Roland VS-1824 用户手册

Chapter 11

The first step to editing audio on the VS-1824 is finding the 
START and END edit points. These edit points indicate 
where on the track you want to start the edit, and where on 
the track you want to end the edit. There are many different 
ways to do this, and many different tools available to help 
you, including locators, Preview and Scrub.

Here are some common ways to set edit points:

• Create locators while the song is playing

• Use [FF] and [REW] to locate to point you want to edit

• Preview To and Preview From

• Scrub

Typically, you will use a combination of the above methods 
to define edit points.

For example, as you’re listening to your song, you may press 
a LOCATOR button to establish a point close to where an 
edit needs to occur. Now that you’re in the ballpark, you 
might use Preview and Scrub to define a precise edit point.

One of the fastest ways to set edit points is to set locators “on 
the fly,” that is, while your song is playing. Start by clearing 
the first two locators (if necessary).

1. Hold [CLEAR] and press [LOCATOR 1]. Hold [CLEAR] 

and press [LOCATOR 2].

2. Press [PLAY].

3. Press [LOCATOR 1] at the spot where you would like to 

start an edit.

4. Press [LOCATOR 2] at the end of the section you wish to 

edit.

Below is a specific example of how to perform one of the 
most basic edits on the VS-1824, Track Erase. In Track Erase, 
the area of audio between the Start and End points is 
replaced with silence. Study the basic steps involved in track 
editing using this example: editing Track 5.

Before entering Track Edit mode, set your locators.

1. Hold [CLEAR] and press [LOCATOR 1]. Hold [CLEAR] 

and press [LOCATOR 2]. 

2. Locate the point in the song where you want to start 

erasing. Press [LOCATOR 1].

3. Locate the point in the song where you want to end your 

erasing. Press [LOCATOR 2].

Now try the edit:

1. Hold [SHIFT] and press [F2 (TRACK)].

2. Press [F2 (Erase)] for Track Erase. If you don’t see 

“Erase” above [F2], press [PAGE] until “Erase” appears, 
and then press [F2 (Erase)].

3. Press the Track 5 STATUS button to select Track 5 for 

erasure. The STATUS button turns red, indicating it is 
the track to be edited. You can press more than one 
STATUS button if you wish to erase more than one track. 
To deselect a track, press the STATUS button again to 
change it back to flashing green.

SPECIAL SHORTCUT: The first four LOCATOR buttons can 
be used to enter the current time location into the START, 
END, FROM and TO fields by holding [SHIFT] and the 
respective LOCATOR button. See Steps 4 through 7 below:

4. Press [LOCATOR 1]. This moves the timeline to the point 

where you want to begin erasing.

5. Hold [SHIFT] and press [LOCATOR 1]. This enters the 

current time value (recalled by LOCATOR 1) as the 
“START” point for the edit.

6. Press [LOCATOR 2]. This moves the timeline to the point 

where you want to stop erasing.

7. Hold [SHIFT] and press [LOCATOR 2]. This enters the 

current time value (recalled by LOCATOR 2) as the 
“END” point for the edit.

8. Press [F4 (Exec)] to execute the edit based on the 

parameters you’ve defined. If it didn’t work, press 
[UNDO] and then [ENTER] to “undo” the edit.

In the previous example, we used locators to set edit points. 
This is a fast and easy way to perform most edits. For some 
edits, you may need to define edit points with more 
precision. To precisely position your edit points, you will 
need to become familiar with the following tools: The 
PREVIEW section, Scrub function, and the Waveform 
display.