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Owner’s Manual
Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland VS-1680 V-XPANDED
Digital Studio Workstation.
As the owner of the VS-1680 V-XPANDED, you can begin using all functions
immediately. Please read the V-XPANDED Owner’s Manual (this document) together
with the VS-1680 Owner’s Manual (three volumes).
If you purchased the V-XPANDED system Zip disk, refer to this manual and upgrade
the system software of VS-1680 (to add the V-XPANDED functions). Then, read the V-
XPANDED Owner’
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Table of Contents Creating an audio CD ...............................................25 Table of Contents.............................3 Creating silence between songs (Disc At Once Precautions ...................................................................4 and Track At Once)..............................................25 Added functionality Specifying the writing speed (Speed) ...............25 (main features) .............................................................5 Song writing p
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Precautions Unfortunately, it may be impossible to restore the data stored on a Zip disk or other form of media once it has been erased, initialized, or otherwise lost. Roland Corporation assumes no liability concerning such loss of data. Zip disks contain a plastic disk with a thin coating of magnetic storage medium. Microscopic precision is required to store large amounts of data on such a small surface area. To preserve their integrity, please observe the following when handling Zip
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- The faders of two or more channels can be adjusted as a Added functionality group (Fader Group: p. 36). (main features) - Level and EQ settings of a channel can be copied (p. 37). - In Play condition, Shift Lock can be turned on/off directly Mixdown using the VS-1680 ([SHIFT]+[YES]: p. 38). alone - Direct current offset can be removed from the mix bus While playing back sixteen tracks, you can mixdown to any (p. 38). two tracks of the 256 V-tracks (Mastering Room). This is Enhanced scre
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Expanding the functionality of the VS-1680 There are several ways in which the new functions can be disk drives. added to the VS-1680. Please read the section that applies to fig.1-01 your VS-1680. NOTE After you have upgraded the VS-1680, you can continue using the hard disk that you are currently using without any changes. It is not necessary to initialize the hard disk. However, as a precaution against unforeseen accidents, we recommend that you back up your song data before performing
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Expanding the functionality of the VS-1680 fig.1-04 MEMO Subsequently, when starting up the VS-1680, you will not need the V-XPANDED system program Zip disk. Keep this Zip disk in a safe location that is not excessively warm. The V-XPANDED system program Zip disk cannot be used on any device other than the VS-1680. 10. If you pressed [NO] in step 9, an additional message will ask you to confirm. If you wish to erase (initialize) the user settings, press [YES]. If you press [NO] you will r
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Mix 16 tracks down to 2 tracks (Mastering Room) From the 256 V-tracks you can now select any two tracks, Mixing down to the and mixdown to these two tracks as you play back 16 tracks mastering tracks simultaneously. Here’s how to select the mastering tracks, and perform a Added mastering tracks mixdown. Until now, you had to use an external DAT recorder or MD NOTE recorder if you wanted to mixdown a song that used all The operation of playing back 16 tracks while you mixdown to the sixtee
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Mix 16 tracks down to 2 tracks (Mastering Room) Status MEMO Specify the status of the mastering tracks. For this example, Depending on the After Rec (After Recording) setting or on select “Off.” the location relative to other markers, the display may Off: The mastering tracks will not be used. indicate “Can’t Set Marker,” and the track number marker Rec: Play back tracks 1–16 while recording them to the may not be assigned. mastering tracks. Play: Play back the mastering tracks. The sound o
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Mix 16 tracks down to 2 tracks (Mastering Room) 12. Use the cursor buttons and the Value dial to change the 4. Select the V-tracks. Use [ ] or [ ] to move the "Status" of the tracks for mastering to “Rec.” cursor to “L:” or “R:,” and rotate the TIME/VALUE dial. 13. Press [REC]. The REC indicator will light in red. Mixdown shortcut 2 14. Press [PLAY]. The PLAY indicator will light in green, The “Status” of the mastering tracks can also be set as and recording will begin. follows. 15. When you
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Mix 16 tracks down to 2 tracks (Mastering Room) fig.2-11 6. Press [PLAY]. The mastering tracks will play back. Use the master fader to adjust the volume to a comfortable listening level. At this time, the function buttons will function as follows (Owner’s Manual, p. 182). [F1 (ZOOM+)]: Enlarges the playlist display in the track direction (three levels). [F2 (ZOOM-)]: Reduces the playlist display in the track direction (three levels). [F3 (←→)]: Enlarges the playlist display in the time dir
