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CAUTION INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO A RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PERSONS. 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS2 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owners Manual Apparatus containing Lithium batteriesADVARSEL! VARNING CAUTION ADVARSEL VAROITUS NOTICE AVIS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT4 4 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owners Manual 6 Important Notes Memory Backup Repairs and Data Maintenance Placement Power Supply 7 Additional PrecautionsPrecautions Regarding Setup and Use Handling Zip Disks Handling Hard Disks Handling CD-ROMs Important Performance and Image Data Important Notes Emergency Procedures8 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owners Manual 8 Copyright9 Table of Contents 4Setting Up and Basic Operations 61 3Introduction to the VS-2480 51 2Getting Around 31 Step-by-Step Instruction Finder 20 1Welcome 27 10 5Understanding Effects 81 6Understanding the Hard Disk Recorder 85 11 7Project and Drive Operations 93 8The Home Screen 119 12 9Working with Input Signals 129 11Input and Track Channel Tools 149 10Using the Digital Mixer 137 13 12Working with Input Channels 171 13Operating the Hard Disk Recorder 177 14 14Working with Track Channels 195 16Using Effects 213 15The Aux and Direct Busses 205 15 17Working with FX Return Channels 227 21Using the Phrase Pads 273 20Region Editing Operations 263 19Phrase Editing Operations 255 18Editing Tracks 235 16 22Working with the VS-2480 Outputs 287 24MIDI and Synchronization 299 23EZ Routing 291 17 25Surround 319 28Utility Menu Parameters 359 27Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations 339 26Automix 325 18 29Expanding the VS-2480 379 Supplemental Information 387 19 Glossary 415 Index 423 20 Step-by-Step Instruction Finder27 1Welcome is Organized VS-2480 Owners Manual About this Manual 28 Names Note, Tip, Glossary and Warning Icons 29 Other Documents in the VS-2480 Box Roland US Product Support The Roland US Faxback System The Roland US Web site Getting More Help 31 2Getting Around 2TRS Inputs 1-16 1XLR Inputs 1-8 The Top Panel of the VS-2480 Analog Input Jacks 32 Monitor/Display Controls 2Getting Around FADER AUX1 AUX 2FX 2FX1 FX 3 FX 4 FX 5 FX 6 FX 7 FX 8 TRACK STATUS / PHRASE PAD Roland VS-2480 Owners Manual www.rolandus.com 33 33 Channel Strips 1PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 Knobs Channel, channel strip, fader, panning, MIDI, MIDI control surface, MIDI Control Change messages9121 17 2 18 3 19 4 20 5 21 6 22 7 23 8 24 13 14 15 1610 11 36 Display Area37 TRACK EDIT Area 5DELETEERASE Button 4TRIM OUTCUT Button 3TRIM ININSERT Button 2MOVEMOVE Button 1COPYCOPY Button 14LOOP Button 2AUTOMIX Button 1EZ ROUTING Button 15WAVE DISPLAY Button 39 EZ ROUTING, AUTOMIX, CD-RW/MASTERING and MENU Buttons 41 General Controls 4EXIT/NO Button 3ENTER/YES Button 2SHIFT Button 1MIDI/DISK Indicator 5TIME/VALUE Dial 1SCRUB Button 8UNDOREDO Button (Cursor)/ZOOM Buttons 7 6SHUTTLE Ring 42 SCRUB, PREVIEW and Transport Buttons 44 5 6 3CLEAR Button 2MARKER Button 1LOCATORBANK Button LOCATOR/MARKER/SCENE Area 11Numeric keypadAUX 1-8, USER 46 3Cooling Fan Exhaust Vent 2AC IN Jack 1POWER Switch The Rear Panel of the VS-2480 51 3Introduction to the VS-2480 Input Jacks and Connectors Whats Inside the VS-2480? 