Recording Stereo Effects; Three Important Reminders About Using Effects - Roland VS-1680 User Manual

Chapter 7 Using Internal Effects (VS8F-2)
Finally, Assign both Input 1 and Effects Return
2 to Stereo Track 9/10
1. Press and hold [STATUS] for Tracks 9/10.
2. Press Input 1 SELECT so it is blinking.
3. Press Input 2 SELECT so it does not blink.
4. Press Effect 2 SELECT once. Both Input 1 and Effect
Return 2 are now routed to stereo Track 9/10.
Begin recording on Track 9/10 as usual. As soon as you are
done recording, re-route the effect return off the track. If an
effect return is assigned to a track, you won't hear the output
of the effect (unless the track happens to be in Source or
Record status). To re-route the effect return back to the main
stereo mix—the MIX bus—hold the [STATUS] button for
Track 9/10 and the [SELECT] button for each effect assigned
to the track.

Recording Stereo Effects

Most of the effects in the Effects Expansion Board are stereo.
To record the output of a stereo effect so that it sounds the
same as it does in the MIX bus, it must be recorded onto two
tracks. To do so, turn Link to "On" for both the input and the
track. For example, use the following procedure to set up the
VS-1680 to record a stereo effect on Input 8 to Tracks 7/8:
1. Press the SELECT button for Input 8.
2. Use [
], [ ], [
cursor to "Link."
3. Use the TIME/VALUE dial to turn Link "On."
4. Use [
], [ ], [
cursor to EFX INS and press [YES].
5. Use [
], [ ], [
desired effects processor and use the TIME/VALUE dial
to select "INSERT."
It is important that you insert the effect after the inputs are
linked.
6. Press the SELECT button for Track 8.
7. Use [
], [ ], [
cursor to "Link."
8. Use the TIME/VALUE dial to turn Link "On."
9. Press [PLAY/DISPLAY] to return to the main Play
screen.
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], and [ ] to move the
], and [ ] to move the
], and [ ] to select the
], and [ ] to move the
10. Hold the Channel 8 [STATUS] button and press the Input
8 SELECT button so that it is flashing (the Input 7
SELECT button will also flash). This routes Input 8 to
Tracks 7 and 8 for recording.
Now, with Tracks 7 and 8 grouped as a stereo pair, any
stereo effect inserted on Input 8 will be recorded in stereo on
Tracks 7/8.
Three Important Reminders
About Using Effects
1. If you insert an effect anywhere in the Track Mixer, Input
Mixer, or Master Block, that effect cannot be used on any
other tracks or inputs. The exception is when you use a
two-channel effect, and insert it on one channel of the
mixer using "InsL," and on another channel using
"InsR." When an effect has already been inserted on
another channel—or on the Master Block—the display
will tell you so.
2. If you've assigned an effect return to a track in order to
print the effect, you must un-assign the effect return from
the track in order to have it return to the main stereo mix.
3. To print an insert effect applied to an input, make sure
that it is inserted on the input and not the track. To listen
to an insert effect while recording, without printing it,
make sure that the effect is inserted on the track and not
the input.