Roland VS-880EX - Manual (Page 126)

Delaying Sync Track and Tempo Map
Start Times
Usually, a sync track or tempo map is created with
“00h00m00s00f00” as the beginning of the song.
However, recording usually doesn’t actually start
from “00h00m00s00f00.” In this kind of situation, you
can determine how much later recording begins after
the start of the song. This time is referred to as
offset .
For example, if you want recording to begin ten sec-
onds after the start of the song (with time to spare), set
the offset time to “00h00m10s00f00.”
* During recording or playback, when the beginning of a
sync track or tempo map is reached, the start message is
sent from the MIDI OUT connector. This is convenient
when you wish to synchronize operation with an external
MIDI sequencer.
1. Press [SYSTEM] several times until “SYS
Sync/Tempo?” appears in the display.
2. Press [YES].
3. Press PARAMETER [ ] several times until
“SYS Ofs=” appears in the display.
4. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Ofs (Offset)
Specify the time at which the sync track/tempo map
will begin.
5. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].
Return to Play condition.
Use with a MIDI Controller
The VS-880EX can transmit its mixer settings and
functions as MIDI messages. Conversely, MIDI mes-
sages from an external MIDI controller can be used to
control the VS-880EX’s track status and mixer settings.
Switching Track Status
Switching Track Status
You can use MIDI control change messages to switch
the status of each track (track status). MIDI channels
1–8 correspond to Tracks 1–8 respectively. Use con-
troller number 29 to switch the track status.
Depending on the value of controller number 3, the
track status changes as shown below.
When stopped
VALUE 0–31 32–63 64–95 96–127
STATUS MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE
→
OFF
→
PLAY
→
REC
→
SOURCE
PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY
→
MUTE
→
PLAY
→
REC
→
SOURCE
REC REC REC REC
→
MUTE
→
PLAY
→
REC
→
SOURCE
SOURCE SOURCE SOURCE SOURCE
→
MUTE
→
PLAY
→
REC
→
SOURCE
During playback or recording
VALUE 0–31 32–63 64–95 96–127
STATUS – (*1) MUTE – (*1) – (*1)
→
PLAY
PLAY PLAY – (*1) – (*1)
→
MUTE
→
PLAY
– (*1) – (*1) REC REC
→
REC
→
SOURCE
(*2)
SOURCE – (*1) SOURCE SOURCE
→
MUTE
→
REC (*2)
→
SOURCE
(*1) Ignored.
(*2) Cannot be switched while recording. Also,
“SOURCE” here indicates “the status in which
the track indicator blinks alternately red and
orange,” and is valid only when Record
Monitor is set to “AUTO” (p. 168).
Using [NUMERICS]
[NUMERICS] allows you to use the ten LOCA-
TOR buttons as numeric keys to input numbers
directly. Refer to “Directly Inputting Numeric
Characters” (p. 153).
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