Roland VS-2480 User Manual

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7—Project and Drive Operations 100 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Locking and Un-Locking a Project on Your Hard Drive 1. Press PROJEC

7—Project and Drive Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 101 7. If you’re sure you want to proceed, press ENTER/YES, or press EX

7—Project and Drive Operations 102 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 6. Press F1 (COPY)—the PROJECT COPY screen appears.You can wipe the

7—Project and Drive Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 103 5. If you’re sure you want to delete the marked project(s) from you

7—Project and Drive Operations 104 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 5. To select a V-Track, cursor to it and press F4 (MARK) to check i

7—Project and Drive Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 105 1. Load the project you want to use as the basis for the final proje

7—Project and Drive Operations 106 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Backing Up a Project 1. Connect your Roland-approved CD-R/RW drive

7—Project and Drive Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 107 RECOVER To re-load VS-2480 project backup data, use the RECOVER ope

7—Project and Drive Operations 108 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 10. Set Erase all Projects to:• Off —if you want to add the project

7—Project and Drive Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 109 8. Select the drive to which you want to import the song.9. If “IMP

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7—Project and Drive Operations 110 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Exporting to a VS-890 or VSR-880 • Eight project tracks are exporte

7—Project and Drive Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 111 8. If you’re exporting to a CD-R/RW, set the Verify and CD Speed pa

7—Project and Drive Operations 112 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Fragmentation What Is Fragmentation? When a hard drive has first bee

7—Project and Drive Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 113 What Can Be Done About a Fragmented Hard Drive? You can de-fragment

7—Project and Drive Operations 114 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Formatting a Hard Drive 1. Press PROJECT.2. Select a drive belongin

7—Project and Drive Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 115 10. Press ENTER/YES to proceed with formatting, or EXIT/NO to cance

7—Project and Drive Operations 116 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 7. Press ENTER/YES to clear the drive, or EXIT/NO to cancel.If you

7—Project and Drive Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 117 About Drive Check’s Repair Capabilities If Disk Check finds a proble

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 119 8—The Home Screen The Home screen is central to VS-2480 operations. It’s one screen every VS-2480

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8—The Home Screen 120 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Current Channel Display The current channel display shows you the name of the in

8—The Home Screen Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 121 How the VS-2480 Meters Show Signals Levels are shown on the VS-2480’s display in

8—The Home Screen 122 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Position Bar The position bar has a handle you can grab with your mouse and drag

8—The Home Screen Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 123 If this sounds similar to a V-Track (Page 87), you’re right. Each track in the t

8—The Home Screen 124 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Expanded Playlist Views You can hold down SHIFT and press HOME•DISPLAY to more r

8—The Home Screen Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 125 • F3 (TR Mix) —to show the playback levels of the tracks and the MONITOR and MAS

8—The Home Screen 126 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Current Time Location Display At the top of many of the VS-2480’s screens is the

8—The Home Screen Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 127 Using the Fader/Pan Display You can replace the meters display (Page 120) on the

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 129 9—Working with Input Signals This chapter describes how to get signals into the VS-2480’s analog a

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9—Working with Input Signals 130 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Phantom Power Each of the VS-2480’s eight XLR jacks can supply +48 V

9—Working with Input Signals Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 131 Digital Input Signals Digital Connections The VS-2480 can accept digi

9—Working with Input Signals 132 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Digital Considerations This section discusses a couple of issues you

9—Working with Input Signals Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 133 Who Should Supply the Master Clock? There are two basic conditions in

9—Working with Input Signals 134 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 5. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the desired master word clock s

9—Working with Input Signals Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 135 Routing Input Signals to Input Channels Much of the internal “wiring”

9—Working with Input Signals 136 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual How Input Connections Work Input Channel Perspective Input routing is

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 137 10—Using the Digital Mixer In this chapter, we’ll discuss how to perform basic operations on the m

10—Using the Digital Mixer 138 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Channel Selection When you want to adjust a channel’s parameters, you m

10—Using the Digital Mixer Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 139 Using the PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 Knobs When the channel strips are controllin

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10—Using the Digital Mixer 140 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Activating Knob Control of Dynamics and EQ Parameters 1. If the AUX SEN

10—Using the Digital Mixer Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 141 To Turn the KNOB/FADER ASSIGN Feature On and Off 1. Press KNOB/FDR ASSI

10—Using the Digital Mixer 142 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The MASTER Fader The MASTER fader—located at the far right of the chann

