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and luminous dedicated function buttons for quick confir-
mation of mixer status. Above all, these consoles were
designed with intuitive operation at heart, as evidenced by
the variety of quick keys which simplify complex opera-
tions to a single button press. The VM-C7100 can even
be rackmounted with an optional rackmount kit.
Though they don’t “mix” any audio, the consoles do
include two mic/line input jacks, a built-in talkback micro-
phone, and an XLR input for plugging in an additional mic
or line input. These audio signals are “sent” back to the
VM processor as dual-channel digital audio via VM-Link
and are provided simply for added convenience. Similarly,
the console also includes two analog line out jacks and
two digital out jacks which turn around two channels of
audio from the processor for monitoring purposes; this is
most likely where users would connect reference monitors
like the new Roland DS-90 Powered Monitors.
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Configuration Possibilities
Central to the VM-7000 Series is its flexibility. Users can
freely select between the VM-7200 and VM-7100 proces-
sors and VM-C7200 and VM-C7100 mixing consoles to put
together a system which most closely matches their needs.
A console can control two processors simultaneously, and
a processor can be controlled by one or two consoles,
greatly enhancing configuration possibilities such as in a
dual-console mixing/monitoring system. A basic digital mix-
ing system for live sound recording might include the VM-
C7100 console mixing front-of-house and a VM-7100
processor rack-mounted just off stage, while a more
sophisticated system might employ a VM-C7200 console at
front-of-house, a VM-C7100 console for monitor mixing,
and include an additional VM-7100 or 7200 processor off
stage for more inputs and outputs. Altogether, a maximum
of 94 channels of digital mixing is available to VM-7000
Series users.
Enhanced Signal Routing
Signal routing flexibility in the VM-7000 Series is simply
unrivaled in this class of mixers, thanks largely to a new
“FlexBus” design. Put simply, FlexBus allows for 12 indi-
vidual busses to be freely switched between Aux. and
Rec. purposes, making these mixers equally suited to
recording and live sound applications. In fact, this feature
is like having a mixer specifically built for a user’s exact
application, routing audio in the way which makes the
most sense.
Similar flexibility is available in the VM-7000 Series’ input /
output functions. Much like a “virtual patchbay,” the destina-
tion channel for each input can be defined as desired (e.g.,
an input can be assigned to multiple channels simultane-
ously). And each of the eight Assignable Output jacks or 24
optional Multi-Outputs can pull from any source channel,
from any bus, or even directly from an individual channel
bypassing the bus routing altogether. This flexibility results
in some very liberating routing possibilities. With the afore-
mentioned optional Multi-Outputs, Input channels can be
connected directly to a multitrack recorder from any point in
the signal path, enabling 24-channel direct simultaneous
recording. Altogether, a maximum of 48 channels of multi-
track recording plus the ability to simultaneously mix 46
additional channels is possible.
EZ Routing
Rounding out its amazing routing flexibility, the VM-7000
Series also includes an enhanced version of Roland’s
acclaimed EZ Routing technology. EZ Routing allows for com-
mon settings to be saved and recalled when pre-program-
ming a signal path. Thus, users can define templates like
“Live Jazz Combo,” “16-Channel Rock Recording,” “Hip-Hop
Mixdown” and more, and have them instantly recalled with
the press of a button complete with all signal routings
including external effects inserts. EZ Routing even displays
the names of each instrument connected to every channel, so
all a user has to do is set up the corresponding microphones.
Building Upon the Legendary V-Studio
Concept
As a Roland V-Studio product, the VM-7000 Series car-
ries on in the bold tradition of VS-Series Digital Studio
Workstations. This means, first and foremost, that this
system is a self-contained, “all-in-one” digital solution with
amazing built-in digital effects and patchbay, that it is con-
trollable via MIDI, and that it’s supremely expandable.
Powerful VS-1680-Quality Effects
The VM-7100 and VM-7200 V-Mixing Processors offer two
onboard stereo multi-effects processors and one stereo
master effects processor. The multi-effects processors are
the sonic equivalent of the highly acclaimed VS8F-2
Effects Expansion Board for the VS-1680 workstation,
incorporating unrivaled effects such as high-end reverbs,
delays, dynamics processing, COSM Guitar Amp modeling
and Mic Simulations for amazing direct recording capabili-
ties. Three optional VS8F-2 Effects Expansion Boards can
be user-installed into the VM-7100/7200, yielding up to 16
stereo (or 32 mono) channels of amazing-sounding effects.
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