Removing Input Signals From The Master Mix - Roland VS-2480 Tip Sheet

Removing Input Signals from the MASTER Mix

When you create a new project, the VS-2480's input and track channels are routed into
the main mix to help ensure that you can easily hear input or track signals. However,
during recording, it's a good idea to listen only to your tracks so that you can hear
what's actually being recorded. Since you'll likely be listening to the MASTER mix bus
as you record, here's how to remove an input channel's signal from the MASTER mix:
1. Press the desired IN 1-16•SOLO or IN 17-24/AUX MST•MUTE FADER button to
2. Press the desired input channel's CH Edit button—the input channel's CH EDIT
3. Press ", #, $ and/or % to highlight MIX=On.
4. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to set MIX to Off.
Configuring Aux Sends
Each VS-2480 Aux send bus can be set to receive channel signals either before their
faders ("pre") or after their faders ("post"). You can configure an Aux bus from:
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You can also use the following instructions to link odd/even pairs of aux busses by
activating the selected Aux bus's LINK or BUS LINK parameter.
Configuring an Aux Send from a MASTER EDIT Screen
1. While holding down SHIFT, press TR 1-16•MASTER EDIT.
2. Press " or # to select the desired Aux bus's Pre/Pst setting.
3. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select Pre or Pst (for "Post").
Configuring an Aux Send from a Channel View Screen
1. If you're not already on the Channel View screen for the input or track channel
2. Use ", #, $ and/or % to select the desired Aux bus send.
3. Press ENTER/YES—a dialog appears.
4. Press " or #, if necessary, to select the POSITION parameter.
5. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to select Pre or Pst (for "Post") as desired.
Adding Effects to a Headphone Mix
When you've created a headphone mix using an Aux bus, it's easy to add an effect to
any of the signals in the headphone mix. Send each channel's signal to the effect as
desired. The following steps describe how to route the effect to the Aux bus:
1. Press TR-17-24•FX RTN to select the group of channels that includes the eight FX
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select the group of channels containing the one you want to remove from the mix.
parameters appear.
a MASTER EDIT screen—allowing you to set up all of your Aux busses at once
a Channel View screen—letting you quickly configure the Aux bus as you set other
channel parameters
you're working with, press the channel's CH EDIT button. If VIEW or CH. V
appears above F6, press F6.
returns.
The eight FX channels correspond to the eight effects you'll have in your VS-2480
with three additional VS8F-2 effect boards installed. (As shipped from the factory,
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