Troubleshooting - Roland VXpanded VS-880 Owner's Manual

Troubleshooting

When the VS-880 does not perform the way you expect,
check the following points before you suspect a malfunc-
tion. If this does not resolve the problem, contact servicing
by your dealer or qualified Roland service personnel.
Problems with sound
No sound
¥ The power is not turned on for the VS-880 and the con-
nected devices.
¥ The audio cables are not connected correctly.
¥ The audio cables are broken.
¥ The volume is turned down on the connected mixer or
amp.
¥ The master fader of the VS-880 is turned down.
¥ The output jacks which are connected are different than
the output jacks selected in the master section of the
mixer.
¥ Short phrases less than 0.5 seconds cannot be played
back.
Specific channel does not sound
¥ The volume level of the channel is turned down.
When the mixer mode is switched etc., the actual volume
levels may not match the position of the faders. In this
case, move the faders up and down to match the settings.
¥ The track status is set to MUTE (the STATUS indicator is
dark).
¥ The Solo function (p.111) is being used.
Channels which were muted before the Solo function was
used cannot be monitored even if [STATUS] is pressed.
Cannot record
¥ The track status of the recording destination is not set to
REC (STATUS indicator blinks red).
¥ The disk drive has insufficient capacity.
¥ If the mixer mode is INPUT TRACK, the specified input
source is not selected for the recording destination (p.50).
¥ In INPUT MIX mode or TRACK MIX mode, the REC buss
is not selected for the input source to be recorded (p.50).
Cannot record digitally
¥ The master clock is not set to ÒDIGITLÓ (p.73).
¥ The sampling rate of the recording destination song is dif-
ferent than the sampling rate of the digital audio device.
Match the sample rate setting of the digital audio device
to the setting of the song. If it is not possible to change the
sample rate of the digital audio device, you must create a
new song with that sample rate.
¥ The Vari-pitch function is on (the VARI PITCH indicator
is lit).
Press [VARI PITCH] to turn off the button indicator.
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¥ Digital signal is not being transmitted from the digital
audio device.
Some digital audio devices do not output a digital signal
unless they are in play mode. If this is the case, put your
digital audio device in standby (pause) mode before
putting the VS-880 into record mode.
¥ Digital signal format is different.
Some digital audio devices may use a special digital sig-
nal format. Please use a digital audio device that is com-
patible with S/P DIF.
Noise and distortion appear in the
recorded sound
¥ Input sensitivity settings are inappropriate.
If input sensitivity settings are too high, the recorded
sound will be distorted. If they are too low, the recorded
sound will be buried by noise. Adjust the INPUT SENS
knob so that the level meters move as high as possible
without causing the PEAK indicator to light.
¥ In INPUT MIX mode or TRACK MIX mode, the equalizer
is being used.
Some equalizer settings may cause the sound to distort
even if the PEAK indicator does not light. Re-adjust the
equalizer.
¥ If noise or distortion occurred as a result of track bounc-
ing, the track output levels were too high.
¥ A mic is connected directly to the VS-880.
The VS-880 is designed with a large headroom margin.
Also, since INPUT-1Ð4 jacks are 10 k-ohm low imped-
ance, the recording level may be low, depending on the
characteristics of your mic. Pass the mic signal through a
mic preamp before connecting it to the VS-880, to convert
the signal to line level for recording.
Alternatively, you can set the mixer mode to INPUT
MIX/TRACK MIX and raise the channel fader in INPUT
MIX when recording.
Playback pitch is wrong
¥ The Vari-pitch function is on (the VARI PITCH indicator
is lit).
Press [VARI PITCH] to turn off the button indicator.