Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880? -ACID Product Family

Subject:Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880? Posted by: syradove Date:10/19/2001 7:39:53 AM Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880 via MTC or midi clock? Do they work well together? Did you have any problems? I'd really appreciate any insight. Thanks!
Subject:RE: Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880? Reply by: MacMoney Date:10/19/2001 8:21:21 AM I have transfered tracks from Acid to and from the Roland VS-880,1680 and 2480. I set up Acid 3 to send MTC 30fnd to port 8 of my MOTU Midi Timepiece AV ( because I don't like going behind my workstation, port 8 in and out are in the front) and connect a midi cable from the MTPAV port 8 out to midi in on the VS set it for slave. In Acid 3 hit F7 to Generate MTC and set your time display to MTC out. Hope this helps George Ware
Subject:RE: Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880? Reply by: syradove Date:10/19/2001 9:00:38 AM Thanks for the info! I haven't actually bought Acid 3.0 yet, because after reading the last 5 months of forum postings, I'm scared to death to even go there. There must of been 50 posting with sync problems and midi problems, and thats not exactly what I wanted to see, because sync was all I wanted to begin with. Signed hesitant
Subject:RE: Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880? Reply by: MacMoney Date:10/20/2001 12:18:28 AM I can understand that! Good luck George Ware
Subject:RE: Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880? Reply by: WCMIV Date:10/24/2001 2:07:14 PM I'm new to the forum and came across this post. I use Acid 3.0 and the Roland VS1880 and VS880EX all the time. Here's how: I create my tracks in Acid...I'm not a drummer so I use their drum loops a lot. I create the loops based on the projects timing...let's say 120 BMP. I usually will find a groove I like and figure a time length for the song and record that scratch track into the Roland. Here's how to set that up: 1. I set the Roland as Master and have it generate MTC. 2. I set the tempo Map in the VS Workstation (120 BMP or whatever the project calls for) 3. I set up Acid to receive MTC. (I don't have Acid in front of me...it is under Preferences>Sync) I select my midi device for incoming Midi. 4. I set up Acid to be triggered by Midi. (It will chase to midi time code) 5. I use a Delta 1010 which has 8 analog outs and S/PDIF. If I want to go digital I can record directly out of the S/PDIF into the VS'digital ins or I can go analog...very flexible. The scratch track I record is typically in stereo. 6. I will lay down my guitar and bass and whatever else I may be using for the song. 7. I will then go back into Acid, mute my scratch track and begin adding in fills, hits etc. Acid and the VS are still sync'd so when I hit play on the VS I can begin laying down markers in Acid to note where my hits and changes need to be. Once I have done this I will rerecord the Acid tracks on to a different virtual track in the VS. Or, because I also own Vegas 2.0 I can fly my roland tracks into Vegas and render my Acid tracks as a Wav. file and dump it into Vegas. I prefer Vegas for editing...much quicker. Hopefully that helps. Good luck. I love Acid 3.0 and Vegas 2.0 they are simple, intuitive and together with my Delta 1010 and VS workstations they provide for me the best of all worlds. Oh, and my computer is a pretty low end unit. It is a 700MHZ Celeron with 256mb of RAM and a slow 5400, 30Gig hard drive. I typically am running 16 tracks with some plug ins on every track. I think the machine cost me $450 bucks. I have optimized the heck out of it though and use it exclusively for audio recording.

Subject:Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880?

Posted by: syradove

Date:10/19/2001 7:39:53 AM

Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880 via MTC or midi clock? Do they work well together? Did you have any problems? I'd really appreciate any insight. Thanks!

Subject:RE: Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880?

Reply by: MacMoney

Date:10/19/2001 8:21:21 AM

I have transfered tracks from Acid to and from the Roland VS-880,1680 and 2480.
I set up Acid 3 to send MTC 30fnd to port 8 of my MOTU Midi Timepiece AV ( because I don't like going behind my workstation, port 8 in and out are in the front) and connect a midi cable from the MTPAV port 8 out to midi in on the VS set it for slave. In Acid 3 hit F7 to Generate MTC and set your time display to MTC out.
Hope this helps
George Ware

Subject:RE: Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880?

Reply by: syradove

Date:10/19/2001 9:00:38 AM

Thanks for the info! I haven't actually bought Acid 3.0 yet, because after reading the last 5 months of forum postings, I'm scared to death to even go there. There must of been 50 posting with sync problems and midi problems, and thats not exactly what I wanted to see, because sync was all I wanted to begin with.
Signed hesitant

Subject:RE: Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880?

Reply by: MacMoney

Date:10/20/2001 12:18:28 AM

I can understand that!
Good luck
George Ware

Subject:RE: Any one sync Acid 3.0 with a Roland VS880?

Reply by: WCMIV

Date:10/24/2001 2:07:14 PM

I'm new to the forum and came across this post. I use Acid 3.0 and the Roland VS1880 and VS880EX all the time. Here's how:
I create my tracks in Acid...I'm not a drummer so I use their drum loops a lot. I create the loops based on the projects timing...let's say 120 BMP. I usually will find a groove I like and figure a time length for the song and record that scratch track into the Roland. Here's how to set that up:

1. I set the Roland as Master and have it generate MTC.
2. I set the tempo Map in the VS Workstation (120 BMP or whatever the project calls for)
3. I set up Acid to receive MTC. (I don't have Acid in front of me...it is under Preferences>Sync) I select my midi device for incoming Midi.
4. I set up Acid to be triggered by Midi. (It will chase to midi time code)
5. I use a Delta 1010 which has 8 analog outs and S/PDIF. If I want to go digital I can record directly out of the S/PDIF into the VS'digital ins or I can go analog...very flexible. The scratch track I record is typically in stereo.
6. I will lay down my guitar and bass and whatever else I may be using for the song.
7. I will then go back into Acid, mute my scratch track and begin adding in fills, hits etc. Acid and the VS are still sync'd so when I hit play on the VS I can begin laying down markers in Acid to note where my hits and changes need to be. Once I have done this I will rerecord the Acid tracks on to a different virtual track in the VS. Or, because I also own Vegas 2.0 I can fly my roland tracks into Vegas and render my Acid tracks as a Wav. file and dump it into Vegas. I prefer Vegas for editing...much quicker.
Hopefully that helps. Good luck.
I love Acid 3.0 and Vegas 2.0 they are simple, intuitive and together with my Delta 1010 and VS workstations they provide for me the best of all worlds. Oh, and my computer is a pretty low end unit. It is a 700MHZ Celeron with 256mb of RAM and a slow 5400, 30Gig hard drive. I typically am running 16 tracks with some plug ins on every track. I think the machine cost me $450 bucks. I have optimized the heck out of it though and use it exclusively for audio recording.