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Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide

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Setting Up Control Surface Mode In Logic

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Launch Logic.

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Add the control surface driver to Logic by selecting the Install... dialog:
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In Mac OS X, select Install... from Preferences>Control Surfaces>

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In Mac OS 9, select Install... from Options>Preferences>Control Surfaces>

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In Windows, select Install... from Options>Preferences>Control Surfaces>.

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Summary of Contents for VS-2480CD

Page 1: ... ÂØÒÅˆÎ VS 2480CD 24bit 24track Digit al Studio Workst a tion Control Surface Mode Guide For Operating System Version 2 011 or higher ...

Page 2: ...ved No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION All product names in this publication are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Roland US Web site www RolandUS com ...

Page 3: ...g the Control Surface Driver in Cubase 11 Setting Up Control Surface Mode in Cubase 11 Preparing HUI Operation 12 Setting Up Control Surface Mode in ProTools 12 Setting Up Control Surface Mode in Performer 13 3 VS 2480CD Control Surface Settings 15 Configuring the VS 2480CD as a Control Surface 15 Arming Control Surface Mode 15 Selecting a Control Surface Template 16 Selecting a Communication Meth...

Page 4: ...Table of Contents 4 www RolandUS com Roland VS 2480CD Control Surface Mode Guide ...

Page 5: ...ograms directly from theVS 2480 without having to use your computer s mouse for most major operations TheVS 2480CD makes an excellent control surface with its wealth of buttons knobs and faders Control and Synchronization While you can control the parameters in external sequencing recording software using Control Surface mode you can also synchronize the software s transport functions with theVS 2...

Page 6: ...computer the computer must have a PCI card with MIDI IN and OUT jacks or be connected to a separate MIDI interface with IN and OUT jacks Connect theVS 2480 s MIDI OUT jack to the computer s MIDI IN jack Connect the computer s MIDI OUT jack to theVS 2480CD s MIDI IN jack Control Surface mode requires two way MIDI communication We describe how to select your R BUS or MIDI jacks for control surface c...

Page 7: ...indows platforms On the Mac side it s available in Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X versions Though each Logic flavor has its own driver installation process the simple configuration process is identical for all three versions Installing the Control Surface Driver in Logic for Mac OS X 1 Download the Logic for Mac OS X control surface driver from www RolandUS com You ll find the driver on theVS 2480CD s Upda...

Page 8: ...tuffing tool such as StuffIt Expander available from www aladdinsys com The driver is called SI 24 3 Locate the Logic folder on your Mac 4 Locate the folder called Control Surface Plug Ins X XX where X XX is the version number of the Logic application 5 Drag the SI 24 file into the Control Surface Plug Ins X XX folder Installing the Control Surface Driver in Logic for Windows 1 Download the Logic ...

Page 9: ...rol Surface Mode In Logic 1 Launch Logic 2 Add the control surface driver to Logic by selecting the Install dialog In Mac OS X select Install from Preferences Control Surfaces In Mac OS 9 select Install from Options Preferences Control Surfaces In Windows select Install from Options Preferences Control Surfaces ...

Page 10: ...elect Setup from Preferences Control Surfaces In Mac OS 9 select Setup from Options Preferences Control Surfaces In Windows select Setup from Options Preferences Control Surfaces The Setup window opens showing a picture of the Roland SI 24 6 Click on the SI 24 in the Setup window 7 At the left of the Setup window select the MIDI input and output jacks or ports to which theVS 2480CD is connected MI...

Page 11: ...e Control Surface Driver in Cubase 1 Download the Cubase control surface driver from www RolandUS com You ll find the driver on theVS 2480CD s Updates and Drivers page 2 De compress the driver using a de compression tool such as WinZip or StuffIt Expander available from www aladdinsys com The driver is called si24v6 3 You can keep the driver anywhere on your hard drive during setup within Cubase y...

Page 12: ...ect it click Open 7 Click Apply and then OK Preparing HUI Operation TheVS 2480CD s HUI template makes theVS 2480CD act like a Mackie HUI control surface that can control digidesign s ProTools as well as Mark of the Unicorn s Performer Neither program requires installation of a driver to work with the VS 2480CD s Control Surface mode Both programs require configuration Setting Up Control Surface Mo...

Page 13: ...3 2 Click on the MIDI Controllers tab 3 From the Type pull down menu select HUI 4 From the Receive From and Send to pull down menus select the MIDI port to which yourVS 2480CD is connected 5 Click OK Setting Up Control Surface Mode in Performer 1 Select Control Surface Setup from the Basics menu ...

