CD’s “EDT,” then press [ENTER/YES].
3. Select BR-900CD’s “ERS,” then press [ENTER/YES].
4. Select the song that contains the error.
5. Press BR-900CD’s [ENTER/YES].
6. The display will ask “Are you sure?”, so press
[ENTER/YES].
The song data containing the error will be erased.
7. On the BR-900CD, press the [EXIT/NO] button several
times to return to the Play screen.
Create a new song.
1. Press BR-900CD’s [UTILITY].
2. Select BR-900CD’s “NEW,” then press [ENTER/YES].
3. Select the same data type as the song you erased (the data
type you noted previously), and press [ENTER/YES].
4. The display will ask “Are you sure?”, so press
[ENTER/YES].
Import the backed-up audio
tracks into the appropriate
tracks in the newly created
song.
●Using BR Series Wave Converter
(BRWC)
1. Press BR-900CD’s [UTILITY].
2. Select BR-900CD’s “USB,” then press [ENTER/YES].
3. Select BR-900CD’s “BACKUP,” then press [ENTER/YES].
Do not select the “IMPORT.”
The BR-900CD and your computer will be connected via
USB.
4. From your computer, open the ROLAND\BR0 folder
within the BR-900CD.
5. Use a text editor such as WordPad in Windows or
TextEdit in Mac OS X to open DISKINF2.BR0.
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UTIL SONG EDIT
‚W] [INF] [EDT]„
SONG EDIT ERASE
‚T] [CPY] [ERS]„
The song’s data type will be displayed along with the
song name. Make a note of the data type, since you
will need this information later in the procedure.
SONG ERASE [ ]
01:SONG0000(MT2)
Data Type
SONG ERASE
Are you sure ?
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UTIL SONG NEW
[SEL] [NEW] [IN„
SONG NEW
Type: HiFi(MT2)
SONG NEW
Are you sure?
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UTIL USB
‚T] [TRK] [USB]„
USB STORAGE [ ]
Type:BACKUP

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Notice and apology regarding the possibility of data loss, and explanation of recovery method
6. Note the last number (four digits) of the line that is
displayed.
Ex.)
BOSS BR0 Format DISKINFO Ver2.00BR-900 ????
7. On your computer, start up BRWC.
8. In BRWC, select the BR-900CD drive and the song
ending with the number you noted in step 6.
9. In BRWC, click the “Function Select” [Import] button.
10. Use BRWC’s [Track Select] to select the import-
destination track.
11. In BRWC, click the [GO] button.
12. Enter the location, file name, and click [Open (O)].
Importing will begin.
13. Repeat steps 10–12 for each track that you want to import.
14. When importing is completed, press the BRWC’s
[EXIT] button to close the application.
15. On your computer and on the BR-900CD, disconnect
the USB connection.
16. On the BR-900CD, press the [EXIT/NO] button several
times to return to the Play screen.
Restore the backed-up effect
settings and rhythm settings
into the song.
1. Press BR-900CD’s [UTILITY].
2. Select BR-900CD’s “SEL,” then press [ENTER/YES].
3. Select the song ending with the number you noted in
step -6 (the song into which you imported the audio
tracks), and press [ENTER/YES].
4. Press BR-900CD’s [UTILITY].
5. Select BR-900CD’s “USB,” then press [ENTER/YES].
6. Select BR-900CD’s “BACKUP,” then press [ENTER/YES].
Do not select the “IMPORT.”
The BR-900CD and your computer will be connected via
USB.
7. From your computer, open the ROLAND\BR0 folder
within the BR-900CD.
8. Open the SONG????.BR0 folder of the same name as
the song ending with the number you noted in step
-6.
9. Into this folder, copy all of the following files that you
backed up in step -12.
• ARRANGE2.BR0
• DRUMKIT.BR0
• EFFECTS2.BR0
• EFFECTS3.BR0 (*1)
• PATTERN.BR0
• PITCHMAP.BR0
• SONGINF2.BR0
• SOUND???.BR0 (*2)
(*1) The EFFECTS3.BR0 file exists only for songs that were
created by system program version 2.00 or later. With
system program version 1.xx, you won’t need to copy
this.
(*2) If you backed up SOUND???.BR0 files to your
computer in step -12, you must copy all of those
files to the BR-900CD.
10. On your computer and on the BR-900CD, disconnect
the USB connection.
11. On the BR-900CD, press the [EXIT/NO] button several
times to return to the Play screen.
Copyright © 2008 BOSS Corporation
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced in any form without the written permission of
BOSS CORPORATION.
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UTIL SONG SELECT
[SEL] [NEW] [IN„
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UTIL USB
‚T] [TRK] [USB]„
USB STORAGE [ ]
Type:BACKUP
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