User manual ROLAND VE-JV1

[. . . ] No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION. Roland Website: http://www. roland. co. jp/ USING THE UNIT SAFELY USING THE UNIT SAFELY Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of death or severe injury should the unit be used improperly. Used for instructions intended to alert the user to the risk of injury or material damage should the unit be used improperly. * Material damage refers other adverse effects respect to the home furnishings, as well animals or pets. [. . . ] · Analog-feel operating panel for realtime control 29 rotary encoders and 25 buttons are arranged in a space-saving configuration. Main parameters such as "GAIN, " "DYNAMICS, " "EQ, " and "SEND" of the desired input channel can be controlled simultaneously in analog-like operation. · Joystick A joystick can be used for surround panning. · Compact The VE-JV1 can be easily placed in a vacant area of the VM-C7200 (console) and held in place with a rubber magnet. · Easy connection A single MIDI cable is all you need for basic connection. 6 Names of Things and What They Do Front panel The front panel is divided into the areas shown below. fig. area 9 1 6 7 2 8 5 3 4 1 2 3 4 PREAMP AREA Control the parameters of the channel edit PREAMP page. DELAY/DYN AREA Control the parameters of the channel edit DELAY/DN page. FLEX BUS AREA Control the parameters of the channel edit FLEX BUS page. EQ AREA Control the parameters of the channel edit EQ BAND (or EQ GAIN) page. 7 Names of Things and What They Do 5 6 7 8 9 MAIN/CUE AREA Control the parameters of the channel edit MAIN/CUE page. SURROUND AREA Control the parameters of the channel edit SURROUND page. CH VIEW AREA Access the CH VIEW page and switch screens. [SHIFT] button Used when executing SHIFT functions. POWER/MIDI Indicator This will light when the power is on. Hold down [on Display], and press MEMORY/RECALL area [9]. Verify that unit1 (and 2) in "System Version:" is 1. 500 or higher. When you press any button on the panel, the previous display will reappear. Turn off the power of the VM System. Before you begin Save your data 1 2 3 4 Insert the data memory card (2--16 MB) that you normally use. Turn on the power of the console. Hold down [SHIFT] and press [STORE (UNDO/REDO)]. Press [F4 (OK]. The project will be stored. Perform the update - Update A (in case that unit 1(and 2) in "System Version" is 1. 500 and higher) 1 2 Take the procedure of Update B if the current "System Version" is under 1. 500. Insert the supplied update memory card. Make sure that the POWER/ MIDI indicator lights. Basic operation (connected to the VM Console) Screens in which the VE-JV1 can be operated Operations on the VE-JV1 will be valid when the display of the VM Console is in the following states. When either [INPUT CH1-24], [MULTI IN CH1-24], or [FLEX BUS MASTER 1-12] is selected and the channel edit screen is displayed. fig. chedit2 This unit is equipped with a protection circuit. A brief interval (a few seconds) after power up is required before the unit will operate normally. What is the channel edit screen? This is a screen where the parameters of the desired channel are edited. Access it by pressing [CH EDIT] on the VM Console. The title area in the upper left of the display will indicate "CH EDIT. " Joystick operations will be valid only when the channel edit "SURROUND" page is accessed. 15 Turning on the power Operations in the CH VIEW screen You can edit the various parameters in the channel edit CH VIEW page. Accessing the CH VIEW page 1 2 3 Press SECTION [INPUT] (or [MULTI IN] or [FLEX BUS MASTER]). Press [CH EDIT] for the channel that you wish to edit. Use [PAGE UP][PAGE DOWN] to select VIEW. fig. chedit2 In this state, you can use the knobs and buttons of the VE-JV1 to edit the following parameters. PREAMP AREA GAIN ø PHASE Preamp gain Preamp phase reversal 16 Turning on the power DELAY/DYN AREA DIRECT/THRESHOLD DELAY LEVEL/RATIO FEEDBACK/ATTACK DELAY TIME/RELEASE ON/OFF Direct sound level for DELAY Threshold level for DYN Delay sound level for DELAY Ratio for DYN Feedback level for DELAY Attack time for DYN Delay time for DELAY Release time for DYN ON/OFF for delay or dynamics FLEX BUS AREA 1--12 ON/OFF Send levels to the corresponding flex buses ON/OFF setting for sends to each flex bus EQ AREA HI GAIN FREQ HI-MID GAIN FREQ Q LO-MID GAIN FREQ Q LO GAIN FREQ EQ ON/OFF LO gain LO frequency LO-MID gain LO-MID frequency LO-MID Q HI-MID gain HI-MID frequency HI-MID Q HI gain HI frequency ON/OFF for entire EQ MAIN/CUE AREA PAN ON/OFF MAIN pan MAIN send ON/OFF At the same time, you can use V1--V6, [F1]--[F6] and cursor [UP][DOWN] on the VM Console to operate the unit conventionally. 17 Turning on the power CH VIEW area functions In the CH VIEW area you can access the CH VIEW page and switch between CH VIEW screens. Accessing the CH VIEW page When you press [CH EDIT] on the VM Console to access channel editing, there may be times when a page other than CH VIEW is displayed. In such cases, you can press the CH VIEW area [EDIT] to immediately access the [CH VIEW] page. Switching the CH VIEW screen VM Console version 1. 520 provides a special CH VIEW screen for the VE-JV1 in addition to the existing CH VIEW page. When the CH VIEW page is displayed, you can press the CH VIEW area [EDIT] to switch the existing CH VIEW screen to the special VE-JV1 screen. Press it once again to return to the previous CH VIEW screen. fig. ve-7000chedit In this screen, conventional operation using the V1--V6, [F1]--[F6] and cursor [UP][DOWN] of the VM Console is not possible. In this screen, the various knobs and buttons are in one-to-one correspondence with the operating panel of the VE-JV1, making operation easy to understand. 18 Convenient functions to remember By holding down the [SHIFT] button of the VE-JV1 and pressing the following buttons, you can use the following convenient functions. FLEX BUS AREA · [SHIFT]+[EDIT] (Set ALL to 0dB) Set the send levels to each FLEX BUS 1--12 to 100 (unity level). · [SHIFT]+[ON/OFF] Set the send level to FLEX BUS to 100 (unity level). EQ AREA · [SHIFT]+[EDIT] (RESET) Return the EQ gain to a flat state. MAIN/CUE AREA · [SHIFT]+[ON/OFF](CH LINK) The selected channels will be channel-linked. If they are already channel-linked, channel link will be defeated. [. . . ] C. , V6V 2M4 CANADA TEL: (0604) 270 6626 KOREA Cosmos Corporation 1461-9, Seocho-Dong, Seocho Ku, Seoul, KOREA TEL: (02) 3486-8855 CHILE GERMANY Roland Elektronische Musikinstrumente HmbH. 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