Roland V-Studio VS-840EX - Copying Specified Track of Current Song to Song Saved on a SCSI Device; Track Export; Notes Concerning the SCSI Connector

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Contents4
Printing Conventions in this Manual4
Preparations5
Connections with Audio Device5
Turning the Power on5
Turning the Power off6
Listening to the Demo Song7
Your First Recording8
Create a New Song8
Recording on Track 19
Saving Your Recorded Performance12
Canceling a Recording13
Re-Recording a Portion of Your Performance14
Recording to V-Track 216
Applying Effects While You Record19
Milti-Track Recording22
Editing a Recorded Performance25
Selecting the Song for Editing25
Using the Equalizer to Adjust the Tone27
Equalizer Parameters27
Apply an Effect to the Track Playback and Record the Result29
Combining the Performance of Multiple Tracks into Another33
Saving the Mixer Settings36
Clearing the Setting of a Scene36
Mixing down to 2-Channel Stereo37
Various Cueing Techniques42
Deleting a Stored Time Location42
Topical Index43
Safety Instructions48
Grounding Instructions48
About the Package Contents50
Using an External Zip Drive50
Note on Power Supply56
Placement56
Safe Maintenance56
Precautions56
Handling the Zip Disk Drive57
Handling Zip Disks57
Main Features58
Expanded Functions59
Disks that Can be Used60
Disk Storage Capacities60
Disk Formatting60
Front and Rear Panels61
Mixer Section61
Recorder Section62
Display Section64
Rear Panel65
Disk Drive66
Before You Start67
Sources, Tracks and Channels67
Doing Everything in the Digital Domain (Digital Studio Workstation)67
Signal Flow (Buses)68
About Songs69
Track Cue Buses69
How the Mixer Is Organized70
Recording the Current Condition of the Mixer (Scene)71
Number of Tracks that Can be Recorded/Played Simultaneously71
Virtual Tracks Provided for each Track (V-Tracks)71
Effects Section72
Effect Connections (Insert/Loop)72
Event72
"Lack of Event" Display72
Basic Operation73
Turning on the Power73
Inserting the Disk73
Initializing a Disk74
Listening to the Variations of the Demo Song74
Before You Finish Operations75
Saving the Performance to Disk (Song Store)75
To Protect a Song (Song Protect)75
Turning the Power off (Shut Down)75
Re-Starting76
Basic Operations in the Display Screen76
Selecting the Operating Menu76
Modifying the Value of Settings76
Selecting a Song (Song Select)77
Changing the Current Time77
Moving the Beginning of the Performanc (Song Top)77
Moving the End of the Performance (Song End)77
Changing the Input of a Channel78
Using Mark Point Numbers78
Switching the Recording Bus78
Setting the Channel Pan78
Monitoring the Track Playback79
Changing the Track Status (Track Status)79
Switching the Monitor Output (Monitor Select)79
Registering the Current Mixer Settings (Scene)80
Recalling a Scene80
Clearing the Settings of a Scene80
Scene Mode80
Storing a Time Location - Locate Point/Mark Points81
Moving to a Stored Time Location81
Modifying a Stored Time Location81
Marking a Time Location81
Moving to a Marked Time Location82
Modifying a Marked Time Location82
Clearing a Mark Point82
Clearing All Mark Points82
Using the Easy Routing Function (EZ Routing)83
Quick Recording Icon83
Recording Icon84
Effect Send Switch85
Track Bouncing Icon86
Mixdown Icon88
User Routing Icon90
Saving the Current Mixer Settings as a User Routing90
Recalling Mixer Settings that Were Stored as a User Routing90
AUX Routing Icon91
Deleting Mixer Settings that Were Saved as a User Routing91
External in Icon92
Aux Send Switch92
An Example of Using Easy Routing93
Recording in Stereo to Tracks 5/694
Recording Additional Tracks While Listening to Playback (Overdubbing)95
Bouncing Tracks While Applying Reverb (Loop)96
Mixing down to 2-Channel97
Default Values Set by Easy Routing98
Multitrack Recording Techniques (Using the Unit Like a Tape-Based MTR)100
Making a New Recording100
Creating a New Song (Song New)100
Naming the Song (Song Name)101
Connect the Instruments101
