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VS-880EX
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Signal Flow Buses
ErrLevel Error Level
Peak Indicators
Connecting Effects
Maintenance
Digital OUT Connectors
Recording Procedure
Adjusting the Tone Equalizer
Items Necessary for DAT Backup
Change the Settings Values
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Contents
Page
Important Safety Instructions
Using the Unit Safely
Using the Unit Safely
Placement
Power Supply
Maintenance
Additional Precautions
Concerning Copyright
Handling the Disk Drive
About Scms
Disclaimer of Liability
Contents
Using the Internal Effects
Editing a Recorded Performance Track Editing
Compatibility
Making Global Settings and Checking Conditions
Main Features
About the Package Contents
Preparations
Connectivity
Substantial Options
Mixer Section
Peak Indicators
Input Knobs
SELECT/CH Edit Select/Channel Edit buttons
Preparations Status Buttons
Edit Condition Buttons
Recorder Section
Locator Button
Numerics Button
Preparations Transport Control Buttons
Display section
Marker # marker number
Bar display
Rear Panel
Phones Jack
Preparations Foot Switch Jack
Master Jacks L, R AUX Send Jack a AUX Send Jack B
Input Jacks
Saving and Managing Data
Managing Disk Contents Partitioning
Sources, Tracks, and Channels
Location Where a Performance is Recorded Song
About Events
Before You Start VS-880EX Terminology
Execute Song Store p
Execute Song Optimize p
Signal Flow Buses
MIX Bus
Recording Bus
Effect Bus
AUX Bus
MIX L/R Master
Input Mixer
Track Mixer
Effect Return Mixer
Channel
Switching the Fader Functions
Master Block
Differences with a Tape-Type MTR
Track Minutes and Recording Time
Auxiliary Tracks for Each Track
Effects Section
Connecting Effects
About the Effect Expansion Board
Insert
Before You Begin
Turning On the Power
Before You Finish Operations
If You Have Trouble Understanding Displays or Operations
Basic Operation
Turning Off the Power
If Store Current? is Displayed
Restarting
When System Condition is Selected
Selecting Pages Contained in Functions Settings
Basic Operations on the VS- 880EX
Display Each of the Condition Menus
Select the Setting You Want to Change
Switching Track Conditions
Change the Settings Values
Execute the Operation
Storing a Time Location
Changing the Current Time
Moving in Frame Units
Moving in Measure/Beat Units
Making Fine Adjustments to Stored Locators
Using the Locator
Storing Locators
Moving to a Stored Time Location
Basic Operation Deleting a Stored Time Location
Using Markers
Marking a Time Location
Moving the Location of Markers
Basic Operation Moving the Location of Markers
Making Fine Adjustments to Marked Locations
Deleting a Marked Location
To Delete All Markers Simultaneously
Recording
Items Necessary for Multi-Track Recording
Creating a New Song Song New
General Course of the Recording Process
Connecting Instruments
Multi-Track Recording
If Drive Busy! is Displayed
Recording to the Tracks
To cancel track assignments
Sources Assigned to Tracks
Viewing the Assign screen
MIX Sw Mix Switch
When You Are Recording in Stereo
Contents of a recorded performance cannot be
Saving a Recorded Performance Song Store
Using the Record Button Manual Punch-In
Using the Foot switch Manual Punch-In
Recording Over a Portion Performance Punch-In/Punch-Out
FootSw Foot switch icon
Using Locators
Making Fine Adjustments to the Punch-In Segment
Multi-Track Recording Using Markers
Recording Procedure
Specifying the Points While the Song Plays Back
To Use Markers
Repeatedly Recording Over the Same Area Loop Recording
Making Fine Adjustments to the Loop
Switching V-Track Bank
Switching V-Tracks
Recording to Other Tracks Overdubbing
Recording on V-Track
Applying Effects to the Playback
Using Effects
Select an Effect
Specify the Tracks for Playback
Applying Effects While Recording Send/Return
Applying Effects While Recording Insert
FX1 Ins Effect 1 Insert Switch
FX1 InsSend Effect 1Insert Send Level
FX1 InsRtn Effect 1 Insert Return Level
Master L, R
Items Necessary for Digital Recording
Recording Digital Signals
Make the Digital Connections
Match the Sample Rates
Using YES/NO
Using Status
Select the Master Clock
Select an Input Source
Using the 3-Band Equalizer
Adjusting the Tone Equalizer
Adjusting the Equalizer
Assign
EQL Equalizer Low
EQ Switch Equalizer Switch
If the Display Indicates Not 3band EQ
EQM Equalizer Mid
EQH Equalizer High
Combining the Contents of Tracks Track Bouncing
Record and Check the Content
Applying Reverb While Track Bouncing
Specify the Track to Which the Effect is to be Applied
EFFECT1 Effect 1 Send Select Switch
Recording with DAT and MD Recorders
Creating a Master Tape
Prepare for Mixdown
To Record to a Cassette Tape
Digital Copy Protect Digital Copy Protect Switch
Protecting Songs Song Protect
About Effective Use
Selecting a Song Song Select
Protecting Performances
To Remove Song Protect
