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The file format for the vs1680 is roland-proprietary and is not readable by any software or any other device (except the vs series). You can save the files on a pc but you can't edit them or do anything else with them. The only options are to mix down to an audio cd on the vs1680, or to transfer the tracks one-by-one to a computer, then do the mixing in software. If your friend wants some help in learning to use the vs1680, he should go here: http://www.vsplanet.com/ ArsOcarina@aol.com wrote: >Hello all! > >I am hoping someone here can help me with a sticky problem. > >Last weekend I had a very nice gig in Ashland, Oregon and even >had a professional sound crew in to manage the complex PA needs >of a 10-piece ensemble that featured a looping guitarist (me), 2 >looping and processed trumpet players, a looped and processed >vocalist/percussionist, one non-looping acoustic drummer, 2 >non-looping bassists (one acoustic and one electric), plus 2 >more acoustic hand percussionists and a "beat" poet. > >My trouble is that the friend I enlisted to record the event (and >capture as many discrete tracks as possible) brought and used >a Roland VS-1680 to do so. A few days ago they gave me some >CD-Rs they burnt of the data the unit captured from the PA mixer. >The problem is my Mac can't read the discs. My kid's lowly, old PC >can . . . but it has no programs (nor enough ram to run 'em anyway) >to see if I can work with any of the files somehow myself. > >Does anyone know whether the file format of the Roland VS-1680 >is a proprietary "Roland only" one or not? My friend, the unit's owner >doesn't seem to know. Are the files transferable and compatible >with any known computer software? If I manage to find somebody >with a PC and a Mac on the same network and then transfer and >reburn the data onto some Mac compatible CD-Rs will it even matter? > >I've, got a number of programs on my Mac that can open audio >files in many formats. But if this Roland thingy uses it's own >proprietary format I'm screwed. Any other suggestions? I hate >to hunt around for somebody who has both Mac and PC and burn >some Mac CDs of data files my computer won't even be able to >read anyway. Help! Tell me what to do! > >Of course I could have the VS-1680 owner mix-down and burn >some audio CDs from the 1680 itself (that or teach me to do it). >But I want to do the real mixing myself on equipment and >software that I understand and know how to use already. >I trust my own ears on my own equipment . . . and I am not that >comfortable trying to do it on a strange piece of hardware >that I don't know all that well (and apparently, alas, the owner >doesn't know it all that well either). Help! > >Best, > >tEd ® kiLLiAn > >http://www.mp3s.com/tedkillian >http://www.pfmentum.com/flux.html >http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/tedkillian >http://www.guitar9.com/fluxaeterna.html > > > >