Roland VXpanded VS-880 - Table of Contents

Main features .................................................................................................................. 10
Important notes .............................................................................................................. 11
Front and rear panels ..................................................................................................... 13
Mixer section .......................................................................................................................................... 13
Recorder section ..................................................................................................................................... 14
Display section ....................................................................................................................................... 15
Rear panel ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Chapter 1 Trying out the expanded functions
Mixer-related .................................................................................................................. 17
Using auto mix ....................................................................................................................................... 17
Using the 3-band equalizer in INPUT MIX/TRACK MIX .............................................................. 20
Mixing in a stereo source (Stereo In) ................................................................................................... 21
Adjusting the level of each track (Track Level) ................................................................................. 21
Causing top panel fader and pan knob operations to take effect immediately ............................ 21
Recorder related functions ............................................................................................. 22
When the Recording mode is set to Mastering .................................................................................. 22
When a digital signal with emphasis is input ................................................................................... 22
Creating a master tape which disables digital copying ................................................................... 22
Effect related .................................................................................................................. 23
Newly added preset patches ................................................................................................................ 23
Newly added algorithms ...................................................................................................................... 23
Adjusting the send level and balance for all effects .......................................................................... 33
Inserting an effect ................................................................................................................................... 34
Display related ................................................................................................................ 37
Holding the level meter peaks ............................................................................................................. 37
Checking the remaining disk capacity ................................................................................................ 37
Disk drive related ............................................................................................................ 38
Checking the reliability of a disk ............................................................................................................... 38
Checking that a disk is not damaged .................................................................................................. 38
Synchronization related .................................................................................................. 40
Assign mark points according to the tempo ...................................................................................... 40
When using the sync track ................................................................................................................... 40
Using the tempo map ............................................................................................................................ 42
Adding an offset to the sync track/tempo map ................................................................................ 42
MIDI related .................................................................................................................... 43
Using program change messages to select scenes ............................................................................ 43
Using program change messages to select effects ............................................................................. 43
Using control change messages to control effects ............................................................................ 43
Other .............................................................................................................................. 44
Using the numeric keys ([NUMERICS]) ............................................................................................. 44
Holding the function of [SHIFT] (Shift Lock) .................................................................................... 44
Easy time adjustment ............................................................................................................................ 45
Chapter 2 Before you start (VS-880 terminology)
Sources, tracks, and channels ....................................................................................... 46
Doing everything in the digital domain (Digital Studio Workstation) ............................... 46
Signal flow (busses) ....................................................................................................... 46
Where a performance is recorded (Song) ...................................................................... 47
Mixer section .................................................................................................................. 48
About mixer modes ............................................................................................................................... 48
Switching the mixer mode .................................................................................................................... 51
Recording the current condition of the mixer (Scene) ...................................................................... 51
Recorder section ............................................................................................................ 53
Differences with a tape-type MTR ...................................................................................................... 53
Number of tracks that can be recorded/played simultaneously ................................................... 53
Virtual tracks provided for each track (V-tracks) ............................................................................. 53
Effects section ................................................................................................................ 54
About the effect expansion board (VS8F-1) ....................................................................................... 54
VS-880 operation ........................................................................................................... 54
How operations are organized (Conditions) ..................................................................................... 54
Switching conditions ............................................................................................................................. 54
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