Chapter 15 Using External MIDI Devices

Start Time

Specify the actual start time.

End Time

Specify the actual end time.

Measure

Specify the exact number of measures between the Start Time and the End Time.

Beat

Specify the time signature (number of beats per measure).

5.Press [F5 (Exec)].

6.“Overwrite Tempo Map” appears in the display. Press [YES]. Or, to cancel the operation, press [NO].

7.When the Time to SyncTrack Conversion is finished, press [PLAY (DISPLAY)] to return to the Playlist display.

Delaying Sync Track and Tempo Map Start Times

Usually, a sync track or tempo map is created with 00h00m00s00f00 as the beginning of the song. However, actual audio recording doesn’t typically start at 00h00m00s00f00. If this is the case, you can determine how much later recording begins after the start of the song. This time is referred to as the “offset.” If you want the first measure of the song to begin ten seconds from the beginning of the song, set the offset time to 00h00m10s00f00.

*During recording or playback, when the beginning of a sync track or tempo map is reached, the start message is sent from the MIDI OUT connector. This is convenient when you want to synchronize the VS-1824 with an external MIDI sequencer.

1.Hold [SHIFT] and press [EXT SYNC]. The Sync/Tempo screen appears in the display.

2.Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to move the cursor to “Sync Offset”

3.Use the TIME/VALUE dial to specify the offset.

4.Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)] to return to the Playlist display.

Using MIDI Controller

Messages

The VS-1824 can transmit its mixer settings and functions as MIDI messages, and MIDI messages from an external MIDI controller can be used to control the VS-1824’s track status and mixer settings.

Switching Track Status

You can use MIDI Control Change messages to switch the status of each track. MIDI channels 1-16 carry MIDI data to and from Tracks 1-16 respectively. MIDI channels 1 and 2 also receive and transmit data for Tracks 17 and 18 (see

p. 265). Use Controller # 3 to switch a track’s status. Depending on the value of Controller # 3, the track status changes as shown below:

When stopped:

VALUE

0-31

32-63

64-95

96-127

STATUS

Mute

Mute

Mute

Mute

 

Mute

→ Play

→ Rec

Source

 

Play

Play

Play

Play

 

Mute

→ Play

→ Rec

Source

 

Rec

Rec

Rec

Rec

 

Mute

→ Play

→ Rec

Source

 

Source

Source

Source

Source

 

Mute

→ Play

→ Rec

Source

During playback or recording:

VALUE

0-31

32-63

64-95

96-127

STATUS

(*1)

Mute

(*1)

(*1)

 

 

→ Play

 

 

 

Play

Play

(*1)

(*1)

 

→ Mute

→ Play

 

 

 

(*1)

(*1)

Rec

Rec

 

 

 

→ Rec

→ Source (*2)

 

Source

(*1)

Source

Source

 

→ Mute

 

→ Rec (*2) → Source

(*1) Ignored

(*2) Cannot be switched while recording. “Source” here means “the status in which the track indicator blinks alternately red and orange” and is only valid when Record Monitor is set to “Auto Punch” (p. 58)

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