Chapter 17 Using Hard Drives

Song Copy Archives (p. 225)

Use Song Copy Archives for removable drives when the total size of the song is more than the total size of available space on the disk. For example, use Song Copy Archives to copy a 247MB song onto three 100MB disks. The song data is converted into a data format specifically for saving it across multiple disks (archives format). The song is copied across multiple disks according to the available space on each disk. This means it is not possible to directly play back song data from one disk. To play back song data copied using the Song Copy Archives format, it must first be copied back onto the VS-1824’s hard drive using the Song Copy Extract procedure. If song data is copied onto disks that already have data on them, the older data will be erased.

Song

Data 1

Data 2

Data 3

Before copying a song to an external removable drive, you may want to use Optimize (See “Song Optimize,” p. 218) to reduce the memory required to store the song.

Song Copy Playable

Use the following procedure to copy a song from the VS- 1824’s internal hard drive to a removable disk drive (such as a Zip drive) that is set to SCSI ID 5:

1.Select the drive containing the source song you want to copy as the current drive (p. 228).

2.Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].

3.Hold [SHIFT] and press [F1 (SONG)]. The Song Menu icon is displayed.

4.Press [F1 (CP PL)]. If “CP PL” does not appear above [F1], press [PAGE] until “CP PL” appears above [F1], and then press [F1 (CP PL)].

5.Use [ ] and [ ] to move the cursor to “Source Song.”

6.Use the TIME/VALUE dial to move the cursor to the song you want to copy and press [F3 (MARK)].

By pressing [F2 (ALL)], you can place and remove Marks from all songs. Press [F1 (SelSg)] to view a directory of songs. From here, after you have placed a Mark at the song(s) you want to copy, press [F1 (Back)].

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Roland VS-1824 owner manual Song Copy Playable, Using Hard Drives Song Copy Archives p, 224