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Active Terminator

A type of terminator (a terminating resistance) place at

each end of a SCSI chain. A new addition to SCSI-2

specifications, compared with ordinary terminators, it

provides greater operating stability for SCSI devices,

thus improving signal transmission performance.

CD-R

Short for Compact Disc Recordable. This is a system

for reading and writing discs in the same format as

that used for CDs (CD-ROMs and music CDs). A spe-

cialized CD-R drive allows one-time only writing of

discs.

However, as long as the data has not been finalized

and there is sufficient capacity remaining on the disc,

the CD-R drive can be used for multiple additions to,

and changes in the material.

Sometimes they are referred to as “Write Once CD,”

“CD-Write Once,” or something similar.

CD-RW

Short for Compact Disc ReWritable. This is a system

allowing creation of discs that can be read using the

same format as regular CDs (CD-ROMs and Music

CDs). While resembling the CD-R system in that it

uses a special CD-RW drive, these discs can be rewrit-

ten any number of times. However, CD-RW discs can-

not be used with the CDR-88.

COSM

Stands for Composite Object Sound Modeling. This

is "a technology which combines multiple sound mod-

els to create new sounds," which was first used on the

Roland's VG-8 V-Guitar System. For example, sounds

created on the VG-8 are the result of a variety of sound

models (elements) such as the pickup, the body of the

guitar, the guitar amp, mic, and speaker etc.

Current Song

The song currently being recorded, played back, or

edited is referred to as the current song.

DAT

Short for Digital Audio Tape. This refers both to the

system of recording digitized sound to magnetic tape,

as well as to the tapes themselves. Besides digital

audio signals, all song information is recorded on the

tape, including starts and track data, information to

allow or prevent copying, etc.

Finalize

This is the operation that writes the TOC to a prepared

audio disc. Whereas additions and changes can be

made to discs that have not yet been finalized, such

discs are not playable on regular CD players.

Formants

A formant is an important element which determine

the character of a vocal sound. It is a fixed overtone

whose location is determined by the size of the vocal

chords.

Conventional pitch shifters modify the pitch in a way

that changes even the location of the formants (which

by nature do not change). For example when a con-

ventional pitch shifter raises the pitch, a “duck voice”

is produced as if the vocal chords had shrunk, and

when the pitch is lowered a “giant voice” is produced

as if the vocal chords had expanded.

The Voice Transformer modifies the basic pitch and

the formant separately, allowing a variety of voice

characters to be created.

Frame

Similar to the individual frames in a roll of movie film,

the numerous still pictures that are displayed in rapid

succession to create a moving video image are also

known as “frames.” About thirty of these frames are

shown each second. When hard disk recorders,

sequencers, and other such equipment are synchro-

nized with video, it is generally assumed that there

should be one frame every 1/30th of a second.

GPI

GPI stands for General Purpose Interface. This is a

contorol jack provided on professional and consumer

video devices such as video editors and title superim-

poters. By connecting this contorol jack to the foot

switch jack of the VS-1680 and setting the Foot Switch

Assign to “GPI,” the connected device will be able to

playback/stop the VS-1680.

GUITAR (Hi-Z)

A high-impedance input jack for directly connecting

electric guitars.

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