The Power Of V-Tracks; Track Editing Basics; About Editing Phrases - Roland VS-2480 Owner's Manual

6—Understanding the Hard Disk Recorder

The Power of V-Tracks

Although the VS-2480 is a 24-track studio, in a very real sense it's way more than that.
Since each of its 24 tracks can play any of 16 V-Tracks, a project can actually hold as
many as 384 recordings from which you can choose 24 for playback at any given time.
V.T1
V.T2
V.T3
V.T4
V.T5
V.T6
V.T7
V.T8
Track 1
Track 13
V.T1
V.T2
V.T3
V.T4
V.T5
V.T6
V.T7
V.T8
As you can see, this gives you with a huge sonic palette to work with. You can even
construct totally different versions of a project from its massive collection of V-Tracks.

Track Editing Basics

During editing operations, the word "track" serves as a shorthand for the currently
selected V-Track. When we say we're editing a track, what we literally mean is that
we're editing the audio on the track's currently selected V-Track.
The following sections provide just a brief introduction to the editing of tracks in the
VS-2480. We'll discuss it in detail beginning in Chapter 18, which starts on Page 235.
There are two basic ways you can edit the contents of a track:
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About Editing Phrases

Phrase editing is the quickest way to work with a track's audio, since it works with pre-
defined chunks of the track. You can perform a range of operations on a phrase—these
are detailed in Chapter 19.
You may also find it handy to manually divide the phrases on a V-Track into new
convenient, easy-to-work-with chunks. Though this can take a little time, it can save
you a lot of time later on in the editing process:
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The phrase DIVIDE operation can automatically separate your audio into separate
phrases, as described on Page 260.
On the VS-2480, you can also play phrases using the TRACK STATUS/PHRASE PAD
buttons.
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V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9
V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10
V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11
V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12
V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13
V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14
V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15
V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16
Track 2 Track 3 Track 4
Track 14 Track 15 Track 16
V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9
V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10
V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11
V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12
V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13
V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14
V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15
V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16
You can work with phrases (Page 87).
You can work on a specific time "region" within a track.
If you're working on a song, and think you'll be moving a track's sections around,
you can turn each section into a phrase. This'll let you simply grab the desired
phrase when it's time to assemble the track.
If you're using sound effects, you can turn each one into a separate phrase, making
the positioning of your elements quick and easy.
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V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1
V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2
V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3
V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4
V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5
V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6
V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7
V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8
Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8
Track 17 Track 18 Track 19 Track 20
V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1
V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2
V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3
V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4
V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5
V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6
V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7
V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8
V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9
V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10
V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11
V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12
V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13
V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14
V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15
V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16
Track 9 Track 10 Track 11
Track 21 Track 22 Track 23
V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9 V.T1 V.T9
V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10 V.T2 V.T10
V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11 V.T3 V.T11
V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12 V.T4 V.T12
V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13 V.T5 V.T13
V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14 V.T6 V.T14
V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15 V.T7 V.T15
V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16 V.T8 V.T16
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V.T1 V.T9
V.T2 V.T10
V.T3 V.T11
V.T4 V.T12
V.T5 V.T13
V.T6 V.T14
V.T7 V.T15
V.T8 V.T16
Track 12
Track 24
V.T1 V.T9
V.T2 V.T10
V.T3 V.T11
V.T4 V.T12
V.T5 V.T13
V.T6 V.T14
V.T7 V.T15
V.T8 V.T16