virtual.rayprodigy.net Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 I was looking at the back of my Roland VM3100 Pro mixer and it has a connector called R-Bus,and it has 25 holes and is the same size as a SCSI connector.Does anyone know if standard SCSI cables can be used to hook this stuff up or does it have to be the Official Roland cable?No one in my area has the R-bus cables whereas SCSI abounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD Posted September 2, 2001 Share Posted September 2, 2001 R-Bus contains 8 I/O streams of digital audio, plus Word-Clock and timing. I recommend purchasing a Roland R-Bus cable, don't try to use other cables or you may end up with noise and jitter. David ------------------ Li'l Chips Systems www.lilchips.com Roland and Cakewalk resources Roland Peer-Newsgroups at news://news.lilchips.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted September 2, 2001 Share Posted September 2, 2001 Oh, I misread the header...thought it was about a "toy" store for keyboard players...Rolands-R-Us. Nevermind... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uh Clem Posted September 3, 2001 Share Posted September 3, 2001 Now that's comedy, folks http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif Steve Powell - Bull Moon Digital www.bullmoondigital.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Fortner Posted September 3, 2001 Share Posted September 3, 2001 Ah yessss... Roland's proprietary digital audio format. Like we need another one. This is one of the things that's turned me off to their digital mixers, though I still may pick one up given the current prices. Yo, Roland and everyone: Lightpipe has become the de facto standard for moving 8 channels of audio around. Put it on your gear, and don't make us pay extra for it. Stephen Fortner Principal, Fortner Media Former Editor in Chief, Keyboard Magazine Digital Piano Consultant, Piano Buyer Magazine Industry affiliations: Antares, Arturia, Giles Communications, MS Media, Polyverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoeditor1 Posted September 4, 2001 Share Posted September 4, 2001 Yo, Roland and everyone: Lightpipe has become the de facto standard for moving 8 channels of audio around. Put it on your gear, and don't make us pay extra for it. [/b] Yeah, but the pro's use AES/ EBU too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagevibe Posted September 4, 2001 Share Posted September 4, 2001 Originally posted by SteveFortner: Ah yessss... Roland's proprietary digital audio format. Like we need another one. This is one of the things that's turned me off to their digital mixers, though I still may pick one up given the current prices. Yo, Roland and everyone: Lightpipe has become the de facto standard for moving 8 channels of audio around. Put it on your gear, and don't make us pay extra for it. I paid $600 for the VM3100pro mixer, R-Bus Card/Cable and Logic Audio Silver. At that price the Mixer is cheap and the R-Bus is free. Who's paying for the R-BUS? By the way it's a MAudio Delta card. Very solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 5, 2001 Share Posted September 5, 2001 I'm with you, Steve. I'll never buy a Roland product with R-bus because I already have plenty of gear with lightpipe. Even if Roland supported TDIF or AES/EBU it would be much better than some proprietary interface that I have to spend extra for to make it work with my current gear. No thanks! -Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtoledo3 Posted September 5, 2001 Share Posted September 5, 2001 Steve and Dylan, I think that you two are ignorant of the facts of the matter, and it's annoying to read you two going off like you know what your talking about. If Roland equipped their products w/ lightpipe or TDIF, then you would have to get a converter if you wanted to go to one format or another. Roland has a simple interface that converts R-BUS to TDIF,lightpipe, or AES. YOu can get a convertor that does it all or one that is single function. Big deal. I guess that neither of you have worked with Sony HDR's or those weird Otari doublewide scsi connectors. R-BUS is just roland's format, and it works for them because it's maximized to work with their other equipment. This way if you have a bunch of roland gear, you make 0 investment. If you got a ADAT, just get the ADAT converter. If you have a TDIF machine, then you get the TDIF. If you need em all , get the master unit. I'm mostly annoyed because people like to slag w/ out really knowing what the hell they are talking about. This guy was just asking for some advice, advice. Want mix/tracking feedback? Checkout "The Fade"- www.grand-designs.cc/mmforum/index.php The soon-to-be home of the "12 Bar-Blues Project" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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