Roland VS-2480CD Control Surface Mode Guide
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Table of Contents
1—Introducing Control Surface Mode 5
What Is Control Surface Mode? ...................................................................................................................................... 5
Control and Synchronization ................................................................................................................................... 5
Connecting the VS-2480CD and Your Computer ......................................................................................................... 6
Preparing for Control Surface Mode .............................................................................................................................. 6
2—Preparing Your Computer Software 7
Obtaining the Necessary Drivers .................................................................................................................................... 7
Preparing Emagic Logic 5.X ............................................................................................................................................ 7
Installing the Control Surface Driver in Logic for Mac OS X .............................................................................. 7
Installing the Control Surface Driver in Logic for Mac OS 9 ............................................................................... 8
Installing the Control Surface Driver in Logic for Windows .............................................................................. 8
Setting Up Control Surface Mode In Logic ............................................................................................................ 9
Preparing Steinberg Cubase .......................................................................................................................................... 11
Installing the Control Surface Driver in Cubase ................................................................................................. 11
Setting Up Control Surface Mode in Cubase ....................................................................................................... 11
Preparing HUI Operation .............................................................................................................................................. 12
Setting Up Control Surface Mode in ProTools .................................................................................................... 12
Setting Up Control Surface Mode in Performer .................................................................................................. 13
3—VS-2480CD Control Surface Settings 15
Configuring the VS-2480CD as a Control Surface ...................................................................................................... 15
Arming Control Surface Mode .............................................................................................................................. 15
Selecting a Control Surface Template ................................................................................................................... 16
Selecting a Communication Method ..................................................................................................................... 16
USER Control Surface Templates .......................................................................................................................... 16
4—Working in Control Surface Mode 19
Activating Control Surface Mode ................................................................................................................................. 19
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................... 19
The L5 (Emagic Logic 5) Template ............................................................................................................................... 20
L5 Control Area ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
L5 Mixer Area ........................................................................................................................................................... 21
The S.C (Steinberg Cubase) Template .......................................................................................................................... 22
S.C Control Area ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
S.C Mixer Area ......................................................................................................................................................... 23
The VS-2480 (Logic 16-Channel) Template ................................................................................................................. 24
VS-2480 Control Area .............................................................................................................................................. 24
VS-2480 Mixer Area ................................................................................................................................................. 25
The HUI Template .......................................................................................................................................................... 26
HUI Control Area .................................................................................................................................................... 26
HUI Mixer Area ....................................................................................................................................................... 27
Known Issues ................................................................................................................................................................... 28
