Roland VS-1680 Appendices

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “IMPOR- TANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” (p. 2), “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (p. 3, 4), and “IMPORTANT ...

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how the VS-1680 handles MIDI messages. What is MIDI MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It is a worldwide standard that allows elec- tronic musical instruments and personal computer to exchange musical performance data and messages such as sound selections. Any MIDI-compatible device can ...

is a data transfer standard that allows large amounts of data to be sent and received. The VS-1680 comes prepared with a SCSI connectors allowing you to con- nect external SCSI devices such as hard disks and Zip drives. This section describes the procedures and pre- cautions taken when using these devices. ...

expect, check the following points before you suspect a malfunction. If this does not resolve the problem, contact servicing by your dealer or qualified Roland Service Center. Recording and Playback No Sound ●The power of the VS-1680 and the connected devices is not turned on. ●The audio cables are not connec ...

●The Vari-Pitch function is turned on (the VARI PITCH indicator is lit). ●The time compression/expansion function is being used (Owner’s Manual p. 90). Disk drive problems The internal hard disk is not being recognized ●The hard disk has not been installed correctly. ●“IDE Drive” is set to “Off” (Owner’s Manu ...

sequencer as the master, the VS-1680 does not respond to the sequencer messages ●The MIDI cable is not connected correctly. ●The MIDI cable is broken. ●You are trying to synchronize using the MIDI clock. →The VS-1680 cannot be run in slave mode using a method other than MTC. ●The EXT indicator is off (“Sync Source� ...

right away? The VS-1680 is an audio recording device. Please first prepared the following items. • Internal hard disk (HDP-88 series) • Audio device to take the Master output, or stereo headphones • Instruments and mics, as well as a CD player and other devices for recording Furthermore, by setting ...

source track using Track Erase, but the free capacity on the hard disk didn’t increase. When you carry out Track Cut, Track Erase, or Phrase Delete, the apparent performance data disappears. However, due to the Undo function, the erased perfor- mance data is not deleted from the hard disk. When you want to increase hard di ...