Roland V-Sudio VS-840 Manuals

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Roland V-Sudio VS-840 Owner's Manual (189 pages)

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Brand: Roland | Category: Desktop | Size: 10.41 MB

Important Safety Instructions
2
Using the Unit Safely
3
Always Observe the Following
3
Package Contents
4
Using an External Zip Drive with the VS-840S
4
Contents
5
Power Supply
10
Placement
10
Before Using Zip Disks Handling the Zip Disk Drive
10
Handing Zip Disks
10
About SCMS
11
Disclaimer of Liability
11
Additional Precautions
11
Introducing the VS-840
12
Main Features
12
Digital Audio Workstation
12
Easy Operation
12
Disks that Can be Used by the VS-840 (Zip Disks)
13
Disk Formatting
13
Front and Rear Panels
14
Mixer Section
14
Recorder Section
15
Display Section
17
Rear Panel
18
Disk Drive
19
Before You Start (VS-840 Terminology)
20
Sources, Tracks, and Channels
20
Doing Everything in the Digital Domain (Digital Studio Workstation)
20
Signal Flow (Buses)
21
About Songs
21
How the Mixer Is Organized
22
Input
22
Recording the Currect Condition of the Mixer (Scene)
23
Differences with a Tape-Type MTR
23
Number of Tracks Provided for each Track (V-Tracks)
23
Virtual Tracks Provided for each Track (V-Tracks)
23
Effects Section
24
Effect Connections (Insert/Loop)
24
Basic Operation of the VS-840
25
Turning on the Power
25
Inserting the Disk
25
Initializing a Disk (Disk Initialize)
25
Listening to the Demo Song
26
Before You Finish Operations
26
Saving the Performance to Disk (Song Store)
26
To Protect a Song (Song Protect)
26
Turning the Power off (Shut Down)
27
Removing Protection from a Performance
27
If the Display Asks "Store Current?"
27
Re-Starting the VS-840
28
Basic Operations in the Display Screen
28
Selecting the Operating Menu
28
Executing an Operation
28
Selecting a Song (Song Select)
29
Changing the Current Time
29
Moving to the Beginning of the Performance (Song Top)
29
Moving to the End of the Performance (Song End)
29
Changing the Input of a Channel
30
Moving in Measure/Beat Units
30
Using Mark Point Numbers
30
Switching the Input Source
30
Monitoring the Track Playback
31
Setting the Channel Pan
31
Changing the Track Status (Track Status)
32
Switching the Monitor Output (Monitor Select)
32
Registering the Current Mixer Settings (Scene)
33
Recalling a Scene
33
Scene Mode
33
Clearing the Settings of a Scene
33
Storing a Time Location Method 1 (Locate Point)
34
Storing a Time Location Method 2 (Mark Points)
34
Modifying a Stored Time Location
34
Deleting a Stored Time Location
34
Moving to a Marked Time Location
35
Modifying a Marked Time Location
35
Clearing a Mark Point
35
Clearing All Mark Points
35
Using the EZ Routing Function (Easy Routing)
36
About the Easy Routing Function
36
Using the Easy Routing Function
36
Recording Icon
36
Effect Send Switch
37
Track Bouncing Icon
38
Mixdown Icon
40
User Routing Icon
41
Procedure for Saving the Current Mixer Settings as a User Routing
41
Aux Routing Icon
42
Procedure for Recalling Mixer Settings that Were Stored
42
Deleting Mixer Settings that Were Saved as a User Routing
42
An Example of Using Easy Routing
43
Recording to Track 1
43
Recording in Stereo to Tracks 5/6
44
Recording Additional Tracks While Listening to Playback (Overdubbing)
45
Bouncing Tracks While Applying Reverb (Loop)
46
Mixing down to 2-Channel
48
About the Default Values Set by Easy Routing
49
Parameter Which Are Automatically Set
49
