Making A New Recording; Specifying The Recording Mode (Song New); Naming The Song (Song Name) - Roland VXpanded VS-880 Owner's Manual

Chapter 3 Basic operation (as a replacement for a tape MTR)

Making a new recording

It is not possible to make a new recording while the demo
song is selected. In order to record, you will have to prepare
a new song. On a cassette tape MTR, this corresponds to
inserting a new cassette tape.
Specifying the recording mode
(Song New)
The VS-880 allows you to create up to 200 songs on one disk
drive. To create a new song on the currently selected disk
drive, use the following procedure.
1. Press [SONG], use PARAMETER [
the "SNG Song New?" display, and press [YES].
2. The display will indicate "SNG SampleRate=," so use
the TIME/VALUE dial to select the sample rate (48,
44.1, 32 kHz). If you will be recording digital audio sig-
nals from an external digital audio device, set this para-
meter to match the sample rate of the external device.
3. Press PARAMETER [
"Record Mode=," so use the TIME/VALUE dial to select
the record mode.
4. Press [YES]. A confirmation message of "SNG Create
NewSong ?" will appear, so press [YES] twice. To can-
cel, press [NO].
When the new song has been created, you will auto-
matically return to Play condition, and the created song
will be selected.
< Recording mode >
On the VS-880, the recording mode setting allows you to
select a sound quality appropriate for the material being
recorded and a recording time appropriate for the remain-
ing capacity of your disk drive. This recording mode set-
ting is set when you create a new song. The following
recording modes are available. Use the mode appropriate
for your situation.
* The recording mode cannot be changed after a song has
been recorded.
Mastering (MAS): Of the four modes, this provides the
highest sound quality; equal to a CD player or a DAT
recorder. However a song for which this mode is selected
will function as a 6-track recorder (tracks 1Ð6). Tracks 7Ð8
cannot be used. This mode is suitable for a recording in
which you will use mainly 2-channel stereo editing.
Multitrack 1 (MT1): While preserving high sound quality,
the recording time will be approximately twice that of
ÒmasteringÓ mode. This mode is suitable for when you
will be doing a lot of track bouncing.
Multitrack 2 (MT2): While preserving high sound quality,
this mode offers longer recording times than Òmultitrack
1.Ó Normally you should use this mode.
Live (LIV): Of the for modes, this allows the longest
recording times. For example if you are recording 4 tracks
onto a 1 G byte disk, this mode allows more than 2 hours of
continuous recording. Since this mode allows long record-
ing without worrying about disk drive capacity, it is espe-
cially suitable for recording a live performance.
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< Recording time >
When you create a new song, you must set the Sample
Rate in addition to the Recording Mode. The recording
times for each setting are as follows (1 G byte capacity, 1
track).
Recording mode Sample rate
48.0 kHz
Mastering 185 minutes
Multitrack 1 371 minutes
Multitrack 2 495 minutes
Live 594 minutes
* The above-listed recording times are approximate.
Times may be slightly shorter depending on the specifi-
cations of the disk drive and on the number of songs
that were created.
< If the display indicates "Disk Too Slow!" >
If this message appears while recording or playing back a
song, the disk drive was not able to keep up with the rate
at which the data needed to be written or read. In this
case, create a new song with a lower sample rate or
recording mode than the current song, and try the record-
ing once again.
< Song numbers >
Newly created songs will be given a name such as
ÒInitSong 001.Ó The number following the name is the
song number. This name can be modified later.
On the VS-880, songs on each disk drive are managed by
their song number. A newly created song will be assigned
the lowest unused song number. For example if the cur-
rent drive contains songs up to song number 5, a newly
created song will be number 6. If an earlier-numbered
song had been erased, the new song would have that
number.

Naming the song (Song Name)

When you create a song, it will automatically be given a
name like ÒInitSong001.Ó However this makes it difficult to
remember what song it is. We recommend that you assign a
unique name to your song so that data management will be
easier.
1. Press [SONG] several times until "SNG Song
Name/Prtct?" appears.
2. Press [YES].
The name of the song (Song Name) will appear.
3. Move the cursor so that the character that you wish to
modify will blink. Use CURSOR[
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