Recorders

Boss’s best‑in‑class looper just got even better.

This latest multitracker from Boss boasts powerful effects processing and built-in USB facilities.

Boss\'s range of digital multitrackers is designed to allow musicians to make recordings with a minimum of technical knowledge. The BR1600 is the most sophisticated yet, providing 16-track recording along with amp modelling, vocal harmony generation, and built-in drum machine and loop sequencer.

Paul White tests one of the first of a new generation of portable multitrackers which utilise SmartMedia digital data storage cards as their recording medium.

Boss have released a new guitarist-friendly digital eight-track, which includes not only recording, mixing and effects processing, but also guitar tuner, phrase trainer and basic drum machine. Paul White investigates...