Roland Vs-880 Synchronization related, Assign mark points according to the tempo

Chapter 1 Trying out the expanded functions

9-2.Press PARAMETER [ ].

The display will indicate ÒRecoverDriveTry?Ó

9-3.Press [YES].

9-4.If any data will be lost, the display will indicate “You’ll Lose Data”. Press [YES].To cancel the operation press [NO].

9-5.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.

Songs that have been partially modified will be marked as ÒAdj,Ó and songs that were deleted will be marked as ÒDel.Ó Songs which were not affected will not be dis- played.

RecoverResult (Recovery result)

InitSong 001:

InitSong 003: Modified songs (in actual operation, the song name)

:

InitSong 200:

Cluster Info. (Cluster information)

Total: Number of clusters on the entire disk

Defect: Number of clusters marked as unusable

memory

Used: Number of clusters currently being used

Free: Number of clusters currently unused

9-6.Press [YES].

You will return to Play condition.

Synchronization related

There may be cases in which you wish to use MIDI Clock messages to synchronize an external MIDI sequencer etc. to a song which was recorded without using the metronome. In such cases, it is now possible to assign mark points according to the tempo of the recorded performance, and then generate a sync track or tempo map from these mark points.

■Assign mark points according to the tempo

1.Press [ZERO].

2.Press [PLAY].

The song will begin to playback.

3.While listening to the song, press [TAP] at the begin- ning of each measure or beat.

4.When you finish assigning mark points, press [STOP].

*If you wish to assign mark points precisely to the begin- ning of measures or beats, use the Preview function (p.76).

■When using the sync track

Generating a sync track from mark points

A sync track can be generated from mark points that were assigned according to the tempo of a previously recorded performance. This is convenient when you have already recorded a performance of an acoustic instrument such as guitar or vocal, and now wish to synchronize a MIDI sequencer etc. to the recording.

1.Press [SYSTEM] several times until “SYS Sync/Tempo?” appears.

2.Press [YES].

3.Press PARAMETER [ ].

The display will indicate ÒSYS Syn:GenÓ.

4.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial. In this case, choose SyncTr.

Gen (Sync generator)

This selects the type of synchronization signal that will be transmitted from the MIDI OUT connector. When using a synchronization signal from the VS-880 to synchronize external MIDI devices, set this to the desired type of syn- chronization signal.

Off: Synchronization signals will not be transmit- ted.

MTC: MIDI Time Code will be transmitted.

MIDIClk: MIDI Clock will be transmitted.

SyncTr: MIDI Clock data recorded on the sync track will be transmitted.

5.Press PARAMETER [ ] several times to get the “SYS Sync.Tr Cnv?” display.

6.Press [YES].

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