10—Using the Digital Mixer Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 143 Mute Mode Mute mode lets you mute or un-mute multiple input, track and

10—Using the Digital Mixer 144 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Scenes The VS-2480 allows you to save a wide range of current mixer set

10—Using the Digital Mixer Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 145 Recalling a Scene 1. Press SCENE•BANK if it’s not already lit.2. If the

10—Using the Digital Mixer 146 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 3. Press  or  or turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the desired s

10—Using the Digital Mixer Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 147 4. Press ENTER/YES to recall the selected scene and close the window, o

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 149 11—Input and Track Channel Tools Input channel and track channels offer almost exactly the same pa

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11—Input and Track Channel Tools 150 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The Top of the CH EDIT Screens The top of each CH EDIT screen con

11—Input and Track Channel Tools Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 151 1. STATUS (track channel only) The STATUS parameter mirrors the b

11—Input and Track Channel Tools 152 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 5. ChLink When CHLink (“Channel Link”) is turned on, the current

11—Input and Track Channel Tools Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 153 About Aux Send Configuration In the VS-2480, each Aux bus can acce

11—Input and Track Channel Tools 154 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 10. Channel Output Meter11. Channel Output Meter Pre/Post Switch

11—Input and Track Channel Tools Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 155 frequently in situations with multiple mics placed close together

11—Input and Track Channel Tools 156 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 17. FX INS The FX INS display shows the number of any effect that

11—Input and Track Channel Tools Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 157 The DYN Screen Each VS-2480 input and track channel has its own d

11—Input and Track Channel Tools 158 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual What’s an Expander? The DYN screen expander is a downward-type ex

11—Input and Track Channel Tools Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 159 You can set Ratio anywhere from 1.00:1 to ∞ :1. The Ratio setti

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11—Input and Track Channel Tools 160 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 5. AutoGain AutoGain automatically boosts signals whose levels ha

11—Input and Track Channel Tools Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 161 The KeyIn feature can be helpful when the current channel’s signa

11—Input and Track Channel Tools 162 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The EQ Screen What Is EQ? A sound wave is a repeating change in a

11—Input and Track Channel Tools Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 163 The Basic Mechanics of an Equalizer All EQs use the same basic de

11—Input and Track Channel Tools 164 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 1. EQ Sw The EQ Sw (“EQ Switch”) parameter turns the CH EDIT EQ o

11—Input and Track Channel Tools Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 165 The filter frequency selector can be set anywhere from 20 Hz to 20

11—Input and Track Channel Tools 166 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The FX Ins Screen The FX Ins (“Effect Insert”) screen is discusse

11—Input and Track Channel Tools Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 167 The CH EDIT ASSIGN Screen On a track channel’s ASSIGN screen, you

11—Input and Track Channel Tools 168 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual At the bottom of the Parameter View screen is a set of four tabbe

11—Input and Track Channel Tools Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 169 Assorted CH EDIT Tools The CH EDIT VIEW CpyPRM Button You can cop

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 171 12—Working with Input Channels Introduction to Input Channel Routing This chapter discusses what t

12—Working with Input Channels 172 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Routing an Input Channel Signal to a Track You can route an input s

12—Working with Input Channels Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 173 How the FADER Buttons Act in Quick RoutingTo Quick-Route an Input S

12—Working with Input Channels 174 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 6. To route another signal to the track, repeat Step 3, if necessar

12—Working with Input Channels Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 175 Input Channel Signals and the Main Mix Removing Input Channel Signa

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 177 13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder This chapter discusses the mechanics of using the VS-2480’s ha

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder 178 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The SHUTTLE Ring The outer ring around the TIME VALUE dial is

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 179 Recording The following section describes the recording of a s

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13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder 180 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Playback Basic Playback Procedure Playing Back Recorded Tracks

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 181 Looped Playback You can loop a section of a project so that it

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder 182 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Editing Loop FROM and TO Points Manually You can edit, clear a

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 183 Activating Vari Pitch 1. Press UTILITY.2. If you don’t see “Pl

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder 184 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Pinpointing an Event with the PREVIEW Buttons 1. Position the

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 185 Finding an Event with Microscopic Precision Using Scrub 1. Pre

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder 186 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Basic Locator Operations The following operations take place w

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 187 4. Press  or  or turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder 188 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Storing a Locator in Safe Mode 1. Position the timeline at the

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 189 Placing a Marker You can place a marker when the project is st

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13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder 190 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Clearing Markers Clearing a Marker Using PREVIOUS and NEXT 1.

