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Detroitroadrage
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Not many Roland users I see, or just not many posters'.
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Detroitroadrage
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I agree, my 2480DVD is a rock, alot of friends have pc based systems and seem to come to me quit often with issues that I resolve on the Roland.
Good day.
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nubsy
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I love my 2480DVD. Great bridge between an old cassette feel and the digital realm. Does all that I require, and stuff I'll probably never use. Great machine!
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Detroitroadrage
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Have you dabbled in the Phrase Pad functions yet? Opened up a whole new world for me. That is a feature not to overlook, good luck.
BentRabbit
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I run 'the best of both worlds' as it were... 2480DVD for all tracking and basic mixing/mastering... Sonar 7.02/Wavelab for 'in the trenches' mixing/mastering duties...
The 2480 is solid as a rock when recording 12 drum tracks, 2 guitars, bass and keys simultaneously... Sonar, running on a Dual Xeon 3.06/XP Pro/3 gigs Ram, can't even come close to the stability I get with my Roland
The 2480 is solid as a rock when recording 12 drum tracks, 2 guitars, bass and keys simultaneously... Sonar, running on a Dual Xeon 3.06/XP Pro/3 gigs Ram, can't even come close to the stability I get with my Roland
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Detroitroadrage
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I run 'the best of both worlds' as it were... 2480DVD for all tracking and basic mixing/mastering... Sonar 7.02/Wavelab for 'in the trenches' mixing/mastering duties...
The 2480 is solid as a rock when recording 12 drum tracks, 2 guitars, bass and keys simultaneously... Sonar, running on a Dual Xeon 3.06/XP Pro/3 gigs Ram, can't even come close to the stability I get with my Roland
Once you export your tracks to Sonar, do they ever get back into the Roland, or does your Roland never see a finished project? Or do you use the Roland as a control surface via R-Bus?
BentRabbit
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Yes...
Depending on the project(s) all the above may happen...
I'm working on a song now that was initially tracked on the 2480, embellished in Sonar a bit (i.e. a friend sent me some lead guitar work and I had some polishing of some vocal tracks that I used Melodyne and V-Vocal for). I used the 2480 as a control surface for the Sonar work, and have just imported the edited tracks back into the 2480 (via V-Fire) and have been applying LA2A, 1176, and T-Racks mastering plugs to some of them...
It's an amazing difference coming from Sonar back to the 2480... There's a certain, fullness/warmth the Roland has that the computer lacks...
I've seen folks debate that point more than once, and I have no technical support to back it up, but to the nay-sayers I just say... Come on down to the studio with your own tracks... We'll load em up and you can listen for yourself
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Detroitroadrage
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I've seen folks debate that point more than once, and I have no technical support to back it up, but to the nay-sayers I just say... Come on down to the studio with your own tracks... We'll load em up and you can listen for yourself
"HERE, HERE,......Cheers to the Rabbit"
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nubsy
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No, I have never used the phrase pads. Without asking you to hold my hand, can you suggest a simple introductory type project to tackle? Thanks for the luck, anyway!
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Detroitroadrage
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The way I learned was I tracked my drums seperately on each track (record one strike of the kick on tr.1, snare on tr.2, crash on tr.3, breaking glass on tr.4.....and so on). Then I edited each sample to eliminate any dead space before and after each then moved all sounds to "0" on the timeline. Then use your manual to enter Phrase Pad mode, and it will walk you through triggering/recording process. Once I did it a few times it was quite simple. The coolest part is that you can use any recorded track for triggering any sample. Ex: playing back a recorded track and having the crash cymbal trigger the sample of breaking glass all automatically.
At first I thought it was more of an un-needed feature, but the more I understand of what it is capable of, the mord I NEED this feature. Good luck.