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Roland VS-890 User's Manual

1. ar win ETES EEE R s ns 2 ktn acces betas Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Press TRACK several times until TRK Track Cut appears in the display 3 Press YES ENTER TRK Cut Tr appears in the display 4 Press the STATUS here 7 or 8 for the track s on which you want to carry out Track Cut The STATUS indicator will blink red Press gt several times until TRK St appears in the display At this time the function of ee 6 LOCATOR will betorecall Specify the starting time of the segment to be cut Press _ thelocator time 2J the 0 gt LOCATOR 2 time where writing to the ee CD R disc ended co ee Add Finishing Touches to Your Song 11 Press gt several times until TRK End appears in the display Specify the ending time of the segment to be cut Hold down SHIFT and press SONG END FF Press gt gt TRK Track Cut OK appears in the display Press YES ENTER This executes Track Cut If you wish to cancel press NO CANCEL When the cut is completed correctly Complete appears in the display and return to Play condition lt SHIFT and press _ DISPLAY PLAY sever can check th Add Finishing Touches to Your Song ce Deleting an Unwanted Portion At the Beginning of the Song mggggggg i en a dhj sidietss SE
2. 1 Hold down SHIFT and press EDIT FADER for the channel or track whose equalizer setting you wish to adjust 2 Press PARAMETER lt lt gt gt several times until MST EQ Sel appears in the display 3 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select equalizer EQ Sel Equalizer Select Select the type of equalizer that you wish to use 2BandEQ 2 band equalizer 3BandEQ 3 band equalizer 4 Press PLAY DISPLAY Return to Play condition 44 If the Record Mode recording mode p 22 has been set to VSR it is not possible to use the qualizer it will not be displayed _ The 3 band low mid __ high equalizer can be used on channel faders in only one mixer mode either the F Track mixer or Input mixer Sata time You cannot use qualizer in both 3 s simultaneously on the same channel For example if you are using the 3 band equalizeron Track 1 then you cann _useitonInputl You cannot change the ty of equalizer of each channel Making a Multi Track Recording Saving Your Performance Song Store The performance that you recorded will be lost if you simply turn off the power It will also be lost if the power should be turned off by accident or power failure Data that was lost in this way cannot be recovered To avoid such accidents use the following procedure to save your song to disk When
3. Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Press TRACK several times until TRK Track Cut appears in the display 3 Press YES ENTER TRK Cut Tr appears in the display 4 Press the STATUS here 7 or 8 for the track s on which you want to carry out Track Cut The STATUS indicator will blink red display ZERO Press gt gt several times until TRK St appears in the Specify the starting time of the segment to be cut Press Roland Sane VERS Pr pie TROIE Bela oo tac i Add Finishing Touches to Your Song 11 IFTTT T Mon DM CRD mes m 1 DE Laan an PET SERED il LULU UA Press gt several times until TRK End appears in the display Specify the ending time of the segment to be cut Press LOCATOR 1 Press gt gt TRK Track Cut OK appears in the display Press YES ENTER This executes Track Cut If you wish to cancel press NO CANCEL When the cut is completed correctly Complete appears in the display and return to Play condition By accessing the display hold do SHIFT and press DISPLAY PLAY several times you can check the area to be eut Add Finishing Touches to Your Song Adding Track Number Markers By placing two or more songs one after the other in the same track you can write these songs consecutively to the CD R disc In this c
4. 2 Hold down SHIFT and press PLAY DISPLAY several times until Pre Level appears in the display 3 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light orange Input Mixer 20 paar ern aL rT RGN ee Making a Multi Track Recording a MEMD se the input mixer channel fader to adjust the Move all channel faders to the 0 dB position Gradually raise the master fader to adjust the volume Adjust the input sensitivity with the INPUT knob of the channel input assigned as the source Buipios9y youl in Gupeyy 7 Get a strong input signal by having instrument volumes as high as possible At this time raise the volume level as much as possible without making the PEAK indicator light up Normally this range is adjusted that the level meter moves within 12 to 0 dB when the channel fader is set to OdB Recording On a Track This section explains the procedure for the INPUT jack to record an electric guitar performance to track 1 UUUUL LU RSR SIENNE CT I nr 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 This will clear any existing Hold down STATUS any track is OK and press CLEAR _ input and or track routing a assignments Making a Multi Track Recording pA 4 8 12 5 3 7 1110 9 3 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light orange Input Mixer Raise and lower channel fader 1 and verify that the v
5. 00 eesesessssecnssessesesecensssssnessesescsaeseeseaeaeass Basic Connections Power Supply Audio Devices and Headphones Tuning On the Power cdccdesccscceencssensszesssbsacetstenvadevenchsantusetgustaasbeavaritiladbiNetvesc es i Adjusting the Display Contraste oc un den ane Secpanns caeeandtclesnanladbcanwansedine If You Do Not Understand the Display or Don t Know What to Do Mixer and System Initialize Turning Off the Power If STORE Current is Displayed Listening to the Demo Songs sensssenensnennssenn sisi 10 Playing Back the Demo Song sise Viewing the Level Meters nine Adjusting the Overall Volume 0 tcceseessesessscseesessseenseasenecsneeseesuecsaseenessscaseaseeseaseraseanerseeees Adjusting the Volume of an Individual Track Adjusting the Headphone Volume Listening to the Demo Song with a Different Arrangement Scene Making a Multi Track Recording se 20 Creating a New Song Song NEW rennes About Recording Time isis 82 rinsnsretinnn toners nids If Drive Busy is Displayed scsssscsssecssssssessesessesssseeeseenes Song Numbers arrira tan En ETA E S Selecting a Song Song Select Changing the Name of the Song Song Name Connecting Instruments su Cautions When Connecting Microphones Adjusting the Input Sensitivity 00 ssessssssseseeseessesssnecsseessecsesenseesusecssnsceseeesnsesaseacsesecensesnesensesess Recording On a Track
6. If in step 7 you selected Insert or InsertS that effect cannot be inserted into another channel track If you chose InsertL or InsertR that effect can be inserted into only one other channel track ef Insert InsertL EQ L L 2band 3band If You Wish to Use the Same Effect Both as Send Return and Insertion It is not possible to use the same effect for both insertion and send return ad pees e eee InsertR z 2band 3band R R Even if the FXIns Effect Insert Switch parameter is set to except Off the EFFECT Effect Switch parameter can be set to either PreFade or PstFade This is because the VS 890 is able to send the signal of the FX bus not only to the effect but also to another output jack For example if you insert FX2 into track 1 the FX2 bus will not be used it will be vacant In this situation if you set the track 2 EFFECT2 to PstFade the track 2 signal will be sent to the FX2 bus but it will not be sent to the effect itself FX2 Since the signal of the FX bus can be assigned to the outputs Digital out 1 2 AUX out A B Master and Monitor you can make settings so that the signal of each track is sent from separate outputs In other words if the effect FX2 is inserted you can use the unused FX bus FX2 as an AUX bus EQ 2band Sband Level Intemal BUS MIX FX FX2 AUX LR tRAbk ALR III FX1 Ea aH D Sw Hier HH Sw Lavel
7. Initializing the Disk Drive Initialize p 69 carry out the Drive Initialize procedure After initialization of the disk is completed Surface Scan begins automatically When Surface Scan is completed one of the following messages appears in the display File System Err A read or write failure has occurred in a location which stores basic data used by the VS 890 for recording and playback This disk drive cannot be used by the VS 890 Defect The underlined portion will indicate the number of unusable memory locations in this drive The larger this number is the lower the reliability of this drive Complete 4 Canceling Surface Scan should be based on the size You may cancel Surface Scan by performing the following procedure capacity of the disk The gt progress of the Surface 1 Press NO CANCEL Cancel appears in the display Scan procedure is shown in 2 Press YES ENTER Surface Scan is new canceled However the l the disp ay on eee memory found to be unusable up to that point is not registered ee HR a 3 The VS 890 restarts automatically ae 72 This drive has no unusable memory Press YES ENTER VS 890 will restart _ performed the VS 890 registers this as unusable memory Recording and a playback t then become unavailable at the location wo required to conduct rt a Scan on one Zip disk 100MB
8. MT1 mode This mode is good for normal operations Recording time is longer than with MT2 mode This mode is appropriate when your hard disk lacks much free space or when recording live performances DOUDOU os ss Tons fom Tous dons Bons ome F RIE WHE ale ale reir Press YES ENTER Create NewSong appears in the display For details refer to 7 Creating a New Song _ Song New Owner s Manual p 47 Making a Multi Track Recording Press YES ENTER again Create New Sure appears in the display Fe anged or overwritten Cong Protect 7 66 You Press YES ENTER again STORE Current appears in the display If you wish to save the current song press YES ENTER if not press NO CANCEL If you have selected a protected song then press NO CANCEL Buipiosey OBS LUNA 8 BUNEA 10 When a new song has been created you will return to Play Condition The newly created song will be selected as the song for recording playback About Recording Time The recording time track minutes of both sampling rate and recording mode are as shown below for 1 track with 3 2 GB hard disk 1GBx3 partitions unit minutes Recording Sample Rate Mode VSR CDR MAS MT1 MT2 LIV 48 OkHz 371 371 371 185 185 185 371 371 371 495 495 495 594 594 594 44 1kHz 404 404 404 202 202 202 404 404 404 539 539 539 646
9. Press STOP Press SCENE The button indicator will light Of the LOC 1 8 buttons select and press a button whose indicator is lit If you wish to recall scene2 press LOC 2 Tigase stop playback before you switch sceri Press PLAY The song will be playback Notice that the arrangement of the demo song is different Press STOP Playback will stop Repeat steps 3 5 to hear and compare various arrangements of the demo song When hear and compare ends press SCENE The button adi For details reter to Storing lt indicator will go dark eee en T Mixer Settings Owner s Making a Multi Track Recording This chapter explains the basic procedure for recording on the VS 890 Please follow revels these RS to ee the EPS Regarding Hard Disk Partition n Size When purchased the hard disk HDP88 series is divided partitioned into 1 000 MB units If you are using a hard disk that is 2100 MB or larger the VS 1680 demo song SEEMS SO RIGHT will also be saved but this cannot be playback by the VS 890 The total size of these demo songs is approximately 490 MB so the space that can actually be used is approximately 510 MB If you wish to record for a longer time you can switch the partition e g IDE 0 gt IDE 1 If you are using a 2100 MB or larger hard disk switch partitions before you continue with the operations of this chapter multitrack recording so that you will hav
10. PstFade 12 13 Press YES ENTER The number and name of the currently 14 15 Preparations are now complete Press PLAY DISPLAY to 16 CONDITION MARKER TH Tre EFFECTI FstFade 14 IHT z7 1 294 4000 2345678 INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Press EFFECT several times until EFFECT 1 PRM appears in the display selected effect will be displayed and you will be able to select the effect speg uisn Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the effect you wish to use For this example select an effect such as A00 RV LargeHall CONDON MARKERY si Sel RUiLargeHall MEASURE BEAT y return to Play condition As described in Recording On a Track p 31 record a performance and then listen to it Signal Flow Routing TRIEFFECTI PstFade RTNFX1 RTNLev 108 OUTPUT 1 2 MASTER INI MIX Level 168 TRI MIX Level 180 Switching Effects During Playback Here s how you can switch effects while you playback a song to hear the differences between various effects 3 11 PETE ETT i wrr T peas PLAY DISPLAY 2 Select the track s for playback Hold down STOP and press the STATUS button for the track s that you wish to playback For this example hold down STOP and press the track 2 STATUS button To this point in the examples we have not recorded anything on track 2 3 Pre
11. pa played heard on a _ CD RW disc cannot be WhenanonVS890typeof song suchasoneinthe VS 880 or VS 880EX format is selected as the current song ST ORE Current will not be displayed The contents of the protected songs cannot be changed or overwritten o 0 Song Protect p 66 You ane cannot save operation with the protected songs This z i means if you press 5 YES ENTER at Step5 when a protected song is _ selected the message SONG Protected will appear and the procedure cannot be continued 120 Creating an Original Audio CD CD R Write 7 Then Disc at Once or Track at Once appears in the display Press PARAMETER lt lt or gt to select how the data will be written and press YES ENTER For example if you have l Disc at Once The song data and the track number markers attached to the song data will be written to the CD R disc without change However additional song data cannot be added later to a CD R disc that was written using Disc at Once It will be in the same condition as if Finalize had been performed Track at Once Two seconds of silence will automatically be written to the CD R disc before each track number marker attached to the song data This is the same condition as when additional songs are written to the disc later When Tr
12. 241 bit DIGITAL STUDIO WORKSTATION USER GUIDE Tom fom gonn dos Goma g cn OT OOO oa CF Before using this unit carefully read the sections entitled IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Owner s Manual p 2 USING THE UNIT SAFELY Owner s Manual p 3 4 and IMPORTANT NOTES Owner s Manual p 5 These sections provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit Additionally in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every feature provided by your new unit User Guide Owner s Manual and Appendices should be read in their entirety The manual should be saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference Copyright 2000 ROLAND CORPORATION All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION Roland Web site http www roland co jp Roland US Web site http www rolandus com Contents TE D RARE NOR POUR SRE RIRE EN RER PRE Preparations nenaunuenserereneesrneen E EE EE E Required Pr parations en tn tnt st rile 5 Installing Optional Devices 5 Cautions Concerning Installation of Optional Devices 5 Installing an Internal Hard Disk HDP88 series Installation de dispositifs optionnels Pr cautions prendre lors de l installation de dispositifs optionnels Installer un disque dur s rie HDP88
13. AUX Send Sw Level oS Hts rr sjoayg Buisn Applying an Insertion Type Effect During Recording 92 When recording electric guitar or vocals etc it is common to insert an effect such as Guitar Multi or Vocal Multi Here we will describe how you can connect an electric guitar to the INPUT 6 jack apply an effect FX2 and record it on track 1 Tome fous Jon dom uae gon F DC os Connect an electric guitar to the INPUT 6 jack Press PLAY DISPLAY Hold down a STATUS button of any track and press CLEAR Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light orange Input Mixer Inorder to rec 2 the compact ord the __ electric guitar with the best possible sox ound quality please use an active type guitar Alternatively use a direct box such asthe BOSS DI 1 or a compact type effect unit In this case be used to lawe switched on and the effect switched off THRU status po Thi will clear any existing inpu and or track routing assignments 10 11 12 Raise and lower channel fader 6 and verify that the volume changes The input channel fader is used to make fine adjustments to the recording level In order to record with optimal audio quality the fader should normally be set in the 0 dB position Press the SELECT CH EDIT button of the chan
