monty
Banned
Okay, at the risk of sounding repetitious, let me put it this way:
The VS880EX is one of the coolest things mankind will ever produce. There are instances of songs done with the 880 having been used on albums and movie soundtracks. I would keep mine just for the effects alone. Want more tracks? Just sync some together with midi. I save the hard drives if there is something worth saving in that manner. They have optical outs for copying to computer. Don’t be fooled by the numbers game. These are neat little units, and can be utilized for professional results.
It’s not complicated for basic recording operations. If you’re going to copy it to a computer don’t even worry your gonads about all the complexities that are possible as you will be bypassing them with the copy process. Midi will sync ALL tracks copied. You will have to copy 2 at a time, but when you’re done EACH track will be in sync. You will notice on the back of the unit there are 2 types of digital connections. One is for optical. The optical cables won’t be susceptible to RF interference. So get yourself a soundcard with digital inputs, regular or optical. If not, you can still do an analog copy, 2 tracks at a time, and be in sync with all tracks using midi. It’s tricky to get ALL settings right, but it can be done if you’re willing to spend the time. The computer will be the master, and the VS will be the slave. When you hit “play” on your computer, the VS will play at exactly the same time in sync. When you hit “rewind” on the computer, the VS will be the devoted little slave and follow exactly because you will be using midi machine code. VSPlanet and the manuals are good resources. Just remember, “garbage in – garbage out”. I’ll try to take a picture of the notes I made for myself so’s I could remember the settings in the computer and Cakewalk (or Sonar). Cool Edit…? Hmmm, maybe you can’t sync with midi in Cool Edit. I dunno about that program I have it but always used Cake. In that case put a sharp click at the beginning or end of ALL tracks at the same time in the VS, then adjust them in your computer after they are copied as Wish14 said. Like Acidrock said, it may be an ambitious a task at your present level. It took me a looooong time to get the VS to sync with a computer. I started off with some software that cost $150 called VSPro, by Datasonics, in Australia. It let’s you see and edit the tracks on your computer as you manipulate them in the VS. Nothing like support calls to Australia to help run up the phone bill. (I live in Calif.)
The VS880EX is one of the coolest things mankind will ever produce. There are instances of songs done with the 880 having been used on albums and movie soundtracks. I would keep mine just for the effects alone. Want more tracks? Just sync some together with midi. I save the hard drives if there is something worth saving in that manner. They have optical outs for copying to computer. Don’t be fooled by the numbers game. These are neat little units, and can be utilized for professional results.
It’s not complicated for basic recording operations. If you’re going to copy it to a computer don’t even worry your gonads about all the complexities that are possible as you will be bypassing them with the copy process. Midi will sync ALL tracks copied. You will have to copy 2 at a time, but when you’re done EACH track will be in sync. You will notice on the back of the unit there are 2 types of digital connections. One is for optical. The optical cables won’t be susceptible to RF interference. So get yourself a soundcard with digital inputs, regular or optical. If not, you can still do an analog copy, 2 tracks at a time, and be in sync with all tracks using midi. It’s tricky to get ALL settings right, but it can be done if you’re willing to spend the time. The computer will be the master, and the VS will be the slave. When you hit “play” on your computer, the VS will play at exactly the same time in sync. When you hit “rewind” on the computer, the VS will be the devoted little slave and follow exactly because you will be using midi machine code. VSPlanet and the manuals are good resources. Just remember, “garbage in – garbage out”. I’ll try to take a picture of the notes I made for myself so’s I could remember the settings in the computer and Cakewalk (or Sonar). Cool Edit…? Hmmm, maybe you can’t sync with midi in Cool Edit. I dunno about that program I have it but always used Cake. In that case put a sharp click at the beginning or end of ALL tracks at the same time in the VS, then adjust them in your computer after they are copied as Wish14 said. Like Acidrock said, it may be an ambitious a task at your present level. It took me a looooong time to get the VS to sync with a computer. I started off with some software that cost $150 called VSPro, by Datasonics, in Australia. It let’s you see and edit the tracks on your computer as you manipulate them in the VS. Nothing like support calls to Australia to help run up the phone bill. (I live in Calif.)
