Roland VS840 (best way to get tracks on comp or cd)

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I just got a roland vs840....

I'd like to know the best way to get the music on either your computer or on cd...preferably computer....I have a audiophile card if that helps any


also with the zip disks...can you keep overwriting those forever? Because everytime i take the disk out and put it back in, theres nothing on the disk...as if it didn't record......but when i record and play it back it is there so i know it works good

I haven't watched the video because it's 96 minutes and i haven't had time yet, i was just looking for a few quick answers

here is a look at the audiophile
http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/item--MDOAP2496

if that can help you answer my questions.
 
If you have the original 840 with 100meg disks...

Get a zip drive for your pc, you can copy them into folders on the hard disk and burn to CD.

You can't use the 840 recordings on a pc though unless....

Download the free .wav converter for the Boss BR8 - it works with 840 songs. Again, you will need a zip drive on the pc, it could be a USB one if you like.

The converter turns mono or stereo tracks into .wav. Including V-tracks. The .wavs always beging from the start of the song so will line up if you want to mix in a pc multitracker like Cakewalk. It works with Mt1 songs but the converters browser doesn't recognise them - the BR8 can't do Mt1. I think it only works with 44.1Khz songs too, not 32Khz.

You should be able to record from 840 s/pdif (rca type) into your Audiophile. You will have to have a pc recording program of some kind - don't bother with Soundrecorder. You might have a decent one with CD burning software (Nero WaveEditor is good).
The Audiophile control panel will have to be changed for it to use External Clock when it's recording from the s/pdif.
 
i've got cool edit, i could record into that couldn't i?

I think i found a zip drive for 25 bucks shipped tho....so hopefully that would do good
 
Try to leave or add about 5 seconds at the beginning of every track. Then create a click track, about 4 beats at the beginning of track 1. You can just tap this out with a drumstick (we used the metronome on my Korg PXR4). Then do a track copy, moving those 4 beats to the beginning of every other track. Then you can send the tracks to the PC, 2 at a time, by S/PDIF. Then synch them manually in your computer software, using the click track as a visual guide. It's a pain in the ass, but it works. We did an entire album that way, from a VS1824CD to Pro Tools. It's a trick I picked up on VS Planet.com.-Richie
 
would getting the zip drive be the smartest and easiest way to do it?
 
Cool Edit does fine for stereo recording. Make sure you have Audiophile input you are using selected as its record device in the settings.

But if you get a zip drive for the pc you get direct conversion of any tracks in or out and can archive the contents - zip disks don't last forever. And it can be faster than recording.
However...
You will have to have your Stereo mix bounced down to a stereo track on the 840. I always though it better to record the mix onto the pc via the soundcard in this case as with the amount of space on pc hard disks, you can have several attempts at the mix and choose the best at your leisure.

What I do now is to use my 840 as a portable or "scratch pad" recorder and edit/mix the takes in Sonar or Adobe Audition having converted them to .wav with the BR8 converter.

Those with 250meg zip disks or the 840GX can sulk as the converter doesn't work with them!
Incidentally - when you complete recording a track on your 840 - hit Shift+store as this updates the disk properly. When it asks if you want to "Store Current" before ejecting or shutting down, hit Yes as this is the last chance to ensure the disk has your latest efforts on it in their entirity.

Oh yeh, get the converter from the support section of www.rolandus.com as some regional sites still have an early version which does not work with an 840 at all.
I think they list it under Applications in the Digital Recording section of support.
 
So I don't need to start a new topic

With the zip drive, if I wanted to upgrade to a 250mb, are there any specific brands I would need to get, or would a simple Iomega work with it?
 
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