Page 14: ...Software 14 www RolandUS com Roland VS 2480 Control Surface Mode Guide The Control Surface window opens 2 Select HUI from the Hardware pop up menu 3 Select the MIDI IN and OUt ports to which yourVS 2480CD is connected 4 Click OK ...

Page 15: ... UTILITY menu Press UTILITY on theVS 2480CD PAGE until C Srfc appears above F3 and then press F3 C Srfc Arming Control Surface Mode Before you can actually activate Control Surface mode you must first arm the mode by setting the CONTROL SURFACE screen sV FADER CONTROL SURFACE Sw parameter to On Once the mode has been armed you can turn it on as described on Page 19 In addition to using theVS 2480C...

Page 16: ...ng software parameters controlled in each template Selecting a Communication Method TheVS 2480CD can act as a control surface when connected to an external device via R BUS if theVS 2480CD is connected to a computer that has an installed RPC 1 card MIDI when theVS 2480CD is connected to a computer via MIDI The CONTROL SURFACE screen s CONTROL SURFACE PORT parameter selects the type of connection t...

Page 17: ...e buttons knobs and faders on the VS 2480CD F3 VEUSR1 to set the behavior of the buttons knobs and faders on a connectedVE 7000 To set the buttons knobs and or faders in the USER 2 set press F2 USR2 to set the behavior of the buttons knobs and faders on the VS 2480CD F4 VEUSR2 to set the behavior of the buttons knobs and faders on a connectedVE 7000 3 To set the MIDI controllers to be transmitted ...

Page 18: ...e numbered MIDI Control Change messages PITCH BEND to transmit a MIDI pitch bend value 6 Highlight the correspondingVal setting to set the desired value for the selected control type 7 To switch from buttons to knobs to faders press the desired F button 8 To finish setting up a USR template press F6 EXIT If your control type is the Val setting determines NOTE OFF the MIDI number of the note for wh...

Page 19: ...ing software here are a couple of general guidelines to help you get started In all of the control surface templates the buttons at the righthand side of the VS 2480CD set the current overall behavior of Control Surface mode They determine among other things what the numeric keypad controls TheVS 2480CD s FADER buttons determine what the channel strips control In the following pages we ll present ...

Page 20: ...480 Control Surface Mode Guide The L5 Emagic Logic 5 Template L5 Control Area Tips The MARKER LOCATE SHORTCUT and SCREENSET buttons set the behavior of the numeric keypad When you press PLUG IN or EQ SEND the EQ 1 4 buttons display plug ins or EQ modules respectively ...

Page 21: ...dUS com 21 L5 Mixer Area Tips PAN AUX SEND 1 8 Knob 11 is a bypass switch when working with plug ins Each rightward tick of the PAN AUX SEND 1 8 Knob 12 selects the next set of parameters in the current plug in when working with plug ins Each tick to the left selects the next lower set ...

Page 22: ...l Surface Mode Guide The S C Steinberg Cubase Template S C Control Area Tips The MARKER LOCATE SHORTCUT and SCREENSET or window sets buttons set the behavior of the numeric keypad When you press PLUG IN or EQ SEND the EQ 1 4 buttons display plug ins or EQ modules respectively ...

Page 23: ...3 Working in Control Surface Mode Roland VS 2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www RolandUS com 23 S C Mixer Area Tips PAN AUX SEND 1 8 Knob 11 is always a bypass switch when working with plug in effects ...

Page 24: ...3 Working in Control Surface Mode 24 www RolandUS com Roland VS 2480 Control Surface Mode Guide The VS 2480 Logic 16 Channel Template VS 2480 Control Area See the L5 template for tips ...

Page 25: ...3 Working in Control Surface Mode Roland VS 2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www RolandUS com 25 VS 2480 Mixer Area See the L5 template for tips ...

Page 26: ...80 Control Surface Mode Guide The HUI Template HUI Control Area Tips The MARKER LOCATE SHORTCUT and SCREENSET or window sets buttons set the behavior of the numeric keypad When you press PLUG IN or EQ SEND the EQ 1 4 buttons display plug ins or EQ modules respectively ...

Page 27: ...3 Working in Control Surface Mode Roland VS 2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www RolandUS com 27 HUI Mixer Area ...

Page 28: ...e In the VS 2480 template level control is available from Channel Strips 1 12 The other channel strips and other template functions are not yet implemented S C template Windows SCREEN SETS and shortcut functionality is not yet implemented In addition when working with plug ins the PAN AUX SEND 1 8 knobs select plug ins instead of adjusting parameter values for the currently selected plug ins ...

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Page 30: ...v2011 ÂØÒÅˆÎ Roland Corporation U S 5100 S Eastern Avenue Los Angeles CA 90040 2938 Tel 323 890 3700 www RolandUS com ...

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