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The console display is central to everything you do in the VM-7000
system. It’s important to understand what the display is showing you,
and to be able to get around on the display.

What You See and What You Get

At the top of the display, you’ll find the following helpful information:

The name of the currently displayed screen 

The mixing processor you’re currently working with

The selected channel, or type of channel if a PARAM VIEW on
Fader button is active

The current time of the project you’re working on. This is important
when you’re using the VM-7000’s automation features or controlling
an external recorder’s transport from the VM-7000.

The number of the currently selected scene. We’ll discuss scenes
later in this application guide.

The display always shows you parameters associated with the current
activity.

Pages

Some operations have only a single screen’s-worth of parameters.
Others 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
than a single screenful of parameters, you’ll see a page list in the
upper-righthand corner of the display.

You can move from page to page by pressing PAGE UP or PAGE
DOWN. With each press, a different page of parameters appears—the
name of the current page is highlighted in the page list.

If you see an arrow at the bottom or top of a page list—as shown in the
page list above—press PAGE DOWN or PAGE UP, respectively, to
select and view additional pages.

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Getting Started with the VM-7000

2796US, v1.0

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Application Guide

Getting Started with the VM-7000

XII.

Navigating the Display

If you’re viewing an effects screen, you’ll see the number of the current
effect library to the right of the mixing processor’s name.

Screen name

Processor

Current time Scene

To learn how to adjust the display’s contrast, see p. 25 in the
VM-C7200/C7100 Owner’s Manual.

Channel info

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Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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