Roland Announces DVD-Capable VS-2480

VS-2480DVD with LCD Monitor and Mouse (Click for a close-up)

The VS-2480 24-track Digital Studio Workstation is now available with an internal DVD multi-drive. The new model, the VS-2480DVD, is identical to its predecessor, except that users can now burn up to 4.7GB of song data to a single DVD-R or DVD-RW disc. The VS-2480DVD also supports Roland's new VS8F-3 Plug-In Effect Expansion Board for loading plug-ins from Roland, or optional 3rd party plug-ins.

Thanks to a new DVD multi-drive, the VS-2480DVD lets users store up to 4.7GB of data on a single DVD disc. This is great for archiving an album's worth of songs--no more saving across multiple CDs. Of course, CD-R and CD-RW discs can also be used for normal CD burning.

The VS-2480DVD supports the use of VS Plug-Ins by installing an optional VS8F-3 Plug-In Effect Expansion Board. Up to three boards can be installed, and each is capable of running two plug-ins from Roland, or optional 3rd party plug-ins from developers like Antares, IK Multimedia, Massenburg, Universal Audio and more.

MSRP: $5,195