Roland VS-1824 owner manual Track Minutes and Recording Time, Auxiliary Tracks for Each Track

Chapter 1 Before You Start (VS-1824 Terminology)

Track Minutes and Recording Time

With cassette tape recorders, the amount of time you can record on a tape is predetermined by the length of that tape. Moreover, any unused portion of the tape is wasted.

For example, 10 track minutes can be used for 10 minutes of monaural recording—this corresponds to the term’s basic definition— or for five minutes of stereo recording since it uses two tracks, or two minutes and 30 seconds of recording on four tracks, and so on.

By contrast, with disk recording, although the available recording time is determined by the amount of disk space, only the disk space used for recording is spent. Thus, depending on the number of concurrent tracks and phrases you record, the amount of available recording time will vary. Therefore, it is a good idea to have a standard unit of measurement that corresponds to the time of one continuous monaural signal being recorded on one track. This unit is referred to as a “track minute.”

Auxiliary Tracks for Each Track

The VS-1824 provides 18 playback tracks. Each track contains 16 of its own supplementary tracks that can be used for recording or playback. In other words, you can record performances containing up to 288 (18 tracks x 16) tracks. On each of the 18 tracks, any one—and only one—of its supplemental tracks can be playing back at any given moment. These auxiliary tracks are called “V-Tracks.”

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* The Appendices (p. 130) provides a blank virtual track sheet to help you keep track of your virtual track recordings. Feel free to copy the sheet to use when you record.

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