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Main OWNER'S MANUAL OWNER'S MANUAL 01562867 '99-3-E3-41N Disclaimer of liability CAUTION ATTENTION IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT NOTICE AVIS Page USING THE UNIT SAFELY Power Supply Placement Maintenance Repairs and Data IMPORTANT NOTES Handling the Disk Drive Disclaimer of Liability IMPORTANT NOTES Preparations .......................................................................... 12 Front and Rear Panels .......................................................... 14 CONTENTS Chapter 4 Using the Internal Effects ................................... 66 Chapter 5 Storing Mixer Settings ......................................... 73 Chapter 6 Editing a Recorded Performance (Track Editing) ... 88 Chapter 7 Use with a Zip Drive ............................................ 99 Chapter 8 Use with a CD-RW Drive .................................... 107 Chapter 9 Use with MIDI Devices ....................................... 116 Chapter 10 Use with a DAT Recorder (DAT Backup) ........ 128 Chapter 11 Compatibility .................................................... 136 Chapter 12 Other Convenient Functions .......................... 140 Chapter 13 Making Global Settings and Checking Conditions .. 163 Chapter 14 Takein Advantages of the VS-880EX (idea and examples) 170 About the Package Contents Main Features The Latest in Compact Home Studio Environments Preparations Connectivity Substantial Options Front and Rear Panels Page Page 4. Transport Control Buttons 5. TIME/VALUE Dial 6. PLAY (DISPLAY) Button 7. PARAMETER Buttons 8. SHIFT Button Display section Rear Panel 1 2 3 4 5 1. POWER Switch 2. AC IN (AC Inlet) 3. SCSI Connector 6 7 118 9 10 Saving and Managing Data Managing Disk Contents (Partitioning) Chapter 1 Before You Start (VS-880EX Terminology) Specify the Disk Which will be Used for Recording/Playback (Drive Select) The Location Where a Performance is Recorded (Song) Sources, Tracks, and Channels About Events Mixer Section Signal Flow (Buses) Page Input Mixer Track Mixer Chapter 1 Track mixer is placed after the recorder section, and correspond to the tracks (18). Effect Return Mixer Switching the Fader Functions Recorder Section Differences with a Tape-Type MTR Track Minutes and Recording Time Auxiliary Tracks for Each Track Effects Section About the Effect Expansion Board Connecting Effects Before You Begin Turning On the Power Chapter 2 Basic Operation Turning Off the Power If STORE Current? is Displayed Restarting Basic Operations on the VS- 880EX Display Each of the Condition Menus Selecting Pages Contained in Functions and Settings Select the Setting You Want to Change Change the Settings Values Switching Track Conditions Changing the Current Time Moving in Frame Units Moving in Measure/Beat Units Moving to the Beginning or End of the Performance Storing a Time Location Using the Locator Storing Locators Moving to a Stored Time Location Changing the Locator Bank Making Fine Adjustments to Stored Locators Deleting a Stored Time Location Using Markers Marking a Time Location Moving the Location of Markers Making Fine Adjustments to Marked Locations Deleting a Marked Location To Delete All Markers Simultaneously Recording Chapter 3 Multi-Track Recording General Course of the Recording Process Connecting Instruments Recording to the Tracks Saving a Recorded Performance (Song Store) Recording Over a Portion of a Performance (Punch-In/Punch-Out) Using the RECORD Button (Manual Punch-In 1) Using the Foot switch (Manual Punch-In 2) Specifying Beforehand the Location for Rerecording (Auto Punch-In) Using Locators Using Markers Specifying the Points While the Song Plays Back Making Fine Adjustments to the Punch-In Segment Recording Procedure: Repeatedly Recording Over the Same Area (Loop Recording) Using Locators To Use Markers Specifying The Points While the Song Plays Back Making Fine Adjustments to the Loop Recording Procedure Recording to Other Tracks (Overdubbing) Recording on V-Track 2 Switching V-Tracks Switching V-Track Bank Using Effects Applying Effects to the Playback Specify the Tracks for Playback Applying Effects While Recording (Send/Return) Specify the Input to Which the Effect is to be Applied Applying Effects While Recording (Insert) Specify the Input Channel to Which the Effect is to be Applied 