Roland VXpanded VS-880 Studio Workstation Manuals

Manuals and User Guides for Roland VXpanded VS-880 Studio Workstation. We have 5 Roland VXpanded VS-880 Studio Workstation manuals available for free PDF download: Owner's Manual, Application Manual, Supplemental Notes

Roland VXpanded VS-880 Owner's Manual (154 pages)

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Brand: Roland | Category: Musical Instrument | Size: 2 MB

Roland VXpanded VS-880 Owner's Manual (145 pages)

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Brand: Roland | Category: Musical Instrument | Size: 8 MB

Contents
3
Preparations
4
Installing an Internal Hard Disk
4
Connecting Audio Equipment
5
Turning on the Power
6
If a Hard Disk Containing a Demo Song was Intalled
6
If an Un-Initialized Hard Disk was Installed
7
Turning off the Power
9
Listening to the Demo Song
10
Creating a New Song
11
Recording
12
Multi-Track Recording
14
Recording on V-Track 2
16
Re-Recording a Specific Section
18
Using the Equalizer to Adjust the Tone
19
Using the VS8F-1 to Apply Effects
21
Using the VS8F-1 to Record Effects
23
Using an External Effect Device
25
Combining the Contents of Tracks
27
Saving a Song
29
Creating a Master Tape
30
Saving Mixer Settings
32
Easy Ways to Move Where You Want to in a Song
33
Selecting Another Song
34
Glossary
36
Important Safety Instructions
40
Grounding Instructions
40
Main Features
42
Important Notes
46
Power Supply
46
Placement
46
Maintenance
46
Front and Rear Panels
48
Mixer Section
48
Recorder Section
49
Display Section
50
Rear Panel
51
Basic Recording Procedure
52
Placing Marks in a Song
52
Using the Locate Function
52
Memorizing the Current Time
52
Using the Tap Marker Function
53
Adding a Mark Point to the Current Time
53
Moving to a Mark Point
53
Directly Specifying a Mark Point
53
Switching V-Tracks
54
Record While Playing Back Other Tracks (Overdubbing)
54
Re-Recording a Specific Area (Punch-In Recording)
55
Using the Button (Manual Punch-In)
55
Using a Footswitch (Manual Punch-In)
55
Re-Recording a Specified Area (Auto Punch-In)
56
Repeatedly Record over the same Area
56
Combining Two or more Tracks (Track Bouncing)
57
Mixing down to a Master Tape
58
Understanding How the VS-880 Is Organized
60
What Is the VS-880?
60
Digital Disk Recorders
60
Digital Mixer
61
Input - Track Mode
62
Input MIX Mode and Track MIX Mode
63
Data Management
64
Disk Drives
64
Operating
65
Song Data
65
Operational Modes
65
Basic Operation
66
Selecting a Condition
66
Selecting from the Operation Menu
66
Selecting Parameters
66
Switching the Mixer Mode
67
Switching the Track Status
67
Modifying a Value
67
Executing an Operation
67
Switching the Bar Display
68
Moving the Current Time
69
Moving by Measure/Beat
69
Saving Song Data (Song Store)
70
If the Display Asks "Store Current?"
70
Re-Starting the VS-880
70
Recording Digital Audio Signals
71
Connecting a Digital Audio Device
71
Match the Sample Rate
71
Turn off the Vari-Pitch Function
71
Using the Metronome
72
Sounding the Metronome
72
Changing the Metronome Tempo
72
Changing the Initial Tempo of the Song
73
Changing the Tempo from a Later Measure
73
Modifying Tempo Map Settings
73
Using the Mixer to Control a Stereo Source
74
Deleting a Tempo Map
74
Monitoring a Specific Channel (Solo)
75
Changing the Playback Pitch of a Song
75
Storing Mixer Settings (Scene)
76
Storing the Current Mixer Settings
76
Recalling a Scene
76
Clearing the Settings of a Scene
76
Searching for a Precise Time
77
Using to and from
77
Using Scrub
77
Canceling Recording/Editing
78
Adjusting the Scrub Length
78
Canceling an Operation
78
Canceling the Last Undo
78
Comparing the Edited Result with the Original Data (V-Track)
79
Copying and Comparing Recorded Data
79
Assembling the Desired Sections into a Single V-Track
79
Adjusting the Display Brightness
81
Copying Song Data
81
Copying Song Data (Playable)
82
Copying Song Data as an Archive (Archive)
82
Loading Archive-Type Song Data
83
Backing up Song Data to a DAT Recorder
84
Backing up
84
Loading Backed-Up Data
85
Using an External Disk Drive
86
Connecting a Disk Drive
86
Connectors and Cables
86
Terminators
86
Exchanging Disks of a Removable Disk Drive
87
Power-On Sequence
87
Initializing a Disk Drive
87
Switching Disk Drives/Partitions
88
Mixing an External Input Source and the Recorder
88
Using External Effect Units
89
Applying Effects to the Song Playback
89
Applying Effects During Track Bouncing
89
Copying the Sound from an 8-Track MTR to the VS-880
90
Mixer Channel Settings
92
Modifying the Settings
92
Explanation of the Parameters
92
Mixer Master Section Settings
96
Song-Related Operations
97
Selecting a Song
97
Naming a Song/Protecting Song Data
98
Copying Song Data as an Archive
99
Erasing Song Data
100
Erasing Unnecessary Playback Data
100
Loading Song Data from a DAT Recorder
101
Checking the Names of Songs Saved to a DAT Recorder
101
Modifying the Time of a Point (Locator Edit Condition)
102
Checking the Condition of Song Data Recorded to DAT Tape (Verify)
102
Modifying a Track
103
Overall Settings
109
Procedure for Making Settings
109
Disk Drive Settings
112
Synchronization Settings
112
Scene Settings
113
Disk Drive Selection
113
Disk Drive Initialization
114
Using External Devices
115
About MIDI
115
Using a MIDI Sound Source to Play the Metronome
116
Synchronizing with a MIDI Sequencer
116
Using MTC
116
Synchronizing the MIDI Sequencer to the VS-880
117
Synchronizing the VS-88- to the MIDI Sequencer
117
Using the Tempo Map
118
Using the Sync Track
118
Controlling the Mixer from a MIDI Sequencer
119
Troubleshooting
124
Problems with Sound
124
Disk Drive Problems
124
Synchronization Problems
125
Other Problems
125
Error Messages
126
Special Key Operations
128
Parameter List
129
Block Diagram
133
Specifications
134
Index
135