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 191 Punching You can re-record any section of an already recorded

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder 192 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Punching In and Out Manually If you want to punch something qu

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 193 Setting Auto Punch Points While a Project Is Playing 1. Start

13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder 194 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Performing an Auto Punch 1. Set your Auto Punch IN and OUT poi

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 195 14—Working with Track Channels The VS-2480’s track channels control the sound of its hard disk rec

14—Working with Track Channels 196 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The Mechanics of Bouncing For most of the things you do with tracks

14—Working with Track Channels Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 197 Link the Destination Tracks For a Stereo Bounce To link the adjacen

14—Working with Track Channels 198 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 3. Press the FADER button for the set of track channels that contai

14—Working with Track Channels Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 199 3. Use  ,  ,  and/or  to select a source track channel’s

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14—Working with Track Channels 200 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Listening as You Bounce When you bounce tracks, it’s important to k

14—Working with Track Channels Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 201 Rehearse the bounce by playing the project a few times, blending to

14—Working with Track Channels 202 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Sending a Track Channel’s Signal to a Direct Bus While you can send

14—Working with Track Channels Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 203 To create the final mix, send all project elements to the stereo MAS

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 205 15—The Aux and Direct Busses The VS-2480 has two types of multi-purpose busses: Aux busses and Dir

15—The Aux and Direct Busses 206 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Sending a Signal to an Aux Bus You can send an input, track or FX ret

15—The Aux and Direct Busses Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 207 Adjusting an Aux Bus’s Master Level 1. Press IN 17-24/AUX MST button

15—The Aux and Direct Busses 208 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 3. Press ENTER/YES—the following dialog box appears.4. Select Pre or

15—The Aux and Direct Busses Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 209 Sending a Signal to a Direct Bus Send an input or track channel’s sig

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15—The Aux and Direct Busses Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 211 Creating a Headphone Mix Using an Aux Bus Probably the second most co

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 213 16—Using Effects In this chapter, we’ll describe how to use the VS-2480’s effect processing power.

16—Using Effects 214 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The Mechanics of a Loop Effect There are six steps to setting up an internal loop

16—Using Effects Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 215 To send a channel’s signal to an effect, adjust the Aux send controls for the Aux

16—Using Effects 216 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Inserting an Effect About Insert Effects Where They’re Used Insert effects can be

16—Using Effects Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 217 Inserting Effects on an Input or Track Channel 1. Select the group of channels th

16—Using Effects 218 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 6. You can adjust the level of the signal going into the insert effect using the

16—Using Effects Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 219 MASTER Bus Insert Effects Where Effects are Inserted MASTER bus insert effects ar

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16—Using Effects 220 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Selecting, Editing and Saving Effect Patches You’ll find the screens on which you

16—Using Effects Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 221 When a processor’s Bypass feature is turned on, any signals sent to the processor

16—Using Effects 222 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Preset and User Effect Patches The VS-2480’s memory contains 250 “preset” patches

16—Using Effects Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 223 Match the Patch to the Project When a project’s sampling rate is 64 kHz or higher

16—Using Effects 224 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual It’s not uncommon for a patch to have more parameters than will fit on one screen.

16—Using Effects Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 225 Saving an Effect Patch 1. Press EFFECT.2. If the F button for the desired effect

16—Using Effects 226 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Microphone Modeling Microphone modeling can make audio captured by an inexpensive

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 227 17—Working with FX Return Channels When you press TR 17-24/FX RTN•V-FADER, the eight right-most ch

17—Working with FX Channels 228 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The Main FX Return CH EDIT Screen 1. Press TR 17-24/FX RTN•V-FADER to

17—Working with FX Channels Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 229 5. DIR 1-8 Using the DIR 1-8 parameters, you can route the effect to a

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17—Working with FX Channels 230 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 11. MIX When MIX is turned on, the effect is sent to the MASTER bus. W

17—Working with FX Channels Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 231 The FX Return Parameter View Screen The FX return channels’ Parameter

17—Working with FX Channels 232 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Quick Routing an FX Return Channel 1. Press TR 1-16 or TR 17-24/FX RTN

17—Working with FX Channels Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 233 FX Return Routing on the EZ Routing VIEW Screen 1. Press EZ ROUTING.2.

