Digital Audio Transfer R-BUS to FireWire (IEEE 1394)
The V-Fire is a 24-bit/96k R-BUS to FireWire computer recording system for both Windows XP and Macintosh computer systems. The V-Fire allows the user to convert Roland’s R-BUS digital audio format to FireWire (IEEE 1394), thus providing a multi-channel computer interface for Roland products equipped with R-BUS output. The V-Fire features two R-BUS ports and two FireWire ports allowing sixteen channels of digital audio to stream at up to 24-bit 96K sample rate. The V-Fire is also equipped with R-BUS 1, R-BUS 2 and master sync LED indicators. V-Fire also comes with a software control panel enabling the user to select the sample rate (44.1K, 48K, 88.2K, and 96K), latency, buffer size and clock source.
high-speed R-BUS to FireWire (IEEE 1394)
24-bit / 44.1, 48, 88.2 96K sampling rates
two R-BUS ports for sixteen channels of digital audio
dual FireWire ports for connecting other FireWire Devices
The V-Fire works with the following Roland products with R-BUS expansion:
MV-8000
VM-3100 Pro
VM-7000
VS-2480CD/DVD
VS-2400CD
VSR-880
XV-5080
Computer system requirements: Below are the minimum computer-system requirements for your V-Fire.
Windows
Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz processor or AMD Athlon 64 (Turion) (2.5 GHz or faster recommended)
1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
Macintosh
Mac OS X 10.4.11
PowerPC G4 1.25 GHz or Intel Core Solo 1.5 GHz processor (2 GHz or faster recommended)
1 GB RAM (2 GB or more recommended)
Windows and Macintosh Systems
IEEE 1394 FireWire 400 Port
Internet connection recommended
DVD-ROM drive
Internal or external 7200 RPM storage drive highly recommended
Note that the speed of your processor, amount of RAM and size and speed of your hard drive will greatly affect the overall performance of your recording system. Also, a more powerful system (faster processor with more RAM) will allow for lower latency (signal delay) that you might experience while monitoring audio or MIDI signals. Monitor resolution for both PC and Macintosh should be no lower than 1024x768 pixels.