14. MASTER IN2FX2 InsRtn 188 MST MasterLevel 198 Add Finishing Touches to Your Song Here we will explain the procedure by which a recorded performance can NEMD be mixed down on the VS 890 to a two track stereo master and then us PR re In order to create an recorded as an original audio CD audio CD you will need the Roland CD e o Pieter terete Combining the Performances of recorder sold separately Multiple Tracks Track Bouncing Performances that are recorded on two or more tracks can be mixed and re recorded on one or two other vacant tracks This process is called Track Bouncing and is convenient when you are beginning to run out of vacant tracks In order to create an original audio CD you can specify two of the VS 890 s tracks as the left track and right track and write them to a CD R disc A performance that has not yet been mixed down must be mixed down bounced to 2 track stereo Here we will demonstrate an example of mixing down a performance that was recorded on tracks 1 4 and applying reverb FX1 to the entire song as we re record it to tracks 5 and 6 in stereo 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY 96 Add Finishing Touches to Your Song Hold down a STATUS button of any track and press CLEAR This will clear any existing input and or track routing assignments 3 Select the track that you wish to playback Hold down STOP and press the STATUS
15. sise Playing Back the Performance You Recorded Canceling the Recording sun Checking the Time Available for Recording Remaining Time Canceling a Recorded Result Undo Redo ccssesssceseesteeeens Re Recording a Specified Portion Punch In Punch Out ersrisssssseseersrseresssateerorerererererern Erasing Just a Portion of a Recording Track Erase ssssssssssssscssesssecsesseesssrseeseensenssanseseenees If Disk Full appears in the display Deleting Only Unneeded Performance Data Song Optimize Deleting Unneeded Songs Song Erase Recording On V Track sisisi riae aaeei n aE Switching V Tracks ccccssesssesecsssseessestssesseenssneseeneeavess Comparing the Recorded Content of Two V tracks Switching V Track Ba k inner Recording On Other Tracks Overdubbing Recording Digital Signals see ssssreerosessssreessrsesrorrosnerosneensnersssrene Items Necessary for Digital Recording cccccsesee Make the Digital Connections Match the Sample Rates In Order to Make a Digital Connection with Your CD Player To Prevent Digital Connections with CD Players Select the Master Clock siennes Select an Input Source sense Playing Back Two or More Tracks Adjust the Volume Balance of the Tracks Adjusting the Stereo Position of Each Track Adjusting the Tone of Each Track 61 Adjusting the Equalizer ee Changing the Type of Equa
16. 9 17 122 9 9 11 10 12 AAA rn Prr 18 14 16 17 13 15 Use lt or b gt and TIME VALUE dial to select the tracks on the CD R disc to which you want the song written Disk space occupied by a song when written to a disc 27MB Writing source tracks left right ee EN _Lsf 1 lt R 8 1 le sre INPUT TRACK CD R disc free space 790MB internal hard disk free space 468MB Press PARAMETER gt CD Speed appears in the display Use TIME VALUE dial to select the speed at which the song will be written to the CD R disc CD Speed 42 16 18 Creating an Original Audio CD CD R Write xl The song will be written at normal speed This will provide higher reliability x2 The song will be written at double speed x4 The song will be written at quad speed Press PARAMETER gt A confirmation message appears in the display Press YES ENTER CDR CD Track No OK is displayed Press YES ENTER If you have not placed the track numbers marker yet press NO CANCEL You will return to step 3 Press YES ENTER Obey Copyrights is displayed Carefully read the License Agreement detailed on the back cover of this manual if you accept the agreements press YES ENTER If you do not accept the agreements press NO CANCEL You will return to step 3 CD R Write is completed correctly Write
17. Jand TIME VALUE dial to make the setting EQL Equalizer Low This adjusts the gain 12 to 12 dB and the center frequency 40 Hz to 1 5 kHz of the low range shelving equalizer at 7h REMAINING TIME PA EEEE INPUT TRACK Making a Multi Track Recording EQM Equalizer Mid Gain This adjusts the gain 12 to 12 dB of the mid range peaking equalizer When the 2 band equalizer is selected it is not possible _ to adjust Equalizer Middle it will not be displayed 12345678 INPUT TRACK D Z D a dE at 4 5 oO i EQM Equalizer Mid This adjusts the center frequency 200 Hz to 8 kHz and Q definition 0 5 to 16 of the mid range peaking equalizer CONDITION MARKER TRIEGM 5kHz 0 6 5 INPUT TRACK EQH Equalizer High This adjusts the gain 12 to 12 dB and the center frequency 500 Hz to 18 kHz of the high range shelving equalizer CONDITION MARKER TRIEGH dBe 4kHz al at REMAINING TIME O 2944880 INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER 2345678 Repeat Steps 26 if you wish to make adjustments to other equalizers When you are finished making the adjustments press ae For details refer to PLAY DISPLAY Return to Play condition If necessary lt i AdjustingTone save the song p 65 Equalizer Owner s Manual p 69 0 Making a Multi Track Recording Changing the Type of Equalizer
18. button of the tracks that you wish to playback For this example hold down STOP and press the track 1 4 STATUS buttons STATUS will light green Hold down SHIFT and press EFFECT 1 CH EDIT 5 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer 6 Press the SELECT CH EDIT button of the track channel s to which you wish to apply the effect For this example press the track channel 1 4 SELECT CH EDIT button SELECT CH EDIT will light 7 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to turn the effect on off Select either PreFade or PstFade 8 Press EFFECT several times until EFFECT 1 PRM appears in the display 9 Press YES ENTER The number and name of the currently selected effect will be displayed and you will be able to select the effect 1 0 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the effect you wish to use For this example select an effect such as P000 RV LargeHall 1 1 After you have selected an effect press YES ENTER Add Finishing Touches to Your Song ns X cwi Nr 5 e 13 16 13 15 18 24 17 20 12 Press PLAY The song will be playback 13 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer 14 Use channel faders 1 4 to adjust the volume balance of the tracks At this time the sound that you are monitoring volume levels and pan wi
19. handling important song data or when you have been using the VS 890 for an extended period we recommend that you save your data frequently hei im al ne J me m is EEEE dom 80m fous 7 CELL LE LES ome Buipiosay yori nine Buen The contents of the d Cannot save operation with d songs This Hold down SHIFT and press STORE ZERO STORE OK will be displayed If you are satisfied with the recording press YES ENTER If you decide not to store the song press NO CANCEL message will appear and ne you will not be able to continue the procedure AR Making a Multi Track Recording Protecting Songs Song Protect The possibility that a performance saved to the disk may still be mistakenly overwritten recorded over or that the song itself may be accidentally deleted has been considered You can protect songs from being rewritten in situations such as these The function is called Song Protect Song Protect performs the same function as the protect tab or switch on floppy disks and magnet optical disks Thus even if Song Protect is turned on you can still store locate points and mark points and carry out operations such as changing Scenes However when you try to save the work you have done Song Protected appears in the display and you are prevented from continuing any further with the save However when you remove Song Protect any settings made when S
20. press NO CANCEL 5 Press YES ENTER To Cancel the operation press NO CANCEL When the mixer settings return to the initial state you will be in Play condition izing mixer and system settings many z settings will not be affected Some of the settings that are not d by Mixer and Turning Off the Power If you simply turn off the power not only can recorded content be lost but the VS 890 itself could malfunction In order to safeguard the recorded ee performance and turn off the power safely you must perform the Shutdown dE ae ee hutdown Appendices procedure when you are finished pa os 7 mir nt net a ae faggoa TF siotd down SHIFT and press SHUT EJECT STOP 2 SHUT EJECT will be displayed Press YES ENTER CONDON MARKERA ii SHUT EJECT e Whena non 890 type of song such as one in the i VS 880 or VS 880EX a ou ee R STORE Current store the current song will be displayed fiat is selected os tHe If you wish to store the currently selected song press Le ong aoe YES ENTER If you do not need to save it press NO CANCEL 111 STORE Current e 14 7 If STORE Current is Displayed suciaed3aig When the shutdown procedure ends correctly the display will indicate PowerOFF RESTART turn off the power restart ES PowerQFF R
21. shown below ee coomoy waens o oye gt Result List jou Etre l R a ee o You can use the following procedure to cancel e the Drive Check 1 Press NO CANCEL Cancel appears in the display ee es eee 2 Press YES ENTER Drive Check is canceled f a oe a a if the display indicates No Err oe The entire disk could be read correctly Press YES ENTER Return to ae a situe is ees Play condition aoe cann t be continued Appendices s If the display indicates __ Err The underlines portion will display the number of times that a read error occurred Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to check the list The display will indicate Err for locations where an error was found Locations for which OK was displayed have no problems CONDmoN MARKEY SyS Tnitsond HB1 Err l T t MEASURE 1 2l at al sk REMAINING TIME z at 2744880 12345678 aS LA INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER ResultList Drive check results System Location where basic data used by the VS 890 for recording and playback is stored SongList Location where the saved songs are managed InitSong001 Each song in actual use the song name is displayed InitSong002 InitSong 200 Clusterinfo Cluster information Total Number of clusters on the entire disk Defect Number of clusters tagged as unusable memory Used Number of clusters currently being used Free Number of clusters currently not being used X
22. 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY If you wish to adjust the equalizer for the input source press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light orange Input Mixer If you wish to adjust the equalizer for an already recorded track press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer 3 Press CH EDIT SELECT 1 8 for the channel or track whose equalizer setting you wish to adjust 4 Press PARAMETER lt lt gt gt EQ Switch appears in the display Making a Multi Track Recording Tine Dom Some g oma form Gone Y eS GOUGH e 4 i EL CCE ia AANA hh If you adjust the equalizer while sound i playing you 5 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select equalizer On EQ Switch Equalizer Switch If you wish to use the equalizer set this On If not set this Off When x may Botte BupS an the es liz ttin bei deth lizati ill be sh sound This is nota o o 2 equalizer settings are being made the equalization curve will be shown tfunction Ifyou find it graphically in the bar display If this is Off the equalizer related annoying adjust the parameters will not be available For this example select On so that the equalizer when the sound j equalizer will be applied isnot playing _ The screens will change when you press 6 Use PARAMETER lt 4 gt gt lt 4 gt
23. Another appears in the display and CD R disc is ejected When the want to write the same song information to another CD R disc insert another disc in the CD recorder and press YES ENTER Repeat Steps 12 17 Press NO CANCEL to return to Play condition Press NO CANCEL This returns you to the status at Step 3 Pressing CD RW also returns you to Step 3 Creating an Original Audio CD CD R Write Auditioning Test Listening Songs Written to CDs CD Player Function You cannot playback CD RW discs or CD R discs that have just had written songs to them with regular commercial CD players To listen to songs that have been just written to a disc in order to check them carry out the following operation DOC oe ARAN Is PETE eT CNT En a FA H E a aai 1H qi Insert the CD R disc or commercial CD software into the CD recorder Press CD RW MASTERING until CDR CD Player appears in the display Press YES ENTER STORE Current Store the current song appears in the display If you wish to save the current song press YES ENTER if not press NO CANCEL If you have selected a protected song then press NO CANCEL 124 CD Player function You can listen to the A cortine cial CD player In suchcases youcanlistento the data using the VS 890 s contents of the disc thro contents through the CD R driv
24. LinkErr Number of cross linked clusters LooseArea Number of clusters whose links are lost IlegalDIR Number of directories with incorrect content ReadError Number of read errors detected by this operation If a disk error is found it is possible to erase only the data that was lost as a result of the error Recover Le the disk can be restored to a correct operating condition while keeping as much possible of the non error data 136 Appendices ERRI r Les woo ua oe eli Press PARAMETER gt gt RecoverDriveTry appears in the display The message You ll Lose Data will appears in the display Press YES ENTER The Recover operation is executed If you want to cancel the operation press NO CANCEL When the recovery is finished the results are shown on the display screen Songs that have been partially altered are indicated by Adj deleted songs are indicated by Del Songs that have not been changed are not indicated Please check the display gt Le re 5 a 533 Press YES ENTER Return to Play condition Appendices RecoverResult Recovery result Clusterinfo Cluster information 138 InitSong001 Adj Modified song InitSong002 Del Erased song InitSong200 Del Total Number of clusters on the entire disk Defect Number of clusters marked as unu
25. Ne PEG me ee En 121 Track Bouncing IL RAA EAE ETT Erase minutes 2320 na ek a mn ments 23 Number Markers Track at Once iissnnninen inrnindaste Track Numbers sise Turning Off the Power ss 14 Turning On the Power ss 11 Type of Equalizer ss 64 U Unidos ennemie A E rise 35 36 V Verify sense volume balance Volume of an Individual Track VS RO Er ne AR mitered nue ec 5 ne An EE CV QG RD EREA 142 V Track seen se 46 48 105 Switching V Track ccceeeseccseseseesesseseseeeesessessnenes 46 Switching V Track Bank cccceesscseeseeseeseeseesees 50 3A MEMO MEMO MEMO 147 Roland Corporation _ 02295790 00 4 D3 21N
26. Track 1 6 Mamet Track Mi M Mast oUTPU KI He tit pa DO i Add Finishing Touches to Your Song Playing back the mastering tracks Here s how you can verify the audio that was mixed down to the mastering tracks Tracks 1 6 will not be playback GOGGA Q ERP LE BARAT Ta COTE NE maal Tit 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY Wen vou ten CDR R cMode CDR recording 2 mode on the mastering Press CD RW MASTERING several times until CDR tracks canbe playback only MASTERING appears in the display using the following procedure They cannot be playback in Play condition _ 3 Press YES ENTER CDR Mastering Sw appears in the display 4 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select On The CD RW indicator blinks indicating that the Mastering Room is on 5 Press the STATUS 7 8 The STATUS indicators will light green MasStatus mastering track status Play 6 Press PLAY DISPLAY Add Finishing Touches to Your Song Move to the location at which you started the mixdown Press PLAY The mastering tracks will be playback Adjust the volume of the Mastering Track Raise and lower the master fader 10 11 When playback ends press STOP Hold down SHIFT and press MASTERING CD RW The mastering room will be turned off Play condition Signal Flow Routin Track 1 6 HSE EX Ke Track OUTPUT 1
27. V Tracks 1 of Tracks 1 and 2 A W displayed on the lower line of the V track number indicates that V track is selected In the above display V track 1 is selected for all tracks 1 8 Use the TIME VALUE dial to select the V track for recording or playback Here select 2 CONDITION MARKER TEL LI Track AZ Press PLAY DISPLAY Return to Play condition For more detailed Now you have set up V Track 2 of Track 1 for recording lt information please refer to Record and check the content by following the procedure described in Recording On a Track p 31 Making a Multi Track Recording Comparing the Recorded Content of Two V tracks If you have been following the procedures in the previous examples V tracks 1 and 2 of track 1 contain recorded performances Here s how you can compare the performances of the two V tracks 1 11 5 8 Roland Bis noo SRE Tern Gore Grace Ga ehebea se ia te opii SP TTT LUN 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer With song playback stopped press channel 1 CH EDIT The upper left of the display will indicate TR1 allowing you to make setting for track 1 4 Hold down SHIFT and press channel 2 V Track CH EDIT The upper line of the display will indicate V Track allowing you to select the V track 5 Use the TIME V
