The Location Where A Performance Is Recorded (Song); Sources, Tracks, And Channels; Takes, Phrases, And Playlists - Roland VS-1680 Owner's Manual

The Location Where a Performance is
Recorded (Song)
The location where a performance data is recorded is
refered to as the song. For example on a cassette MTR,
this would correspond to cassette tape. Up to 200
songs can be created in each partition. Normally, you
should set the partition size at 2000 MB. When dealing
with large numbers of songs at the same time, or when
you want to use the data on the VS-880 as well, setting
the partition size to 1000 MB is recommended. The
song currently being recorded, played back, or edited
is referred to as the current song. Following data are
included in a song.
• All data recorded on V-tracks
• MIDI clocks of the sync track
• Points specified within songs (locator, marker,
punch-in/out points, loop-in/out points) (p. 36)
• Scenes (mixer settings)
• Vari Pitch settings (p. 166)
• System settings (system, MIDI, disk, sync, Scene) (p. 184)
• Effect settings
• Auto Mix Data

Sources, Tracks, and Channels

On the VS-1680, the recorder section and mixer section
use term sources, tracks, and channels. These terms
may appear similar to each other, and will be confus-
ing unless their differences are clarified.
Source: A signal which is input to the mixer sec-
tion or recorded in the recorder section.
On the VS-1680, this term refers in partic-
ular to the signals of the analog input
jacks (1–8) and the digital in connector.
Track: A signal that is being input to or output
from the recorder section. It also refers to
the location of a signal that is being
recorded onto or played back from the
hard disk.
Channel: A signal that is being input to or output
from the mixer section. This term refers in
particular to the faders and buttons of the
mixer section on the top panel.

Takes, Phrases, and Playlists

On the VS-1680, data is managed by groups called
takes, phrases, and playlists. Please take a moment
to make sure you understand the differences between
each of these terms.
Chapter 1 Before You Start (VS-1680 Terminology)
Takes: The data recorded to the disk is simply
called a take. This recorded data includes
wave data and time stamp (time and date
imprint) information. With a new record-
ing, each track consists of one take.
Additionally, even when you record
material onto tracks that already have
takes on them, the previous takes are not
deleted (overwritten).
Phrases: The data that defines which take is
played back, including the start and stop
times of that playback is called a phrase.
The length of a phrase may just be the
length of a take, or a phrase may consist
of part of a take. Additionally, you can
use any number of phrases from the same
take, and have a phrase played back
repeatedly as a sort of "break beats."
This is displayed as one box in the
playlist.
fig.01-06(phrase1.eps)
Track 1
00h00m10s00
fig.01-07(phrase2.eps)
Track 1
00m10s00
fig.01-08(phrase3.eps)
Track 1
00m10s00
Take 1
Phrase 1
00h00m20s00
Time
T a k e 2
Phrase 2 Phrase 2'
00m20s00 00m30s00
T a k e 3
Phrase 3 Phrase 3'
00m20s00
00m22s00 00m30s00
Time
Time
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