Shifting The Project Start Time; Starting Synchronized Playback With The Vs-2400Cd As Slave - Roland VS-2400CD Owner's Manual

Starting Synchronized Playback with the VS-2400CD as Slave

1. If the VS-2400CD's EXT SYNC indicator (Page 45) isn't already
2. Press PLAY on the VS-2400CD—its indicator flashes green to
Sync-related parameters can't be adjusted while the PLAY indicator is flashing.
3. Start playback on the master device—the VS-2400CD follows suit. If you've shifted
4. To halt playback, stop playback on the master. If you've shifted the project start

Shifting the Project Start Time

It's not uncommon to be syncing a VS-2400CD project to material on a master device
that doesn't begin at 00h00m00s00f00 MTC/SMPTE time. You might be syncing the
project to a song somewhere in the middle of a digital tape, for example. When you
begin playback, the VS-2400CD's now line shoots ahead to the same time location—the
beginning of the material on the master starts in the middle of the VS-2400CD's project.
If you've already recorded at the beginning of your project, it won't play along with the
master's material. If you haven't yet recorded on the VS-2400CD, any audio you record
during synchronization will begin somewhere within the project. When you want to do
unsynchronized work, you'll need to navigate to the middle of the project to begin
playback each time instead of just being able to hit the ZERO button.
You can shift, or "offset," the project's start time to solve this problem so that whenever
the master starts over, your project begins at the top. To offset the project start time:
1. Hold down SHIFT and press F4•UTILITY.
2. If "Proj" isn't visible above F3, press PAGE until it is.
3. Press F3 (Proj).
This formula is especially helpful if your project's audio starts somewhere other than
zero. Use the location at which the audio begins as your desired start time. If you get a
negative result, add 24.00.00.00.00 to the master's start time and do the math again.
4. Set the TIME DISPLAY FORMAT parameter to REL, for "Relative Time," so that the
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flashing, hold down SHIFT and press EXT SYNC. This is the same
as setting the SYNC MODE parameter to EXT (Page 301).
indicate that it's awaiting external time code.
the project start time, the VS-2400CD now line jumps to the desired location.
time, the VS-2400CD now line jumps to its actual MTC/SMPTE time code location.
The DISPLAY OFFSET TIME parameter shifts the
project's start time. To find the value you want, subtract
the desired project start time—this is typically
00h00m00s00f00—from the master's start time. Enter this
amount as the DISPLAY OFFSET TIME.
current time location display shows the project's shifted start time instead of ABS
(absolute) MTC/SMPTE time during playback.
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Master start time
—desired project start time
DISPLAY OFFSET TIME
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