Roland VS-890 - Manual (Page 12)

Glossary
Active Terminator
A type of terniinator (a terminating resistance) place at each
end of a SCSI chain. A new addition to SCSI-2 specifications,
compared with ordinary terminators, it provides greater
operating stability for SCSI devices, thus improving signal
transmission performance.
CD-R
Short for Compact Disc Recordable. This is a system for
reading and writing discs in the seme format as that used for
CDs (CD-ROMs and music CDs). A specialized CD-R drive
allows one-time only writing of discs.
However, as long as the data has not been finalized and there
is sufficient capacity remaining on the disc, the CD-R drive
can be used for multiple additions to, and changes in the
material.
Sometimes they are referred to as "Write Once CD," "CD-
Write Once," or something similar.
CD-RW
Short for Compact Disc Rewritable. This is a system
allowing creation of discs that can be read using the same
format as regular CDs (CD-ROMs and Music CDs). While
resembling the CD-R system in that it uses a special CD-RW
drive, these discs can be rewritten any number of times.
COSM
Stands for Composite Object Sound Modeling. This is "a
technology which combines multiple sound models to create
new sounds," which was first used on the Roland's VG-8 V-
Guitar System. For example, .sounds created on the VG-8 are
the result of a variety of sound models (elements) such as the
pickup, the body of the guitar, the guitar amp, mic, and
speaker etc.
Current Song
The song currently being recorded, played back, or edited is
referred to as the current song.
DAT
Short for Digital Audio Tape. This refers both to the system
of recording digitized sound to magnetic tape, as well as to
the tapes themselves. Besides digital audio signals, all song
information is recorded on the tape, including starts and
track data, information to allow or prevent copying, etc.
Finalize
This is the operation that writes the TOC to a prepared audio
disc. Whereas additions and changes can be made to discs
that have not yet been finalized, such discs are not playable
on regular CD players.
Formants
A formant is an important element which determine the
character of a vocal sound. It is a fixed overtone whose
location is determined by the size of the vocal chords.
Conventional pitch shifters modify the pitch in a way that
changes even the location of the formants (which by nature
do not change). For example when a conventional pitch
shifter raises the pitch, a "duck voice" is produced as if the
vocal chords had shrunk, and when the pitch is lowered a
"giant voice" is produced as if the vocal chords had
expanded.
The Voice Transformer modifies the basic pitch and the
formant separately, allowing a variety of voice characters to
be created.
Frame
Similar to the individual frames in a roll of movie film, the
numerous still pictures that are displayed in rapid succession
to create a moving video image are also known as "frames."
About thirty of these frames are shown each second. When
hard disk recorders, sequencers, and other such equipment
are synchronized with video, it is generally assumed that
there should be one frame every 1 / 30th of a second.
GPi
GPI stands for General Purpose Interface. This is a control
jack provided on professional and consumer video devices
such as video editors and title superimpoters. By connecting
this control jack to the foot sw'itch jack of the VS-890 and
setting die Foot Switch Assign to "GPI," the connected
device will be able to playback/stop the VS-890.
IDE
IDE stands for Integrated Device and Electronics. This is
the standard data transmission method used by the hard disk
drives of recent personal computers. The HDP88 series hard
disk drives (sold separately) that can be installed in the
VS-890 are IDE compatible.
MMC
MMC is an acronym for MIDI Machine Control. This is rule
that defines how MIDI system exclusive message can be used
to control multiple recording devices from a single device.
The VS-890 supports MMC. In addition to song playback,
stop and fast-forward, you can also select the tracks for
recording, etc.
MTC
MTC stands for MIDI Time Code. This is a group of
messages which are transmitted and received between МГО1
devices to synchronize their operation. Unlike MIDI Clock
messages, MTC specifies an absolute time. Like SMPTE time
code, MTC also supports a variety of frame rates. If you wish
to use MTC to synchronize the operation of two devices, both
devices must be set to the same frame rate.
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