Roland VS-880EX - Manual (Page 7)

Preparations .......................................................................... 12
About the Package Contents ...................................................................................... 12
Main Features ............................................................................................................. 12
Front and Rear Panels .......................................................... 14
Mixer Section .............................................................................................................. 14
Recorder Section ........................................................................................................ 16
Display section ............................................................................................................ 18
Rear Panel .................................................................................................................. 19
Chapter 1 Before You Start (VS-880EX Terminology) ........ 21
Saving and Managing Data ......................................................................................... 21
Managing Disk Contents (Partitioning) ......................................................................... 21
The Location Where a Performance is Recorded (Song) ............................................. 22
Sources, Tracks, and Channels ........................................................................................ 22
About Events ...................................................................................................................... 23
Mixer Section .............................................................................................................. 24
Signal Flow (Buses) ........................................................................................................... 24
Input Mixer ......................................................................................................................... 26
Track Mixer ......................................................................................................................... 27
Effect Return Mixer ........................................................................................................... 27
Switching the Fader Functions ........................................................................................ 28
Master Block ....................................................................................................................... 28
Recorder Section ........................................................................................................ 28
Differences with a Tape-Type MTR ................................................................................ 28
Track Minutes and Recording Time ............................................................................... 29
Auxiliary Tracks for Each Track ...................................................................................... 30
Effects Section ............................................................................................................ 31
About the Effect Expansion Board .................................................................................. 31
Connecting Effects ............................................................................................................. 31
Chapter 2 Basic Operation ................................................... 32
Before You Begin ........................................................................................................ 32
Turning On the Power ...................................................................................................... 32
If You Have Trouble Understanding Displays or Operations .................................... 32
Before You Finish Operations ..................................................................................... 32
Saving the Performance to Disk (Song Store) ................................................................ 32
Turning Off the Power ...................................................................................................... 33
Restarting ............................................................................................................................ 33
Basic Operations on the VS-880EX ............................................................................ 34
Display Each of the Condition Menus ............................................................................ 34
Selecting Pages Contained in Functions and Settings .................................................. 34
Select the Setting You Want to Change .......................................................................... 35
Change the Settings Values .............................................................................................. 35
Execute the Operation ....................................................................................................... 35
Switching Track Conditions ......................................................................................... 35
Changing the Current Time ......................................................................................... 36
Moving in Frame Units ..................................................................................................... 36
Moving in Measure/Beat Units ....................................................................................... 36
Moving to the Beginning or End of the Performance .................................................. 36
Storing a Time Location .............................................................................................. 36
Using the Locator ............................................................................................................... 37
Using Markers .................................................................................................................... 38
Chapter 3 Multi-Track Recording ......................................... 40
Recording .................................................................................................................... 40
Items Necessary for Multi-Track Recording .................................................................. 40
Creating a New Song (Song New) .................................................................................. 40
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