Roland Vs-880 Using the 3-band equalizer in INPUT MIX/TRACK MIX, Turning the equalizer on/off

Chapter 1 Trying out the expanded functions

About “!!! Lack of EVENT !!” display

Ò!!! Lack of EVENT !!Ó will be appeared in the display in the following cases, and you cannot continue the current opera- tion.

¥If you push [SCENE]+[REC] buttons to record AutoMix data in realtime, when the remaining num- ber of EVENT is less than 1000.

¥If you try to UNDO or REDO when the remaining number of Event is less than 200.

The smallest unit of memory used by the VS-880 to store recorded results on disk are the events. A newly created song provides approximately 12,000 events per song.

For each track, one recording pass uses two events. Operations such as punch-in/out or track copy also use up events. The number of events that are used up will fluctuate in a complex way. For example, auto mix uses up five events for each mark point.

When you do a lot of recording, editing (Track Copy, Track Move) or record AutoMix of long period, please check the remaining number of Events frequently. Procedure is as fol- lows.

1.Press [SYSTEM] several times until “SYS System PRM?” appears.

2.Press [YES].

3.Press PARAMETER [ ] several times until “SYS RemainDsp=” appears.

4.Select “Event” with TIME/VALUE dial.

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Remaining number of Events can be saved with the follow- ing procedures. Please try the most appropriate one with your situation.

•Execute Song Store (Owner's manual p.74)

Please Execute Song Store if in UNDO condition ([UNDO] indicator is lit.). Events served for REDO will be released. But please note that you cannot cancel (REDO) the last UNDO if you once execute STORE.

•Execute Song Optimize (Owner's manual p.113)

Please execute Song Optimize if you have done a lot of Punch In recording. Events served for unnecessary audio data will be released. But please note that you can only do single level UNDO.

•Erace AutoMix data (Owner's manual p.19)

If you have recorded AutoMix data, erase unnecessary data. Events served for unnecessary AutoMix data will be released.

■Using the 3-band equalizer in

INPUT MIX/TRACK MIX

From the total of fourteen INPUT MIX/TRACK MIX chan- nels, you can now use a 3-band equalizer on any eight selected channels.

*If equalizer is turned on for more than 8 channels, it will not be possible to use the 3-band equalizer. Please turn off the equalizer switch for channels on which equalization is not required.

Turning the equalizer on/off

1.Make sure that the mixer mode is INPUT MIX/TRACK MIX.

2.Hold down [SHIFT], and press channel 3 [EQ Low(CH EDIT)].

3.Press PARAMETER [ ].

4.Press [CH EDIT] for the channels or tracks for which you wish to turn the equalizer off.

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5.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.

EQ Switch (equalizer switch)

If you wish to use the equalizer, set this ÒOn.Ó If not, set this ÒOff.Ó When equalizer settings are being made, the equal- ization curve will be shown graphically in the bar display. If this is ÒOffÓ the equalizer-related parameters will not be available.

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