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  • Page 3 CK/Intelligent Arranger/Sequencer Products Keyboards and Sound Modules Fax Numbers Customer Service (213) 721-4875 Marketing Department (213) 722-9233 Musical Instruments Department (213) 726-2633 Product Support (213) 726-8865 Service Department (213) 722-7408 © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. 3/6/97 Page 1 of 1...
  • Page 4 April 15, 1997 V1.1 If you’re online, you can get answers to common tech support questions, download software updates and demo files, and check out everything that’s new at Roland. On The Internet http://www.rolandus.com To access the Software Downloads area: On the Roland Home Page, click on SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS.
  • Page 5 Catalog One ® Retail Price Lists Retail Price Lists ÂØÒňΠ® Information on Roland and BOSS products is available to your fax machine 213-685-5141 213-685-5141 24 hours, 7 days a week, from Roland Corporation U.S. Ext. 271 Ext. 271 Doc #...
  • Page 6 Product Specifications & Info Product Specifications & Info ÂØÒňΠ® Information on Roland and BOSS products is available to your fax machine 24 hours, 7 days a week, from Roland Corporation U.S. 213-685-5141 Ext. 271 Keyboards and Sound Modules Keyboards and Sound Modules Keyboards and Sound Modules cont.
  • Page 7 Product Specifications & Info Product Specifications & Info ÂØÒňΠ® Information on Roland and BOSS products is available to your fax machine 24 hours, 7 days a week, from Roland Corporation U.S. 213-685-5141 Ext. 271 Sound Reinforcement Products Sound Reinforcement Products...
  • Page 8 Product Specifications & Info Product Specifications & Info ÂØÒňΠ® Information on Roland and BOSS products is available to your fax machine 24 hours, 7 days a week, from Roland Corporation U.S. 213-685-5141 Ext. 271 Contemporary Keyboard Products Contemporary Keyboard Products...
  • Page 9 Operational Support Operational Support ÂØÒňΠ® Documents Documents Information on Roland and BOSS products is available to your fax machine 213-685-5141 213-685-5141 24 hours, 7 days a week, from Roland Corporation U.S. Ext. 271 Ext. 271 Support Documentation consists of two series: Doc # TurboStarts and Supplemental Notes.
  • Page 10 ® Operational Support Operational Support ÂØÒňΠ® Documents Documents Information on Roland and BOSS products is available to your fax machine 213-685-5141 213-685-5141 24 hours, 7 days a week, from Roland Corporation U.S. Ext. 271 Ext. 271 Doc # Model...
  • Page 11 (RA) number. Call (213) 685-5141 and select or ask for customer service. You will be asked for your model and serial numbers and a description of the problem. If the product is in- warranty you must submit a copy of your sales receipt. Roland maintains a full service repair department located at the following address: Roland Corporation U.S.
  • Page 12 Power on while holding MEMORY NO UP (^) and DOWN (v). DEP-5 Power on while holding MEMORY NO UP (^) and DOWN (v). DJ-70 No ROM reset. DJ-70mkII No ROM reset. © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. Re-initialization Procedures Page 1 of 9...
  • Page 13 While holding REC and PLAY, press CHOIR. Power off and then back on. ep-85/95 ep-707 The unit resets each time you turn it on. All Other EP No ROM reset. FC-100 No ROM reset. © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. Re-initialization Procedures Page 2 of 9...
  • Page 14 WRITE. Use the DOWN/UP buttons to select FACTORY PRESET, then press WRITE. JS-30 Power on while holding RECORD located in the SEQUENCER section. JUNO-1 (Same as ALPHA JUNO-1.) No ROM reset. © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. Re-initialization Procedures Page 3 of 9...
  • Page 15 While holding PART VOLUME ACCOMP, press TRACK 2 and 4 buttons (Composer section) simultaneously. Press PART VOLUME ACCOMP repeatedly to get FACTORY SETUP LOAD in the window. After loading is complete, power off and then back on. © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. Re-initialization Procedures Page 4 of 9...