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Mix 16 tracks down to 2 tracks (Mastering Room) fig.2-03 8. Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to move the cursor. Use the TIME/VALUE dial to make settings. fig.2-20.e Effect Insert Switch 3. Press [ENTER (YES)]. 4. Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to move the cursor Insert Return Level to “Status.” Insert Send Level fig.2-18 EFX1 (effect insert switch 1) Select how the effect will be connected. Off: The effect will not be inserted. Ins: The stereo effect will be inserted into both channels. The inserted e
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Mix 16 tracks down to 2 tracks (Mastering Room) 14. Hold down [STOP], and press [STATUS] for all tracks Signal flow (routing) (1–15/16) that you wish to mixdown. The STATUS fig.2-24 indicator will light in green. Track 1--16 EFX (Insert) MIX fig.2-06 Mastering LR Track TR15-16 MIX MASTER OUT TR1 Sw MONITOR OUT TR16-16 MASTER 15. Press [FADER] so that the TR (track) indicator lights. fig.2-07.e Dark Lit 16. Press [PLAY]. The song will play back. 17. Raise and lower the master fader, and verify
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New effects algorithms When the VS8F-2 effects expansion board is installed, the fig.3-03 Gain Gain following effects algorithms will be added. + + EQ Low (Shlv) EQ High (Shlv) - Making the volume consistent for each frequency band (Mastering Tool Kit) (p. 14) 0 0 - Modeling various speakers (Speaker Modeling) (p. 17) Freq Freq Making the volume - - consistent for each frequency band Gain Gain + + (Mastering Tool Kit) EQ (Peak) Q (0.3 – 16) This is a compressor that can be applied 0 0 Freq
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New effects algorithms fig.3-04 BCut (Bass-cut filter) Level L-SplitP H-SplitP This removes unwanted low-frequency components, such as pop noise. Low Mid High Sw (Switch) Off, On Turns the bass-cut filter on/off. Freq (Frequency) Thru, 20–2,000Hz Freq Adjusts the cutoff frequency of the bass-cut filter. Exp (Expander) Enh (Enhancer) This effect restricts the output by a specific ratio when low- This effect adds a phase-shifted signal to the original signal, level signals are input. enhanci
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New effects algorithms fig.3-06b Cmp (Compressor) In When a high-level signal is input, this effect restricts the output at a specified ratio. Threshold fig.3-06 Out Threshold 1:1 Time Out 1:2 Release Threshold 1:INF Ratio Time In NOTE The compressor provides threshold (Thre) and Ratio settings that Sw (Switch) Off, On Turns the compressor on/off. automatically adjust a signal to the optimal level. Since lengthening the attack (Atck) may cause distortion, a -6 dB margin Low Thre (Low thres
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New effects algorithms Powered GenBlk: A widely used model of powered Dither Off, 24–8bit By adding a minute level of noise (dither), this smoothes the monitors (two-way type, with a woofer transition between playback audio and silence. diameter of 170 mm (6-1/2 inches)). Powered E-Bas: Powered monitors characterized by a Level -80–+6dB This adjusts the overall volume level of the sound that has bright tone. passed through the limiter (Lmt). Powered Mack: Powered monitors characterized
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New effects algorithms 4. Select the effect that will be inserted. For this example, Lmt (Limiter) select a patch that uses the speaker modeling algorithm. This effect limits excessive output levels. 4-1. Press [PLAY (DISPLAY)]. Sw (Switch) Off, On 4-2. Hold down [SHIFT] and press [F4 (EFX B)]. Turns the limiter on/off. 4-3. Press [F1 (EFX3)]. Thresh (Threshold) -60–0dB 4-4. Press [F2 (Sel)]. Specifies the level at which the limiter will begin to operate. 4-5. Use the TIME/VALUE dial to sel
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Editing an automix As part of the new software, select the area to edit. You can fig.4-03 now select an area (marker), and edit the automix data in that area. To edit the automix data, you must first select the area to which your editing will apply. Erasing data from a specific area (Erase) This operation erases the automix data from a specific area. Markers will not be erased. fig.4-01.e 6. Make sure that the cursor is located at “Edit Target,” and use the TIME/VALUE dial to select the aut
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Editing an automix fig.4-05_80 3. Press [PAGE] so that [F5] indicates “A.Mix,” and then press [F5 (A.Mix)]. fig.4-02 Target This will indicate the type of automix data that you selected to be erased in step 6. If you wish to erase all automix data, use the TIME/VALUE dial to select “All Level and Pan.” 4. Press [F2 (Micro)]. 10. If you wish to erase the data, press [F4 (Exec)]. If you press [F6 (EXIT)], you will return to step 7 without 5. Press [PAGE] so that [F1] indicates “In.” erasing a
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Editing an automix fig.4-10.e NOTE Copy area Destination Marker Even if there is only one marker for the automix data that you wish to copy, press the button in the order of [F1 (In)]→ [F1 (Out)] at 12 345 67 8910 11 the same marker location. Destination Marker MEMO You can rotate the TIME/VALUE dial to modify the automix setting value at the cursor location. If you wish to re-select 12 345 6781 910112 13 the automix data that will be copied, press [ ]. 6, 10: The automix data of the copy-de
