Roland Cut Studio Tutorial
Zebedeo Konig
The VS-2480 24-track Digital Studio Workstation is the first self-contained recording workstation to offer 24-track/24-bit digital recording with 64-channel digital mixing, onboard effects processing and optional CD burning. This revolutionary workstation also boasts 17 motorized faders, a VGA monitor output, plus mouse and ASCII keyboard inputs-taking the V-Studio concept to an entirely new level.
Tutorial by age but that doesn't matter for an older device.
David clearly explains the most important things with enthusiasm and with the qualities of a teacher. The tutorial is supplemented with clear practical examples. This way you can make recordings on multiple tracks after an hour.
Recommended!
I thought I had purchased the DVD Version of the product. When I inquired where my DVD was I was told I had actually purchased the online version. He offered to basically swap them out for me. Quick response too.
I'm into the Tascam DP24 for most of my projects because I'm weary of the infinite obstacles a DAW can present. David's tutorial not only affirmed the wisdom of my choice of the Tascam DP24 for my work, it also allowed me to feel comfortable with the system almost immediately. I work methodically but the DAW world is often "death by a thousand paper cuts". If you have a DP24, David's well produced instructions will help you immensely. You'll even get some real spillover benefits for general recording. Thanks David for a job well done !
I recently purchased a Tascam Portastudio DP03SD to replace my cassette Portastudio from 20 years ago. I purchased David's VHS tutorials years ago and they were very helpful. When I got my new Portastudio, I started looking for YouTube videos and happened upon one of David's videos and ended up purchasing his DP03 tutorial. I had purchased this Portastudio mainly to record my own work but I have used it more in my high school music teaching job. I'm teaching students the fundamentals of studio recording. I decided to use David's videos as part of my curriculum by having my students watch them prior to us doing actual recording. The videos are so well produced with excellent video and audio. David's teaching methods are exceptional and he is entertaining, to boot. I HIGHLY recommend his video tutorials. They are the best I've seen for anything I've ever wanted to learn. I've included a photo of three of my students working on a mixing project. Bottom line, if it's by David Wills, get it! You won't be disappointed. Don
I own two pieces of Roland Aira gear (system 1 and TB3) and a Roland Boutique JX-03, all three of which I use live in CSMA together with my laptop running Ableton live. I bought the MX-1 to ease my live workflow and to act as a hub for the 3 USB based aira/roland devices, the Novation Ultranova over the digital SPDIF link, volcas in the stereo mini jack socket and two analogue synths in ports 1,2 with blofeld in 3 and 4
As a live tool this has worked out really well as I have the master from Ableton on the PC fader and with a fader spare, USB4, I can assign a separate channel from Ableton and have fader control over it, independently from the Master out. Then, of course, I have all the effects to play with on top of all these inputs. The MX-1 is very near to being an instrument, its designed as a performance mixer, and partly this playability is another factor in me choosing it for live use. Theres plenty already on the internet about this already.
My studio soundcard for the past 8 years goes end-of-life this year, and although it still works, at some point an OS upgrade is likely to kill it as there will be no new drivers, so I wondered about the MX-1 in the studio workflow- the sound quality is good and it will work over a range of sampling rates (default being 96Khz) and with the effects/ playability it was something worth trying.
The problem (*) is that when recording an instrument on a channel what comes into Ableton is pre-fader of the MX-1- which means that any of the effects assigned in that channel, namely the BFX are not recorded! This has come up on a number of forums from the official Roland one to stuff on reddit, and its something everyone has asked for in a new firmware release. You can record the stereo output of the mix back into Ableton by assigning channels 17/18 to a channel and sending that to sends only (if you send it to master you will obviously get howling feedback) but if you want your tracks with individual effects on them (the mixer allows completely different settings on each channel in the same way as an insert channel) you would have to build it up track by track using 17/18 each time which is a laborious thing to do and a pain in the arse to undo.
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