Roland VXpanded VS-880 Application Manual (142 pages)

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Brand: Roland | Category: Musical Instrument | Size: 2 MB

Roland VXpanded VS-880 Supplemental Notes (5 pages)

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Roland VXpanded VS-880 Supplemental Notes (9 pages)

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Trying out the Expanded Functions

Chapter 2 Before You Start (VS-880 Terminology)

Chapter 3 Basic Operation (as a Replacement for a Tape MTR)

Chapter 4 Editing a Recorded Performance (Track Editing)

Chapter 5 Use with MIDI Devices

Chapter 6 Use with a Zip Drive

Chapter 7 Use with a DAT Recorder (DAT Backup)

Chapter 8 Using the Internal Effects

Chapter 9 Other Convenient Functions

Chapter 10 Overall Settings and Status Checking

Chapter 11 Taking Advantage of the VS-880 (Ideas and Examples)

Appendices

Using an External Disk Drive (about SCSI)

Troubleshooting

Error Messages

Special Key Operations

Parameter List

MIDI Implementation Chart

Mixer Section Block Diagram

Glossary

Specifications

About the V-XPANDED Sticker

Index

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Chapter 2: Understanding Your

Chapter 3: Recording Applications

Chapter 4: Overdub Applications

Chapter 5: Editing Applications

Chapter 6: Mixdown Applications

Chapter 7: Tips and Advanced Applications

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