Roland VS-880EX - Manual (Page 13)

Connectivity
There are six sets of balanced input jacks, handling a
wide input sensitivity range, from line level (+4 dBu)
to mic level (-50 dBu).
Besides the RCA phono type (stereo) MASTER jacks,
the (mono) AUX A and AUX B jacks are provided.
The VS-880EX provides both coaxial and optical digi-
tal I/O connectors. With these, you can make digital
connections with popular consumer electronic devices
such as CD players, DAT recorders, MD recorders,
and so on.
A SCSI connector (DB-25 type) is also provided, allow-
ing you to connect to external SCSI devices such as the
Zip drive and the CD-R drive.
MIDI IN and MIDI OUT/THRU connectors are also
provided. You can synchronize the VS-880EX with an
external MIDI sequencer, use the MIDI sequencer to
control the VS-880EX’s mixer, sound an external MIDI
sound generator with the metronome, and more.
Besides tracks for recording audio signals, the VS-
880EX has sync track for storing MIDI clock message.
You can even synchronize MIDI sequencers that are
not compatible with MTC (MIDI Time Code) or MMC
(MIDI Machine Control).
Substantial Options
Internal Hard Disk (desinated by Roland):
An internal 2.5-inch IDE hard disk. Having this inter-
nal hard disk installed makes the VS-880EX system
compact and easy to transport. Furthermore, there is
no need to make complex settings and no problems
with faulty connections (unlike those which could
occur when an external disk is used). We recommend
that you install an internal hard disk when using the
VS-880EX.
* For simultaneous recording or playback of a number of
tracks, for getting more out of the available hard disk
space, and in order to get the fullest performance in gener-
al from the VS-880EX,
we recommend using the 2.1
GB or larger Hard Disk.
CD-R Drive (designated by Roland):
A CD-R drive connected with a SCSI connector. With
this drive, you can write songs created on the VS-
880EX as well as create your own original audio CDs.
Additionally, you can use it for backing up songs to
CD-R discs.
SI-80S:
This is a video/MIDI sync interface for connection to
the MIDI connector. VS-880EX operations such as
play/stop/forward can be synchronized from a video
device with a LANC connector.
Preparations
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