Roland Vs-880 Loading performance data from a DAT recorder Recover, Bak backup, Backup Wait

Chapter 7 Use with a DAT recorder (DAT backup)

6.Have ready the required number of tapes.

The MEASURE field will show the approximate length of time required to perform the backup. The SYNC MODE field will show the number of tapes required for the backup. Prepare the displayed number of tapes.

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7.Begin the backup. Press [YES] to get the “Backup Ready?” display, and press [YES].

The display will indicate ÒPlease Rec DAT,Ó so put your DAT recorder in record mode. Press [YES] once again, the backup will begin. At this time, time dis- played in the MEASURE field will begin counting down.

If the backup does not fit on a single tape, the backup will be paused at the specified time. At that time, insert the next tape, resume recording on the DAT recorder, and press [YES]. The backup will continue.

*To halt the operation, press [NO]. You can halt the opera- tion even during the backup, but in this case it will not be possible to recover the song data back into the VS-880.

8.When the backup operation is completed, the display will indicate “Please Stop DAT.” Press [YES] to end the procedure, and stop the DAT recorder.

9.Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)] to return to Play condition.

Bak (backup):

Select the song that you wish to backup. If you wish to backup all song data on the current drive, select ÒALL.Ó

Tape Len (Tape length):

Specify the interval at which backup will be paused. Set this appropriately for the length of tape on which you are recording.

Backup Wait:

If this is ÒOn,Ó the data transmission speed will be slower. When using a disk drive whose data read/write speed is slower, turn this ÒOn.Ó

SampleRate:

Specify the sample rate used for the backup. Normally you will set this to 48 kHz.

< Capacity that can be backed up and time required >

A 60 minute tape can save a song of approximately 330 MB. For example if the internal hard disk (540 MB) is used to its full capacity, a 120 minute tape (or two 60 minute tapes) will be necessary. However as the number of songs increases, the capacity that can be stored will decrease. For your reference, the backup operation will display the number of tapes that will be necessary.

Since a 120 minute tape can backup a 660MB song, it will take approximately 100 minutes to backup the internal hard disk (540 MB) if it has been used to its full capacity (approximately 36 minutes, calculated with 8 tracks of MT2 at 44.2kHz).

Loading performance data from a DAT recorder (Recover)

To load song data that was backed-up on a DAT recorder, use the following procedure. If two or more songs were saved together during the backup, the data of all songs will be loaded.

1.Connect the recorder to the VS-880.

Using an RCA phono type coaxial cable, connect the DIGITAL IN connector of the VS-880 to the digital out- put of your DAT recorder.

2.Insert the tape which contains the song data into the DAT recorder. If the song data is backed up on two or more tapes, insert the first tape.

Then prepare the tape to playback from the beginning.

3.Press [SONG]. Then use PARAMETER [ ][ ] to get the “SNG DAT Recover?” display, and press [YES].

4.Begin the recover operation. Use PARAMETER [ ][ ] to get the “SNG Recover Ready?” display, and press [YES].

The display will indicate ÒInit ✱✱✱:✱ OK?.Ó If you wish to initialize the current drive and recover the song data, press [YES]. In this case, all song data which had been saved on the current drive will be lost. If you wish to recover without initializing, press [NO].

5.The display will indicate “Please Play DAT.” Begin play- back of the song data, and loading will begin.

If the data was backed up on two or more tapes, the recover operation will pause when the tape finishes playing back. Insert the next tape, press [YES], and begin playback.

*To halt the operation, press [NO]. You can halt the opera- tion even during recover, but in this case it will not be possible to playback the song data.

6.When the recover operation is completed, the display will indicate “Please Stop DAT.” Press [YES] to end the procedure, and stop the DAT recorder.

7.Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)] to return to Play condition.

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