I have some older recordings done on a Vs880 and I want to re-mix them using Vegas. Does any one out there know how to make Vegas a master and the vs880 a slave? I know what to do with the Vs880 but I can't figure out what to do with Vegas...
Once upon a time a company named Polarsonics made a nifty little free utility called VSCopy that would import VS-tracks as audio waves into your PC (you needed a SCSI-connection). My search for Polarsonics.zombie.com met a dead end, but Roland may help you as they still mention this utility in some of their VS-documents.
Its been a while (we sold our 880s) but here goes.
We used the MOTU 2408 and Midi Timepiece AV
In V3 go to Options> Preferences> Sync.
Set your Generate Midi Timecode Settings Output Device to what ever midi I/O you have
Mine is set for (MTPAV:Out8)
Frame Rate SMPTE Non-Drop 30(30fps)
(none) should be in the other two sync windows
Go to advanced tab.
Check Use internal timer and set it for 2ms
I also use Full frame message for all cursor position changes
Hit Apply, OK, Ok out of the Preferences window
Hit F7(Generate MTC)
Right click on Time at cursor to set your time display to Midi Timecode Out.
Now set up your VS880 to slave, MTC, 30Nd and add a 3sec offset.
Hit play on the 880 and it should not play until you hit play on Vegas.
If you have problems send me an email and I'll be more than happy to walk you through.
Goodluck George Ware
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly - I did every thing that you sent me but I'm still having problems. If you have the time I'd appreciate the "walk through" - I think I have my connections done properly. Any assistance would be awesome!