VS-2480 Tip Sheet ©2001 Roland Corporation US 9
 
General Information Strip
 
This metal-brushed area appears at the top of all of the Info Display’s screens. It 
contains the following readouts:
1.
 
ABS/REL Indicators
 
—show whether the Info Display’s time counters are showing 
absolute time or are shifted to correspond to the setting of the SYNC OFFSET TIME 
parameter in the UTILITY Menu.
2.
 
VARI PITCH Indicator
 
—shows when VARI PITCH in the UTILITY Menu is on.
3.
 
TIME
 
—shows the current location in hours, minutes, seconds, frames, subframes.
4.
 
MEASURE/BEAT/TICK
 
—shows the current time in bars, beats and ticks. (There are 
480 ticks in each beat.)
5.
 
MARKER
 
—shows the last marker before the current position of the timeline.
6.
 
A.PUNCH Indicator
 
—shows when automatic punching is turned on.
7.
 
EXTSYNC
 
 
 
Indicator
 
—shows when external synchronization is active.
8.
 
LOOP Indicator
 
—shows when looping is turned on.
9.
 
AUTOMIX Indicator
 
—shows when Automix is turned on.
10.
 
REMAIN
 
—shows how much disk space you have left. (You can set the unit of 
measurement with the REMAIN DISPLAY TYPE parameter in the UTILITY Menu.)
11.
 
SCENE
 
—shows the number and name of the current scene.
 
PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 Knob Strip
 
The VS-2480’s PAN/AUX Send 1-8 knobs can perform a variety of functions, as 
described on Page 18. This strip shows their current settings. At the left of the strip, the 
currently selected channel group and channel are shown. To the right of the strip are 
input clipping indicators that show when a channel’s input signal level is too loud.
 
Meters Strip
 
In certain display modes—see “Selecting Info Displays Manually” below—the Meters 
Strip shows the set of meters currently selected on the Home screen.
 
Bottom Pane
 
The contents of the Info Display’s bottom pane changes from screen to screen.
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Currently selected channel group
Clipping indicators
PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knob settings
Currently selected meters
Whenever the Meters 
Strip is visible, meters 
for the MONITOR and 
MAIN busses appear 
at its right.