17—Working with FX Channels 234 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Adding Effects to a Headphone Mix When you’ve created a headphone mix

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 235 18—Editing Tracks This chapter provides an introduction to the editing of audio data on VS-2480 tr

18—Editing Tracks 236 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Edit Points The VS-2480 provides a set of special markers just for editing—these

18—Editing Tracks Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 237 Therefore, as a convenience:• when you select a phrase, the VS-2480 automaticall

18—Editing Tracks 238 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual When a phrase or region is selected, it’s outline becomes dotted. Where Editing

18—Editing Tracks Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 239 You can move through the project while you’re on the wave display using the curr

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18—Editing Tracks 240 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual What Each Editing Method Offers Your Mouse Mouse editing provides an enjoyably t

18—Editing Tracks Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 241 Editing with a Mouse The Edit Pop-Up Menu The mouse works in conjunction with th

18—Editing Tracks 242 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual If you hold down CLEAR or SHIFT, additional options appear in the pop-up. Placin

18—Editing Tracks Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 243 Selecting Phrases By Clicking or Dragging Your Mouse When PHRASE•REGION•AUTOMIX

18—Editing Tracks 244 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Selecting Regions From the SELECT TRACK Pop-Up Menu To select one or more region

18—Editing Tracks Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 245 Copying Data by Dragging with Your Mouse 1. Set the PHRASE•REGION•AUTOMIX button

18—Editing Tracks 246 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Position Cursors As you drag phrases or regions in the playlist to move or copy

18—Editing Tracks Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 247 Editing with the TRACK EDIT Buttons This section describes how to perform seven

18—Editing Tracks 248 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Moving or Copying Data Using the TRACK EDIT Buttons When you copy or move data,

18—Editing Tracks Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 249 Editing from the TRACK Menu You can perform any phrase or region editing operat

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18—Editing Tracks 250 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Performing an Edit Operation from the TRACK Menu 1. Press the TRACK menu button.

18—Editing Tracks Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 251 When you select and begin an editing operation that requires the selection of ph

18—Editing Tracks 252 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The V-Track map on the display shows you which V-Tracks are currently selected f

18—Editing Tracks Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 253 4. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select the desired destination V-Track.5. Repeat

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 255 19—Phrase Editing Operations This chapter describes the phrase-based editing operations you can pe

19—Phrase Editing Operations 256 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Times This sets the number of copies to be pasted, one after another,

19—Phrase Editing Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 257 MOVE Use: Mouse, TRACK EDIT buttons, TRACK menu Phrase MOVE lets you

19—Phrase Editing Operations 258 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual TRIM OUT Use: Mouse, TRACK EDIT buttons, TRACK menu TRIM OUT allows y

19—Phrase Editing Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 259 Edit Points TO —sets the point at which a selected phrase is split. N

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19—Phrase Editing Operations 260 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Track Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select any V-Track in the project a

19—Phrase Editing Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 261 Why You’d Use Phrase DIVIDE Phrase DIVIDE breaks up a longer phrase i

19—Phrase Editing Operations 262 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Take Mngr Use: TRACK menu The Take Mngr (“Take Manager”) shows you al

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 263 20—Region Editing Operations This chapter explains the editing operations you can perform on regio

20—Region Editing Operations 264 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Edit Points • IN —sets the beginning of the audio region to be copied

20—Region Editing Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 265 MOVE Use: Mouse, TRACK EDIT buttons, TRACK menu The region MOVE edit

20—Region Editing Operations 266 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Why You’d Use Region INSERT You’d use region INSERT if you wanted to

20—Region Editing Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 267 AllVTr Turn AllVTr on if you want to remove the chunk of time from al

20—Region Editing Operations 268 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Once you’ve defined the desired region, the location of the TO point d

20—Region Editing Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 269 IMPORT Use: Mouse, TRACK EDIT buttons, TRACK menu You can import a tr

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 27 1—Welcome Congratulations on the purchase of your Roland VS-2480 Digital Studio Workstation. The VS

20—Region Editing Operations 270 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual EXCHANGE Use: TRACK menu Region EXCHANGE allows you to swap audio reg

20—Region Editing Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 271 Creating a New Playlist On the region ARRANGE main screen:1. Press F1

20—Region Editing Operations 272 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The TO location is the place in the project where the playlist is to

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 273 21—Using the Phrase Pads When the VS-2480’s Phrase Pad feature is activated, you can use each of t

21—Using the Phrase Pads 274 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Understanding the Phrase Pads What a Phrase Pad Plays Each phrase pad pla

21—Using the Phrase Pads Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 275 Activating Phrase Pad Mode 1. Press PHRASE PAD PLAY•PHRASE SEQ, and:• the

21—Using the Phrase Pads 276 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual You can record, or “sequence,” your phrase pad performance into the VS-24

