Roland V-studio VS-2480 Manual
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- Page 1 ®ÂØÒňΠVS-2480 Phrase Pad Guide © 2001 Roland Corporation US All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Roland Corporation US. www.rolandus.com...
- Page 3 “PHRASE PAD” buttons and the “PHRASE SEQ STATUS” buttons. To get the best response from its phrase pad, trim any extra space from the front of each phrase you’ll be using to ensure that the phrase plays immediately when you strike its pad. ©2001 Roland Corporation US...
- Page 4 CH EDIT VIEW screen to turn off its pad—or make any other desired change—by holding down SHIFT and pressing its CH EDIT button. Hold down SHIFT and press CH EDIT again to return to the previous screen. © 2001 Roland Corporation US...
- Page 5 Roland Phrase Pad Guide Activating Phrase Pad Mode PHRASE 1. Press PHRASE PAD PLAY•PHRASE SEQ, and: PAD PLAY • the button lights solid green to show that the phrase pads are now turned on. PHRASE • the PHRASE PAD buttons turn amber for each track channel whose PhrPAD parameter is turned on.
- Page 6 (Page 11). In this illustration, we’ve recorded sequencer data on Sequence Tracks 1-6. Timeline Use the current time locator display’s measures and beats counter to navigate through a project when you’re phrase sequencing. © 2001 Roland Corporation US...
- Page 7 Roland Phrase Pad Guide What the Appearance of Sequenced Data Means Each sequencer track in the playlist on the PHRASE SEQUENCE screen and the Home screen shows a recorded phrase pad performance. You can see where you struck the pad, and you can see the shape of the phrase playback produced by each strike.
- Page 8 11. If you’d like to try again—recording over your first attempt—repeat Steps 5-9. 12. You can perform Steps 2-10 to record any additional tracks. Make sure, however, that the PHRASE SEQ STATUS button is green for any sequence track you want to keep as you continue sequencing. © 2001 Roland Corporation US...
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Roland Phrase Pad Guide Step Entry In step entry phrase sequencing, the VS-2480 doesn’t play through the project as it normally does—you control when and how the sequencer moves forward in time. With the sequencer stopped, you enter phrase pad strikes where you want them. - Page 10 PHRASE PAD PLAY•PHRASE SEQ button is flashing red. green its phrase sequencer track plays back if the PHRASE PAD PLAY•PHRASE SEQ button is solid red and you play the project. © 2001 Roland Corporation US...
- Page 11 Roland Phrase Pad Guide Editing a Phrase Sequence You can edit your sequenced data on the PHRASE SEQUENCE screens. You can also perform many standard phrase and region editing operations on phrase sequencer data using the mouse and TRACK EDIT buttons—TRACK menu commands apply only to hard disk recorder tracks.
- Page 12 2. Press ENTER/YES to move the beginning of all selected phrases to the selected note value, or press EXIT/NO to cancel the quantizing operation. To undo the quantization operation before moving on to other sequencing or editing operations, press F5 (UNDO). © 2001 Roland Corporation US...
- Page 13 Roland Phrase Pad Guide Micro-Editing Sequencer Data On the first PHRASE SEQUENCE screen, press f4 (MICRO) to view the MICRO EDIT screen. On this screen, you can manually change the start time and the length of each sequenced phrase. You can also delete phrases on this screen.
- Page 14 Before BackStep After BackStep With F2 (Beat), BackStep shrinks the phrase to the previous beat. © 2001 Roland Corporation US...
- Page 15 Roland Phrase Pad Guide If the timeline backsteps beyond the start of a phrase it’s touching, the entire phrase is deleted. The amount of time by which the timeline moves and the time window are determined by F2’s setting. When: •...
- Page 16 8. When the bounce is complete, hold down SHIFT and press PHRASE PAD PLAY•PHRASE SEQ to leave Phrase Sequence mode. 9. Hold down STOP, press TRACK STATUS for your destination tracks and listen to the bounce. © 2001 Roland Corporation US...
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