VS 1680 to computer cd burn and mastering w/ cakewalk

[wscberk]

I must be an idiot. I can't figure out how to take a song on my vs 1680 to my computer and burn it on cd. Can someone walk me through this. I also have cakewalk and I'd love to do some mastering work with this but I am clueless on getting these machines to communicate. Please help! Thanks

[MartyMcFly]

Me too...
Now you dont have to feel like a complete moron...
Someone out there must know how to do this. Come on...

[TexRoadkill]

Run a cable from the outs on your Roland to the line input on your sound card. Configure the recording software to record on the line in and hit record.

[jerod]

I am trying to do the same thing and having newbie problems. Tex maybe you can help. On the 1880 i see couple of ways to get a signal out. 1) Monitor out or with RCA jacks. 2) /scsi/computer port( which I have no idea how to use) or what to plug into it.

I tried to run the RCA jacks into the input of my computer( the little 1/8 stereo input jack with picture of a microphone) Is this what you mean by "input to the sound card" or is there another jack/port that I am unaware of?

This did not really work as the only thing I could record with was the "sound recorder" which only records 60 secs. of sound and the quality sucks. So, I realize I need some software also. Any suggestions? I am not against spending a few bucks but am trying to avoid buying the CD burner that Roland offers as an "add on" to the VS units which costs another $700 bucks.

My whole goal is to be able to take a rough mix from the vs 1880 into the computer and save it so I can try some other stuff with the song so I do not use up all the memory in the 1880.

sorry for the diatribe... but need to figure this out.

jerod

[Mel Torme]

You can find a wealth of information on this topic by going to the bbs at http://www.vsplanet.com, and doing a quick search.

[betelgeuse]

Jerod:

I've got a 1680 with os version 2.023 ... I recently bought an external SCSI CD-RW from Plextor (refurbished) for a total $235 including shipping... I plan on using it to backup data and burn songs directly from the 1680 ...

Some have gotten it even cheaper from e-bay

I've been able to do a backup. I have not burned a song to CD yet although there are plenty of others that have ...

I too made the decision that I was not going to spend $700 or so for the Roland CD-RW. At some point in time, I believe that the Roland CD-RW had the Plextor CD-RW inside ...

Check out the Planet for details... Search for "Plextor" in the 1680 forum ...

[TexRoadkill]

Jerod- you are doing things correctly but as you have found software is a problem. Your soundblaster is also going to be limiting because they are pretty low quality for recording.

For software I would recomend CoolEditPro $200? or Ntracks $50 as cheap but good programs.

If you would like to upgrade your sound card check out the M-Audio Delta cards starting around $200. The difference a good sound card can make is HUGE.

I dont have a VS recorder but if you have digital outs on that you can get a sound card with digital inputs and save the extra DA conversion. Your digital out will give you the cleanest possible masters.

[TexRoadkill]

Jerod- you are doing things correctly but as you have found software is a problem. Your soundblaster is also going to be limiting because they are pretty low quality for recording.

For software I would recomend CoolEditPro $200? or Ntracks $50 as cheap but good programs.

If you would like to upgrade your sound card check out the M-Audio Delta cards starting around $200. The difference a good sound card can make is HUGE.

I dont have a VS recorder but if you have digital outs on that you can get a sound card with digital inputs and save the extra DA conversion. Your digital out will give you the cleanest possible masters.

I personally would avoid stand alone CD burners. They do not produce as good of CD masters as internal computer burners. External writers have to write on the fly and that can introduce jitter which can subtly or obviously hurt your overall high freq response and dynamic range.

[betelgeuse]

Tex...

"External writers have to write on the fly and that can introduce jitter ..."

Could you elaborate on that and how internal ones do not. I would like to learn something here.

Thanks ...