My last experience with a multi-track recorder was a four track tape recorder from many years ago. The sound was awful and it had a lot of limitations. The BR-800 sounds simply amazing.

The BR-800 comes with a power adapter, a USB cable and a DVD with software including Sonar, a WAV converter and a rhythm editor. I play the guitar and with the BR-800 I feel like I can express my potential. It's almost like having a band in a box. I really like the wheel to select the various options although it takes a bit to get used to it and I definitely like the touch sensors (no clicking noises).

I was impressed with how easy it was to start recording. The first few days I just toyed with it and managed to record a song using all the tracks with barely a glance to the manual. Then I started studying the manual as well and found it well written although lacking on certain issues (like mixing and mastering).

The BR-800 seems definitely well put together but I am not sure how well it would handle the "on the road" treatment. For one thing, it's extremely light (which is obviously a plus as far as portability is concerned) but be careful not to trip in any of the cables or the whole recorder is going to fly off the desk. In my case, I don't really plan to use this much out of the house so no big deal. The other thing is that the top part of the case has a really nice finish to it but shows all the fingerprints and really attracts quite a bit of dust (and with touch sensors there will be plenty of fingerprints).

I did quite a bit of research before purchasing the BR-800. I considered older used Boss products and new similar ones (Zoom, etc.). For my kind of situation this seemed like the best value. Now, after 40 some days, I can say that I am totally satisfied with sound and quality.

I just called support for a question about a problem with the SD card. The response of the very laid back person (way too laid back in my opinion) was pretty much "dude, the SD card is your problem because it's media so go buy another one". Not really what you would expect from a company after you spend several hundred dollars on their product. Hopefully, they are better when it comes to actual technical support.

As I said before, it's a band in a box. I wish stuff like this was around 20 years ago.

A guy with his guitar

Rock

This recorder is great.It is easy to use and records quite well.I use it to record live practices and it sounds great.

Easy record function is great. With the push of a button you can start recording. Just follow the instrustions and you are on your way!

If you read the manual, setting it up for use through your computer is a snap. It comes with Cakewalk Sonar and getting the two to funtion together is also a snap.

It seems to be made rather well. All sliders and buttons work great. It is however very light weight. Seems as though it would break rather easily. But since it hasn't, I am quite surprised.

Well woth the money. It has tons of guitar bass and vocal affects as well as being a top notch recorder.

I have not dealt with support because I hsve hsd no reason too.....yet!

Its just a cool gadget!

20 yrs

Rock, metal

Guitar & Dobro. I have been playing non professionally since 1975.

Rock, Country, Bluegrass and Blues

Beginner, playing electronic keyboard.No formal music training

"Great American Songbook": Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Kern; Broadway music, Individual folks like Presley, Sedaka, Bacharach, And

I bought this item for my husband and he is amazed how a little product could have the sound that it does. The Boss BR-800 has exceeded his expectations. He teaches children guitar lessons and they play in churches and the Boss BR-800 has all the capabilities to record their music and then they can take the Boss BR-800 with them when they perform and it allows them to have music plus what each one of the children play. The Boss BR-800 is great and I am so proud that I was able to purchase the product thru ZZ Sounds payment plan. Thank You!

The Boss BR-800 came with a 2GB card which holds alot of music and makes it so easy to record what you need. It also comes with a USB cord which is made to only fit the Boss BR-800 which is great. With the USB cord it allows you to download all of the recorded music and put it on your computer.

The Boss BR-800 is amazing with the way that it sounds when you playback what you have recorded. The sounds is so clear and sounds just like you were in a big recording studio. The manual was easy to read and it walked you thru each step to take in recording the music. The Boss BR-800 is just easy to use as long as you read your manual before trying to operate the product.

Boss has always made a great product and when I purchased this for my husband I knew that I was getting a great product. The Boss BR-800 has meet our expectations (really went beyond our expectations) and my husband has been able to record the music that he needs when he and the children he teaches goes out to perform in churches. This is a great product and Thank You ZZ Sounds for allowing me to use the payment plan.

The Boss BR-800 is worth every penny. My husband did alot of research on the products that he needed and The Boss was the one that did everything that he needed for his music.

This Boss BR-800 is compact, but yet it has the power and prestige of any higher priced product on the market. If any is looking for a product that will give you great performance, amazing sound, and will do just about everything that you need to make a professional sounding CD or any type of music that you want to use anywhere. It's great!!!

My Husband-Active Musician & Recording

Gospel and Country

This unit sounds great right out of the box . many choices of effects amps etc... cosm sounds great. as do the drums but wish i could do more with them. i mostly play metal and the hi gain amp sounds official.combine that with a drum arrangement that you add the intro fills and ending to(but is pretty limited) add a bass line using your guitar if you dont have a bass guitar around and you can be a one man army. playing, recording, editing , mixing and mastering then use your computer to convert to wav. file and burn cd

as im sure youve read the item description this unit has lots of features.i must say i love the touch buttons . bigger brighter screen is a plus . easy enough menu interface drum selection and editing kinda limited which is why i gave it a 9 but is good enough and sound great plus comes with cool software thats also a plus

although it is easy enough to use normally ,e z rec , or song sketch , you may need to keep manual close by for other stuff. but thats not a bad thing .it does alot! i was a newbie to the recording process and now im making awesome music that sounds like it was recorded in a studio with expensive equipment

i think boss makes quality stuff and this is br 800 is no different

i believe you get what you pay for and this purchase was well worth it in my opinion

i have had no issues yet ,but i know roland/boss.us have great customer support

pretty slick looking

bedroom musician

Metal

Been playing bass for 20 years and currently in a band called Doug Clark's Hotnuts

Rock funk, r&b, beach

It Depends on your instruments and chords but the sound qualities good. I know it would sound so much clearer if Boss would just let the recorder record in WAV format instead of the HIFI MT thing. You can only use WAV format in sketch mode which I don't like. If BOSS made an updated firmware that would let you choose between HIFI or WAVE format for the main recording section that would be be awesome!

Everything in effects you need: guitar effects (GT-10). Bass simulator, Vocal effects (ve-20), acoustic simulator Recording 4 at one time is better than just 2, but 8 is great

Very easy to use with EZ recording mode. Gread manual too

Beautiful but sometimes i feel like I have to be as gentle as if im holding a baby its so light

To me it should be like 349.99(because only 4 channels recording)or 399.99 like the zoom.

Boss is great with Support on their website

I really like the touch sensitive buttons and large screen

Active musician

Rock,R&B