Roland VS-2480CD - Manual (Page 19)

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4—Working in Control Surface Mode
Activating Control Surface Mode
Here’s a checklist of things you need to do before turing on Control Surface mode:
Once you’ve set everything up, you can activate and use Control Surface mode.
To Turn Control Surface Mode On and Off
1. Launch your sequencing/recording software.
2. While holding down SHIFT on the VS-2480CD, press TR 17-24/FX RTN.
The default VS-2480’s FADER buttons for the selected control surface template light
and the faders move all the way down.
3. To turn off Control Surface mode, press EXIT/NO.
Overview
While each template offers control features specific to its sequencing/recording
software, here are a couple of general guidelines to help you get started.
• In all of the control surface templates, the buttons at the righthand side of the
VS-2480CD set the current overall behavior of Control Surface mode. They
determine, among other things what the numeric keypad controls.
• The VS-2480CD’s FADER buttons determine what the channel strips control.
In the following pages, we’ll present maps of each template to show the functions to
which the VS-2480CD’s buttons, knobs and faders are assigned.
Setup step: See Chapter:
Connect your computer snd the VS-2480CD 1
Configure your sequencing/recording software 2
Set up and arm Control Surface mode in the VS-2480CD 3
Due to the way data passes back and forth between your software and the VS-2480CD,
it may be necessary to refresh communications by pressing the VS-2480CD’s
TR 1-16 and TR 17-24/FX RTN buttons a few times, one after the other.