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Chapter 3: Recording Applications

MIDI Machine Control (MMC) is a set of commands that can be sent from your sequencer to control the

VS-880’s Transport Control buttons (ZERO, REW, FF, STOP, PLAY, and REC) and select tracks to Record

Ready mode. You must use MTC or MIDI Clock to provide location/timing information to synchronize the

two units. For example, you would use MMC if you are working on your sequencer and would like to start

and stop the VS-880 without ever having to press any transport buttons on the front panel of the VS-880,

especially if your sequencer does not transmit MTC (MIDI Time Code).

In this example, your sequencer is the MMC Master and the VS-880 is the MMC Slave. The VS-880 is also

the Time Code Master (MTC) and your sequencer is the Time Code Slave (MTC).

ACTION: Sync To An External Sequencer Using MMC

1. Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI output of the VS-880 to the MIDI input of your external

sequencer.

2. Press the [SYSTEM] button repeatedly until “SYS Sync/Tempo?” is displayed in the LCD

screen.

3. Press [YES].

4. Using the [<<PARAMETER>>] buttons, scroll through the various pages and set each

parameter to the following settings:

Syn:Source= INT

Syn:Gen= MTC

Syn:ErrLevel= 5

Syn:MTC Type= 30

Syn:Tmap *

Syn:Ofs *

Syn:Sync.Tr Rec? *

Syn:Sync.Tr Cnv? *

* These settings apply to MIDI Clock (not MTC) and are not used here.

5. Set your sequencer to “Slave to External Sync”. Make sure that it is set to receive MTC and

that the MTC Type is 30 frame (if using a different frame rate, make sure that it matches

what was set in the VS-880). Also set your sequencer to transmit MMC.

6. Connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI output of the sequencer to the MIDI input of the VS-

880.

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7. Press [SYSTEM] repeatedly until “MIDI PRM?” is displayed.

8. Press [YES].

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