Connecting the Effects
Composition of the Effects
Changing the Source Sound Itself Insert
Inserting with Input and Track Channels
Using the Internal Effects
Inserting an Effect into the Master Block
Ins Send Insert Send Level
MST FX1 INS Sw Master Effect 1 Insert Switch
MST FX1 Ins Send Master Effect 1 Insert Send Level
MST FX1 Ins Rtn Master Effect 1 Insert Return Level
Using the Internal Effects Settings for Each Channel
Master Block Settings Send Level Adjustment
Master Block Settings Return Level Adjustment
Selecting Effects Patch
RTN FX1 RTNLev Master Effect 1 Return Level
RTN FX1 RTNBal Master Effect 1 Return Balance
Creating New Effects Sounds
About Algorithms
Convenient Operations
When Saving to User Patches
When Storing to a Scene
About Effect Levels
Storing a Scene
Recording the Current Condition Mixer Scene
Recalling a Scene
Scene
Storing Mixer Settings
Making Mixer Settings Automatically EZ Routing
SYS Scene Mode
Deleting a Scene
Recalling Track Bouncing Settings Bouncing/Template
Recalling Recording Settings Recording/Template
Display parameter name Return Mixer
Recalling Mixdown Settings Mixdown/Template
Storing Recording Settings Recording/Step Edit
Storing Mixer Settings
Storing Mixer Settings
Storing Mixer Settings
Storing Track Bouncing Settings Bouncing/Step Edit
Storing Mixer Settings
Storing Mixer Settings
Storing Mixdown Settings Mixdown/Step Edit
Storing Mixer Settings
Storing Mixer Settings
Saving the Current Routing User Routing
Recalling User Routing
Deleting User Routings
About Editing Operations
Track Edit
About the Bar Display
Repeating Performance Data Track Copy
Editing a Recorded Performance Track Editing
An Easy Way to Specify the Time Settings
Using Frm Effectively
St Start point
Frm From point
Moving Performance Data Track Move
Exchanging Performance Data Between Tracks Track Exchange
Track Exchange with a different V-track bank
Inserting a Blank Space Into Performance Data Track Insert
Len Length
Deleting Performance Data Track Cut
Erasing Performance Data Track Erase
Erase End
Type
Pitch Mode
Amplitude
Before You Use a Zip Drive
Connecting the Zip Drive
Handling the Zip Drive
Handling Zip Disks
Initializing the Disk Drive Initialize
Use with a Zip Drive
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Canceling Surface Scan
Checking Disk Reliability
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Saving Performance Data to a Zip Drive Song Copy
Backing Up Song Data with a CD-R Drive or DAT Recorder
About Optimize
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Saving a Song to a Single Disk Playable
CpyMode
If Disk Memory Full Appears in the Display
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To Load Data from Disks Drive Select
Saving to Disks Store
When You Cannot Save a Song to a Single Disk Archives
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Handling of Archives Copy Disks
About power-save mode
Loading Data From Disks Extract
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Before You Use a CD-RW Drive
Connecting the CD-RW Drive
Handling the CD-RW Drive
Handling CD-RW Discs
Use with a CD-RW Drive
Creating an Audio CD
Items Necessary for Creating an Audio CD
Creating a Master Data
Writing Songs to CD-R Discs
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Range
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If Not 44.1k Song! Appears in the Display
If Please Insert Disc! Appears in the Display
Arranging and Writing Multiple Songs To Disc
Writing Additional Songs to the Disc
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If Blank Disc Appears in the Display
Writing the Song Data Finalize
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To Delete Track Number Markers
Saving Songs to CD-RW Discs CD-R Backup
Arranging and Writing Songs Song Data
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Saving Songs to CD-RW Discs
Items Necessary for CD-R Backup
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If a CD-RW Disc which Contains Data is Placed
Loading Songs From CD-RW Discs
How to Erase the Data in the CD-RW Disc
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Continue? appears and press no
Synchronizing with Midi Sequencers
Using MTC
Items Necessary for Synchronization
Master and Slave
Use with Midi Devices
Midi Thru Midi Thru Switch
Synchronization with the VS-880EX As the Reference Master
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ErrLevel Error Level
When using Midi sequencer software for personal computers
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Gen. Generator
Synchronizing with an External Midi Device
Using the Sync Track Master
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TimeDispFmt Time Display Format
Recording Midi Clock Messages
Use with Midi Devices What is the Sync Track?
Synchronized Operation
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What is a Tempo Map?
