clintrubber
Well-known member
Hi,
Sorry for the OT but I understood there a few of you out there using
the Roland VSR-880 harddisk recorder.
There are a few for sale here and before jumping I have a few
good-to-know-if questions.
If you just use it standalone without any computer-hassle please skip #2
(and be a happier person :wink: )
#1
I was thinking about getting two VSR-880 units, one for the homestudio and the other in our rehearsal/recording space and just taking along a
harddisk-drive.
But does the front-panel drive-port qualify as a regular-use thing ?
I mean, is it tough enough for disk-(un)plugging on a regular basis (say one or two times a week) ?
Or do I better do this by backing up to an external SCSI-drive first and take that SCSI-drive along ? (That'd be cumbersome after a session...)
#2
Any idea if the VSR-880 can be both 'master and slave by S/PDIF' ?
I mean, is there a setting to determine whether the incoming S/PDIF
will be synced to (so S/PDIF transfers _to_ the Roland) or to sync another
unit to the Roland (transfers _from_ the Roland).
(Perhaps this is called something like clock source/select )
Last but not least, are these recommendable units ?
Thanks - any info much appreciated,
Peter
Sorry for the OT but I understood there a few of you out there using
the Roland VSR-880 harddisk recorder.
There are a few for sale here and before jumping I have a few
good-to-know-if questions.
If you just use it standalone without any computer-hassle please skip #2
(and be a happier person :wink: )
#1
I was thinking about getting two VSR-880 units, one for the homestudio and the other in our rehearsal/recording space and just taking along a
harddisk-drive.
But does the front-panel drive-port qualify as a regular-use thing ?
I mean, is it tough enough for disk-(un)plugging on a regular basis (say one or two times a week) ?
Or do I better do this by backing up to an external SCSI-drive first and take that SCSI-drive along ? (That'd be cumbersome after a session...)
#2
Any idea if the VSR-880 can be both 'master and slave by S/PDIF' ?
I mean, is there a setting to determine whether the incoming S/PDIF
will be synced to (so S/PDIF transfers _to_ the Roland) or to sync another
unit to the Roland (transfers _from_ the Roland).
(Perhaps this is called something like clock source/select )
Last but not least, are these recommendable units ?
Thanks - any info much appreciated,
Peter