Limitations on Simultaneous Recording and Vari-Pitch101
Capability for Simultaneous Recording/Sumultaneous Playback101
Record a Performance Onto a Track102
Switching V-Tracks103
Recording Additional Tracks While Listening to the Performance103
Overdubbing103
Re-Recording Only Your Mistakes (Punch-In/Out)104
Punch-In/Out Using the Record Button104
What Is Manual Punch-In?104
Punch-In/Out Using a Foot Switch105
Recording a Previously-Specified Section (Auto Punch-In)106
Specify the Location for Recording106
Repeatedly Recording the same Location (Loop Recording)107
Specify the Area to be Repeated107
Combining the Performances of Two or more Tracks into Another Track108
Track Bouncing108
Creating a Master Tape108
Adjusting the Tone (Equalizer)108
Adjusting the Volume and Pan (Level/Pan)109
Pan Setting Procedure109
Mixing down to 2-Channel Stereo (MIX Down)110
Editing a Recorded Performance (Track Editing)111
Finding a Desired Location (Preview)111
Using [To] and [From]111
Scrub Playback (Scrub)112
Finding the Location Where the Sound Begins (Example)112
Adjusting the Preview Length112
Basic Procedure for Track Edit113
Adjusting the Scrub Length113
Re-Using Part of the Performance (Copy)114
Modifying the Organization of the Performance (Move)115
Exchanging Performance Data between Tracks (Exchange)117
Inserting Blank Space into a Performance (Insert)118
Deleting a Portion of a Performance (Cut)119
Erasing Part of a Performance (Erase)120
Using the Internal Effects121
Effect Connections121
Data Compatibility121
Position (Effect Position)122
Inserting the Effect between the Equalizer and Fader123
Connecting the Effect to the Effect Bus (Loop Connection)123
Switching Effects (Patch Change)124
Inserting the Effect before the Master Fader (Insert Connection)124
Patch Change Procedure124
Using Effects125
Creating a New Effect Sound126
Saving Effect Settings127
Saving to a User Patch127
Saving to a Scene127
Examples of How the Effects Can be Used128
Applying Reverb to a Recorded Performance (Loop)128
Applying Reverb as You Record (Loop)130
Applying Reverb While Bouncing Tracks (Loop)132
During Recording, Apply Effects Only to the Monitor Sound (Loop)134
Applying Chorus to the Lch, Reverb to the Rch, and Mixing Them (Loop)136
Recording with an Effect Inserted (Insert)138
Recording While You Apply Vocoder (Insert)139
If the Effect Does Not Function as You Expect140
Other Convenient Functions141
Sounding the Metronome141
Using an External MIDI Sound Source to Play the Metronome141
Using a Foot Switch to Playback/Stop142
Stopping Automatically (Marker Stop)143
Changing the Pitch During Playback (Vari-Pitch)143
Listening Only to a Specific Channel (Solo)144
Making Front-Panel Fader and Track Cue Knob Operation144
Switching the Source for Output to the Phones Jack145
Mixer Fader/Pan Screen145
Track Fader/Pan Screen145
Phones out (Phones out Select)/Master out (Master out Select)145
Undoing a Recording Or/Editing Operation146
Recording/Editing Operations Which Can be Undone (Undo)146
When the Disk Has Little Remaining Space147
Canceling the Last-Performed Undo (Redo)147
Canceling Only the Last-Performed Operation147
Undo Message147
Copying Performance Data (Song Copy)148
Deleting One Song of Performance Data (Song Erase)148
Duplicating a Disk (Disk Copy)149
Exhanging Data between Units (Song Convert)150
Creating a Master Tape Which Disables Digital Copying151
D. Cpyprotect (Digital Copy Protect)151
How to Use the Tuner152
About SCMS152
Display Content During Tuning152
Tuning Procedure152
Copy between Channel Pan and Track Cue Pan153
Tuner Settings153
Copying the Channel Pan153
Copying the Track Cue Pan153
Switching the Information Display Content154
External in Function154
Selecting the Display Method of Remaining Memory154
SCSI ID Scan155
Quick Search155
Use with MIDI Devices156
MIDI Connectors156
MIDI Channels/MIDI Messages156
MIDI Implementation Chart156
Synchronizing with a MIDI Sequencer157
Using MTC157
Gen. (Sync Generator)157
MTC Type158
Timedisp (Time Display Format)158
