Editing With The Track Edit Buttons; Placing Edit Points Using The In, Out, From And To Buttons; Selecting Phrases And Regions With The Vs-2480'S Buttons; Selecting A Track Using The Vs-2480'S Buttons - Roland VS-2480 Owner's Manual

Editing with the TRACK EDIT Buttons

This section describes how to perform seven of the
most common track phrase and region edits using
the TRACK EDIT buttons, the cursor buttons, SHIFT
and the TIME/VALUE dial.

Placing Edit Points Using the IN, OUT, FROM and TO Buttons

To set edit points for the first time in a project using the VS-2480's buttons:
1. Position the timeline at the desired location.
2. Press the IN, OUT, FROM or TO button.
3. To clear an edit point, hold down CLEAR and press the desired IN, OUT, FROM or
Once you've set a project's IN, OUT, FROM and TO points, their buttons can be
configured so that pressing an edit point's button:
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Configuring the Behavior of the IN, OUT, FROM and TO Buttons
1. Press UTILITY.
2. If "GLOBAL" doesn't appear over F2, press PAGE until it does.
3. Press F2 (GLOBAL).
4. The EDIT POINT Sw TYPE parameter sets the behavior of the IN, OUT, FROM and
5. Press F6 (EXIT) to confirm your changes and to leave the GLOBAL Param1 screen.
If EDIT POINT Sw TYPE is set to OVERWRITE, you can still move the timeline to an
edit point—hold down SHIFT and press the desired IN, OUT, FROM or TO button.

Selecting a Track Using the VS-2480's Buttons

1. Press

Selecting Phrases and Regions with the VS-2480's Buttons

To select a phrase:
1. Position the timeline so that it's touching the desired phrase.
2. Press
3. Press ENTER/YES to select the phrase.
4. To unselect the phrase, press ENTER/YES again.
To select a region:
1. Set the boundaries of the desired region by placing the IN point at its beginning
2. Press
3. Press ENTER/YES to select the region. To unselect it, press ENTER/YES again.
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TO button.
moves the timeline to its position.
resets the edit point to the current position of the timeline.
TO buttons for resetting your IN, OUT, FROM or TO edit points. You can choose:
• Same as LOCATOR—so that pressing an edit point's button moves the timeline
to the edit point's location in the project.
• OVERWRITE—so that pressing an edit point's button resets the edit point to the
current position of the timeline.
or to move the cursor to the desired track.
or to cursor to the track on which the phrase resides.
and the OUT point at its end.
or to cursor to the track on which the region resides.
COPY MOVE
COPY MOVE
IN IN
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18—Editing Tracks
TRACK EDIT
TRIM IN TRIM OUT DELETE SPLIT NEW PHRASE
IMPORT REGION
INSERT CUT ERASE COMP / EXP.
GRADATION AUTOMIX
OUT OUT FROM FROM TO TO
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