21—Using the Phrase Pads Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 277 What the Appearance of Sequenced Data Means Each sequencer track in the

21—Using the Phrase Pads 278 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The phrase sequencer Undo feature is available on the first PHRASE SEQUENC

21—Using the Phrase Pads Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 279 Step Entry In step entry phrase sequencing, the VS-2480 doesn’t play thro

1—Welcome 28 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual To make it easy for you to find the manual’s numerous step-by-step procedures, we’ve assem

21—Using the Phrase Pads 280 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 11. Press ZERO, or return the timeline to the location you started at in

21—Using the Phrase Pads Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 281 Editing a Phrase Sequence Edit your sequenced data using the PHRASE SEQUE

21—Using the Phrase Pads 282 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Quantizing Phrase Sequence Data On the first PHRASE SEQUENCE screen, you’l

21—Using the Phrase Pads Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 283 Micro-Editing Sequencer Data On the first PHRASE SEQUENCE screen, press F4

21—Using the Phrase Pads 284 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Using Tie, Rest and BackStep On the second PHRASE SEQUENCE screen, the Ti

21—Using the Phrase Pads Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 285 The amount of time by which the timeline moves and the time window are de

21—Using the Phrase Pads 286 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Bouncing Phrase Sequence Tracks 1. If you’re not in Phrase Sequence mode,

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 287 22—Working with the VS-2480 Outputs The VS-2480 offers a wide range of analog output jacks and dig

22—Working with the VS-2480 0utputs 288 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual R-BUS Connectors The VS-2480’s two R-BUS connectors each provi

22—Working with the VS-2480 0utputs Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 289 The output jack and connector pairs run along the top of the s

1—Welcome Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 29 Other Documents in the VS-2480 Box The VS-2480 User’s Guide provides a quick look at th

22—Working with the VS-2480 0utputs 290 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Track direct outs are a great way to transfer tracks to a TASC

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 291 23—EZ Routing The EZ ROUTING screens are where you go to set up the connections that allow signals

23—EZ Routing 292 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual EZ ROUTING VIEW Screen The EZ ROUTING VIEW screen shows—and allows you to interconne

23—EZ Routing Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 293 On the PATCH BAY screen, you can route the following jacks and connectors to input c

23—EZ Routing 294 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual On this screen, you can also configure the track direct outputs so that they’re pre-f

23—EZ Routing Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 295 EZ Routing Tools The EZ Routing tools that appear at the bottom of the EZ ROUTING VI

23—EZ Routing 296 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Saving and Loading EZ Routing Templates As you use your VS-2480, you’ll spend lots o

23—EZ Routing Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 297 Loading an EZ Routing Template 1. Press EZ ROUTING.2. If “LOAD” isn’t visible above

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 299 24—MIDI and Synchronization This chapter discusses the VS-2480’s MIDI capabilities. The VS-2480 ca

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24—MIDI and Synchronization Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 301 Using the VS-2480 as a MIDI Control Surface 1. Using a MIDI cable, con

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24—MIDI and Synchronization Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 303 Changing Effect Patches via MIDI You can remotely select effect patche

24—MIDI and Synchronization 304 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual To enable Control Change reception on the VS-2480: 1. Using a MIDI cab

24—MIDI and Synchronization Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 305 7. If you want to include EZ Routing user template data in the dump, t

24—MIDI and Synchronization 306 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Setting Up a MIDI Metronome 1. Using a MIDI cable, connect the VS-2480

24—MIDI and Synchronization Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 307 Synchronization Why Sync the VS-2480? The ability to synchronize the V

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24—MIDI and Synchronization Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 309 numbers per second. It can either show 29 per second or 30, but there’

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 31 2—Getting Around The Top Panel of the VS-2480 Analog Input Jacks The analog input jacks allow you t

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24—MIDI and Synchronization Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 311 Working with a Sync Track Recording a Sync Track from an External Devi

24—MIDI and Synchronization 312 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 1. Hold down SHIFT and press TAP—the TEMPO MAP screen appears.2. Press

24—MIDI and Synchronization Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 313 The Elements of a Tempo Map In a tempo map, each tempo or time signatu

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24—MIDI and Synchronization Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 315 Setting Up the VS-2480 as the Sync Master 1. Navigate to the MIDI PARA

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24—MIDI and Synchronization Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 317 You can shift, or “offset,” the project’s start time to solve this pro

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 319 25—Surround The VS-2480 can generate Surround mixes in three popular Surround formats, allowing yo

