Roland VS-2480 Service Notes

Jun. 2001

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................... ................................................................................. 1
LOCATION OF CONTROLS........................................... ................................................................................. 4
EXPLODED VIEW .......................................................... ................................................................................. 5
WIRING DIAGRAM......................................................... ................................................................................. 6
PARTSLIST .................................................................... .......................................................................... 7--10
IDENTIFYING VERSION NUMBER ............................... ............................................................................... 11
SAVING SYSTEM PARAMETERS ................................. ............................................................................... 11
TEST MODE ................................................................... ........................................................................ 11--13
SETTING THE INTERNAL CLOCK ................................ ............................................................................... 13
PR O C ED U R E FO R U PD ATIN G TH E SO FTW AR E ................. ............................................................................... 14
INITIALIZING THE DISK................................................. .......................................................................... 14,15
SAVIN G D ATA IN AN EXTER N AL SC SI D EVIC E ................... .......................................................................... 15,16
RELO ADING DATA FRO M AN EXTERNAL SCSI DEVICE ............. .......................................................................... 16,17
BLOCK DIAGRAM .......................................................... .......................................................................... 18,19
CIRCUIT BOARD MAIN BOARD ................................... .......................................................................... 20,21
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM MAIN BOARD ............................... ........................................................................ 22--30
CIRCUIT BOARD ANALOG BOARD ............................. .......................................................................... 31,32
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM ANALOG BOARD ......................... ........................................................................ 33--36
CIRCUIT BOARD JACK BOARD................................... .......................................................................... 37,38
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM JACK BOARD............................... ........................................................................ 39--42
CIRCUIT BOARD FADER/PANEL L BOARD ................ .......................................................................... 43,44
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM FADER/PANEL L BOARD ............ .......................................................................... 45,46
CIRCUIT BOARD PANEL R BOARD ............................ .......................................................................... 47,48
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM PANEL R BOARD ........................ .......................................................................... 49,50
CIRCUIT BOARD LCD CONT BOARD ......................... ............................................................................... 51
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM LCD CONT BOARD ..................... .......................................................................... 52,53
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VS-2480

SPECIFICATIONS

VS-2480 : 24Tr, 24bit, 96kHzSampling Digital Studion
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Recording Mode
M 24
M TP
M 16
C D R
M T1
M T2
LIV
LV 2
Printed in Japan (900) (CR) 1
Workstation
• Tracks
Tracks:24
V-Tracks:384 (16 V-Tracks per each Track)
• Sample Rate
96.0k / 88.2k / 64.0k / 48.0k / 44.1k / 32.0k Hz
*Adjustable range with vari-pitch function
22.00k Hz - 98.00k Hz (at 96k Hz)
22.00k Hz - 50.00k Hz (at 48k Hz)
• Recording Mode
Mastering 24-bit (M24)
Multitrack Pro (MTP)
CD Writing (CDR)
Mastering 16-bit (M16)
Multitrack 1 (MT1)
Multitrack 2 (MT2)
Live 1 (LIV)
Live 2 (LV2)
• Maximum Simultaneous Recording / Playback Tracks
Sample Rate 48k/44.1k/32k Hz
16 tr. Rec / 16 tr. Play (M24,M16,CDR)
16 tr. Rec / 24 tr. Play (MTP,MT1/2,LIV,LV2)
Sample Rate 96k/88.2k/64k Hz
8 tr. Rec / 8 tr. Play (M24,M16,CDR)
8 tr. Rec / 12 tr. Play (MTP,MT1/2,LIV,LV2)
* Depending on the organization of the song data or
the disk drive performance etc.,the number of tracks
which can be simultaneously recorded or played
back may be limited.
• Maximum Useful Capacity
1024G bytes: 10G bytes(Capacity) x 13(Partition) x
8(Disk Drive)
• Recording Time
(at 10G B Partition, conversion in 1 track, unit :
minutes)
Sample Rate
96k H z 88.2k H z 64k H z 48k H z 44.1k H z 32k H z
662 721 993 1,324 1,442 1,987
1,989 2,165 2,983 3,977 4,329 5,966
994 1,082 1,491 1,989 2,165 2,983
994 1,082 1,491 1,989 2,165 2,983
1,989 2,165 2,983 3,977 4,329 5,966
2,651 2,885 3,976 5,302 5,771 7,953
3,181 3,462 4,772 6,362 6,925 9,543
3,977 4,329 5,966 7,955 8,658 11,932
*The above-listed recording times are approximate.
Times may be slightly depending on the
specifications of the disk drive and on the number of
songs that were created.
In "CDR" recording mode, two tracks are always
used in a pair (channel link is on), so recording time
is half the above-listed.
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