Roland VS-2480CD - Manual (Page 16)

3—VS-2480CD Control Surface Settings
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Selecting a Control Surface Template
The VS-2480CD provides a variety of control surface templates in which its buttons,
knobs and faders are mapped to useful parameters in a software sequencing/recording
software program. You select the desired template by setting the CONTROL SURFACE
screen’s CONTROL SURFACE TYPE parameter. You can choose:
• L5 (for Logic 5.X) —to control any Emagic Logic 5.X-generation sequencing/
recording software on a Mac or PC using the VS-2480CD’s controls.
• S.C (for “Steinberg Cubase”) —to control Steinberg Cubase on a PC or Mac using the
VS-2480CD’s controls. (See “Known Issues” on Page 28.)
• H (for “HUI”) —to control any sequencing/recording program that works with a HUI
interface, such as Digidesign ProTools and Mark of the Unicorn Performer, using
the VS-2480CD’s controls.
• VS-2480 —This template is a 16-channel version of the L5 template. It is not fully
implemented as of this writing. See “Known Issues” on Page 28.
• USR 1, USR 2 —to load one of the user-defined templates described in “USER
Control Surface Templates” on Page 16.
Chapter 4 provides details on the sequencing/recording software parameters
controlled in each template.
Selecting a Communication Method
The VS-2480CD can act as a control surface when connected to an external device via:
• R-BUS —if the VS-2480CD is connected to a computer that has an installed RPC-1
card.
• MIDI—when the VS-2480CD is connected to a computer via MIDI.
The CONTROL SURFACE screen’s CONTROL SURFACE PORT parameter selects the
type of connection to be used in Control Surface mode. You can select the R-BUS jack to
which your computer is connected or MIDI.
USER Control Surface Templates
The VS-2480CD offers two pairs of USER control surface templates with which you can
create your own control surface setups. This allows you to control virtually any MIDI
device from the VS-2480CD.
In each of the two templates, you can set the MIDI messages to be transmitted from:
• the VS-2480CD's buttons, knobs, faders and TIME/VALUE dial.
• the buttons, knobs and faders of a connected VE-7000.
In Control Surface mode, the buttons and PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knobs act as on/off
switches that transmit either a full-on or full-off value. When you:
• press a button —it sends a full-on value when it’s depressed, and a full-off value
when you let go.
• turn a PAN/AUX SEND 1-8 knob —one tick to the left, it sends a full-on value. When
you turn it one tick to the right, it sends a full-off value.
Move the faders and TIME/VALUE dial to send a continuous range of values. When: