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Congratulations on your purchase of the VM-7000 digital mixing system.
Your VM-7000 combines incredible sound quality with a powerful suite
of mixing tools.

The VM-7000 is very easy to use, as you’ll see. You can quickly get to
everything you need to do, usually with just a few button-presses.

We’ve prepared this application guide as an overview of the VM-7000’s
architecture, and as a quick introduction to its basic operation. You’ll
also learn about some of its more advanced features.

A great mixing system like the VM-7000 must be flexible so that there’s
always a quick way to do what needs to be done in a session or during
a performance. The steps in this application guide don’t always describe
the only way something can be done—sometimes they describe a
recommended way of doing things, or merely one way. As you get to
know your VM-7000, you’ll find your own favorite methods.

Button, jack, screen and setting names in this application guide are
presented as they appear on the VM-7000 itself.

The V knobs and F buttons beneath the console display perform
different jobs depending on what you’re currently doing. When we refer
to one of these knobs or buttons, we’ll refer to it by name and include its
current function in brackets, as in “V1 [SELECT]” or “F1 [SET].”

Please read the guide in order from front to back, since it builds your
knowledge of the VM-7000 step-by-step. Jumping in and out at different
places may not result in as clear an understanding of the system. It’ll
probably take you an hour or two to work your way through the entire
application guide.

From time to time, we’ll refer you to pages in the VM-C7200 /C7100
Owner’s Manual 
for further information about the topic at hand.

Notes, tips and warnings throughout this application guide are signified
by symbols located to their left:

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Summary of Contents for VM-7000 Series

Page 1: ...uttons beneath the console display perform different jobs depending on what you re currently doing When we refer to one of these knobs or buttons we ll refer to it by name and include its current func...

Page 2: ...ee VS8F 2 Effect Expansion Boards for each processor With three VS8F 2s a processor provides eight stereo or 16 mono effects plus a stereo master effect Digital R BUS Connections You can also add a VM...

Page 3: ...the VM C7200 C7100 Owner s Manual Live Sound If you re doing live sound connect the mixing processor s L and R MAIN OUTs to the left and right inputs of your stereo house amplifier The front panel of...

Page 4: ...tor on its front panel blinks When the process is complete the indicator lights solidly green 3 Turn on the console After the console has performed its system diagnosis a confirmation message appears...

Page 5: ...think of the LEVEL METER screen as a sort of home page that you can return to when you finish performing an operation It can also serve as a sort of neutral zone in which you can re orient yourself i...

Page 6: ...main mix The busses that carry signals to effect processors are called effect busses or Aux busses Aux is short for Auxiliary since these busses can be used for a variety of purposes even if they are...

Page 7: ...will serve as a shorthand that tells us which SECTION button is currently lit 2000 Roland Corporation U S Getting Started with the VM 7000 2796US v1 0 Page 7 Application Guide Getting Started with the...

Page 8: ...og inputs and DIGITAL INPUTs A and B We ll start from the bottom button again If you press The display shows and the faders control CH LEVEL CH PAN PREAMP GAIN 6 5 4 3 2 1 OTHER PARAMETERS 2000 Roland...

Page 9: ...R BUS digital signals The parameters are similar to those available for INPUT CH 1 24 PREAMP GAIN is not offered since R BUS digital signals don t pass through a preamp that control the fader groups...

Page 10: ...hers involve more parameters than could possibly fit in one screen When this is the case parameters are presented on multiple screens each of which is called a page If something you re doing has more...

Page 11: ...that can be set using a V knob appear on the display as small black knobs or faders The left most knob fader corresponds to the first V knob the next one to the second V knob and so on Parameter value...

Page 12: ...ters per channel such as when INPUT CH 1 24 is lit you ll see the now familiar page list in the upper righthand corner Press PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN to navigate to the desired screenful of parameters The...

Page 13: ...doesn t apply to multi out channels which can t be muted When SOLO is lit you can press a channel s STATUS button to solo the channel amber or un solo it unlit This doesn t apply to multi out channels...

