Roland VS20 V-Studio

Record Your Guitar and Vocals with Incredible Tones

Guitarists have only dreamed about it until now—BOSS guitar effects and Roland’s breakthrough COSM® modeling built right into powerful hardware and recording software. That’s the V-STUDIO 20. The V-STUDIO 20 matches the simplicity of a portable, hardware recording system with the power, flexibility, and control of modern computer-based recording. Whether you’re at home or on the road, you can easily connect a guitar or mic to the VS-20 hardware and dial up genuine BOSS sounds. Once you’re ready, record directly to your computer for further editing and mixing using Cakewalk Guitar Tracks recording software. Don’t settle for imitations—Roland, Cakewalk, and BOSS are names you can trust to deliver the best recording solutions for today’s musicians.

• Get high-quality recordings with a stereo audio interface
• Compact, portable, and USB bus powered—perfect for mobile recording
• Control your mix and playback with real faders, knobs, and buttons
• Incredible tones from zero latency, hardware COSM® DSP effects with software control
• Easy to understand—hardware matches software with tight integration
• Includes connections for monitors, headphones, pedals, and footswitches
  
  Features
  

  Simple to Use

  When you are ready to start recording, the VS-20 hardware makes it easy to start.

• The VS-20 hardware combines a stereo audio interface, control surface, and built-in stereo mics
• Get amazing guitar tones with a Hi-Z input and on-board BOSS-powered, COSM® DSP effects for amp simulation and 4 virtual pedal modules (Compression, Overdrive/Distortion, Chorus/Mod, Delay) including 36 genuine Boss effects and 50 presets
• Record vocals with a phantom powered XLR input and get a great sound with built-in latency free COSM® DSP for harmony, real-time pitch correction, reverb, compression and more
• Hardware and software share a similar user interface and feature controls that make it easy for anyone to record their music
• Compact design and USB bus power make the V-Studio 20 perfect for mobile recording with a laptop or Netbook

36 Genuine BOSS Effects with COSM® Effects Editor

Get amazing guitar tones with a Hi-Z input and on-board BOSS-powered, COSM® DSP effects for amp simulation and 4 virtual pedal modules including 36 genuine Boss effects and 50 presets.

Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Software

Designed for guitarists and singer-songwriters, the bundled Guitar Tracks recording software provides powerful, streamlined recording, editing, mixing, finalizing, and sharing of music.

• Record and playback up to 32 tracks of audio
• Easily arrange, edit, and mix your song
• Includes a suite of 11 stunning effects
• Features the Roland TTS-1 synthesizer
• Jam to 1 GB of loops, songs, and backing tracks
• Tight integration with hardware for flawless recording
  
  Specs
  
  

  Audio Interface

  Number of Input Channels

  2

  AD/DA Conversion

  Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
  Signal Processing: maximum 24-bit (depending on software)

  Frequency Response

  20 Hz to 20 kHz (+0/-3 dB)

  Residual Noise Level

  -90 dBu or less
  (INPUT: GUITAR/BASS, 47 k ohm terminated, INPUT SENS knob = center, DIRECT MONITOR knob = center, OUTPUT LEVEL knob = center, IHF-A, Typical, Effect = OFF)

  Nominal Input Level

  GUITAR/BASS: -10 dBu, MIC 2: -40 dBu, LINE: -10 dBu

  Nominal Output Level

  OUTPUT: -10 dBu

  Input Impedance

  GUITAR/BASS: 1 M ohm, MIC 2: 4 k ohms, LINE: 10 k ohms

  Output Impedance

  OUTPUT: 2 k ohms, PHONES: 44 ohms

  Recommended Load Impedance

  OUTPUT: 20 k ohms or greater, PHONES: 32 to 100 ohms

  Connectors

  GUITAR/BASS: 1/4 inch phone type, MIC 2: XLR type (balanced/phantom power +48 V), LINE: 1/4 inch phone type, OUTPUT: RCA pin type, PHONES: Stereo 1/4 inch phone type, REC, PLAY (FOOT SW): TRS 1/4 inch phone type, EXP PEDAL: TRS 1/4 inch phone type, USB: B type

  Power Supply

  USB Bus Power

  Current Draw

  320 mA

  Phantom Power

  +48 V/10 mA

  Accessories

  V-STUDIO 20 DVD-ROM(for Windows):
  Cakewalk Guitar Tracks 4 (Recording Software), V-STUDIO 20 Software Effects Editor, V-STUDIO 20 USB Drivers, Owner's Manual (PDF) in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch
  Owner's Manual in English, USB Cable, Cakewalk Service Information Sheet

  Options

  Foot Switch: BOSS FS-5U, Dual Foot Switch: BOSS FS-6, Expression Pedal: Roland EV-5 BOSS FV-500L, FV-500H

  System Requirements

  Operating System

  Windows XP (32-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit)
  *This product does not support Windows XP Media Center Edition or XP Professional x64.
  *When running Vista x64 or Windows 7 x64, Guitar Tracks runs in the 32-bit emulation layer.
  *Macintosh computers running Microsoft Windows are not officially supported.
  
  OS requirements on Netbook computers: TBA

  Processor

  Intel® Pentium® 4 1.3 GHz or AMD Athlon™ XP 1500+ or higher
  (Netbook: Intel® Atom® or AMD Athlon Neo™ Processor)

  RAM

  512 MB (1 GB or more recommended)
  (Netbook: 1 GB)

  Hard Disk Space

  100 MB for core program (6 GB recommended)

  Video Resolution

  1024 x 600, 16-bit color screen resolution

  USB Port

  Required

  Optical Drive

  DVD-ROM drive for installation
  *Software also available via download for Netbook users without DVD drives

  Additional Information:

  An internet connection is required for viewing online video tutorials and for uploading music. Cakewalk Publisher requires you to have available web server space with FTP access privileges. QuickTime support requires QuickTime 7 or higher.

  Size and Weight ( Hardware )

  Width

  299 mm
  11-13/16 inches

  Depth

  144 mm
  5-11/16 inches

  Height

  53 mm
  2-1/8 inches

  Weight

  760 g
  1 lbs. 11 oz.