  • Page 16 Poly Mode: Power on while holding NUMBER 4 and 8. Mono Mode: Power on while holding NUMBER 3 and 7. All Other MKS No ROM reset. MP-Series No ROM reset. MS-1 No ROM reset. © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. Re-initialization Procedures Page 5 of 9...
  • Page 17 Power on while holding CURSOR PAGE and PARAM SELECT, then press ENTER twice. R-8M Power on while holding ENTER and the RIGHT (>) CURSOR button, then press ENTER twice. R-70 Power on while holding MIDI and ASSIGN, then press YES twice. © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. Re-initialization Procedures Page 6 of 9...
  • Page 18 Power on while holding CLEAR, then press REC. SDD-320 No ROM reset. SDE-330 Power on while holding SYSTEM and PROGRAM. Use the DATA dial to select SYSTEM + PROGRAM. Press MEMORY. © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. Re-initialization Procedures Page 7 of 9...
  • Page 19 Power on while holding MODE and TRACK #1. TR-707 Power on while holding TRACK WRITE and TRACK #1 . TR-727 Power on while holding TRACK WRITE and TRACK #1 . © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. Re-initialization Procedures Page 8 of 9...
  • Page 20 Press UTILITY, press F6 (MENU) twice to select Factory, then ENTER. Press F6 (EXECUTE). Use the dial to turn Memory Protect OFF if necessary, press ENTER, then press F6 (EXECUTE). © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. Re-initialization Procedures Page 9 of 9...
  • Page 21 ROLAND and BOSS POWER SUPPLY COMPATIBILITY GUIDE Output: Unregulated DC Regulated DC Volts (V) ±21.5 ±15 ±10 Amps (mA) 1200 1000 500 300 200 1500 1750 1700 1000 500 200 200 200 2000 1500 500 800 300/300350/350500/150 ACB ACI ACF ACM ACA ACK ACJ ACL ACO ACN ACG ACE...
  • Page 22 ROLAND and BOSS POWER SUPPLY COMPATIBILITY GUIDE Output: Unregulated DC Regulated DC Volts (V) ±21.5 ±15 ±10 Amps (mA) 1200 1000 500 300 200 1500 1750 1700 1000 500 200 200 200 2000 1500 500 800 300/300350/350500/150 ACB ACI ACF ACM ACA ACK ACJ ACL ACO ACN ACG ACE...
  • Page 23 ROLAND and BOSS POWER SUPPLY COMPATIBILITY GUIDE Output: Unregulated DC Regulated DC Volts (V) ±21.5 ±15 ±10 Amps (mA) 1200 1000 500 300 200 1500 1750 1700 1000 500 200 200 200 2000 1500 500 800 300/300350/350500/150 ACB ACI ACF ACM ACA ACK ACJ ACL ACO ACN ACG ACE...
  • Page 24 ROLAND and BOSS POWER SUPPLY COMPATIBILITY GUIDE Output: Unregulated DC Regulated DC Volts (V) ±21.5 ±15 ±10 Amps (mA) 1200 1000 500 300 200 1500 1750 1700 1000 500 200 200 200 2000 1500 500 800 300/300350/350500/150 ACB ACI ACF ACM ACA ACK ACJ ACL ACO ACN ACG ACE...
  • Page 25 ROLAND and BOSS POWER SUPPLY COMPATIBILITY GUIDE Output: Unregulated DC Regulated DC Volts (V) ±21.5 ±15 ±10 Amps (mA) 1200 1000 500 300 200 1500 1750 1700 1000 500 200 200 200 2000 1500 500 800 300/300350/350500/150 ACB ACI ACF ACM ACA ACK ACJ ACL ACO ACN ACG ACE...
  • Page 26 ROLAND and BOSS POWER SUPPLY COMPATIBILITY GUIDE Output: Unregulated DC Regulated DC Volts (V) ±21.5 ±15 ±10 Amps (mA) 1200 1000 500 300 200 1500 1750 1700 1000 500 200 200 200 2000 1500 500 800 300/300350/350500/150 ACB ACI ACF ACM ACA ACK ACJ ACL ACO ACN ACG ACE...
  • Page 27 ROLAND and BOSS POWER SUPPLY COMPATIBILITY GUIDE Output: Unregulated DC Regulated DC Volts (V) ±21.5 ±15 ±10 Amps (mA) 1200 1000 500 300 200 1500 1750 1700 1000 500 200 200 200 2000 1500 500 800 300/300350/350500/150 ACB ACI ACF ACM ACA ACK ACJ ACL ACO ACN ACG ACE...
  • Page 28 Accessories for Roland Products Wave Voice Video Video Continuous Pedal Footswitches Travel Case T ravel Case Software TurboStart Supplemental C D-ROM StyleMemory Card Patch Other ExpansionExpansion Owner's Manual D emo EV-5/FV-300LDP-2/DP-6/FS-5UHardshell Soft Bag Notes Library Disks M-512E Cards Card Adaptor...
  • Page 29 Accessories for Roland Products Wave Voice Video Video Continuous Pedal Footswitches Travel Case T ravel Case Software TurboStart Supplemental C D-ROM StyleMemory Card Patch Other ExpansionExpansion Owner's Manual D emo EV-5/FV-300LDP-2/DP-6/FS-5UHardshell Soft Bag Notes Library Disks M-512E Cards Card Adaptor...

