User manual ROLAND VS-2000CD

[. . . ] USING THE UNIT SAFELY Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of death or severe injury should the unit be used improperly. Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of injury or material damage should the unit be used improperly. * Material damage refers other adverse effects respect to the home furnishings, as well animals or pets. to damage or caused with and all its to domestic The symbol alerts the user to important instructions or warnings. The specific meaning of the symbol is determined by the design contained within the triangle. [. . . ] The copied phrases' timing can grow more and more incorrect with each copy. When the phrase is shorter than the distance between FROM and TO. When the phrase is longer than the distance between FROM and TO. FROM TO FROM TO · On--each copy is pasted at the same time distance from the start of the previous copy as the distance between FROM and TO. If the length of the phrase is different than the distance between FROM and TO, Overlap keeps the pasted copies in time. When the phrase is shorter than the distance between FROM and TO. When the phrase is longer than the distance between FROM and TO. FROM TO FROM TO 256 www. Roland. com Roland VS-2000 Owner's Manual 19--Phrase Editing Operations MOVE Use: Mouse, TRACK menu Phrase MOVE lets you place a selected phrase at a new time location and/or on another track. You can move it to a currently selected V-Track, or to a V-Track that isn't currently selected. TRACK menu F2 (MOVE) The TRACK menu's phrase MOVE operation lets you move phrases to V-Tracks that aren't currently selected. Why You'd Use Phrase MOVE If there's a timing error in a performance, MOVE can shift it into correct musical time. You can also move a performance from one spot in a project to a more useful location-- for example, if a guitarist plays a great lick at the end of your fadeout, you can move the lick into the project's intro, or into the solo section in the middle of the project. Edit Points · · FROM--sets the location of the phrase's time anchor. TO--sets the time location to which you want to move the time anchor. Quantize Quantize lets you move a phrase exactly to the first beat of a measure when you've set up a tempo map for your project (see Page 296). Set it to: · · Off--so that the phrase is moved to the TO location. On--so that the phrase is moved to the first beat of the measure in which TO is currently placed. Quantizing works when you're moving a phrase much the way it works when you're copying multiple phrases, as illustrated on Page 256. TRIM IN Use: Mouse, TRACK menu TRIM IN allows you to adjust the location at which a selected phrase begins without changing the timing of its audio content. TRACK menu F3 (TrmIn) Why You'd Use Phrase TRIM IN You can use TRIM IN to make a phrase start exactly where its audio begins by cleaning off unwanted silence or noise from its beginning. Use TRIM IN to clean up the front of your mastering tracks (Page 362). Edit Points · TO--sets the desired beginning of the phrase. Any part of the phrase that occurs before the TO point is trimmed from the phrase. You can also trim the front of a phrase using your mouse--see Page 246. Roland VS-2000 Owner's Manual www. RolandUS. com 257 19--Phrase Editing Operations TRIM OUT Use: Mouse, TRACK menu TRIM OUT allows you to adjust the location at which a selected phrase ends without changing the timing of its audio content. TRACK menu F4 (TrmOut) Why You'd Use Phrase TRIM OUT Use TRIM OUT to remove unwanted audio from the end of a phrase. You can also use TRIM OUT to get rid of unwanted studio noise and conversation after the audio you want to keep. Use TRIM OUT to clean up the ends of your mastering tracks (Page 362). You can use TRIM OUT when you need to trim a rhythm pattern to exactly the right length to help ensure that it loops properly. Edit Points · TO--sets the desired end of the phrase. Any part of the phrase that occurs after the TO point is trimmed from the phrase. You can also trim the front of a phrase using a mouse--see Page 246. DELETE Use: Mouse, TRACK menu Use the phrase DELETE command to remove a phrase from a project. Remember: When you delete a phrase from a project, you're not erasing its audio from your hard drive unless you optimize the project (Page 105). If you haven't optimized the project, you can get the audio back at any time using Undo or by creating a new phrase (Page 259) from the take on which the phrase was based. TRACK menu F5 (DELETE) Why You'd Use Phrase DELETE Phrase DELETE allows you to get rid of unwanted phrases so you don't have to bother silencing them when you mix, and so they don't clutter up your playlist. SPLIT Use: Mouse, TRACK menu You can split a currently selected phrase into two phrases using the phrase SPLIT command. TRACK menu F1 (SPLIT) Why You'd Use Phrase SPLIT Phrase SPLIT lets you break up longer phrases into two separate pieces to turn musical ideas, sound effects or anything else into individual objects. This makes it easier to move each element, copy it, or subject it to any other editing operation. 258 www. Roland. com Roland VS-2000 Owner's Manual 19--Phrase Editing Operations If you plan to be moving a lot of audio around in a project, taking the time to split your elements into separate phrases can make editing much easier in the long run. DIVIDE can break up a long phrase into multiple components automatically--see Page 260. Edit Points TO--sets the point at which a selected phrase is split. Here's an easy way to set the SPLIT TO point: move the now line to the desired location and press F2 (GetNow). NEW Use: Mouse, TRACK menu You can create a new phrase from any of the project's takes stored on your hard drive--to learn about takes, see Page 94. TRACK menu F2 (NEW) Why You'd Use Phrase NEW Phrase NEW lets you retrieve a project recording that you've discarded. This recording can be a phrase you've deleted, or a performance that you originally thought you didn't want to use. If you've deleted a portion of a phrase that you want to restore--and can't remember its Undo level--you can go back to the take on which the phrase is based, and make a whole new phrase you can re-edit. Edit Points · TO--sets the time location at which the start of the new phrase is placed. If you'd like the new phrase to be created at the same location in the project at which the take was originally recorded, press F4 (Orignl). 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