Okay, maybe this will help...
1) Press the Effects button... the menu will come up.
2) On the BR-8 surface there is a Cursor... looks sorta like this:
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< > (not a great representation, but you get the idea)
\/
3) Press the Right button of the Cursor... that will highlight the
"By-Pass" in the menu which should be displaying it as "OFF"
4) Now, turn the Time/Value Wheel one notch clockwise...
the Effects Button should go out and the "By-Pass" will read as
"ON".
5) Press the "Effects Button" again... the light should now be off.
If that doesn't give you a clean recorded sound, there is one more thing you can do.
1) Press the "Utility Button".
2) Using the Cursor, scroll over to the "effects icon" (it looks like a
"stomp box")
3) Press the "Enter Button".
4) Turn the "Time/Value" Wheel until it reads "Input (Record Dry)"
5) Now, press the "Utility Button" again.... the effects light will
still be lit, and you will hear the selected effect, but it won't be
recorded.
Whew!... hope that helps.