Default Values Which Are Set When You Select the Recording Icon
49
Default Values Which Are Set When You Select the Track Bouncing Icon
49
Default Values Which Are Set When You Select the Aux Routing Icon
50
Multitrack Recording Techniques
51
Making a New Recording
51
Creating a New Song (Song New)
51
Naming the Song (Song Name)
52
Connect the Instruments
52
Record a Performance Onto a Track
52
Switching V-Tracks
53
Recording Additional Tracks While Listening to the Performance
54
Re-Recording Only Your Mistakes (Punch-In/Out)
55
Punch-In/Out Using the Record Button
55
Punch-In/Out Using a Foot Switch
55
What Is Manual Punch-In?
55
Recording a Previously-Specified Section (Auto Punch-In)
56
Specify the Location for Recording
56
Recording Procedure
56
Repeatedly Recording the same Location (Loop Recording)
57
Specify the Area to be Repeated
57
Combining the Performances of Two or more Tracks into Another Track
58
Creating a Master Tape
59
Adjusting the Tone (Equalizer)
59
Adjusting the Volume and Pan (Level/Pan)
60
Pan Setting Procedure
60
Low Gain
60
Hi Gain (High Gain)
60
Mixing down to 2-Channel Stereo (MIX Down)
61
If You Are Using a Cassette Tape
61
If You Are Using a DAT (MD)
61
Editing a Recorded Performance (Track Editing)
62
What Is Editing?
62
Finding a Desired Location (Preview)
62
Using to and from
62
Scrub Playback (Scrub)
63
Adjusting the Preview Length
63
Finding the Location Where Sound Begins
63
Adjusting the Scrub Length
63
Basic Procedure
64
Scrub Length
64
Re-Using Part of the Performance (Copy)
65
Modifying the Organization of the Performance (Move)
66
Exchanging Performance Data between Tracks (Exchange)
68
Inserting Blank Space into a Performance (Insert)
69
Deleting a Portion of a Performance (Cut)
70
Erasing Part of a Performance (Erase)
71
Using the Internal Effects
72
Effect Connections
72
Inserting the Effect between the Equalizer and Fader
74
Connecting the Effect to the Effect Bus (Loop Connection)
74
Inserting the Effect before the Master Fader (Insert Connection)
75
Switching Effects (Patch Change)
76
Using Effects
77
Creating a New Effect Sound
78
Creating an Effect Sound
78
Saving Effect Settings
79
Saving to a User Patch
79
Saving to a Scene
79
Examples of How the Effects Can be Used
80
Applying Reverb to a Recorded Performance (Loop)
80
Applying Reverb as You Record (Loop)
82
Applying Reverb While Bouncing Tracks (Loop)
84
During Recording, Apply Effects Only to the Monitor Sound (Loop)
86
Applying Chorus to the Lch, Reverb to the Rch, and Mixing Them (Loop)
88
Recording with an Effect Inserted (Insert)
90
Recording While You Apply Vocoder (Insert)
91
If the Effect Does Not Function as You Expect
92
Other Convenient Functions
93
Sounding the Metronome
93
Using an External MIDI Sound Source to Play the Metronome
93
Using a Foot Switch to Playback/Stop
94
Stopping Automatically (Marker Stop)
95
Changing the Pitch During Playback (Vari-Pitch)
95
Listening Only to a Specific Channel (Solo)
96
Switching the Source for Output to the Phones Jack
98
Undoing a Recording Or/Editing Operation
99
Recording/Editing Operations Which Can be Undone (Undo)
99
Canceling the Last-Performed Undo (Redo)
99
Canceling Only the Last-Performed Operation
99
When the Disk Has Little Remaining Space
100
Deleting Only Unneeded Performance Data (Song Optimize)
100
Deleting One Song of Performance (Song Erase)
100
Copying Performance Data (Song Copy)
101
Duplicating a Disk (Disk Copy)
102
