Roland VS-2000 Appendices page 5

Can't record
❍ Did you select a recording track?
➔ Set the track's [TRACK/STATUS] to blinking red (record-ready).
❍ Did you assign an input source (input/track/effect return mixer, AUX/FX bus, DIR bus signal) to the recording
track?
➔ In order to record, you must specify the routing (internal connections).
❍ Do you have sufficient free hard disk space?
❍ Do you have sufficient free events in the project?
❍ The number of simultaneously recordable tracks has decreased.
➔ Depending on the structure of a project, the maximum number of simultaneously recordable tracks may be
less than stated in the specifications (p. 104).
❍ Could you have selected the CD-RW drive as the current drive?
➔ You can't record or play back with the CD-RW drive as the current drive. Select a partition of the internal
hard disk to be the current drive.
Can't record a digital input signal
❍ Have you made settings to allow digital audio input from a CD player?
➔ Settings are required if you want to record the output from a CD player via the COAXIAL IN connector.
❍ In the Digital I/O Parameter screen, could "MASTER CLOCK" be set to "INT"?
❍ Although the unit is connected to digital device, cannot set "MASTER CLOCK" parameter to "DIGITAL IN"?
➔ For digital connection, please use dedicated cable for digital audio (coaxial type).
➔ Set both your digital audio device and the project to the same sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz.
❍ Is your digital audio device transmitting a digital signal?
➔ Some digital audio devices do not output a digital signal unless they are in Play mode. If so, put your digital
audio device in standby (pause) mode, and then put the VS-2000 in record mode.
❍ Could the digital audio signal be in the wrong format?
➔ Some digital audio devices use a proprietary digital signal format. Please connect a digital audio device that
complies with the EIAJ CP-1201 standard.
Harmony audio is unclear
❍ Does the harmony source track contain a monophonic (single-note) performance?
➔ Harmony will not work correctly with a track that contains a polyphonic performance.
❍ Harmony may not work correctly depending on the character and level of the sound recorded on the harmony
source track.
❍ Could the harmony source track contain unwanted sound in addition to the desired audio material?
Recorded sound contains noise or distortion
❍ Is the input sensitivity appropriate?
➔ If the input sensitivity is too high, the recorded sound will be distorted. Conversely, if the input sensitivity is
too low, the recorded sound will be masked by noise.
Adjust the SENS knob so that the level meter moves as high as possible in the region of -12 dB–0 dB.
❍ Could you be using the equalizer in the input mixer?
➔ Depending on the equalizer settings, the sound may distort even though the PEAK indicator channel is not
highlighted. Please re-adjust the equalizer.
❍ Is the ATT (attenuator) set appropriately?
➔ If noise or distortion occurs after you bounce tracks, the track output level is too high.
❍ Could you be inputting audio from your computer with the computer connected via USB?
➔ Terminate the connection as described in "Terminating the connection to your computer" (Owner's Manual),
and then disconnect the USB cable.
Pitch is wrong when you play something back
❍ Could you be using the Region Compression/Expansion function?
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