Changing Channels; Switching Between Input, Track, Aux And Fx Channels; Setting Channel Unity Gain And Panning; To Reset A Channel's Fader And Pan - Roland VS-2480 Tip Sheet

Changing Channels

All of the VS-2480's 64 mixer channels are active and available at all times.
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The four FADER buttons above the MASTER fader let you choose the type of channel
you want to work with. When you press the appropriate FADER button, the controls of
the 16 physical strips become the controls for the desired group of channels.
Channel strips

Switching Between Input, Track, Aux and FX Channels

Press a FADER button to turn the 16 physical channel strips into the group of channel
controls you want:
Press... Channel Strips 1-16 control:
IN 1-16
SOLO
TR 1-16
MASTER
EDIT
When you change what the channel strips control, the channel faders move into
position for the group of channels you've selected.
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 they're up to.

Setting Channel Unity Gain and Panning

The VS-2480 provides a quick shortcut for setting a channel's fader to 0dB and its stereo
pan to its center position.
Before adjusting an input channel's SENS knob when setting input levels, you'll want
to start by setting the input channel's fader to its unity gain, 0dB setting.

To Reset a Channel's Fader and Pan

1. Press the FADER (see above) button that activates channel strip control of the
2. While holding down CLEAR, press the desired channel's CH EDIT button.
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24 input channels
8 Aux send channels
RATIO
THRESHOLD ATTACK
Dynamics
1 2 3
17 18 19
(dB)
6
4
0
4
8
12
18
24
42
Input Channels 1-16
Track Channels 1-16
group of channels containing the one you want to reset.
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• 24 track channels
• 8 FX return channels
PAN
/ AUX SEND 1-8
RELEASE LEVEL FREQ GAIN FREQ GAIN FREQ Q GAIN FREQ Q GAIN FREQ
Filter EQ Low EQ Lo - Mid EQ Hi - Mid EQ High
CH EDIT / SELECT / PHRASE SEQ STATUS / AUTOMIX STATUS
TRACK STATUS / PHRASE PAD
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
AUX1 AUX 2 AUX 3 AUX 4 AUX 5 AUX 6 AUX 7 AUX 8
MST
20 21 22 23 24
FX1 FX 2 FX 3 FX 4 FX 5 FX 6 FX 7 FX 8
RTN
Press... ...and Channel Strips 1-16 control:
IN 17-24
AUX MST
MUTE
TR 17-24
FX RTN
V.FADER
AUX PHRASE
SEND PAD PLAY
PRM
PHRASE
EDIT SEQ
IN 1-16 IN 17-24
AUX MST
FADER buttons
SOLO MUTE
TR 1-16 TR 17-24
FX RTN
V.FADER
MASTER
EDIT
FADER
MASTER
(dB)
6 R
4
0
4
8
12
18
24
42
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Input Channels 17-24
and Aux Master Channels 1-8
Track Channels 17-24
and FX Return Channels 1-8
VS-2480 Tip Sheet