  • Page 30: Removable Media Drives

    Capacity Storage Record/Playback Olympus 2.6GB MO 2.3 GB Sony Vertex 2.6GB 2.3 GB Fujitsu 640/230 540/230 MB *Can format 512KB sector optical media only © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. DM-800 Media Compatibility Guide — 3/97 SN64 Page 1 of 2...

  • Page 31: Rgb Monitors

    These monitors require special adapter cables. See the Contact Sources list for suppliers. S-Video The Roland DM-800 can be used with TV monitors, A/V Computers and Computer Video capture boards (Mac & IBM compatible) to display their output. The DM-800 can supply either S-Video or Color Composite signals.
  • Page 32 M540 MCD 540 MB* Syquest 230 MB *Cannot do Physical Format – Initialize Only IoMega Mechanism Manufacturer Model Capacity Storage Record/Playback Iomega 100 MB © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. VS-880 Media Compatibility Guide — 3/97 SN65 Page 1 of 2...
  • Page 33 (902) 832-3000 RAMTEK (313) 513-7440 Nomai (888) 996-6624 SoundLogic (619) 789-6558 Pacific Coast Technologies (PCT) (619) 693-0209 Glyph Technologies (800) 335-0345 Rorke Data (800) 328-8147 © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. VS-880 Media Compatibility Guide — 3/97 Page 2 of 2...

  • Page 34: Front Panel Layout

    CURSOR buttons and the PARAMETER buttons. These are the buttons that you will most likely use in some combination for nearly every operation you do on the VS-880. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 1 of 29...
  • Page 35 P o s t L e v e l * * * I N T - - - 1 5 6 0 6 9 INPUT TRACK MASTER © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 2 of 29...
  • Page 36 YES/NO buttons. In addition, there are times in which you will need to ENTER a value to confirm or CANCEL an operation. The CURSOR buttons serve as ENTER/CANCEL buttons as well. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880...
  • Page 37 Tracks at a time. On the front panel, there are four knobs labeled INPUT SENS that control the Input volume of the four Input jacks. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 4 of 29...
  • Page 38 VS-880. If you plan on doing a lot of microphone based recording (vocals, acoustic instruments), you will probably want to invest a few hundred dollars on a good mic pre (microphone pre-amp) anyway. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 5 of 29...
  • Page 39 DAT machine to the VS-880 with no loss of fidelity or increase in noise. Though not pictured, the audio generated from the VS-880 can be heard either through headphones or from an amplified speaker system. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 6 of 29...