Using the Tempo Map159
Creating a Tempo Map159
Using the Sync Track160
Synchronized Operation160
Changing the Tempo During the Performance160
Recording MIDI Clock Messages161
Sync Edit162
Assigning an Offset to the Sync Track/Tempo Map162
Creating a Sync Track from Mark Points162
Creating a Tempo Map from a Sync Track163
Creating a Sync Track Automatically163
Creating a Tempo Map from Mark Points164
When You Experience Problems with Synchronization164
Overall Settings and Status Checking165
Is the Display Area Is Difficult to Read (Contrast)165
Switching the Contents of the Display (Display)165
Mixer Level166
Track Level166
Play List166
Fader/Pan166
Displaying Song-Related Information167
Restoring Settings to the Initial State168
Taking Advantage of the Unit (Ideas and Examples)169
Recording Multiple Source to One Track169
Bringing Together the Desired Sections170
If Noise between Segments Is Obtrusive170
Using Mark Points to Rearrange Song Data (Song Arrange)171
Fade Length171
Operating the Unit from Another Device (MMC)172
Operating the Unit an MMC-Compatible Device172
Setting for the Master Unit172
Using External Effect Units173
If You Have Problems with Synchronization173
Make Settings for the Sequencer Program173
Applying an Effect During Playback174
Applying an Effect While Bouncing Tracks175
Algorithm List176
Reverb 1176
Reverb 2177
Tap Delay178
Stereo Delay Chorus179
Stereo Pitch Shifter Delay180
2 Ch RSS181
Panner181
Delay RSS182
Chorus RSS183
Guitar Multi184
Vocal Multi186
Keyboard Multi188
Rotary189
Stereo Phaser190
Stereo Flanger190
Tremolo Pan191
Stereo Multi191
Lo-Fi Box192
Vocoder193
Space Chorus193
Reverb + Reverb194
Delay + Reverb195
Chorus + Reverb196
Delay + Chorus197
Bass Multi198
MIC Simulator200
Acoustic Simulator201
Bass Simulator202
10 Band Graphic Equalizer202
Functions of each Parameter203
Acoustic Guitar Sumulator203
Chorus203
Compressor/Limiter204
De-Esser204
Delay205
Enhancer205
Equalizer206
Flanger206
Noise Suppressor208
Overdrive208
Pitch Shifter209
Preamp209
Reverb210
Ring Modulator211
RSS (2Ch)212
RSS (Paner)213
Speaker Simulator213
Tremolo/Pan214
Wah214
Defretter215
Distortion215
MIC Converter216
Bass Cut Filter216
Distance216
Bass Guitar Sumulator217
Graphic EQ (Graphic Equalizer)217
Before Using RSS218
Product Package Notice for When RSS Is Used218
Troubleshooting219
Error Messages221
Special Key Operations223
Transport Control Buttons223
Locator Buttons223
Assigning a Function to Shift + Track Cue Buttons223
Parameter List224
MIDI Implementation226
Transmitted Data and Recognized Receive Data226
MIDI Machine Control227
Roland Exclusive Messages230
Data Format for Exclusive Messages230
Address-Mapped Data Transfer230
One-Way Transfer Procedure231
Block Diagram233
Glossary234
Specifications235
Index236
Installation of the Optional SCSI Board242
Adding an External Zip Drive (about SCSI)246
Connecting All External Zip Drive247
Restarting the External Zip Drive247
Terminators247
SCSI ID Numbers247
Shutting down the External Zip Drive248
Initializing the Zip Disk248
Copying Songs from the Unit to the External Zip Disk249
Copying Songs from the External Zip Disk to the Unit249
Deleting a Song that was Saved on an External Zip Disk250
Using an External Zip Drive to Perform a Disk Copy250
Using an External Zip Drive to Convert Data between Formats251
(Song Convert)251
Select the SCSI Drive252
When the Data Cannot be Saved on a Single Disk (Archives)252
Procedure for Saving on Multiple Disks (Store)252
Procedure for Loading from Multiple Disks (Extract)253
Copying a Performance Data from a Song Saved on a SCSI Device254
Track Import254
Copying Specified Track of Current Song to Song Saved on a SCSI Device255
Track Export255
Notes Concerning the SCSI Connector255
Preset Patch List261

Roland V-Studio VS-840EX - Copying Specified Track of Current Song to Song Saved on a SCSI Device; Track Export; Notes Concerning the SCSI Connector

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