Page 14: ...ve your vocalist for example in the same input channel even when he she moves from one already connected mic to another Perhaps you d like to send the same input signal to two different channels in or...

Page 15: ...as R BUS 1 24 as well as its ASSIGNABLE OUT Jacks 1 8 DIGITAL A and B outputs As its page list shows the patchbay has a second page MULTI IN that lets you assign each R BUS multi in signal to the des...

Page 16: ...ith a single microphone s signal the procedure is the same when working with a group of signals just repeat the steps for each one 1 Start as you would in a normal session by connecting a microphone t...

Page 17: ...el faders now control the levels of signal fed into the main mix from any channel whose STATUS button is currently lit green In our case that s Channel 1 only Fader 1 moves all the way back down and t...

Page 18: ...e thing can be assigned to each multi out at any given time Here s how the 24 multi outs are connected to the system s outputs R BUS There are 24 R BUS channels Therefore Multi Outs 1 24 carry signals...

Page 19: ...use the patchbay instead We ll adjust our routing this time from the multi out s point of view 1 Hold down SHIFT and press EZ Routing the patchbay appears 2 Press CURSOR LEFT three times to select MU...

Page 20: ...aders move to show the current levels for the 12 Flex Busses The AUDIO STATUS indicators for Flex Busses 1 8 are on and those for 9 12 are off We ll use Flex Busses 1 and 2 in our example 3 Hold down...

Page 21: ...e of Effect 1 s reverb since more and more of Input 1 s signal is being sent into Flex Bus 1 and therefore into Effect 1 4 To hear Input Channel 1 s uneffected or dry signal along with the reverb pres...

Page 22: ...r type of input signal to Input 2 on the processor 2 Press PREAMP GAIN and use Input Channel 2 s fader to set its preamp gain 3 Press CH LEVEL and set Input Channel 2 s level to 100 Don t worry that y...

Page 23: ...You would do this for example when you want to combine a group of drum mics into a single stereo image to be recorded on two tracks of a multitrack recorder This would be the case if you wanted to mi...

Page 24: ...display now shows us our sends to Flex Bus 1 Since Flex Busses 1 and 2 are linked any signal we send to Flex Bus 1 will be sent equally to Flex Bus 2 As we ve done before we could raise one of our tw...

Page 25: ...first two Effect 1 or FX1 and Effect 2 FX2 supply a variety of general purpose effects The third the Master Effect or Master FX provides effects designed specifically for use with the system s main an...

Page 26: ...Flex Busses When a Flex Bus s BUS MODE is set to INT the Flex Bus is automatically connected to the input of the internal effect processor to which it numerically corresponds Flex Bus 1 is connected...

Page 27: ...r output into and back out of an insert effect We ll describe how to set up an insert effect in a few moments How Effects 1 and 2 Can Be Inserted Effects 1 and 2 the effects that ship with every VM 70...

Page 28: ...Understanding the Internal Effects Continued Application Guide Getting Started with the VM 7000 XXVI Setting Up a Send and Return Effect There s a shortcut for getting to an effect s ASSIGN screen Onc...

Page 29: ...Press EFFECTS 1 8 to return to the EFFECTS MENU screen 2 Press F1 LIBRARY The display shows you a list of the effect libraries currently in the VM 7000 s memory There are actually two sets of librari...

Page 30: ...us 1 and therefore its send to Effect 1 5 When you re done experimenting set the fader to 75 Let s use Input Channel 2 s fader to send its signal to Effect 1 as well 6 Press CH LEVEL and then Input Ch...

Page 31: ...Time value by one and a half seconds the reverb is now much too long to be of much use on an up tempo song But it might sound really good on a ballad Adjust Your Effect Related Levels Once you ve set...

Page 32: ...fect such as a compressor or vocoder that s supposed to respond to changes in signal level and the effect is not behaving as expected You can raise or lower its input level so that it does Each effect...

Page 33: ...to other Flex Busses If those Flex Busses are external they can carry the effect s output perhaps along with a dry signal to an external device such as tracks on a multitrack recorder internal they c...

