Similarity Between Br-1180 and Br864

[BR864Dude]

I was going to buy a Br-864 and for some reason Roland doesn't have a Video Owners manual for this product. However, they do have one for the Br-1180 do you think that this video would be of any assistance. It appears that both products are very similar. I find that I learn quicker with Videos in case you are wondering why I just don't use the manual.

[Jimmy D.]

Hi,

If I'm not mistaken, the 1180 was an 'upgrade' replacement for the 864 (not sure if the upgrade was the CD burn. or more memory?). I haven't seen the 864 in stores for a while, but if I did - I would assume it was some old inventory they still had. The video instruction package probably changed over when the upgrade took place.

Someone may have one though, so I hope you find it!

Regards,
Jim

[jman]

br1180 and br864 look the same.
The 1180 has been out for a while and is hardrive with or with CD
The 864 is less than a year old and uses Compact Flash with or without USB.

FWIW I've heard the 1180 video is not that much more help.

I'd check out vsplanet.com

[reco]

The diferences are as folow.
864 uses compact flash cards to record to(up to one gig cards).
1180 uses a hard drive.
864 has a USB port for file transfer(samples wav. aiff. and sounds for the rythym guide) but no CDR.
1180 has a CDRW drive for files wav. aiff and drum samples but no USB.......
864 has 8 tracks efects etc. plus rythym guide.
1180 has 10 tracks efects plus rythym guide.
864 uses a heavier copression to fit data to the flash media.
1180 is less compressed, better sounds less garbage.

Im sure they have more comparisons but I sure the video for the 1180 would help in most ways not in others.

-Reco

[reco]

By the way the br1180cd came out before the br864........
The br864 is and upgrade from the br530..........
the 864 and the 532 are non harddrive machines the 864 has USB the 532 doesnt.
-Rik