VS-2480CD
Digital Studio Workstation Its a Fact
The Roland VS-2480CD Digital Studio Workstation is a self-contained 24-track/24-bit/96kHz recorder with onboard effects, CD-RW drive and 80GB hard drive. 16-track simultaneous recording with 384 Virtual Tracks 64-channel, fully automated digital mixer with 17 motorized faders VGA monitor output for intuitive, software-style drag-and-drop editing with included mouse Professionalquality connections including 8 XLR/16 balanced TRS inputs 2 stereo effectsexpandable to 8including COSM Mic, Speaker, and Guitar Amp Modeling, plus Mastering Tool Kit Third-party plug-ins with optional VS8F-3 Effect Expansion Board Dual 8-channel R-BUS ports for expandable I/O in a variety of analog and digital formats SMPTE and Word Clock input 24-voice Phrase Pads for triggering and arranging samples Import.WAV/AIFF files direct from CD-ROM; export files in.WAV format to CD-ROM CD Capture function for importing audio from CD

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Loading and Playing the Demo Song
Use the following procedure to load and play back the VS-2480CD demo song using the built-in LCD. 1. Press PROJECTthe project list appears, listing your hard drive partitions and their contents. 2. Press or to select What You Dont Know. 3. Press F6 (MARK) to checkmark the project. 4. Press F1 (SELECT)"Select Project, Sure?" is displayed. Press ENTER/YES. If "Store Current?" or Re-Load Current?" appears, press ENTER/YES. 5. Once the project is loaded, press PLAY to start the song, and STOP to end playback. 6. Press ZERO to return to the top of the song. Note: During playback, you can press TR 1-16 or TR 17-24 and move the faders to adjust the listening level of the individual tracks in the project.

Recording a Song

Heres how to record audio onto Track 1 using the built-in LCD. Create a New Project 1. Press PROJECT. 2. Press F2 (NEW)the default setting for the SAMPLE RATE is 44.1k, and the RECORDING MODE is MTP. We recommend using the default settings when creating a new project. 3. Press F5 (OK)Create New Project, Sure? is displayed. Press ENTER/YES. Note: If Store Current? appears, press ENTER/YES to save changes to the currently loaded project before the new one is created. Adjust Input Levels 1. Connect a dynamic microphone to either the XLR or the 1/4 INPUT 1 jack. 2. Press the IN 1-16 button so it lights. 3. Raise the Input 1 fader to 0db. 4. Press F1 (INPUT) on the main display to view the input meter. 5. While speaking or singing into the mic, adjust the input SENS knob beneath the INPUT 1 jacks so that the displayed level is between 4 and 12. Record Your Performance 1. Press the TR 1-16 button. 2. To select and arm Track 1, press the TRACK STATUS Button 1 until it flashes red.
Connecting the VGA Monitor
Any VGA monitor will work with the VS-2480CD. To set up your monitor, use the following procedure. 1. Connect the VGA cable from the monitor to the VS-2480CDs VGA OUT jack. 2. Turn on the monitor, and then the VS-2480CD. 3. Press the VS-2480CDs UTILITY button. 4. Press F1 (SYSTEM), and then F2 (Param2). 5. Use the CURSOR buttons and the TIME/VALUE dial to set VGA OUT to ON. 6. CURSOR to the REFRESH RATE box and slowly turn the TIME/VALUE dial until the picture is displayed correctly on the VGA monitor. 7. To use your mouse on the VS-2480CDs internal LCD, set OPERATION TARGET to LCD, or set it to VGA to work on your external monitor.

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3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Raise Track 1s fader to find a comfortable listening level. Press RECthe light above REC flashes red to indicate that the VS-2480CD is ready to record. Press PLAYREC and TRACK STATUS Button 1 light solid red to show youve begun recording. Press STOP when youre done recording. Press ZERO to return to the beginning of the project. Press PLAY to listen to the track and, if necessary, adjust Track 1s listening level again.
6. 7. 8. Press REC, and then press PLAY to begin the mixdown. When the song is finished, press STOP. Change STATUS to PLAY and press ZERO. Press PLAY to listen to your mastering tracks. Burning a CD 1. Press the CD-RW MASTERING button. 2. Press F2 (CDWrit). "Store Current?" is displayed. Press ENTER/YES. 3. Insert a blank CD-R and press ENTER/YES. 4. Select 23-16:V.T23-16 and 24-16:V.T24-16 as L-Ch SOURCE TRACK and R-Ch SOURCE TRACK, respectively. 5. Set WRITE METHOD to Disc at Once. 6. Set CD SPEED to X4. 7. Press F5 (OK). "CD Track No. OK?" is displayed. Press YES three times to start burning the CD. Note: When the VS-2480CD finishes burning the CD, it asks Write Another? and the CD is ejected. If you wish to burn another copy of the song, replace the CD with a blank and press ENTER/YES.

Add Reverb to a Recorded Track Use the following procedure to listen to Track 1 with reverb added: 1. Press the EFFECT button. 2. Press F1 (FX1) and then press F1 (PATCH). 3. Highlight P046 RV: Vocal Plt and press F5 (SELECT) to confirm your choice. 4. Press the TR 1-16 button so the faders control Track Channels 1-16. 5. Press CH EDIT for Track 1. 6. Highlight dB in the AUX 1 box. 7. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to set the AUX 1 value to -9 dB or higher. 8. Press the TR 17-24 button so the faders control Track Channels 17-24 and the effect returns. 9. Raise the fader for FX1RTN to 0 dB. 10. Press PLAY to hear the track with reverb. To increase the amount of reverb, repeat Steps 5-7, and raise the db value in Step 7 as desired.

CD Capture

CD Capture allows the VS-2480CD to extract songs from an audio CD and place them on two tracks in the currently loaded project. 1. Press CD-RW MASTERING. Press the PAGE button once and then press F1 (CDCapt). 2. Insert the audio CD and press ENTER/YES. Select the desired track in the CD TRACK box. 3. Set L-CH DESTINATION TRACK to the track on which you wish to place the CDs songR-CH DESTINATION TRACK is automatically set to the next-highest track. 4. Press F5 (OK) followed by ENTER/YES twice to capture the CD audio to the selected tracks. Note: To import multiple songs to the same track, repeat these steps. For the first song, dial in to zero as the CAPTURE TO value. For the remaining songs, dial in to last phrase: 2 s as the CAPTURE TO value.

Mastering and CD-R Write

Once youve finished recording a project, youll mix your song in stereo onto two mastering tracks. The VS-2480CD provides the Mastering Room for this purpose. Mixing in the Mastering Room 1. Press CD-RW MASTERING, and then F1 (Mstrng) to enter the Mastering Room. 2. Set MASTERING ROOM to On. 3. Set STATUS to REC. 4. Turn CDR Rec MODE on to record your mastering tracks in a form thats ready for burning onto a CD. 5. The V.Track setting shows the Virtual Tracks on which your mastering tracks are to be recorded and then burned onto a CD. By default, V.Track is set to 23/24-16Tracks 23 and 24, Virtual Track 16.

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