  • Page 40: Mixer Modes

    As you read the following explanations, refer to the diagrams that show how the audio signal flows. The signal is represented by an arrow, with the audio signal flowing in the direction of the arrow. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880...
  • Page 41 Track 5, the channel 5 fader will be the fader you use to adjust playback volume. The Input (record) volume level will be adjusted with the INPUT SENS 2 knob. INPUT SENS © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 8 of 29...
  • Page 42 1) between the EQ and the Fader (Pre-Fader), 2) after the Pan (Post-Fader), and 3) Insert which routes the dry, post EQ signal into the VS8F-1 and then sends only the effected signal back to the fader. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 9 of 29...
  • Page 43 Tracks (reverb for vocals or compression for bass). © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880...
  • Page 44 Track 1 Output 24 Track Tape Machine Track 1 Input TRACK MIX MODE ( dB ) 24 Track Mixing Console Channel 1 INPUT MIX MODE © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 11 of 29...

  • Page 45: Basic Recording

    VS-880 are Òtip hot.Ó Make sure that the adapter you use corresponds with your microphone and sends the hot pin (2 or 3) to the ÒtipÓ of the TRS connection. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880...
  • Page 46 (because weÕre in INPUTcTRACK mode) the fader will not effect the recording level Ð only the listening level. 2) Listen for overloading or clipping in the headphones and turn down (counter-clockwise) the INPUT SENS 1 knob accordingly. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 13 of 29...
  • Page 47 #9 ÒRV:CoolPlate.Ó Experiment with some of the different effects until you find the one you want. 4) Press the YES/ENTER button, to confirm and activate your effect choice. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 14 of 29...
  • Page 48 Each Virtual Track is completely independent from the other and you can mix and merge as you see fit. You can record up to 64 Tracks total and any eight can be played at a time. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880...

  • Page 49: Advanced Recording

    EQ and effects settings. Most of the process will already be familiar to you because we will be repeating many of the steps from the BASIC RECORDING chapter. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880...
  • Page 50 SHIFT button, the DISPLAY button will select a different display choice each time you press it. There are four to choose from: Pre Level, Post Level, Play List and Fader/Pan. (See pages 2 and 3 for more details). © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 17 of 29...
  • Page 51 INPUT SENS 1 light is not peaking when you play. Also, make sure the sound is not distorting in your speakers or headphones. 2) Press REC followed by PLAY to record your guitar part with EQ. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 18 of 29...
  • Page 52 3) Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select "PstFade.Ó Note: Repeat sections D, E and F for EFFECT 2 (SHIFT/CH EDIT button 8) to add another effect into the audio chain. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 19 of 29...
  • Page 53 ÒdryÓ signal without processing. This is commonly used for such things as compression on vocals or guitar amp modeling effects. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 20 of 29...
  • Page 54 VS-880 continue to play, recording will begin again after the loop ends. Basically, on every other pass recording is engaged. This enables you to stay in continuous loop record until you get the take you want. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880...
  • Page 55 LOC 2 button. The same is true with the ÒLpStÓ time and the LOC 1 button. Press the PARAMETER left button to confirm this setting. Continue with Step 5 in the Loop Recording section (p.21). © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 22 of 29...
  • Page 56 ÒR63Ó on Input 4. That way, we would be sending the signal in stereo to the external effects processor. 9) Next, we will route Input 3 to record buss 3-4. Hold SHIFT and press the Input/BUSS button (CH EDIT button 1). © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 23 of 29...
  • Page 57 10) Repeat steps 3 through 9 for channel 4. Turn the PAN knob on channel 4 all the way to the left and then all the way to the right. This will ensure that the Input 4 signal is recorded only to Track 4. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880...
  • Page 58 The VS-880 will just ÒlookÓ at the original riff each time it occurs in the song. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880...
  • Page 59 Ð the point at which you want to start copying. You can set this value in the same way as you did the Auto Punch points: © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 26 of 29...
  • Page 60 Ó in the display. If you continue turning the TIME/VALUE dial you will see an asterisk in place of the Primary Track as well ( ). This indicates that all Tracks (Primary and Virtual) will be edited. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 27 of 29...

