Roland Vs-880 Re-using part of the perfor- mance Copy, About the bar display

Chapter 4 Editing a recorded performance (track editing)

5.As you press PARAMETER [ ] to step through the settings, a message will appear at the end, asking you to confirm execution. If you wish to execute, press [YES]. A re-confirmation message will blink, so press [YES] once again to execute. When execution is com- plete, you will return to Play condition.

To cancel execution, press [NO]. You will return to the previous condition.

*If after hearing the results of the operation you wish to return to the original data, use the Undo function (p.112).

<About the bar display >

When tracks are being selected, the bar display will indi- cate the status of track selection. At this time, you can view the play list in the bar display by holding down [SHIFT] and pressing [PLAY (DISPLAY)]. To return to the previous display, once again hold down [SHIFT] and press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].

When an item requiring a time setting is selected, the bar display will show the play list. At this time, you can view the amplitude profile and the track selection status by holding down [SHIFT] and pressing [PLAY (DISPLAY)]. The amplitude profile lets you view the waveform record- ed in the selected track. Use the [(SEL) CH EDIT] buttons to select the track whose amplitude profile will be dis- played.

Re-using part of the perfor- mance (Copy)

This operation copies the playback data of a specified area to another location. This operation lets you copy the data of two or more tracks at once, or copy the specified data to a specified location two or more times in succession. When you wish to use a phrase that is recorded in a track, or when a song contains a phrase that is repeated, the Copy opera- tion will let you create the song more efficiently.

Normally, the data will be copied starting at the specified copy destination time. However it is also possible to specify the copy destination time as a base time at which a specific sound occurs. This is done using the ÒFrm (From)Ó setting item.

For example suppose that you wish to copy a sound effect of a time bomb ticking and then exploding, and that you want to place the explosion at a specific timing location. Normally, you would have to calculate the time until the explosion in order to specify the copy destination time. However in such cases, you can specify ÒFromÓ as Òthe copy source time at which the explosion begins,Ó and speci- fy ÒToÓ (the base time of the copy destination) as Òthe copy destination time at which you want the explosion to occur.Ó This lets you copy the data with the explosion placed at pre- cisely the right timing.

Example 1: Copying twice to the same track

	A		A'	A"
Start		End To			Time

Example 2: Copying twice to a different track

B

		B'	B"
Start	End To			Time

Example 3: Copying using the “Frm” setting

C

C'

Start From End To Time

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