Roland VM-C7200 Bedienungshandbuch

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

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

Selecting ParametersBefore you can adjust a parameter’s setting, or “value,” you must firstselect the area on the display that contains the desired pa

Many of the console buttons have two labels: a white label and a greenlabel. The white label refers to the button’s normal functionality. Thegreen lab

Here’s how to use QUICK CH EDIT:• Hold down a channel’s CH EDIT button for amoment, and, without letting go, press the desiredQUICK CH EDIT button. Re

In a traditional recording studio, the inputs and outputs for each piece ofequipment are connected to jacks in a single device called a “patchbay.”The

The Components of the PatchbayIn the VM-7000’s patchbay, signal flows from the top of the screen to thebottom. The screen has three basic sections. At

How to Make a Connection in the PatchbayIn the patchbay, you route a signal to a destination with two easy steps:• Press the CURSOR buttons to select

The display shows you the preamp gain and phantom powersettings for all of your input channels, and provides a preamp levelmeter for each pair of chan

12. Bring up Input Channel 1’s fader until it’s set to 100.You should nowbe hearing the signal and seeing it in the stereo MAIN meter on thedisplay an

Let’s send our signal to one of the multi outs. This is something you’ll dowhen sending a single signal to a track on a multitrack recorder—as a“direc

A basic VM-7000 system consists of two components: a mixingprocessor and a console. A VM-7000 system can contain one or twoprocessors and one or two c

As we mentioned back on Page 6, you can send signals from one placeto another in a VM-7000 system using any of its 12 Flex Busses. FlexBusses can carr

When a Flex Bus is set to INT, it acts as a pathway down which you cansend signals to one of the VM-7000’s internal effects. Flex Bus 1 alwayssends si

As we mentioned earlier, Flex Busses can carry signals out of theVM-7000, both through R-BUS output connections and the system’sanalog and digital out

In a real session, you could listen to what’s on Flex Bus 1 bylistening to the track on the multitrack recorder through one of theVM-7000’s input or m

We can see on this screen that Flex Bus 1 is already set to EXTand Multi Out 20 from our last example. All we need to do to viewthe same screen for Fl

16. Press F2 [SLAVE] to turn slaving off.17. Turn V2 [PAN] counter-clockwise to pan Input Channel 1’s signal allthe way to the left.18. Press Input Ch

Send-and-Return EffectsWhen you want to add an effect to a signal and hear both the originalsignal and the effect-processed version mixed together, yo

Insert EffectsWhen you want an effect-processed version of a signal to completelyreplace the original signal, you’ll use an “insert” effect routing. Y

The Basic Procedure for Setting Up an EffectEach time you use an effect, you’ll:• set up the effect’s send-and return or insert routing.• select and l

5. Use the CURSOR buttons to select CHANNEL L’s parameters ifthey’re not already selected. These parameters control the left sideof Effect 1.6. To sel

More ConvenienceThe following options for your console make using a VM system eveneasier and make it look even more visually attractive.Though the con

Let’s select a reverb designed for a single voice since we’ve got amic plugged in.3. Turn V2 [SELECT NUMBER] to select P052:RV:Vocal Plt, for“Reverb:

Edit the EffectLet’s demonstrate how to edit an effect by adjusting one of Vocal Plt’sparameters:1. Press EFFECTS 1-8.2. Press F2 [EDIT].As you can se

1. The sends from the individual input or multi in channelsWhen you want to adjust the amount of effect applied to input or multi inchannels relative

4. Therefore, even though it won’t change the sound of our reverb,press CURSOR DOWN once and turn V4 [SEND LEVEL] to set theright side’s SEND LEVEL to

1. Press FLEX BUS MASTER 1-12.We’ll begin by exploring the controls that determine how the effect isheard in the main mix.2. Press CH LEVEL. As with y

As before, let’s listen to our stereo Flex Bus output.10. Press SOURCE SELECT, turn V1 [SELECT], choose FBUS 9/10,and press F6 [EXIT] to leave the SOU

The EZ NAMING feature provides a couple of handy shortcuts fornaming a library. The first allows you to copy one of the categorytitles listed in the c

You can type by pressing the console buttons that have a letter orcharacter printed to their left:• On the VM-C7200, you’ll find them to the left of t

5. Press F3 [SAVE]. The VM-7000 prepares to save thecurrent effect in the selected location and asks “Are YouSure?”6. We are, so press F5 [ENTER] to f

Now let’s see how to set up an insert effect. This will take much lesstime since many of the things we’ve already discussed apply to bothsend-and-retu

Adjust your monitoring level using the knobs in the MONITOR/PHONES(CONTROL ROOM) area of the console. The DIGITAL (MASTER) knobis the master level con

3. Use the CURSOR buttons, if necessary, to select the row ofparameters containing Phaser Rate.4. Turn V1 [Phaser Rate] clockwise to make the swirling

Set Up the Effect’s Routing1. Turn V2 [POSITION] to select INS ON FBUS INTERNAL.2. Turn V1 [CHANNEL SELECT], if necessary, to select BUS 1. Wecan use

1. Press FLEX BUS MASTER 1-12.By looking at the (AUDIO) STATUS buttons, we can see that FlexBusses 1 and 2 are already being sent into the main mix.2.

In addition to the tools provided by its effect processors, the VM-7000—with software Version 1.5 and higher—offers a dynamics processor foreach input

These libraries allow you to:• copy delay, dynamics, EQ and channel settings from one input ormulti in channel to another.• load convenient factory-pr

You can save your own delay setups into the user library memorylocations by pressing F3 [SAVE]. Let’s see how this works by savingInput Channel 2’s ju

To initialize a memory card:1. While holding SHIFT, press PROJECT.2. Make sure that the group of icons containing MEMORY CARD isselected.3. Press F6 [

Although the VM-7000 retains most of your settings when you turn offits power, there’s a better—and more permanent—way to store them: bysaving them in

Updating/Storing a ProjectWhen you make changes to a project—by changing your settings in theVM-7000, or by re-naming the project, for example—you’ll

One of the best things about a digital mixer like the VM-7000 is that itcan remember and instantly recall your setups. Much of the time spentmixing is

You can return the mixer to the state it was in when it left the factory by“initializing” it. When you initialize the mixer, all of its settings are r

3. When all of the number buttons are no longer lit, press 4 on thenumeric keypad—it flashes and then lights to show that a scene isnow stored there.

Naming a SceneYou can name a scene to help you remember the settings it represents.To do this:1. Hold SHIFT and press SCENE.2. Press CURSOR UP to sele

Storing User Libraries on a Memory Card1. Hold down SHIFT and press PROJECT.2. Select the bottom row of icons including the MEMORY CARD icon.3. Press

Now that have a good working knowledge of the basic features of yourVM-7000, you’re ready to start enjoying its power—and marveling at itssound.An app

What Is a Bus?If you’re new to mixing, you may be wondering what a bus is. In everymixer, busses provide a way to get signals from one place to anothe

The VM-C7200 has 24 channel strips, and the VM-C7100 has 12. Justas they would on a traditional mixer, the strips provide access to most ofthe setting

On a traditional mixer, channel faders allow you to control the levels ofsignals. While that’s also true on the VM-7000, the VM-7000 faders cando more

In addition, while holding down SHIFT, you can press:• CH LEVEL—CUE LEVEL in green—to control the amount of signalsent from each input channel to the