  • Page 61: Bouncing Tracks

    2) Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select Ò7-8Ó as the Buss routing for Track 1. 3) Press CH EDIT button 2, select Ò7-8Ó as the Buss routing for Track 2. 4) Repeat these steps for Tracks 3, 4, 5, and 6. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 28 of 29...

  • Page 62: Saving Your Song

    VS-880. With a little practice most of these procedures will become second nature and you will find that recording with the VS-880 is extremely fast and effortless. © Roland Corporation U.S. Basic Recording with the VS-880 Page 29 of 29...
  • Page 63 Click on the play icon in Cakewalk (it will start flashing). Press PLAY on the VS-880 and Cakewalk will begin playback in sync with the VS-880. © 1996 Roland Corporation U.S. Synchronizing with Software Sequencers Page 1 of 6...
  • Page 64 3) Select “Create Device…” from the Configuration menu. A new FreeMIDI Device Specification window will appear. 4) Select “Roland” from the Manufacturer pop-up menu and select “Other” from the Model pop-up menu. 5) Click in the Name box and type ‘VS-880.’...
  • Page 65 7) Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select “SYS Syn:Source = INT” (if it is not already selected). 8) Press PARAMETER>> and use the TIME/VALUE dial to select “SYS Syn:Gen. = MTC.” © 1996 Roland Corporation U.S. Synchronizing with Software Sequencers...
  • Page 66 1) Create a new song in Vision and select OMS Studio Setup… from the Setups menu. 2) Select New Device from the Studio menu. 3) Select Roland for the Manufacturer and Other for the Model. 4) Type ‘VS-880’ in the Name box.
  • Page 67 1) Connect the MIDI OUT port of your MIDI interface to the MIDI IN port of the VS-880. 2) Connect the MIDI OUT port of the VS-880 to the MIDI IN port of your MIDI interface. © 1996 Roland Corporation U.S. Synchronizing with Software Sequencers...
  • Page 68 8) Press PARAMETER>> until “MID:MIDI Thr =” is displayed. Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select Out (if it is not already selected). Press PLAY on the VS-880 and Cubase will start playback in sync with the VS-880. © 1996 Roland Corporation U.S. Synchronizing with Software Sequencers Page 6 of 6...

  • Page 69: Master Unit

    “Syn:Source” will be displayed. Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select “Syn:Source = EXT.” Press PARAMETER right until “Syn:Gen” is displayed. Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select “Syn:Gen = Off.” © 1996 Roland Corporation U.S. Connecting Multiple VS-880s Page 1 of 4...
  • Page 70 10. Press SYSTEM until “System PRM?” is displayed. Press YES/ENTER. 11. “SYS Master Clk” will be displayed. Use the TIME/VALUE dial to select “SYS Master Clk = Digital.” © 1996 Roland Corporation U.S. Connecting Multiple VS-880s Page 2 of 4...
  • Page 71 The master VS-880’s mix output will now contain audio from all units. © 1996 Roland Corporation U.S. Connecting Multiple VS-880s...
  • Page 72 Digital Word Clock is used to sync the timing of the three units and the Digital signal is routed through the master VS-880 so that the audio from all three units can be mixed to DAT. © 1996 Roland Corporation U.S. Connecting Multiple VS-880s...
  • Page 73 The following is a listing of the TurboStarts contained in this book. TurboStarts are arranged alphabetically by model number. VS-880 Digital Studio Workstation VS-880-S1 VS-880 System Expansion SX-700 Studio Effects Processor © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S. 3/24/97 Page 1 of 1...
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  • Page 75 4 controls the effect balance, and fader 5 controls a business or consulting relationship or by way of license agreement. the reverb level). * All trademarks are property of their respective owners. TBS62 © 1997 Roland Corporation U.S., 7200 Dominion Circle, Los Angeles, CA 90040 1/97...
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