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25—Surround 320 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual How the VS-2480 Delivers Surround When its Surround mode is active, the VS-2480 assign

25—Surround Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 321 Turning on Surround Mode To create a Surround mix, you must be in Surround mode.1. Pre

25—Surround 322 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Certain parameter values change when you turn on Surround mode. Positioning a Signal i

25—Surround Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 323 The position ball shows the current Surround placement of the channel’s signal.5. Move

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 325 26—Automix This chapter describes how to perform automated mixing on the VS-2480 using its Automix

26—Automix 326 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual How Do Automix Tracks Work? For every input, track, Aux bus and FX return channel there

26—Automix Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 327 The AUTOMIX STATUS Area In the AUTOMIX STATUS area, select each Automix track and turn

26—Automix 328 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Recording Automix Data You can record Automix data two ways:• Realtime Automix —Realtim

26—Automix Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 329 Realtime Punching of Automix Data You can re-record sections of your automated mix by p

2—Getting Around Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 33 Channel Strips Each of the first sixteen channel strips contains—reading from the b

26—Automix 330 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 5. Hold down AUTOMIX, and at the location you want the punch to begin, press the desire

26—Automix Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 331 Taking a Snapshot 1. Move the timeline to the location at which you want to take a snap

26—Automix 332 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Targeting Automix Data Automix can record and play back more data than can possibly fit

26—Automix Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 333 Automix Editing Methods You can perform any Automix editing operation using your mouse

26—Automix 334 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Automix Editing Operations Since all Automix edit operations affect regions of Automix

26—Automix Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 335 INSERT Insert adds an area of blank space at the IN location equal to the length of the

26—Automix 336 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual COMP/EXP. The Automix COMP/EXP. (“COMPRESS/EXPAND) edit operations allow you to lower o

26—Automix Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 337 Shift Shift allows you to raise or lower all parameter values in the selected region by

26—Automix 338 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual On the AUTOMIX MICRO EDIT screen, you can individually edit the location and value of a

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 339 27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations Mastering Mastering is the process of turning your mix into a

2—Getting Around 34 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 2—CH EDIT/SELECT/PHRASE SEQ STATUS/AUTOMIX STATUSButtons 1-16 When working with in

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations 340 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual CD audio is recorded at bit depth of a 16 bits. If you’ve reco

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 341 hard drive. It’s this stereo file that actually gets written on

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations 342 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Using Project COMBINE You can also use the Project COMBINE ope

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 343 Working in the VS-2480 Mastering Room Navigating to the Master

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations 344 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Selecting the Mastering V-Tracks Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to s

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 345 Using the Mastering Tool Kit In the Mastering Room, you can in

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations 346 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 7. To hear your mastering tracks, set STATUS to Play.8. Press

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 347 4. Use phrase editing to trim any extra space from the very be

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2—Getting Around Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 35 8—PHRASE PAD PLAY•PHRASE SEQ Button This button activates and de-activates the pla

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27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 351 3. Press CD-RW/MASTERING.4. Press F2 (CDWrit)—”Store Current?”

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations 352 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 11. Select the desired WRITING METHOD: Track at Once or Disk a

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27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations 354 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual .WAV File Importing The VS-2480’s WAV Import feature allows yo

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 355 Each file directory on the CD appears in the displayed list as

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations 356 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 8. Select the desired type of file conversion, as described in

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 357 3. To select a V-Track for export on the Select Track screen,

27—Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations 358 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 3. Select a phrase for export by cursoring to it using  and

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 359 28—Utility Menu Parameters The UTILITY MENU contains a wide array of parameters. Some of its scree

2—Getting Around 36 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Display Area The LCD display and its buttons are central to everything you do on t

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28—UTILITY Menu Parameters Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 363 • TapMarker —so the foot switch acts like the TAP button: A press of th

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28—UTILITY Menu Parameters Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 365 PRM KNOB AUTODisp When the PAN-AUX SEND 1-8 knobs are controlling the d

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28—UTILITY Menu Parameters Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 369 SYNC Synchronization parameters and operations are described starting o

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28—UTILITY Menu Parameters Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 371 Each instrument has its own horizontal line of quarter notes. To make a

28—UTILITY Menu Parameters 372 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual V.FDR At the top of the V.FADER/USER screen is the USER KNOB/FDR ASSIGN

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28—UTILITY Menu Parameters Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 375 Setting Up the Spectrum Analysis Display Select the SOURCE parameter an

