Roland VS-1680 - Manual (Page 6)

When the VS-1680 does not perform the way you
expect, check the following points before you suspect
a malfunction. If this does not resolve the problem,
contact servicing by your dealer or qualified Roland
Service Center.
Recording and Playback
No Sound
●The power of the VS-1680 and the connected devices
is not turned on.
●The audio cables are not connected correctly.
●The audio cables are broken.
●The volume is turned down on the connected mixer
or amp.
●The master fader of the VS-1680 is turned down.
Channel faders
Master fader
MONITOR knob
PHONES knob
●The output jacks which are connected are different
than the output jacks selected in the master section
of the mixer (Owner’s Manual p. 175).
●Short phrases less than 0.5 seconds cannot be played
back.
A specific channels does not sound
●The volume level of the channel is turned down.
→When switching between the input mixer and track
mixer, recalling Scenes, using Auto Mix, or in other
such situation, the actual volume levels may not
match the position of the faders. In such cases, bring
the faders up or down to match the settings.
●The track is off (the STATUS indicator is off).
●The Master Send switch (Owner’s Manual p. 62) is set
to “Off.”
●The Solo or Mute function (Owner’s Manual p. 162)
is being used.
●“Cntrl Local” is set to “Off.”
→In this case, fader movements have no effect.
Cannot record
●The recording track has not been selected (the STA-
TUS indicator is not blinking red).
●Recording source tracks, playback tracks, or effects
have not been assigned.
●The disk drive has insufficient capacity.
●The song has an insufficient number of events.
Cannot record digitally
●The CD player’s digital connection is not accepted.
●The master clock is set to “INT” (Owner’s Manual p.
75).
●The DIGITAL IN connector (optical or coaxial) was
not properly selected.
●The sampling rate of the recording destination song
is different than the sampling rate of the digital
audio device.
→Match the sample rate setting of the digital audio
device to the setting of the song. If it is not possible
to change the sample rate of the digital audio device,
create a new song with that sample rate.
●The digital signal is not being transmitted from the
digital audio device.
→Some digital audio devices do not output a digital
signal unless they are in play mode. If this is the
case, put your digital audio device in standby
(pause) mode before putting the VS-1680 into record
mode.
●The digital signal format is different.
→Some digital audio devices may use a special digital
signal format. Please connect to a digital audio
device that is compatible with S/P DIF.
Noise and distortion appear in the
recorded sound
●Input sensitivity settings are incorrect.
→If input sensitivity settings are too high, the record-
ed sound will be distorted. Conversely, if they are
too low, the recorded sound will be obscured by
noise. Adjust the INPUT knobs so that the level
meters move at as high a level as possible, within the
range of -12 dB to 0 dB.
●The equalizer is being used with the input mixer.
→Some equalizer settings may cause the sound to dis-
tort even if the PEAK indicator does not light.
Readjust the equalizer.
●“ATT” (Attenuation) setting is incorrect. (Owner’s
Manual p. 174)
→If noise or distortion occurred as a result of track
bouncing, the track output levels were too high.
Troubleshooting
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