Roland VS-880EX - Manual (Page 130)

9. Press PARAMETER [ ].
“Backup Wait=” appears in the display.
10. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Backup Wait
When this is set to “On,” the data transmission speed
will be slower. Turn this on when using a disk drive
(such as a Zip drive) whose data read/write speed is
slower. When this is set to “On,” although it takes
longer for the backup to finish, problems arising from
the data transfer (such as data loss) are minimized.
Normally, this is set to “Off.”
11. Press PARAMETER [ ].
“Sample Rate=” appears in the display.
12. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
Sample Rate
This sets the sample rate (48 kHz, 44.1 kHz) during
DAT backup. This sample rate has no relation to the
sample rate of the song data. Normally, this is set to 48
kHz.
13. The approximate time it will take and the number
of tapes needed to back up the data are indicated
in the display. Please prepare the necessary num-
ber of tapes.
14. Press PARAMETER [ ].
“D.Out Sel=” appears in the display.
15. Rotate the TIME/VALUE dial.
D.OUT Sel (Digital Out Select)
Select either “DIGOUT1” (coaxial) or “DIGOUT2”
(optical) if you are going to back up data using the
DIGITAL OUT connector.
16. Press [YES].
A confirmation message appears in the display.
17. Press [YES].
“Please Rec DAT” appears in the display.
18. Put the DAT recorder in record standby, and
press [YES] once more.
Backup will begin.
* If you wish to cancel the backup, then press [CANCEL
(NO)]. This cancels the process, even if done during the
backup itself. However, the song data recorded up to that
point cannot be loaded into the VS-880EX.
19. If you cannot back up everything on one tape, the
operation is carried out for the length of time des-
ignated in “Tape Len.” Insert the next tape into
the DAT recorder and again put it in record
standby, then press [YES].
The backup procedure continues in this fashion. At
this time, we recommend that you write the tape num-
bers on the labels in the order they are backed up.
20. When the backup procedure is finished, “Please
Stop DAT” appears in the display. Stop the DAT
recorded and press [YES].
21. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].
Return to Play condition.
* To check whether or not a backup has been performed cor-
rectly, we recommend that you carry out the Verify proce-
dure (p. 134).
CONDITION MARKER#
MASTER INPUT TRACK AUX
TIME
48
24
4
0
dB
12
Sample Rate Required time (47 minutes 34 seconds)
Required number of tapes (1 tape)
Disk Capacity Needed for Backup
One 60-minutes tape can back up approximately
330 MB of song data. For example, you need four
60-minutes (or two 120-minutes) tapes to back up
1000 MB of song data. However, the disk space
available for each song decreases as the number of
songs save increases. Look at the display to see
the number of tapes needed to do the backup.
Time Needed for Backup
It takes about 60 minutes to back up 330 MB of
song data. For example, backing up 1000 MB of
data takes about 190 minutes. However, the high-
er the number of songs backed up, the longer it
takes.
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