10-Using The Digital Mixer; Changing Channels; Channels - Roland VS-2400CD Owner's Manual

10—Using the Digital Mixer
In this chapter, we'll discuss how to perform basic operations on the mixer. For an
introduction to the VS-2400CD's built-in digital mixer, see Chapter 3.

Changing Channels

As described on Page 52, all of the VS-2400CD's 52 mixer channels are active and
available at all times.
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In the white FADER section to the left of the red MASTER fader, you'll find a set of
buttons that control what the channel strips to the left do. When you press a FADER
button, the 12 physical strips become the controls you've selected.
The channel strips can do a few other things as well. They can:
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You can assign the channel strips to any of these jobs by pressing the appropriate
FADER button. We'll discuss each of these roles in this chapter, with the exception of
the last one, which is described in Chapter 23.
If you ever get confused about what the channel strips are controlling, just look at the
four FADER buttons—they'll tell you at a glance what the channel strips are doing.
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16 input channels
8 Aux master channels
Channel
strips
control the levels of the 12 available fader groups.
adjust the stereo panning for the currently selected set of input, track or FX return

channels.

set the Aux send levels from the currently selected set of channels.
adjust a parameter of your choosing in the currently selected set of channels.
act as a MIDI control surface for an external MIDI device (Page 286).
• 24 track channels
• 4 FX return channels
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