28. dur Roland de la s rie HDP88 vendu s par ment Pour maximiser les capacit s du VS 890 nombre de pistes lors des enregistrements et lectures simultan s ou taille de la m moire il est conseill d utiliser un mod le sup rieur au 2 100 MB teindre tous les appareils reli s au VS 890 et d tacher tous les c bles qui y sont reli s suoneiedsig 2 Enlever les vis indiqu es sur le sch ma suivant et d tacher la plaque avant du VS 890 0 Orienter le disque dur de fa on ce que la face sur laquelle est coll e l tiquette de mise en garde se trouve sur le dessus Le diriger lentement vers son emplacement en s assurant de bien l enfoncer jusqu au fond Accrocher les parties en saillie du ch ssis du VS 890 aux fentes m talliques cet effet 4 Apr s avoir replac la poign e situ e sur le devant du disque dur remettre la plaque avant Ceci met fin l installation du disque dur 5 Allumer l appareil en suivant les instructions cet effet la p 14 et s assurer qu il s allume normalement Les vis peuvent s enlever avec les doigts Si elles sont trop serr es pour tre d viss es avec les doigts vous pouvez utiliser une pi ce de monnaie Si le message Init Drive NoDrive s affiche cela signifie que le disque dur install n est pas reconnu correctement Eteindre l appareil avec le bouton arri re et recommencer l installation du disque dur REMAINING TIME
29. in which sound is recorded in the various tracks before and after the current time will be displayed CONDITION MARKER TIME wet Plaz L Lat shee MEASURE BEAT v REMAINING TIME si 294 408 SS ACER INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Fader Pan The settings of the Master Level and the Mix Pan and the Mix Level of each channel will be displayed CONDITION MARKER kt Fager lt Farn MEASURE BEAT y For details refer to Mixer Section Block Diagram _ Appendices 1 INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Adjusting the Overall Volume To adjust the overall volume of the performance use the MASTER fader Adjusting the Volume of an Individual Track 1 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer 2 Adjusting the Headphone Volume To adjust the volume of the headphones use the PHONES knob Use the channel faders Listening to the Demo Song with a Different Arrangement Scene Demo songs contain several completely different sets of settings for pan playback track and effects etc These settings are collectively called a scene By recalling different scenes or changing the scene while you playback a demo song you can hear the demo song arranged in different ways Here s how you can listen to various arrangements of the demo Listening to the Demo Songs MATT El a E a a fl H MEECEEPTI TAT an I li
30. it is usually best to select ZERO ZERO Place the data starting at 00h00m00s00f L 05 L 2S Place the data two seconds after the end of the last phrase in the mastering tracks L 4S Place the data four seconds after the end of the last phrase in the mastering tracks Stay Place the data at the time location at which it was actually recorded AutoMarker If this is turned On a track number marker will automatically be assigned to the beginning of the phrase that is mixed down Normally you will set this On Place the data after the end of the last phrase in the mastering tracks When the mastering room svison MasStatus status can be switched by Add Finishing Touches to Your Song CDR RecMode CD R recording mode If this is turned on the performance data recorded in the mastering tracks will be set to a recording mode of CDR regardless of the recording mode of the current song p 22 In this case you can omit the step of creating an image file when writing the song to a CD R disc Off The mastering tracks are recorded using the recording mode of the present song On The mastering tracks are recorded in CDR mode This allows you to skip the step of creating an image file when writing to the CD so it can shorten the write time 11 10 11 14 9 Tom fom g cme doux bem come OO GOT ome 8 Insert the effect FX1 into the master ou
31. nm ntm ssh ares 104 N NO A a sn nan Rene 135 Not Blank CD ii 133 Not Found any Drives cccsesseseceeneeetsseeneenesscesenenes 11 O Optional Devices ccccccssesesseetesesteseesesseetsnsnansseeennsees 5 Overall Volume ssssssssssseeresenssosersortsrssnrneresesreres wee 18 Overdubbing nes 51 P PAM een Partition SIZE hs partitions peaking ss PHONES jack es 10 Physical Format scsssssessccesccssssesessnceneesnsesssssssesennnes 70 Play List ss Playing Back c ssecsssesssseersnessesssessesesessesesennensnecens Post Level sessen Power Supply POWER switch sn 11 Pre gvel 2521ntrntnte eeen eines esetrae ana 17 PUNCh IN EEEE A E E TT 38 Punch Out ilen krea aaa aa eaaa 38 R Record Mode Recording Time Recover earren aaen E E AE a nesteceesasecefonssaeoa EE Recovery result se 138 1e a Ca EEE AEN EET 35 37 Remaining Time nn 35 S Sample Rate 21 54 Scene endana a e i REES Sa ten 18 Send Return 73 76 82 91 shelving sens 62 63 Shutdown i iii nn dents redire lle 14 Song Erase sn at nan e AEE etes 44 N ine E E SS EE E N ST 27 NeW aen n A a 20 Numbers 52500 haine 23 Optimize seen 42 Protect tes nn TE 66 Select is EEE EA indiennes 25 SOLO Se S AE er ee 65 Song Numbers es 24 stereo position cecceeeeereensesesrcrteetsseeeessessenseanesnenenenenenes 60 STORE Current nn 15 Surface Scan indiennes 71 72 Switching Effects ss 80 synthesizer ns 5 T Table Of Contents nsc 121 TOC ean a
32. ns mers le sonne _ OTS oO tst song 98th song 99th song Assigning Track Numbers When you write an audio CD a track number will automatically be assigned to 00hOOm00s00f For this reason the track number markers and the actual song order will be as follows 00h00m00s00 Marker 1 Marker 2 Marker 3 y v Y Song 1 First song Song 2 Second song Song 3 Third song When a blank CD R disc is used Time If you write additional songs onto a CD R disc to which songs have already been written track numbers will be assigned in sequence to follow the previously written songs For example if five songs have already been written to the CD R disc the next song you write will be song number six 00h00m00s00 Marker 1 Marker 2 Marker 3 Y Song 1 Sixth song Song 2 Seventh song Song 3 Eighth song If five songs have already been written to the CD R disc Time 118 Creating an Original Audio CD CD R Write This chapter explains how you can create an original audio CD by recording two tracks stereo tracks from the VS 890 to the Roland CD recorder Connecting the CD RW Drive A CD R CD RW drive allows you to use CD R or CD RW discs to create audio CDs CD R discs are the preferred format for audio CDs Make sure that the power of all devices are turned off Use a SCSI cable to connect the Roland CD recorder Turn on the power of the Roland CD recorder A ND u Turn
33. on the power of the VS 890 Creating an Audio CD CD R Write When this procedure is performed the VS 890 will first createa CD Rimage MEMO i file on its internal hard disk and will then write that image file to the CD R disc For this reason there must be sufficient free space on the internal hard disk to create this image file ike specified trac All unused capacity of the hard disk will be allocated to the image file oes ees Ho regardless of the partition settings The image file will be deleted of asong when the automatically after it has been written to the CD R disc recording mode is CDR j Because image data is not created in situations disc can be reduc Creating an Original Audio CD CD R Write 2 7 8 4 7 8 Ter cn Roland 84 ma ER GLEDEN Se G a an ij al i a a a z fs I ic z FH EE NE El i a a m mas ii aal tt Insert an unused CD R disc into the Roland CD recorder Press PLAY DISPLAY Press CD RW MASTERING several times until CDR CD R Write appears in the display Press YES ENTER STORE Current appears in the display If you wish to save the current song press YES ENTER if not press NO CANCEL If you have selected a protected song then press NO CANCEL The VS 890 displays the SCSI ID number of the connected CD recorder for a set time Audio CD s created usinga k
34. right channel to input channel 2 hold down STATUS 2 and press SELECT CH EDIT 8 Guipiooeh HOELL HININ e Bune Now the digital signal can be recorded Press PLAY DISPLAY Return to Play condition As described in Recording On a Track p 31 record and check the contents Adjust the Volume Balance of the Tracks 2 hot iim pa E e aa GOGUA Q iiidkii tii mnnt HUUG UA abiet se Apep a g TT Lid ti adal E ui i HI Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer Use the channel fader of each track to adjust the volume balance of the tracks Making a Multi Track Recording Adjusting the Stereo Position of Each Track If you wish to adjust the stereo position pan of each track use the following procedure beedbiieiis conic TT rey au 0 1 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer 2 press PLAY The song will be playback 3 Adjust the pan with the PAN knob of the channel input assigned as the source Making a Multi Track Recording Adjusting the Tone of Each Track A selectable 2 band 3 band parametric equalizer is provided for each channel Here s how to use the equalizer to adjust the tone of each track Adjusting the Equalizer D a Da ee dE at A oO K E OOE a merh t LUI m UE
35. save the current song press YES ENTER If not press NO CANCEL If you have selected a protected song then press NO CANCEL 8 The song will be selected and you will return to the Play EW condition Guipiosst yog ninin e Bul Changing the Name of the Song Song Name When you create a song it will automatically be given a name like InitSong001 However this makes it difficult to remember what song it is We recommend that you assign a unique name to your song so that data management will be easier aa E ae A tm Gone GOGG G Make the song whose name you want to change the current song 2 Press SONG several times until SNG Song Name Prtct appears in the display Making a Multi Track Recording Fous Fou Joux cms ous CO OOD OGG 0 ER SSIS ISIE amp L wil 3 Press YES ENTER The name of the song Song Name appears in the display Move the cursor so that the character that you wish to modify will blink Press q or gt 5 Modify the character Rotate the TIME VALUE dial By holding down SHIFT as you rotate the TIME VALUE dial you can make the characters change more rapidly When you have finished writing the song name or comments hold down SHIFT and press STORE ZERO STORE OK appears in the display PO pe YES ENTER The song is saved 8 Press PLAY DISPLAY Return to
36. song MOBIL TINY Buret Press PLAY The song will be playback Use the channel faders and master fader to adjust the volume to a comfortable level 10 Erasing Just a Portion of a Recording Track Erase If instead of re recording the portion where a mistake was made you simply wish to erase the mistake use the following procedure The result will sound the same as recording silence over the unwanted section without using additional disk space lt Recording Owners Manual p 56 a a A a Tn on goan ga p on F Roland 22 ene VARS GOGO ws nl at ma p mm j me j ome jo vu n Press PLAY DISPLAY Making a Multi Track Recording 2 Press TRACK several times until TRK Track Erase Although twill boat eae appears in the display thatthe audiodatais o overwritten by this precess the data that is no longer ore 3 Press YES ENTER _Playbackisnotactually _ erased from the hard disk Thi atthe 4 Press STATUS for the track that you wish to erase STATUS will blink red 5 Press PARAMETER gt gt until TRK St appears in the display 6 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to specify the starting time of the segment to be erased 40 10 11 Making a Multi Track Recording Press PARAMETER gt until TRK End appears in the Burpiooay YBL 8 Bue display Rotate the TIM
37. the following procedure to select a song ND A A Burnioae4 R yoRs Nyy B Gunyeyy s a m is a o u Ta PLAY DISPLAY Press SONG several times until SNG Song Select appears in the display 3 Press YES ENTER Use the TIME VALUE dial to appear the song name that you wish to select An asterisk will be displayed at the beginning of the current song Making a Multi Track Recording Different types of songs for the VS 1680 the VSR 880 the VS 880 and VS 880EX are distinguished by different icons cononos manen TTT ER SHG Sel InitSons 664 No 4 aaa ong BGs at INT MTZ a 94 4001 Ss s TINPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Roland 825 men ESS DES BR Br 2 Ewn Tow bone Somme fame fom Goma F 7 OOOOH oma amp TELE ma lt n i a 5 Press YES ENTER SelectSong Sure Are you sure that you want to select this song will be displayed 6 Press YES ENTER again STORE Current Store the current song will be displayed 24 The conten protected songs cannot be ts of the _means if you press ENTER at Step7 a protected song is ted the message IG Protected will _ appear and the procedure cannot be continued o Making a Multi Track Recording If you wish to
38. to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer Raise and lower channel fader 1 to verify that the volume changes The track channel fader is used for monitoring It does not affect the recording level Even if you hear no sound you can still record Adjust the volume to a suitable level for listening Press REC The REC indicator will blink red recording will begin Start playing your electric guitar When you finish playing press STOP STATUS button several times to make it light green STOP and press er OS STATUS Making a Multi Track Recording Playing Back the Performance You Recorded Now let s playback the performance that was recorded on track 1 EED Roland t noo YESS HoGGHa G Hold down STOP and press the track 1 STATUS button STATUS will light green Press ZERO You will return to the beginning of the song Press PLAY The song will be playback Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer Use channel fader 1 and the master fader to adjust the volume to a comfortable level When playback ends press STOP Making a Multi Track Recording Canceling the Recording Checking the Time Available for Recording Remaining Time Each time a performance is recorded on a track hard disk capacity will be used up and the remaining time available for recording wil
39. write functions in all of the disk drive s partitions are operating correctly when the drive is initialized In normal circumstances set this to On ejenerrersisred 6 Press YES ENTER SYS Init x OK appears in the display refers to the drive s SCSI ID number For example IDE 0 indicates a internal hard disk 7 Press YES ENTER again SYS Init Sure Really initializing a ime This is not a initialize the disk appears in the display 8 Press YES ENTER again If any songs to which Song Protect has been applied remain on the hard disk the messages Found ProtectSng and Init Continue alternate in the display 9 If you wish to save the current song press YES ENTER if not then press NO CANCEL 10 After the initialization is completed correctly the VS 890 restarts automatically and return to Play condition Making a Multi Track Recording Checking Disk Reliability Surface Scan 3 When initializing a hard disk or other disk you can confirm that the read and write functions in all of the disk partitions are operating correctly This is referred to as Surface Scan When Surface Scan is performed it will require somewhat more time to initialize the drive but the reliability of the hard disk will be enhanced We recommend that you also perform Surface Scan when you initialize a drive Set Surface Scan to On and as described in
40. 100 OUTPUT 1 2 D spell Applying a Send Return Type Effect Only to the Monitor Sound as You Record The following example shows how a source connected to the INPUT 1 jack can be recorded on track 2 directly without effects while you apply a send return type effect such as reverb or delay to the monitor sound This is convenient when you wish to hear a reverb FX1 on a vocal for example as you record but would like to try out various reverb settings during playback CO On sisi dae Cats EEE Le M i mn 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Hold down a STATUS button of any track and press CLEAR The assignments of input sources to tracks will be cleared 3 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light orange Input Mixer 76 Raise and lower channel fader 1 and verify that the volume changes The input channel fader is used to make fine adjustments to the recording level In order to record with optimal audio quality the fader should normally be set in the 0 dB position Select the track for recording Hold down REC and press the STATUS button of the track that you wish to record For this example hold down REC and press the track 2 STATUS button STATUS will blink red Select the source that will be recorded on the track Hold down the STATUS button of the track that you wish to record
