Roland R Bus Cable
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Roland r bus cable. R bus cables used a db 25 connector with a crossover connection. Then i found the pinout of vs planet and decided to create one myself. The rbc 1 5 r bus cables allow connection between various r bus devices including the vm 7000 series v mixing system components v studios the xv 5080 128 voice expandable synthesizer module and more. The rbc 5 is a 15 foot r bus cable for exchanging up to eight channels of two way 24 bit digital audio and midi control information.
The rbc 1 is a 3 foot r bus cable for exchanging up to eight channels of two way 24 bit digital audio and midi control information. Roland r bus connection manual 32 pages equipment connection and setting guide. Because of the proprietary design we have not been given any additional design specs for r bus cables from our corporate headquarters from roland japan as these are not published and are not. The rpc 1 is a cross platform pci audio card that uses roland s r bus format for exchanging eight channels of up to two way 24 bit 96khz digital audio using a single 25 pin d sub cable.
Pin 1 to 13 pin 2 to 12 pin 3 to 11 pin 4 to 10 etc. Roland r bus manuals manuals and user guides for roland r bus. The r bus uses a proprietary pci card that allows you 8 channel i o and midi with that unit to a pc or mac or it can be used to daisy chain more units is my understanding of the r bus. The rbc 1 is a 1 meter cable and the rbc 5 is a 5 meter cable.
When using sampling frequencies of 64 khz or higher please use the rbc 1 1 meter r bus cable or the rbc 3 3 meters r bus cable. When used with roland s r bus equipped products and any asio compliant recording software the rpc 1 gives users a complete computer based digital recording and. I bought a 2nd hand db25 cable and two breakout boxes male pins. We have 1 roland r bus manual available for free pdf download.
Important note concerning r bus cables the rbc 5 5 meters r bus cable discontinued does not support the use of 64 khz or higher sampling frequencies. Looking on the internet for the roland r bus cable rbc 1 rbc 3 or rbc 5. Works with r bus equipped products like the vs 2480 v mixers and xv 5080. Roland s r bus format is a convenient way to exchange up to eight channels of 24 bit digital audio between r bus equipped v studios or an mv 8000 8800.
With the dif at24 you can convert r bus to adat for easy audio transfers between a v studio or mv 8000 8800 and an adat compatible sound card or digital mixer.