{"id":24518,"date":"2002-03-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-03-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=24518"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"sync-roland-vs-2480-pro-tools-le-mac-roland","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/sync-roland-vs-2480-pro-tools-le-mac-roland\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I sync my Roland VS-2480 to Pro Tools LE\/Mac when using the Roland DIF-AT Signal Converter Interface?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Roland DIF-AT Signal Converter Interface can convert its analog outputs to 8 channel Optical\/ADAT. VS-2480 (master)Pro T ools (slave)CONNECTIONSRoland R-BUS OUT > Roland DIF-AT Interface > Optical Input on Digi 001 PCI card. (Optical Input has no light. Optical Output has red light.)MIDI OUT of Roland VS-2480 > MIDI IN of Digi 001.PRO TOOLS CONFIGURATION1)  Launch a Pro Tools session. Make sure that bit depth and sample rate match between Pro Tools and the VS-2480.2)  Windows Menu > Show Session Setup. Sync Mode = Optical.Make sure that the Start time and Current Time Code are the same, or that Start Time is a little ahead of Current Time. OMS Setup1) In Pro Tools > Setups > OMS Studio Setup. (If is says &#8220;Please Find OMS&#8221;: Double-click on Desktop > Mac Hard Drive > Opcode folder > OMS Applications > OMS Setup. OMS setup window will launch)2) Double click on the keyboard with the question mark hanging off the Digi 001. Set the Manufacturer to Roland, Model to VS-1640, then rename the model VS-2480.  Make sure that to enable sends and receives MIDI Time Code. Using the Optical connection from the VS-2480 > DIF-AT > 001 Optical Input- Setups Menu > Playback Engine > Yes > Other Options > Set Optical Format to ADAT > Done > OK. Pro Tools LE will reload. &#8211; Setups Menu > I\/O Setups > Click on Input Tab > Click on Default button to Reset I\/O&#8217;s > OK. 5) Select Inputs for tracks:  ADAT 1- 8.6) In Pro Tools:  Setups > Peripherals > Synchronization: device = Generic MTC reader, Port = VS-2480.7)  Set to ONLINE by pressing clock icon on Pro Tools transport, Transport = Pro Tools; and press record button. Both Online and Record button will flash until sync begins. 8)  Setups > Preferences> Operation: Record Online at Insertion\/Selection.9)  Record enable all audio tracks. 10)Press play on the VS-2480 and Pro Tools will sync and go into record. VS-24801) Set to Master2) Sync Mode = Internal3) select MTC for MIDI OUT connector4) MTC Type = 30 (fps).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"storecat":[],"itemids":[],"manufacturers":[33300],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the How do I sync my Roland VS-2480 to Pro Tools LE\/Mac when using the Roland DIF-AT Signal Converter Interface? page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/sync-roland-vs-2480-pro-tools-le-mac-roland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How do I sync my Roland VS-2480 to Pro Tools LE\/Mac when using the Roland DIF-AT Signal Converter Interface? - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Roland DIF-AT Signal Converter Interface can convert its analog outputs to 8 channel Optical\/ADAT. 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