Re: Help with my live rig

["Doug Wellington" <dougwellington@gmail.com>]

On 2/27/07, David H <the.31st@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm having a hard time figuring out that Roland VM system you suggested,
> Doug, especially since it seems to have been discontinued? There are all
> sorts of accessories and cards and stuff and I'm not sure how it would 
>all
> map out. Although I am intrigued by the idea of connecting two mixers 
>like
> that, that would probably be pretty ideal.

Yes, sadly, it has been discontinued, but that means you can buy them
for a lot less money!  I think the system was discontinued because it
only supports 44.1 and 48k sample rates.  There are two basic units -
the VM-7100 which has ten analog inputs, and the VM-7200 which has
twenty.  You can use one or two units.  To use two units, you need the
cascade kit which is two boards and a cable.  You can add an R-Bus
board to each unit, which provides three R-Bus connectors.  If you
want to convert from R-Bus to ADAT, you need a DIF-AT for each
connector.  There are also analog to digital converters and AES/EBU
adapters that can be directly connected to the R-Bus ports.  Inside
each unit, you can add three VS8F-2 effects cards, for a total of four
effects processors per unit.  There are two control surfaces, the
VM-C7100 which has 13 faders (12 channels and a master) and the
VM-C7200, which has 25 faders.  Oh, and if you want to have extra
knobs, there is the VE-7000 channel controller.  Phew, information
overload!

This system may be overkill for what you're doing.  Send me a private
email or use gmail chat if you have any questions...

Doug