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15—r-bus 1 and 2 digital 8ch i/o jacks, 16—optical and coaxial digital audio connectors – Roland VS-2480 User Manual

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15—R-BUS 1 and 2 DIGITAL 8ch I/O Jacks

Using Roland’s R-BUS technology, you can bring digital audio into and out of the
VS-2480 by connecting it to any R-BUS-compliant external digital device. This includes
the following Roland products (purchased separately):

ADA-7000 8-Channel A/D-D/A Converter that provides additional analog inputs

AE-7000 AES/EBU Interface that provides AES-EBU connectivity

The RPC-1 R-BUS Interface Card for exchanging digital audio with a computer

The VM-7000 V-Mixing system

The VM-3100Pro V-Mixing Station

XV-5080 128-Voice Synthesizer/Sample Playback Module

To connect the VS-2480 to another R-BUS device, connect one
end of an R-BUS cable to the VS-2480’s R-BUS 1 jack or R-BUS
2 jack, and the other to an R-BUS jack on the external device.

Each R-BUS jack can both receive and send eight separate digital audio signals, so only
one connection is needed between two R-BUS devices. R-BUS connections can also
carry MIDI, MMC and MTC data in both directions.

See Page 377 to learn how to configure a connected R-BUS device. Page 131 describes
how to activate R-BUS 2, coaxial and optical inputs. See Page 288 to learn how to route
the desired signals to your R-BUS outputs.

16—OPTICAL and COAXIAL Digital Audio Connectors

The VS-2480 can both receive and transmit S/P DIF-format digital audio via its optical
and coaxial digital IN and OUT connectors. Each connector carries a stereo digital
audio signal. See Page 132 to learn ho
w to successfully handle incoming digital audio.
We’ll explain how to route signals to either OUT connector starting on Page 288.

Be sure to use the shortest Roland-approved R-BUS cables
possible. Note that other cables—such as SCSI, RS-232C
or parallel cables—may have connectors that look like
R-BUS connectors, but they’re not the same, and these
cables can’t be used successfully with R-BUS jacks.

If you plan to use only one of the VS-2480’s R-BUS jacks, use the R-BUS 1 jack, whose
eight channels of digital audio are always available. The full set of eight channels
associated with the R-BUS 2 jack is available only when you’re not using the coaxial
and optical digital inputs, as described on Page 131.

MMC

R-BUS was formerly called “RMDB II “or “RMDB2” in earlier Roland products.

S/P DIF

You can configure the VS-2480 to record digital audio received from an external digital
device connected to these jacks—see Page 134.

The coaxial IN and OUT jacks carry

only

S/P DIF digital audio signals. The IN jack

won’t accept standard analog audio signals, and the OUT jack doesn’t produce them.

WORD CLOCK IN

R

L

R

L

R

L

FOOT

SWITCH

MONITOR

AUX A

AUX B

3

4

R

L

MASTER

1

2

5

6

7

8

PHONES 1

PHONES 2

ANALOG MULTI OUTPUT

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

DIGITAL

OPTICAL

2

COAXIAL

DIGITAL 8ch I / O

DIGITAL 8ch I / O

1

+4dBu BALANCED / -2dBu UNBALANCED

VS-2480

VM-7000 Series + VM-24E

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