When Would You Use An Fx Bus; When Would You Use An Aux Bus; Sending A Signal To An Fx Or Aux Bus; Stereo Fx And Aux Busses - Roland VS-2000 Owner's Manual

15—FX and Aux Busses and Direct Paths

When Would You Use an FX Bus?

You'd use an FX bus to send an input, track or even FX return channel's signal to the
desired internal effects processor. You can do this during recording and mixing. The
important thing to remember is that, when you're using loop effects (Page 88), each FX
bus is the pathway that a signal has to travel to reach the desired internal effect
processor. FX Sends 1-6 carry signals to FX Processors 1-6, respectively.

When Would You Use an Aux Bus?

An Aux bus can carry signals to an external effect for outboard processing, or to a
headphone amplifier for your performers (see "Creating a Headphone Mix Using an
Aux Bus" on Page 207).

Sending a Signal to an FX or Aux Bus

Each input, track and FX return channel has a set of CH EDIT FX send and AUX send
controls with which you can send a copy of the channel's signal to any of the six FX
busses or two Aux busses. These controls, and how to use them, are described on
Page 150 and Page 230.
You can quickly adjust the currently selected channel's FX or Aux send using the front-
panel CH PARAMETERS SENDS knob. See Page 167.
You can configure any Aux bus or FX bus to receive channel signals from before or after
a channel's fader level control. See Page 206.

Stereo FX and Aux Busses

You can link odd/even pairs of FX or Aux busses so that each pair acts as a single stereo
object. You can send a channel's signal to a pair of linked FX or Aux busses and use a
panning control to place the signal's position within their stereo field.
Linked FX busses are handy when you're sending signals to an internal effect that has
discreet left and right signal paths (see the VS-2000 Appendices for the structures of its
internal effects.) This is also a great tool when you're using two Aux busses to create a
stereo headphone mix for performers—when the busses are linked, you'll have full
control of the stereo imaging in their mix (Page 206).
With linking, an FX or Aux bus is linked to the bus next to it. If the bus is:
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Each FX or Aux bus's configuration determines whether or not it's linked to its odd/
even partner. See "Configuring an FX or Aux Bus" on Page 206.
Each FX bus is always connected to its like-numbered effect
processor. When a pair of FX busses are linked, both busses
carry signals to both of their processors:
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odd-numbered—it's linked to the even-numbered FX or Aux bus to its right.
even-numbered—it's linked to the odd-numbered FX or Aux bus to its left.
The odd-numbered FX bus—sends signals to the left side
of the two processors.
The even-numbered FX bus—sends signals to the right
side of the two processors.
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