Page 3 - Table of Contents; —Introducing Control Surface Mode 5
Roland VS-2480CD Control Surface Mode Guide www.RolandUS.com 3 Table of Contents 1—Introducing Control Surface Mode 5 What Is Control Surface Mode? ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Control and Syn...
Page 5 - —Introducing Control Surface Mode; What Is Control Surface Mode?; Control and Synchronization; The Difference Between V.Fader Mode and Control Surface Mode
Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www.RolandUS.com 5 1—Introducing Control Surface Mode What Is Control Surface Mode? Since the initial release of the VS-2480, the VS-2480, VS-2480HD and VS-2480CD have always had the capability of controlling external MIDI devices using V.FADER mode, describ...
Page 6 - Connecting the VS-2480CD and Your Computer
1—Introducing Control Surface Mode 6 www.RolandUS.com Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide Connecting the VS-2480CD and Your Computer To control your sequencing/recording software from the VS-2480CD, you’ll need to connect the VS-2480CD to your computer. Control Surface mode uses MIDI for two-w...
Page 7 - —Preparing Your Computer Software; Obtaining the Necessary Drivers; Installing the Control Surface Driver in Logic for Mac OS X
Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www.RolandUS.com 7 2—Preparing Your Computer Software In order for your computer-based sequencing/recording software to recognize theVS-2480CD as a control surface, you may need to install VS-2480CD driver software and configure the sequencing/recording soft...
Page 8 - Installing the Control Surface Driver in Logic for Mac OS 9; Installing the Control Surface Driver in Logic for Windows
2—Preparing Your Computer Software 8 www.RolandUS.com Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide 5. From the contextual menu, select Show Package Contents—the Logic package opens, revealing the Contents folder. 6. Double-click the Contents folder—you’ll see a collection of folders and documents. 7. D...
Page 9 - Setting Up Control Surface Mode In Logic
2—Preparing Your Computer Software Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www.RolandUS.com 9 Setting Up Control 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 Surface...
Page 11 - Preparing Steinberg Cubase; Installing the Control Surface Driver in Cubase
2—Preparing Your Computer Software Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www.RolandUS.com 11 Preparing Steinberg Cubase VS-2480CD Control Surface mode works with Cubase VST 5 or higher for Windows and Mac OS 9 and with Cubase SX for Windows and Mac OS X. All versions require installation of the ...
Page 12 - Preparing HUI Operation; Setting Up Control Surface Mode in ProTools
2—Preparing Your Computer Software 12 www.RolandUS.com Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide 3. Click Generic Remote. The window expands to show additional options. 4. Select the MIDI input and output jacks, or “ports,” to which the VS-2480CD is connected. 5. Click Import. 6. Navigate to the s12...
Page 13 - Setting Up Control Surface Mode in Performer
2—Preparing Your Computer Software Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www.RolandUS.com 13 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 your VS-2480CD is connected. 5. Clic...
Page 15 - —VS-2480CD Control Surface Settings; Configuring the VS-2480CD as a Control Surface; Arming Control Surface Mode
Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www.RolandUS.com 15 3—VS-2480CD Control Surface Settings Configuring the VS-2480CD as a Control Surface The VS-2480CD’s control surface parameters allow you to configure the VS-2480CD so that its buttons, knobs and faders transmit the appropriate MIDI messag...
Page 16 - Selecting a Control Surface Template
3—VS-2480CD Control Surface Settings 16 www.RolandUS.com Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide Selecting a Control Surface Template The VS-2480CD provides a variety of control surface templates in which its buttons, knobs and faders are mapped to useful parameters in a software sequencing/record...
Page 17 - To Create a USER Template
3—VS-2480CD Control Surface Settings Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www.RolandUS.com 17 • a fader’s all the way down, or the TIME/VALUE dial’s turned all the way counter-clockwise —the lowest possible values are transmitted. • a fader’s all the way up, or the TIME/VALUE dial’s turned all ...
Page 19 - —Working in Control Surface Mode; Activating Control Surface Mode; To Turn Control Surface Mode On and Off; Overview
Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www.RolandUS.com 19 4—Working in Control Surface Mode Activating Control Surface Mode Here’s a checklist of things you need to do before turing on Control Surface mode: Once you’ve set everything up, you can activate and use Control Surface mode. To Turn Con...
Page 20 - L5 Control Area; Tips
3—Working in Control Surface Mode 20 www.RolandUS.com Roland VS-2480 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 di...
Page 21 - L5 Mixer Area
3—Working in Control Surface Mode Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www.RolandUS.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...
Page 26 - The HUI Template; HUI Control Area
3—Working in Control Surface Mode 26 www.RolandUS.com Roland VS-2480 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 button...
Page 27 - HUI Mixer Area
3—Working in Control Surface Mode Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide www.RolandUS.com 27 HUI Mixer Area
Page 28 - Known Issues
3—Working in Control Surface Mode 28 www.RolandUS.com Roland VS-2480 Control Surface Mode Guide Known Issues As of this writing, certain Control Surface mode features are not currently available. In the: • VS-2480 template —level control is available from Channel Strips 1-12. The other channel strip...
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