Roland VS-880EX owner manual Preparations, Connectivity, Substantial Options

Preparations

Connectivity

There are six sets of balanced input jacks, handling a wide input sensitivity range, from line level (+4 dBu) to mic level (-50 dBu).

Besides the RCA phono type (stereo) MASTER jacks, the (mono) AUX A and AUX B jacks are provided.

The VS-880EX provides both coaxial and optical digi- tal I/O connectors. With these, you can make digital connections with popular consumer electronic devices such as CD players, DAT recorders, MD recorders, and so on.

A SCSI connector (DB-25 type) is also provided, allow- ing you to connect to external SCSI devices such as the Zip drive and the CD-R drive.

MIDI IN and MIDI OUT/THRU connectors are also provided. You can synchronize the VS-880EX with an external MIDI sequencer, use the MIDI sequencer to control the VS-880EX’s mixer, sound an external MIDI sound generator with the metronome, and more.

Besides tracks for recording audio signals, the VS- 880EX has sync track for storing MIDI clock message. You can even synchronize MIDI sequencers that are not compatible with MTC (MIDI Time Code) or MMC (MIDI Machine Control).

Substantial Options

Internal Hard Disk (desinated by Roland):

An internal 2.5-inch IDE hard disk. Having this inter- nal hard disk installed makes the VS-880EX system compact and easy to transport. Furthermore, there is no need to make complex settings and no problems with faulty connections (unlike those which could occur when an external disk is used). We recommend that you install an internal hard disk when using the VS-880EX.

*For simultaneous recording or playback of a number of tracks, for getting more out of the available hard disk space, and in order to get the fullest performance in gener- al from the VS-880EX, we recommend using the 2.1

GB or larger Hard Disk.

CD-R Drive (designated by Roland):

A CD-R drive connected with a SCSI connector. With this drive, you can write songs created on the VS- 880EX as well as create your own original audio CDs. Additionally, you can use it for backing up songs to CD-R discs.

SI-80S:

This is a video/MIDI sync interface for connection to the MIDI connector. VS-880EX operations such as play/stop/forward can be synchronized from a video device with a LANC connector.

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