Roland owner manual Drive Compatibility, VS-1824 → VS-1680, VS-880/ 880EX, VS-890 or VSR-880

Chapter 20 Compatibility with Other VS Recorders

Drives used with Roland’s VS-890, 1680, VS-880/880EX or VSR-880 can also be used by the VS-1824. Song data recorded on such drives can be loaded by the VS-1824. Because of differences in the structure of drive space and song data between the VS-1680, VS-880/880EX,VS-890 and the VSR-880, there are a number of precautions concerning the loading and saving of data that should be observed.

VS-1880's song data is identical to that of the VS-1824. VS-2480’s song data cannot be used on VS-1824.

The internal hard disk is not removable. Therefor, internal hard disks used on other VS series (VS-1680, VS-880/ 880EX,VS-890 and the VSR-880) cannot be used on VS-1824.

DAT Backup Data

Song data that has been saved using the DAT backup procedure on the VS-1680 or VS-880/880EX can be recovered by the VS-1824.

VS-1824 → VS-1680, VS-880/ 880EX, VS-890 or VSR-880

When external hard drives that have been used by a VS-1824 are attached to a VS-1680, VS-880/880EX, VS-890 or VSR-880, they are recognized as a formatted disk, provided they meet the conditions below. The VS-1680, VS-880/880EX, VS-890 and VSR-880, however, cannot load VS-1824 songs unless they have been converted to the desired VS’s format using the VS-1824’s Song Export procedure (p. 247).

*Partition space: With the VS-880/880EX, VS-890 and VSR- 880, only a partition of one GB or less can be used.

Drive Compatibility

VS-1680, VS-880/880EX, VS-890 or VSR-880 → VS-1824

When external hard drives that have been used by a VS-1680, VS-880/880EX, VS-890 or VSR-880 are attached to a VS-1824, they are recognized as a formatted disk.

The VS-1824 can be used for playing back songs recorded with the VS-1680, VS-880/880EX, VS-890 or VSR-880. However, before you can use the VS-1824 to edit such songs, or save new versions of them, you must first use Song Import to convert the songs to VS-1824 format.

VS-890/VSR-880 Partition numbers:

The VSR-880 supports the use of up to 10 (0-9) partitions, while the VS-1824 supports the use of up to eight. VS-890/ VSR-880 Partitions 8 and 9 will not be recognized by the VS-1824.

Song Copy Archive Data

VS-1680, VS-880/880EX, VS-890 or VSR-880 song data that has been saved to a hard drive or CD-R using the Song Copy Archive or CD-R Backup procedure can be restored to the VS-1824. However, you cannot edit or re-save the recovered data on the VS-1824 until you have used Song Import.

*If you wish to edit VS-1680, VS-880/880EX, VS-890 or VSR- 880 song data with the VS-1824, use the Song Copy Archives Extract (p. 227) or the CD-R Recover procedure (p. 241) first. Then convert it to a VS-1824 song using Song Import.

VS-880/880EX Partition numbers:

With the VS-880/880EX, only Partitions 0-3 can be used. Partitions 5-8 cannot be used.

Song Copy Archive Data

Song data that has been saved using the Song Copy Archive or CD-R Backup procedure on the VS-1824 cannot be restored (extracted) by the VS-880/880EX, VS-890 or VSR-880.

DAT Backup Data

Song data that has been saved using the DAT backup procedure on the VS-1824 cannot be recovered by the VS-880/880EX, VS-890 or VSR-880.

VS-840/840EX ↔ VS-1824

Zip disks used on the VS-840/840EX and VS-1824 are not mutually compatible. The disk cannot be accessed directly, but song data can be converted to VS-880 format. This will allow you to transfer song data between the VS-1824 and the VS-840/840EX.

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