Roland VS-1824 owner manual About Recording Times, Song Numbers, If Drive Busy! is Displayed

Chapter 4 Recording Operations

About Recording Times

The available recording time for a hard drive depends on the selected recording mode, the sample rate, and the size of the hard drive. Both the recording mode and the sample rate can be selected on a song-by-song basis. Recording time in track minutes for a 2000 MB partition is shown below:

Track Minutes (See Appendices p. 13)

Song Numbers

On the VS-1824, every song is assigned a number. Newly created songs are given the lowest available number. For example, if there are five songs on the hard drive, the next song created will be assigned Song Number 6. If Song Number Three is deleted, the remaining songs will be numbered 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. The next new song created will be assigned Song Number 3.

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If song numbers up to 5 are occupied

	Sample Rate
Mode	48 kHz	44.1 kHz	32 kHz
MTP	742 minutes	808 minutes	1114 minutes
CDR/MAS	370 minutes	404 minutes	556 minutes
MT1	742 minutes	808 minutes	1114 minutes
MT2	990 minutes	1078 minutes	1484 minutes

Disk Drive

InitSong 001

InitSong 002

InitSong 003

InitSong 004

Song New

Disk Drive

InitSong 001

InitSong 002

InitSong 003

InitSong 004

LIV	1188 minutes	1292 minutes	1782 minutes
LV2	1484 minutes	1616 minutes	2228 minutes

(All times are approximate)

*The above chart is a general yardstick for estimating recording time. Actual times may vary depending on your hard disk’s specifications or the number of songs created.

If “Drive Busy!” is Displayed

If this message appears during recording or playback, it means the drive cannot keep up with the data read-write speed. This is usually caused by disk fragmentation and is fairly common with drives used for audio recording on a daily basis. In most cases, it can be fixed by backing up your songs (p. 232), initializing your hard drive

(p. 222), and then creating a new song or reloading an existing song.

InitSong 005			InitSong 005
			InitSong 006
	If Song 3 is deleted
Disk Drive			Disk Drive
InitSong 001			InitSong 001
InitSong 002			InitSong 002
			InitSong 003
		Song New
InitSong 004			InitSong 004
InitSong 005			InitSong 005

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