Table Of Contents - Roland VS-1680 User Manual

Table of Contents

USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................3
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................5
Power Supply.............................................................................................................................................. 5
Placement..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Maintenance ................................................................................................................................................ 5
Repairs and Data ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Memory Backup ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Additional Precautions.............................................................................................................................. 5
Handling the Disk Drive ........................................................................................................................... 6
Concerning Copyright ............................................................................................................................... 6
Disclaimer of Liability................................................................................................................................ 6
About the License Agreement .................................................................................................................. 6
Table of Contents....................................................................................7
Preparations ..........................................................................................17
About the Package Contents................................................................................................................... 17
Main Features............................................................................................................................................ 17
The Latest in Compact Home Studio Environments ............................................................... 17
Simple Operation .......................................................................................................................... 18
Connectivity................................................................................................................................... 18
Major Options ................................................................................................................................ 18
Front and Rear Panels..........................................................................19
Mixer Section............................................................................................................................................. 19
Recorder Section ....................................................................................................................................... 21
Rear Panel .................................................................................................................................................. 23
Chapter 1 Before You Start (VS-1680 Terminology) ..........................25
Saving and Managing Data..................................................................................................................... 25
Managing Disk Contents (Partitioning)..................................................................................... 25
The Location Where a Performance is Recorded (Song) ......................................................... 25
Sources, Tracks, and Channels.................................................................................................... 26
Takes and Phrases ......................................................................................................................... 26
About Events ................................................................................................................................. 26
About Button Names .................................................................................................................... 27
Mixer Section............................................................................................................................................. 27
Signal Flow (Busses) ..................................................................................................................... 27
Input Mixer .................................................................................................................................... 29
Track Mixer .................................................................................................................................... 30
Switching the Fader Functions.................................................................................................... 30
Master Block................................................................................................................................... 31
Recorder Section ....................................................................................................................................... 31
Differences from a Tape-Type MTR ........................................................................................... 31
Track Minutes and Recording Time........................................................................................... 32
Auxiliary Tracks for Each Track ................................................................................................. 33
Effects Section ........................................................................................................................................... 34
About the Effect Expansion Board ............................................................................................. 34
Connecting Effects ........................................................................................................................ 34
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