Master Block; Recorder Section; Differences From A Tape-Type Mtr - Roland VS-1824 Owner's Manual

Master Block

This selects the jacks or connectors—which are connected to
external equipment—to which the output of each mixer is
sent.
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Chapter 1 Before You Start (VS-1824 Terminology)

Recorder Section

Differences from a Tape-Type MTR

Unlike DAT recorders, which use tape, digital disk recorders
record performances (that is, sounds) on a disk, as do MD
recorders. Music that is recorded on disk can be recalled and
played back immediately, no matter where it is located on
the disk. This is obvious from the difference in speed with
which you can move to the beginning of a song on the VS-
1824 as opposed to a DAT recorder.
The ability to freely move to data regardless of the time or
sequence at which it was recorded is known as "random
access." By contrast, having to move to data in the order of
the time or sequence at which it was recorded is known as
"sequential access."
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random access
sequential access
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