Re-Using Part Of The Performance (Copy) - Roland VXpanded VS-880 Owner's Manual

Chapter 4 Editing a recorded performance (track editing)
5. As you press PARAMETER [
settings, a message will appear at the end, asking you
to confirm execution. If you wish to execute, press
[YES]. A re-confirmation message will blink, so press
[YES] once again to execute. When execution is com-
plete, you will return to Play condition.
To cancel execution, press [NO]. You will return to the
previous condition.
* If after hearing the results of the operation you wish to
return to the original data, use the Undo function (p.112).
< About the bar display >
When tracks are being selected, the bar display will indi-
cate the status of track selection. At this time, you can
view the play list in the bar display by holding down
[SHIFT] and pressing [PLAY (DISPLAY)]. To return to the
previous display, once again hold down [SHIFT] and
press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].
When an item requiring a time setting is selected, the bar
display will show the play list. At this time, you can view
the amplitude profile and the track selection status by
holding down [SHIFT] and pressing [PLAY (DISPLAY)].
The amplitude profile lets you view the waveform record-
ed in the selected track. Use the [(SEL) CH EDIT] buttons
to select the track whose amplitude profile will be dis-
played.
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Re-using part of the perfor-
] to step through the
mance (Copy)
This operation copies the playback data of a specified area
to another location. This operation lets you copy the data of
two or more tracks at once, or copy the specified data to a
specified location two or more times in succession. When
you wish to use a phrase that is recorded in a track, or when
a song contains a phrase that is repeated, the Copy opera-
tion will let you create the song more efficiently.
Normally, the data will be copied starting at the specified
copy destination time. However it is also possible to specify
the copy destination time as a base time at which a specific
sound occurs. This is done using the ÒFrm (From)Ó setting
item.
For example suppose that you wish to copy a sound effect
of a time bomb ticking and then exploding, and that you
want to place the explosion at a specific timing location.
Normally, you would have to calculate the time until the
explosion in order to specify the copy destination time.
However in such cases, you can specify ÒFromÓ as Òthe
copy source time at which the explosion begins,Ó and speci-
fy ÒToÓ (the base time of the copy destination) as Òthe copy
destination time at which you want the explosion to occur.Ó
This lets you copy the data with the explosion placed at pre-
cisely the right timing.
Example 1: Copying twice to the same track
Example 2: Copying twice to a different track
Example 3: Copying using the "Frm" setting
A A'
Start End To
B
B'
Start End To
C
C'
Start From End To
A"
Time
B"
Time
Time