Using the Tempo Map Master
Creating a Tempo Map
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Tempo
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Measure Measure
Beat
Various Operations Related to Synchronized Operation
Setting Markers Along with the Tempo
Creating a Sync Track from the Marker
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Creating a Tempo Map from a Sync Track
Tap Beat
CV1=Tap→ S.Tr CV2=Tap→ T.Map
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Creating a Sync Track Automatically
When stopped
Switching Track Status
Use with a Midi Controller
During playback or recording
Switching Effects
Switching Scenes
Adjusting Effects
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About the Devices Used in DAT Backup
Items Necessary for DAT Backup
Before Backing Up with DAT
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Use with a DAT Recorder DAT Backup
Saving Song Data to a DAT Recorder Backup
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Tape Len Tape Length
Disk Capacity Needed for Backup
Backup Wait
Time Needed for Backup
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Loading Performance Data
From a DAT Recorder Recover
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Sel Digital In Select
Canceling a DAT Recovery Operation in Progress
When Canceling the Recover Operation
When an Error is Found in the Song Data
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Checking Names of Saved
Performance Data Name
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VS-880 → VS-880EX
Disk Compatibility
VS-880EX → VS-880
VS-1680 → VS-880EX
Compatibility
Song Data Compatibility
VS-880EX → VS-1680
VS-840 ↔ VS-880EX
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Finding the Location Where the Sound Begins example
Using to from
Adjusting the Preview Length
Previewing Techniques Preview
Adjusting the Scrub Length
Using Scrub
Other Convenient Functions
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Recalling a Specific Location Jump
Recording Mixer Settings Auto Mix
Master Block
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Recording the Mixer Settings, Method Snapshot
Preparations for Auto Mix
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When the current time is included in an adjacent marker
Recording the Mixer Settings, Method Gradation
When the current time matches with a marker
Recording Fader Operations Realtime
Mix Snap Auto Mix Snapshot Mode
If You Don’t Want to Record Fader Settings Mask Fader
Playing Back the Auto Mix
Disabling Auto Mix Only on Specified Channels
Undoing Recordings and Edits Undo
Disabling Auto Mix on All Channels
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Canceling Only the Very Last Performed Operation
Canceling the Last-Performed Undo Redo
Recording and Editing Operations Which Can Be Undone Undo
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Muting Only to a Specific Channel
Listening Only to a Specific Channel Solo/Mute
Listening Only to a Specific Channel
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Adjusting the Faders
Simultaneously Adjusting a Stereo Source Channel Link
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Channel Link
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Adjusting the Pan
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Linking Only the Faders Fader Link
Ofs Bal Offset Balance
Fader Link
Mixing In a Stereo Source Stereo
Changing the Pitch During Playback Vari-Pitch
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Directly Inputting Numeric Characters
Record/Playback Tracks When Using
Vari-Pitch
Selecting the Method for Numeric Input
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Sounding the Metronome
MIDIThr Midi Thru Switch
Using an External Midi Sound Source To Play the Metronome
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MetroCh Metronome Channel
When the Disk Has Little Remaining Space
Deleting Only Unneeded Performance Data Song Optimize
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Changing the Name Performance Data Song Name
Adjusting the Levels for Each Track
Deleting One Song of Performance Data Song Erase
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Determining Output
When Using Balanced Inputs
Master Jacks
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AUX Jacks
Digital OUT Connectors
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AUX Out
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Confirming That a Drive is Not Damaged Drive Check
DIR OUT Direct Out
CheckDrive Check drive
If the display indicates No Err
If the display indicates Err
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RecoverResult Recovery result InitSong001
Loose Areas
Directories
Play List
Switching the Display Content
Pre Level
Post Level Feder/Pan
Making Global Settings and Checking Conditions
System Settings for Each Song
Having the Volume Change as Soon As the Faders are Moved
Checking the Size of a Recorded Performance
When Using the Foot Switch
Checking the Remaining Disk Space
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Holding the function of Shift Shift Lock
Overall Settings for the VS- 880EX
Displaying Measures and Beats
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When There Is No Hard Disk Installed
Adjusting the Button Sensitivity
Changing the VS-880EX’s Scsi ID Number
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Changing at the Level at Which Peak Indicator Lights
Overall Settings for Playback and Recording
Constantly Monitoring the Input Source
Stopping Automatically
If Noise Between Segments is Obtrusive
Resetting Mixer and System Settings to Their Original State
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Marker Stop
Synchronizing the Operations of Two VS-880EX Units
Settings for the Master VS-880EX
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DeviceID
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Takein Advantages of the VS-880EX idea and examples
Settings for the Slave VS-880EX
SysEx.Rx. System Exclusive Receive Switch
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Synchronizing with Cakewalk Pro Audio MMC
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Settings for the VS-880EX
Setting Clock
Settings for Cakewalk Pro Audio
Setting Midi Out
Setting Time Format
Digital Connections Cannot Be Used
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Making Digital Connections with Cakewalk
About the Recording Mode
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About Sound Cards
Make the connections as shown below
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When Using Exclusive Messages
Using an External Midi Device to Adjust the Mixer Compu Mix
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Master Clock
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Correspondence Between Midi Channels and Controller Numbers
CtrLocal Control Local Switch
Preparations for Compu Mix
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Recording with Compu Mix
To Have the Fader Movements Ignored
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Synchronizing with Video Equipment
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Using External Effects Devices
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Index words
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Index
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Memo
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Information
For EU Countries
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