Roland VS2480DVD 24-Track Digital Studio Workstation
4.7GB per DVD, 24-track/24-bit/96kHz, 80GB hard drive, 24-track playback; 16-track simultaneous recording with 384 V-Tracks
Overall User Ratings (based on 65 ratings)
Submitted August 4, 2005 by a customer from rubywillow.net
"Great and at the same time Clunky"
It's a good unit - an all-in-one studio, you can do your projects from soup-to-nuts in it without any external equipment (other than mics and monitors). The v-track feature is great!
As mentioned earlier, it's kind of a PITA to get around (user interface) - and backups are nearly unbearable.
I hope their followup to this unit fixes some of these problems.
Sound
The sound quality is very good. The mic pres are a little noisy, but the overall quality is top-notch.
Features
You really need an external VGA display (640x480 only) for any long-term usage. The built-in LCD is ok in a pinch. This device has some great features. The v-tracks are great. Pretty much everything is good, except for a good way to take backups. The only way to get backups is by doing them on CD/DVD. It is painfully slow and therefore a PITA. Roland missed the mark when they didn't supply a network/USB/FireWire port as a way to back the data up.
Quality
The quality of this unit is very, very good. I wish the faders were a little higher quality (smoother and not quite so thick vertically). All else is good.
Value
I think you get what you pay for here. It's a very feature-rich unit. Hard to get around sometimes which is why it didn't get a 10.
Manufacturer Support
Haven't needed support. The manuals are very complete and the unit hasn't hiccuped at all.
The Wow Factor
My Church bought it for putting together album projects and what-not. I came on-board after it was purchased. For an all-in-one system, it is good. My preference would probably be more component pieces, or perhaps a computer-based solution. But it's a good unit and works well.
Musical Background:
Recording Engineer
Musical Style:
Rock/Country/Gospel/Christian
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Submitted December 1, 2005 by a customer from aol.com
"Great equipment."
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It does what we need at the time. Could use more input (recordable) channels.
Sound
The large manual jumps around too much. Keeps referring to other pages, both forward or back from where you are in the manual.
Features
Need a VGA monitor. The small screen on the equipment is too small to be working with a long lengths of time.
Quality
Very strong. I transport the VS2480DVD between church, where I record, and my home.
Value
May be a little high.
Manufacturer Support
Yes. I talked to Roland about burning a disc and got great information. They do need a '800' number.
The Wow Factor
Very well designed. Looks great.
Musical Background:
Church Recording Engineer; played professionly 12 years
Musical Style:
Contempory christian
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