Roland VS-1680 User Manual page 8

Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Basic Operation...................................................................35
Before You Begin ...................................................................................................................................... 35
Turning On the Power.................................................................................................................. 35
If You Have Trouble Understanding Displays or Operations ............................................... 35
Operating the VS-1680 ............................................................................................................................. 35
Basic Navigation ....................................................................................................................................... 36
Setting the Internal Clock ........................................................................................................................ 37
Before You Finish ..................................................................................................................................... 38
Saving Your Song.......................................................................................................................... 38
Turning Off the Power ................................................................................................................. 38
Restarting ....................................................................................................................................... 39
Chapter 3 Playback Operations...........................................................41
The Display................................................................................................................................................ 41
Display Regions............................................................................................................................. 41
Selecting a Playlist Display.......................................................................................................... 42
Function Buttons (While on the Playlist Display) .................................................................... 42
Mixer Channel Display............................................................................................................................ 43
Changing Track Status............................................................................................................................. 43
Muting and Soloing.................................................................................................................................. 44
Muting Tracks................................................................................................................................ 44
Muting Inputs and Effect Returns .............................................................................................. 44
Quick Soloing................................................................................................................................. 44
Solo Mode....................................................................................................................................... 44
Using Locators .......................................................................................................................................... 45
Storing and Recalling Locators ................................................................................................... 45
Changing the Locator Bank ......................................................................................................... 45
Editing Stored Locators................................................................................................................ 45
Using Markers........................................................................................................................................... 46
Storing a Marker............................................................................................................................ 46
Locate to a Marker Using PREVIOUS and NEXT .................................................................... 46
Editing Marker Values ................................................................................................................. 47
Clearing Markers........................................................................................................................... 47
Other Ways to Move In a Song............................................................................................................... 48
Changing Playback Position Using JUMP................................................................................. 48
Change Playback Position Using TIME/VALUE Dial ............................................................ 48
Move to the Beginning or End of a Song Using FF and RW................................................... 48
Store Your Song ........................................................................................................................................ 48
Protecting Songs (Song Protect) ............................................................................................................. 49
Selecting and Loading Songs .................................................................................................................. 49
Chapter 4 Recording Operations.........................................................51
Preparing for a New Recording ............................................................................................................. 51
Create a New Song........................................................................................................................ 51
The Recording and Mixing Process ....................................................................................................... 54
Connecting Instruments .......................................................................................................................... 55
Recording to the Tracks ........................................................................................................................... 55
Recording on Other Tracks (Overdubbing).......................................................................................... 58
Recording Using Different Virtual Tracks (V-Tracks) ........................................................................ 58
Saving a Recorded Performance (Song Store)...................................................................................... 58
Track STATUS Buttons ............................................................................................................................ 58
Manual Punch-In/Punch-Out ................................................................................................................ 59
Loop Recording ........................................................................................................................................ 62
Undo and Redo......................................................................................................................................... 64
Track Bouncing ......................................................................................................................................... 64
Track Bouncing With Effects .................................................................................................................. 66
Recording a Digital Source...................................................................................................................... 66
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