41. 2 MASTER B bn l Trevel Erasing an Unwanted Portion Track Cut Song data that was track bounced will be recorded to the CD R disc starting from 00h00m00s00 of that track and ending at the end of the song song end This means that if there are silent portions at the beginning or end of the performance the capacity of the CD R disc will be wasted To avoid this you can erase unwanted portions 00h00m00s00 Silent Playback data Before Track Cutting a 7 After Track Cutting Playback data When n you execute Track erased from the h hard disk This means that even if you Add Finishing Touches to Your Song Selecting the Portion that will be Written to the CD R Disc To simplify the task of assembling the track cuts you can select a desired area and register it in the Locator function For details on registering deleting Locator entries refer to Storing a Time Location Owner s Manual p 39 BAS GE G o UUNGU LU AAANATA UUUUUEU ANANTA MINI 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY Move to the time location where you wish to begin writing Press LOCATOR 1 The time will be registered in locator 1 Move to the time location where you wish to stop writing Press LOCATOR 2 The time will be registered in locator 2 Add Finishing Touches to Your Song i Deleting an Unwanted Portion At the End of the Song
42. 4 Press the SELECT CH EDIT button for the track channel to which you wish to apply the effect For this example press the track channel 1 SELECT CH EDIT button SELECT CH EDIT will light 5 Hold down SHIFT and press EFFECT 1 CH EDIT 6 Use the TIME VALUE dial to turn the effect on off Select either PreFade or PstFade TRZ EFFECTI X 12345678 INPUT TRACK 7 Press EFFECT several times until EFFECT 1 PRM appears in the display 8 Press YES ENTER The number and name of the currently selected effect will be displayed and you will be able to select the effect 74 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the effect you wish to use For this example select an effect such as A00 RV LargeHall 1 0 After you have selected an effect press YES ENTER 1 1 Preparations are now complete Press PLAY DISPLAY to return to Play condition speyg Buisn 12 Press PLAY The song will be playback 13 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer 14 Use channel fader 1 to adjust the volume of track 1 15 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light red Effect Return Mixer 16 Use channel fader 7 FX 1 RTN to adjust the effect return level When the song ends press STOP Signal Flow Routin TRI EFFECTI PstFade RINFX1 RTNLev
43. 6 EARE i 12345678 AB LA INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Basic Connections Power Supply Audio Devices and Headphones Stereo Headphones Stereo Set etc Power Amplifier To prevent malfunction _ and or damage to speakers ae her devices always turn down the volume before making any To Power Outlet i k connections If you are using headphones connect them to the rear panel PHONES jack When you purchase the VS 890 it will be set so that all analog audio signals are output from the MASTER jacks to Master s Man al Block Owner p29 10 suoneiede d Turning On the Power 1 The rear panel POWER switch turns on the power of the on Once ae connections have i been completed p 10 VS 890 When the VS 890 starts up correctly the following turn on power to your display will appear various devices in the order specified By turning on Pl 900 GOhGAMAHSAG 2t BYNC MODE BCEE 4 IHT 5 meane damage to Speakers 294 408 ee a other devices 2 When the power is tume d Turn on the power of your audio system isk drive Raise the volume of your audio system to an appropriate level reason there will be an interval of time before Always make sure to have the volume level turned down before switching Op ration can begi on power Even with the volume all the way down you may still hear some sound when the power is
44. 646 646 32 0kHz 557 557 557 278 278 278 557 557 557 742 742 742 891 891 891 yardsti recording times may be somewhat If Drive Busy is Displayed If this message appears during recording or playback it means that the disk i i Creating a New Song drive cannot catch up with the data read write speed In such instances ew Owner s create a new song which lower the sample rate or recording mode from their k I p 47 current settings and record over Making a Multi Track Recording Song Numbers On the VS 890 management of song data is accomplished by assigning a song number to every song that is saved Newly created songs are given the lowest currently available number For example if all numbers up to song number 5 are already assigned then the number 6 is taken by the new song Disk Drive Disk Drive InitSong 001 InitSong 001 initSong 002 InitSong 002 InitSong 003 InitSong 003 Song New InitSong 004 InitSong 004 InitSong 005 initSong 005 Furthermore even if song numbers up to 5 are occupied if Song 3 is deleted then the new song is given that now lowest vacant number Disk Drive Disk Drive InitSong 001 InitSong 001 InitSong 002 initSong 002 Song New InitSong 004 InitSong 004 InitSong 005 InitSong 005 24 Making a Multi Track Recording Selecting a Song Song Select The VS 890 contains multiple demo songs Use
45. ALUE dial to select the V track for recording or playback Here select 2 48 Making a Multi Track Recording Press PLAY The song will be playback Press STOP Buipioock ADEIL HININ e Bue Use the TIME VALUE dial to switch V tracks Press PLAY Notice that a different performance is playback Press STOP Press PLAY DISPLAY Return to Play condition Making a Multi Track Recording Switching V Track Bank CETETETE Gaii T gt ok as PT TA aoe LU a ANANT MA 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Press SYSTEN several times until SYS System PRM appears in the display 3 Press YES ENTER 4 Press PARAMETER gt gt several times until V Track Bank appears in the display 5 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select A or B ue 6 Me racks within the Press PLAY DISPLAY Return to Play condition different V track bank cannot be recorded or aor playback simultaneously lt 50 Making a Multi Track Recording Recording On Other Tracks Overdubbing The VS 890 allows you to record new performances on other tracks while you listen to the playback of previously recorded tracks This process is called Overdubbing In the following example we will explain how to use a mic connected to the INPUT 2 jack to record a vocal on track 3 while you listen to the electric guitar performance tha
46. E VALUE dial to specify the ending time of the segment to be erased CONDITION MARKER TRE End S8hG8mnG8S66 v re ul i INR 294 4880 12345678 INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Press PARAMETER gt gt until TRK Track Erase OK appears in the display Press YES ENTER This executes Track Erase If you wish to cancel press NO CANCEL When the erase is completed correctly Complete appears in the display and return to Play condition i Performance Data Track Owner s Manual Making a Multi Track Recording If Disk Full appears in the display Deleting Only Unneeded Performance Data Song Optimize When you perform punch in recording or use operations such as Track Fe che Eis Depending on the structure lt of the performance data the vacant area the Erase the data that is no longer playback will remain on the disk drive without being actually deleted The Song Optimize operation deletes this unneeded data from the hard disk in order to increase the available space eee Bs remaining time for recording may not increase as you expect recordable time on the hard disk This operation cannot be undone by the Undo function Furthermore recorded data that was deleted by the Song Optimize operation cannot be recovered CE SS toland ren m VERSE ae o i EY 10 SSSR co ue i Hit i a ne n a pe e nee _ ore m
47. ESTHRT Lower the volume of your audio equipment Turn off the power of your audio equipment Use the rear panel POWER switch to turn off the VS 890 When you execute various operations including Shut Down i When PRES type of STORE Current Store the current song may be displayed This Song such as nein the VS 880 or VS 8B0EX message asks whether or not you wish to store the currently selected song forna is selected es the to disk If you wish to store the song before continuing with the operation i urrent song STORE ay press YES ENTER If you do not need to save the song i e if you wish Current will not be to discard the recording and editing that was done up to that point and slaves ee displayed revert to the condition in which the song was last saved press NO CANCEL Te Listening to the Demo Songs The VS 890 contains pre recorded demo songs Here s how to listen to the demo songs Playing Back the Demo Song 5 o Using these demo songs for any purpose other than _ personal enjoyment ns without permission of the D i ER PP T a ah copyright owner is Omm E RE BR De a n i OD Le Le Le is z hE TT D prohibited by law QU il 2 3 5 1 6 4 1 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer Move all channel faders to the OdB position Pull
48. FT and press EFFECT 1 CH EDIT Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select Off Press EFFECT several times until EFFECT 1 PRM appears in the display Press YES ENTER The number and name of the currently selected effect will be displayed and you will be able to select the effect Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the effect you wish to use For this example select an effect such as A00 RV LargeHall speg Guisn a feedback loop 23 24 86 26 25 22 24 28 27 ES Ke WES 23 21 27 After you have selected an effect press YES ENTER Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light red Effect Return Mixer Raise and lower channel fader 7 FX 1 RTN and verify that the effect return volume changes The input channel fader is used to make fine adjustments to the recording level Set it to an appropriate position Assign the effect return to the recording track Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer 25 26 27 28 29 Press the SELECT CH EDIT button of the channel to which you wish to apply the effect For this example press the track channel 3 SELECT CH EDIT button SELECT CH EDIT will light Hold down SHIFT and press Assign CH EDIT Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the effect return that you wish t
49. JE us Its Select the song from which you currently want to remove the protect function Press SONG several times until SNG Song Name Prtct appears in the display Press YES ENTER Song name appears in the display Press PARAMETER gt gt SNG ChangePrtct Off appears in the display Press YES ENTER If you wish to cancel press NO CANCEL Song protect will be disabled SNG Complete appears in the display and return to Play condition o Ttis not possible to defeat the Song Protect setting of a as created ona device other than the _ VS 890 such as the VS 880 or VS 1680 For this reason PARAMETER SOCED i i step 3 when a non VS 890 song is lt selected a warning _ message will appear and you will not be able to continue the procedure Making a Multi Track Recording a Initializing the Disk Drive Initialize When the hard disk is initialized the entire contents of the disk will be ee erased Make sure that the hard disk does not contain data you need to keep If you accidentally delete If necessary back up the data to the Roland CD recorder etc data that you need that data cannot be restored to 2 1 4 3 s EJ E E E a iz F i ili 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY Press SYSTEM several times until SYS Drivelnitialize appears in the display 3 Press YES EN
50. ON QSONG QLOCATOR QTRACK QEFFECT Q SYSTEM Pre Pot Le If you attempt to perform an incorrect operation or if the specified operation cannot be executed an error message will appear in the display Please refer to Error Messages Appendices p 9 and take the appropriate action e If the results are not as described in the User Guide or Owner s Manual even though you have followed the specified steps please refer to Troubleshooting Appendices p 5 e If the information in Troubleshooting does not resolve the problem contact a nearby Roland Service Center or authorized Roland Distributor 12 Mixer and System Initialize sucyeedaid You can restore the default parameter settings of a song This is convenient when you have made many changes to the Input Mixer the Track Mixer the Master Block as well as changes in the System Menu screens and you want to quickly restore the VS 890 to its default settings antl ew i LE aa oe m 8 A Press SYSTEM several times until SYS System PRM appears in the display Press YES ENTER Press lt lt gt gt several times until Init Mix SysPRM Do you want to restore the initial mixer and system parameters appears in the display Press YES ENTER A message will ask you to confirm that you really want to restore the mixer to the initial setting If you want to cancel the operation
51. Play condition DR Making a Multi Track Recording Connecting Instruments Here we will explain how to connect musical instruments and a microphone and make a multi track recording One mic will record the vocal and Input 1 will record the electric guitar 2 whee See aS e g E om ox SEES ae ee ae BINIEMBSs 23 je RR WE daridiies Lower the master fader of the VS 890 to the minimum position Connect instruments and microphones to the INPUT jacks effect uni will be used to lower the 4 impedance Electric Guitar 000000 Ces Making a Multi Track Recording Cautions When Connecting Microphones e Depending on the location of a microphone relative to your speakers acoustic feedback a whining or shrieking sound may occur If this occurs take the following steps 1 Point the microphone in a different direction 2 Move the microphone away from the speaker 3 Lower the volume Adjusting the Input Sensitivity If you can adjust the volume of the recording source mixer or electronic musical instrument connected to the VS 890 you should adjust the volume of the recording source to set the recording sensitivity If you cannot adjust the volume on the recording source or if you wish to make fine adjustments to the recording sensitivity use the following procedure 6 7 1 s i M En u m 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY
52. R CD Sreed 8 ps YES ENTER an E e 10 11 Saving Songs to CD RW Disc ae If you selected AH in step 6 the display will indicate INIT k OK OK to initialize the disk drive is the ID number and partition number of the recover destination disk drive For example when recovering to partition 0 of the internal hard disk drive the display would indicate IDE 0 If you wish to initialize the current drive and then recover press YES ENTER If at this point you press YES ENTER all songs saved on the internal hard disk will be lost If you decide not to initialize press NO CANCEL Normally you should press NO CANCEL Execute the load When over multiple discs the disc is ejected Insert Disc indicates the number in the order of insertion appears in the display Insert the next disc and press YES ENTER When the CD R recover procedure is finished return to Play condition o a 2 w me 9 73 12 uw g Q 2 D Saving Songs to CD RW Discs How to Erase the Data in the CD RW Disc It is impossible to write audio data to the CD RW discs in which the song data is saved To write audio data to the finalized CD RW discs erase the existing data as follows 8 3 5 7 a ee 7 Roland Rss eo SSRS vere Biens CRI Tone J ome Foun q owm Some GO ome t4 When a non VS 890 type
53. TER Init Drive appears in the display 4 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the disk drive that you wish to initialize IDE SCSI0O SCSI7 CONDITION mankene SYS Init Drive IDE 8 MEAS BEAT LA Making a Multi Track Recording Init Drive Initialize Drive Select the disk drive IDE SCSI0 SCSI7 The internal hard disk will be shown as IDE and external disk drives will be shown as SCO SC7 The Tfyoua cci dentally delete number following each disk drive indicates the partition number data that you need that data cannot be restored to 5 5 8 its previous condition Roland Corporation assumes no liability cerning such loss of one Zone ome 4 ome osm Onn GOOG ome FETII nannt 1h UULU EA i Ero a ment Jiili 5 As needed use PARAMETER lt 4 gt gt and the TIME VALUE dial to make the following settings Physical Fmt Physical Format Select whether or not to use physical formatting In normal circumstances set this to Off If a disk error is found with Surface Scan p 72 set this to On then initialize the hard disk again Partition Select the partition size 500 MB or 1000 MB In normal circumstances select 1000 MB 70 Making a Multi Track Recording CONDITION MARKER TIME SYS Surfacescan OFF Le MEASURE BEAT LA Surface Scan This confirms that the read and
