To Prohibit Digital Copying - Roland VS-1680 User Manual

Chapter 13 CD-RW and Mastering
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12. After selecting an effect, press [F4 (Exec)].
13. Press [F6 (EXIT)].
14. Hold down [STOP], and press [STATUS] for all tracks
(1–15/16) that you wish to mix down. The STATUS
indicator will light in green.
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15. Press [FADER] so that the TR (track) indicator lights.
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Lit
16. Press [PLAY]. The song will play back.
17. Raise and lower the master fader, and verify that the
volume of each track changes.
The sound that has passed through the master fader will be
recorded on the mastering tracks. To record at the optimal
audio quality, you will normally set the master fader to 0 dB.
18. Use the channel faders (1–15/16) to adjust the volume
balance of the tracks. At this time, the sound—the
volume level and panning—that is output from the
MASTER jacks will be recorded "as is" to the mastering
tracks. Adjust the volume to as high a level as possible
without causing distortion.
19. When you are finished adjusting the volume, press
[STOP].
20. Move to the time location at which you wish to begin the
mixdown (e.g., 00h00m00s00f).
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21. Use the cursor buttons and the TIME/VALUE dial to
change the SW setting to "On."
22. Press [REC]. The REC indicator will light in red.
23. Press [PLAY]. The PLAY indicator will light in green,
and recording will begin.
24. When you finish recording, press [STOP].

To Prohibit Digital Copying

When mixing down from the VS-1680 to a DAT recorder or
similar recorder via a digital connection, you can prevent
digital copying of the tape on which the mixdown has been
recorded. Many DAT recorders implement "SCMS"—the
Serial Copy Management System. With a DAT recorder
which uses SCMS, you are allowed to make only one digital
copy of a regular audio CD onto a DAT tape. Once the digital
copy exists on the DAT tape, you cannot make additional
digital copies using the DAT tape as the source. This function
makes DAT tapes recorded digitally from the VS-1680
function as those recorded digitally from a CD. With the
following procedure, you can prevent your digitally mixed
master tapes from being later copied digitally onto DAT
tapes or other similar digital media.
SCMS (See Appendices, p. 64)
1. Hold [SHIFT] and press [F5 (SYSTEM)]. The System
menu icon appears in the display. If the System menu
icon does not appear, press [F6 (EXIT)].
2. Press [F1 (SYSPM)]. If "SYSPM" does not appear in the
display above [F1], press [PAGE] until "SYSPM"
appears, and then press [F1 (SYSPM)].
3. Use [
], [ ], [
cursor to "Digital Copy Protect."
Digital Copy Protect
This setting determines whether or not a DAT master
created from the Digital Output jacks of the VS-1680 can
be later copied digitally.
Off:
Digital copying of the DAT tape is allowed.
On:
Digital copying of the DAT tape is prohibited.
4. If you want to prohibit the digital copying of a master
DAT created from the VS-1680, use the TIME/VALUE
dial set Digital Copy Protect to "On."
5. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)] to return to the Playlist display.
], and [ ] to move the