Editing Resolution - Roland VXpanded VS-880 Application Manual

A quick way to assign the Now Time to an edit point is to hold the [TRACK] button (under EDIT
CONDITION) and press one of the four Locator buttons. Locator 1 assigns the Now Time to 'Start',
Locator 2 assigns it to 'From', Locator 3 assigns it to 'End', and Locator 4 assigns it to 'To.' When
you use a Track Edit function that uses these points, they will already be assigned.

Editing Resolution

The VS-880 has the ability to move the Now Line in different size steps. This is very important when you
want to edit your song. For example, if you set the VS-880 step size to one measure, you could only set the
Now Line on the beginning of each measure. That would not give you much resolution if you want to edit
to the beat. If you are editing to SMPTE time code numbers, maybe a resolution of 10 frames per click of
the TIME/VALUE dial would be fine for most applications. However, for tight dialogue editing you might
need to edit to a resolution of 1/10 frame per click of the dial.
• During editing, you can use the Right Cursor button [CURSOR>] to select the next lowest
editing resolution.
1. Press the [PLAY (DISPLAY)] button.
2. Press the < [CURSOR] arrow until the MEASURE value in the LCD display begins to blink.
The TIME/VALUE dial will now step through the recording, 1 measure for each click of the
dial.
3. Press the > [CURSOR] arrow one time. The BEAT value will begin blinking and the TIME/
VALUE dial will step through your song one beat per click of the wheel.
4. Press the > [CURSOR] arrow one more time. The MARKER value will begin blinking
indicating that the TIME/VALUE dial will step between marker positions with each click of
the dial.
5. Press the > [CURSOR] arrow one more time. Now the TIME/VALUE dial will step through
the song 1 SMPTE frame per click.
6. Press the > [CURSOR] arrow one more time. Now the TIME/VALUE dial will step through
the song approximately 1/10 of a SMPTE frame per click of the dial.
Resolution Selection
in LCD Screen
Measure
SMPTE Frames
SMPTE Sub Frames
When Sub Frame resolution is selected, use [SHIFT] + the TIME/VALUE Dial to
select the very lowest editing resolution. (1/3,000th of a second or 1/100 Frame).
This is the preferred setting for extremely detailed editing.
(see Owner's Manual page 56 'Moving the current time', and Applications Guide page 33 'Time/Value
Dial')
Time/Value Dial
Step Increments
Single Measure
Beat Single Beat
Marker Single Marker
Single Frame
1/10 Frame
[SHIFT] + Time/Value Dial
Step Increments
10 Measures
10 Markers
10 Frames
1/100 Frame
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