Roland VS-880EX - Manual (Page 137)

VS-880EX → VS-1680
When internal hard disks that have been used by a VS-
880EX are installed in the VS-1680, or when Zip disks
that have been used by a VS-880EX are inserted into a
Zip drive connected to the VS-1680, they are recog-
nized as the initialization disk. In this case, the VS-
1680 can be used for playing back songs recorded with
the VS-880EX and creating new songs as well.
However,
you cannot use the VS-1680 to edit
songs that were recorded on the VS-880EX or save
new versions of songs
.
If you wish to edit/playback a VS-880EX song on the
VS-1680, you must first convert the VS-880EX song
data into the VS-880 format, and save it on a Zip disk
etc. (the VS-880EX’s Song Export function). Then you
must convert that song data into the VS-1680 format
(the VS-1680’s Song Import function).
Song data that has been saved using the Archive Copy
procedure on the VS-880EX cannot be restored
(archive extracted) by the VS-1680.
Song data that has been saved using the DAT Backup
procedure on the VS-880EX cannot be restored (DAT
recovered) by the VS-1680.
VS-840
↔
VS-880EX
Zip disks used on the VS-840 and VS-880EX are
not mutually compatible
. When a Zip disk used by a
VS-840 is inserted in a Zip drive connected to the VS-
880EX, it is recognized as an uninitialized disk.
When a Zip disk used by a VS-880EX is inserted in a
Zip drive connected to the VS-840, it is recognized as
an uninitialized disk.
If you wish to playback/edit an VS-840 song on the
VS-880EX, you must first convert the VS-840 song data
into VS-880 format, and save it on a Zip disk (the VS-
840’s Song Convert function). Then you must convert
that song data into the VS-880EX format (the VS-
880EX’s Song Import function). However in this case,
only the
performance data (audio data) and the data
specifying the track on which each audio data is
recorded
will be converted.
If you wish to playback/edit an VS-880EX song on the
VS-840, you must first convert the VS-880EX song data
into VS-880 format, and save it on a Zip disk (the VS-
880EX’s Song Export function). Then you must convert
that song data into the VS-840 format (the VS-840’s
Song Convert function). However in this case, only the
performance data (audio data) and the data specify-
ing the track on which each audio data is recorded
will be converted.
Song Data Compatibility
Loading VS-880 Performance Data
into the VS-880EX (Song Import)
You can convert songs created on a VS-880 or VS-840
for use with the VS-880EX and copy them as new
songs to the current drive. This is referred to as
Song
Import .
• All the data such as mixer setting including equaliz-
er and stereo link, system setting including sync
track and tempo map, locators and markers, and
effect setting will be copied.
• The sample rate and recording mode of the newly
created song will be the same as the original song.
• If there is insufficient free space on the current
drive, Song Import cannot be carried out.
Here we will explain the procedure of how a VS-880
song which was copied as a playable copy to a Zip
disk can be read from a Zip drive connected to the VS-
880EX and converted for use with the VS-880EX. If you
need to use Song Archive Extract, or to convert a song
which was recovered from DAT, read from step 3.
1. Make settings as shown below.
2. Insert the disk onto which VS-880 song data has
been recorded into the Zip drive.
Chapter 11 Compatibility
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Chapter 11