Using External Effects During Mixdown - Roland VS-880EX 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.
Assign tracks 7 & 8 to use the AUX SEN bus 1 and 2 to pass the audio out the AUX SEND jacks to the
external reverb. Then, bring the outputs from the reverb back into the VS-880EX through Inputs # 1 and 2.
ACTION: Using External Effects During Mixdown
1. Connect the AUX SEND outputs of the VS-880EX to the Inputs of your external effects
device. Connect the Outputs of your effects device to Inputs 1 and 2 on the VS-880EX.
2. Press the [FADER/EDIT] button until it lights green.
3. Hold [SHIFT] and press [AUX SEND] (CH EDIT button 6).
4. Press [CH SELECT] button 7 and use the TIME/VALUE dial to select "PstFade."
5. Press [CH SELECT] 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 channel 7 and 8 FADERS to adjust the amount of signal that is sent to your external
effects.
8. Press the [FADER/EDIT] button until it lights orange.
9. Use the INPUT knobs and the faders for Inputs 1 and 2 to adjust the level of the signal
returned from your external effects.
10. Press [PLAY]. Your dry tracks can be controlled by setting the [FADER/EDIT] button to
green and using faders 7 and 8. Your effected signal can be controlled by setting the
[FADER/EDIT] button to orange and using faders 1 and 2.
FX Processor FX Processor
OUTPUT
L R
INPUT
1 2
INPUT
L (mono) R
L R A B
AUX SEND
MASTER OUT
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