56 Signal Flow Projects 57 Busses in the VS-248058 Achieving Perfect Levels How Do I Get Good Levels? Whats Clipping? Take Care During Recording Watch the Meters 59 The Importance of Backing Up 61 4Setting Up and Basic Operations Turn Everything Off, Turn Everything Down Getting ReadyA Headphone Note A Way to Listen to the VS-2480 Power Things Youll Need 63 Powering UpWhat Happens During the VS-2480s Power-Up 64 Conguring the VS-2480 Setting Up the VGA Monitor, Mouse and Keyboard VGA Monitor Parameters Mouse Parameters ASCII Keyboard Parameters Setting the VS-2480s Clock 65 A Few Fundamental Concepts Switches The F Buttons The Cursor/ZOOM Buttons Parameters and Values 66 Tools Youll Use All the Time67 Pages The ENTER/YES and EXIT/NO Buttons The TIME/VALUE Dial 68 The SHIFT Button Using a Mouse 69 What You Can Do With an ASCII Keyboard Using an ASCII Keyboard 70 Using the VGA Info DisplayGeneral Information Strip 71 PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 Knob Strip Selecting Info Displays Manually Controlling Whats On the Info Display Bottom Pane Meters Strip Locking the Info Display Undo 72 UNDO and REDO Undoing a Track Recording or Editing Operation Redo 73 Naming Entering a New Name Using the VS-2480 Controls Naming Tools Entering a New Name from a Keyboard 74 Entering Numbers with the Numeric Keypad 75 If Youre Using DS-90A or DS-50A MonitorsAdjusting Your Listening LevelSetting Up for Rolands DS-90A and DS-50A Digital Monitors 76 Playing the Factory DemosStarting Playback of the Demo Bring Down the MASTER Fader What You Dont Know Dont Stop Turning Off the VS-2480 80 Turning Off the VS-2480 81 5Understanding Effects Effect Routings Harnessing the VS-2480s Effects 82 Insert EffectsLoop EffectsWhen To Use Insert Effects About the Terms Send and Return Pre-Fader and Post-Fader Sends When To Use Loop Effects 83 Master EffectsExternal Effects 84 Getting the Most From Your Effect ProcessorsConsider Recording Your Effects As You Go 85 6Understanding the Hard Disk Recorder VS-2480 Hard Disk Drives How a VS-2480 Hard Drive Organizes Data Using Other V-Studio Drives Preparing a Hard Drive for Use 86 How Audio Is Recorded on a VS-2480 Hard Drive 87 How Recordings Are Played Back Virtual Tracks, or V-Tracks Phrases Whats Pointer-Based Playback? Random Access 88 Non-Destructive, Pointer-Based Editing Pointer-Based Editing The Advantage of Non-Destructive Editing 89 What Is a VS-2480 Track? 6Understanding the Hard Disk Recorder Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 Track 9 Track 10 Track 11 Track 12 lot huge As you can see, this gives you with a 384 90 www.rolandus.com Roland VS-2480 Owners Manual The Power of V-Tracks About Editing Phrases recordings from which you can choose 24 for playback at any given time. 90 Track Editing Basics Track 24 Track 23 Track 22 Track 21 Track 20 Track 19 Track 18 Track 17 Track 16 Track 15 Track 14 Track 13 91 About Editing Regions 93 7Project and Drive Operations Working with the PROJECT LIST Navigating the PROJECT Menu Screens 95 Project Operations SELECT About F6 (MARK) 96 NEW99 NAME PROTECTEntering a Project Comment Re-Naming a Project Locking and Un-Locking a Project on Your Hard Drive 100 OPTIMIZE 101 Destination Drive Selection COPYSelecting a New Destination Drive 102 ERASE103 SPLIT 104 COMBINECombining Two Projects How COMBINE Works 105 BACKUP 107 RECOVER108 IMPORTImporting a Song from an Earlier V-Studio 109 EXPORTHow Export Works 110 Exporting a VS-2480 Project 111 Drive OperationsDisk Maintenance 112 Fragmentation Is My Hard Drive Fragmented? How Can I Prevent Fragmentation? What Is Fragmentation? What Can Be Done About a Fragmented Hard Drive? 