54. This returns you to the status at Step 2 Pressing CD RW MASTERING also returns you to Step 2 Saving Songs to CD RW Discs You can save song data stored on the VS 890 s hard disk to CD RW discs This procedure is called backup Conversely the process of loading backed up song data onto the internal hard disk is referred to as recover Besides all V track performance data backed up data also includes Locator Marker and Scene settings made in the songs If you have finished writing a song to an audio CD and have no immediate need for the data you can back up the data and then initialize the hard disk in order to free up more recording time Backup the song CD R backup 8 9 7 9 4 Sven Fous fone dome omer DOUDOU os g4 EG LU nnn Ti UUM LU llii Itis impossible to save any 1 additional song data t the ae Select the disk internal IDE hard disk containing the source CD RW discs that already gt song you want to back up as the current drive havesongsbackedupon them When you back up oe onto the CD RW discs 2 Place a CD RW disc in the Roland CD recorder 3 Press CD RW MASTERING several times until CD R Backup appears in the display chasoneinthe VS8800r VS SB0EX 4 i format is selected as the Press YES ENTER STORE Current Store the current _ current song STORE gt Current willnotbe lt
55. ack at Once is used for writing to a CD R disc you can continue writing additional song data up unti Finalize is executed 8 If you select Track at Once press PARAMETER lt 4 or gt gt to select whether or not the finalize is carried out press YES ENTER A TOC Table Of Contents will be written so that the audio CD created by the VS 890 can be playback on a standard CD player It is not possible to write additional data to an audio CD that has been finalized Vater Write Finalize Write the song and then finalize Write w o Fin Write only the song and do not finalize Finalize Only finalize without writing the song Select this if you have inserted a CD R disc to which you have already written songs but which has not yet been finalized Finalize Finalize means to write the TOC Table Of Contents to the audio CD created by the VS 890 If a CD R disc has not been finalized additional songs can be written to the unused area of that disc However such a disc cannot be playback on a conventional CD player An unfinalized CD R disc can be auditioned using the VS 890 s CD Player function A finalized CD R disc can be playback on a conventional CD player in the same way as a commercial pre recorded audio CD However it will no longer be possible to record additional songs even if there is unused space on that disc Creating an Original Audio CD CD R Write
56. and press the SELECT CH EDIT button of the input channel that you wish to assign as the source For this example hold down the track 2 STATUS button and press the input channel 1 SELECT CH EDIT button SELECT CH EDIT will blink Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer Raise and lower channel fader 2 and verify that the volume changes The track channel fader is used for monitoring It does not affect the recording level You can record even if you hear no sound Adjust the fader to a comfortable level for monitoring Press the SELECT CH EDIT button for the channel to which you wish to apply the effect For this example press the track channel 2 SELECT CH EDIT button SELECT CH EDIT will light sey usn from master o 10 Hold down SHIFT and press EFFECT 1 CH EDIT 11 78 In Play condition if you continue holding STATUS 1 8 any track is OK for a time you can see the source and effect return that is assigned to the track Assigned sources 1 8 upper line Assigned tracks 1 8 lower line CONDITION MARKEF INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Recording Tracks 1 8 Stereo In first line Effect 1 second line Effect 2 third line Tom Dom Joe G oma Fons 6 Ome fevevetotore Pa Use the TIME VALUE dial to turn the effect on off Select either PreFade or
57. ase you can place markers between songs to function as track numbers just as on a pre recorded audio CD These track numbers will be written to the audio CD that you record on your CD R drive prann Ba pe en mm a CE Toma g ms powa some g ome goma 7 gannan g BRERA SSS amp 910 inien Sa25 3 sie Sal UNE Et et EGE ARE aies El EE ET CEJ ELLE e E E E E E CE i While listening to the song move to the location where you wish to place a track number You will probably find it convenient to use the Preview function or the Scrub function Owner s Manual p 43 Hold down CD RW MASTERING and press TAP A track number marker will be placed at the current time location Add Finishing Touches to Your Song The first track number marker is created automatically at the beginning of the song 00h00m00s00 Audio CD specifications require that a song be at least four seconds in duration For this reason track number markers must be placed four seconds apart If you attempt to place a marker within four seconds of another marker Can t Set Marker will be displayed and the marker will not be placed Audio CD standards allow up to 99 songs to be stored on one disc Furthermore even if no track number marker is set at the beginning of the song it is still used for the beginning of the first song Thus you can set up to 98 markers as track numbers 00h00m00s00
58. ave a sample rate of 44 1kHz If the sample rate of the input source is other than 44 1kHz create a new song with that sample rate p 20 Then if you wish to create original audio ke s select that sample rate for 44 1kHz p 20 In Order to Make a Digital Connection with Your CD Player At the time of purchase the VS 890 is not able to record the output of CD players via its DIGITAL IN connectors Perform the following procedure when you wish to make a digital connection with your CD player 5A S P DIF When recording i cannot beused The VS 890 s digital i onforms to digital signals be sure to simultaneously Selectone of the connectors for use ae oe P DIF Owner s Manual Glossary Making a Multi Track Recording ele 5 TETTIE Guip o90k YOBLL AINW 8 BUEN MU LUE annn TT AL ri wal Il x aw mm Wa _ ow Press PLAY DISPLAY Press SYSTEM several times until SYS System PRM appears in the display Press YES ENTER Press PARAMETER gt gt several times until CD DigiREC On appears in the display Press YES ENTER Obey Copyrights appears in the display Carefully read the conditions for permission that are listed on the back cover of this manual and if you agree to the conditions press YES ENTER After the display indicates Complete you will retu
59. ce the CD RW disc to which the song data has been backed up in the Roland CD recorder Press CD RW MASTERING several times until CD R Recover appears in the display nN D s 3 a on Q ira o D me S O z pa Press YES ENTER STORE Current Store the current song appears in the display If you wish to save the current song press YES ENTER if not then press NO CANCEL If you have selected a protected song then press NO CANCEL Saving Songs to CD RW Discs Von g onn gone om 6 oma COCO e amp SiS See e Peer 1B VULUU LUE PASSANTE ANAT Te ee I mr mas I 6 CDR Rev appears in the display Use the TIME VALUE dial to select the song on the CD RW disc to which you wish the nore song load then press PARAMETER gt gt To recover all songs from the backuped CD RW disc select All recover reliably from some Song Number Song Name Total number of songs backed up to CD R 3 songs CD R discs at speeds of 2070 or ts An his case CDR EcV lnitSon Hoe 14 ki ces Miz Sidd Anns CONDITION MARKER sea an 12346678 Sample Rate Recording Mode i _alotof time or disc read errors can sometimes 7 CD Speed appears in the display Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the recover speed x1 x4 x8 and x20 CONDITION MARKER CD
60. current song press YES ENTER if not then press NO CANCEL If you have selected a protected song then press NO CANCEL After you have switched the current drive return to Play condition When a non VS 890 tee of song such as one in the format i is sel ae current song STORE z appear an ee cannot be continued 140 A acoustic feedback active type guitar Adjusting CONETASE nn tikes eat ane alas Equalizer i Input Sensitivity 30 Stereo Position suisses 60 PONG in nn Ra rennes 61 Volume Balance o ccccccccsesscccscesscsesseceseeeseaeeeseeseene 59 after TeCONdINg anne rt dinde 105 AITANGEMENT nn 18 ASSURE nn tr ne S 95 audio CD sn A nn tn 96 119 Audio Devices een 10 AutoMarker esse 105 B Backup srai ar Rene RE 126 Basic Connections 0 ececesessseesecesceeceneseeeeseseeesensnsenees 10 C CD Player nn nent 5 54 CD Player Function sn 121 124 CD Speed siennes 123 CD R DaEKUP nent ss 126 recording mode sers 106 T COVET diurne rene ete side en eu ni teen Be 129 Write nn tnt nm nan ebtsceuceSeaussuene 119 CD RW DISC nement Drive 0 Channel Link issie reiia arere raiant ta adetinin Cluster information Cluster Seeon aeee ea EA tn tue Complete Connecting Microphones s ss ssessessssornrsnsensnorsartossnsrsse 30 Cross Link surement 138 D DAT finie ni E A TA _____Defect Demo Song Different types of songs ecsessecsseses
61. displayed ee 12A E ee ee song appears in the display Saving Songs to CD RW Discs If you wish to save the current song press YES ENTER if ada not then press NO CANCEL If you have selected a The contents of a protected song then press NO CANCEL The VS 890 displays the SCSI ID number of the connected CD recorder for a set time then CDR Bak appears in the display Use the TIME VALUE dial to select the song on the CD R disc to which you wish the song saved then press PARAMETER gt To backup all songs from the current drive select All Song Number Song Name Total number of songs in the current drive 3 songs CONDON MARKE AE CNE COR Bak InitSong 661 Ho H ddk fitz i PLAB PREEN O NA covomon MARKER MET EN n Bak All Song BAS sray AUX MASTER INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Sample Rate Recording Mode Verify appears in the display Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select On or Off and press PARAMETER gt CONDITION MARKER TIME SHG tuer if Verify If this is turned On verification will be performed after the song data has RE ue a sBuos Gunes Se been backed up to check whether or not the data was saved correctly 9 CD Speed appears in the display Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the backup speed x1 x2 and x4 CONDITION MARKER oe In such cases select C CDR CD d Ra
62. e ET Li io oe 3 TEF t i 1 Make the song whose optimize the current song ee o o 2 Press SONG several times until SNG Song Optimize e l appears in the display n E ee 3 Press YES ENTER SNG Song Optimize OK appears in ie ae the display ES 42 Making a Multi Track Recording Press YES ENTER If you wish to cancel Song Optimize the press NO CANCEL Optimize Sure appears in the display Press YES ENTER again If you wish to cancel Song Optimize the press NO CANCEL Be aware that depending _ on conditions it may take Buipioasy you LUNA e Bue A confirmation message appears in the display Press YES ENTER again When the Optimize operation is completed you will return to Play condition Deleting Only Unneeded Performance Data S ng Optimize Owner s ihre Manual p 122 0 Making a Multi Track Recording Deleting Unneeded Songs Song Erase After creating audio CD s or backing up songs to a CD RW disc etc you may wish to delete unneeded songs from the hard disk This operation cannot be undone by the Undo function 2 4 3 5 ARAARA Q an C aro oioi mog Oo fat u m m m n 6 8 1 Select the drive contains the song you want to erase as the current drive p 139 2 Press SONG several times until SNG Song Erase appears in the d
63. e a longer recording time available p 23 If you wish to completely delete SEEMS SO RIGHT from the hard disk to increase the available space you can initialize the hard disk p 69 At this time all songs that are saved on the hard disk including the VS 880 demo song will be erased and cannot be recovered As necessary back up the songs toa CD RW disc p 126 Creating a New Song Song New Tone iowa Jon fom Bo PEPEE EE ans ePID Mk li a 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY CD RW Appendices p 12 Recording operations ae e performed when em ong is selected lt This is because the demo song is protected so tha te contents cannotbe modified Song 1 Protect Owner s Manual p 76 In order to record use the repare a new song This i is alogous to putting a new is tapei into tape type multi track recorder fire 20 Making a Multi Track Recording Press SONG several times until SNG Song New appears in the display Press YES ENTER SNG SampleRate appears in the display Use the TIME VALUE dial to select the sample rate If you will be creating an original audio CD choose 44k 44 1kHz Buipiosay YORI HINW B BUEN CONDITION MARKER TIME EME SamPleRate 44k e Sample Rate Select a sample rate 32 0kHz 44 1kHz or 48 0kHz You canno
64. e s PHONES jack or AUDIO OUT jacks Whena non VS 890 i YES ENTER at Step 3 whena protected song is f selected the message ae SONG Protected will appear and the procedure cannot be continued Creating an Original Audio CD CD R Write 5 The VS 890 displays the SCSI ID number of the connected CD recorder for a set time and the CD R disc information is then displayed Only the following buttons knobs and faders effect the sound Try listening to the contents of the disc ZERO Move to the beginning of the first song lt 4 REW Rewind as long as you continue to press the button gt FF Fast forward as long as you continue to press the button STOP Stop PLAY Begin playback from the current location PREVIOUS MARKER Return to the previous song NEXT MARKER Advance to the next song Master fader Adjust the overall volume PHONES knob Adjust the volume of the headphones Listening not possible Listening possible approx 0 5 sec c When listening to discs that have not been finalized the last approximately 0 5 seconds of the song cannot be playback Finalizing makes this portion audible Before Finalizing Y Listening possible After Finalizing Use the master fader and phones knob to adjust the volume to a comfortable level When you are finished playing back press STOP Finalize Append Glossary p 12 7 9 Press NO CANCEL
65. ect return that is assigned to the track Assigned sources 1 8 upper line Assigned tracks 1 8 lower line 12345678 INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER AB LA Recording Tracks 1 8 Stereo In first line Effect 1 second line Effect 2 third line Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer 15 10 14 13 17 20 UUULL LU AAANTTN BREL Raise and lower channel fader 3 and verify that the volume changes The track channel fader is used for monitoring It does not affect the recording level You can record even if no sound is heard Adjust the fader to a comfortable volume for listening 1 0 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light orange Input Mixer 1 1 Press the SELECT CH EDIT button of the channel to which you wish to apply the effect For this example press the input channel 1 SELECT CH EDIT button SELECT CH EDIT will light 12 Hold down a SHIFT and press EFFECT 1 CH EDIT 1 3 Use the TIME VALUE dial to turn the effect on off Select either PreFade or PstFade 84 14 16 17 18 20 CONDITION MARKERS 12345678 INPUT TRACK Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer Turn off the effect switch for the track channel that you want to record For this example 3 Hold down a SHI
66. eteesentsessessstessees 26 Digital Connections cccsesseseseecessseseeneseseseesees 54 56 Digital Recording 54 Digital Signals vernonia Direct OU hs nn tes mettais 73 Directories 18308 tn se ne 138 DISC al Once nie 121 Disk Pulls scscdesvcacsesistesteacaa dee esta a 42 display contrast ss 12 Drive Busy ss nent Dessins 23 Drive Check sde 134 Drive check results ccecccccesceesereecrseceesensesseneeneeenees 136 Drive Initialize nieno es 69 Drive Select 238 nine 139 E Effects AAE ET 73 electric guitar sens 5 Equalizer F File System Etr sn 72 Finalize Finalized CD sean niratene nn 133 H Hard Diskmeni essai ine 6 20 hard disk drive sis ssshennitastin hist 5 HDP8B etienne Rise 5 6 Headphone Volume ss 18 Headphones I IDE DEEA EIIN AEEA ENEE 5 mit D vesNoDry inst en dessein 7 Initialize Drive 22h nn nn ester MIXER femme ent ne A Pet eh ete System Input Source ss 58 insert return level 2e ins 107 send level vcieelseetesstavetiuaerauatcnisa disease neces 107 Insertion EEA EEPE EEE 88 91 92 Instruments o ed Eh 29 L Level Meters is tem nissan 17 TAN Loose Areas O E E ENE E 138 M Master CIOck E nes 56 57 Mastering MASTETING ss 104 Atalaia a E AEE E AE A T 104 tack statusno raia aa aeai 105 MD recorder ccccscsccccescssscenssncesassccsacceseooseoroneusonesoereats 54 Microphone sesssecseesssessssecnsecsssnceseeeeseeneeneessssoeseenesanersaes 5 Microphones sens 29 MIXdOWN