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28—UTILITY Menu Parameters Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 377 Phrase Sequencer The phrase sequencer and phrase pads are described in

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29—Expanding the VS-2480 Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 381 Connecting a CD-R/RW Drive to the VS-2480 1. Double-check to make sure th

29—Expanding the VS-2480 382 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Attaching an MB-24 Level Meter Connecting the MB-24 to the VS-2480 1. Wit

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 387 Supplemental Information R-BUS Remote Control You can remotely control a variety of connected R-BU

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Supplemental Information Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 389 7. Press the F button for the DIF-AT’s R-BUS jack to display the DIF-AT’s

2—Getting Around Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 39 14—LOOP Button Press this button to turn looping on (lit) or off (unlit). See Page

Supplemental Information 390 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual CLOCK SOURCE CLOCK SOURCE selects the master clock timing reference for t

Supplemental Information Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 391 INPUT STATUS A-D The INPUT STATUS display provides information about inpu

Supplemental Information 392 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual DIGITAL OUT TYPE This parameter selects the type of digital audio signals

Supplemental Information Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 393 Using the VS-2480 with a VM-7000 Mixing System You can transfer audio bet

Supplemental Information 394 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Using a Roland VE-7000 The optional Roland VE-7000 Channel Edit Controlle

Supplemental Information Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 395 FLEX BUS AreaEQ Area VE-7000 knob or button: Same as CH EDIT parameter or

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Supplemental Information Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 397 Factory EZ Routing Templates The VS-2480 ships with seven EZ Routing temp

Supplemental Information 398 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Bouncing Template TRACK ASSIGN: IN1 To bounce track* : :IN24 To bounce tr

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Supplemental Information Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 401 Surround 2+2 Template MASTERING MODE RecFX1 Patch P231:MTK:Mixdown TRACK

Supplemental Information 402 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual *Recording tracks are: • TR 21/22/23/24 —MTP, MT1, MT2, LIV or LV2, and a

Supplemental Information Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 403 *Recording tracks are: • TR 21/22/23/24 —MTP, MT1, MT2, LIV or LV2, and a

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Supplemental Information Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 405 *Recording tracks are: • TR 19/2021/22/23/24 —MTP, MT1, MT2, LIV or LV2,

Supplemental Information 406 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual MIDI Channels and Control Change Maps Channels and Master Edit Area MIDI

Supplemental Information Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 407Control Change Numbers—Track Channel ParametersTRACK STATUS Buttons—The Ef

Supplemental Information 408 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s ManualControl Change Numbers—FX Return Channel 1-8 ParametersControl Change Numb

Supplemental Information Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 409 V-Fader Control Messages The V-Fader feature—Page 300—allows you to send

2—Getting Around Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 41 General Controls This area contains frequently used controls that are part of many

Supplemental Information 410 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Automix Parameter List The VS-2480’s Automix feature can record and playb

Supplemental Information Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 411FX return channel parameters Automix name: Description: Automix name: Desc

Supplemental Information 412 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual V-Studio Song/VS-2480 Project Compatibility Recording Mode Tables A proje

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 415 Glossary 24-bit The VS-2480 captures and plays audio digitally as 24-bit data. 24-bit recording is

Glossary 416 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Balanced Balanced cables and connectors produce low-noise signals by using all three of t

Glossary Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 417 Dither Dither is a process that deliberately adds a tiny amount of noise to a signal in o

Glossary 418 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual IDE Short for “Integrated Device and Electronics.” A set of data transmission standards e

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Glossary 420 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Playlist A list of all of the data to be played in a project, arranged along a horizontal

Glossary Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 421 Scene A scene is an object that stores all of the mixer’s current settings. Each project

Glossary 422 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual TRS Short for “Tip/Ring/Sleeve.” A type of 1/4” audio cable connector that uses three wir

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 423 Symbols +Insert ... 264 – 265 .WAV

Index 424 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual benefits of ... 325 editingab

Index Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 425 overview ... 195 performing

Index 426 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Hi-Mid EQ band ... 165 interactive EQ displa

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Index 428 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Drive Check ... 116 fragmentation

Index Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 429 EFFECT button ... 40 , 220 Effect patc

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Index 430 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual METER SCALE ... 361 TIME DISPLAY ...

Index Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 431 Gap. See Synchronization Gate ...

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Index Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 433 Listening level ... 75 LIV rec

Index 434 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Mastering Room ... 340 mastering tracks ...

