Boss micro BR recorder

Tony first let me wish you a happy new year, and I have several sure microphones they are dependable and will reproduce good quality sound reproduction if used correctly,most of the vocal effects in a boss go unused and an understanding of the importance of eq's to enhance your vocals could make your vocals stand out and sound better in addition to the use of panning tracks,effects like reverb,delay all add up to a better recording. A good quality microphone is desirable but unless you have the funds to purchase one you will have to make due with what you have, what you can try is send a mp3 of your vocal with a flat mix, no effects, set the eq's all to zero and the pan at zero to me or one of the producers listed on the topic "members willing to help" in this forum and let us tweak it and give you the results and information as to the settings used so you can do this for yourself in the future, you may be surprised at the results. If you use your amp you can go from your line out to your recorders mic or guitar input or use an adapter and go direct from your line out to your sound card on your computer the adapter is a 1/4 in female to a 1/8 in mono jack that plugs into your mic input in the back of your sound card you can get this adapter at radio shack for about $4.00 this adapter also enables you to go from your guitar to your computer direct bypassing both the amp and recorder to your music editing program (audacity reaper) if you need help with how to do this just ask

Tony first your not stupid everyone including myself has had to deal with new equipment and it just takes time to understand the directions it has nothing to do with stupidity just inexperience ok, I would recomend buying a microphone there are some bargins for under $30.00 and im sure one of the members can provide you with more info on that, by battery powered it sounds like a condenser mic I would shy away from them they are to easy to break if not handled properly. Now regarding the line in function on your amp, unless your useing the amp as a speaker for your recorder or another device thats fine but if you want to send the sound of the amp to your recorder you need a LINE OUT which means the amp is sending a signal from your mic or guitar to the recorder or pc a LINE IN recieves a signal and your amp speaker is the sounding device, try this Plug your guitar into your boss input channel and adjust the sending volume so the little red light dosent stay on steady (about half open or less) arm the track (press record and press record on the 1st track ) do not press "play" till your ready to record once the input volume is level (not distorting) press zero and when your ready press "play" the counter should be moving and just play your guitar when done press "stop" and "zero" this brings it back to the beginning and press play to hear what you recorded,if you want to add another track arm the second track by pressing record on the track and record next to the play button when your ready to add another track press "play" and the 1st track will play as you add the second and the third and so forth after you need to pan each track to a separate location so they wont sound distorted and mumbled but as I said earlier I would seek advise on an inexpensive microphone one of the members is bound to have some link to one you can afford that will do the job for you and if you have any questions please ask anytime and good luck

Tony I will read the FAQ on this boss 600 and the requirements I never have heard of a recording device that specifically requires a condenser mic to record let me check it out and get back to you later before you go spending money on something you may not need

oops  big difference I will get back to you

Sorry, I should have said at the start. it will not provide "Phantom Power".
I have the manual, if this makes sence to you.
Norminal imput level  line in mic jack -40dBu

Input impedance
ext mic plug in power = off ; 18k
ext mic plug in power = on ; 2.2k

It only say's to use "a plug in power condencer mic"

Thanks for your help, you have done more than enough, if this information will not clear my problem, just forget it you must have better things to do than to mess with me.
tonyblue

Hey Guys, I thought I'd chime in and see if I could help. I may be wrong on this but most condenser mics that I've seen do require "phantom power". I know the one riddler and I use has to have phantom power for it to work. It's worth checking into because these condenser mics are really good. But please check it out first to make sure I'm right on the phantom power issue before you drop any dead presidents on a phantom power box.

yeah something like that Russell, these mics have to have power. Some interfaces, recorders, mixing boards have "phantom power" some don't. If whatever piece of equipment does not have phantom power, and you want to use a condenser mic you will need to find one of these boxes to power your mic. The one that came with my mic is just a box that plugs inline between the mic and the recorder, mixing board, PA, etc...And as far as I know the only purpose is to provide power to the mic. Perhaps someone with more experience would be able to explain better, I've only been using a cond. mic for about 6 mth so it's kinda new to me also.

Not real sure if that is phantom or not. Maybe Riddler can jump in hear and explain it a little better than I can. His interface has phantom power, so we can just plug the condenser mic directly into the interface and by pass the phantom box that came with the mic.

I have tried to record using my amps headphone output, did not work, volume far to low.  I should also say that the boss has a small integral mic and this also records to low.
I wonder if I am recording my guitars to loud.  The manual say's record at the highest level without the "over" sign lighting up, I have found that unless I use level 4 (halfway) the whole recording is to low.

I wonder just how far I throw this boss before buying somethig else ?

thanks to you all, you are really the best and most helpfull crowd that I have ever come across.
TonyBlue