67. ew heads may be stripped or you may not be able to turn the screws To remove the screws rotate the screwdriver counterclockwise To tighten the screws rotate the screwdriver clockwise Take care not to drop any screws into the interior of the VS 890 s chassis Do not touch any of the printed circuit pathways or connection terminals Never use excessive force when installing a hard disk If it doesn t fit properly on the first attempt remove the hard disk and try again When hard disk installation is complete double check your work In some countries VS 890 s do not come with the Hard Disk installed The Roland HDP88 series hard disk sold separately in some countries can be installed in the VS 890 In order to take full advantage of the VS 890 s functionality for the number of tracks that can be recorded playback simultaneously we recommend that you install an 2100 MB or higher To avoid malfuncti s you should remove the internal hard disk before transporting the VS 890 To model remove the hard disk reverse the procedure 0 1 described in Installing an Turn off the power of the VS 890 and of all connected devices Internal Hard Disk and disconnect all cables from the VS 890 HDP88 series p 5 In _ particular when you ship r when you move gt ure to remove Remove only the screws specified in the following diagram the thard disk fromithe and detach the
68. for each track to create mastering tracks mixer of apply effects t mixdown mastering each track during playbac oe the results will not be Mixing down to the mastering tracks MASTERING TRACK 1itaitie zrit LR PLAY DISPLAY Press CD RW MATERING several times until CDR Mastering Room appears in the display Press YES ENTER CDR Mastering Sw appears in the display Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select On The CD RW indicator blinks indicating that the Mastering Room is on 104 Add Finishing Touches to Your Song 5 Press PARAMETER gt gt MasStatus appears in the display 6 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select Rec MasStatus mastering track status Specify the status of the mastering tracks Ree Playback tracks 1 6 while recording them to the mastering tracks 7 and 8 Play Playback the mastering tracks 7 and 8 The sound of tracks 1 6 will not be output from the MASTER jacks As necessary use PARAMETER lt 4 or gt and the TIME VALUE dial to make the following settings V Track Select the two V tracks L and R that will be assigned as mastering tracks When a new song is created V track 8 of tracks 7 and 8 7 8 8 8 will be assigned as the mastering tracks After Rec after recording Specify the time location of the mastering track to which the mixdown will be recorded When creating an original audio CD
69. front panel cover of the VS 890 V 890 place the hard disk _ cin its packing carton and put it in its special place inside the VS 890 packing _ 3 With the warning label of the hard disk facing upward slide it gently into the installation bay as far as it will go You can hook the indentation of the attachment hardware over the protrusion on the chassis of the VS 890 When the hard disk has been pressed all the way in use the screws that you removed to fasten the hard disk in place 5 Fold down the handle on the front of the hard disk and reattach the front panel cover as it originally was This completes installation of the hard disk rrr suonesedaid 6 As described in Turning On the Power p 11 turn on the power and verify that the VS 890 starts up correctly If the Display Indicates Init Drive NoDrv The internal hard disk was not recognized correctly Use the rear panel power switch to turn off the power and re install the hard disk correctly 12345678 INPUT TRACK Installation de dispositifs optionnels Pr cautions prendre lors de l installation de dispositifs optionnels Toujours teindre et d brancher l appareil avant de commencer l installation de la carte mod le no s rie HDP88 User Guide p 14 N installez que les cartes de disque dur sp cifi es mod le no s rie HDP88 Enlevez seulement les vis indiqu es Veuillez suiv
70. g s sssssssssssssssessniessennneecsens 115 Adding Track Number Markers mme 117 Assigning Track Numbers Creating an Original Audio CD CD R Write 119 Connecting the CD RW Drive 119 Creating an Audio CD CD R Write nn 119 Auditioning Test Listening Songs Written to CDs CD Player Function 124 Saving Songs to CD RW Discs Backup the song CD R backup s ssssssesessscssssssessesessnneecssssneneannerecsunsesecesenssnnannssenscnnssnnaseneanenensonaae Loading Songs From CD RW Discs CD R LECOVET sms srsnenisnes How to Erase the Data in the CD RW Disc sense APPeNdiCes c ssscsscscsoeseecesssssnensssarersnsenearersenseeranaesesesenanesenneesessness 34 Confirming That a Drive is Not Damaged Drive Check e n a AERA 134 If the display indicates No Err een 135 If the display indicates ___ Err nn 136 Change partitions Drive Select seen 139 NOX ass AEA E A E ntm Preparations suoqeedaig Required Preparations The VS 890 is an audio recorder that allows multi track recording to a hard disk To make a multi track recording you will need at least the following items The explanations in this e VS 890 1 unit manual include oi iHustrations that depict Power cable 1 included what should typically be Internal IDE hard disk HDP88 series sold separately in some countries shown by 1e di lay e Audio device fo
71. g 19x1 Also if youinserta o o o gt CD RW disc into a CD RW Saving Songs to CD RW Discs 10 13 128 DRE focicicicielele 2268696801 F HUUUS LU CETTE ul Guu LU OT nnnnt ta CELTES Annn TI Press YES ENTER CD R backup function will begin If the song holds a large amount of data and cannot be contained on a single CD RW disc the disc is ejected and the message Insert Blank appears in the display Insert the next CD RW disc and press YES ENTER At this time we recommend that you write the disc numbers on the labels so that you can keep track of the order in which the discs were inserted into the drive When copying over multiple CD RW discs Insert Disc indicates the number in the order of insertion appears in the display Insert each of the discs once more in the proper order and press YES ENTER When the CD R backup procedure is finished return to Play condition Finalized CD may lt appear Should this occ first press YES ENTER Saving Songs to CD RW Discs Loading Songs From CD RW Discs CD R recover miami i ER eoo Es meee iea D B EU Se amp 3 15 meli ft CREER ATT TT hab FCOTIETI H w En an NT Select the disk internal IDE hard disk containing the song you want to load as the current drive Pla
72. his message will appear if the data of a certain file is supposed to be recorded in an area of the disk which does not actually exist or if the list itself becomes permanently unreadable Appendices Change partitions Drive Select Each partition on the VS 890 s disk drive is treated as an independent drive MEMO with each partition automatically given a partition number 0 9 When a The Roland HDP88 Senes single hard disk has multiple partitions you can specify which partition of b which drive will be used This disk drive partition currently used is referred to as the current drive z sal e L ssdslets Press SYSTEM several times until SYS Drive Select appears in the display 2 Press YES ENTER 3 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the disk drive to which you want to change The internal hard disk will be shown as IDE and external disk drives will be shown as SCO SC7 The number following each disk drive indicates the partition number For example if you wish to switch to the Zip drive select SC5 0 CONDITION MARKER TIME SYS Se lect Drv IDEs 1 Appendices GGGGGG G lelea amp Press YES ENTER again A confirmation message appears in the display Press YES ENTER again STORE Current Store the current song appears in the display If you wish to save the
73. i is approximately Performing this procedure deletes all contents saved on the disk Conduct this check when initializing newly purchased disks or _ disks which previously have been used with a ersonal computer or other device Be sure to make a backup copy of any disk you are presently using on the VS 890 before carrying out the procedure on it If there are any places on the disk where the reading or writing of data cannot be The Surface Scan proced takes a certain amoun time Be aware that Surface gt r Sean requires some time This is not a malfunction For example the time 10 minutes The time it will take to conduct Surface Scan on your disk drive Using Effects The effect is installed in the VS 890 up to 2 high quality stereo effects will be available for your use Applying a Send Return Type Effect During Playbac It is common to apply a send return type effect such as reverb or delay during playback The following example shows how you can apply reverb FX1 to track 1 during playback spay usn 4 rO DODD QE Q ie BinsErese2s pci a ES e E E E A rj AU Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Select the track s for playback Hold down STOP and press the track 1 STATUS button STATUS will light green 3 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer
74. isplay 3 Press YES ENTER The names of the songs stored on the current drive will appear An asterisk will appear at the beginning of the current song 4 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the song that you wish to erase Making a Multi Track Recording CONDITION MARKER SHG Ers InitSong Bal 123465678 AB LA INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Press YES ENTER Erase Song Sure appears in the display YORE L NNA Press YES ENTER again EraseReallySure appears in Current will not be the display If you wish to cancel Song Erase the press displayed o NO CANCEL Press YES ENTER again STORE Current appears in the display If you wish to save the current song press YES ENTER if not then press NO CANCEL If you try to delete a protected song such as a protected performance the messages Song Protected and Continue are displayed alternately If you wish to erase the protected song press YES ENTER if not then press NO CANCEL When the song has been erased return to Play condition Making a Multi Track Recording Recording On V Track The VS 890 features 8 tracks each of which contains 8 auxiliary tracks These subsidiary tracks are referred to as V tracks Each song can have two sets A and B of these 64 V tracks 8 tracks x 8 V tracks and each such set is referred to as a V track bank By using all of these tracks to their f
75. ive Check You can check the drive you are using to make sure it can be read correctly This is referred to as Drive Check This provides a way to determine whether a failure during Song Copy Owner s Manual Song Condition or CD R Backup p 126 is due to a problem in the song itself that was saved on disk whether the problem is with the connections or if there is a problem of some other kind If data cannot be read correctly the display will indicate the song in which the error occurred 1 3 8 2 4 5 Toma fomm j oma ama gome cum 7 OOoBGGG ga Le Es pe AA GISIGIGIE EU 1hisiiistis 1 Press SYSTEM several times until SYS Drive Check appears in the display 2 Press YES ENTER Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the drive that you wish to check 4 Press YES ENTER A confirmation message ask you that you want to proceed with the Drive Check appears in the display _ Appendices 5 Press YES ENTER again STORE Current appears in the display If you wish to save the current song press YES ENTER if not then press NO CANCEL If you have selected a protected song then press NO CANCEL Drive Check is the executed Progress of the operation is shown in the display Do not turn off the power until the operation is completed INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER When Drive Check is completed the display screen appears as ne ee
76. l decrease You may continue recording as long as there is sufficient capacity on the hard disk When you would like to know how much recording time is left you can use the following procedure It is a good idea to check the remaining recording time before you start recording CONDITION manene PLY 666 G h rg sa 1234568758 INPUT TRACK Remaining amount in the example 294minutes 40seconds Canceling a Recorded Result Undo Redo If the recording level was too low if you made a mistake in your performance or if for any other reason you wish to re do the recording you can use the following procedure to cancel the contents of the recording This is called the Undo function You can also cancel the previously executed Undo to return to the original state and this is called the Redo function The Undo Function and Undo Level The Undo function cancels the operation that you have performed and returns the data to its previous condition With the Undo Level you can specify the number of previous steps to be undone Before Undo After Undo recording 1 recording 2 recording 3 Undo level 1 Time Before Undo recording 2 recording 1 recording 3 Canceled track Making a Multi Track Recording Undo When you execute Undo the recorded data will disappea d However the es data that is no longer GOGO oe GO gases db playback will not be era
77. listening level 3 1 Press STOP The song will stop Add Finishing Touches to Your Song 32 33 34 35 36 37 102 Roland Ets VE ET ss eS mE Due Bas paus garer Goes D at LIE I 13 16 13 15 18 24 17 20 Press ZERO You will return to the beginning of the song Hold down REC and press the STATUS button of the track that you wish to record For this example hold down REC and press the track 5 6 STATUS button STATUS will blink red Press REC The REC indicator will blink red Press PLAY The PLAY indicator will light green and recording will begin When you finish recording press STOP The song will stop Listen to the recorded result Press ZERO You will return to the beginning of the song 38 39 Add Finishing Touches to Your Song Mute tracks 1 4 so that they will not produce sound Press the track 1 4 STATUS buttons so they are not lit Press PLAY The song will be playback Use channel fader 5 and the master fader to adjust the volume to a comfortable listening level Signal Flow Routing Track 14 OUTPUT 1 2 MASTER Add Finishing Touches to Your Song Create Master Data Mastering Room In order to create an original audio CD you can specify two of the VS 890 s tracks as the left track and right track and write them to a CD R disc Let s Even if you adjust the adjust the balance and effects
78. lizer Saving Your Performance Song Store Protecting Songs Song Protect mme To Apply Song protect 1 2 esescseesesesecsseesnenses To Remove Song Protect Initializing the Disk Drive Initialize een Checking Disk Reliability Surface Scan Using Effects 2m ina O Applying a Send Return Type Effect During Playback 73 Applying a Send Return Type Effect Only to the Monitor Sound as You Record 76 Switching Effects During Playback ment 80 Applying a Send Return Type Effect While You Record Applying an Insertion Type Effect During Playback Inserting the Same Effect into Another Track as Well If You Wish to Use the Same Effect Both as Send Return and Insertion 91 Applying an Insertion Type Effect During Recording ss 92 Add Finishing Touches to Your Song 96 Combining the Performances of Multiple Tracks Track Bouncing sssssssssssseereesssenmasaseenaens 96 Create Master Data Mastering ROOM ssssesssessecsssesseneeseecerenssssatesseesarssaneseaneeneanneneensonsaneesecesits 104 Mixing down to the mastering tracks MASTERING TRACK sssssssssssssssscsesnsssseseensnannenees 104 Playing back the mastering tracks 110 Erasing an Unwanted Portion Track Cut ns 111 Selecting the Portion that will be Written to the CD R Disc 112 Deleting an Unwanted Portion At the End of the Song ssssssssscsssesssseeensecntscentessnensennsenes 113 Deleting an Unwanted Portion At the Beginning of the Son
