Roland VS-880EX 130, Backup Wait, OUT Sel Digital Out Select, Disk Capacity Needed for Backup

Chapter 10 Use with a DAT Recorder (DAT Backup)

9.Press PARAMETER [ ]. “Backup Wait=” appears in the display.

10.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.

Backup Wait

When this is set to “On,” the data transmission speed will be slower. Turn this on when using a disk drive (such as a Zip drive) whose data read/write speed is slower. When this is set to “On,” although it takes longer for the backup to finish, problems arising from the data transfer (such as data loss) are minimized. Normally, this is set to “Off.”

11.Press PARAMETER [ ]. “Sample Rate=” appears in the display.

12.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.

Sample Rate

This sets the sample rate (48 kHz, 44.1 kHz) during DAT backup. This sample rate has no relation to the sample rate of the song data. Normally, this is set to 48 kHz.

13.The approximate time it will take and the number of tapes needed to back up the data are indicated in the display. Please prepare the necessary num- ber of tapes.

Required time (47 minutes 34 seconds)			Sample Rate
CONDITION	MARKER#	TIME
				dB
			0
			4
			12
			24
			48
		INPUT TRACK	AUX MASTER

Required number of tapes (1 tape)

14.Press PARAMETER [ ]. “D.Out Sel=” appears in the display.

15.Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.

D.OUT Sel (Digital Out Select)

Select either “DIGOUT1” (coaxial) or “DIGOUT2” (optical) if you are going to back up data using the DIGITAL OUT connector.

16.Press [YES].

A confirmation message appears in the display.

17.Press [YES].

“Please Rec DAT” appears in the display.

18.Put the DAT recorder in record standby, and press [YES] once more.

Backup will begin.

*If you wish to cancel the backup, then press [CANCEL (NO)]. This cancels the process, even if done during the backup itself. However, the song data recorded up to that point cannot be loaded into the VS-880EX.

19.If you cannot back up everything on one tape, the operation is carried out for the length of time des- ignated in “Tape Len.” Insert the next tape into the DAT recorder and again put it in record standby, then press [YES].

The backup procedure continues in this fashion. At this time, we recommend that you write the tape num- bers on the labels in the order they are backed up.

20.When the backup procedure is finished, “Please Stop DAT” appears in the display. Stop the DAT recorded and press [YES].

21.Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].

Return to Play condition.

*To check whether or not a backup has been performed cor- rectly, we recommend that you carry out the Verify proce- dure (p. 134).

Disk Capacity Needed for Backup

One 60-minutes tape can back up approximately 330 MB of song data. For example, you need four 60-minutes (or two 120-minutes) tapes to back up 1000 MB of song data. However, the disk space available for each song decreases as the number of songs save increases. Look at the display to see the number of tapes needed to do the backup.

Time Needed for Backup

It takes about 60 minutes to back up 330 MB of song data. For example, backing up 1000 MB of data takes about 190 minutes. However, the high- er the number of songs backed up, the longer it takes.

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