113 About Partition Sizes What Gets Formatted Format Drive 115 Clear PartitionClearing a Drive/Partition 116 Drive Check 119 8The Home Screen Display Pop-Up Menu Button Elements of the Home Screen 127 Using the Fader/Pan Display About The ID Buttons 129 9Working with Input Signals137 10Using the Digital Mixer Switching Between Input, Track, Aux and FX Channels Changing Channels 138 Channel Selection To Reset a Channels Fader and Pan Setting a Fader to Unity Gain and Centering its Panning About the Channel FadersUsing the CH EDIT Buttons Selecting a Channel for Editing 139 Using the PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 Knobs Setting Dynamics and EQ Parameters for One ChannelActivating Knob Control of Channel Panning Adjusting Stereo Positioning Activating Knob Control of Dynamics and EQ Parameters 140 The KNOB/FDR ASSIGNAUX SEND 1-8 Button 142 The MASTER FaderMuting and Soloing Channel SignalsWhile Mixing While Recording 143 Mute Mode Soloing Channels in Solo Mode Solo ModeMuting Channels in Mute Mode 144 Scenes Basic Scene Operations Recalling a Scene Leaving Scene Mode Clearing a Scene Changing Scene Banks 145 Editing Scenes Protecting a Channels Settings When a Scene is Recalled Recalling a Scene in Safe Mode 146 Scenes in Safe Mode Storing a Scene in Safe Mode Clearing a Scene in Safe Mode 147 Resetting Mixer Parameters 149 11Input and Track Channel Tools How the CH EDIT Screens Are Organized Viewing a CH EDIT Screen Introduction to the CH EDIT Screens The Top of the CH EDIT Screens The Bottom of the CH EDIT Screens 150 The CH EDIT Screens 169 Assorted CH EDIT Tools The DYN and EQ Screen RESET Buttons The CH EDIT VIEW CpyPRM Button 171 12Working with Input Channels177 13Operating the Hard Disk Recorder Special Transport Buttons The Main Transport Buttons The Transport Buttons 178 How the TRACK STATUS Buttons Work The TRACK STATUS Buttons 179 Recording Recording a New TrackSet Up Your Monitoring and Shape the Signal to Taste Set Up Your Routing Select a V-Track Before Recording a Track 180 Playback Using Jump Moving Through a ProjectPlaying Back Recorded Tracks Basic Playback Procedure 181 Looped Playback Setting Loop Points Using Markers Setting Loop Points Using Locators Setting Loop Points While a Project Is Playing Setting Loop Points When a Project Isnt Playing Editing Loop FROM and TO Points Manually Activating Looped Playback 182 Vari Pitch Playback 183 Preview Pinpointing an Event with the PREVIEW Buttons Setting the PREVIEW TO and FROM Times 184 Scrub Finding an Event with Microscopic Precision Using Scrub Setting Scrub Times 185 Locators 188 Markers189 Placing a Marker Using PREVIOUS and NEXT Using the Locate to Marker Window Moving the Timeline to a MarkerHow Marker Numbers are Assigned To Place a Marker 190 Clearing MarkersEditing MarkersClearing All Markers at Once Clearing a Marker in the Clear Marker Window Clearing a Marker Using PREVIOUS and NEXT 191 Punching195 14Working with Track Channels Bouncing 202 Sending a Track Channels Signal to a Direct Bus MixingRouting a Track to a Direct Bus 205 15The Aux and Direct Busses When Would You Use an Aux Bus? Aux Bus Overview Aux Busses 206 Sending a Signal to an Aux Bus Metering Aux Bus and Direct Bus Levels Aux Bus Levels Stereo Aux Busses Adjusting an Aux Buss Master Level 207 Configuring an Aux Bus from a CH EDIT VIEW Screen Configuring an Aux Bus from a MASTER EDIT Screen Conguring an Aux Bus 208 Direct BussesExternal Insert-Like Effects Sending Tracks to Outputs When Would You Use a Direct Bus? 209 Sending a Signal to a Direct Bus Conguring a Direct BusMetering Direct Bus Levels Direct Bus Levels 210 Aux Bus/Direct Bus Strategy Sending Signals to Tracks Sending Signals to External DevicesRouting Aux and Direct Busses to Internal Effects Sending Signals to Internal Effects 211 Creating a Headphone Mix Using an Aux Bus To Set Up an Aux Bus Headphone Mix 213 16Using