Roland VS880 to PTLE

I have a friend who wants to dump sessions off his VS880 into my PTLE. What is the best way to do this. I'm assuming PTLE can't directly import a VS880 archived session??? Thanks Mark

I do this all the time. You have to make the VS-880 the master. (check the v's manual for syncing 2 880's together it's the same procedure) Be sure that your PTLE is in S/PIDIF (sync mode) your tracks should be set to input from s/pidif left on one track, right on the other. In the transport window enable the midi clock and hit the rec. In the 880 press and hold shift, then hit the fader/edit button. Scroll through the parameters till you see dig out 1 or 2(which ever you are using)to assign it to what ever 2 tracks you are starting on. Then go to sys parameters and be sure its set to internal sync. Hit play on the vs880 and it will transfer the first 2 tracks. You have to go 2 tracks at a time because the 880 is not ADAT digital. You cant transfer an entire session at once. It's early and I just woke up. So if I am not clear, shoot me an e-mail and I can be more specific.

ooops [This message has been edited by Mr. Sinister (edited April 12, 2001).]

Thanks Mr S. I'm pretty sure I get the gist of your message. thanks for the info. Mark

I frequently dump 880 sessions into PTLE, all 8 channels at once. 2 analog, 2 s/pDif Optical, and 2 s/pDif RCA. Since PTLE can't use the s/pDif protocol on both connections at once, I just use a CD Burner as a optical to analog converter. When I'm doing things that are important, I too do two tracks at once, but make sure to put a Timing spike at the beginning of ALL tracks whether you synch the two up or not. IT WILL NOT SYNCH UP PERFECTLY. They seem to always synch up a few frames apart, but after synching they are rock steady so nudging the tracks a little fixes the problem completely.

I frequently dump 880 sessions into PTLE, all 8 channels at once. 2 analog, 2 s/pDif Optical, and 2 s/pDif RCA. Since PTLE can't use the s/pDif protocol on both connections at once, I just use a CD Burner as a optical to analog converter. When I'm doing things that are important, I too do two tracks at once, but make sure to put a Timing spike at the beginning of ALL tracks whether you synch the two up or not. IT WILL NOT SYNCH UP PERFECTLY. They seem to always synch up a few frames apart, but after synching they are rock steady so nudging the tracks a little fixes the problem completely.

I frequently dump 880 sessions into PTLE, all 8 channels at once. 2 analog, 2 s/pDif Optical, and 2 s/pDif RCA. Since PTLE can't use the s/pDif protocol on both connections at once, I just use a CD Burner as a optical to analog converter. When I'm doing things that are important, I too do two tracks at once, but make sure to put a Timing spike at the beginning of ALL tracks whether you synch the two up or not. IT WILL NOT SYNCH UP PERFECTLY. They seem to always synch up a few frames apart, but after synching they are rock steady so nudging the tracks a little fixes the problem completely.