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Chapter 11 Compatibility

VS-880EX → VS-1680

When internal hard disks that have been used by a VS- 880EX are installed in the VS-1680, or when Zip disks that have been used by a VS-880EX are inserted into a Zip drive connected to the VS-1680, they are recog- nized as the initialization disk. In this case, the VS- 1680 can be used for playing back songs recorded with the VS-880EX and creating new songs as well. However, you cannot use the VS-1680 to edit songs that were recorded on the VS-880EX or save new versions of songs.

If you wish to edit/playback a VS-880EX song on the VS-1680, you must first convert the VS-880EX song data into the VS-880 format, and save it on a Zip disk etc. (the VS-880EX’s Song Export function). Then you must convert that song data into the VS-1680 format (the VS-1680’s Song Import function).

Song data that has been saved using the Archive Copy procedure on the VS-880EX cannot be restored (archive extracted) by the VS-1680.

Song data that has been saved using the DAT Backup procedure on the VS-880EX cannot be restored (DAT recovered) by the VS-1680.

VS-840 ↔ VS-880EX

Song Data Compatibility

Loading VS-880 Performance Data

into the VS-880EX (Song Import)

You can convert songs created on a VS-880 or VS-840 for use with the VS-880EX and copy them as new songs to the current drive. This is referred to as Song Import.

•All the data such as mixer setting including equaliz- er and stereo link, system setting including sync track and tempo map, locators and markers, and effect setting will be copied.

•The sample rate and recording mode of the newly created song will be the same as the original song.

•If there is insufficient free space on the current drive, Song Import cannot be carried out.

Here we will explain the procedure of how a VS-880 song which was copied as a playable copy to a Zip disk can be read from a Zip drive connected to the VS- 880EX and converted for use with the VS-880EX. If you need to use Song Archive Extract, or to convert a song which was recovered from DAT, read from step 3.

1.Make settings as shown below.

Zip disks used on the VS-840 and VS-880EX are

not mutually compatible. When a Zip disk used by a VS-840 is inserted in a Zip drive connected to the VS- 880EX, it is recognized as an uninitialized disk.

When a Zip disk used by a VS-880EX is inserted in a Zip drive connected to the VS-840, it is recognized as an uninitialized disk.

If you wish to playback/edit an VS-840 song on the VS-880EX, you must first convert the VS-840 song data into VS-880 format, and save it on a Zip disk (the VS- 840’s Song Convert function). Then you must convert that song data into the VS-880EX format (the VS- 880EX’s Song Import function). However in this case, only the performance data (audio data) and the data

specifying the track on which each audio data is

recorded will be converted.

If you wish to playback/edit an VS-880EX song on the VS-840, you must first convert the VS-880EX song data into VS-880 format, and save it on a Zip disk (the VS- 880EX’s Song Export function). Then you must convert that song data into the VS-840 format (the VS-840’s Song Convert function). However in this case, only the performance data (audio data) and the data specify-

ing the track on which each audio data is recorded

will be converted.

2.Insert the disk onto which VS-880 song data has been recorded into the Zip drive.

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