Effects227 17Working with FX Return Channels235 18Editing Tracks Editing Concepts and Overview 237 Performing EditsThe Appearance of Selected Tracks, Phrases and Regions 238 Where Editing Takes PlaceThe Wave Display Choosing the Right Editing Screen 239 Editing Methods What Each Editing Method Offers 240 Edit Messages 241 Editing with a Mouse247 Editing with the TRACK EDIT Buttons Selecting Phrases and Regions with the VS-2480s Buttons Selecting a Track Using the VS-2480s Buttons Configuring the Behavior of the IN, OUT, FROM and TO Buttons Placing Edit Points Using the IN, OUT, FROM and TO Buttons 248 Moving or Copying Data Using the TRACK EDIT Buttons Performing an Editing Operation with the TRACK EDIT Buttons 249 Editing from the TRACK Menu Sources and Destinations in the TRACK Menu The Appearance of TRACK Menu Screens How the TRACK Menu Is Organized 250 Performing an Edit Operation from the TRACK Menu Quick-Selecting from the TRACK Menu About Selection in the TRACK Menu Placing Edit Points on a TRACK Menu Operation Screen 252 Selection Using the TRACK Menus Onscreen Selection Tools 255 19Phrase Editing Operations263 20Region Editing Operations Why Youd Use Region COPY COPYAbout Tracks Recorded with the CDR Recording Mode 265 MOVEINSERT+Insert Why Youd Use Region MOVE Why Youd Use Region INSERT Why Youd Use Region CUT 266 CUT267 Why Youd Use Region ERASE COMP/EXP. ERASE 268 Why Youd Want to Use Region COMP/EXP. Amp Pitch TYPE 269 IMPORT DESTINATION SOURCE Why Youd Use Region IMPORT 270 EXCHANGE ARRANGE 272 NAMEWhy Youd Use Region NAME Roland VS-2480 Owners Manual www.rolandus.com 273 273 21Using the Phrase PadsFADER AUX1 AUX 2FX 2FX1 FX 3 FX 4 FX 5 FX 6 FX 7 FX 8 TRACK STATUS / PHRASE PAD 9121 17 2 18 3 19 4 20 5 21 6 22 7 23 8 24 13 14 15 1610 11 274 Understanding the Phrase Pads Phrase Pad Setup What a Phrase Pad Plays Activating Phrase Pad Mode Playing the Pads in Phrase Sequence Mode The PHRASE SEQ STATUS Buttons Activating Phrase Sequence Mode Playing the Pads in Phrase Pad Mode 275 Sequencing a Phrase Pad Performance276 The PHRASE SEQUENCE ScreensNavigating to the PHRASE SEQUENCE Screens 277 What the Appearance of Sequenced Data Means Phrase Sequencer UndoTurning On the Phrase Sequencer Playlist Grid The Phrase Sequencer Grid 278 Realtime Phrase SequencingPhrase Sequencing in Realtime 279 Step Entry Phrase Sequencing Using Step Entry with AutoLoc Phrase Sequencing Using Step Entry without AutoLoc 280 Phrase Pad Button Summary 281 Editing a Phrase Sequence Phrase Sequence Editing Tools Phrase and Region Editing of Phrase Sequenced Data 285 Controlling the Sound of Sequenced Tracks Phrase Sequence Bouncing 287 22Working with the VS-2480 Outputs S/P DIF Stereo Output Connectors Digital Output Connectors Analog Output Jacks Output Pairs The VS-2480 Outputs 288 Routing a Pair of Busses to a Pair of Outputs Output Signal RoutingBus Routing Routing a Pair of Busses to the Stereo MONITOR Bus 289 Track Direct Outs290 Routing a Pair of Tracks to a Pair of Outputs Setting Up Pre or Post Track Direct Outputs 291 23EZ Routing299 24MIDI and Synchronization The MIDI PARAMETER Screen VS-2480 MIDI Basics MIDI Operations MIDI OUT or THRU? A Note About SysEx ID Numbers Turning Fader Control On or Off 300 V.FaderThe VS-2480 MIDI Control Surface Using the VS-2480 as a MIDI Control Surface 301 Remote MIDI Control of the VS-2480 304 Remote MIDI Storage of VS-2480 SettingsSending SysEx Bulk Dump Data Receiving SysEx Bulk Dump Data 305 MIDI Metronome 307 Synchronization What Do We Mean By Timing Reference? Master/Slave Basic Synchronization ConceptsWorking with a Video or Film Editing System Working with a MIDI Sequencer Why Sync the VS-2480? 