18. Now the setup is completed. In this case, the signal flow will be as the fol- lows. Recording Digital Signals Items Necessary for Digital Recording Make the Digital Connections Match the Sample Rates In Order to Make a Digital Connection with Your CD Player Select the Master Clock Select an Input Source Using [STATUS] Using [YES]/[NO] Adjusting the Tone (Equalizer) Using the 3-Band Equalizer Adjusting the Equalizer Page Page Combining the Contents of Tracks (Track Bouncing) Specify the Tracks for Playback and Adjust the Pan for Each Track Record and Check the Content Applying Reverb While Track Bouncing Specify the Track to Which the Effect is to be Applied Specify the Tracks for Playback and Record and Check the Content Creating a Master Tape Prepare for Mixdown To Record to a Cassette Tape Recording with DAT and MD Recorders To Prohibit Digital Copying Protecting Songs (Song Protect) Protecting Performances To Remove Song Protect Selecting a Song (Song Select) Composition of the Effects Connecting the Effects Changing the Source Sound Itself (Insert) Chapter 4 Using the Internal Effects Inserting with Input and Track Channels Inserting an Effect into the Master Block Adding the Sound with the Effect Applied to the Direct Sound (Send/Return) Settings for Each Channel Master Block Settings 1 (Send Level Adjustment) Master Block Settings 2 (Return Level Adjustment) Selecting Effects (Patch) Creating New Effects Sounds When Saving to User Patches When Storing to a Scene Recording the Current Condition of the Mixer (Scene) Storing a Scene Recalling a Scene Chapter 5 Storing Mixer Settings Deleting a Scene Making Mixer Settings Automatically (EZ Routing) Recalling Recording Settings (Recording/Template) Recalling Track Bouncing Settings (Bouncing/Template) Recalling Mixdown Settings (Mixdown/Template) Storing Recording Settings (Recording/Step Edit) Page Page Page Storing Track Bouncing Settings (Bouncing/Step Edit) Page Page Storing Mixdown Settings (Mixdown/Step Edit) Page Page Saving the Current Routing (User Routing) Recalling User Routing Deleting User Routings About Editing Operations Track Edit Chapter 6 Editing a Recorded Performance (Track Editing) Repeating Performance Data (Track Copy) Page Moving Performance Data (Track Move) Exchanging Performance Data Between Tracks (Track Exchange) Inserting a Blank Space Into Performance Data (Track Insert) Deleting Performance Data (Track Cut) Erasing Performance Data (Track Erase) Modifying the Playback Time of the Performance Data (Time Compression/Expansion) Page Page Before You Use a Zip Drive Handling the Zip Drive Handling Zip Disks Connecting the Zip Drive Chapter 7 Use with a Zip Drive Initializing the Disk (Drive Initialize) Checking Disk Reliability Saving Performance Data to a Zip Drive (Song Copy) Saving a Song to a Single Disk (Playable) To Load Data from Disks (Drive Select) When You Cannot Save a Song to a Single Disk (Archives) Saving to Disks (Store) Loading Data From Disks (Extract) About power-save mode Before Y ou Use a CD-R W Drive Handling the CD-RW Drive Handling CD-RW Discs Connecting the CD-RW Drive Chapter 8 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 Auditioning (Test Listening) Songs Written to CDs (CD Player Function) Writing Additional Songs to the Disc Arranging and Writing Multiple Songs to Disc Writing the Song Data (Finalize) Arranging and Writing Songs and Song Data Saving Songs to CD-RW Discs (CD-R Backup) Items Necessary for CD-R Backup Saving Songs to CD-RW Discs --- --- Loading Songs From CD-RW Discs How to Erase the Data in the CD-RW Disc Synchronizing with MIDI Sequencers Items Necessary for Synchronization Master and Slave Chapter 9 Use with MIDI Devices Synchronization with the VS-880EX as the Reference (Master) Synchronization with the MIDI Sequencer as the Reference (Slave) Synchronizing with an External MIDI Device Using the Sync Track (Master) What is the Sync Track? Recording MIDI Clock Messages Using the Tempo Map (Master) What is a Tempo Map? Creating a Tempo Map Page Various Operations Related to Setting Markers Along with the Tempo Creating a Sync Track from the Marker Creating a Tempo Map from a Sync Track Creating a Sync Track Automatically Delaying Sync Track and Tempo Map Start Times Use with a MIDI Controller Switching Track Status When stopped During playback or recording