Using External Effects During Mixdown - Roland VXpanded VS-880 Application Manual

Using External Effects During Mixdown

Let's assume that you want to do your final mixdown of a song using your favorite external reverb device.
Sometimes both internal effects are already being used or maybe you just like the sound of a particular
external effects device. Let's assume that you have a stereo background vocal recording on tracks 7 & 8.
You want to use your external reverb device to add reverb to these vocals during mixdown.
You would set up your VS-880 for normal mix mode, but select track 7 & 8 to use the Aux Send bus 1 and 2
to pass the audio out the AUX send jacks to the external reverb. You would bring the outputs from the
reverb back into the VS-880 through inputs # 1 and 2.
ACTION: Using External Effects During Mixdown
1. Connect the AUX SEND outputs of the VS-880 to the Inputs of your external effects device.
Connect the Outputs of your effects device to Input # 1 and 2 on the VS-880.
2. Enter TRACK MIX mode. Hold ([SHIFT] + [SELECT] then [SELECT]).
3. Hold [SHIFT] and press [AUX SEND] (CH EDIT button 6).
4. Press [CH EDIT] button 7 and use the TIME/VALUE dial to select "PstFade."
5. Press [CH EDIT] button 8 and use the TIME/VALUE dial to select "PstFade."
6. Turn the AUX SEND knob all the way left and right and then back to 0 dB.
7. Use the faders to adjust the amount of signal that is sent to your external effects.
8. Press [SELECT] to switch to INPUT MIX mode.
9. Hold [SHIFT] and press [INPUT/BUSS] (CH EDIT 1).
10. Press [CH EDIT] 1 and use the TIME/VALUE dial to select "MIX."
11. Press [CH EDIT] 2 and use the TIME/VALUE dial to select "MIX."
12. Use the INPUT SENS knobs and the faders for Inputs 1 and 2 to adjust the level of the signal
returned from your external effects.
13. Press [PLAY]. Your dry tracks can be controlled in TRACK MIX mode by faders 7 and 8 and
your effected signal can be controlled in INPUT MIX mode by faders 1 and 2.
FX Processor
OUTPUT
L R
STEREO AUDIO SOURCE
1 2 3 4
INPUT A
INPUT
L (mono) R
L R A B
AUX SEND
MASTER OUT
1 2 3 4
INPUT B
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