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.
5 Easy Steps to Recording Guitar and Vocals
- Connect a guitar or mic to the VS-20 hardware
- Dial up the perfect guitar or vocal tone using genuine BOSS effects
- Choose your backing tracks, hit record, and then play your parts
- Use the VS-20 as a control surface for mixing and playback
- Master your song and then burn a CD or make an MP3
Key Features:
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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
Cakewalk has announced the
V-Studio 20
recording solution.
The V-Studio 20 combines the simplicity of a portable hardware
recording system with the power of modern computer-based recording.
The software-based V-Studio 20 Effects Editor provides guitarists
with comprehensive control over an impressive offering of genuine
BOSS, hardware-based COSM DSP effects and amplifier models.
V-Studio 20 includes:
- Stereo USB Audio Interface (Mac/Win)
- Onboard BOSS-powered COSM DSP effects for Guitar & Vocals
(Mac/Win)
- VS-20 Effects Editor (Mac/Win) and Guitar Tracks recording
software (Win)
- Control Surface (Mac/Win)
Details below.
VS-20 Effects Editor features:
- 12 COSM modeled amps (classic tweed to rectifier)
- 4 virtual pedal modules (compression, overdrive/distortion,
chorus/mod, and delay) plus master reverb, and noise suppressor—access
36 genuine BOSS effects in all
- Vocal processor module providing harmony and real-time pitch
correction
- Vocal processing can be combined with other virtual pedal effects
for custom sounds
- 50 custom presets optimized by BOSS for direct recording to a
computer
- Customers can also create and save their own presets
- Built in BOSS Chromatic Tuner
- Zero-latency direct monitoring for inspired feel and performance
- Re-amping mode to apply BOSS effects, amp models, and vocal
processing to pre-recorded tracks
- Effects editor runs stand-alone for use with included Guitar
Tracks or other DAWs
- Support for BOSS Footswitches and Expression Pedals, available
separately
Guitar Tracks
Guitar Tracks recording software is a powerful tool for recording,
editing, mixing, finalizing, and sharing music. Guitar Tracks is
designed for streamlined recording and incorporates essential product
education and support with integrated tutorial videos and
comprehensive online help.
Guitar Tracks highlights include:
- Software matches the VS-20 hardware for no-nonsense ease-of-use
- 32 audio tracks + MIDI backing track
- Each track features 2-band EQ, Reverb and Echo Sends, plus the
ability for additional FX inserts
- Master FX section features 2-band EQ and stereo limiter for
mastering
- 11 classic audio effects and support for additional VST effects
- 1 GB of audio loops and MIDI files for drag and drop backing
tracks in many styles
- Complete full song arrangements in styles ranging from classic
blues to anthem rock
- Integrated CD Burning and full MP3 encoding, WAV, and Windows
Media file export
V-Studio 20 Hardware
The compact V-Studio 20 hardware combines a USB audio interface,
stereo microphones, and a basic universal DAW controller that supports
all popular digital recording software for Mac/PC via Mackie control
protocol.
VS-20 Hardware Features
- Stereo USB 24 bit, 44.1 kHz Audio Interface
- Genuine COSM DSP Chip providing zero-latency direct monitoring
- Eight dedicated channels with volume and track select
- Track bank controls
- Full Transport Controls
- One-touch access to the VS-20 Effects Editor
- One-touch access to the chromatic tuner in the VS-20 Effects
Editor
- Controls for browsing presets in the VS-20 Effects Editor
- Input selection and input sensitivity controls
- Dedicated volume controls for DAW output, VS-20 Effects and Main
Outs
- XLR Mic Input with Phantom Power
- Hi-Z Instrument Input
- 1/4″ Stereo Line Inputs
- Built-in Stereo Microphone
- 1/4″ Headphone Output
- Stereo RCA Line Out
- Two independent 1/4″ Footswitch and Expression Pedal jacks
- ASIO, WDM, WASAPI, and Core Audio support
Third product in the next generation V-Studio line
V-Studio 20 is the third product in the next generation V-Studio line
of Cakewalk-branded hardware and software solutions from Cakewalk and
Roland, and the first joint product that combines the talents of
Cakewalk and BOSS.
Availability
The V-Studio 20 hardware drivers, VS-20 Effects Editor, and Guitar
Tracks software is available for PCs and netbooks (XP, Vista, and
Windows 7) in English, German, French, Spanish, and
Italian. VS-20 Effects Editor and Control Surface online Help is
available in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. Guitar
Tracks online help is available in EN/DE/FR; printed documentation is
in English. Additional PDF documentation is available in English,
German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and Portuguese.
In addition, support is planned to allow the VS-20 hardware and
Effects Editor to be used with popular Mac-based recording software
titles. Hardware drivers and the VS-20 Effects Editor for Mac (Snow
Leopard) will be available Q2, 2010 via download from Cakewalk.com.