Switching Scenes Switching Effects Adjusting Effects Before Backing Up with DAT Items Necessary for DAT Backup Chapter 10 Use with a DAT Recorder (DAT Backup) Saving Song Data to a DAT Recorder (Backup) Page Loading Performance Data from a DAT Recorder (Recover) When Canceling the Recover Operation Canceling a DAT Recovery Operation in Progress When an Error is Found in the Song Data Checking Names of Saved Performance Data (Name) Checking the Recording Condition of Saved Performance Data (Verify) --- --- Page Disk Compatibility VS-880 VS-880EX VS-880EX VS-880 VS-1680 VS-880EX Chapter 11 Compatibility VS-880EX VS-1680 VS-840 VS-880EX Song Data Compatibility Loading VS-880 Performance Data into the VS-880EX (Song Import) Converting VS-880EX Song Data for Use with the VS-880 (Song Export) Page Previewing Techniques (Preview) Using [TO] [FROM] Finding the Location Where the Sound Begins (example) Adjusting the Preview Length Chapter 12 Other Convenient Functions Using [SCRUB] Finding the Location Where the Sound Begins (example) Adjusting the Scrub Length Recalling a Specific Location (Jump) Recording Mixer Settings (Auto Mix) INPUT/TRACK STEREO IN EFFECT RETURN Preparations for Auto Mix Recording the Mixer Settings, Method 1 (Snapshot) Recording the Mixer Settings, Method 2 (Gradation) When the current time is included in an adjacent marker When the current time matches with a marker Recording Fader Operations (Realtime) If You Dont Want to Record Fader Settings (Mask Fader) Playing Back the Auto Mix Disabling Auto Mix Only on Specified Channels Disabling Auto Mix on All Channels Undoing Recordings and Edits (Undo) Recording and Editing Operations Which Can Be Undone (Undo) Canceling the Last-Performed Undo (Redo) Canceling Only the Very Last- Performed Operation Listening Only to a Specific Channel (Solo/Mute) Listening Only to a Specific Channel Muting Only to a Specific Channel Simultaneously Adjusting a Stereo Source (Channel Link) Adjusting the Faders Adjusting the Pan Linking Only the Faders (Fader Link) Mixing In a Stereo Source (Stereo In) Changing the Pitch During Playback (Vari-Pitch) Record/Playback Tracks When Using Vari-Pitch Directly Inputting Numeric Characters Selecting the Method for Numeric Input 12345 67890 Sounding the Metronome Using an External MIDI Sound Source to Play the Metronome When the Disk Has Little Remaining Space Deleting Only Unneeded Performance Data (Song Optimize) Deleting One Song of Performance Data (Song Erase) Changing the Name of Performance Data (Song Name) Adjusting the Levels for Each Track When Using Balanced Inputs Determining Output MASTER Jacks AUX Jacks DIGITAL OUT Connectors DIRECT OUT Confirming That a Drive is Not Damaged (Drive Check) If the display indicates No Err If the display indicates ___ Err Page Switching the Display Content Pre Level Post Level Play List Chapter 13 Making Global Settings and Checking Conditions Checking the Size of a Recorded Performance System Settings for Each Song Having the Volume Change as Soon as the Faders are Moved Holding Level Meter Peaks Checking the Remaining Disk Space When Using the Foot Switch Overall Settings for the VS- 880EX Holding the function of [SHIFT] (Shift Lock) Displaying Measures and Beats Adjusting the Button Sensitivity Changing the VS-880EXs SCSI ID Number When There Is No Hard Disk Installed Changing at the Level at Which the 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 Synchronizing the Operations of Two VS-880EX Units Settings for the Master VS-880EX Chapter 14 Takein Advantages of the VS-880EX (idea and examples) Page Settings for the Slave VS-880EX Synchronizing with Cakewalk Pro Audio (MMC) Settings for the VS-880EX Settings for Cakewalk Pro Audio Page Making Digital Connections with Cakewalk Recording to Cakewalk Recording to the VS-880EX Using an External MIDI Device to Adjust the Mixer (Compu Mix) The Correspondence Between MIDI Channels and Controller Numbers Preparations for Compu Mix Recording with Compu Mix To Have the Fader Movements Ignored Synchronizing with Video Equipment Using External Effects Devices Page Index (words) (A) (C) (D) (E) Index (R) (S) (T) (U) (V) Page Information ARGENTINA BRAZIL CANADA MEXICO IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT NOTICE AVIS OWNER'S MANUAL OWNER'S MANUAL 01562867 '99-3-E3-41N Disclaimer of liability