79. ll be recorded on tracks 5 and 6 just as you hear it It is best to record at as high a level as possible without allowing the sound to distort 15 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light red Effect Return Mixer 1 6 Use channel fader 7 FX 1 RTN to adjust the effect return level At this time the sound that you are monitoring will be recorded to tracks 5 and 6 exactly as you hear it 98 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 Add Finishing Touches to Your Song When you finish adjusting the volume press STOP The song will stop Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer Press the SELECT CH EDIT button for one of the track channels you wish to record whether left or right does not matter For this example press the track channel 5 6 SELECT CH EDIT button Press PARAMETER lt lt or lt 4 to Channel Link fe appears in the display po ese Channel Link Owner s _ Use the TIME VALUE dial to turn Channel Link On Manual Glossar CONDITION MARKEE Tee Channel Link On MEABURE BEAT v 1 1 3 IHT TIME si 4 400 4 me e78 INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Press PLAY DISPLAY to return to Play condition Press the track 5 6 STATUS button so that the indicator lights orange Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer Add Finishing Touches to You
80. nel to which you wish to apply the effect For this example press the input channel 6 SELECT CH EDIT button SELECT CH EDIT will light Hold down SHIFT and press EFFECT 2 CH EDIT Press PARAMETER lt 4 FX2 Ins appears in the display Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to turn the effect on off Select Insert INE Ep2 SYNG MODE INT S 254 408 Press EFFECT several times until EFFECT 2 PRM appears in the display Press YES ENTER The number and name of the currently selected effect will be displayed and you will be able to select the effect Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the effect you wish to use For this example select an effect such as A41 GT Rock Lead sayy Buisn inserted into another channel and therefore cannot be inserted int channel p 91 Either tur of effect insertion for the channel that is using the or insert a different into this channel 14 15 16 94 eee apy s HAN T TA i Ce ADN UT TTL nb EX2 MEASURE Sel GTiRock Lead Preparations are now complete Press PLAY DISPLAY to return to Play condition Select the track that you wish to record Hold down REC and press the STATUS button of the track that you wish to record For this example hold down REC and press the track 1 STATUS button STATUS will blink red P
81. o 19 18 16 20 25 17 24 23 Press the STATUS 1 6 of the tracks that you wish to mixdown to let the STATUS indicators light green Press PLAY The song will be playback Adjust the overall volume of the song Raise and lower the master fader Adjust the volume balance of each track At this time the volume that is being output to the MIX bus recording level pan will be recorded without further change on the mastering tracks It is best to set the volume as high as possible without causing the volume to distort When you have finished adjusting the volume press STOP The song will stop Press PLAY DISPLAY to return to Play condition be extinguished normally set this at OdB Initially STATUS 16 are all lit in green Tomute any track yo included in the mixdown o not want press STATUS for that track its indicator sht _to record at the optimal audio quality you will Add Finishing Touches to Your Song 22 Move to the location at which you wish to begin the mixdown such as 00h00m00s00f 2 3 Press REC The REC indicator will light in red 24 Press PLAY The PLAY indicator will light in green and recording will begin 25 When you finish recording press STOP 2 6 Hold down SHIFT and press MASTERING CD RW The mastering room will be turned off Play condition ignal Flow utin
82. o record and press YES ENTER For this example select FX1 and press YES ENTER Preparations are now complete Press PLAY DISPLAY to return to the Play condition As described in Recording On a Track p 31 record a performance and then listen to it Signal Flow Routin IN1EFFECTI PstFade RTNFX1 RTNLev 180 MST MasterLevel 180 OUTPL un D Level Level MAST INI MIX Level 1800 TRSMIX Level 100 amp a 3 le m O Applying an Insertion Type Effect During Playback When playing back an acoustic guitar or vocal it is common to insert an effect such as Guitar Multi or Vocal Multi Here we will give an example of applying an insertion type effect such as Mic Simulator FX2 to track 1 during playback a Er i i Bal 1 eal 2 Ss fi Tel mn 2 8 1 12 9 11 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Select the track that you wish to playback Hold down STOP and press the track 1 STATUS button STATUS will light green 3 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer 4 Press the SELECT CH EDIT button for the track channel to which you wish to apply the effect For this example press the track channel 1 SELECT CH EDIT button SELECT CH EDIT will light 88 ere ee 10 7 12 Hold down SHIFT and press EFFECT 2 CH EDIT if
83. of 1 song such as onein the Place the CD RW disc which includes the data you wish to nie oe format is selected asthe current song STORE Current will notbe displayed a erase in the CD recorder 2 Press CD RW MASTERING several times until CD R Backup appears in the display a LAs The contents of the protected songs cannot be changed or overwritten A Gong Protect p 66 You gt cannot save operation with _ 3 Press YES ENTER and STORE Current appears 4 the protected songs This lt Press YES ENTER to save the current song or means if you press 00o NO CANCEL if not If the current song is the protected YES ENTER at Step4 A ra when a protected song is song press NO CANCEL CDR Bak appears in the selected the message display SONG Protected will oe i appear and the procedure cannot be continued 122 Saving Songs to CD RW Discs Press YES ENTER and Finalized CD or Not Blank CD appears Press YES ENTER and CD RW Erase appears Press YES ENTER and CD RW Erasing appears and the contents in the CD RW disc is erased Continue appears and press NO CANCEL Function Failed and Press ENTER appeared alternately Press YES ENTER and CD RW disc is ejected sosiq un 9 S a ee g amp uw el P D Appendices Confirming That a Drive is Not Damaged Dr
84. olume changes The input channel fader is used to make fine adjustments to the recording level In order to record with the optimal audio quality you should normally set the fader at OdB Select the recording track Hold down REC and press the STATUS button of the desired track For this example hold down REC and press the track 1 STATUS button STATUS will blink red ready to record 6 Select the source that will be recorded to the track Hold down NEMO the STATUS button of the track you wish to record and At this time the sound of press the SELECT CH EDIT button of the input channel input fare Lire longer be output directly that you wish to assign as the source For this example hold down track 1 STATUS and press input channel 1 SELECT CH EDIT SELECT CH EDIT so that it blinks from master out 32 10 ress PLAY The PLAY indicator will light green and 17 12 For each track whose STATUS is blinking red press the Making a Multi Track Recording In Play condition if you continue holding STATUS for a short time longer you can check which source is assigned to each track Assigned sources 1 8 upper line Assigned tracks 1 8 lower line Suplozay J 12345678 AB LA INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Recording Tracks 1 8 Stereo In first line Effect 1 second line Effect 2 third line Press FADER EDIT several times
85. ong Protect was on are lost After you have finished all work for the day turn on Song Protect immediately before shutting off the power to the VS 890 Furthermore right after turning on the power to the VS 890 at the beginning the day s operations you should immediately turn off Song Protect To Apply Song protect 66 Ton p oam Sum Come ou GOGO ome G TU Oo Peed oe det aE Making a Multi Track Recording Make the current song the one to which you want to apply Song Protect Press SONG several times until SNG Song Name Prtct appears in the display Press YES ENTER Song name appears in the display Press PARAMETER gt SNG ChangePrtct gt On appears in the display Press YES ENTER If you wish to cancel press NO CANCEL message will appear you will not be able to STORE Current appears in the display If you wish to save continue the procedure the current song and then protect it press YES ENTER If SS you wish to protect the state in which Song Store was last executed without saving the current song press NO CANCEL The song will be protected SNG Complete appears in the display and return to Play condition Making a Multi Track Recording To Remove Song Protect 68 toland Esa ou YEE T ETE CSTE SI ESS ES ale rie oo mie E pE Ci HERE
86. oth the direct sound and effect sound together 7 5 8 1 Roland ia moo MSE RaW i Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Hold down a STATUS button of any track and press CLEAR The assignments of input sources to tracks will be cleared 3 As described in Adjusting the Input Sensitivity p 30 adjust the recording level 4 Select the track that you wish to record Hold down REC and press the STATUS button of the track that you wish to record For this example hold down REC and press the track 3 STATUS button STATUS will blink red 8 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light orange Input Mixer Raise and lower channel fader 1 and verify that the volume changes The input channel fader is used to make fine adjustments to the recording level In order to record with optimal audio quality the fader should normally be set in the 0 dB position Select the source that will be recorded on the track Hold down the STATUS button of the track that you wish to record and press the SELECT CH EDIT button of the input channel that you wish to assign as the source For this example hold down the STATUS button of track 3 and press the input channel 1 SELECT CH EDIT button so it begins to blink sjoal a usn In Play condition if you continue holding STATUS 1 8 any track is OK for a time you can see the source and eff
87. r Song 25 Assign the playback tracks to the recording tracks track c 5 amp 6 Hold down the track 5 6 STATUS and press the track channel 1 4 SELECT CH EDIT button SELECT CH EDIT will blink 26 Hold down SHIFT and press Assign CH EDIT 2 7 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the source that you wish to record and press YES ENTER For this example select TR1 TR4 and FX1 respectively and then press YES ENTER CONDITION waens Tke Assign Fal On MEASURE BEAT y af 12345678 TINPUT TRACK 2 8 Press PLAY The song will be playback 2 9 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER 30 Raise and lower channel fader 5 6 and verify that the volume Add Finishing Touches to Your Song In Play condition if you continue holding STATUS 1 8 any track is OK for a short time longer you can check which source is assigned toeach track Assigned sources 1 8 upper line Assigned tracks 1 8 lower line les 12345678 AB LA INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Recording Tracks 1 8 Stereo In first line Effect 1 second line Effect 2 third line 0 S842n0 indicator light green Track Mixer of the recording tracks 5 and 6 changes Track channel fader 5 is used for monitoring It does not affect the recording level You can record even if you hear no sound Adjust the volume to a comfortable
88. r master output or headphones sold separately e Microphone or other audio source to record such as an electric guitar synthesizer or CD player etc sold separately User Guide will also explain the use of the following equipment which you may purchase as desired External CD RW drive designated by Roland sold separately Installing an Internal Hard Disk HDP88 series Cautions Concerning Installation of Hard Disk Drive Always turn the unit off and unplug the power cord before attempting installation of the hard disk drive unit model no HDP88 series User Guide p 14 Install only the specified hard disk drive unit model no HDP88 series Remove only the specified screws To avoid the risk of damage to internal components that can be caused by static electricity please carefully observe the following whenever you handle the hard disk e Before you touch the hard disk always first grasp a metal object such as a water pipe so you are sure that any static electricity you might have been carrying has been discharged e When handling the hard disk grasp it only by its edges Avoid touching any of the electronic components or connectors Save the bag in which the hard disk was originally shipped and put the hard disk back into it whenever you need to store or transport it Use a Phillips screwdriver of a size appropriate for the head of the screw a no 2 screwdriver If the screwdriver is the wrong size the scr
89. rCIk Master Clock This sets the VS 890 s reference clock In this case select DIGIN1 or DIGIN2 INT Based on the VS 890 s reference clock DIGIN1 Based on the digital signal received from the COAXIAL IN connector DIGIN2 Based on the digital signal received from the OPTICAL IN connector 7 Press PLAY DISPLAY Return to Play condition Making a Multi Track Recording Select an Input Source Here we will explain how to select an input source using the example of recording a digital signal on tracks 1 and 2 Here we will explain how to select input sources using the example of recording a digital signal stereo to tracks 1 and 2 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Hold down STATUS 1 8 any track is OK and press CLEAR The assignments of input sources to tracks will be cleared 3 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light orange Input Mixer Select the recording track Hold down REC and press STATUS 1 8 of the desired track For this example hold down REC and press STATUS 1 2 The STATUS indicator will blink red ready to record 58 8 Playing Back Two or More Tracks Making a Multi Track Recording Assign the digital signal to an input channel If you wish to assign the digital signal left channel to input channel 1 hold down STATUS 1 and press SELECT CH EDIT 7 If you wish to assign the digital signal
90. re attentivement les instructions suivantes quand vous manipulez la carte afin d viter tout risque d endommagement des pi ces internes par l lectricit statique Toujours toucher un objet m tallique reli la terre comme un tuyau par exemple avant de manipuler la carte pour vous d charger de l lectricit statique que vous auriez pu accumuler Lorsque vous manipulez la carte la tenir par les c t s vitez de toucher aux composants ou aux connecteurs Conservez le sachet d origine dans lequel tait la carte lors de l envoi et remettez la carte dedans si vous devez la ranger ou la transporter Utiliser un tournevis cruciforme correspondant la taille de la vis un tournevis num ro 2 En cas d utilisation d un tournevis inappropri la t te de la vis pourrait tre endommag e Pour enlever les vis tourner le tournevis dans le sens contraire des aiguilles d une montre Pour resserrer tourner dans le sens des aiguilles d une montre Veillez ne pas laisser tomber de vis dans le ch ssis du VS 890 Ne pas toucher aux circuits imprim s ou aux connecteurs Ne jamais forcer lors de l installation de la carte de disque dur Si la carte s ajuste mal au premier essai enlevez la carte et recommencez l installation Quand l installation de la carte de disque dur est termin e rev rifiez si tout est bien install Installer un disque dur s rie HDP88 Le VS 890 s utilise avec un disque
91. ress FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer In Play condition if you continue holding STATUS 1 8 any track is OK for a time you can see the source and effect return that is assigned to the track Assigned sources 1 8 upper line Assigned tracks 1 8 lower line CONDITION MARKEF 12345878 INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Recording Tracks 1 8 Stereo In first line Effect 1 second line Effect 2 third line sag Buisn 17 Select the source that will be recorded on the track Hold down the STATUS button of the track that you wish to record and press the SELECT CH EDIT button of the input channel that you wish to assign as the source For this example hold down the track 1 STATUS button and press the input channel 6 SELECT CH EDIT button so it begins to blink At e the sound of a input ch ne annel 6 ae output directly gt 18 Raise and lower channel fader 1 and verify that the volume changes The track channel fader is used for monitoring It does not affect the recording level You can record even if no sound is heard Set the fader to a comfortable level for listening 19 As described in Recording On a Track p 31 record your performance and listen to the result Signal Flow Routing IN2FX2 Ins Insert IN2FK2 InsSend 198 TRIMIX Level 166 OUTPUT L R