Index Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 435 bulk storage of data ... 304 remote control of VS

Index 436 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Non-destructive editing ... 88 – 89 Non-drop frame

Index Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 437 overview ... 292 routing in

Index 438 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual looping ... 181 Preview .

Index Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 439 loading a project ... 95 mastering ...

2—Getting Around 44 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 9—REC•AUTOMIX REC Button Hold down REC•AUTOMIX REC and press PLAY to record audio

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Index Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 441 selecting target channels ... 146 storing ...

Index 442 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Stereo Aux busses ... 206 Stereo bounc

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2—Getting Around 46 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 11—Numeric keypad•AUX 1-8, USER The numeric keypad serves two general purposes:• Y

2—Getting Around Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 47 4—SMPTE IN Jack When synchronizing the VS-2480 as a slave to an external SMPTE-gen

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 5 101a • The unit should be located so that its location or position does not interfere with its prope

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 51 3—Introduction to the VS-2480 To master the VS-2480, it’s important to understand the components th

3—Introduction to the VS-2480 52 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The Mixing Console The VS-2480 contains a digital 64-channel mixing c

3—Introduction to the VS-2480 Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 53 The Main Roles of the VS-2480 Mixer Two of the most important jobs th

3—Introduction to the VS-2480 54 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The Internal Effects What Are the Internal Effects? The VS-2480 conta

3—Introduction to the VS-2480 Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 55 The Hard Disk Recorder The VS-2480’s hard disk recorder is the simple

3—Introduction to the VS-2480 56 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The VS-2480 provides analog output jacks and digital connectors for a

3—Introduction to the VS-2480 Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 57 • playback speed settings.• all information relating to tempo and syn

3—Introduction to the VS-2480 58 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Although every bus is essentially the same thing—a pathway—busses are

3—Introduction to the VS-2480 Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 59 Take Care During Recording When it comes to establishing great levels

6 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Important Notes 291b In addition to the items listed under “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” and “USIN

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 61 4—Setting Up and Basic Operations Things You’ll Need Power You’ll need a standard AC power socket t

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4—Setting Up and Basic Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 63 Making Power Connections Connect one end of the supplied AC power

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations 64 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Configuring the VS-2480 Setting Up the VGA Monitor, Mouse and Keyb

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 65 Setting the VS-2480’s Clock The VS-2480 time-stamps your recordin

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations 66 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Switches Some settings in the VS-2480 are presented as switches.

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 67 • act as on/off switches.• change the value of the associated par

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations 68 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual The ENTER/YES button also blinks to indicate that you can press i

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Important Notes Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 7 Additional Precautions 551 • Please be aware that the contents of memory can be irre

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations 70 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Using the VGA Info Display Most of the VS-2480 Info Display’s scr

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 71 8. LOOP indicator —shows when looping is turned on.9. AUTOMIX ind

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations 72 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual 3. You can press F1 through F5 to view the following screens:• ID

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 73 Undoing a Track Recording or Editing Operation 1. Press UNDO•REDO

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations 74 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Entering a New Name Using the VS-2480 Controls 1. Press  to se

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 75 If You’re Using DS-90A or DS-50A Monitors If you’re using Roland

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations 76 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual If you’re using headphones, the setting of the MONITOR knob estab

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 77 A Quick Look at What’s on the Display 1. Press HOME•DISPLAY.2. Pr

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations 78 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Here’s where the locators in Bank 0 take you:You can recall locat

4—Setting Up and Basic Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 79 3. Press 1 on the numeric keypad to jump to Locator 01 at the sta

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 81 5—Understanding Effects Harnessing the VS-2480’s Effects The VS-2480 provides a range of creative p

5—Understanding Effects 82 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual Insert Effects An insert effect detours a signal as it makes its way throug

5—Understanding Effects Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 83 Pre-Fader and Post-Fader Sends The VS-2480 allows you to send a signal to a

5—Understanding Effects 84 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual We’ll describe this procedure in more detail on Page 215. Getting the Most

Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 85 6—Understanding the Hard Disk Recorder This chapter describes the fundamentals of hard disk recordi

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Table of Contents Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 9 Table of Contents Step-by-Step Instruction Finder 201—Welcome 27 About t

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Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 93 7—Project and Drive Operations This chapter describes the various project- and hard drive-related a

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7—Project and Drive Operations Roland VS-2480 Owner’s Manual www.rolandus.com 99 8. Press F5 (OK). The VS-2480 displays:9. To proceed, press ENTER/YE