Roland Vs-2000CD Digital Studio Workstation System - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

I have figured out a way to get around this problem without losing your data or sending it to Roland. I have three roland 2480s and have 4 hard drives. Buy another spare drive and when you load up to a different IDE drive shut it down, then put the old drive back into the unit and it will boot from the last known ide. Make sure it is not the same IDE # that was giving you the problem. You will get at your files but you better start to backup and defrag. I will not delete files on my roland unless I am willing to defrag. Buy an extra drive from a third party. You can see a company that sells this stuff on ebay and they are very good. "VS something store."

Hi when I reset my vos 2480 I lose my all proyects or just reset the mixer ?

I think your best option is to try downloading and installing the latest system update from the Roland Site link below.

http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=602

Your VS-2000 is showing symptoms of fragmentation--resulting in the unit freezing or failing to completely load. The only possible solution is formatting the hard drive. Formatting erases all data on the drive. Note: If you have any files that you need to keep, you may contact our Roland Customer Support department (323-890-3740) to arrange a "Data Recovery" service. Our service technicians can attempt to recover any data that is in your hard drive. Customer Support is available M-F 8:30am-5:00pm Pacific time. CAUTION!!! Formatting the hard drive erases ALL recordings and data on the drive. This includes any installed plug-ins as well. Be sure to back up all of your project data (recordings) and plug-ins to CD/DVD(s) before formatting the drive. Unlocking the System: 1. With the VS-2000 powered off, press and hold the TRACK/STATUS button for track 4 and the FX 2 button. 2. With both buttons pressed, turn on the VS-2000's power. Continue holding the two buttons until the display has loaded completely. This can take several minutes. 3. Once the system has loaded completely, release the buttons. Formatting the Hard Drive: Note: The format steps below pertain to using the VS-2400's on-board LCD screen. If you're using an external VGA (video monitor), press and hold HOME and press F6 to switch to the on-board LCD. 1. Press SHIFT AND F1/PROJECT. 2. Use the CURSOR buttons to Select "IDE:0". 3. Press PAGE until "FmtDrv" is displayed above F2. 4. Press F2. 5. CURSOR to "Physical Format". 6. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial until "ON" is selected. 7. CURSOR to "Surface Scan". 8. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial until "On" is selected. 9. Press F5 (OK). 10. Press ENTER/YES twice.

this sounds like a scan motor error. clean encoding strip and test. If still wavy remove scan sensor the one that reads the encoder strip, clean with alcohol, replace and test. if still bad replace encoder strip and the eye that reads it.

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I hope I can help you with your issue ,
the zip drive is either dirty or bad.
The zip drive has a drive spindle that could be not spinning correctly or the reading heads are bad.
Try a can of air to blow the dust out first.
or remove the drive and try cleaning the heads (not an easy job) .
here are the instructions for replacing the drive
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you do not need 8 out-puts..but a mixer ..and record all tracks in the same time ....in the mixer you will have separate settings and volume ...but the signal will be recorded all at once ..If you have multi track in this one ..use the mixer for the ones you do not make many changes ..in one track ..mixed ...and the ones that need more attention ..in the other inputs..but ..I know that this one already supports 8 separate tracks ...and yo can just use it like a mixer..and to record use only one out-put to the recorder..or computer ..

Call Roland's tech support, they will help you with anything you need. They're among the best in customer support 800-868-3737

Did you try to scan your disc for bad sectors? Look in the manual and it will show you how to do a surface scan.

Looks as if you need to install the OS for the system. It seems as if it lost. You should have the OS on CD and if not contact RolandUS and get one. You would put in the OS into your CD burner and power up the unit. I would recommend Roland HD support be on the other end if you are brand new. They will walk you through. The manual is just insane to learn.

shut the unit down properly, then restart this should solve the problem.

this is no problem. You can use the DS-90 through the analog outputs or the digital. Either will work well.

go here http://www.supportdock.com/

Roland has excelent Tech support.

I might try with the Web site below -

http://www.rolandus.com/support/?tab=contact

Please let me know what you find and or re-contact me if you can't get anywheres with Roland only I think they will be more than happy to help.
Blessings,
A/V Media Guy

Just a hint, but sometimes the displays have a USER setable parameter that affects the contrast. I have seen some that display is blank due to the setting. The problem is knowing how to reset the parameter without having a display. Search Google for "factory reset" for your unit.
On some musical units the setting is also called "viewing angle".

the unit is going south time to buy a new 1 [it has a bad display panel]

turn it on and just let it load..it may take like 20 hrs or so but it will come on...and yea when it does you might not have anything that you had on there but you can start over and it will work like new..worked for me



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Fro what I know its in a FAT 16 or 32 format, for the one who booted with other pc try to Move the file, at times it wont let u del but it'll move it to other pc if u can, if that dosent work yet if you can see your vs-200 40g small HD try to format it it shuld work, the boss/roland people shuld have given formating or reseting tools or shuld have them for free downloads, if not get the hard disk out plug it in other pc or portable and do as u like if its SCSI old and slow the so caled new then is older then my grandfather yet SCSI's are relible anyhow than you wont need controler card, you can do a lot, I am teling every one, they dont put inf memory and disk space, if the drive is compresed it dosent meter we want uncompres, I wrote all this couse you say you can boot with other pc, oh, a croslink files can be a problem mbr can be deleted and redone. good luck

No!

If you want to play in C and carry the sound of Bb,
1. From C, count down two half-steps to Bb
2. Press and hold the Transpose button and press the key on the keyboard that displays through the window, "-2"
3. To turn off the transpose feature, just press the Transpose button again.