92. rformance that you recorded you may notice that even though the overall performance is good a mistake was made or the wrong lyrics were sung in just one location In such cases you can use the following procedure to re record just the portion in which the mistake occurred This is called Punch in Punch out cn pror ne pes es nn a et TITRE o 1 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer 2 Hold down REC and press the STATUS button of the track that you wish to re record STATUS will blink red 3 Press PLAY The song will be playback At the point where you wish to begin re recording press REC REC will light red indicating that recording is occurring Begin playing or singing When you finish playing or singing press REC once again REC will go dark indicating that you have returned to playback mode 38 Although it will appear that the audio data is overwritten by this precess the data that is no longer playback is not actually Making a Multi Track Recording Press STOP The song will stop For details refer to Recording Over a Portion ofa Performance Hold down STOP and press the STATUS button of the _ Punch In Punch Out track that you have re recorded STATUS will light green To listen to your recording press ZERO You will return to the beginning of the
93. rn to Play condition Now you will be able to make digital connections with your CD player If you do not agree to the conditions press NO CANCEL and you will immediately return to Play condition Making a Multi Track Recording To Prevent Digital Connections with CD Player Use the following procedure when you want to prevent digital connections with CD player Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Press SYSTEM several times until SYS System PRM appears in the display 3 Press YES ENTER Press PARAMETER gt several times until CD DigiREC Off appears in the display 5 Press YES ENTER After the display indicates Complete you will return to Play condition Subsequently it will no longer be possible to make digital connections with your CD player Select the Master Clock Synchronize the VS 890 s reference clock the master clock with the digital signal from the digital audio device 2 1 7 5 CITE anne Le MER M We eae SE i 56 Making a Multi Track Recording 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Press SYSTEM several times until SYS System PRM appears in the display 3 Press YES ENTER Fa D x Bea 38 ae 8 P D O R 4 Press PARAMETER gt several times until SYS MasterClk appears in the display 5 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to switch the master clock 6 Press YES ENTER Maste
94. sable memory Used Number of clusters currently being used Free Number of clusters currently unused Clusters These are the smallest unit of memory that the VS 890 uses to manage data ona disk drive The smallest physical units on a disk drive are called either sectors or blocks and depending on the device the size that is handled can be selected For example the VS 890 is designed to use disks with 512 bytes sector When the VS 890 manages song data it handles 64 sectors as a single unit cluster This means that 512 bytes x 64 sectors 32768 bytes 32 kilobytes is one cluster Cross Link This is an error in which a cluster is detected as being included in two or more songs In such a case a completely different song may be heard in the middle of a song Such an error condition is referred to as a cross link Loose Areas An error in which clusters not included in any song are detected as containing valid data In this case the VS 890 will not store data in those clusters A situation which causes this error to occur is called a loose area Directories The VS 890 stores data such as audio data or parameter values on disk in units called files In order to manage large numbers of files the VS 890 keeps lists of file names and the locations on disk in which the data of these files is stored These lists are called directories The IllegalDIR message will appear when this list is incorrect For example t
95. sed gt Hein gt from the hard disk until lt you save that song p 65 For this reason executing Undo will not increase the available recording time lt Fe For Sample you ndo_ Press UNDO REDO back to level 1 fhe VS 890 will be restored to the point En The display will indicate UNDO Level Use the TIME VALUE dial to specify how many steps you wish to return CONDON manen AAS NE Case UNDO Level 1j 3 Press YES ENTER The UNDO REDO indicator will light to show that the Undo operation has been executed successfully If you decide not to execute Undo press NO CANCEL 36 Making a Multi Track Recording If you wish to cancel the last executed Undo i e if you wish to return to the original state use the following procedure Tom tou sons dome F0 G e heeele amp ma HUUHAA ihi ESIE ale iil iit 1 Make sure that UNDO REDO is lit Then hold down SHIFT and press REDO UNDO 2 The display will ask REDO last UNDO Press YES ENTER Ifyou save the song after executing Undo it will no Redo allows you to change your mind about your most recent Undo allowing o vin effect immediately before you ran Undo for Buipioses OBL NW Bue Making a Multi Track Recording Re Recording a Specified Portion Punch In Punch Out When you listen to a pe
96. sh to assign For this example hold down the track 3 STATUS button and press the input channel 2 SELECT button SELECT will blink time thesound of channel 2 will no longer be output directly from master out 10 11 12 Making a Multi Track Recording Press REC The REC indicator will blink red Press PLAY The PLAY indicator will light green and recording will begin Buipiooey YBL 8 Gune When you finish recording press STOP For each track whose STATUS is blinking red press the STATUS button several times to make it light green Making a Multi Track Recording Recording Digital Signals With the VS 890 you can record the digital signals output by CD players DAT and MD recorders Roland VS 1680 and other digital audio devices as is Items Necessary for Digital Recording VS 890 eCD player DAT and MD recorder or other digital audio device Digital connector cable coaxial or optical Make the Digital Connections Connect the digital output connector of your audio device with the VS 890 s DIGITAL IN connector DIGITAL IN 1 is a coaxial connector DIGITAL IN 2 an optical connector Use the appropriate connector for your audio device Match the Sample Rates It can record the digital signals when the sample rate of the song is set to match the sample rate of the input source The song created when a disk drive is initialized will h
97. ss FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer Press ZERO You will return to the beginning of the song 5 Press PLAY The song will be playback 80 11 12 13 14 Use channel fader 2 and the master fader to adjust the volume to a comfortable level for listening Press EFFECT several times until EFFECT 1 PRM appears in the display Press YES ENTER The number and name of the currently selected effect will be displayed and you will be able to select the effect Use the TIME VALUE dial to move the cursor to the effect that you wish to select The difference will be easy to hear if you select an effect such as A05 RV VocalRoom After you have selected an effect press YES ENTER CONDITION MARKER FRI Sel RUE Vera l Room MEASURE BEAT LA Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light red Effect Return Mixer Use channel fader 7 FX 1 RTN to adjust the effect return level If you wish to hear other effects repeat steps 9 12 When the song ends press STOP Applying a Send Return Type Effect While You Record Here we will give an example of how a send return type effect such as reverb can be applied to the source of the INPUT 1 jack and the direct sound and effect sound recorded together on track 3 This is the method you will use when for example you wish to apply reverb to a vocal and record b
98. switched on but this is normal and does not indicate a malfunction f the Display Indicates Init Drive NoDrv No hard disk is installed In this case the VS 890 cannot be used If this message appears even though a hard disk has been installed the hard disk is not being detected correctly Use the rear panel power switch to turn off the VS 890 check that the hard disk is installed properly SHS Init Drive ahora i 5 ADAR 12345678 AB LA INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Adjusting the Display Contrast The text in the VS 890 s display may be difficult to read immediately after the unit is turned on or after it has been used for long periods or depending on the environment in which the unit is used If this occurs adjusting the display contrast Press SYSTEM several times until SYS System PRM appears in the display Press YES ENTER Press lt lt gt gt several times until SYS LCD Contrast appears in the display ee ae You can adjust the display _ 4 contrast tohold down _ PLAY DISPLAY and Rotate the TIME VALUE dial rotate TIME VALUE dial If You Do Not Understand the Display or Don t Know What to Do If an unfamiliar display appears or if you do not know how you arrived at the current condition press PLAY DISPLAY This will return you to the initial power on screen allowing you to re do the procedure from the beginning EDIT CONDITI
99. t Hold down SHIFT and press EDIT FADER 9 Press PARAMETER lt lt gt gt several times until FX1 Ins Sw appears in the display 10 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select On 106 Add Finishing Touches to Your Song conomon MARKER MST Fsi Ins Su Orn MEASURE BEAT v 1 2 SYNC MODE SCENE a RER TIME r apa 7 24 46 12345678 AB LR INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER 1 1 As necessary use PARAMETER lt 4 or gt and the TIME VALUE dial to make the following settings FX1 InsSend FX1 insert send level Adjust the volume level of the signal that is sent to the insertion effect 0 to 127 By default this will be 100 FX1 InsRtn FX1 insert return level Adjust the volume level of the signal that is output from the insertion effect 0 to 127 By default this will be 100 12 Select effects patch Press EFFECT several times until EFFECT 1 PRM appears in the display 13 Press YES ENTER 14 Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the effect you wish to use For this example select an effect such as C10 MTK Mixdown 15 After selecting the effect press YES ENTER CONDITION MARKERS F 1 Sel MTKiMixdown k EASUI Add Finishing Touches to Your Song 16 17 18 20 21 108 21 ue nf a o oe E remet S RIE mee eur E EER 3 0000 26 TOUL LUI betdasiei gt
100. t change the sample rate after the song is recorded In addition you cannot mix different sample rates in the same song Press PARAMETER b gt Use the TIME VALUE dial to select the Recording Mode VSR CDR MAS MT1 MT2 LIV If you will be creating an original audio CD choose MT1 SHG Record Mode MT1 Making a Multi Track Recording Record Mode Select the sound s quality and time based on the recorded contents Once a 7 22 song VSR CDR MAS MT1 MT2 LIV is recorded these settings cannot be changed Compatible with professional quality equipment digital mixers digital effects processors etc The high quality sound can be worked with recorded and edited as is with no loss of sonic quality when playback or output This format allows you to omit the step of conversion to an image file when creating an audio CD p 119 When this mode is selected the unit will function as a four pair stereo recorder Channel Link on tracks a d With this setting you can get the high quality sounds compatible to that s quality of CD player or DAT recorder This mode is appropriate when recording edited two channel stereo songs While maintaining high quality sound recording time is approximately twice that available in MAS mode This mode is good when doing a lot of track bouncing While maintaining high quality sound recording time is longer than that available in
101. t you recorded earlier on track 1 As described in Adjusting the Input Sensitivity p 30 adjust the input sensitivity of the mic connected to the INPUT 2 jack before you begin fuipsooey YOLLANAN BUIMEN baiddiletss inant OO LU mn TNT FH 1 Press PLAY DISPLAY 2 Hold down STATUS of any track and press CLEAR The assignments of input sources to tracks will be cleared 3 Make fine adjustments to the recording level as described in Adjusting the Input Sensitivity p 30 4 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer Making a Multi Track Recording 52 eh di tiis ob te tu i man lituli t 1110 9 Select the playback track s Hold down STOP and press the STATUS button of the track s that you wish to hear For this example hold down STOP and press the track 1 STATUS button STATUS will light green Select the track s for recording Hold down REC and press the STATUS button of the track s that you wish to record For this example hold down REC and press the track 3 STATUS button STATUS will blink red Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light orange Input Mixer Select the source that will be recorded on the track Hold down the STATUS button of the track that you wish to record and press the SELECT button of the input channel that you wi
102. the display indicates FX2 the effect FX2 is ito another Press PARAMETER lt 4 FX2 Ins appears in the nd therefore display ni inserted into this 91 Either turn Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to turn the effect on off Select Insert sayy usA INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Press EFFECT several times until EFFECT 2 PRM appears in the display Press YES ENTER The number and name of the currently selected effect will be displayed and you will be able to select the effect Rotate the TIME VALUE dial to select the effect you wish to use For this example select an effect such as B28 MS DR20 87 CONDITION MARKER TIME FH E2SeNS DRE MEASURE BEA After you have selected an effect press YES ENTER Preparations are now complete Press PLAY DISPLAY to return to Play condition 15 00 Signal Flow Routing Roland Bist me YESS i eae he nd _ pannr Sh i ee 15 16 13 Press PLAY Notice that the effect is applied to the sound Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER indicator light green Track Mixer Use channel fader 1 to adjust the volume of track 1 When the song ends press STOP FX2 InsSend 108 TR1FX2 Ins Insert TRI Mix Level 186 OUTPUT 1 2 MASTER FX2 InsRtn 108 Well Inserting the Same Effect into Another Track as
103. the master fader all the way down Press PLAY The demo song will be playback mM A N Slowly raise the master fader to aoe the volume The playback time level meters etc will be displayed To adjust the volume of the headphones rotate the PH NES knob CONOTION MARKER Fl MEAS 4 URE INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Listening to the Demo Songs 6 When playback ends press STOP The demo playback will stop Viewing the Level Meters In Play condition you can hold down SHIFT and press DISPLAY PLAY to switch the contents of the level meters or playlists EDIT CONDON sd one ee QSONG QLOCATOR QO TRACK QEFFECT QSYSTEM Sr a ig Ero Profs olwag au o uuas The AUX and MASTER jal after passing through the AUX Level _ Pre Level MasterLevel The volume level of each channel immediately after it has passed through E ATT attenuator will be displayed This means that the level meter display will not change even if you adjust the equalizer p 61 or the volume level p 18 conomon mankene Lere k 5 ad 4 294 400 W i INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Post Level The volume level of each channel after it has passed through Mix Level will be displayed When you adjust the mix level p 59 the level meter display will change accordingly CONDITION MARKER wk 5 i I LA IHT i EEEE j INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER Listening to the Demo Songs Play List The way
104. ull potential you can create recording of up to 128 64 V track x 2 V track bank tracks For actual recording playback you specify the bank that you wish to use and then select one of the V tracks The following example shows how to record a performance of V track 2 of track 1 Switching V Tracks 2 3 5 4 1 Press FADER EDIT several times to let the FADER us o indicator light green Track Mixer RS 2 l With song playback stopped hold down SHIFT and press o Le channel 1 Assign CH EDIT The upper left of the display nr ee will indicate TR1 allowing you to make setting for track 1 ee a ee ee 46 Making a Multi Track Recording Hold down SHIFT and press channel 2 V Track CH EDIT The upper line of the display will indicate V Track allowing you to select the V track V Track Bank Tracks on which sound is recorded V Track aes conomon manens me 9 TEL MEASURE Bi 1 Track EAT 12345678 INPUT TRACK AUX MASTER At this time the bar display will indicate the V tracks on which sound has been recorded and the V track which is selected for each track 1 8 in the horizontal axis are the track numbers and 1 8 in the vertical axis are the V track numbers A W displayed on the upper line of the V track number indicates that sound has been recorded in that V track In the above display sound has been recorded in

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