Synchronization Related; Assign Mark Points According To The Tempo; When Using The Sync Track - Roland VXpanded VS-880 Owner's Manual

Chapter 1 Trying out the expanded functions
9-2.Press PARAMETER [
The display will indicate ÒRecoverDriveTry?Ó
9-3.Press [YES].
9-4.If any data will be lost, the display will indicate "You'll
Lose Data". Press [YES].To cancel the operation press
[NO].
9-5.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Songs that have been partially modified will be marked
as ÒAdj,Ó and songs that were deleted will be marked
as ÒDel.Ó Songs which were not affected will not be dis-
played.
RecoverResult (Recovery result)
InitSong 001:
InitSong 003: Modified songs (in actual operation, the
song name)
:
InitSong 200:
Cluster Info. (Cluster information)
Total: Number of clusters on the entire disk
Number of clusters marked as unusable
Defect:
memory
Number of clusters currently being used
Used:
Number of clusters currently unused
Free:
9-6.Press [YES].
You will return to Play condition.
40
].

Synchronization related

There may be cases in which you wish to use MIDI Clock
messages to synchronize an external MIDI sequencer etc. to
a song which was recorded without using the metronome.
In such cases, it is now possible to assign mark points
according to the tempo of the recorded performance, and
then generate a sync track or tempo map from these mark
points.
Assign mark points according
to the tempo
1. Press [ZERO].
2. Press [PLAY].
The song will begin to playback.
3. While listening to the song, press [TAP] at the begin-
ning of each measure or beat.
4. When you finish assigning mark points, press [STOP].
* If you wish to assign mark points precisely to the begin-
ning of measures or beats, use the Preview function
(p.76).

When using the sync track

Generating a sync track from mark
points
A sync track can be generated from mark points that were
assigned according to the tempo of a previously recorded
performance. This is convenient when you have already
recorded a performance of an acoustic instrument such as
guitar or vocal, and now wish to synchronize a MIDI
sequencer etc. to the recording.
1. Press
[SYSTEM] several
Sync/Tempo?" appears.
2. Press [YES].
3. Press PARAMETER [
The display will indicate ÒSYS Syn:GenÓ.
4. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial. In this case, choose
SyncTr.
Gen (Sync generator)
This selects the type of synchronization signal that will be
transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector. When using a
synchronization signal from the VS-880 to synchronize
external MIDI devices, set this to the desired type of syn-
chronization signal.
Synchronization signals will not be transmit-
Off:
ted.
MTC: MIDI Time Code will be transmitted.
MIDIClk: MIDI Clock will be transmitted.
SyncTr: MIDI Clock data recorded on the sync track
will be transmitted.
5. Press PARAMETER [
"SYS Sync.Tr Cnv?" display.
6. Press [YES].
times until "SYS
].
] several times to get the