Syncing The Vs-2000 To An External Device; Setting Up The Vs-2000 As The Sync Master; Starting Synchronized Playback With The Vs-2000 As Master; Setting Up The Vs-2000 As A Sync Slave - Roland VS-2000 Owner's Manual

Setting Up the VS-2000 as the Sync Master

1. Navigate to the MIDI PARAMETER screen (Page 283).
2. Set MIDI OUT/THRU to Out.
3. If the device you're syncing to the VS-2000 supports MMC (Page 293), turn on the
4. Press F6 (EXIT) and the F6 (SYNC) to display the SYNC PARAMETER screen.
5. Set SYNC MODE to INT, for "Internal" so that the VS-2000 uses its own timing.
6. If you'll be using MTC, select a FRAME RATE value—see Page 292 for guidance.
7. If you'll be using MTC, and the material in the slave device doesn't begin at
8. Select the type of sync you want the VS-2000 to generate. If you're syncing to:
9. Complete the setup by configuring the slave device so that it's set to:
Consult the slave device's documentation for synchronization setup details.

Starting Synchronized Playback with the VS-2000 as Master

1. Set the slave device—as detailed in its documentation—so that it's awaiting sync.
2. Press the VS-2000's PLAY button.
3. To halt synchronized playback, press STOP on the VS-2000.

Syncing the VS-2000 to an External Device

The VS-2000 can be synced to a master device that generates MTC. The VS-2000 can
receive MTC through its MIDI IN jack.

Setting Up the VS-2000 as a Sync Slave

1. Navigate to the MIDI PARAMETER screen (Page 283).
2. If the master device transmits MMC (Page 293), turn on the VS-2000's SysEx. Rx Sw
3. Press F6 (EXIT) and then F6 (SYNC) to display the SYNC PARAMETER screen.
4. Set SYNC MODE to EXT, for "External" so that the VS-2000 uses the master device's
5. Set FRAME RATE to the master device's frame rate.
6. If you've turned on external sync in Step 5, set SYNC AUTO to:
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SysEx. Tx Sw parameter and set MMC MODE to MASTER.
00h00m00s00f00, enter its start time as the Sync OFFSET TIME parameter's value—
when the VS-2000's project plays from the top, the slave plays from this location.
• a MIDI device that recognizes MTC—set MIDI OUT SYNC Gen. to MTC.
• a MIDI device that recognizes MIDI clocks—set MIDI OUT SYNC Gen. to
MIDIClk ("MIDI Clock") if you want to synchronize the external device to a
project tempo map. To synchronize the device to a sync track, select SyncTr.
• use an external timing source.
• receive the type of sync you're sending it from the VS-2000.
• receive MMC if the device recognizes MMC.
• receive SysEx data if the device recognizes MMC.
parameter, and set the MMC MODE parameter to SLAVE.
timing to operate.
The SYNC with GAP parameter determines how the VS-2000 responds to small
gaps, or "dropouts," that often occur in time code for a variety of reasons. Set it to:
• Off—if you want the VS-2000 to stop if there's any gap in the time code.
• On—if you want the VS-2000 to continue playing, or "freewheel," at the last
synchronized speed until time code is again received.
• Off—so that the VS-2000 uses its your FRAME RATE setting.
• On—so that the VS-2000 automatically resets its frame rate to that of the master
device.
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