VS 880 Ex

[daav]

I have a friend who has one of these and the CD burner to go with it. he recorded a bunch of tracks a couple years ago and had troble getting them burned at the time. Life gets complicated, and he puts the unit in a closet for 2 years or so.

So no I have it, and I am trying to jsut get the raw tracks off the unit. From the instuctions it seems like backing up song by song is the best trick. Can anyone confirm that I might get somehting useful out of that, wav files to mix on the PC or something?

I seemed to get an error on the CD as well, butnot sure if that is me flailing or what, some basiuc guidelines would be helpful as well.

Thanks,
Dave.

[ermghoti]

Set the burn speed to 1x for maximum reliability.

The backup CD's are recorded with some bizarre and proprietary Roland format, that won't work anywhere but a VS machine. The only way an EX can get WAV's to a PC is to record the tracks, two at a time, from the digital outs.

Visit vsplanet.com, which is a place filled with Roland wizards.

[daav]

Thanks for the info, that is what i was afraid of.

Dave.

[monty]

You could get wavs from the analog outs too, by recording them as wavs.

[ermghoti]

Correct. I should not have said the only way. It would be better not to use the onboard AD converters, and then convert again at recording, though.

[monty]

I like to use the optical outs...avoids the converters and any electrical interference.

I had my transmission fixed in Everett, about 1972.

[ermghoti]

Must have been memorable, since most places here charge on a sliding scale, based on how far away you live...

I can't be blamed, I was about 1 at the time, and living elsewhere. I have witnesses.

[monty]

Originally Posted by ermghoti

Must have been memorable, since most places here charge on a sliding scale, based on how far away you live...

I can't be blamed, I was about 1 at the time, and living elsewhere. I have witnesses.

Very memorable. I was on a long trip with my girl and our 2 dogs, pulling a small trailer, camping along the coastline on our way to Seattle. The seals started leaking and I saw an ad in a Seattle paper: Seals replaced for $25. I walked around by the ocean and town for 4 hours while this guy fixed it. He had been an Aamco mechanic for 25 years and had started his own business in his SPOTLESS home garage. One of the best car deals I ever had.