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Chapter 17

Chapter 17 Using Hard Drives

This chapter explains basic concepts, internal structure, and

basic operation regarding the use of hard drives with the VS-

1680. Read this chapter thoroughly to gain a better

understanding of how the VS-1680 operates.

General Information

Regarding Hard Drives

Drive Partitioning

The VS-1680 saves all data, such as performance data, mixer

settings, system data, etc., on the hard drive. It cannot

operate without either having an internal drive or being

connected to an external drive via the SCSI connector.

Furthermore, the hard drive or external drive used by the

VS-1680 cannot be used by another device. The VS-1680 is

able to address 500MB, 1000MB, or 2000MB sections of drive

space at once. If you use a drive with a capacity that is larger

than this, you will need to divide it into appropriately sized

sections. Each of these sections is referred to as a “partition.”

You can create up to eight partitions per drive. With larger

drives, we recommend you create 2000MB partitions.

Ex. 1: When the drive is 810 MB, and the

partition size is 1000 MB.

fig.01-01

Ex. 2: When the drive is 1.4 GB, and the

partition size is 1000 MB.

fig.01-02

Ex. 3: When the drive is 1.4 GB, and the

partition size is 2000 MB.

fig.01-03

Ex. 4: When the drive is 8.2 GB, and the

partition size is 1000 MB.

fig.01-04

Ex. 5: When the drive is 8.2 GB, and the

partition size is 2000 MB.

fig.01-05

Each partition on the VS-1680’s drive is treated as an

independent drive, and is given its own partition number (0-

7). When a single hard drive has multiple partitions, you can

specify which partition of which drive will be used ("Drive

Select," p. 222). The drive partition currently used is referred

to as the “current drive.”

* If you wish to use removable disks or song data on both the

VS-1680 and the VS-880, there will be limitations as to what

you can do. This is a result of factors such as differing

partition sizes and the available number of tracks. For more

detailed information, refer to Chapter 20, starting on p. 239.

* The VS-1680 uses Roland HDP88 series hard drives, although

it is possible to use other drives. For simultaneous recording or

playback on the maximum number of tracks, getting more out

of the available hard drive space, and in order to get the fullest

performance in general from the VS-1680, we recommend

using the HDP88 series hard drive. In some countries, such as

the United States, the VS-1680 is shipped with an HDP88

series hard drive already installed.

Partition

(810MB)

Disk Drive

(810MB)

Partition 1

(1000MB)

Partition 2

(400MB)

Disk Drive

(1.4GB)

Disk Drive

(1.4GB)

Partition

(1.4GB)

Partition 3

(1000MB)

Partition 7

(1000MB)

unusable

(200MB)

Partition 5

(1000MB)

Partition 1

(1000MB)

Partition 4

(1000MB)

Partition 8

(1000MB)

Partition 6

(1000MB)

Partition 2

(1000MB)

Disk Drive

(8.2GB)

Partition 3

(2000MB)

Partition 5

(200MB)

Partition 1

(2000MB)

Partition 4

(2000MB)

Partition 2

(2000MB)

Disk Drive

(8.2GB)

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