Recording A New Track; Playback; Basic Playback Procedure; Moving Through A Project - Roland VS-2400CD Owner's Manual

Recording a New Track

1. Press ZERO to return to the beginning of the project.
2. Hold down REC and press the track's TRACK STATUS button. It flashes red to
3. Press REC—it, too, flashes to show that you're about to record.
4. Press PLAY—recording starts. REC and the TRACK STATUS button light solid red.
5. To halt recording the track, press STOP.
6. If you want to record the track again, repeat Steps 1-5.
7. To play back the track, press ZERO and then PLAY.
If the RECORD MONITOR PlayRec parameter (Page 185) is set to Source, hold down
STOP and press the TRACK STATUS button before pressing ZERO and PLAY.
If you've finished recording a track, make sure that its TRACK SELECT button is green
or unlit before moving on to ensure that you don't accidentally record over the track.
You can re-record any part of an already recorded track by punching—see Page 185.

Playback

Basic Playback Procedure

Playing Back Recorded Tracks

1. Press TR 1-12 and TR 13-24 and make sure that the TRACK STATUS button for any
Here's a shortcut for setting a TRACK STATUS button to green for playback. Hold
down STOP and press the desired TRACK STATUS button.
2. Bring up the track channel faders for any track you want to hear to the desired
3. Set your listening level as described on Page 74.
4. Press ZERO to return to the very beginning of the project, or hold down SHIFT and
5. Press PLAY to begin playback.
6. Press STOP to halt playback.
You can begin playback from anywhere in the project by placing the now line at the
desired location and hitting PLAY.

Moving Through a Project

You can place the now line in a variety of ways, including:
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show that the track is armed and ready to be recorded.
track you want to play back is lit green.
position—or to 0, if you're not sure—and make sure the MASTER fader is set to 0.
press REW to go to the beginning of the project's recorded audio.
using the current time location display (Page 122)
locators (Page 179)
markers (Page 182)
the position bar (Page 118) found on many of the VS-2400CD screens
the Jump feature—see below.
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