Roland VS-890 - Manual (Page 6)

Troubleshooting
• 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-890 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
recorded 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
distort even if the PEAK indicator does not light.
Readjust the equalizer.
• "ATT" (Attenuator) setting is incorrect. (Owner's
Manual p. 182)
-» If noise or distortion occurred as a result of track
bouncing, the track output levels were too high.
The playback pitch is strange
• The Vari-Pitch function is turned on.
• The time compression/expansion function is being used
(Owner's Manual p. 88).
Disk drive problems
The internal hard disk is not being
recognized
• The hard disk has not been installed correctly (User
Guide p. 5).
• "IDE Drive" is set to "Off" (Owner's Manual p. 194).
• The "Partition" settings are not right (Owner's Manual
p. 134).
When a high-capadty hard disk is installed in the
VS-890, we recommend setting the partition size to
"1000MB."
• Although the Track Erase operation is finished, the
available recording time does not increased.
-» The audio data is erased by Track Cut, Track Erase
or Phrase Delete etc., the data that is no longer
played back is not actually erased from the hard
disk. If you wish to increase the available recording
time, please read "If "Disk Full!" appears in the
di.splay (Song Optimize)" (Owner's Manual p. 122).
The Zip drive is not recognized
• The Zip drive is not connected correctly.
• The same device ID number is assigned to two or more
SCSI devices (Zip drives, CD-RW drives, etc.).
• The Zip drive has not been initialized (Owner's Manual
p. 134).
• No Zip disk is inserted in the drive.
When switching Zip disks, be sure to select the
newly inserted disk as the current drive.
• An archives copy Zip disk is inserted.
-> Playable copies £ind archives copies have different
disk formats. Take precautions such as sticking
labels on disks saved as archive type data disks to
distinguish the from other disks.
• The VS-890 song data saved on Zip disks cannot use the
computer's internal Zip drive.
-* The VS-890 song data format is particular to the VS-
890. Other than the other VS-series data ported
(Song Export) to the VS-890, the data cannot be
handled by other devices.
• Initialization is cancelled, with error messages such as
"Medium Error," "Not 512 bytes/sector," "Function
Failed!" or other messages appearing in the display
The Zip disk may scratched or be otherwise
damaged. Try another (new) disk to check whether
or not the same condition reappears.
-> The Zip drive may be broken. Connect the Zip drive
to a device other than the VS-890 (e.g., your
computer) to see if the drive can initialize disks, read
files, and perform other operations normally.