Holy-Geez.
I am in 7th Heaven. I have been waiting (for what, who knows) to make the move to digital for about 5 years. I finally went and bought the VS-1880, the two FX boards, and Roland's new CDRack. And all I can say is "Mother******". This is nothing short of incredible. I wish this kind of ease for all engineers. The sound is awesome. The control is immense. You ever had a situation where you discovered something new and couldn't quit smiling? Well, I honestly had about 20 of those this past weekend. Any engineers out there who have been wondering about making the move to digital, I hope you try and share the same joy and surprise I have had.
But I do have one complaint. Or mayber several. Look, I read my manuals like a good boy- all 3 of the phone-book sized manuals that came with the 1880. But the manuals are poorly written. They explain a few things OK... and the machine itself is pretty intuitive. And, in Roland's defense, they did send along this 2 hour video that gives the user a "crash-course", but I can't remember everything (hey Roland, how about putting this video on DVD... my copy was poorly duplicated). I find myself going to the manual with a question but coming away with two more.
Maybe it's just so much information that I can't soak it all up right now. That's very possible. Maybe there should be a web site dedicated to the VS-1880 (Of course, this site rules more than any other found for recording information!). I've seen that one site about VS units but it's out-of-date and doesn't really hold much information that I was looking for. Maybe all the web masters have their own VS units and are spending more time recording instead of maintaining their site! Can't say that I blame them. I'm just looking for more resources.
Regardless of their Manual-miss, their product is wonderful. Truly wonderful. I think I will marry this machine. ha ha
Chad Austin
the Logic
http://www.thelogicmusic.com
I am in 7th Heaven. I have been waiting (for what, who knows) to make the move to digital for about 5 years. I finally went and bought the VS-1880, the two FX boards, and Roland's new CDRack. And all I can say is "Mother******". This is nothing short of incredible. I wish this kind of ease for all engineers. The sound is awesome. The control is immense. You ever had a situation where you discovered something new and couldn't quit smiling? Well, I honestly had about 20 of those this past weekend. Any engineers out there who have been wondering about making the move to digital, I hope you try and share the same joy and surprise I have had.
But I do have one complaint. Or mayber several. Look, I read my manuals like a good boy- all 3 of the phone-book sized manuals that came with the 1880. But the manuals are poorly written. They explain a few things OK... and the machine itself is pretty intuitive. And, in Roland's defense, they did send along this 2 hour video that gives the user a "crash-course", but I can't remember everything (hey Roland, how about putting this video on DVD... my copy was poorly duplicated). I find myself going to the manual with a question but coming away with two more.
Maybe it's just so much information that I can't soak it all up right now. That's very possible. Maybe there should be a web site dedicated to the VS-1880 (Of course, this site rules more than any other found for recording information!). I've seen that one site about VS units but it's out-of-date and doesn't really hold much information that I was looking for. Maybe all the web masters have their own VS units and are spending more time recording instead of maintaining their site! Can't say that I blame them. I'm just looking for more resources.
Regardless of their Manual-miss, their product is wonderful. Truly wonderful. I think I will marry this machine. ha ha
Chad Austin
the Logic
http://www.thelogicmusic.com