Page 34: ...only Flex Busses We ll do this using essentially the same method we used when we sent our input signals to Flex Busses 1 and 2 on Page 23 although the screens we ll encounter look slightly different T...

Page 35: ...Vocal Plt to learn how to save an edited effect as your own new effect library stored in the VM 7000 s user memory First however let s give it a new name 1 Press EFFECTS 1 8 2 Press F2 EDIT 3 Press PA...

Page 36: ...ch can help make it easier to identify the library later on When you name an effect from scratch you do so by positioning the cursor the small black box currently positioned at the V of VOICE 3 and th...

Page 37: ...F3 INSERT and type it 16 If you enter an extra character select it with the cursor and press F2 DELETE 17 When you ve finished press F1 ASCII to de activate the typing feature Now we re ready to save...

Page 38: ...ff manually to stop auditioning a library or simply select a different library as soon as you do the PREVIEW switch is automatically disengaged 4 Press F1 PREVIEW and make some noise into the mic to h...

Page 39: ...e preset libraries 4 Turn V2 SELECT NUMBER to choose P118 PH DeepPhase 5 Press F2 CP LOAD and make some noise in the mic to hear the newly inserted effect Edit the Effect Let s make the swirling go fa...

Page 40: ...the left and right inputs were combined as they went into the effect Some of the VM 7000 s effect algorithms have stereo inputs as well as stereo outputs With these algorithms the left and right effe...

Page 41: ...Input Channel 1 s send to 100 and bring Input Channel 2 s send all the way down 4 Press the round FLEX BUS 2 button so we can send Input Channel 2 s signal to the effect s right side 5 Bring up Input...

Page 42: ...oceeding 1 Press the AUDIO STATUS buttons for Input Channels 1 and 2 to return them to the main mix 2 Press FLEX BUS MASTER 1 12 and press the AUDIO STATUS buttons for Flex Busses 1 and 2 to remove th...

Page 43: ...already learned how to load and save effect libraries The VM 7000 also lets you save and load libraries containing other channel settings This kind of library contains Delay Dynamics EQ Channel 2000...

Page 44: ...ries turning this knob selects the different available groups of libraries Unlike effect libraries however you can select from four different library sets You can select a library from any of these gr...

Page 45: ...performed will be the one you ll use A SmartMedia memory card installed in the VM 7000 s MEMORY CARD slot allows you to take advantage of the VM 7000 s advanced storage capabilities and other importan...

Page 46: ...0 s internal clock 1 Hold down SHIFT and press PROJECT 2 Cursor up to select the row of icons that includes DATE 3 Press F5 DATE 4 Select the ADJUST DATE and ADJUST TIME boxes at the bottom of the dis...

Page 47: ...r factory values For now press F4 YES 8 Press F6 EXIT when the project creation process is complete Re Naming a Project When you create a new project the VM 7000 always assigns it the name DEFAULT PRO...

Page 48: ...7000 will ask you to confirm your intentions reminding you that the settings in the project you re about to load will replace the system s current settings If you d like to preserve your current sett...

Page 49: ...Bank 0 You can select a scene memory location when you want to save re name recall or clear a scene by typing its number on the VM 7000 s numeric keypad You ll type one or both of its digits dependin...

Page 50: ...e To select the settings to be recalled in a scene 1 Hold down SHIFT and press SCENE The top of the display shows a list of your scenes The bottom of the display shows the types of settings that are s...

Page 51: ...t s clear Scene 60 Since we re already in Bank 6 the procedure is even simpler 4 Hold down CLEAR and press the 0 button on the numeric keypad As we mentioned earlier you can save your user effect dela...

Page 52: ...The VM 7000 has created a library area on the card and saved your user effect libraries Loading User Libraries from a Memory Card 1 Hold down SHIFT and press PROJECT 2 Make sure the bottom row of icon...

Page 53: ...You can control external recorders 190 directly from the VM 7000 console Locators You can store playback time locations 192 in the VM 7000 s memory when using the transport controls Speaker modeling L...

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