Still a market for VS 2000?

[fatrubberduckey]

I have a VS 2000 with the VGA chip and I love the thing, it's great for recording up to 8 tracks at once, but that's pretty much it. With only one sampling rate pf 44.1K, the interface being poorly organized, compared to most DAWs, and the poorly integrated beat mapping... Besides not needing your laptop to track, what's the benefit?

KVin

 

[BentRabbit]

Unfortunately, the affordability of the VS2000 is also what creates its major limits in the DAW world...

I looked at the 2000 real hard before deciding on going with the 2480... I pretty much have every VS accessory and plug-in that I need, so I'm content with what the 2480 does for me (16 tracks simultaneous, Control surface capabilities, ADAT In/Out, 4 FX cards instead of 2, up to 96k sampling). That said, I still tie it together with a Sonar 7.02 computer... Best of both worlds as it were.

Your VS 2000 will outshine a lot of portable decks and will be way more stable than many laptops for a portable recording solution... Even with it's 8 track, 44.1 limits.

You might consider going with a firewire/DAW home system and keep the Roland for field work and/or use as a front end/control surface for your DAW.... If it still disappoints you, there's still a market out there if you want to sell it.