Exchanging Data between the VS-840 and VS-880 (Song Convert)
103
Creating a Master Tape Which Disables Digital Copying
104
Use with MIDI Devices
105
About MIDI
105
MIDI Connectors
105
MIDI Channels
105
Synchronizing with a MIDI Sequencer
106
Using MTC
106
Synchronizing to the VS-840 (Master)
106
Gen. (Sync Generator)
106
Using the Tempo Map
107
MTC Type
107
Timedisp (Time Display Format)
107
Offset
107
Creating a Tempo Map
108
Synchronized Operation
108
What Is the Tempo Map?
108
Using the Sync Track
109
Changing the Tempo During the Performance
109
Recording MIDI Clock Messages
109
Assigning an Offset to the Sync Track/Tempo Map
110
When You Experience Problems with Synchronization
110
Overall Settings and Status Checking
111
If the Display Area Is Difficult to Read (Contrast)
111
Switching the Contents of the Display (Display)
111
Displaying Song-Related Information
112
Mixer Level
112
Track Level
112
Play List
112
Restoring the VS-840 Settings to the Initial State
113
Taking Advantage of the VS-840 (Ideas and Examples)
115
Recording Multiple Sources to One Track
115
Bringing Together the Desired Sections
116
If Noise between Segments Is Obtrusive
116
Using Mark Points to Rearrange Song Data (Song Arrange)
117
Fade Length
117
Operating the VS-840 from Another Device (MMC)
118
Operating the VS-840 from an MMC-Compatible Device
118
Setting for the Master VS-840
119
Make Settingsfor the Sequencer Program
119
Using External Effect Units
120
Applying an Effect During Playback
120
If You Have Problems with Synchronization
120
Applying an Effect While Bouncing Tracks
121
Aux Send Switch
121
Algorithm List
123
Reverb 1
123
Reverb 2
124
Tap Delay
125
Stereo Delay Chorus
126
Stereo Pitch Shifter Delay
127
2 Ch RSS
128
Panner
129
Delay RSS
130
Chorus RSS
131
Guitar Multi 1
132
Guitar Multi 2
134
Vocal Multi 1
135
Vocal Multi 2
136
Keyboard Multi
137
Rotary
138
Stereo Phaser
139
Stereo Flanger
140
Tremolo Pan
141
Stereo Multi
142
Lo-Fi Box
143
Vocoder
144
Space Chorus
145
Reverb + Reverb
146
Delay + Reverb
147
Chorus + Reverb
148
Delay + Chorus
149
Functions of each Parameter
150
Acoustic Guitar Simulator
150
Chorus
150
Compressor/Limiter
151
De-Esser
151
Delay
151
Enhancer
152
Equalizer
152
Flanger
153
Noise Suppressor
154
Overdrive
155
Phaser
155
Pitch Shifter
156
Preamp
156
Reverb
157
Ring Modulator
158
Gate
158
RSS (2Ch)
159
RSS (Panner)
160
Speaker Simulator
160
Tremolo/Pan
161
Wah
161
Before Using RSS
163
Product Package Notice for When RSS Is Used
163
Cautions When Using RSS
163
Troubleshooting
164
Problems with Sound
164
Problems with the Disk Drive
164
Other Problems
165
Error Messages
166
Special Key Operations
167
Parameter List
168
MIDI Implementation
170
Transmitted Data and Recognized Receive Data
170
Channel Voice Message
170
System Common Messages
170
MIDI Machine Control Command Reference
171
Universal System Exclusive Message
171
MIDI Machine Control Command, Information Field/Response Reference
173
Roland Exclusive Messages
174
Data Format for Exclusive Messages
174
Address-Mapped Data Transfer
174
One-Wat Transfer Procedure
175
MIDI Implementation Chart
176
Blok Diagram
177
Glossary
178
Specifications
179
Index
180
Track Sheet
186

Roland V-Sudio VS-840 Service Notes (19 pages)

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Brand: Roland | Category: Musical Instrument | Size: 7.9 MB

Roland V-Sudio VS-840 Supplemental Notes (5 pages)

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