308 About MTC/SMPTE Frame Rates 309 MMC Synchronization with Tempo Changes 310 The SYNC PARAMETER Screen 311 Working with a Sync Track Creating a Sync Track Automatically Generating a Sync Track from Markers Recording a Sync Track from an External Device 312 Working with a Tempo MapThe TEMPO MAP CONVERT Window The Tempo Map Screen 313 The Elements of a Tempo Map Shaping a Tempo Map By Hand Creating a Tempo Map from Markers Converting a Sync Track to a Tempo Map 314 Syncing an External Device to the VS-2480 Setting Up the VS-2480 as the Sync Master Setting Up the VS-2480 as a Sync Slave Starting Synchronized Playback with the VS-2480 as Master 315 Syncing the VS-2480 to an External Device316 Shifting the Project Start Time Starting Synchronized Playback with the VS-2480 as Slave When the VS-2480 is the Slave When the VS-2480 is the Master 317 Exchanging Digital Audio Data During Synchronization 319 25Surround325 26Automix How Automix WorksAutomated Recording Automated Mixdown The Benets of Automix How Do Automix Tracks Work? The WRITING PARAMETER Area Navigating to the Automix Screen Which Parameters Can be Automated? 326 The AUTOMIX Screen The AUTOMIX STATUS Area Using the AUTOMIX STATUS Buttons The F3 (ERASE) Button 327 Activating Automix Mode The AUTOMIX STATUS Buttons 328 Recording Automix Data331 Playing Back Automix Data Editing Automix Data 339 27Mastering and CD-R/RW Operations What Kind of Audio Can Be Burned on a CD Important Mastering Concepts Mixing for Mastering Mastering 340 Whats Recorded on an Audio CD CD Disk Images About Mastering Tracks What is the Mastering Room? 341 Multi-Project Compilation CDs 342 Understanding CD Track Markers 343 Working in the VS-2480 Mastering Room Selecting the Mastering Tracks Recording Mode Selecting the Mastering Room Operating Mode Turning On the Mastering Room Navigating to the Mastering Room 344 Selecting the Mastering V-Tracks Building Mastering Tracks Selection-by-Selection 345 Using the Mastering Tool Kit Recording Mastering Tracks Stretching Effects 346 Editing Mastering Tracks 347 Placing CD Track MarkersAbout CD Track Marker Numbering What CD Track Markers Look Like 348 Placing CD Track Markers 349 CD-R/RW Operations359 28Utility Menu Parameters The Main UTILITY Menu Screen 360 SYSTEM EXT LEVEL METER (MB-24) PHANTOM SW METER POSITION REFRESH RATE VGA OUT SCSI SELF ID IDE DRIVE METER SCALE TIME DISPLAY 361 DRIVEVGA H.POSITION FOOT SWITCH ASSIGN INPUT PEAK LEVEL V.POSITION PS/2 MOUSE PS/2 KEYBOARD 362 GLOBAL363 CD DIGITAL REC PREVIOUS/NEXT SW KNOB/FDR ASSIGN SW SWITCHING TIME SHIFT LOCK 364 LOCATOR/SCENE TYPE PAN KNOB AUTODisp EDIT MESSAGE UNDO MESSAGE EDIT POINT Sw TYPE RETURN TO LOCATE Sw NUMERICS TYPE PRM KNOB AUTODisp REMAIN DISPLAY TYPE DATE/REMAIN Sw AUX KNOB AUTO Disp 365 OPERATION DISPLAY 366 PROJECT367 PLAYREC FADE LENGTH 368 PREVIEW TO LENGTH and PREVIEW FROM LENGTH MIDISCRUB LENGTH SOLO/MUTE TYPE PREVIEWVARI PITCH Sw and VARI PITCH SOLO/MUTE VARI PITCH 369 SYNC TEMPO Metronome370 METRONOME OUT Programming the Metronomes Beat Box TONE TYPE METRONOME MODE INT LEVEL Sending the Metronome to Outputs 371 AUTO PUNCH/LOOP LOCATE MARKER 372 V.FDR Oscillator/ANALYZER SURROUND AUTOMIX SCENE 376 DATE/TIMEResetting Mixer and UTILITY Parameters Parameter Initialization 377 Phrase Sequencer R-BUS 379 29Expanding the VS-2480387 Supplemental Information415 Glossary423 IndexSymbols A Numerics 424 B425 C 427 D 428 E 430 F G 431 H I 432 JK L 433 M435 N436 O P 439 Q R 440 S442 T444 U 445 V W X ZAs of December 10, 2005 (ROLAND) 450 Information distributor in your country as shown below. 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