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Front and Rear Panels
PREVIOUS:
Recalls the most recent start or end point of a phrase. Pressed
with [SHIFT], this button recalls the previous marker.
NEXT:
Recalls the next start or end point of a phrase. Pressed with
[SHIFT], this button recalls the next marker.
TAP:
Press this button to set markers.
BANK/9:
Pressing this with the LOCATOR buttons (1–8) selects the
locator bank.
SCENE/0:
This is pressed when storing, recalling, and deleting Scenes.
CLEAR (Back Space):
This button deletes locators, markers, and Scenes.
NUMERICS/ASCII:
Press this when you want to use the STATUS and LOCATOR
buttons for 10-key entry of Western numerals.
1–8:
These select a locator or Scene.
6. Transport Control Buttons
These buttons operate the recorder.
ZERO: This returns the current time to “00h00m00s00”
(zero return).
REW:
The current time is moved back only while this
button is held down. This corresponds to the
rewind button on a tape recorder.
FF:
While this button is held down, the current time is
moved forward. This corresponds to the fast-
forward button on a tape recorder.
STOP:
Stops recording or playback of the song.
PLAY: Starts recording or playback from the current
time.
REC: Press this button to record a song.
7. CONTRAST Knob
Use this to adjust the brightness of the display screen.
8. VARI PITCH Button
Press this button when you wish to adjust the VS-1680’s
playback speed (Vari Pitch function).
9. MIDI/DISK Indicator
This indicator lights green when MIDI messages are being
received, and red when data is being written or read on the
disk drive. If both occur, the indicator lights orange.
10. EXT SYNC (External Sync) Button
Press this button to designate the VS-1680 or an external
MIDI device as the master, or main, controlling
synchronization device. With the VS-1680 selected as the
master, the external MIDI device functions as the slave unit;
with the external MIDI device is selected as the master, the
VS-1680 functions as the slave unit.
11. CURSOR Buttons
Normally (i.e. in Play mode), these buttons select the unit of
time measurement. When making settings (i.e. in Edit mode),
use these buttons to select parameters.
12. PLAY (DISPLAY) Button
Press this button to return to the screen that appears when
the VS-1680 is first turned on (normal playback status).
13. TIME/VALUE Dial
In normal (playback) mode, this dial adjusts the current time
for playback. When making settings (i.e. when editing), use
this dial to change parameter values.
14. LOOP Button
This button turns Loop Recording on and off. Pressed
together with [LOCATOR], it specifies the range to be
recorded in Loop Recording.
15. AUTO PUNCH Button
This button turns Auto Punch-In Recording on and off.
Pressed with the LOCATOR button, it specifies the range to
be recorded in Auto Punch-In Recording.
16. UNDO (REDO) Button
Press this button to cancel a recording or editing step that
you have made (Undo function). Pressed with [SHIFT], this
button cancels the last Undo operation (Redo function).
17. SHIFT Button
This button is pressed in conjunction with other buttons to
access additional functions of those buttons.
18. ENTER/YES Button
This is pressed to execute the current operation or select the
current screen.
19. EXIT/NO Button
This is pressed to cancel the current operation or exit the
current screen.